CHAPTER 147: CHAPTER 147 THE LEGENDARY CHEAP DADDY (3)_1

"Shen Cheng, give me back my body! Return my body to me..."

Cold sweat streamed down the faces of Shen Cheng and Wanqian as their bodies shook violently. It was truly Wanyou who had come to seek vengeance upon them.

"Miss Wanyou, you’re already dead. Why bother appearing here again? You should go to the place where you belong. Go on, please go. I will see you off," said Old Qi. He looked at his peach wood sword, which had merely passed through her body without effect, his face filled with a solemn expression.

"See me off? Do you really have the ability? Your Spells are of no use against me. Even your exorcism is futile! HAHAHA! Until this pair of adulterers die, before the Shen Family returns, I won’t leave. I will appear here every night! HAHAHA!"

"I initially came to take back what was mine. Return my body, my life, the Shen Family, and my grandfather!" The Wanyou suspended in mid-air suddenly became ferocious, extending her long hands toward Wanqian’s and Shen Cheng’s necks.

The icy touch, the constricted breathing—Wanqian’s vision darkened, and she fainted. Shen Cheng felt his breathing become increasingly difficult. He tried to pull Wanyou’s hand from his neck, but unfortunately, he was too weak and could only let Wanyou continue to choke him.

"Grandfather, it’s not a ghost; it’s just a strange thing. Its weakness is right here," Qi Zhuochen, who had been quietly sitting to the side, suddenly said. He reached out, flicking water from his hand towards its body. The Wanyou that had been standing in the room then slowly vanished into thin air.

"What... what on earth is that?" Shen Cheng, holding the fainted Wanqian, gasped for air and asked the child who seemed seven or eight years old. This thing... it’s afraid of water! It’s afraid of water!

"It’s a very strange talisman," said Qi Zhuochen, looking at the thing disappearing in the water. He pondered for a long time without understanding what it truly was.

"A talisman?"

"This kind of thing is likely cast by someone. It forces you to confront the side of yourselves you fear most and least want others to know, making you torture yourselves and live daily within this Nightmare Curse," the youthful voice of Qi Zhuochen rang out.

"Old Qi, please save us! Why would such a thing be upon us? Please save us, Old Qi! In just two days, we have been tormented to the point of losing our humanity. If this curse continues, only death awaits us!" Shen Cheng pleaded with Old Qi.

"Two days? Perhaps Mr. Shen should think about what has happened in these two days, and who has been near you both. Perhaps then, we might find out who is responsible," Old Qi thought for a while before speaking slowly.

"I can’t remember anything right now. How about the two of you stay here for a few days? Once Wanqian wakes up, we can try to recall together," Shen Cheng suggested. His mind was a complete blank; he was utterly exhausted from the earlier events, incapable of thinking any further.

"Grandfather, such a talisman must be cast at close range. Without physical proximity, it couldn’t have taken hold. It’s worthwhile for you two to think it over carefully," Qi Zhuochen affirmed, nodding in agreement with what Shen Cheng had said.

That night, Shen Cheng had the best night’s sleep he’d had in a long time.

The moment the talisman was extinguished by water, Shangguan You was in her space practicing Spiritual Energy. She sensed the Nightmare Curse in her mind dissipating. Her figure flickered, and she emerged from the space, leaping out the window. She truly hadn’t expected Old Qi to possess the ability to break her Nightmare Curse. But even if he broke this Nightmare Curse, she had countless other Spells. Did he really have the skill to break them all?

Grandfather considered Old Qi a confidant, yet who would have thought he’d turn around and help Shen Cheng and Wanqian, that pair of scumbags! Shangguan You’s form once again vanished into her space. Listening to Old Qi’s conversation with Shen Cheng from the window, a cold smile crept onto her face. Want to break the Nightmare Curse? Dream on. Since you all want to sleep so badly, then I’ll let every single one of you sleep soundly.

If you don’t want to be awake, then sleep it is!

Shangguan You’s hands rapidly formed a seal in mid-air and launched it toward the people below. You brought this upon yourselves. I gave you a chance to stay awake, but you insisted on sleeping. So, sleep then!

The Nightmare Demon only appears in dreams. You can’t see it with your eyes open, but those things will appear in your dreams again and again, pulling you into the Nightmare Demon’s grasp. This is much more effective than the Nightmare Curse; I’m sure the results will be just as potent.

The Nightmare Curse merely makes people see the side of themselves they fear most and are most unwilling to confront. But the Nightmare Demon forces them into endless dreams. From the moment they fall asleep, they start dreaming, and all of them are nightmares.

"Grandfather, there seems to be something at the window," said Qi Zhuochen. He peered at the window with his clear eyes, his small frame swiftly hopping over. Finding it empty, he couldn’t help but shake his head in confusion.

"Zhuochen, could you be mistaken? And was that really a talisman just now? I’ve never seen a talisman so powerful before," Old Qi asked, after also glancing at the window and seeing nothing.

"Grandfather, how could my Yin Yang Eyes be wrong?" Qi Zhuochen spoke calmly. It was because of his innate Yin Yang Eyes that his fate was bound for a great calamity.

It was Shangguan You who had altered his destined misfortune. It could be said that Qi Zhuochen’s destiny changed due to Shangguan You’s rebirth. This change began the moment she saved him from the water and fed him the Jade Dew Pill. His fate became tightly intertwined with Shangguan You’s.

Their destinies were now closely entangled, inseparable, and deeply interconnected.

"I really felt something just now, like there was a presence at the window, but then it was gone. It’s so strange," murmured Qi Zhuochen. This caused Shangguan You, hidden in her space, to break out in a cold sweat. No way! How is this little brat so sharp? I was in my space and only just formed a seal, yet he could sense it?

"Maybe you were mistaken. By the way, what are your thoughts on this evening’s events?" Old Qi asked his question again.

"That couple probably did something that weighs on their conscience, which is why they’re so scared now," Qi Zhuochen replied. "Anyway, we’ll be staying here for a few more days. We’ll naturally find out what they did in time. Let’s go to sleep, Grandfather."