"My relative was so scared that they immediately sat upright. The shadow on the ceiling and the icy thing under the bed had vanished."

"However, my relative found water on their face and back, the source of which they didn't know. Also, there was this faint, decaying fish smell in their nostrils... the smell of a dead fish..."

At this point, Li Guangyou suddenly stopped, his eyes wide and his mouth agape, staring at Xiao Mu in disbelief.

When Xiao Mu mentioned the smell of dead fish earlier, he hadn't realized the problem. But when he started to recount the experiences of his relative, he suddenly made a connection and was struck dumbfounded.

"Hehe! Continue your story, don't worry."

Xiao Mu patted Li Guangyou's shoulder, comforting him.

Li Guangyou gave a bitter laugh, "The more I tell you, the weirder things seem at home."

"My relatives also brought two children, staying in another room. After waking up to check on them, they found the kids sleeping soundly but with lots of water on their faces and backs, just like themselves."

"So they were so scared that they left on that very day."

"Hanging from the ceiling, placed under the bed?"

Xiao Mu was deep in thought.

This was obviously the work of an evil ghost, possibly even an evil ghost of a higher rank called a Li Ghost.

Evil ghosts scare people to dissipate their yang energy, which they can then slowly absorb.

This particular evil ghost was treating the inhabitants of the courtyard like leeks, not in a hurry to swallow them whole, but rather taking delight in repeatedly cutting and regrowing them.

By doing so, the ghost can make the most out of these 'leeks', while also gaining more benefits.

However, the evil ghost obviously did not expect Li Guangyou's relatives to leave the day after their scare.

Hopefully, the ghost hasn't left yet.

"Take me to the bedroom to take a look."

Xiao Mu instructed.

If strange things happened in the bedroom, then surely examining it would yield some clues.

"Please follow me."

Li Guangyou led the way, guiding Xiao Mu to the bedroom.

The house was large, with several rooms. He first took Xiao Mu to the master bedroom where his relatives used to stay.

Upon entering, Xiao Mu immediately sensed a powerful stench of decaying fish and shrimps.

It was evident that this smell was caused by the evil ghost, as Li Guangyou had never been able to detect it.

Xiao Mu's gaze instantly fell on the ceiling, pupils contracting slightly.

Ordinary people wouldn't notice the change, but him, cultivated in Dao Method Spiritual Energy, immediately found the anomaly on the ceiling.

Marks of the ghost claws.

Dark, chilling claw marks.

The claw marks were located just around the headboard of the bed.

Lethal ghost!

Only lethal ghosts have ghost claws, while ordinary evil ghosts do not.

In Xiao Mu's mind, a scenario immediately played out:

In the dead of night, as Li Guangyou's relative soundly slept on the bed, the lethal ghost had crept up along the ceiling. Once parallel to them, the ghost halted. Its claws clung upside down to the ceiling, its head tilted downwards, and its long tongue slipped straight into the snoring mouth of Li Guangyou's relative, siphoning yang energy from within.

Later, on the ceiling, Xiao Mu noticed more faint marks.

Were these... water stains?

When Li Guangyou's relatives had woken up, they had felt water on their bodies. This water stain on the ceiling was left by the ghost that hung inverted.

The water was obvious, and was another thing that the ghost had brought.

Did this ghost come from the water?

Xiao Mu then looked at the same spot under the bed, right where Li Guangyou's relative used to lie, and saw traces the lethal ghost had left behind.

Xiao Mu replayed the scenario in his mind just the same as before.

An evil ghost clasped the bed frame with its talons, its position precisely matched with that of Li Guangyou's relative lying on the bed. Its chilling body leaned in, drawing Yang energy from Li Guangyou's relative through the bed frame.

Could there be two Evil Ghosts?

A flash of divine light flashed in Xiao Mu's eyes, but a trace of delight appeared on his face.

If there was one Evil Ghost, the trip would have been worth it. But if there were two Evil Ghosts, that would be an unexpected gain.

Like the one on the ceiling, Xiao Mu found water stains with this one, too.

This strengthened Xiao Mu's suspicion that the Evil Ghost originated from the water.

"Let's check out the other rooms."

Xiao Mu instructed.

Li Guangyou led Xiao Mu to other rooms.

The other rooms where Li Guangyou's relatives' children stayed were the same as the master bedroom. Whether it was the ceiling or the bed frame, Xiao Mu found traces of the Evil Ghost in the same positions.

Just like the situation in the master bedroom, there were two Evil Ghosts, one hanging upside down from the ceiling and the other clamping onto the bed frame, absorbing Yang energy from the person asleep on the bed.

Meanwhile, water stains were found at each place.

"Your guess is right. There are indeed evil ghosts in your courtyard, and they are not ordinary evil ghosts, but Evil Ghosts."

Xiao Mu told Li Guangyou after surveying.

"Evil Ghost?"

Even though he had guessed that there were ghosts in his courtyard, Li Guangyou was still taken aback by Xiao Mu's words.

Ordinary ghosts might not be that scary. But an Evil Ghost is incredibly terrifying.

"Mr. Mu, you said there is an evil ghost in my courtyard, and my relatives are actually plagued by it?"

Li Guangyou asked with widened eyes.

"Indeed."

Xiao Mu nodded gravely, "And not just one, but two."

"Two?"

Li Guangyou was startled again. For a common man like him, one Evil Ghost was terrifying enough, let alone two. It scared him on the spot.

"What should we do, Mr. Mu? Please, you must help eliminate these Evil Ghosts."

In his panic, Li Guangyou pleaded.

"Rest assured, I will definitely help you find and get rid of the Evil Ghosts."

Xiao Mu reassured.

Even if it wasn't for Li Guangyou, for the sake of Energy Points alone, he would hunt down and eliminate these two Evil Ghosts.

However, finding the Evil Ghosts, turned out not to be that simple, otherwise so many people wouldn't have come here in vain before.

Yet, Xiao Mu was confident that he would be able to find the Evil Ghosts.

"Mr. Li, please show me around your courtyard. I need to walk around and find out where the Evil Ghosts are hiding in order to help you get rid of them."

Xiao Mu said.

"Sure, Mr. Mu. Please follow me."

Following this, Li Guangyou led Xiao Mu to wander through the entire courtyard.

Xiao Mu pondered, he did not find any evil ghosts.

During that time, no matter whether it was in the kitchen, bedroom, or bathroom, he discovered the traces left by the evil ghost, indicating that the Evil Ghost frequently moved around this courtyard.

Water stains were found at every movement spot.

Xiao Mu specifically checked the water well, bathtub, shower room, and toilet, but he did not find any traces of the Evil Ghost hiding.

Where could the Evil Ghost have gone?

What else did the Evil Ghost steal from the Li family? So much that it even broke the threshold. What did they steal?

You must understand, the threshold is an object used to stop wealth from rolling out and to prevent evil ghosts from stealing. Although it can't be compared with the power of a door god, it does have a divine breath. Breaking the threshold consumes a great deal.

That the Evil Ghost was willing to break the threshold to steal from the Li family shows that what was stolen must be extraordinary.

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