Holding a lantern, guiding souls across, Lady Hou comes from the underworld.

Although the beaded curtain prevented him from seeing the other person's face clearly, Yu Lang still reacted immediately.

This is the "Messenger of the Underworld" who single-handedly drove away numerous evil spirits back in Yunhe Mountain!

Yu Lang instantly breathed a sigh of relief, feeling as if he had been saved.

In the crucial moment, we still have to rely on Master Yan to "call for reinforcements"!

Wen Yu seemed surprised as well: "Who are you?"

The woman in red slowly lifted the beaded curtain and walked in, replying to her, "Naturally, I am like you, not human."

Wen Yu could sense the ghostly aura emanating from her, and a sense of fear crept into his heart.

Not long after her death, ghost messengers came to her door, wanting to take her to the underworld.

But at the crucial moment, her soul was enveloped by a wisp of smoke, and then she possessed the brocade pouch and gained the ability to enter dreams.

Yu Lang appeared at a street-side eatery late at night, and happened to catch her eye...

So the brocade pouch turned into an inconspicuous piece of paper money, which fell at his feet and followed him back to the Zhong residence.

"All that you just said was to try and shift all the blame onto others."

"You clearly harbor resentment, but the resentment isn't directed at others; it's directed at yourself."

The woman in red's two sentences stunned Wen Yu.

She was already dead, but a strange heat rose in her chest, and an overwhelming emotion surged within her.

"You just asked how to identify your killer..."

The woman in red continued, "Then let me tell you: you chose to drink the poison yourself."

"At that moment, not only did your father think you deserved to die, but you yourself also felt that you deserved to die."

"So, you used the 'knife' in your father's hand to kill yourself."

"Stop talking!"

Wen Yu suddenly shouted to stop him, her emotions erupting instantly, her eyes turning red.

Even Yu Lang, who was closest to her, could faintly sense the black energy surging from her body.

That was the "resentment" that turned her into a vengeful spirit.

Yu Lang tried to escape, but a cold hand grabbed his neck from behind.

"Miss Wen! Let's talk this out!"

Yu Lang turned his head in fright, only to meet a pair of blood-red eyes.

He caught his breath; it was clear the other person no longer wanted to talk to him properly.

Left with no other choice, Yu Shaoqing had to grit his teeth and cry out to the woman in red for help: "My...my lady, save me! Envoy, save me!"

The woman in red clearly disliked this claim.

The way she frowned clearly resembled someone else.

Yu Lang suddenly thought of Xia Ximo again.

Although the two people don't look alike, their expressions and tone of voice are remarkably similar...

Wen Yu grabbed Yu Lang by the neck and turned to threaten the woman in red: "Don't meddle in other people's business, or I'll..."

Before she could finish speaking, the red figure flashed in front of her, easily lifted her hand, grabbed Yu Lang's collar, and dragged him off the bed.

Yu Lang: "..."

Yu Shaoqing fell to the ground with a thud, looking utterly disheveled. Although he didn't feel any pain, he felt utterly humiliated.

But then I thought, we're at a critical juncture of life and death, what do we care about saving face?

He sheepishly tried to distance himself from the two people beside him, when suddenly, a soft voice rang out: "Come back!"

Upon realizing something was wrong, Yu Lang found his body completely out of his control and began to move towards the warm jade.

He suddenly realized that although this was his dream, he had no control over it at all…

Wen Yu then said to the woman in red, "I know I'm no match for you, but this dream is under my control. If I want to kill him, you can't save him!"

"Oh." The woman in red replied indifferently, "Then kill him and see what happens to you."

Yu Lang was so frightened by these words that his hair stood on end.

He quickly said to Wen Yu, "Miss Wen, we are strangers who met by chance, and we have no grudges against each other. Killing me will not do you any good at all."

The woman in red stood to the side, arms crossed, coldly watching them. "If you're going to kill, then hurry up and do it, otherwise—"

A cold glint appeared in her eyes.

Wen Yu was startled for a moment, then felt a strange force restraining her limbs, causing her body to float in mid-air involuntarily.

In contrast, the woman in red remained standing in the same spot, watching coldly.

Not to be outdone, Wen Yu set her sights on Yu Lang, attempting to continue controlling him with her soul power.

Yu Lang was startled, seeing himself being pulled by a suction force, about to be pressed against the vengeful spirit in mid-air. The resentment surged up, seemingly wanting to devour him...

The woman in red suddenly reached out and grabbed him.

"Wuyou, take him out."

As the voice faded, a white shadow appeared, carrying Yu Lang in mid-air, and vanished into the dream in a flash.

Inside the room, Yu Lang suddenly opened his eyes and sat up abruptly from the bed.

He turned his head and saw Yan Zhengchu and Ren Fengjue, and then he began to gasp for breath.

"Young Master Yu is awake!"

Yan Zhengchu hurriedly stepped forward and breathed a sigh of relief.

Yu Lang patted his chest, startled to realize that he was still holding the brocade pouch in his hand, and hurriedly threw it away.

Yan Zhengchu was about to stop him when the brocade pouch fell to the ground and vanished instantly.

"Oh no, Miss Xia hasn't come out yet!"

Master Yan glanced at Xia Ximo, who was now just a body beside him, and said, "That brocade pouch is connected to your dream. Once you wake up, the dream will disappear, and Miss Xia's soul will not be able to return for the time being."

Seeing that Xia Ximo was still unconscious, Ren Fengjue's expression darkened. "Where could Miss Xia have gone?"

Yu Lang was initially confused, but after glancing at Xia Ximo beside him, he instantly understood.

"Master Yan! Is that so-called 'messenger from the underworld' really Miss Xia?"

Yan Zhengchu felt that there was no point in hiding it now, so he immediately nodded and admitted it.

"After the dream ends, Miss Xia's soul should also temporarily reside in the brocade pouch, just like that vengeful spirit. We need to find the brocade pouch."

He then asked Yu Lang, "What did the vengeful spirit say to you in the dream just now?"

Yu Lang nodded and quickly recounted Wen Yu's experience to Yan Zhengchu and Ren Fengjue.

The two men reacted differently upon hearing this.

Yu Lang added, "I saw it with my own eyes in my dream; Miss Wen was no match for Miss Xia!"

Yan Zhengchu knew in his heart: "If Miss Xia wanted to kill her, it would be effortless. The reason she hasn't done so is probably because she wants to..."

"It must be to help her."

Ren Fengjue glanced at the purse hanging from Xia Ximo's waist, inside which was a black lotus lantern.

He knew she would always keep it by her side.

So he made a decision in secret, took the lotus lantern out of the purse, and said to Yan Zhengchu, "Master Yan, please take good care of Miss Xia's body."

Then he said to Yu Lang, "Come with me to a place."

Yu Lang quickly asked, "To the Wen family?"

Ren Fengjue shook his head: "No, we're going to the Fu family."