"Wow, there are actually people here! I told you there's nothing here, there are no ghosts or gods! It's all nonsense!"

"Exactly, it's just a bunch of cowards making up lies!"

"Don't say that. It's better to believe it's true than not to believe it's not!"

"Tch~ Scared already? Why don't you hurry home and find your mom right now?"

"Hahahaha! Coward!"

As a group of people approached, laughing and joking, they saw a girl and five children huddled not far away, looking at them with pity.

A man in black stood by the iron gate. He was tall and handsome, but his face was gloomy and his eyes were as cold as ice, making him intimidating. When he looked at Bai Hao, an invisible pressure made everyone stop in their tracks and shut their mouths.

The scene fell silent instantly. After a moment of stalemate, Chi Wei looked at the crowd who were already quite frightened by Bai Hao before even entering the haunted building, and shook his head and sighed like a little adult.

Chi Wei: "Hey! Go back to where you came from, this isn't a place for you!"

The childish voice crisply broke the stalemate. The group seemed to come back to their senses, took a deep breath, but when they turned to look at Chi Wei's disdainful look, they immediately found an outlet for their anger. How dare a little kid act so arrogantly towards them?

"Children shouldn't come to this place, right?"

"Little one, have you been weaned yet? Hurry home and drink your milk!"

Hahahaha—

Chi Wei stared speechlessly at this group of ignorant and fearless young people.

Clang! Bang—

The laughter stopped abruptly as everyone turned to look at Bai Hao in astonishment as he withdrew his leg. On the ground was an iron gate with chains hanging on it. The dust that had been kicked up danced silently and slowly settled down. Only when the dust settled did everyone gasp in shock.

That's an iron gate! And a reinforced iron gate at that!

One kick! Just one kick! And the whole thing collapsed?!

Everyone, including Murong Xue, couldn't help but swallow hard. She really didn't know Bai Hao was so fierce! So handsome!

Bai Hao ignored everyone and walked straight in, disappearing from the building entrance in a short while.

Chi Wei and Tao Xiaolu walked in arm in arm, Xuan Yu followed with the bouncy Teng Xue, and Pi Yuan pulled the somewhat dazed Murong Xue close behind.

As they reached the door, Pi Yuan and Tao Xiaolu exchanged glances, then turned around and made a face at the crowd standing there dumbfounded!

The people at the door came to their senses, and a few of the bolder ones, unable to resist the urge, immediately followed them inside. As they went in, the building in front of them seemed to come alive, exuding an even more eerie aura.

The remaining people were in a daze, their thoughts drifting, as if something was pulling them. The scene before them gradually began to blur. Just as they were about to take a step forward, a gust of wind blew from somewhere, and they suddenly came to their senses, looking at each other in bewilderment.

Just as a chill ran down my spine, two of the five people who had gone in earlier ran out, covered in blood and in a daze. They ran all the way to the lakeside and collapsed on the ground, their bodies still trembling and convulsing.

The others immediately followed to the lake to check the situation, leaving three people to wait by the lake while the others took the two to the hospital first.

Murong Xue was led by Pi Yuan and walked in little by little. This was an apartment building. The entrance to the building led directly to the stairs. There were two apartments on the left and right. Because they were not decorated, there were no doors, and the two apartments were connected to each other.

Murong Xue used her phone's flashlight function for illumination, which Pi Yuan and the others didn't need at all. Bai Hao was nowhere to be found, and Chi Wei and Tao Xiaolu went upstairs, trying to scare each other.

Tengxue led Xuanyu around, looking at everything. Murongxue and Piyuan entered the right-hand unit on the first floor. There were many leftover renovation materials and a lot of trash scattered on the ground. Murongxue carefully used her phone to look around.

The first floor had already been renovated by Li Cheng and his team, so the walls were painted white and the floor was half-tiled. A low wall had been built between the two apartments on the first floor, surrounded by bricks and cement, indicating that it was only half-finished and the cement had already hardened.

Murong Xue heard someone following her in, but she didn't see them. Just as she was wondering what was going on, a scream came from upstairs. Murong Xue and Pi Yuan exchanged a glance and headed towards the stairs.

Two boys tumbled and scrambled down the stairs. Murong Xue called out to warn them that they were about to hit the wall. They looked over in alarm and turned to run, but instead of running, they were facing a wall. They didn't realize this and kept hitting it.

Pi Yuan glared angrily at this sight, and a phantom image of a Pixiu appeared behind him. The barrier in front of the two of them shattered instantly, and they realized what was happening. Ignoring the fact that they had already been injured and bleeding, they stumbled and ran away.

Murong Xue couldn't see the phantom image on Pi Yuan's body. She looked at everything happening in front of her with a face full of question marks. If it wasn't so scary before, she was starting to feel a little creeped out now, especially since the blood the two of them had left on the wall was sliding down the wall and there were a lot of bloodstains on the staircase without a handrail.

Murong Xue felt a chill and tightly gripped Pi Yuan's small hand. Pi Yuan was communicating with Chi Wei through mental communication, but Chi Wei hadn't responded, as if something was blocking the connection. He could sense that Chi Wei and the others were in the building, but he couldn't pinpoint their location.

Murong Xue: "Xiao Yuan, why don't we go outside and wait for them?"

As she spoke, she looked down at Pi Yuan, and her body stiffened instantly, her face turning deathly pale. The person she was holding hands with was not Pi Yuan at all, but a little boy with pale skin.

Despite it being winter, he was dressed in summer clothes, his eyes were dark and empty, he was holding a black object in his right hand and holding Murong Xue's hand in his left. When Murong Xue looked at him, he raised his head, smiled strangely, and turned his right hand, revealing the object in his hand.

A bloodied face appeared before Murong Xue!

"Ah!!! Don't come any closer!!"

Murong Xue forcefully shook off his hand and screamed as she ran upstairs.

Pi Yuan, who was suddenly thrown off balance by Murong Xue, fell to the ground. He immediately realized something was wrong and hurriedly got up to chase after her. However, once he reached the second floor, Murong Xue's presence disappeared. Or rather, she was nowhere to be found.

Pi Yuan entered the room on the second floor. A little boy sat on the windowsill without windows, lightly swinging his legs. He smiled at Pi Yuan, and black veins suddenly spread across his skin, surrounded by resentment.

Pi Yuan snorted coldly, flicked a stone on the ground with his toe, and kicked it hard at the little boy. The little boy was still smiling, raising his hand to gently stroke the human head in his hand. The stone flew to him with a "whoosh" and then solidified in the air before being crushed into powder.

Pi Yuan frowned. This was troublesome. It was neither illusion nor illusion, but a visible entity. It was not a corpse but a soul. This was no longer a ghost, but a vengeful spirit.

Formless and without substance, capable of transforming into anything, yet it can solidify into a tangible form that can be seen by people. Its essence is a kind of thought, and the most vicious resentment within that thought accumulates into a spiritual entity, which is called a vengeful spirit.

Of course, this vengeful spirit can't harm Pi Yuan yet, but being haunted by it would be troublesome. After all, Murong Xue is an ordinary person. If she can't be found soon, she might be tormented to madness by the illusory image of the vengeful spirit, and have her soul taken away in fear and despair, becoming part of the vengeful spirit.