"Tap tap tap..."
Without getting closer, a series of brisk footsteps could be heard. The Mirror Ghost was the first to rush out of the villa, chased by the Alien Race girl like a lively little deer.
Upon seeing Yang Xiao, the Mirror Ghost’s eyes lit up, imdiately changing direction to run toward him. Yang Xiao could tell from the ghost’s eyes that it was up to no good, attempting to use him to divert danger.
Yang Xiao activated the wooden wedge to try to control the Mirror Ghost to stop, but to his shock, the wedge had no effect.
"It malfunctioned..." Seeing the Mirror Ghost pouncing toward him, Yang Xiao imdiately activated the Soul-Capturing Mirror, transferring himself to a spot more than ten ters away.
As the Mirror Ghost missed its target, the Alien Race girl behind it caught up. At the mont the girl’s hand touched the Mirror Ghost, its body instantly stiffened and then fell straight to the ground like a corpse.
The girl ran forward, squatted, inserted her hands into the ghost’s hair, and skillfully braided a small strand. After finishing, she excitedly turned and ran off.
The next mont, Yang Xiao saw the Mirror Ghost, lying dead on the ground, wobbling and getting up. It had at least a dozen small braids behind its head, hinting at how much grievance it had suffered during this ti.
The Mirror Ghost eerily circled around in place, its mouth opening and closing, constantly glancing sideways at Yang Xiao. This malicious gaze aroused suspicion within Yang Xiao.
Connecting it to the girl who had run far away, Yang Xiao suddenly understood. The girl was playing a ga with the Mirror Ghost.
A ga of hide and seek.
Earlier, the girl was the "ghost," and the Mirror Ghost was the "person." But now, since she caught the ghost, the roles reversed, making the Mirror Ghost the "ghost."
Yang Xiao was also inadvertently dragged into this ga, as the Mirror Ghost now targeted him.
Simultaneously, Yang Xiao noticed sothing more terrifying: the bump on the Mirror Ghost’s left chest was gone—the wooden wedge pierced into its heart had vanished!
This was the source of the Mirror Ghost’s loss of control!
It was evident that the Alien Race girl did this. In order to have the ghost play with her, she had pulled out the wooden wedge.
Yang Xiao imdiately grasped the stakes of this ga. If the girl caught the Mirror Ghost, she would braid a small section of hair behind its head. If the ghost caught the girl, it would obtain the wooden wedge instead.
If the Mirror Ghost got the wooden wedge... Yang Xiao gasped, thinking there’s at least an 80% chance it would pierce the wedge back into his own heart, returning the favor in kind.
Now the issue was that Yang Xiao couldn’t defeat the Alien Race girl in combat, thus forcibly taking the wedge wasn’t an option. He had to join the ga, beco the new "ghost," catch the girl, obtain the winner’s prize—the wooden wedge—then restore it to its rightful owner and give it back to the Mirror Ghost.
Once the direction was clear, the Mirror Ghost’s ti was up. Contrary to Yang Xiao’s expectations, the ghost did not co after him; its target remained the Alien Race girl.
Sure enough, this Mirror Ghost, replicated using him as a blueprint, wasn’t dull at all. It had anticipated his thoughts, wanting to get the wedge first, and then deal with him.
Now the dilemma arose: Yang Xiao was forced into the ga, unable to leave. If the Mirror Ghost truly succeeded in getting the wedge, he would be in big trouble.
Since relying on the ghost was unfeasible, Yang Xiao sought out the Alien Race girl. Being part of the "human" faction, she wasn’t hostile towards him.
Yang Xiao tried expressing the desire to claim the wooden wedge. The girl tilted her head for a while, then retrieved the wedge from her pocket to show him.
"Yes, exactly this!" Yang Xiao nodded excitedly like a pecking chick.
But just as he reached out to take it, the girl withdrew her hand, then gestured to him, causing a chill to creep up his spine.
He roughly understood what the girl was trying to communicate: the ga was proposed by the Mirror Ghost, including the stakes.
After being impaled through the heart with the wedge, the ghost was fully controlled. The current situation must be related to the Alien Race girl’s appearance; she seed to be subtly altering the surrounding environnt, even influencing ghosts.
Yang Xiao knew he must quickly send the girl away, but the imdiate priority was to retrieve the wedge and regain control over the Mirror Ghost.
Soon, Yang Xiao devised a trick to lure out the snake, coaxing the girl into a secret room using deception.
The price was hefty; Yang Xiao betrayed his own hair, allowing the girl to braid several small strands.
Minute by minute passed; this ti, the Mirror Ghost was exceptionally patient, and it took a full half-hour before Yang Xiao sensed a supernatural fluctuation in a nearby room.
After instructing the girl to hide, Yang Xiao moved into the room but saw no sign of the Mirror Ghost.
It was indeed a diversion tactic, but Yang Xiao showed no panic. He even delayed intentionally before returning to the secret room, where the girl waited eagerly. The wooden wedge in her hand was gone.
The girl kept her promise to Yang Xiao to stay in the secret room to wait for him, leading to her getting caught by the Mirror Ghost.
The next mont, just as Yang Xiao hurriedly took out the Ghost Lantern, a figure flashed out, clutching the wedge, aiming to stab Yang Xiao in the back.
"Thud!"
It was the muffled sound of a sharp weapon piercing human flesh, but the one struck was not Yang Xiao, but the Mirror Ghost.
The ghost, face contorted and sinister, dashed to Yang Xiao’s back with an incredibly standard posture, then eerily folded its hands inward, thrusting the wooden wedge back into its own heart.
Yang Xiao activated the Daoist robe old ghost ability he had been charging for a long ti; this was truly returning the favor in kind.
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