"Haha..." A laugh came from ahead.

"It seems I did not choose the wrong person after all."

An elderly man in a tailcoat walked out of the castle gate.

Li Jianshan: "..."

Is this person sick? Dressing like this even at home.

Even though the country seemed to be using this to flaunt its aristocratic status, Li Jianshan still found it utterly absurd.

Jiang Si stood on the lower steps and looked at him. "May I ask who you are? And why have you invited us into this place?"

The old man smiled very calmly and gestured for them to enter: "Guests are welcome, please."

Jiang Si wasn't afraid of him at all, and stepped inside.

Upon entering, one finds a row of maids standing ramrod straight, each with an unusually pale face, like a corpse, their eyes fixed motionless ahead. They only nod slightly to Jiang Si and her companions as they pass by, as a gesture of welcome.

Li Jianshan was somewhat bewildered.

Who are these people? They look like dead people.

Jiang Si's face was ashen, and she said coldly, "Isn't it just a dead person?"

Upon hearing this, Li Jianshan looked closely at the people and realized that their chests were not rising and falling. He almost jumped three zhang away. What kind of place is this? What are these? Zombies?

The old man smiled.

“Jiang Daxian, there’s no need for that expression. I didn’t harm them. They all did it voluntarily. I was just helping them fulfill their wishes.”

Jiang Si said, "Whether it's fulfilling someone else's wish or not, what you're doing is really disgusting. Don't you feel disgusted?"

No matter how strong she was, she didn't want to be in the same place as the dead.

Inside, a beautifully presented meal was laid out, looking and smelling incredibly tempting.

Li Jianshan dared not move at all.

The thought that the food might have been prepared by a dead person made him lose his appetite.

The old man didn't blame them.

"I know I have acted rashly today, but I just wanted to ask Master Jiang for a favor."

"Go ahead and tell me, I'll listen."

The old man then sighed and began to speak.

They were originally people who came here hundreds of years ago with the economic wave of that time. They settled down peacefully, and with their innate diligence, they lived a pretty good life.

However, one year, they were unlucky enough to encounter a vampire bat, which turned them all into vampire zombies and imprisoned them here.

Their people have been trapped here for hundreds of years.

Some couldn't resist and ran out to kill themselves with the cross, while others remained trapped there, waiting for someone destined to rescue them.

Some people have said that they should be patient and that someone will come to rescue them.

When they met Li Qinghuai and Qi Yan a few days ago, they suddenly had a special feeling, a strong sense that their destined person was about to arrive.

They didn't do anything to Li Qinghuai and Qi Yan, they just knocked them unconscious and hid them in the castle, waiting for the right person to appear.

And now, the destined person has arrived.

As he spoke, the old man began to cry.

He walked up to Jiang Si and knelt down abruptly. "Master Jiang, please save my people."

They are suffering so much.

It's unclear whether that vampire bat was a monster or not. If they had stayed here, they could have lived peacefully together. But once they stepped out of this castle, they would have become monsters that only suck human blood.

They didn't want to do that, so they had no choice but to stay here forever.

Just then, a number of people emerged from the various doors, each with an indifferent expression, yet a glimmer of hope could be seen in their detached eyes.

Perhaps there is hope for them.

They all knelt down in unison.

They asked for nothing more than for Jiang Si to save them.

Jiang Si looked down at them and noticed that there was a wisp of black energy wrapped around them. She wondered if it was this black energy causing the trouble.

Jiang Si tried to pinch it with her bare hands, but found it was completely useless.

That's strange, almost no evil spirits can escape Jiang Si's grasp.

Jiang Si laughed; it was quite amusing.

"I can save you, but you have to let me see what my men are like, right?"

Actually, as soon as Jiang Si stepped in, she could tell that Li Qinghuai and Qi Yan were alright. She asked this question just to see their attitude.

The old man stood up, his tone somewhat urgent, as if afraid that if he were to be negligent, Jiang Si would object.

"Sure, sure, come with me."

Jiang Si and Li Jianshan followed them into a room.

Inside, Li Qinghuai and Qi Yan were fast asleep.

Jiang Si's lips twitched. Being made to look like this, Qi Yan would have to go back and cultivate for another three hundred years before coming back. It was too embarrassing.

With a wave of her hand, Jiang Si woke up Li Qinghuai and Qi Yan.

The two looked around at their surroundings, still somewhat bewildered.

Where are they? Why are they here? How did Jiang Si and Li Jianshan suddenly appear?

Li Jianshan finally felt relieved and quickly stepped forward to ask, "Are you alright? Is anything bothering you?"

The old man quickly said, "We absolutely, absolutely did not harm Mr. Li or Mr. Qi."

Li Qinghuai was helped up by Li Jianshan and looked around: "Have we been used as bait?"

Li Jianshan: "Grandpa, don't think too much. The most important thing is that you're alright. I was so worried about you."

Qi Yan was a little embarrassed, pointing his gun at the old man: "Well, you guys lied to us, saying there was something to see here, and invited us in, but it turned out you just wanted to lure other people in."

"I hope you can forgive us, young friend," the old man said with a wry smile. "We had no other choice."

Jiang Si interrupted them, "Alright, we can talk about other things later. Let's get back to your vampire bat."

"Where is he?" Jiang Si thought, "To untie the knot, one must first untie the knot."

The old man looked troubled.

"It's not that we don't want to talk about it, it's that we don't know either."

Jiang Si paused for a moment, then said, "Give me your blood, and I'll find it."

The old man quickly dripped a drop of blood, which was a bit strange, its color being reddish-green.

Since they are vampire bats, they must be related to blood. Following the blood should lead to some clues.

The blood pulsed in Jiang Si's hand, quickly pointing her in a direction.

Following the blood trail, Jiang Si quickly arrived at a cave behind the castle.

Li Jianshan wanted to go with them, but Jiang Si stopped him, saying, "You shouldn't go. Stay here and watch them."

Li Jianshan thought it made sense and told his master to be careful.

The cave was very deep. Jiang Si pushed aside the weeds and went inside. She didn't see any bats, but she did find a person hanging from a tree with their eyes closed. She didn't know whether they were dead or alive.

Jiang Si didn't care about any of that and directly struck out with a palm technique.

The man slowly opened his eyes, which were bloodshot and looked very eerie.

"Who are you, and why are you doing this to them?" Jiang Si asked.

"I should be asking you who you are, daring to come in and disturb me. Do you even know who I am?" The man's voice was unusually cold, and his blood-red eyes looked at Jiang Si with a hint of greed in them.

Jiang Si gives this guy a perfect score for his show-off act.

But Jiang Si didn't have time to deal with this delusional behavior. "I don't care who you are, just release the people right now, or I'll burn your cave down."