To the northeast of the town, there was a continuous stretch of forest that resembled a thick carpet. It enveloped the entire area within a radius of a thousand miles under the dense and dark shade of the trees.
Currently, on a slope several hundred meters away from the valley in the middle of the forest, two men dressed in light blue combat attire were walking quickly through the forest. They occasionally reached out to knock away the spider webs blocking their way.
"This should be it. The rumored Haunted House. It's said that no one has ever come out after entering. "
Su Ran and Qin Shijun passed through a dense patch of light red weeds. Between the branches of the trees ahead, they finally saw a very old, grayish-white stone building.
Su Ran looked at the stone building from afar. He was filled with anticipation.
He and Qin Shijun were not only here to look for Mei Youjiang. They were here to investigate more information.
"This place …" Qin Shijun slowly drew his longsword from his back. He held it in his hand and walked along the path, pushing through the weeds as he walked toward the building.
"Be careful." Su Ran followed behind him. "This Haunted House must not have stood here for so long by chance."
"I know. Stay away," said Qin Shijun with a nod. "Evil Spirits don't differentiate between combat and non-combat."
Su Ran nodded and swiftly did as he was told.
The two of them walked about a dozen steps apart, one in front and one behind. They slowly approached the two-story building.
The two of them had worked together to deal with the second-tier Evil Spirits outside of the Four Guardian Families for many years. They were quite well-versed in their teamwork.
Su Ran discreetly sprinkled something that resembled soybeans. Qin Shijun, on the other hand, took out a small bottle of ointment and smeared it on the blade of his sword.
He turned around and said to Su Ran simply, "I can only hold on for an hour. Hurry."
"Mm-hm."
The two of them walked slowly to the stone building. They walked up the moss-covered stone steps to the door.
"Clang."
Qin Shijun easily knocked open the wooden door that was covered with metal sheets. He charged into the building, and the longsword in his hand shone with a silver light. It covered the entire fan-shaped space in front of him.
"Pchht."
The blade hovered in the air and landed on the ground beside Qin Shijun. It did not cut anything.
"There's no one." He frowned and turned to look outside. "Su Ran, light the fire."
Nobody answered.
Qin Shijun's expression changed slightly. He slowly left the room and looked around. The surrounding dark forest was quiet, and the sky was getting darker and darker. Perhaps it was because it was about to rain.
Su Ran, who had been behind him just a moment ago, had now mysteriously disappeared without a sound.
"Su Ran?" Qin Shijun did not panic. In their many times of cooperation, they often encountered situations where they were broken up. The only thing they needed to do now was to trust each other.
It was dark outside the door. Qin Shijun's frown deepened. He took his sword and retreated into the house.
"The Darkspirit Space?" He thought for a moment, and slowly walked up the stairs to the second floor.
The room was unusually dark, almost no different from the night sky.
After taking a few steps, he suddenly heard footsteps behind him. He paused for a moment and stopped.
He turned his head and looked around, but there was nothing behind him.
"Is it an illusion?" Qin Shijun gently threw out a piece of twisted talisman paper with green lines drawn on it and let it fall to the ground.
"No one is following me." Seeing that the talisman did not react, Qin Shijun calmed down. He turned around and continued walking up. However, he suddenly saw a dark red stain on the right side of the staircase's railing. It seemed to be a fresh dark red.
"There's blood?!" Qin Shijun's heart skipped a beat. Su Ran was not here. Otherwise, he could have used his partner's ability to find out when the blood was spilled and what species it belonged to.
Worried, Qin Shijun decided to meet up with Su Ran after he came out, and then make his next move.
With that in mind, he turned around and planned to go downstairs.
"Qin Shijun."
Suddenly, Su Ran's voice came from upstairs. Qin Shijun looked up and saw his old partner holding a lantern. He stood at the dark staircase on the second floor, looking down at him with a smile on his lips.
"Come up quickly. I found something good," Su Ran said calmly. The light from the lantern shone on his face. It was dark and bright, and it looked rather eerie.
"Something good?" Qin Shijun was stunned. He knew Su Ran's personality very well. If it was not something really good, he would not have made it so obvious.
Out of trust in his good partner, he pondered for a moment, then picked up his sword and rushed up to the second floor again.
However, when he reached the second floor, he realized that his partner had already walked to the door of a room on the corridor on the second floor. He was looking at him from afar with the same smile on his face.
"Come with me. It's here. "Su Ran waved at him.
Qin Shijun was puzzled. However, the Evil Spirit Talisman on him did not sense any Evil Spirit aura. Moreover, he did not think that Su Ran would be taken care of so easily.
After calming down, Qin Shijun followed Su Ran to the door of the room. He followed the light from the lantern and entered the room.
"Bam!"
Suddenly, the door slammed shut after he entered. Then, there was a violent tremor. A crash and a grunt were heard at the same time. Then, in less than ten seconds, everything returned to normal.
…
"Ah Jun?" Su Ran walked into the stone house slowly. He heard Qin Shijun calling out to him from afar, so he quickly followed him. He did not expect to see no one when he got closer.
He returned to the door of the house. The door was wide open, swaying in the wind. It creaked from time to time.
