“That’s possible,” Jing Teng nodded. “However, we just destroyed the stage, but unfortunately we didn’t escape this magic.”
Hearing her say that, Qiu Honglei couldn't help but frown, pondering where the problem lay.
Zuan's voice rang out: "If we're talking about anything special, besides watching the opera, we did something else."
"What?" The others all perked up their ears.
"Hang up the gifts!" Zu An no longer looked towards the back courtyard, but instead looked towards the front gate.
A thought struck them: "That's right, when we came in, the butler had them hang up gifts and then wrote their names on the gift list."
If it were a human being, such behavior would be perfectly normal.
But if these are all ghosts, then their behavior is worth pondering.
"But we didn't use our real names just now?" Qiu Honglei asked in confusion.
At this moment, Jing Teng frowned and said, "However, our aliases all contain a character from our real names, so the other party may have launched the attack through that."
Zuan was a little embarrassed, realizing that he had set a bad precedent and subconsciously led the others astray.
Soon the group arrived at the entrance of the manor, but the gate was already tightly closed. The steward and several servants were there packing up the gift money, clearly preparing to leave.
"Oh, what brings you all out here? Are you going out? It's dangerous outside at night." Uncle Wang hurriedly came over to greet them when he saw them.
Zuan smiled and said, "We're not going out. We were just treated to such a warm welcome, and we felt that the gift money we gave was too little for such a large group, so we came to make up for it."
"Oh, you're too kind. Since you're already our guests, there's no need for you to make up for it," Uncle Wang said hurriedly.
Zuan sneered inwardly. This guy was so greedy just now, but now that money is being offered to him, he's refusing it. There's obviously something fishy going on.
So he didn't bother wasting time and simply reached out and sucked the gift list into his hand.
Sure enough, they saw their group's names on it, and it didn't feel like ordinary paper, but rather some special material that resembled metal, exuding an extremely sinister aura.
"Give it to me!" Jing Teng said coldly as he took the gift list from the other party's hand.
Zuan looked at her in confusion, not understanding what she meant.
Jing Teng quickly formed hand seals: "Lin Bing Dou Zhe Jie Zhen Lie Qian Xing, Zhu Xie!"
A mysterious rune appeared in the air, within which several golden dragons could be vaguely seen, before finally passing through the gift list.
The gift list, originally made of special materials, was completely destroyed!
"No!" A shrill scream echoed from the darkness.
Everyone stared at Jing Teng in surprise, as if they could all feel the murderous intent she had just displayed.
"This female ghost caused me a great loss, I deserve to die a hundred times to atone for it." Jing Teng gritted his teeth.
The others were confused, but Zu An shrank his neck, feeling a chill.
At this moment, countless transparent, wronged souls scattered and fled from the manor. They must have been people who had accidentally left their belongings while passing by over the years and were now trapped in the manor forever.
The surrounding space distorted, and when everyone looked closely, they found themselves in the ruins of a desolate and dilapidated house, where the festive atmosphere of the previous decorations had vanished.
"Why didn't the female ghost dare to come out and stop us at the last moment?" Qiu Honglei asked, puzzled.
“Because he’s too strong,” Jing Teng said, looking at Zu An and recalling his heroic swordsmanship. “That female ghost fought him a few times and knew she was no match for him, so she pretended to be calm and gambled that we hadn’t found anything wrong with the gift list. In the end, she lost the bet.”
"I see." Qiu Honglei said with lingering fear, "We must be more careful from now on, otherwise we may not be so lucky next time."
This time they were able to accurately locate the host, but who can guarantee they'll be able to do so next time? The abilities of these ghosts are truly impossible to guard against.
The group nodded in agreement, and Vesso even secretly vowed that he would never eat anything indiscriminately again!
After a busy night, and with dawn breaking, the group decided not to rest and set off immediately.
...
In a royal city in the north of this world, a prince dressed in magnificent clothes was urgently knocking on a door.
After a while, the door opened, and a woman in a blue dress came out, looking somewhat displeased: "Prince, what brings you here so early?"
Although it wasn't the first time he'd seen her, a hint of amazement still flashed in the prince's eyes when he saw her stunning beauty: "Miss Chu, we have some leads on those people you asked me to investigate last time."
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