Chapter 77 His Own Treasure It was as if he were examining something that belonged to him…

He had been bossed around by Li Chen before, but now he had to be bossed around by this old villain Shen Zhengyuan. He was so upset that he wanted to punch someone.

But he had just accepted their gifts, and if he were to turn his back on them now, it would seem incredibly ungrateful. If his parents found out, they would definitely give him a beating.

Thinking this, he could only glare fiercely at Shen Zhengyuan, then reluctantly stood up, slowly moved to the door, and opened it.

As soon as the door opened, he saw two disciples of the Azure Cloud Pavilion standing outside. He recognized their faces; after he was caught eavesdropping, they had pinched his waist so hard that he felt it had swelled up considerably afterward.

As soon as Han Shannan saw the two of them, he felt a dull ache in his old waist injury. When they glared at him, he took a deep breath and quickly stepped aside to make way for them.

Just then, Li Chenjin finished putting the jade pendant on the sweet rice balls, stood up, and greeted the two women who walked in from outside. He smiled slightly and said, "What brings you two ladies here so late at night?"

The two exchanged a glance, and one of them timidly asked, "You...you are a cultivator from the Zen meditation world, you must have some cultivation...I wonder...I wonder if you have noticed that something...something is amiss here?"

Li Chen raised an eyebrow slightly and exclaimed, "Something's not right? I wonder what you two mean by something's not right?"

Han Shannan had already closed the door. When he came over, he saw that the two people had been invited to sit down by Li Chenjin.

He was about to sit down when one of them glared at him fiercely.

Given his temperament, he should have glared back at her, but he was in the wrong and felt that a real man shouldn't argue with a woman, so he could only purse his lips and walk to the bedside to sit down.

Li Chenjin had previously offered him lodging, but unexpectedly, in the end, he still insisted on sitting on the couch...

He had just sat down, looking utterly dejected, when he heard someone say in a trembling voice, "Senior Sister... Senior Sister and Second Sister are both... very strange..."

As she spoke, she swallowed hard, as if recalling some extremely terrifying memory, "My...eldest senior sister gave me some tea and snacks today, and I...I touched her fingers, they were ice-cold, without a trace of human warmth..."

Another person followed up in a trembling voice, "Not only that, but... and the way the eldest and second eldest sisters walk is also a bit frightening. They... they walk without making a sound, and... and their hearing is frighteningly good."

"My second senior sister... she had a serious illness when she was little, and was sick for more than half a year. After she finally recovered, her hearing became a little impaired... she couldn't hear people talking from ten steps away, and she could only hear them if you shouted loudly at her..."

“But… now, even if we speak softly from a great distance, the moment we mention her, she immediately looks at us… even though we’re so far away… a normal person’s hearing simply… couldn’t possibly hear us…”

As the person spoke, they glanced towards the door, as if worried that their eldest and second eldest sisters might suddenly appear outside. "And...and they even said they wanted to...sleep with us...Luckily, we've been together since childhood and can't sleep separately, so we reluctantly declined...But...our room is right next to theirs..."

Another person, panting, said, "Yes...yes...it's right next to theirs. We can hear the slightest noise...last night...last night we didn't dare close our eyes because of our senior sister's matter, and then in the middle of the night, we heard the sound of their door opening..."

Another person chimed in, "Yes... there's something wrong with the door to the room where the eldest and second eldest sisters live. It always makes a creaking sound when it's opened and closed... We... we were curious about what they were going to do, so we quietly opened the door and peeked out through the crack..."

“Their room was the fourth from the bottom. You've been up there before, so you know how long that corridor is… Logically, when we peeked out, they could have only walked halfway down the corridor at most, but…”

"But at that time, they had reached the end of the corridor and were about to go upstairs... You know what? At that time... at that time, they were clearly facing away from us, but it was as if they could sense that we were peeking at them, and suddenly... suddenly they turned their heads around, turned their heads around..."

“They didn’t even turn around…they just kept their backs to us, completely turning their heads away! She…they…”

She gently patted the person's hand, and after the person came to their senses, she handed her a cup of hot tea and said softly, "Don't be afraid, we're here now, you'll definitely be alright."

As she spoke, she took out a porcelain bottle from her storage bag, poured out two fragrant pills, and presented them to the two people, continuing, "Calming and Tranquilizing Pills. They can calm the mind and soothe the nerves, and replenish the heart energy. One pill per person is sufficient."

The man came to his senses, looked at the pill in Li Chenjin's palm, and hesitated, as if he still couldn't completely trust her.

But in the end, she reached out and picked up a pill, put it in her mouth, and after a short while, some color returned to her face.

