He looks at Xie Lian with concerned eyes. "Dianxia, they do not want to give us refuge." He is certain about this. "They took away E-ming-- and Fang Xin. And my spiritual energy."

Did Xie Lian know that? Surely he must have known that, Fang Xin is missing, and also, his shoes. For some reason.

But the more important thing is, they wouldn't have taken away their weapons and their powers if the thing they wanted to do was help them and provide them a new home. In all honesty, Hua Cheng was doing pretty well for himself, he and his gege. He trusted that, in his absence, the ghosts wouldn't have usurped him.