Chapter 16 Underground Palace
In order to protect Liu Haoyu’s successful landing, Qin Liu also emerged from Hong Yu.
Seeing the miserable state of the Yin-Yang Master, she couldn’t help but gasp.
“What…what did this?”
“I don’t know,” Liu Haoyu gripped the fire axe, his gaze vigilantly scanning the surroundings. “It’s definitely not human.”
Just then, from the depths of the stream, a mocking laughter began to echo.
It was as if something was peeking at the two from the darkness.
From above, Wu Yixuan’s voice sounded again.
“Stay where you are, I’ll go find a rope.”
But upon hearing this voice, Liu Haoyu shouted repeatedly.
“Liao Tianyu’s corpse is down here. Go call the police directly and have the rescue team come!”
Transporting a mangled corpse upwards would be too much for just a few people.
So it was more practical to call the police directly.
Deng Xiaolin, who heard Liu Haoyu from above, became a little anxious.
“The corpse will be fine down there. The important thing is that you need to come up.”
Everyone understood that the situation was a bit strange. The mine tunnel had been locked long ago, and there was no other entrance here, so how did Liao Tianyu get into the mine tunnel?
Liu Haoyu looked up at the pitch-blackness, only vaguely seeing the flashlights of two people overhead.
“It’s too high here. Relying on ropes alone, it will be very difficult to climb up. You guys go call the police first, I’ll be careful down here.”
Wu Yixuan made a rough estimate of the height of the opening, which was more than fifty meters. Whether it was to pull someone up from below or let the person below climb up themselves, it was impossible without professional tools.
So, after a moment of thought, the old man said.
“It will take about an hour for the police to get to the mountain. Be careful down there!”
As the mountain keeper, Wu Yixuan could clearly feel that they had not entered the hidden world.
They were still in the real world, so it was relatively safer.
However, Wu Yixuan couldn’t guarantee it, so he didn’t dare to neglect. He took Deng Xiaolin, and the two hurried towards the outside of the mine tunnel.
Seeing them leave, Liu Haoyu turned his gaze back to the corpse not far away.
The temperature underground was very low, and Liu Haoyu was soaked all over when he fell. So, even a gust of wind made him shiver involuntarily.
“Are you okay?”
Qin Liu looked at Liu Haoyu with a trace of concern in her eyes.
“How about we start a fire here?”
“This place is too damp, I don’t think there’s anything we can use to live.”
Liu Haoyu walked to a dry spot and wrung out his wet clothes as much as possible. However, since he had no spare clothes, he could only put them back on after wringing them out.
Qin Liu tried to use the light of the lantern to give Liu Haoyu some warmth, but unfortunately, the fire had no temperature and was basically only for illumination.
After resting for a while, Liu Haoyu walked towards the corpse hanging on the rock wall.
The flashlight’s beam shone on Liao Tianyu’s hollow eyes, reflecting the light back, as if the man’s eyes were glowing.
“How did this guy get in here?”
Qin Liu looked at Liao Tianyu’s ferocious death pose, feeling a strange sense of fear in her heart.
“Shrimp head, do you have a feeling…”
“The corpse’s eyes seem to be staring at us.”
Liu Haoyu nodded, then cautiously approached the corpse.
On the rock wall near the corpse, there were terrifying scratch marks, as if made by the claws of some massive creature.
At the corpse’s feet lay scattered pieces of cloth and broken tools, indicating that the victim had struggled before death, but unfortunately, he had failed.
Liu Haoyu picked up a piece of cloth from the ground. Judging by the bloodstains and the degree of decomposition, this Yin-Yang Master should have died a few days ago.
But no one knew what had killed him.
Liu Haoyu shone the flashlight beam on the ground.
If he had been killed by a wild beast like a bear in the mountains, then there should also be deep footprints on the muddy ground.
But besides a long trail of blood, there were no footprints ahead.
Therefore, the most likely possibility now was that this Yin-Yang Master had been killed by a fierce ghost.
Liu Haoyu took out a candle, trying to find traces of fierce ghosts around. As soon as he took out the candle, it instantly ignited.
However, this was not because of ghosts…
But because of Qin Liu beside him.
There was no choice. Liu Haoyu had to extinguish the candle and use the most ordinary method to find the hidden fierce ghost.
Although the candle couldn’t be used for detection, fortunately, there was a long trail of blood on the ground.
This meant that if they followed this trail of blood, they might find something.
With this thought, Liu Haoyu skirted the corpse and walked forward.
Walking along the small path beside the stream, after an unknown amount of time, Liu Haoyu surprisingly discovered that in the distance, he could faintly see a very large building.
Judging by the style of the building, it looked like both a temple and a palace, but without a doubt, it was truly massive.
Why there was such a palace underground, Liu Haoyu’s mind was full of questions.
Looking at this palace, he inexplicably felt a sense of fear and unease.
It was as if this was some monster’s territory.
“What is this?”
Qin Liu was also stunned when she saw the luxurious palace. She walked closer and saw that the plaque above was inscribed with three large characters.
“Night God Palace?”
At this moment, Liu Haoyu also noticed the plaque above. Just as he was about to move closer, a powerful oppressive force instantly struck.
This feeling made Liu Haoyu unable to breathe, and he only felt a little better when Qin Liu walked up to him.
“Hoo…”
Liu Haoyu took a breath.
“This is very likely where the Night Walker hides. Let’s go in and take a look.”
If he were alone here, Liu Haoyu would never have dared to go in.
But it was different now. With Qin Liu by his side, he could borrow her courage, and the danger was relatively reduced.
“Okay.”
Qin Liu held Liu Haoyu’s hand, she wouldn’t let him get separated inexplicably like in Lingnan Town this time.
However, before the two could take a few steps, the scene before them suddenly began to change, and the space became distorted. When it returned to normal, Liu Haoyu and Qin Liu were back in their original positions.
And near the two of them, the corner of the corpse’s mouth seemed to curve slightly.
