Chapter 684: Chapter 684: Summoning Ghost Map

The female ghost opened her mouth, about to continue speaking, when suddenly her ghost body seemed to be pulled by some force. Not only was she unable to speak, but her entire soul was rapidly yanked backwards.

The female ghost looked pleadingly, reaching out to him for help.

Adam Jennings instinctively reached out, but it was too late. The female ghost was pulled into the men’s restroom behind them and quickly disappeared through the wall.

Adam rushed forward, shouting again, “Come back!”

The noise that had just returned to the restroom was abruptly cut off again.

The next second, a boy, pulling up his pants, turned back with an indignant look, “What the heck is wrong with you? Is this restroom yours? Can’t a guy just pee?!”

Adam: …

Well, that was a misunderstanding.

When Scarlett Jennings hurried back to Sea University, it was already dark.

After listening to Adam’s explanation, Scarlett couldn’t help but look at him,

“So you specifically called me back just to help you find that female ghost?”

Who was it that asked for help during the day?

Adam looked solemn,

“The female ghost isn’t important, but what she said about that foreign spy is crucial. Isn’t that reason enough for you to come back?”

He paused for a moment and then added,

“Besides, before Elias Quinn left, he said there was a cockroach hidden in the school. Don’t you think a spy and a cockroach are quite similar?”

Upon hearing this, Scarlett slightly raised her eyebrow and nodded,

“That’s indeed true.”

Regarding those eight people, there aren’t any particularly useful leads from the current information and interviews.

However, during questioning, it was evident that some of them had been brainwashed to some extent by certain rhetoric.

The specific matters have already been handed over to the police for further investigation.

Scarlett simply said, “Take me to your dormitory first.”

Since the ghost was summoned by his roommate, she also wanted to see what method they used for summoning.

Adam’s expression showed some disapproval at her suggestion,

“Let me have them bring the stuff out. It’s inconvenient for you, a girl, to go to the boys’ dorm at night, and the dorm supervisor won’t allow it.”

Scarlett said nothing, took out a Concealing Talisman, and pasted it on before striding towards the entrance of the men’s dormitory not far away.

Seeing her walking right in without even catching the dorm supervisor’s attention, Adam couldn’t help but widen his eyes.

Once he realized what had happened, he quickly followed her with hurried steps.

They arrived smoothly in his dorm room, and before entering, Adam deliberately asked her to wait at the door.

He went in first to check there were no strange smells or indecent things before letting her inside.

Adam’s roommates stared in shock at the sudden appearance of Scarlett. Once they heard that they had really summoned a ghost last night, and it had attached itself to Adam, they were even more incredulous.

The Ghost Immortal they summoned didn’t even converse with them but chose to haunt the only one who didn’t participate, Adam, does that make sense??

The few of them had no doubts about Adam lying, especially since he even brought his cousin, who is well-versed in Mystical Techniques, over at night!

As Scarlett entered, she first glanced at the dormitory’s position and layout. When her gaze paused for a moment on the Benedict Jade on Adam’s shelf, she moved on leisurely.

Looks like Adam fed it well.

That Benedict Beast had grown a bit fatter.

After checking the dorm’s geomancy, Scarlett turned her attention to the Summoning Ghost Map that the others had laid out.

On white paper with plain talismans arranged in the pattern of an Eight Diagram, countless ‘ghost’ characters were written in each direction.

She slightly furrowed her brows, “Did this come from the Land of Flowers?”

A roommate replied, confused,

“No? Isn’t this our Eight Diagram?”

Scarlett explained, “Many things in the Land of Flowers originally came from our country, and using white paper with drawings is customary for Onmyoji over there.”

Scarlett scrutinized the Summoning Ghost Map carefully.

Although she hadn’t encountered it before, she could vaguely see some commonalities in Taoist Skills.

With this confirmation, Scarlett then asked about their summoning steps.

The roommates didn’t understand her intents, but they explained one by one.

Scarlett nodded, then spread out the Summoning Ghost Map and placed a cup of water on it.

Using a red string as a guide in the water, Scarlett held the other end of the red string in one hand while silently chanting an incantation to summon a ghost.

Her roommates, thinking she was about to summon a ghost out of nowhere, wanted to intervene but were stopped by Adam.

He shot them a look, signaling them to remain silent and not disturb her.

Not knowing what Scarlett intended, but not interrupting her was the correct course.

As Scarlett finished chanting, the previously still water seemed to ripple slightly, with small waves appearing in the cup.

Adam’s pupils dilated as he instinctively looked around but saw no sign of the female ghost.

Scarlett’s face was grave, and with a gentle lift of her hand holding the red string, the end that had been submerged in the cup seemed to be pulled taut as if some force was exerting tension on it.

Then, the red string slightly moved following Scarlett’s guidance.

Ultimately, it settled in one direction.

Following where it pointed, Scarlett set her sights in the direction of the dormitory balcony.

Without saying much, Scarlett snapped the red string effortlessly, grasping the remaining piece and swiftly headed outside.

Adam hurried after her.

The three roommates watched the two leave hastily, then turned to the cup containing the truncated red string and couldn’t help but speak up,

“How did she break the string just now?”

“Is the ceremony done? Should we clean this up??”

…

Meanwhile, Scarlett followed the guidance of the red string and walked until she reached a secluded grove.

She recalled passing by here during the day but hadn’t noticed anything particular.

Even now, she couldn’t sense any peculiar Shadow Energy.

Scarlett pondered for a moment, buried the red string segment in the soil, and picked up a few twigs to place around it, forming a simple array.

As she performed the mantra, one of the twigs unpredictably fell in a certain direction.

Scarlett walked several meters in that direction, then bent down and dug in the soil with her fingers, eventually uncovering the half-buried red string segment.

Adam hadn’t even noticed how the red string moved from one place to the other and was in the midst of his surprise when he saw Scarlett tapping the ground they stood on, indicating to Adam,

“This is the spot, dig here.”

Adam: ???

Dig what?

Who digs??

Ultimately, Adam resignedly picked up a small shovel and began digging.

Fortunately, it was nighttime, so there weren’t many people around the grove.

After digging for a while, Adam finally hit upon… a paper rope illuminated by the glow of Scarlett’s phone.

The white paper rope seemed deliberately buried in the ground, along with white talisman paper attached to it.

Despite being underground, the rope and talisman showed no signs of dirt contamination, and Adam instinctively wanted to reach out.

Just then, Scarlett sharply cautioned, “Don’t touch.”

The next second, she picked up a Yellow Talisman between her fingers and swiftly chanted,

“Reaching up to the Purple Palace, divine fire from heaven and earth!”

As she cast the Spirit Talisman with the incantation, it turned into a flame as soon as it touched the white paper rope, reducing both the rope and the attached White Talisman to ashes.

A plume of white smoke rose from beneath the ground, forming a circle centered on the White Talisman Adam uncovered.

As the circle of smoke dissipated, the figure of the female ghost finally emerged from it.