After a brief discussion, the various Yin Gods immediately decided to conduct a search from the periphery inwards.
Just as they had arranged their personnel and were about to set off to find the female ghost, a flash of spiritual light suddenly erupted from a location within Yong'an Ward below.
Accompanying the burst of spiritual light was the female ghost’s scream from earlier.
The Yin Gods were still in mid-air, and seeing this scene, they all paused for a moment before collectively locking onto that direction.
Looking at the location, it appeared to be a luxurious mansion belonging to a prominent family.
The female ghost seemed to have intruded into that residence earlier, but for some unknown reason, she was injured.
Seeing this, the Yin Gods were all startled, and then immediately rushed towards the source of the spiritual light.
Although they didn't know what had happened, since they had confirmed that the female ghost was in that location, they naturally had to go and investigate.
Meanwhile, inside the Zhong family mansion, the female ghost was currently looking at the woman in front of her with a look of terror.
After her ghost Qi exploded earlier, she quickly infiltrated Yong'an Ward.
Her original intention was to hide there for some time and then figure out a way to escape.
However, she never expected that after she infiltrated this mansion and quietly made her way into a room, a sudden surge of vast Spiritual Qi would appear and directly force her form to dissipate.
At this moment, the female ghost's face held a bewildered expression; having been a fierce ghost for so many years, she had never encountered such a situation.
And now, the Zhong family members in the Zhong family mansion were also somewhat bewildered.
A moment ago, they were singing and dancing, drinking, and discussing lively matters in the mansion.
And it was at that very moment that everyone suddenly felt a chill that arrived without warning.
As for why it was a chilling wind, it was because when this gust of wind blew past, they could instantly feel that something was amiss; their entire bodies involuntarily shivered at that moment.
It was as if this cold wind had directly blown into their bones, making their hearts turn cold.
And just as everyone was wondering why the wind was so strange, the next moment they saw a ray of light suddenly erupt from Zhong Xiuyun's brow.
Within that light, there was also a small character that spelled 'Pi'.
As this character appeared on Zhong Xiuyun's forehead, the candlelight throughout the room dimmed, and the entire room seemed to be illuminated only by this single spiritual light.
With the appearance of this spiritual light character, a non-human, horrifying scream suddenly echoed from the Zhong family's entrance.
That piercing scream made everyone's hair stand on end.
When they looked, they vaguely saw a dark, filthy figure appearing where the spiritual light shone.
But this figure did not last long and quickly vanished.
As the figure disappeared, the shimmering character of spiritual light on Zhong Xiuyun's brow also vanished.
Seeing this, the Zhong family members were all slow to recover their senses.
After a long while, Old Master Zhong finally came back to his senses, then looked at his daughter with a face full of surprise.
Even the others present now looked at Zhong Xiuyun with strange expressions.
"What's wrong with you all? Why are you looking at me like that?"
Zhong Xiuyun felt a bit strange as everyone's gazes simultaneously turned towards her.
"What happened to you just now?"
Old Master Zhong thought for a moment, then asked his daughter.
Zhong Xiuyun heard him and was a bit puzzled, "Nothing happened..."
As she spoke, she couldn't help but touch her forehead; she didn't know why, but a moment ago, she felt her forehead burning, and then she involuntarily closed her eyes.
The steward, who was standing nearby, hesitated for a moment before speaking.
"Young Miss, there was a character that appeared on your brow just now.... Could it be something that He Gongzi left for you?"
After returning, the steward had not mentioned He Xiuyuan to the Old Master and Madam, simply because he had no idea how to tell them about it.
He just never expected that something like this would happen tonight.
Old Master Zhong, who was nearby, picked up on some subtle details and, recalling the piercing scream from the entrance just now, his expression instantly became solemn.
"Tell me, what's going on with this He Gongzi? Why didn't I hear you mention him when you returned?"
Hearing the Old Master's words, Lin Bo, who was standing nearby, immediately became a bit nervous.
After a slight hesitation, he simply recounted the incident of encountering He Xiuyuan on the road.
Old Master Zhong was stunned after hearing this, and his gaze immediately fixed on the steward of his mansion, "Such a big matter, why didn't you report it when you returned?"
"Old Master, this old servant also didn't know how to report it. To speak of demons and such in this world, it would be too alarmist, and moreover, the High Ancestor explicitly forbade the spreading of such rumors back then."
"Furthermore, Steward Song also told this old servant that he was just a charlatan, so this old servant didn't mention this matter just now!"
Lin Bo was also in a difficult position at the moment.
The imperial court had always strictly forbidden such matters, and the Old Master was an official in the court.
And at that time, Steward Song, as someone close to He Xiuyuan, also spoke in such a way.
This made him truly not know how to discuss the matter with the Old Master.
He felt that even if he recounted the situation at the time, the Old Master might not believe what he said.
He just never expected to encounter such a bizarre incident tonight.
Old Master Zhong's expression darkened slightly upon hearing this.
"That Steward Song was probably worried that you would discover Mr. He's extraordinary nature, and he only used those words to deceive you."
At this moment, after a brief thought, he understood why Steward Song would do such a thing.
Such an extraordinary person would naturally not want outsiders to know, especially within Chang'an.
He probably thought that the Song family wanted to rise to prominence through this person.
While Old Master Zhong was questioning, Zhong Xiuyun at this moment had already understood what had happened earlier.
Listening to the descriptions from the Zhong family members around her, Zhong Xiuyun couldn't help but gently caress her brow with her delicate hand, her mind recalling the image of He Xiuyuan writing with his brush at that time.
At that time, she didn't know what He Xiuyuan was doing, but now she finally understood.
Was this He Xiuyuan putting a protective talisman on her?
"Yun'er, you talked a lot with Mr. He before and insisted on going with him. Did you see his extraordinary qualities?"
Meanwhile, Madam Zhong gently called her daughter to her side and then softly inquired.
Zhong Xiuyun blinked her beautiful eyes upon hearing this, then nodded heavily, "Yes, because of the heavy rain that day, daughter saw Mr. He walk in from outside; there were clearly many muddy pits and puddles on the road, but when Mr. He entered the inn, his shoes didn't get a speck of mud.
At that time, daughter felt that he seemed to be somewhat extraordinary."
