Xu Qian looked at the owner of the footprints, the middle-aged man who had called out earlier. The sudden downpour had soaked nearly half of his upper body. Because he had run in, the footprints were quite messy.

With the man leading the way, the rest of the people quickly hid in the corridor, which was soon covered with a dense array of footprints.

"This rain is too heavy. Weren't they saying there wouldn't be any rain for the next couple of days?"

"How much can you trust the weather forecast? It changes all the time..."

"What should we do now? Can we still film?"

"I don't know, it depends on Director Wang..."

"Brother Xu—"

Just then, Yan Lang ran over, his clothes also half-wet, presumably from getting soaked on the way here.

"You're here." Xu Qian nodded to him.

"Brother Xu, have some water." Yan Lang handed over a bottle of water. There was no label on the bottle. "They said it's spring water from the mountains, and it's quite sweet." Yan Lang himself had already drunk almost half of the bottle.

"Have you packed everything?" Xu Qian asked him, taking a sip of his drink.

"Everything's packed up, but can we still film in this rain?" Yan Lang gestured with his lips. A lot of the scenes are outdoor shots, and it can't be done with all this rain.

"Let's see in a bit." Xu Qian remained relatively calm, as the formal filming wasn't going to start so soon anyway.

After a while, the rain still showed no signs of letting up. Logically speaking, such heavy rain shouldn't last too long, but it had been more than ten minutes and it was still like this.

At this moment, the staff member who had brought Xu Qian in earlier found him again and told him that he could go get his makeup done first, implying that they would continue filming.

"Okay." Xu Qian had no objections; he was quite dedicated to his work.

The man pointed to someone behind him, "Xiao Wen, Xiao Wen, take Teacher Xu to find Sister Zhang and have them move the makeup cart inside. Then have them call Fannie. What time is it? Why hasn't she arrived yet?"

The young man named Xiaowen quickly replied, "Yes, yes, I'll arrange it right away—"

And so, Xu Qian was taken by Xiao Wen to a temporarily vacated room, which was used as a makeup room and dressing room for filming.

This is the north room of the old house, which, in ancient terms, was the place where the owner's parents lived. Logically, it should be a room in a good location, but for some reason, even with the windows opened to the maximum, the light is still very dim, and there is a damp, musty smell.

According to the original plan, they were going to do their makeup and change clothes in the car, but now that it's raining heavily, they can't let the props on the artists get dirty.

Xu Qian's first outfit was a light-colored long robe with eight-treasure cloud patterns, over which he wore a royal blue mandarin jacket with lion and mane patterns. His only accessory was half of a jade pendant with a double fish pattern on his waist, while the other half was on the female lead in the music video.

It's a fairly standard upper-class outfit in modern times.

Xu Qian had changed his clothes, put on makeup, and even wore glasses, but the female lead hadn't appeared at all.

The man named Xiaowen took out his phone and made a call. As the waiting time went on, he became increasingly impatient.

Finally, the call went through.

"Where are you all? We're all waiting for you, you know that—"

"Brother Wen, Sister Fan... something's happened..." The voice on the other end was almost trembling, as if they had seen something incredibly terrifying.

Xiaowen frowned. "Something happened? What happened? Explain yourself!"

There was no response from the other end of the phone. Xiao Wen said "hello" several times, and just as he was about to hang up, the phone rang again.

"La-la-la-"

A woman's humming came from the other end of the phone. Her voice was ethereal and beautiful. If the scene hadn't been so bizarre, someone might have actually complimented her on how lovely her voice was.

The younger girl couldn't take the shock and screamed on the spot, which brought everyone present back to their senses.

Then, there was a loud "bang" from the other end of the phone, like the sound of a phone falling to the ground, and then there was no more sound from the other end.

Xiaowen was stunned, staring at her phone, somewhat at a loss.

If the Blood Stone Lion incident hadn't happened, most people would probably have thought it was a prank, but the truth is, today has been full of strange and bizarre things from the very beginning.

“We shouldn’t have filmed today. We must have encountered something unclean. No, I want to go home. I want to find my mom…” One of the girls cried and tried to run out, but fortunately, Sister Zhang stopped her in time.

"Brother Xu..." Yan Lang moved closer to Xu Qian, looking timid and not like a man who was 1.8 meters tall.

"It's alright," Xu Qian said, glancing at him to reassure him.

Yan Lang swallowed hard. Ever since he entered this house, he had had a bad feeling, a chill running down his spine...

"What on earth is going on?" Zhang Jie, who was in charge of the makeup team, walked towards Xiao Wen. She was clearly a little confused as well, but fortunately, given her age, she was relatively calm compared to most girls. "Should we go and take a look?"

Xiaowen made a swallowing motion, hesitated for a moment, and then mustered up her courage, "You guys stay here, I'll go see what's going on."

"Wait a minute." Xu Qian was the first to stand up. Except for his shoes, which he hadn't had time to change, he already looked like someone from the old era.

"Brother Xu, where are you going?" Yan Lang asked nervously.

Xu Qian shook his head and ignored him, instead slowly walking towards the door. With each step he took, the moisture wafting in from outside became more and more noticeable.

