A passerby in a horror movie

Chu Renmei's body had turned into bones, but it still maintained the posture it had in life, with its hands unwillingly raised in front of its chest, which was very strange.

As Li Haotian approached, the yin energy emanating from Chu Renmei's corpse became even more intense.

Fortunately, all this yin energy was dissolved by the golden light emitted from the whisk.

Seeing this, Li Haotian felt relieved.

It seems that even Chu Renmei can't do anything to him now.

Li Haotian lowered his head and searched around the remains, quickly finding a silver bracelet.

"found it."

Li Haotian was overjoyed and picked it up, about to put the bracelet on the corpse's arm.

However, the moment he turned around, a blue figure suddenly appeared beside the skeleton.

"Zizzizi."

The whisk in Li Haotian's hand suddenly turned bright golden, but the surrounding yin energy also became extremely dense.

Li Haotian was surrounded by darkness and could no longer see his surroundings.

The ghost of Chu Renmei stood beside the corpse, and Li Haotian dared not approach easily.

Although Chu Renmei didn't make a move, it was clear that she didn't want Li Haotian to get close.

Chu Renmei was dressed in blue, with her hair flowing down her shoulders, looking like Sadako. The visual impact of this was so strong that most people would probably be scared sick.

Fortunately, Li Haotian had already adapted and was no longer intimidated.

Chu Renmei did not attack him, presumably because she was wary of his magical artifact; otherwise, given Chu Renmei's personality, she would have killed him long ago.

"Chu Renmei, you killed your enemies long ago and avenged your grudges. You promised Xiaoqiang that you would not kill anyone again, so why are you breaking your promise now!"

"I will properly collect your remains, let them return to dust, and stop being so stubborn."

Li Haotian spoke to Chu Renmei with righteous indignation.

Of course, he didn't expect Chu Renmei to listen to him. It was hard to say whether she had any rationality left. Li Haotian was just trying to attract her attention.

As expected, Chu Renmei reacted, slightly raising her head and staring at Li Haotian.

Taking advantage of the brief pause in their conversation, Li Haotian quickly approached the skeleton and placed the bracelet directly on its arm.

"Phew, it's finally done."

Li Haotian immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

However, when he looked up, the smile that had just appeared on his lips instantly vanished.

The surrounding environment has changed drastically; the pond is nowhere to be seen, and even the river is nowhere to be seen.

Li Haotian looked around. There were woods all around, and a village not far away. Every household had lights on. It was already night, and the moonlight was as dark as ink. Only a faint moonlight could barely make out the road.

"You got infected? When did that happen?"

Li Haotian's heart sank. It was obvious that he had been influenced by Chu Renmei.

It's either a hallucination, or you've actually entered a ghost realm.

However, Li Haotian did not believe that Chu Renmei could possess the Ghost Domain.

He had heard the abbot and Master Li mention that the vengeful ghosts possessing ghost realms were basically ghost kings, and such terrifying vengeful ghosts were rare, appearing only once every few hundred years.

If Chu Renmei truly possessed such abilities, she wouldn't have needed to kill people using the river.

Therefore, Li Haotian concluded that he was probably hallucinating.

But he couldn't understand how he could fall for it so easily, given that he had the protection of magical artifacts and possessed magical power himself.

Li Haotian tried to mobilize his magic power and found that he felt a blockage, and he could only exert less than half of his strength.

Apart from this, there were no other abnormalities.

The same applies to activating magical artifacts; although the artifacts can produce effects, they cannot break through the illusion.

"Could it be when we first arrived..."

Li Haotian suddenly remembered when he first transmigrated to this world. He was soaking wet, but he didn't think much of it at the time. Now that he thought about it, perhaps he had been tainted by Chu Renmei's yin energy back then.

But thinking about it, something doesn't make sense. Even if he drank the river water, after practicing the Substitute Life Technique, he should have been able to sense it. It's impossible that he couldn't feel the Yin energy in his body.

Unable to understand why, Li Haotian dared not act rashly and pondered a solution in his mind.

