Chapter 24Liu Haoyu looked at the bottom of the well, while also observing Shen Qiumeng beside Qin Liu.
All signs indicated that things might not be that simple.
The person who jumped into the well was likely not a suicide, but rather… a murder.
At this moment, the flashlight beam fixed on the well wall, and Liu Haoyu saw something that made him almost disbelieve it.
On the cracks of the well wall, several strands of white hair were embedded…
Seeing this, Liu Haoyu’s eyes narrowed slightly.
“Old man, you seem to have something on your head.”
“What is it?”
Shen Qiumeng curiously raised her hand and felt her hair.
At this moment, Liu Haoyu clearly saw that the edges of the “age spots” on Shen Qiumeng’s hands were slightly raised, as if something was stuck to them.
“Let me help you get it down.”
He calmly stood up and walked towards “Shen Qiumeng”.
But the latter seemed to sense some danger and waved her hand, saying.
“No need, no need, I can do it myself.”
“Oh, respecting the old and loving the young, it’s better for me to help you.”
Speaking of this, Qin Liu looked at Liu Haoyu’s appearance and immediately understood.
“Indeed, there’s something on your head, let us help you get it down.”
After the two approached each other to a sufficient distance, Liu Haoyu suddenly attacked, shining the tactical flashlight directly into the other party’s eyes.
Facing the strong light, “Shen Qiumeng” reflexively raised her hand to block, and her sleeve slipped off.
But the skin covered by the sleeve was not at all like the loose skin of an old person, but was very delicate and fine, like that of a young woman.
“Heh~”
Liu Haoyu sneered, he picked up the fire axe and swung it towards “Shen Qiumeng’s” thigh.
Qin Liu also reacted, trying to grab her clothes to prevent her from escaping.
Upon sensing the hostility from the two, “Shen Qiumeng’s” withered body erupted with astonishing speed.
Her hunched back instantly straightened, and she quickly pulled away from the two.
“I didn’t expect you to find out…”
The originally old and hoarse voice turned into a cold female voice.
“Did my disguise have a problem?”
“Gu Wanxue, oh Gu Wanxue,” Liu Haoyu sneered at the other party, “I must admit, your historical research is quite good, but did you forget something?”
“In fact… the old man Shen Qiumeng only knew a little guy named Liu Qin.”
“She didn’t know Qin Liu at all.”
From the beginning, Liu Haoyu had some doubts about whether the Shen Qiumeng in front of him was the real one.
The fact that the other party could directly say Qin Liu’s name was very wrong.
Because Liu Haoyu had not forgotten that when he went back in time, he had specifically instructed Qin Liu to use a pseudonym.
That is, Liu Qin, not her real name, Qin Liu.
After listening to Liu Haoyu’s explanation, Gu Wanxue’s movements suddenly stopped.
At this moment, Liu Haoyu, carrying the fire axe, attacked again.
But she reacted quickly, and a talisman paper pushed her away from Liu Haoyu.
“So that’s how it is…”
“Shen Qiumeng” slowly removed her disguise, revealing Gu Wanxue’s face.
Her eyes, like Gu Qianyang’s, were both cold and sinister like a poisonous snake’s.
“It was my negligence.”
Listening to the other party’s low murmur, Liu Haoyu did not relax his vigilance, his hand still tightly gripping the fire axe, his gaze locked on the other party, wary of her every move.
Qin Liu approached from the side, ready to throw the lantern at any moment.
Seeing the two pressing forward, Gu Wanxue did not panic, but instead smiled.
“However…”
Her fingers gently brushed the edge of the well, and her light voice carried a hint of mockery.
“Do you think you can catch me just by doing this?”
Before her voice fell, Liu Haoyu suddenly felt a foul smell.
And accompanied by urgent, gurgling sounds like boiling water.
“Retreat!”
Qin Liu’s spiritual sight was stronger, and she clearly felt something climbing out from the bottom of the well.
Liu Haoyu got the hint, instantly moved away from the well, and shone the flashlight beam towards it.
At this time, Liu Haoyu and Qin Liu clearly saw a pale, withered hand slowly reaching out from the well.
At this moment, the tactical flashlight in Liu Haoyu’s hand began to flash.
As the beam flickered, this hand also flickered, until the flashlight completely went out, and the monster in the well completely crawled out.
Its greenish-purple face looked at the two, and this face was Shen Qiumeng.
It’s just that she had now become a Mirror Ghost, and the symbol on her chest was blinking its eyes.
“It’s a Mirror Ghost!”
Qin Liu looked at Shen Qiumeng’s face, and an unspeakable anger welled up in her suppressed heart.
“Get out of the way!”
Since the Mirror Ghost was closer to Qin Liu, Liu Haoyu immediately threw the fire axe towards the Mirror Ghost.
“Bang!”
The sound of glass shattering echoed, and the Mirror Ghost’s face, like shattered glass, showed spiderweb-like cracks.
But it didn’t die, and instead, ripples like water surface appeared in the air.
Then it disappeared before the two, but in the next second, more mirrors appeared around them.
“Seven Mirror Ghosts sellers…”
Liu Haoyu secretly clicked his tongue, admitting that the other party’s speed was truly fast.
Five people had died before, and now Shen Qiumeng had died, but who was this extra Mirror Ghost seller?
Liu Haoyu didn’t have time to think, these Mirror Ghosts sellers pounced on the two of them.
Gu Wanxue’s figure had become blurry in the thick fog, but her voice could still be heard from all directions.
“You two, have fun with them first.”
Seeing that the other party wanted to escape, Qin Liu said to Liu Haoyu.
“Should I chase after her?”
Liu Haoyu looked at Qin Liu, although this little girl’s face showed confidence, Liu Haoyu did not dare to let her take this risk.
Although Gu Wanxue’s strength was not very strong, no one could guarantee that there would be no ambushes if Qin Liu chased after her.
Especially… Gu Qianyang, that old bastard.
Ever since the Mirror Ghosts sellers appeared, this old guy had not shown up even once.
It was precisely because he didn’t know his whereabouts that Liu Haoyu didn’t dare to let Qin Liu chase after him alone.
After all, although Qin Liu, who had no feelings, was strong, it was easier to dodge an open spear than a hidden arrow. No one could guarantee that the old bastard would have any insidious tricks.
“Zhenlei Talisman!”
While thinking, Liu Haoyu took out several more Zhenlei Talismans and repelled these Mirror Ghosts sellers again. However, in this world within the well, these Mirror Ghosts sellers seemed immortal; even if their bodies were smashed into pieces, these monsters could reassemble themselves.
Looking at these constantly resurrected Mirror Ghosts sellers, Liu Haoyu was quite distressed. Gu Wanxue had already disappeared, and it was almost impossible to chase after her.
So Liu Haoyu grabbed Qin Liu and said to her.
“Don’t get entangled with them, let’s leave here first and figure out a way later!”
Saying that, Liu Haoyu threw out three Divine Fire Talismans, and a wall of fire like a cage trapped the Mirror Ghosts sellers within. The high temperature instantly ignited them.
Although the Mirror Ghosts sellers could not be killed in the world within the well, these ghosts, as ghostly creatures, had a certain fear of fire itself.
So after being ignited by the fire, they kept flailing and rolling on the ground, only able to watch as Liu Haoyu and Qin Liu escaped.
