I thought they had talked a lot while I was asleep, so I pretended to be unconscious. After a while, I heard Hongyi ask, "Sister Xue, do you like this man?"

Ning Xue paused, bit her teeth lightly, pursed her lips, but said nothing.

Hongyi looked at it and smiled: "I have always felt that there is something strange about you two. I guessed it even without you saying it."

Ning Xue seemed a little nervous, because she used so much force in her hands that her nails dug into my flesh, and I cried out in pain.

Then I saw Ning Xue and Hong Yi both looking at me, and I thought to myself, oh no... Sure enough, Ning Xue lightly punched me in the chest, and a blush appeared on her pretty face, which was very cute.

I clutched my chest and awkwardly changed the subject: "Why are we here? Where are the police?"

Ning Xue said that the police sent us to the forensic hospital and left. Afterwards, the body of the man in red was taken to the forensic hospital for examination, but the examination report has not come out yet. The forensic hospital asked us to go back and wait for news, but thinking about it, there won’t be any good news.

We left the forensic hospital and it was already past six o'clock. In order to save time, we quickly took a taxi to the Jingong Temple in Xitang. Anyway, the fare was paid by the beautiful and wealthy Ning Xue... When we arrived at the Jingong Temple, it was around seven o'clock in the evening.

Hongyi has already signed a ghost contract with me, and is now a ghost under my command, though her strength isn't great. Su Xiaoniu told me that if I were to keep Hongyi as a ghost, I could teach her some ghost arts when I have time, so that her ghost power would be stronger and she could become my right-hand man. Fortunately, Hongyi was a killer in her lifetime, having learned some kung fu and assassination techniques. With these basic skills, even if her strength isn't great, she's more than capable of dealing with ordinary ghosts and demons.

Now I feel much more at ease. Ning Xue and I walked in front, and Hong Yi followed behind us, hiding behind a stone pillar at the entrance of the Seventh Master Temple.

About ten minutes later, a black-sailed boat slowly approached the pier in the distance. Three people disembarked: an elderly woman, a middle-aged woman, and a little boy. They were the family of three who had prayed at noon in the temple. The temple keeper had told them to meet the Seventh Lord at the temple at 11:00 p.m. that evening.

But Su Xiaoniu said she came here to catch monsters, so I prepared a lot of special tools for catching monsters.

I saw a family of three walking into the temple. From a distance, I could see two rows of burning candles in the temple. In the dim environment, the flickering flames looked a bit creepy.

After the family of three entered the temple, we slipped out from behind the stone pillars and quickly followed. Ning Xue, worthy of her reputation as a master assassin, made absolutely no sound when she walked, and her movements were incredibly fast and swift. Following her, I felt like I was watching a scene of a female assassin sneaking into a house late at night, and I couldn't help but admire her.

It was pitch black, and even a grown man like me might have made the slightest sound as I walked. Ning Xue and Hong Yi made no sound at all, floating lightly into the Seventh Master Temple. At that moment, I saw a family of three up ahead meet the old temple keeper. From a distance, they exchanged a few words, then each picked up a candle from the two rows of shelves in the temple hall and headed towards the temple's backyard.

Ning Xue and I exchanged a glance, and simultaneously walked quietly into the temple. From afar, we watched as the family of three were led to the backyard by the old temple keeper and slowly disappeared. We also picked up candles and followed closely behind.

I don't know how long I walked along this winding road, but the backyard of the Seven Lords Temple completely overturned my view of this temple. I originally thought that the front yard of this temple was not big, and the backyard must not be much bigger either. However, as soon as I entered the backyard and walked for a while, I felt something was wrong.

The backyard was like a desolate forest, with all sorts of unnamed trees growing densely in all directions. None of them had a single green hue, as if they had been drained of moisture or hadn't been showered by rain for years. They were all shriveled and dead! Dead leaves littered the ground.

What's even more terrifying is that there are some corpses piled on the ground next to some dead trees...

Su Xiaoniu said in a serious tone: "The closer we get to this place, the stronger the demonic energy becomes. I'm afraid it's not a good thing."

I subconsciously pulled out a stack of yellow paper, my palms already sweating. Ahead, a low, run-down house suddenly appeared. The family of three stopped there. The temple keeper spoke a few words to them, then walked into the house first.

In the wilderness, there are dead trees everywhere, corpses are scattered all over the ground, and there are gusts of cold wind. There is actually a dilapidated little house in the middle of it. This is too much to imagine!

"They went in. There must be something strange in that dilapidated house!" Ning Xue hid under a dead tree, turned her head and waved at me, "Let's go!" and sneaked into the dilapidated house first.

One has to admire Ning Xue's courage. Facing such a strange environment, she can still remain calm, act decisively and efficiently, which is not something an ordinary woman can do.

I followed her, the red dress always floating behind me.

The broken house was drafty on all sides and had a broken door. From the outside, it looked like a soul-stirring black hole, constantly tempting strangers to enter.

Su Xiaoniu suddenly shouted: "Wait!" I hurriedly stopped and grabbed Ning Xue.

Su Xiaoniu said seriously, "Did you see the changes in the dead trees around this house? There are three independent dead trees in each direction, for a total of twelve dead trees arranged in front, back, left and right. And the house stands in the middle of them, blocking out the vitality. And look at the moonlight in the sky, it only shines into this dilapidated house, while these dead trees are not illuminated by any moonlight. This is a typical 'sun and moon essence seizing method'."

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