Chapter 30 Haunted House (53/95)
Qin Liu’s body stiffened, she didn’t dare to look back.
She felt a cold aura behind her, as if something was slowly approaching.
Who is it?
Could it be that ghost-faced old man?
Qin Liu held her breath and swallowed hard.
In this dilapidated room, she felt like she was the only one left in the world.
Where are you, Liu Haoyu?!
Help me!
Qin Liu mustered up her courage and turned around sharply to look behind her.
But there was no one behind her, only the open door and the dim living room outside.
The silent environment made Qin Liu’s heart almost stop, she felt her legs go weak, and she almost couldn’t stand steady.
At this moment, she had to admire Liu Haoyu’s psychological resilience.
These supernatural events are really terrifying!
The young girl shouted in her heart and quickly took out her lantern.
In this situation, only this lantern could give Qin Liu a trace of a sense of security.
Although there was no one behind her, she didn’t dare to walk into the dim living room outside. After closing the door, Qin Liu’s gaze turned back to the mirror.
However, her reflection in the mirror had already disappeared, leaving only the empty mirror surface.
Qin Liu took three difficult steps forward, picked up the mirror, and placed it upside down on the table.
Then she walked to the window.
Since Liu Haoyu went outside to set up the formation, perhaps she could see him from the window?
With this optimistic mindset, Qin Liu looked at the world outside the window.
It was dark, and she couldn’t see anything.
Coupled with the dilapidated bedroom environment, Qin Liu’s unease intensified.
She gripped the lantern tightly, and due to excessive force, the skin on her palm looked a little pale.
At this moment, Qin Liu also understood something.
When encountering supernatural events, the period before encountering ghosts is the most difficult and terrifying.
The darkness that makes everything seem like an enemy is truly terrifying.
The other party also knew that she couldn’t use the guide’s ability, and knowing this made Qin Liu’s heart filled with extreme fear.
Staying in the bedroom any longer was not an option; she would be scared to death.
Qin Liu took a deep breath.
“Maybe I should go out…”
Thinking of this, the young girl, holding the lantern, stepped into the dark world outside.
The living room outside was very dark. In the center of the room stood a sofa and a dusty coffee table. Due to its age, it was covered with many spider webs.
The lime on the walls had long since fallen off, revealing the blue bricks to Qin Liu.
The whole house now seemed to have become a haunted, derelict house.
The stained curtains moved on their own without wind, slowly lifting, revealing the pitch-black night outside.
The air was filled with a rotten smell, as if something had died in this house.
The ancient house seemed to have been forgotten by time, and every corner seemed to hide indescribable fear, as if it wanted to drag Qin Liu, who was walking in the living room, into an endless abyss.
From the ceiling, there were occasional light rubbing sounds, as if someone was crawling slowly above, but when she looked up, she saw nothing.
Holding the lantern, Qin Liu, for some reason, suddenly stopped.
She lowered her head, and no one knew what expression was on her face.
But at this moment, the temperature in the room was even colder than before.
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Outside the house, Liu Haoyu was still setting up the formation, but he suddenly felt an extremely terrifying resentment emanating from inside the house.
This resentment made Shirley Lai tremble slightly.
Even more bizarrely, the time on his phone was frozen at midnight.
What is going on?
Liu Haoyu looked up and scanned his surroundings.
The whole world fell into an eerie deathly silence, with only the whistling cold wind.
At this moment, Shirley Lai also felt that something was wrong.
She asked Liu Haoyu,
“What’s wrong?”
Liu Haoyu replied with a sentence that made Shirley Lai’s blood run cold.
“Maybe your house is haunted again.”
This simple sentence made Shirley Lai cry on the spot.
“Master, didn’t you say my house was no longer haunted?!”
“Calm down, calm down, we’ll go in and take a look together, and we’ll know.”
Liu Haoyu stood up, casually took out a gas mask from his backpack, and held the fire axe in his hand.
Looking at the man, who looked like a murderer villain from a B-movie, Shirley Lai’s body stiffened and she took a step back.
He was fine a moment ago, but after putting on this mask, he looked completely inhuman!
Shirley Lai broke out in a cold sweat and blocked her face with her hand.
“Uh… I think I’d rather stay here.”
Liu Haoyu felt the eerie night and understood that staying put was more dangerous, so he advised.
“Staying here might get you killed. It’s not exactly safe outside.”
But Shirley Lai, who was terrified by both the ghost and Liu Haoyu, still shook her head and said.
“Master, to be honest… you look scarier than a ghost dressed like this.”
“How is that possible! I’m a good person!” Liu Haoyu shrugged and appeased her emotions. “To be honest, I am a righteous knight who eliminates demons and protects the Tao… Pfft, a righteous Daoist.”
“I’ve never seen a righteous Daoist dressed like a cult leader…”
Shirley Lai complained verbally, but followed Liu Haoyu in action.
The two re-entered the house.
However, upon entering, they discovered that unlike the bright and clean exterior walls outside, the interior of the house was like it hadn’t been lived in for decades, with spider webs and dust everywhere.
This sudden change made Shirley Lai shrink back.
She wished she could stick to Liu Haoyu’s back and didn’t dare to show her head.
The latter, on the other hand, was exceptionally calm.
He was very familiar with this powerful and terrifying resentment.
This should be Qin Liu’s resentment, but… the appearance of such resentment means that Qin Liu has entered the guide’s state.
It is very likely that she has encountered that ghost-faced old man. The black book’s warning is not forgotten by Liu Haoyu. If Qin Liu does not enter the guide’s state, her chances of winning against the ghost-faced old man are not high, but if she enters the guide’s state, her physical condition will deteriorate rapidly.
The indoor environment was completely different from before. The furnishings and furniture inside were more like products from the 70s and 80s.
“Has your house been renovated?”
“Yes…”
Shirley Lai’s voice trembled slightly.
Liu Haoyu looked into the living room on the first floor.
In the center of the living room, there was an altar and a sacrificial table. On the table, there was an incense burner with an unburned incense stick inserted in it.
On both sides of the sacrificial table, there were long-burning lamps, and the candles inside were still burning.
Above the sacrificial table, a black and white photo was hung, which appeared to be of a deceased old man.
However, the old man’s appearance in the photo was ferocious, nothing like a normal memorial photo should be.
