"Is anyone there?" Lu Sheng reached out and knocked on the door.
The wooden door swung open slowly. It was empty inside. Bie Feihe, who had just entered, had disappeared in such a short amount of time.
Lu Sheng's purpose for coming here was to investigate the hidden place and the Universal Ward Pillar. He had successfully broken one, but to find and destroy the second one, Lu Sheng knew, would be even more troublesome than the first one.
No one in the house answered. Only the echoes of Lu Sheng's voice reverberated in the air.
"Gone?"
Lu Sheng's expression changed slightly as he scanned the first floor of the Haunted House.
There were old, rotten wooden furniture, thick curtains, and scrolls hanging on the wall. There were also some offerings on the table, which had long been dried, blackened, and moldy. A few unburned incense sticks were still stuck in a thick copper incense burner.
He walked over to look at the incense burner, and his nostrils smelled a strange fragrance. It smelled like musk, but it was much fainter.
"Master." Suddenly, Bie Feihe's solemn voice came from the corner of the staircase. "I found something on the second floor. Come take a look."
Lu Sheng frowned and turned around. He saw Bie Feihe's pale face at the dark staircase. She seemed to be anxious and uncontrollable.
"What did you call me?" Lu Sheng did not answer, but asked her back.
"Master … What's wrong?" Bie Feihe's pale face slowly disappeared into the darkness, and her voice gradually sounded like it was coming from the second floor.
A strange expression flashed across Lu Sheng's face. He did not reply, but very naturally walked to the staircase and looked up.
Immediately, he saw Bie Feihe's tall figure standing at the second floor's staircase. She had already walked to the second floor, holding a lantern in her hand. Her expression was somewhat fearful as she looked up in a certain direction.
"Master … There's trouble … Come and see what we should do … Oh no, that thing ran away!"
As Bie Feihe spoke, his expression suddenly changed. He quickly rushed into the hallway on the second floor, followed by a series of crashing sounds.
Lu Sheng also took a few steps at a time and flew up to the second floor. He stood at the stairs and in the corridor to the left, he just happened to see Bie Feihe's figure enter a room in the middle.
"Ah!!" Bie Feihe's pained scream suddenly came from the room.
Lu Sheng rushed over and arrived at the door, just in time to see Bie Feihe, who was covered in wounds. The huge fat woman was covered in blood as she fell to the ground. She staggered and tried to crawl towards Lu Sheng.
"Save … save me …"
Bang!!
Lu Sheng stepped forward and kicked her in the chest.
The enormous force sent Bie Feihe flying, crashing into the wall to the side. A large hole appeared in the wall, and the wounds on Bie Feihe's body instantly spurted out even more blood.
"Idiot! If you're really my disciple, you should know that you'll only die faster if you ask me for help! "Lu Sheng laughed coldly as he took a few steps forward and stomped on Bie Feihe's head.
"Trash should die!"
Poof!
Everything in front of him suddenly distorted and disappeared. Lu Sheng only then came back to his senses. He was standing in an empty, rectangular hall that looked like a banquet hall.
"Is this the real appearance of the second floor?" Lu Sheng looked around, but did not find any traces of Bie Feihe or anyone else.
The floor here was covered in a thick layer of black carpet. There were large, black holes in the carpet, and cold wind blew through them, constantly releasing a pungent smell of rot.
This was the second floor, but the depth of the black holes was far deeper than the thickness of the walls and floor between the second and first floors.
"Isn't she your disciple? Why don't you care about her at all? " A young man in a light silver robe was sitting on a thick, luxurious chair in front of the hall's entrance. His expression was one of shock and confusion.
"Whatever, it's just a small thing. They said that you're different from the others, although I can't see why that monster chose you. But this is the end of all your actions. "
Lu Sheng's expression did not change. From the moment Bie Feihe called him master, he knew that there was something fishy going on. Now, trouble had finally come knocking. Compared to the easy first time, this trip would definitely be much more difficult. He was also mentally prepared.
"Who are you? Are you here to stop me? "
The man immediately laughed.
"Aren't you here to save people? If you want to save people, then you have to follow my rules. "He waved his hand, and suddenly, an unconscious body rose from a hole not far away.
"Every black hole here contains an outsider who has just started digesting. The person you're looking for is among them … Oh, by the way, if you find the wrong person, the person you point out will die on the spot. And you need to find someone else to fill in the gaps. "The man seemed to be playing some kind of strange game.
"You're from the Haunted House?" Lu Sheng ignored his words and asked a question of his own.
"Yes." The man smiled. "This world is not as simple as you think. My name is Black Rope. By the way, if you guess wrong three times, I'll kill you. "
"What about the Universal Ward Pillar?" Lu Sheng asked.
"You'll see it. It's right behind me." The man, Black Rope, smiled. He was wearing a full set of black clothes. He sat on the throne like a pile of charcoal.
"I came here to wait for you. Naturally, I know that you're here for the Universal Ward Pillar," Black Rope explained.
Lu Sheng's heart skipped a beat. He knew that his act of destroying the first Universal Ward Pillar had finally triggered the greatest power in this world.
