Chapter 47

It was exactly two o'clock in the morning and everything was silent.

A black sedan with the license plate number Qin A XXXXX stopped silently outside a lonely single-family villa in the suburbs, with its lights off and engine shut down, like a giant beast blending into the night.

A few seconds later, the three doors opened almost simultaneously.

The first one to come down was a Husky with sleek fur but an inexplicably anxious look in its eyes.

Then, a man with a baby face and wearing a loose Taoist robe came out.

After a while, a man with a gentle and handsome appearance but eyes as cold as the Siberian permafrost held the car door and got out of the car with a reserved and elegant movement that was incompatible with the surrounding environment.

Finally, a young man with messy hair and yawning slowly moved out.

As soon as the last car door closed, the driver stepped on the accelerator as if there was a ghost chasing him, leaving behind only a cloud of choking exhaust gas.

The three people and the dog were caught off guard and were sprayed, and they all started coughing.

Gu An's brows were almost twisted into knots. He brushed away the exhaust fumes in disgust and scanned the unassuming and even somewhat shabby building in front of him with a critical look: "Is this where Su He is hiding?"

He Miao didn't answer immediately. He closed his eyes and began to count rapidly with his fingers. After a few breaths, he nodded solemnly: "I can't be wrong. The hexagram points to this place. Do you remember the treasure we dug out in the mountain?"

When this was mentioned, Gu An's face turned green instantly.

He Miao sighed with emotion, a look of inappropriate admiration on his face: "Su He is also a tough guy. He was able to dig out a place like that. If it were me, I would have given up long ago. This is different from..."

He considered his words, but couldn't help but ask, "What's the difference between that and eating shit?"

Gu An's face turned completely dark, and he felt a chill all over his body.

He was the dignified Ninth Heaven Azure Lotus Immortal Lord, so noble in life, yet after death he was shoved into such a filthy place?! This was a utter shame and humiliation!

"But..." He Miao seemed to have just remembered the key question. He stroked his chin and looked at Bu Suanzi with a vague look. "Is trespassing against someone's house illegal?"

Bu Suanzi's face was expressionless: "What do you think?"

He Miao immediately took a big step back, trying to shrink himself into the shadows: "Then I..."

Before he could utter the word "I won't go", Bu Suanzi was quick-witted and grabbed him by the back of the collar, dragged him to the main entrance of the villa like a sack, and then let go.

"Master, you and Chi Ying will be in charge of the open affairs."

He Miao was about to say "no" when Gu An glanced at him indifferently.

He Miao: "Oh, where's Chi Ying?"

Bu Suanzi subconsciously pointed behind him: "Isn't it..."

He paused, leaving only air behind him.

Gu An patted Bu Suanzi's shoulder and gestured for him to look at an extremely narrow dog hole in the corner of the wall not far away.

There, half of a dog's butt was stuck, twisting hard.

Bu Suanzi: “…”

"Then let's do this," Bu Suanzi made a quick decision. "Please, Immortal Lord, come with my master and attack from the front..."

"No." Gu An said decisively. He walked a few steps to the dog hole and kicked the stuck dog's butt mercilessly.

"Ah?!!" With a short muffled groan, Chi Ying successfully rolled in.

Then, Gu An took three steps back, took a quick run-up, tapped the wall with his toes for leverage, and silently climbed over the nearly two-meter-high wall like a feather, landing steadily in the yard.

"I'll go in with this stupid dog to explore the way first. You guys come quickly." A cold voice came from inside the wall.

Bu Suanzi: “…”

He Miao: "...then us?"

Bu Suanzi could only sigh helplessly: "Knock on the door."

He raised his hand and rang the doorbell.

“Ding Dong—Ding Dong—”

The doorbell sounded particularly harsh in the silent night.

Inside the wall, backyard.

Gu An and Chi Ying had successfully sneaked in. There was a large wolfhound in the backyard, curled up in the doghouse and taking a nap. The strong smell of strangers made its ears twitch alertly, and it opened its eyes instantly.

I saw a Husky that didn't look too smart following a human with a cold breath stealthily.

The wolfhound and Chi Ying looked at each other.

Almost at the same time, when the opponent was about to WERWER, Chi Ying pounced on the dog and accurately pressed down the dog's mouth with his two front paws.

Gu An walked over, raised his hand and chopped the dog's neck cleanly. The dog's struggling movements froze instantly, and it rolled its eyes and fainted.

"The second floor isn't high."

Gu An looked up and his eyes were drawn to a small red dot that kept flashing in the corner of the wall. "What is this? Why is it flashing?"

He pointed at the red light, his tone full of confusion.

Chi Ying looked over and his ice-blue dog eyes widened instantly.

Damn surveillance!!! I forgot about this!!!

He was so anxious that he was spinning around in place, howling at Gu An, and pointing his claws desperately at the surveillance camera.

Although Gu An didn't understand dog language, he understood what was going on when he saw Chi Ying's anxious look.

This must be a good thing.

He patted Chi Ying's head soothingly and said, "It's okay. Leave it to me."

Chi Ying: “Ouch?!”

Brother, what did you understand?

An extremely ominous premonition came over me.