Su Ran sensed that the house was rather cold the moment he entered. Qin Shijun could not see anyone at all, but there was a row of clear footprints on the ground. It seemed that they had gone all the way up to the second floor.
"Here. I'm here." Qin Shijun's voice came from the staircase.
Su Ran frowned. He took out a small and exquisite Red Jade Qilin from his inner pocket. He put the Qilin in his mouth and pulled out a sharp knife at the Qilin's leg at the same time.
"Rip." Blood seeped out of the Qilin's leg.
Su Ran dipped some of it into his hand and flicked it. The blood splattered and splattered on the stairs beside Qin Shijun.
There was no reaction from the Qilin's blood. Su Ran's expression calmed down.
"When did you come upstairs?" he asked with a frown.
Qin Shijun stood at the staircase. For some reason, his face was pale.
"Just now. I discovered something. I'm afraid I'll have to wait for you to examine it with me. "
Su Ran's expression froze. He put the Qilin away and quickly walked up the stairs. 'Could it be that thing has appeared again?' His heart tightened, and he quickly followed.
When he reached the second floor, he saw Qin Shijun standing in the corridor to the left. The door to a room was open. Qin Shijun stood at the door and waved at him. Then, he walked into the room without saying a word.
Su Ran hesitated for a moment, but he quickly followed him into the room.
…
"Is this the place?" Lu Sheng followed behind the strong man. He stood on the hilltop and gazed at the ancient stone house that was faintly discernible in the dense forest.
The two-story house sat quietly in the forest. It was covered in vines and moss. It was extremely ancient.
Green waves rippled around it, and the wind was rather cold.
The strong man's name was Chen Zi 'ang. He was a man covered in scars and had experienced many hardships. Back then, he was framed. His wife ran away with someone else, and his daughter and son went missing. It was difficult for him to redress his grievances.
Later on, Mei Youjiang found out about the inside story. He pleaded with the Mei family's then-prefectural head, Mei Yuanqing, to order a thorough investigation into the matter. In the end, he was able to clear his name.
Later on, he relied on the Mei family to get his revenge. This incident also caused the Mei family to offend some influential families in the dark. Later on, Mei Yuanqing passed away, and the Mei family's power declined greatly. Now, they could only rely on a few women to support them.
Because of this, Chen Zi 'ang had always believed that he was partly responsible for the Mei family's decline. That was why he had come here with the mindset that he would die for them.
"This place is low-lying. The reason why the Haunted House can prevent people from entering and leaving is not only because of the dangers inside, but also because of the dense forest around it," Chen Zi 'ang said in a low voice. "Gentlemen, I plan to investigate the surroundings first. You can do whatever you want."
"Go ahead," Lu Sheng said casually. Since he had found the so-called Haunted House, he had no intention of making him stay.
Chen Zi 'ang cupped his fists and flew down the slope with light steps. He sprinted towards the forest on the side of the Haunted House. He quickly disappeared into the forest, like a drop of water merging into the ocean.
"My lord, what do we do now?" Bie Feihe asked in a low, muffled voice.
A hint of platinum flashed across Lu Sheng's eyes. "I've already told you how to use your spiritual power. Go, open a path for me in front of me. Your current strength is far beyond what you were in the past. "
Bie Feihe felt helpless, but since Lu Sheng had asked her to do this, she had no choice. She could only walk to the front and take a deep breath. Following Lu Sheng's instructions on how to unleash spiritual power, her mind spun rapidly.
Her body didn't just contain her own spiritual power, but also more than half of Lu Sheng's spiritual power. Lu Sheng basically treated her as a spiritual power storage battery. He used the large amounts of human fat on her body to store spiritual power.
This spiritual power would dissipate over time. After all, it wasn't permanent. However, before it dissipated, the total amount of spiritual power accumulated would be enough to make one's jaw drop.
"Hiss …"
The fat on Bie Feihe's body quickly expanded. He was originally more than two meters tall, but now he was more than two and a half meters tall. The fat that had accumulated on his body also expanded into large chunks, giving him an even larger volume. It even seemed to be faintly green, which was very frightening.
"Go." Lu Sheng walked behind her and looked in the direction of the Haunted House.
Bie Feihe nodded and walked with heavy steps towards the Haunted House.
Right now, she was practically invulnerable. Even her eyes and ears were squeezed shut by the large chunks of fat. She had to keep her eyes open at all times to ensure that she wouldn't stray off course while walking.
Seeing Bie Feihe's figure disappear into the distance, Lu Sheng sighed and looked at the Deep Blue interface floating in front of him again.
His spiritual power had already broken through Dragon Level and reached an unprecedented new realm.
A strange purple seed that looked like a heart had appeared in his body. The seed was in a half-illusory, half-physical state. There seemed to be a special power hidden within it. Threads of it throbbed continuously, trying to communicate with a special power somewhere in the outside world.
Lu Sheng had a feeling that if he let go of his spiritual suppression, this seed might be able to communicate with another space.
Because of his worries and other considerations, this was not the best time for Lu Sheng. He planned to deal with this after he completely dealt with the Haunted House.
Following closely behind Bie Feihe, Lu Sheng quickly arrived in front of the door of the two-story stone house. Bie Feihe had already entered before him, but there was no sound coming out yet.
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