Ge Qing said: "The night before I left, I got up and went to the kitchen to drink water, and saw Lu Nan going out. I was curious, so I went to the window to see, and found that he was walking in the direction of the haunted house."
"What happens next?" Feng Yuan leaned forward and asked.
“No more.”
"No more?"
"Really? That's it. I'm not that curious. Plus, it was late at night and I was very sleepy. Besides, in a horror movie, if you follow it, you'll definitely die a chilling death. I'm not stupid." Ge Qing crossed his arms and rolled his eyes.
"It was right not to follow." Chen Yang nodded.
Ge Qing immediately smiled at him: "Brother Yang understands me."
"Call people politely, don't yell randomly." Mao Xiaoli said to Ge Qing, "I didn't even yell that intimately."
"There's no comparison between us." Ge Qing flicked her hair and said, "You can call me whatever I want. Right, Brother Yang."
"Miss Ge, please call me by my name."
"Brother Yang, you are too polite."
"I am married."
Ge Qing was speechless, staring at Chen Yang with obvious disbelief. Chen Yang said nothing more, keeping his distance and rejecting him. He did not try hard to prove that he was married, because there was no need for him to do so.
But it also dispelled Ge Qing's thoughts about him. After a moment of hesitation, Ge Qing regained his composure and kept his distance from Chen Yang.
Seeing this, Chen Yang asked, "Why did you feel that Lu Nan was not right at that time?"
"He has no shoes."
Feng Yuan and Wei Changping hissed and didn't take it seriously. Ge Qing said angrily, "Isn't this strange? He walked out of the house and walked barefoot on the street. He looked like a wandering soul."
It was only then that they realized something was wrong. Indeed, not wearing shoes sounds normal, but it depends on the situation at the time. Going out alone at night without wearing shoes is very strange.
"Maybe... I was sleepwalking?" Feng Yuan licked his lips and found that this reason couldn't even convince himself.
Chen Yang: "Are you sure he is going to that haunted house?"
"Not sure. But it's definitely in the direction of the haunted house. To be honest, Lu Nan's hometown is quite remote, close to the haunted house. There aren't many houses near the haunted house, and there are ancient locust trees planted around it, which is eerie and scary. I don't think anyone would walk that road in the middle of the night."
"Wait, there are ancient locust trees planted?"
Ge Qing looked at Feng Yuan. Feng Yuan was stunned for a moment, then he stood up and took out a SLR camera from his backpack in the corner. While operating it, he said, "I took some photos of the haunted house. Master, please take a look."
Chen Yang took them one by one and examined them. The more he looked, the tighter his brows furrowed and his expression became serious.
After reading it, Mao Xiaoli couldn't help but gasp, "This haunted house is too evil. How could you come back alive from there?!"
Feng Yuan twitched his lips: "It's not much better now."
They have been entangled and one person has died.
Chen Yang: "Xiao Li means that according to the rules, you won't be able to leave Bulaotun Town alive."
Feng Yuan and the other two were shocked: "What do you mean?"
"Do you know what this is? Ancient locust trees," Chen Yang pointed at the eerie shadows in the photo. It was a forest of ancient locust trees that blocked out the sun and sky, with rows of black crows resting on the branches. "Locust trees are wood ghosts. Ghosts love to live in these ancient locust trees. I don't know how many ghosts they have attracted. The yin energy is overwhelming. Logically, if you walk around in there, you will be infected with the yin energy and get seriously ill. There is only one reason why you didn't die after staying there for a week."
"What's the reason?"
"There's something more powerful targeting you."
A sudden voice interrupted the conversation between Chen Yang and the others. They looked over and saw two people standing at the door with their backs to the light. The one who spoke was one of them.
Feng Yuan exclaimed, "Master Kou, Master Du, you are back?"
Master of Heaven
Chen Yang looked over and found that they were two handsome and tall young men. The former looked gentle and refined but a little pretentious, which showed that he was a child of destiny.
This person is Master Kou Tianshi.
The young man walking behind was half a head taller than Master Kou Tianshi. He was calm and indifferent. This was Master Du Tianshi.
The last name is Du... Chen Yang was lost in thought, and saw a strange face. It was obvious that her husband was a ghost messenger and would not appear in the world of the living, but as a heavenly master.
Kou Xuanling walked up to Chen Yang and first looked at his waist, but didn't see the badge. Then he looked at Mao Xiaoli and saw the badge of the sixth-rank Heavenly Master of Dugong. He frowned and looked unhappy.
"Kou Xuanling. A third-rank Heavenly Master." He took out a plaque with "The Shangqing Three Caves and Five Thunder Sutra" engraved on it and a black tassel hanging from it.
Judging from his appearance, he is no more than 30 years old. It is not easy to be promoted in the world of heavenly masters. The higher you go, the harder it is to be promoted. Not only do you need to have enough merits to be promoted, but there is also a time limit. The world of heavenly masters stipulates that it takes three years to be promoted from Dugong to Mengwei, eight years for the next level, and twelve years for the next level. After that, you cannot be promoted without merits.
In other words, it would take at least sixteen years to be promoted to the third rank Heavenly Master. Kou Xuanling was so young, which could only mean that he had learned Taoism since he was a child, and he must have been extremely talented to be promoted to the fifth rank Heavenly Master in just sixteen years.
