This is an urban village with low buildings everywhere, which seems out of place with the surrounding high-rise buildings. Xu Feng walked on the bumpy road in the village, looking at the silence all around, and couldn't help frowning.

At this time, the walls of the houses in the village were covered with circled characters. The residents of the village had all moved away. The empty village was without a trace of light, giving people a gloomy and terrifying feeling.

Xu Feng followed the address given in the mission and came to an old house. It looked desolate and dilapidated, similar to the charity cemetery in the secret realm.

Because it was going to be demolished, the house was not locked. Xu Feng gently pushed open the door. The rusted hinges made a "clicking" sound, making it sound more like a haunted house.

Entering the front yard, a jujube tree that is so big that two people can hug it comes into view. Because it is winter, only bare branches are left on the tree, with only a few dried dates hanging at the top of the tree.

In front of the house is a three-story building with a row of side rooms on each side and a garage next to it. The total area should be more than 300 square meters.

Xu Feng stood in the front yard and looked around. He saw a desolate scene. It was obvious that no one had lived there for at least half a year. The doors of all the houses were wide open and the glass of several windows was broken. There was a big hole in the roof of a wing room on the left, and cold wind was blowing in. Such a house had been abandoned for more than half a year and could no longer be lived in. Xu Feng didn't know what his professional mission was. What was he doing in such a dilapidated house that was about to be demolished?

After arriving at the location, Xu Feng opened the task interface again. Sure enough, the professional task had been updated and required Xu Feng to explore the entire house. At this time, the exploration degree had reached 8%.

Xu Feng had no choice but to start exploring the house as required by the task. He started from the house on the left with a big hole on the roof and walked into the room. This should be the kitchen. There was a brick stove covered with dust. Xu Feng walked around the room but found nothing. The exploration degree only increased by 3%.

Xu Feng spent more than ten minutes to go around the two rooms on the left and right, but he didn't find anything. He just felt a little cold. It was already one o'clock in the morning. Some clouds gradually appeared in the sky, blocking the moonlight. Gusts of cold wind blew, and it was inevitable that he would feel a little chilly.

Soon, Xu Feng arrived at the three-story building, which was the main building of the entire mansion, with an area of ​​at least 150 square meters. He pushed the door open and entered. Suddenly, a ghost rushed out in front of him. This ghost was obviously a female ghost with disheveled hair, red eyes, and a blood-red mouth full of fangs. She let out a heart-wrenching roar and pounced towards Xu Feng with her fangs and claws.

Xu Feng was startled and subconsciously threw a soul fire talisman forward. However, the paper talisman passed through the ghost and flew backwards. The ghost pounced to a place one meter away from Xu Feng and suddenly disappeared out of thin air. Everything before seemed like an illusion.

Xu Feng calmed down his frightened mood and stood at the door looking vigilantly towards the first floor. It was obviously a living room, but all the furniture had been moved away. Except for a painting covering an entire wall, the room was empty and there was nothing in it.

Xu Feng's eyes were attracted by the painting hanging on the wall. The soul fire talisman he had just thrown out was also stuck on the painting and did not explode.

Xu Feng stepped forward and first took down the soul fire talisman that was already glowing red light, and then began to look at the painting hanging on the wall.

This place is about to be demolished, and all the valuable items in the house should have been moved away by the owner, just like the furniture in the living room. Even if there were some left, they would have been picked up by some scavengers. Even if the painting on the wall is not an antique, it is at least worth some money. Even if the owner didn't want it, the scavengers would not have ignored it. It is a bit strange that it is still hanging on the wall.

This painting is a portrait of an old man wearing a neat Zhongshan suit, sitting on a throne, with his hands on his knees, looking straight ahead with a serious face.

The old man in the painting looks a bit old-fashioned, but the whole painting is very real, and the painter obviously spent a lot of effort. If the old man in the painting is a member of the family that is about to be demolished, then this painting will definitely not be abandoned here, but if it is not a member of this family, how could this painting be hung on the wall of the main hall?

"Huh?" Xu Feng raised his eyebrows. It seemed that there was indeed something wrong with this house.

Thinking of this, Xu Feng turned his wrist, took out a talisman to suppress evil from the parcel column, and was about to stick it towards the old man in the painting!

"Young man, you have no moral principles and actually attacked me, an old man!"

The old man in the painting suddenly spoke, his voice was hoarse and sinister, and there was a hint of evil in his eyes.

"Hehe, no wonder this painting was left behind, it turns out it's haunted!" Xu Feng sneered and continued to stick the evil-suppressing talisman in his hand towards the portrait.

If it were an ordinary person, he would probably be scared to run away in such a strange and eerie scene. But for Xu Feng, he had seen too many demons and monsters. Before, the ghost appeared suddenly and killed by opening the door. Xu Feng was caught off guard and was frightened. Now that he is prepared, let alone just speaking, even if an old man walked out of the portrait, Xu Feng would not be surprised at all.

The evil-suppressing talisman was pasted on the portrait and immediately began to burn, soon igniting the portrait as well. Streams of black gas emerged from the portrait, and the old man in the portrait let out bursts of miserable screams, but the expression on his face became more ferocious.

"Young man, I curse you, I curse you!" The old man sat on the armchair motionless, allowing the flames to slowly devour him, but his voice still continued to be heard from the burning portrait.

"I curse you to be burned to death in flames like me!"

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The old man's paintings were like a thorn, causing Xu Feng's heart to ache slightly. This abnormality made Xu Feng immediately alert.

The next moment, Xu Feng immediately felt a burning pain all over his body. He subconsciously opened the status bar and took a look. Sure enough, a new bad status appeared in the status bar.

"Burning Curse: The whole body is burned by flames, and 100 points of burning damage will be taken every fifteen seconds. This effect will last for three minutes! Within three minutes, the Apostle's near-death protection will be temporarily sealed and will not work!"

Seeing the burning curse in the status bar, Xu Feng couldn't help but gasp. The power of this curse was terrifying. You know, for an ordinary level 3 secret realm apostle, if he didn't have the ability to improve his physical attributes, his physical fitness would be just over ten points at most. For three minutes, that's 100 points of burning damage every fifteen seconds, and with the seal for near-death protection, this could burn an ordinary level 3 apostle to death.

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(End of this chapter)