However, a few moments later, several figures came running from a distance.

Li Haotian quickly hid behind a tree.

Two men dressed in old-fashioned clothes stealthily entered the woods. One of them said:

"Tian Qi, are you ready to do what Boss Bu asked you to do?"

The man's eyes were sinister, as if he were plotting something.

"Hehe, don't worry, I've already tricked that woman. We can put the plan into action tonight. Don't forget my reward then."

Tian Qi said with a sly grin.

"Don't worry, I won't miss you."

Zhang Xiaosan nodded.

Li Haotian overheard every word of their secret conversation.

"Tian Qi, Zhang Xiaosan... Damn, is this some kind of 'fuck the Republic of China' thing?"

Li Haotian couldn't help but complain.

He remembered the movie plot very clearly; these two people were the murderers in the movie who were bribed by Chu Renmei's husband, Bu Wantian, to frame Chu Renmei.

The idea came from Zhang Xiaosan, who was Bu Wantian's subordinate, while it was Tian Qi who deceived Chu Renmei.

Bu Wantian had a fondness for smoking duck slices, which led to him accumulating a lot of debt. So he became involved with the daughter of a money exchange owner.

But for the sake of his reputation, he devised a vicious plan to divorce his wife, making Chu Renmei believe that he was struggling and needed money. At the same time, he had Tian Qi use money to coerce and entice Chu Renmei into taking the bait.

Chu Renmei was unaware of the truth and even tried to exonerate Bu Wantian when she was discovered. In the end, she was beaten to death by Zhang Xiaosan and his gang. She was kept in the dark until her death, which was truly pitiful.

No wonder Chu Renmei later turned into a vengeful ghost and went on a killing spree after finding out.

Having completed their plot, Tian Qi turned and left, while Zhang Xiaosan waited in the woods.

Li Haotian, standing to the side, was somewhat conflicted.

He knew he could never return to the Republic of China era; it was all a lie.

Perhaps there are immortals and gods in the myriad realms who can reverse time and space, but it is definitely not something that Chu Renmei, this vengeful ghost, can do.

Therefore, this place is either an illusion or a scene created by special means, and it is not a real person.

Even if Li Haotian intervenes, it will not change the established outcome.

But when Li Haotian thought of Chu Renmei's tragic experience, he still felt a little reluctant.

Resentment doesn't just disappear or vanish into thin air.

Li Haotian thought for a moment. This was an illusion, but it was also Chu Renmei's real experience. Perhaps if he intervened, it would have unexpected results.

Without hesitation, Li Haotian took out the dagger he had prepared in his backpack and secretly circled around behind Zhang Xiaosan.

At this moment, Zhang Xiaosan was leaning against a tree, idly admiring the moon, pondering how to get more money from Bu Wantian so he could pass the time.

"I'll beat you with my steel whip..."

As Zhang Xiaosan hummed a line from a traditional opera, he felt the urge to urinate. Just as he was about to take off his pants to relieve himself, a gleaming dagger suddenly pressed against his neck from behind.

"Don't move, or I'll kill you!"

A cold voice came from behind him, and Zhang Xiaosan was so frightened that he immediately wet his pants.

"Please...please spare my life, my 80-year-old mother and my three-year-old son..."

Zhang Xiaosan shuddered. The dagger at his neck had already cut his skin, and blood was flowing out. He dared not make any rash moves and hurriedly begged for mercy.

"Hehe, kneel down."

Li Haotian wouldn't be soft-hearted; there was no need to show mercy to someone like Zhang Xiaosan, whether he was real or fake.

Zhang Xiaosan quickly did as instructed.

Li Haotian took the opportunity to pin him to the ground to prevent him from resisting.

“I just overheard you plotting to harm someone. Tell me your plan, and if even one word is false, I’ll cut your tongue out.”

Li Haotian threatened.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Xiaosan trembled with fear, thinking to himself that he was having a really bad year and had met a ruthless person.

So he quickly revealed the whole plan, including who else was involved.