Later, through Mao Xiaoli's mouth, Chen Yang learned that Kou Xuanling was the descendant of the Northern Tianshi Dao. During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, Tianshi Dao developed into two schools, the Southern Tianshi Dao and the Northern Tianshi Dao. The founder of the Northern Tianshi Dao was named Kou.
"Chen Yang."
Mao Xiaoli followed closely behind: "Mao Xiaoli, the 23rd generation disciple of Maoshan Sect."
Hearing this, Kou Xuanling smiled silently in contempt, and ignored Mao Xiaoli. Chen Yang quickly grabbed the furious Mao Xiaoli and whispered in her ear: "Ten million!"
Mao Xiaoli took a deep breath and said, "Yes, ten million. No matter how angry I am at something that is not a human being, I can't be angry at ten million."
"What are you talking about?" Kou Xuanling asked.
Mao Xiaoli smiled: "No, we are just discussing how to communicate with the beast?"
Kou Xuanling: "Who are you talking about, beast?"
"Whoever should speak up should speak up—"
"Xiao Li!"
Before Chen Yang opened his mouth to scold, he heard that Master Du Tian suddenly said: "We went out to check and found something. Since you also found something, why don't we discuss it together."
Before Chen Yang could react, he found that Master Du Tian had walked up to him. Chen Yang looked straight ahead, cold and calm. He glanced at him, and the hand that was holding Mao Xiaoli seemed to be burned, so he quickly withdrew it.
When Master Du Tian walked over, he and Mao Xiaoli separated and did not get closer. Because as soon as Master Du Tian sat down, he said to Chen Yang: "Du Bei."
Chen Yang pursed his lips and sat next to him.
There weren't many seats on his side, so there was no room for two grown men to sit down. Kou Xuanling sat on the opposite side, and Mao Xiaoli disliked him, so she sat on a single chair farther away.
Ge Qing said: "So you all don't know each other."
"Don't worry, Miss Ge, we are all professional celestial masters." After Chen Yang finished speaking, he looked at Du Bei beside him.
Du Bei: “Yeah.”
"Okay, so what did you mean by there's something more powerful targeting us?"
Chen Yang looked at Du Bei, who lowered his eyes and had no intention of explaining. So Chen Yang said, "The literal meaning is that those things didn't kill you in time, so they must have planned more."
Feng Yuan was stunned for a moment: "What are you planning? Are you trying to use us to plan for something more?"
"right."
"What can we be plotted against?"
"Your identity."
"What's the meaning?"
"If those things put on your skin, pretend to be you, and use your family background and connections, after killing people, they can hide their identities more easily and avoid being discovered by the country and the Heavenly Master."
When evil spirits harm people, they will definitely leave clues behind.
The identities of Feng Yuan and others are amulets that the evil spirits use to hide themselves.
Wei Changping, who had been silent the whole time, asked, "Why did Lu Nan die so tragically?"
Ge Qing and Feng Yuan reacted, yes, if they wanted to use their identities, why used such a cruel method to kill Lu Nan.
"The skin is gone."
Chen Yang calmly and indifferently stated this key point that they had overlooked.
The three people in front of him shuddered in unison. If those things wanted to use their identities, they would have to peel off their skins and put them on themselves. I'm afraid they had originally planned to pretend to be Lu Nan to get close to them, but unfortunately they were discovered before they could deal with Lu Nan's body.
If Lu Nan's body had not been found, wouldn't that mean they were hanging out with some weird creature every day
"Then, then... did those things follow us from the Miyun Haunted House to the Haoyuan? Did they also cover themselves with human skin so they can't be found at all?"
"Didn't four murders happen in the villa area in the past two weeks?"
In other words, at least four evil spirits sneaked into the villa area and were eyeing them covetously.
"Who are they pretending to be?"
"I don't know." Chen Yang said frankly: "The body was badly damaged. Even if we do a DNA test, it would be hard to find out before those things take action. Because those things have lived for many years... at least longer than us, and have killed many people. Some have never been discovered. After they are covered in human skin, you can't recognize them. Human skin can restrain evil spirits."
You can even switch sets at will.
"This evil spirit is simply invincible." Ge Qing complained
Feng Yuan: "Then how do we catch those things?"
"Find it out first." Kou Xuanling suddenly interrupted.
"How do I find it?"
Kou Xuanling: “Lure it out.”
Feng Yuan and his companions were about to ask how to lead the way, but they saw the four Heavenly Masters staring at them. They understood what he meant and jumped up in shock: "No way? You want us to lead the way?"
Kou Xuanling spread his hands: "The evil spirit's target is you, it will be more effective if you lure it out."
"Why not you?"
"If we can lure them out, do we still need you to show up?" Kou Xuanling's face turned cold: "Let's make a quick decision. If you don't want to, we can't do anything about it. Just drag it on. When the commission time is up, we will leave."
Of course, the 10 million deposit will not be refunded. Who asked the employer not to cooperate? This is the service attitude of the headquarters, with a tough hand and a cold attitude. Ask me to take the order, OK. The employer must cooperate. If not, they will just take the money if they want to do it or not.
Even so, there are still a lot of people holding money to ask the headquarters to take their orders.
Chen Yang and Mao Xiaoli's eyes turned red with envy.