When the Samadhi True Fire was about to touch the short vampire, he screamed in despair.

"I'll tell you everything!" The short vampire looked at Leng Yue, his eyes filled with fear. "Because of a jewel, we found a red jewel on the mountain, and after bringing it back, we turned into light-fearing, bloodthirsty monsters..."

"Really?" Leng Yue turned to look at the tall vampire.

The tall vampire nodded. "Absolutely true!"

Leng Yue and Qian Chen exchanged a glance. "There really are beads."

"Where is that bead now?" Qianchen asked the two vampires. "How did you get it?"

"I don't know, I don't know anything." The short vampire shook his head frantically, seemingly terrified by Leng Yue's previous actions.

"The jewel disappeared after we brought it back; we found it on the mountain." The tall vampire seemed calmer than the short vampire, at least he could recall some details. "We went to the mountain about two weeks ago. Because the heavy snow had just stopped, there weren't many people going up the mountain."

"The snow was quite thick at the time, and it took us a long time to get up the mountain. But before we even entered the woods, we saw a red light shining from deep within the forest. Out of curiosity, we followed the light. After walking for a long time, we finally discovered a sparkling red jewel on the pristine white snow." The tall vampire paused here, a satisfied smile spreading across his face.

"The light made us itch with desire, so we couldn't resist going forward and holding the red jewel in our hands. That day, we thought we were going to strike it rich. So we didn't bother looking for timber, just packed the jewel and left."

The tall vampire looked at Leng Yue and said, "You don't know how that jewelry makes you feel. It's so comfortable and satisfying. The moment the jewelry was put on, I felt like my life was complete. Before this jewelry, my life was empty for decades."

"If you became like this because you were carrying jewels, then what about him?" Leng Yue asked, pointing at the short vampire. "Isn't there a loophole in your statement?"

“Madam, please let me finish,” the tall vampire said without rushing to defend himself. “Continuing from where I left off, it is because I experienced the benefits of this jewel that I wanted to possess it after I returned.”

"Later, he found out about my plan, and he stole the jewelry when I wasn't looking, intending to secretly sell it to the innkeeper. But I discovered it very quickly. In the struggle, I prematurely turned into a vampire. Then it was him, and then the innkeeper Julia." The tall vampire finished speaking and looked at them. "The jewelry disappeared in the chaos, but I found that the town was becoming more and more strange."

"Lost? Someone else took it?" Leng Yue didn't know if the jewel was the one she was looking for. In any case, she had to see it to be sure. But before she could see it, the jewel was gone.

“It’s gone. The jewel was lost in this hotel. But we’ve searched the whole hotel and haven’t found it.” The tall vampire said regretfully, “If that jewel were here, maybe we wouldn’t be in this situation now.”

"Why do you say that?" Qianchen felt that there was something deeper in what the vampire said.

"I can't really explain it, but I always feel that when we have jewelry, especially the person wearing it, it's really comfortable and we're captivated by it. But once we lose the jewelry, we feel terrible." The tall vampire shook his head, his face full of confusion, yet also filled with nostalgia and happiness.

“It’s an addictive state,” Qian Chen concluded, observing the tall vampire’s morbid behavior.

Addiction can be psychological or physiological. It seems this tall vampire is addicted not only physically but also psychologically.

Leng Yue had some knowledge of biology, though not in the medical field, but she knew a little. She thought of it as soon as Qian Chen mentioned it.

"So-called poisoning, right? Looks like they're seriously poisoned." Leng Yue shook her head and clicked her tongue. "I was just saying before that these two vampires were really ugly. Which vampire had such a heavy taste that they were given their Embrace? Now I know, they were accidentally poisoned!"

"Is there any hope for them?" Leng Yue looked at Qian Chen. "Since they weren't truly embraced by a vampire, is it still possible to save them?"

Qian Chen shook his head and then asked the tall vampire, "Can you guys recover from this? You just said that Julia, the owner of this shop, has also become a vampire, but we've seen her and she seems perfectly normal."

“Julia has become a vampire, but she only had contact with that jewel for a relatively short time. So, her condition isn't as severe as ours. You may not have noticed anything because you didn't have much contact with Julia, but her body temperature is actually very low. She also has the urge to drink blood, but it's still within a controllable range.”

"In contrast, her abilities are not as good as ours. We can make her do things and introduce us to new customers to drink blood. After all, she is similar to a normal person and has a hotel, so it is much easier for her to come into contact with humans than for us."

After that, the tall vampire intermittently revealed many things.

There was a cellar in the hotel's backyard, filled with the bodies of humans they had consumed and who had died. They didn't know where the red jewel had gone, but they believed it should still be in this town.

The town has recently seen a surge of newcomers, none of whom are ordinary individuals. A few nights ago, they felt a natural pressure emanating from their bloodline, a sense of oppression coming from another, even more powerful vampire.

Not only that, they later encountered very powerful blood hunters. However, those blood hunters did not kill them. But they were certain that those blood hunters had already discovered their presence.

Also, every time a new guest arrives, Julia serves them milk laced with something special. Once a guest drinks that milk, they won't wake up even if they're thrown into the river.

It is precisely because there are always missing persons cases in the town that the vampire attacks have been reported.

"Are you sure it's really as you say?" Qian Chen was skeptical. "You said that jewel can turn people into vampires, but how do you know if there are other vampires in this town?"

“It’s a feeling,” the tall vampire explained, “just like how we know a higher-ranking vampire has been here even though we haven’t seen them. It’s a kind of intuition in our blood.”

Gradually, the sky began to brighten. The two vampires looked at the open window. "Looks like it's going to be a sunny day."

Qianchen nodded, "Yes, sunny."

"You're not going to let us go?" the tall vampire asked again.

Qian Chen nodded. How could they not take responsibility for killing so many people? They were powerful, so it was vampires who died. But what about the humans before them? Or perhaps they weren't powerful enough? These two vampires wouldn't have let them go either!

The sun began to rise, and sunlight streamed in through the window. The short vampire screamed, while the tall vampire smiled at Qian Chen. White smoke rose from their bodies, and they quickly turned to ashes.