"Why is there no sound outside at all..." one of the girls said in a trembling voice.

"I...I don't know either..."

"Shh-"

Only now did they notice that it seemed too quiet outside.

Just then, that soft humming started again, coming from the other side of the door, as if the singer were right outside.

In that instant, it was as if the air itself had stopped; everyone held their breath, frozen like wooden figures.

Xu Qian, however, continued walking forward. He had already spotted a red dot on the minimap. This red dot had appeared suddenly; it wasn't there a second ago, but it appeared immediately after he hung up the phone. Although it was a bit of a pity that he was currently using the Wan Hua account and couldn't use offensive skills, he at least had to get rid of this red-named player first, otherwise the people behind him would all die.

As Xu Qian walked, he replenished his own buffs: Refreshing, then Grasp Needle, and cast two Lift Needle spells to build up his Qi and Blood circulation...

"Brother Xu, what are you doing? Don't go over there!" Yan Lang called out softly.

Xu Qian turned to look at Yan Lang and made a shushing gesture.

"Brother Xu..." Yan Lang panicked. He had no idea that his Brother Xu was so bold as to dare to go up like this.

Xu Qian didn't respond to him again. Just as he was less than three steps away from the door, Xiao Wen, as if he had lost his mind, suddenly rushed to the door and opened it. At that moment, a huge wave of damp air rushed in and flooded the entire room.

This moisture was not only damp, but also carried a cloyingly fragrant smell, so fragrant it was almost cloying, so fragrant it was almost foul.

Xu Qian covered his nose and had just taken his first step out of the room when a thunderclap suddenly struck from the sky with tremendous force.

Just then, a very clear bell rang out from outside. The sound was like a ray of light breaking through the sky, waking everyone from their daze.

The red dot on the map has disappeared.

Xu Qian raised an eyebrow at this moment. If he was not mistaken, this should be the Qingfeng Bell of the Liangbai tribe. It can both confuse and dispel confusion. To put it bluntly, it is an enhanced version of dizziness + dispel. As for whether it is dizziness or dispel, it depends on the user's intention. The one just now belonged to dispel.

Xu Qian walked outside, preparing to find the location of the ringing bell, when the people behind him fell down one by one.

Oh, so this is dizziness.

But it didn't work on him.

Following the sound of the bell, Xu Qian arrived at the main hall of the old house. Before he even got there, he saw six or seven small yellow dots on the map.

He stopped on the spot, switched his alias to Mingjiao Meow Bro, activated his invisibility, and then carefully walked in.

A woman in a red dress lay on the floor of the hall; she had very long hair.

As he approached, Xu Qian realized that the red dress was the wedding gown the crew would use for filming, and the person lying on the ground was... the female lead?

"...Master, is Fannie alright now? That female ghost won't haunt her anymore, right?"

Xu Qian looked up and saw that the speaker was Lin Zong, the heir of Guangyi, a handsome young man. He was looking at the female lead in his arms with a nervous expression. Judging from their posture, they seemed to have a very close relationship.

“I’ve already taken care of that female ghost. Miss Fan will recover gradually after resting for a while, so Mr. Lin can rest assured.” The one who responded was a bald man who looked quite young and even a bit handsome.

"Thank you, Master, thank you, Master," Lin Zong said, his face a mixture of laughter and tears as he hugged Fanny. "It's alright, it's alright. We've gotten rid of that monster. We'll be home soon..."

Seeing this, Xu Qian had a rough idea in his mind: this MV shoot was probably a trap from beginning to end, and the young master of Guangyi was trying to lure out the female ghost who was possessing (maybe?) this Fanny.

All the talk about newcomers about to debut is a lie. It's very likely that the ghost did it. No wonder the requests are getting weirder and weirder. First, there was this inexplicable song, then the inexplicable music video, and they even came up with a ghost marriage.

Thinking about this, Xu Qian suddenly realized why the other party had offered such attractive terms; it was all a trap...

He couldn't say he was angry. Xu Qian had always thought the content of the music video was weird and strange, but now that he thought about it, it all made sense.

However, Xu Qian was more interested in the little bald man than the story behind it. How did he come to have the Liang Bai tribe's Qingfeng Chime? Judging from his affiliation, he wasn't a member of the Liang Bai tribe either.

That's very strange, extremely strange.

The bald man seemed to vaguely sense a gaze, but when he looked up, he saw nothing. He thought to himself that he was probably overthinking it.

Xu Qian, who was standing in front of him, clicked on the other party's name and posted a bounty: Congratulations, you have successfully aroused my curiosity!

Meanwhile, Lin Zong, now back to his domineering CEO persona, arranged for his men to send everyone in the old house to the hospital. He had also prepared a reason for their awakening: that they had accidentally drunk unclean water from the house, causing them to hallucinate.

Hearing this, Xu Qian remembered the bottle of water Yan Lang had given him earlier, and for a moment he didn't know what to say. He could only smile helplessly, realizing that everything was part of the other person's plan...

Xu Qian shook his head and left the hall. He had to go back and pretend to be a 'corpse,' since he had also drunk the water, and it wouldn't be easy to explain if they questioned him...

Author's Note: See you tonight for the third update!!!

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