After walking through the village with Chen Hao and the others for a while, the old man suddenly stopped, turned around, and after hesitating for a second, said, "Are you sure you want to go look at the well?"

"Oh, old man, just relax, we'll definitely be fine!" Xie Xiaofeng said as he patted the old man's shoulder, his tone a mix of resignation and impatience, "However, it's you I'm actually worried about. I'm not sure you can handle the scare!"

Hearing Xie Xiaofeng say this, the old man became a bit unhappy and huffed, "At my age, I have seen it all. Now I'm not even afraid of death, what else is there to fear?"

"I do wonder who it was that fainted from fright by the well not long ago." Xie Xiaofeng muttered.

"You, cough cough cough!" Angered by Xie Xiaofeng's sarcastic remark, the old man started choking and couldn't catch his breath.

Tang Jing stepped forward, slapped Xie Xiaofeng hard on the shoulder, and said, "Xie Xiaofeng, stop upsetting the old grandpa, will you? Don't you know how to respect your elders and cherish the young? You're such a jerk!"

Then, with a light chuckle, Tang Jing took the old man's left hand and said, "Grandpa, don't pay attention to him. He's been spoiled since he was small. Let's go! Don't worry, we are very sure about this place before asking you to take us to see it."

The old man chuckled, nodded his head, and then quickened his pace with the support of Tang Jing.

"What an old lecher," Xie Xiaofeng complained as he watched the two walk away, "Tang Jing too, why haven't I ever seen her be so gentle with me!"

"Xie Xiaofeng, are you jealous of that old man?" Chen Hao asked, walking up next to Xie Xiaofeng with Ye Yuqiao in tow.

"I am jealous!" Xie Xiaofeng affirmed with a stern face, "But I'm jealous of you, Chen Hao, for being able to have a goddess like Yuqiao as your girlfriend."

Five minutes later, under the old man's lead, the group arrived at the bamboo forest where the ancient well was located.

Before they even got close to the bamboo forest, they saw a mass of purple resentment and a deep blue gas above it; meanwhile, in the surrounding air, they caught the strong scent of Yin Qi mixed with the salty smell of seawater.

Suddenly, a sharp light shot out of Ye Yuqiao's eyes, and then she leaned into Chen Hao's ear and said, "Boyfriend, this power is very similar to the power that Ye Fei has."

Chen Hao was startled, then turned to look at Ye Yuqiao incredulously, "Are you saying that Ye Fei is nearby?"

Ye Yuqiao's expression darkened as she gave Chen Hao a disdainful glance and muttered, "Idiot, you still think you're good enough to be my boyfriend with this kind of thinking!"

"Haha!" Chen Hao couldn't help but laugh, although he was berated by Ye Yuqiao, he found her expression rather cute, "Girlfriend, it's just that I couldn't wrap my head around it for a moment, are you suggesting that there might be a mermaid around here?"

Ye Yuqiao nodded with a light chuckle, "Considering you find me cute, I won't hold it against you."

"You're peeking into my heart again!" Chen Hao lifted his hand and pinched Ye Yuqiao's face, then swiftly changed the subject, "By the way, will this mermaid be male or female, or do they not have a gender? Also, do they wear clothes?"

Suddenly, Ye Yuqiao glared at Chen Hao, twisted his ear and said, "Let me tell you, if there are any scenes that are not meant for your eyes later, if you dare to look one second more, I will no longer want you as a boyfriend."

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The moment they entered the bamboo forest, a chill breeze started blowing within. Tang Jing could clearly feel the old man trembling, whom she was supporting by his left shoulder.

"Grandpa, are you feeling cold?" Tang Jing asked tactfully, not wanting to make the old man feel scared or timid.

"Girl, to tell you the truth, I'm actually a bit scared!" the old man quietly explained to Tang Jing, before asking, "Girl, aren't you even a little afraid?"

Tang Jing smiled and said, "Grandpa, we really are Onmyoji. Not to hide it from you, but we have seen many more terrifying demons and ghosts. A fierce ghost like this is nothing to us."

Hearing Tang Jing say this, the old man finally felt relieved, and after taking a deep breath, his body stopped trembling.

A few steps later, the group finally arrived at the edge of the well.

It was an ancient well with a long history, evident from the style of the stone bricks around the well mouth and the moss covering them. The well was surrounded by towering bamboo, blocking out sunlight, as Yin Qi tends to get heavier because of that.

"Old fella, another day, ask the villagers to cut down the bamboo around this well, so the sunlight can reach it," Chen Hao instructed.

"Alright, alright! I will have people cut down the bamboo tomorrow!" the old man nodded, then stopped in his tracks, pointing at the ancient well a few steps away and said, "It's this well here."

Chen Hao, Ye Yuqiao, and Xie Xiaofeng approached the edge of the well and looked down. After a breeze blew past, a smell mixed with Yin Qi and the scent of seawater rushed up from the well towards the three of them.

"This resentment is so heavy!" Xie Xiaofeng exclaimed. Although he had dealt with many ghosts before, he had never encountered one with such heavy resentment.

Chen Hao coldly responded, but inside, he was more curious about the possibility of a merman or mermaid in the well.

"Hey, friend inside, come out, we're looking for you!" Xie Xiaofeng shouted down into the well. Since it was pitch-black inside and also emitting a white mist, his Yin Yang Eyes couldn't make anything out.

"It's you, you!" Chen Hao yelled, "Xie Xiaofeng, do you think there might be a mermaid inside?"

"Mermaid!" Xie Xiaofeng's eyes shone, "Are you saying that blue Qi is from a mermaid?"

"Not necessarily a mermaid, it could also be a merman."

After a while, there was no response from inside the well.

Then, Chen Hao first shone the light of Nether Vision from his left eye to illuminate the bottom of the well, and then activated his Nether Vision to look into its depths. Two seconds later, his gaze pierced through the chilling waters at the bottom of the well, seeing that it was empty; he then continued to probe further down along the dark current leading deeper.

When his gaze reached nearly fifty meters below, Chen Hao saw a clump of dark green seaweed. Inside the seaweed, he spotted a female ghost in white, with a ferocious face. The ghost's skin was deadly pale with a faint bluish tinge, and her body was enveloped by a strong purple aura of resentment.

"This female ghost has been dead for nearly three hundred years!" Ye Yuqiao's voice suddenly rang in Chen Hao's mind.

"Three hundred years!" Chen Hao exclaimed, "No wonder the resentment is so intense."

Just as Chen Hao was about to turn off Nether Vision and dive in to look for the female ghost, suddenly, a blue light appeared in the deeper parts not too far away.

He looked towards the depths and was immediately startled.

"Are you still looking! Don't want your boyfriend anymore!" Ye Yuqiao said urgently and angrily.

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