The rapid effectiveness was clearly due to the use of spiritual herbs nourished by spiritual energy in the cultivation world, which further increased their trust in Li Chen.

After exchanging another glance, one of them continued, "There's something even more strange... Our memories, no, the memories of many people, all seem to be malfunctioning..."

She lowered her eyes, unconsciously biting her index finger knuckle, as if trying to ease her anxiety and fear. After a moment, she said, word by word, "There are fewer people here... Many people disappeared overnight... I didn't notice at first, until... until I went out this morning and found that of the two people living next door, only one came out this morning..."

"Are they also from Biyun Pavilion?" Li Chen asked.

The man shook his head and said, "Although they are not from Biyun Pavilion and are not familiar with me, after the banquet yesterday, when I was about to return to my room, those two stopped me and asked me to tell Senior Sister that they wanted her to teach them some dance techniques. For this, they even gave me some gold bars."

As she spoke, she took out six gold bars from her bosom and placed them on the table. "Although I am not short of money, I was a little wary of them because they were so generous and dressed so elegantly, as if they came from the capital. But... but when I asked them this morning, they said they came alone, never with any friends, and never stayed with any of them. They even took me into their room to check..."

“I clearly…I clearly remember seeing that person, but they’re gone this morning, without even leaving their belongings. But I’ve always had a very good memory; even my master has praised me for my photographic memory. I couldn’t possibly be wrong…I couldn’t possibly be wrong…”

"Is that so?" Li Chenjin suddenly asked softly.

The man was taken aback, and asked blankly, "What is it?"

Li Chenjin continued, "I was just wondering, young lady, is it true that your memory has never been wrong?"

Hearing Li Chenjin's words, the man almost slammed his fist on the table and stood up, but since he needed Li Chenjin's help, he had to suppress his anger and say, word by word, "I absolutely did not misremember! Why won't you believe me?!"

Li Chenjin ignored her question and instead asked, "How many people came with you on this trip?"

“Five people,” the man answered without hesitation.

As soon as she finished speaking, Han Shannan, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly interjected, "What five people? When you came, weren't there seven of you in total?"

The other person immediately retorted, "What seven people? We've always had five!"

Han Shannan frowned and retorted, "What five people? There were clearly seven! Last night, all seven of you beat me up! Do you think I can't even count how many people beat me up?"

"..."

"..."

The two men were stunned, their expressions blank, and they fell silent.

After a long while, they seemed to come to their senses, clutching their heads and muttering to themselves, "Seven people... seven people... no... it's five people... it's clearly five... seven... five... seven..."

"Eldest sister... Second sister... Third sister... Fourth sister... I... five... five... not seven... not seven... seven... seven... Liu Yan... Liu Yan is the seventh junior sister. Master has a total of eight disciples, eight..."

Han Shannan suddenly exclaimed, slapped his thigh, and said, "That's right! The Pavilion Master of Qilu Pavilion is your seventh junior sister, so there must be more than five of you! If there were only five of you, wouldn't she be your sixth junior sister?"

Han Shannan's words seemed to have touched a taboo, causing the two men to suffer splitting headaches and groan in pain.

Seeing this, Li Chen frowned slightly and took their pulses, but couldn't see anything wrong for the time being. He could only turn his gaze to the side and look at Shen Zhengyuan, who was staring indifferently at the two of them.

He looked at the two men's pained expressions without any emotion, as if he were looking at two insignificant objects. It wasn't until Li Chenjin clenched his fist, put it to his lips, and coughed that his gaze fell on Li Chenjin.

Li Chen looked at him with a smile, took his hand which was on the table, and said softly, "I think that Sect Leader Shen is very powerful and must have a way to help them temporarily alleviate the situation."

Shen Zhengyuan's gaze fell on their clasped hands, his eyes flickered slightly, and after a moment, he slowly took out two talismans wrapped in spiritual energy from his Qiankun bag and placed them in Li Chenjin's outstretched palm.

He gently rubbed her palm a few times through the talisman before saying in a calm, unwavering tone, "A calming talisman. Simply stick it on your forehead."

Han Shannan was originally worried about the two people, but as soon as he heard about the talisman, he immediately looked up.

Unexpectedly, when he looked up, he saw that their hands were clasped together, and Shen Zhengyuan was using the excuse of giving him talismans to hold and caress Li Chenjin's other hand, showing no intention of letting go.

What made his blood boil even more was the way Shen Zhengyuan looked at her at that moment.

That deep gaze fell on Li Chenjin, with a terrifying focus, as if he were examining a treasure that belonged to him, his eyes churning with a chilling obsession and possessiveness.