However, his goal was only to complete Ju Yan's request. He did not want to directly fight against the greatest power in this world. Perhaps there would be other opportunities along the way, but Lu Sheng did not intend to beat around the bush.
"Then, let's play a game. If I guess correctly, I can take someone away, right?" Lu Sheng said in a low voice.
"Yes." Black Rope nodded.
"Alright, I'll guess." Lu Sheng looked at the black holes that filled the hall. He slowly walked to one of them.
"My people aren't in this hole." He suddenly shook his head. He slowly walked to another hole and continued to observe.
Black Rope raised his eyebrows. He did not speak.
Lu Sheng walked to the second hole. "Neither is this one."
The third, the fourth, and the fifth hole were all not his people. Black Rope's expression turned sour. Lu Sheng, on the other hand, walked around the entire hall.
"This one." He suddenly pointed at a slightly larger hole. "That disciple of mine and Mei Youjiang, who came here before, are both here."
Silence …
The corner of Black Rope's mouth twitched. In the end, he lifted the people in the hole.
As expected, Bie Feihe, Mei Youjiang, and the others were floating in the air inside.
"Alright, it's settled. Fulfill your promise," Lu Sheng said calmly.
Black Rope fell silent.
"I'm sorry, I changed my mind. You must guess correctly three times before you can bring them in! "A mysterious smile suddenly appeared on his face. "Everyone has to guess correctly three times!"
Lu Sheng was stunned. He immediately reacted.
"Sure."
Then, under Black Rope's astonished gaze, he easily guessed all the answers correctly.
"This one, and this one too." Lu Sheng quickly pointed out the locations for the second time.
Black Rope's expression turned even more sour. Once again, Lu Sheng pointed out all the arrangements without missing a single detail.
"Are you done now?" Lu Sheng asked as he stood at the edge of one of the holes.
Black Rope gritted his teeth. His expression was extremely dark. However, there was nothing he could do. Even he had to follow the rules in this world.
However …
"No! No! You cheated! Damn it, if you didn't cheat, how could you be absolutely right every time? "he shouted. He could not accept that his painstaking arrangements were so easily resolved. He didn't even know what went wrong with him.
Lu Sheng's expression was calm. It was as if he had expected Black Rope to go back on his words.
"So, do you want to fight? Don't use other people's lives to gamble with your own. "
Black Rope's anxious expression froze when he heard Lu Sheng's words. His face turned pale. He could not speak for a long time.
"You don't dare? Forget it, then. Where's the Universal Ward Pillar? "Lu Sheng asked Black Rope before he left the hall while helping Bie Feihe and Mei Youjiang out.
"If you can find it, take it away." Black Rope gritted his teeth. He clearly wanted to attack, but he seemed to be hindered by something and forcefully held back his impulse.
This puzzled Lu Sheng. It seemed like Black Rope's resistance was not as strong as he had expected. In truth, he had felt it when he first saw the Universal Ward Pillar.
Lu Sheng brought the two of them out of the building. He placed them on the grass, one in each hand. He turned to look at the second floor of the building.
Black Rope's face appeared by the window. He looked pleased with himself.
"You're letting him go just like that? Is this really a good idea? "Black Rope turned around and looked at the other person standing behind him.
"Didn't we already make arrangements?" The other person's expression was calm. "Lu Chong is the devil that descended from the heavens. He's the only one who can destroy the Universal Ward Pillar. No one else can. Ju Yan borrowed his power to break the shackles on his own seal. The other Highnesses also tacitly agreed to this. Why are you still so indignant? Is it just because that Lu Chong can cultivate spiritual power that humans can't control? "
Black Rope was stunned when he heard this. "I just can't stand it. I can't stand his cold and indifferent attitude that he doesn't care about anything. You know that since I was young, I … Wait! What's that?! "
"Pchht!"
Black Rope dashed to the window. He saw a beam of golden light land in the middle of the Haunted House's courtyard from afar.
Before he could rejoice that the golden light had landed in the wrong place …
"Get down!" Suddenly, an anxious voice came from behind him.
Black Rope instinctively fell to the ground.
"Boom!"
A huge golden sword flashed past the top of his head. The entire roof of the Haunted House was sliced horizontally by the sword.
Large amounts of rubble and tiles fell in all directions.
"Cough, cough, cough …"
Black Rope's body shone with black light. His soul almost left his body. He was so close to being cut in half and killed on the spot.
"Oh? You're fast at dodging, aren't you? "Lu Sheng's voice came from above his head.
Before Black Rope could react to what was happening, someone grabbed his hair and slammed him to the ground.
"Boom!"
The floor of the Haunted House's second floor was smashed through. A huge pit more than a meter deep was formed on the stone floor of the first floor. For a time, rubble, gravel, and dust flew everywhere.
Black Rope's head was covered in blood. He fell to the ground and twitched. He could not move.
Lu Sheng let go of his hair and let his head hit the ground.
"So weak …"
He looked up and ignored Black Rope. Instead, he looked at another black figure who was slowly jumping down from the second floor.
"You seem pretty good."
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