Chapter 33 Yin-Yang Mirror
Liu Haoyu subconsciously looked up.
But there was nothing above, only spider webs covered in dust.
After confirming there was nothing, he shifted his gaze to the corpse. The flame on the lantern flickered faster, as if yearning for what was inside the quilt.
Liu Haoyu cautiously approached the bed and gently lifted the quilt.
Then he saw that the quilt was covered in dark brown stains and viscous corpse fluids.
Countless white maggots wriggled on the old man’s corpse.
Seeing this scene, Liu Haoyu immediately covered the quilt back.
However, even so, the lantern still cast a black shadow into itself.
It seems to be the remnant soul of this old man?
Liu Haoyu scanned the room and soon saw a yellowed letter on the head of the bed.
It read:
“Shirley, perhaps you don’t know, but something unclean seems to have been following your family,”
“Your father died because of this, and I’ve been helping you conceal your aura,”
“But for some reason, the curse on you was particularly strong a few days ago. To ensure safety, I went to Qingzhu Forest, which was also your father’s last destination,”
“There, I actually saw a very strange desolate grave,”
“A grave built in the bamboo forest is extremely inauspicious! By the time I realized this, it was too late to regret…”
“If you are reading this letter, please be sure to move away from this place as soon as possible…”
Upon reading this, Liu Haoyu frowned slightly.
This person should also be a ghost exorcist, but due to his old age, his abilities were no longer as strong as before.
Judging from his clothes, which were covered in dirt, it was not difficult to see that this old man should have died in Qingzhu Forest. Who moved him here?
That ghost-faced old man?
Or that red-clothed fierce ghost?
At this moment, the stench in the room became even more pungent. The silver moonlight shone on the corpse’s face, making the corpse look even more bizarre under the reflection.
Liu Haoyu did not linger here for too long, then pushed open the door and went into the living room outside.
The layout of this house was very similar to Shirley Lai’s, but it was more messy.
Cardboard boxes were piled everywhere, along with bottles collected from who knows where.
A strong sense of resentment filled every corner of the house, and the red-clothed fierce ghost was likely still nearby.
The enemy is in the dark, and I am in the light. Moreover, because the other party is very powerful, Liu Haoyu could only be extremely vigilant to avoid being ambushed.
“Creak…”
Just as Liu Haoyu was scanning the living room, the sound of a door opening suddenly came from behind him.
He immediately turned around to look.
He saw that the old man’s bedroom door, which had been closed, seemed to have been blown open by the wind.
The stench of decay blew into the living room with the wind, and the smell was a bit unbearable even through the gas mask.
“When I get back, I must change this filter… and wash my clothes clean.”
Without exaggeration, Liu Haoyu felt that he was almost marinated.
Closing the bedroom door again, he walked towards the second floor.
When he reached the second floor, the sound of creaking came from upstairs again.
This time, Liu Haoyu stopped.
His hair stood on end, and his gaze instinctively shifted towards the bedroom.
Unlike the first time the door was closed, he had completely locked the door when it was closed just now!
Why did the sound of the door opening still come?
Liu Haoyu held his breath and gripped the fire axe in his hand.
As a ghost exorcist, he would not be defeated by such fear.
When facing a supernatural event, if you are afraid, then death is not far away.
As he went down to the second floor, the icy feeling seemed to pierce his heart.
Liu Haoyu trembled uncontrollably, and the flame of the lantern in his hand swayed without wind.
Where did Qin Liu go?
Liu Haoyu was a little anxious at this moment.
Since the floor was covered with cardboard and trash, Liu Haoyu’s footsteps made a very crisp sound when he stepped on them.
This sound was so piercing in the dead of night.
And besides this sound, Liu Haoyu also heard… footsteps that did not belong to him.
These footsteps were coming from the ceiling.
Liu Haoyu subconsciously looked up at the ceiling.
“Tap…”
“Tap…”
The footsteps continued to sound, very heavy, and very slow.
Such a strange sound made Liu Haoyu hold his breath.
Could it be that the old man’s corpse was moving?
But logically speaking, after the lantern sucked away his soul, he shouldn’t be able to move, right?
Liu Haoyu couldn’t understand, but at this moment, footsteps also sounded on the second floor.
The first floor was the same.
In an instant, the entire house became terrifyingly lively.
Liu Haoyu’s first look was at the second floor, but he couldn’t see anything.
The faint light of the lantern was particularly glaring in the darkness.
“Come and accompany us…”
A distant and eerie whisper came from the darkness.
“Come down and accompany us…”
The sound was sometimes far and sometimes near, and its strangeness made Liu Haoyu’s heart stop beating. He was highly tense, constantly looking around.
“Look at what Qin Liu has done…”
In just an instant, he suddenly realized that the surroundings were already filled with figures.
Their faces were distorted, their bodies were covered with burn scars, and they slowly walked towards Liu Haoyu.
“You should atone for this sin for her…”
“Clang!”
Suddenly, the lantern in Liu Haoyu’s hand emitted a blue flame.
In just an instant, the surrounding ghostly shadows let out piercing screams.
The previously steady footsteps became extremely panicked, as if fleeing everywhere.
Along with the footsteps, there were also sounds of constantly knocking on the glass, knocking on the walls, and knocking on the door panels.
They wanted to escape, but it seemed that something had completely trapped them in this house.
At this moment, the temperature inside the house became extremely cold, as if entering an ice cellar.
And at this moment, the blue flame of the lantern in Liu Haoyu’s hand became particularly vigorous, even burning onto the glass lampshade.
“No!”
“Don’t come here!”
“Help! Help!”
Screams and cries for help rose and fell, interspersed with various knocking sounds, which made Liu Haoyu dumbfounded.
What is going on?
And as he was wondering, a large number of black shadows were sucked into the lantern from all directions, like flung noodles.
Soon, all the sounds were drowned out by a calm and light footstep.
The sound got closer and closer, and a girl with hollow eyes gradually appeared from the darkness.
She walked towards Liu Haoyu with very calm steps.
Completely ignoring the wailing and screams around her, she just stood there blankly in front of Liu Haoyu.
And in her arms, she was holding the other half of the Yin-Yang Mirror.
