I took out the Seven-Star Dragon Abyss Sword and stood on the left. Liu Desail held a palm-sized Bagua mirror in his hand and stood on the right. Since Sun Yaowen was not a ghost-catching Taoist priest, he was protected by us in the middle.
The steps leading into the building were a bit shaky and badly damaged, with red bricks exposed in many places.
The entrance to the haunted house was right in front of me. It was pitch black inside, without any light at all.
Evil spirit poured out from inside the building, as if someone was blowing air at us. The dilapidated entrance looked more like a person's open mouth. We were about to enter and be swallowed by it.
"There are many resentful ghosts in this building. No matter what you hear or see, don't make it known, lest you get into trouble."
Liu Deshui gave a warning in a deep voice. The Bagua mirror in his hand was slowly activated by him, and it lit up with a pale yellow light.
"Yes, Master Liu, I understand."
I didn't say anything, and Sun Yaowen replied in a low voice.
There were quite a few rooms on the first floor of the building, with all sorts of things scattered on the ground in front of the doors, and a lot of dust hanging on the walls.
There is an elevator in the corner on the right side of the first floor. The elevator door is half open and it is pitch black inside and you can't see anything.
Earlier, Liu Xueqing talked to Liu Deshui and told us the approximate floor where she and Sun Xiaoli were located, saying it was either the fifth or sixth floor. Therefore, there was no need for us to stay on the first floor for too long.
Opposite the building entrance is the staircase leading to the upper floor. The staircase is very wide, and the handrails on both sides are bare, the paint has peeled off, and there are many rust lumps all over the staircase.
I even saw a patch of red on the handrail, which was blood. But the blood had already dried up, so it was probably not the blood of Liu Xueqing or Sun Xiaoli.
The evil spirit made me feel cold. I reached out and tightened my clothes while activating the Seven-Star Dragon Abyss Sword in my hand.
The red sword light lit up, driving away the evil spirits around, and suddenly, it seemed to be a lot warmer.
Soon, the three of us arrived at the terrace on the first floor.
But as soon as I got here, I was surprised to find a black skull appeared on the wall next to me.
The skull was transformed by ghost energy, as black as ink, and embedded in the wall like a relief.
The eye sockets of the skull were deep and hollow, and a whole row of white teeth were tightly clenched together. The ghostly aura kept oozing out from the top of the skull. It was extremely weird.
"Stop for now."
Liu Deshui had cow's tears on his eyes, so he could see clearly the skull embedded in the wall.
Sun Yaowen stopped, leaned towards me, and asked in a low voice: "Tianyi, what's wrong?"
I pointed the Seven-Star Dragon Abyss Sword at the location of the skull and said, "It's a little ghost. It's hiding inside that wall. It should be sleeping."
When Sun Yaowen heard about the ghost, his shoulders trembled with fear, and he asked me tremblingly: "Can ghosts sleep?"
I explained, "Of course. All things need to rest and recuperate, and ghosts are no exception. They sleep, which is also a way to improve their strength and breed ghost energy. But relatively speaking, if they can kill a few people and absorb their essence, their strength will increase more quickly."
"That's why there are so many ghosts trying every possible way to harm people."
At this time, Liu Deshui raised his right hand slightly, and the beam of light on the Bagua mirror suddenly shot towards the skull.
The skull seemed to sense danger. Two points of faint green light suddenly appeared in its empty eyes, as if two flames were dancing in the eye sockets.
However, before it could escape, the yellow light from the magic weapon Bagua Mirror that imprisoned souls shone on the skull.
, and in an instant, the skull was fixed in the beam of light.
The skull continued to struggle in the yellow light, its head was still twisting and deforming, and its teeth were becoming sharper little by little, sharper than the teeth of some ferocious animals.
"Ahh, it hurts! You are a Taoist priest! ... ... Why are you imprisoning my soul?"
A cold sound came out of the skull's mouth, but it was not loud and seemed very weak.
Liu Deshui snorted coldly and said, "Why are you imprisoned? Don't you have any self-awareness? You are a ghost. You don't report to the underworld, but hide in this haunted building. You are stained with a lot of death energy. I'm afraid you have harmed many people."
The ghostly aura on the skull continued to dissipate in the yellow light, and its face was filled with pain.
"Taoist, even if I harmed someone, so what? I haven't offended you. Why do you imprison me?"
Liu Deshui ignored the skull's words and chanted a spell softly.
Suddenly, the yellow light became more intense.
The imprisoned skull's soul was trembling in the yellow light, but it couldn't break free.
With a terrifying scream, the soul of the skull shattered, turning into wisps of ghostly energy, which followed the yellow light and drilled into the Bagua mirror.
The ghost energy enters the Bagua Mirror. The eight hexagrams Qian, Kun, Xun, Zhen, Kan, Li, Gen and Dui on the Bagua Mirror are like eight invisible big pockets. Together with the yin and yang poles above, they absorb the ghost energy separately, which flows continuously and forms a strangling force.
In an instant, those ghostly auras disappeared and ceased to exist.
Seeing this scene, I really admire Liu Deshui. I didn't expect that he could use the Bagua mirror so well.
I do have a Bagua mirror that I bought from the ghost market, but it is only for defense and does not have such great power. The main thing is related to the induction formula.