Three seconds later.

In Gu An's hand was a surveillance camera that had been forcibly pulled out of the wall. The broken wires were exposed like decapitated nerves, emitting tiny sparks, which looked both tragic and terrifying.

Chi Ying: “…”

Gu An: "I have found two more."

His eyes swept towards the other two corners.

Chi Ying: “!!!”

He had no time to stop it. He saw Gu An's figure like a ghost, rising and falling in the yard several times, accompanied by slight crackling sounds and tiny sparks, and then one, two, three...

When Bu Suanzi and He Miao came in, a small hill of more than twenty surveillance cameras of various shapes had already piled up at Chi Ying's feet.

Bu Suanzi looked at the pile of electronic debris, his mouth twitching, as if he was about to say something but stopped himself. "Actually, we just discovered that the main door is ajar."

He Miao also scratched his head and added: "And Su He doesn't seem to be at home."

Chi Ying: “…”

Why didn’t you tell me earlier!!!!!

Gu An dismantled so many magical instruments in one breath, but his face remained calm and his breath was steady.

Instead, Chi Ying looked at him worriedly.

Tang An's body is a complete weakling. Normally, he would never stand if he could sit, and would never sit if he could lie down. Today he was jumping up and down like a monkey. Will his muscles be so sore that they will fall apart or he will have broken bones tomorrow?

Chi Ying sighed heavily.

On the second floor, a door was slowly pushed open by Gu An.

“Pah.”

The light is on.

Gu An, who was walking in front, stood still and didn't say a word for a long time.

Bu Suanzi swallowed nervously, "What's wrong, Immortal Lord? Is there something wrong?"

He Miao even grabbed Bu Suanzi's shoulders tightly, his voice trembling: "There must be a ghost!"

Gu An's voice was filled with an indescribable complex emotion: "...No."

He moved aside.

The scene in the room was exposed to everyone.

It is just an extremely ordinary bedroom, one could even say that it is a bit too plain and messy.

Scattered clothes, leftover instant noodle buckets, and miscellaneous items piled in the corner...

The master and disciple both breathed a sigh of relief.

At this moment, Chi Ying, who had already been unable to contain himself and rushed in first, started barking wildly at the huge bookshelf that stood from floor to ceiling against the wall.

Gu An walked over and glanced at the books on the shelf that were curled and had tattered covers.

He casually pulled out a few books with particularly resounding names, glanced at the titles, and uttered an undisguised sneer: "You don't know your own limitations."

Several books were thrown randomly on the ground.

Bu Suanzi walked over and bent down to take a look, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help twitching.

Sunflower Manual

Nine Yin Scriptures

The Great Shift of the Universe

Yi Jin Jing

Bu Suanzi: “…”

Aren't you afraid of going astray and exploding on the spot after learning so many different things?

He Miao also came over to take a look and burst out laughing: "Isn't this just a two-dollar book from a street stall to fool kids?"

Bu Suanzi walked to the bookshelf and carefully scanned the various books one by one. "Combined with the information Tang An revealed before, I can probably piece together what kind of person Su He is."

He Miao was curious: "Who is it?"

Bu Suanzi casually said, "I guess I was heavily influenced by Stephen Chow's 'Kung Fu' when I was little. I used my pocket money to buy these secret manuals from street vendors, and spent every day hiding in bed studying the Tathagata Palm. When I grew up, I realized that this was all nonsense, and I became obsessed with Tomb Raiders Notes. I found that this line of work was easy to make a living from the government, so I converted to metaphysics and manifestation, and fantasized about achieving immortality every day. In the end..."

Suddenly, there was a clanging sound, and the entire bookshelf made a dull mechanical sound, and slowly moved to the left and right.

Bu Suanzi was so frightened that he retracted his hand and stared blankly at the hidden passage that looked very imposing and exuded a mysterious aura.

He Miao exclaimed beside him: "Maybe he really succeeded in manifesting?"

Bu Suanzi: "Is this also possible???"

He Miao patted his apprentice's head lovingly: "Not everyone can be as lucky as you, but I am really lucky."

Bu Suanzi: “…”

Thank you.

The passage is not long, after all, the area of ​​the house is limited. At the end is a pupil-recognition security door with a cold metallic luster. A striking red indicator light on the door is flashing.

As soon as Gu An saw it, he reached out and violently took it down before the two men and the dog could react.

With a crisp sound, he pried off the expensive pupil reader as if picking a fruit.

"Twenty-one."

He took it apart and threw it aside, touched the back of the door, went back to the pile of debris outside, and accurately picked up a baseball bat.

There was a loud noise, and the two men and the dog were frightened by the noise and took a big step back.

Then the second, the third...

The alloy door panel dented and deformed at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the poor baseball bat had completed its mission, bending so hard that it could never be straightened again.

Gu An threw away the broken baseball bat in disgust, stretched his wrist, took two steps back, and then suddenly raised his leg.

With an even more earth-shattering bang, the battered alloy door finally couldn't bear the weight and collapsed inward with an unwilling groan.

He died at the age of X.

Chi Ying took the lead, followed closely by Gu An, while Bu Suanzi and He Miao clung behind them, cautiously peeking inside.

