Li Bi walked a short distance and gave a thumbs-up to Zhang He by the door. Zhang He nodded and nervously led Xu Gensheng into the school.
As expected, they were stopped by the gatekeeper. Seemingly a bit flustered, Zhang He paused.
The gatekeeper, sensing something was amiss, looked at Xu Gensheng: "Stranger, you are not allowed to enter the school freely."
Xu Gensheng looked up at the gatekeeper. As their eyes met, the gatekeeper couldn't help but take a step back, his hand instinctively reaching for the baton at his waist.
Seeing this, Yu Daochen frowned. The killing intent that emanated unconsciously from someone of Old Xu's caliber was a clear warning that he was not to be trifled with.
If an ordinary person were to meet his gaze, their body would instinctively recoil from contact with danger, and a sense of fear would arise.
It was like walking down the street and making eye contact with a burly man covered in tattoos and with a fierce expression. You would instinctively shy away; it was humanity's innate response to danger.
Yu Daochen wondered if he should call Biao Tao. After all, it was just a matter of a word for him, and if things escalated, it would be harder to manage.
"I am," Xu Gensheng said, taking out a yellow talisman and waving it before the gatekeeper's eyes. He muttered, "Qian Kun Ding, Gui Zhe Yan."
As soon as Xu Gensheng finished speaking, the gatekeeper's face broke into a smile: "Ah, it's the Dean of Students! My apologies, I didn't recognize you just now."
Xu Gensheng grunted and swaggered in with Zhang He.
Xu Gensheng walked up to the two of them. Yu Daochen asked with curiosity, "Old Xu, is that sorcery?"
Xu Gensheng shook his head: "It's a visual illusion talisman, just a little trick. It works on ordinary people, but it's not very effective against those in our line of work."
Yu Daochen nodded. Although the sorcery caused no harm, it was useful at crucial moments.
Xu Gensheng knew what Yu Daochen was thinking and shook his head helplessly: "This spell only lasts for three minutes."
Yu Daochen nodded, having guessed as much. However, he couldn't help but feel a bit speechless. If he had known about this spell earlier, he wouldn't have been mistaken for a pretty boy.
Li Bi, standing nearby, was astonished by the sorcery Xu Gensheng had just used, amazed that he could make someone misidentify him with just a yellow talisman.
Li Bi led the two towards the abandoned teaching building of the school. Along the way, Yu Daochen looked around. It wasn't that Yu Daochen was lecherous, but rather he was observing the surrounding architecture.
Arriving at the foot of the abandoned teaching building, Yu Daochen narrowed his eyes as he surveyed its condition: "Old Xu, did you find anything?"
Xu Gensheng shook his head: "I can't detect any ghostly energy. It must have hidden itself in a mirror."
Yu Daochen nodded. This mirror ghost was different from other ghosts. As long as it hid in a mirror, you would never find it.
"Let's make our move at night," Xu Gensheng said.
The mirror ghost wouldn't come out during the day, so searching now would be a waste of time.
Yu Daochen nodded. With nothing else to do, he asked Li Bi and the others to show him around the university.
At two in the morning, Yu Daochen and the others arrived at the teaching building.
Yu Daochen stretched his limbs and looked at Xu Gensheng beside him: "Old Xu, you guard Li Bi and the others. I'll go up and have a talk with this thing."
Xu Gensheng grunted, and Yu Daochen strode towards the building.
Yu Daochen had heard from Li Bi that the female ghost was in a mirror in a studio on the fourth floor.
Yu Daochen followed Li Bi's directions and headed for the fourth floor.
As Yu Daochen reached the fourth-floor corridor and was about to start searching, he suddenly stopped and looked behind him. A ghost emerged from the wall and peered at Yu Daochen.
Yu Daochen's lips curved upwards. The ghost seemed shy and retreated back into the wall.
Yu Daochen chuckled and shook his head. This kind of ghost wouldn't harm anyone. They were simply souls of ordinary people who died and became wandering spirits. They just had to wait for their lifespan to end and then reincarnate in the underworld.
Yu Daochen arrived at the studio door. Before he even entered, he could feel a chilling aura emanating from within.
Yu Daochen stepped inside and immediately saw the mirror on the old-fashioned dressing table.
Yu Daochen walked up to the mirror and looked at the red candles on either side, then at the wooden comb placed there.
Yu Daochen picked up the wooden comb and sniffed it. He frowned slightly: "A comb made of willow wood?"
Combing one's hair in front of a mirror at two-thirty in the morning while wearing a red dress could indeed reveal a ghost, but it also required red candles and a comb made of willow wood. Either one missing would render it ineffective.
The setup before him suggested that someone in their line of work had arranged it.
However, regardless of who was behind it, it wouldn't stop him from doing what he needed to do.
Yu Daochen sat in front of the mirror, patiently waiting for two-thirty in the morning.
Time ticked by, and Yu Daochen was almost falling asleep.
Yu Daochen yawned and checked his phone. It was two twenty-seven in the morning.
Yu Daochen took out a lighter and lit the candles on both sides. Then, he bit his thumb and dripped blood onto the mirror. Since he wasn't wearing a red dress, he had to use his own blood as a substitute.
Yu Daochen picked up the comb and gently combed his hair. As the candlelight shone on the mirror, the reflection of Yu Daochen in the mirror began to smile eerily.
Seeing this, Yu Daochen remained unfazed and instead smirked.
*Heh!*
In comparison, the Yu Daochen outside the mirror was smiling more terrifyingly, especially with the milky white pupil in his left eye, making him seem more like a ghost.