"Okay, now that we've gotten rid of this little devil, let's continue upstairs."
Liu Deshui said in a deep voice, then he started walking towards the second floor.
The three of us walked very slowly, for fear of startling the vengeful ghosts in the haunted house.
But just when I reached the second floor, a little light appeared in the corridor on the second floor.
The light comes from a room.
The door of the room was open.
"There is light there. Could it be Xiaoli and the others are over there?" Sun Yaowen said softly as if giving a reminder.
I hid in the corner and looked towards the light source.
There was indeed a little light over there, but at the door of the room, there was a spooky and ghostly aura flowing out.
That light was not normal, it was not ordinary light at all.
"Did you see anything?"
Liu Deshui also came over, glanced at the light coming from the room, and asked me in a low voice.
I shook my head and said, "I can't see it, but there is a strong ghostly aura over there. There must be an evil ghost or a fierce ghost hiding there. I guess that light should be the light emitted by the ghost fire."
Unexpectedly, Liu Deshui denied my statement and said in a deep voice: "That is not the light of a will-o'-the-wisp. The light of a will-o'-the-wisp is green, not that kind of dark yellow. There should be a 'ghost lighting' in that room."
Ghost lighting the lamp
This word is really unfamiliar, and it also has a bit of eerie and scary meaning.
Seeing the confusion on my face, Liu Deshui explained in a low voice: "The so-called ghost-lit lamp is just a popular name. That is, the ghost uses the human skull as a lamp, the brain and corpse oil as fuel, and the human pubic hair as the wick. The lamp made by this method is also called a ghost lamp."
After listening to Liu Deshui's words, my mouth opened slightly and I felt dumbfounded.
Use human skulls as lamps, brain matter and corpse oil as fuel, and pubic hair as wicks.
This is really evil. Only ghosts can come up with such weird things.
. It's disgusting and sickening.
"Let's go. No matter if it's a ghost or not, saving people is more important. I'm worried that if Xueqing and Xiaoli stay here for too long, something might happen. We need to find them as soon as possible."
Liu Deshui urged and said something.
I nodded, followed him, and prepared to go to the third floor.
But at this moment, Sun Yaowen exclaimed: "Oh no, the person in the room, no, it's a ghost, seems to have come out."
When I heard what he said, I looked over and sure enough, a ghost floated out of the room.
It was a female ghost, and her soul had already been revealed.
Her hair was very long, hanging on both sides of her shoulders, like thin snakes biting her scalp. She lowered her head, her face was pale, her lips were bloody, and her mouth was a little crooked.
What frightened and terrified me the most was that she was holding a skull in her hand.
The skull was very smooth, with a cluster of yellow flames dancing on it.
"Damn it, it's really like a ghost lighting the lamp!" I muttered to myself.
"Hurry up, this female ghost is quite resentful, be careful not to get entangled by her."
Liu Deshui said urgently, pulling Sun Yaowen to the third floor.
However, just as I was about to take a step, I discovered that the yellow light in the corridor had disappeared. When I looked more closely, the female ghost holding the skull had also disappeared.
How come it's gone? I frowned.
Never mind, let’s go upstairs first.
However, just as I turned around, a voice suddenly came from behind me.
"Little brother, since you are here, why don't you stay and accompany me!"
The voice was sinister and seductive.
I knew that it was the female ghost who was bewitching me, so I quickly started to circulate the energy of good deeds in my body.
The energy of good deeds rose from all over the body, and in an instant, the feeling of confusion was driven away.
When I came to my senses, I found that the female ghost had appeared not far in front of me. The distance between us was only about one meter.
Liu Deshui and Sun Yaowen were standing on the stairs and also saw the female ghost.
I felt helpless and didn't want to provoke this female ghost, but unexpectedly, I was discovered by her anyway.
At this time, a series of ghost patterns appeared at the top of the stairs leading to the third floor from the second floor.
The ghost patterns formed a barrier, blocking the path from the second floor to the third floor.
"Hehe, little brother, I didn't expect you to be a Taoist priest. Great! Look at you, you are so delicate and pretty, why don't you stay with me. I will serve you well and satisfy you."
Having said that, I feel like this female ghost didn't have a legitimate job when she was alive.
At this moment, the female ghost's appearance has changed and she has become a woman in revealing clothes.
She was wearing a white dress with crimson flying birds embroidered on it. She had a fair face, black hair, and a perfect figure, a very standard beauty.
Her breasts were round and swollen, as if they were about to burst out of her clothes. She was truly a sexy "beauty".
The "lamp" in her hand also changed, becoming a kerosene lamp, which she held in her hand.
The oil on the wick was burning, making a sizzling sound, which was just like the sound of an iron pan burning with oil.
I snorted, looked at this "beauty" coldly, and said disdainfully: "Ghost girl, you should show your true colors. You pretend to be a beauty in front of me, do you think I will be fooled? Thinking about your previous appearance, I really want to vomit."
Who would have thought that after hearing what I said, the ghost girl's face suddenly changed and she angrily said, "Damn Taoist priest, what did you say?!"
Her eyes were wide open, and her eyeballs seemed about to pop out of their sockets.
(to be continued)
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