The scene inside the secret room was beyond everyone's expectations.

It was not as eerie and scary as imagined; on the contrary, the place was unusually warm and even a little normal.

There are bicycle posters and photos of football stars on the walls, a huge world map hanging on the wall, and travel souvenirs on the desk...

It's like a room for a big boy who loves life and is full of sunshine.

If you ignore the extremely abrupt existence in the center of the room.

Beside the narrow single bed, there was a custom-made crystal coffin. The coffin was powered on and made a buzzing cooling sound. What was even more strange was that the inside of the coffin was inlaid with colorful LED light strips, which were spinning and flashing wildly like disco ball lights, illuminating the inside of the coffin with a bizarre light. The distorted light and shadow were projected on the wall, like a crazy version of "Starry Night".

Chi Ying ran to the crystal coffin on all fours and jumped onto it in one step.

A familiar face was lying on the transparent coffin lid.

At this time, the other three people also came over and looked down.

The person lying inside had snow-white hair that reached his waist, and the texture of his skin was clearly visible, as if he had just fallen into a deep sleep.

Bu Suanzi exclaimed: "If you hadn't told me, no one would have known that this was a dead person."

He Miao also moved closer, admiring it from all angles, and exclaimed "Wow" in admiration.

Only Gu An frowned after seeing that only Gu An was lying in the coffin.

"What about him?"

"Woof/Over here!!"

Chi Ying jumped off the coffin lid, eagerly tugged at Gu An's trouser legs with her mouth, and then slapped the coffin lid with her claws, signaling him to open it.

This time Gu An did not misunderstand.

He clasped the edge of the coffin lid with both hands and pushed hard.

“Crash—”

The heavy coffin lid was pushed open, and a large amount of cold white air rushed out as if breaking free from its restraints, spreading instantly.

Amidst the white mist, a small dragon, only as thick as a finger and as white as jade, quietly coiled under the hand of Gu An's corpse. It had its eyes closed, its horns were small, and its four claws were slightly curled, as delicate as a sculpture.

He Miao took out a pair of long hot pot chopsticks from somewhere, picked up the little white dragon, and held it high under the light to show it: "It has horns, claws, and big eyes..."

"It really is a dragon cub."

As he said this, he curiously stretched out his finger, wanting to touch it.

Gu An was quick to snatch the little white dragon from the chopsticks and carefully put it into his pocket: "This is mine."

The two men and the dog all looked at him with complicated expressions.

Gu An said as if it was a matter of course: "This is my body, Shen Qi's real body, what's wrong with returning it to its original owner?"

He pointed to the body in the coffin and patted his pocket where the dragon was.

Bu Suanzi was silent for a moment: "Okay, but you still have to put it back. After all, it's been dead for so long, it will definitely smell bad if you take it out..."

Gu An glanced at him coldly: "Chen Qi is the body of a true dragon, incomparable to ordinary things. As long as his soul is not scattered, his body will be fine, and there is no need for these mortal things to restrain him."

As soon as he finished speaking, something strange happened.

Gu An's well-preserved body in the crystal coffin began to change color and collapse at a speed visible to the naked eye. Then, a smell mixed with a strange cold fragrance and the smell of corruption instantly spread.

"Oh no!" He Miao was the first to scream, "Quickly put the dragon cub back!!!"

Gu An's face changed drastically, and he immediately reached out to take out Shen Qilong's body from his pocket. However, the moment his fingertips touched it, his heart sank suddenly.

The little dragon, who had just been heavy and felt cold, was now more than half as light.

Without any hesitation, he put it back in place as quickly as possible.

But it was too late.

Inside the crystal coffin, the man and the dragon have lost their original appearance, presenting a heart-wrenching sense of decay.

The strange aroma mixed with the smell of corruption became stronger.

The three people and the dog sneezed at the same time, making a deafening sound.

Bu Suanzi rubbed his itchy nose and said in a muffled voice, "So flags can't be set up randomly..."

He Miao sniffed: "According to what our ancestors just said, has something happened to Shen Qi?"

Gu An's face was so gloomy that water seemed to drip out of it.

Chi Ying's dog's face was also full of anxiety. He circled around the crystal coffin frantically, making uneasy whimpering sounds in his throat.

What should I do? If something really happens to Shen Qi, will Tang An be doomed too?!

[Wife, you must hold on! Nothing must happen to you...]

[God, Guanyin Bodhisattva, Jade Emperor, anyone, as long as you return the intact Tang An to me, I, Chi Ying, swear that I will never make him angry again in this life, otherwise I will be willing to be a 0 for the rest of my life...]

The three people and the dog each had their own thoughts, and the atmosphere was heavy.

At the same time, the sky outside the window began to turn gray.

Downstairs, backyard.

The wolfhound that was knocked unconscious by Gu An shook its head, gradually regained consciousness, and began to bark wildly in the direction of the second floor.

Just then—

"I'm back……"

A stiff and slow sound, like the friction of rusty gears, suddenly sounded at the entrance of the passage.

In the dim light, there seemed to be a figure of someone.

"Who...are...you..."