All the way from the dangerous jungle to the fork in the road, and then passing the fork in the road, we passed a flat wasteland area, which was the bison area. After passing there, we arrived near two huge stone statues. After passing the stone statues, we entered a forest with traces of decoration, and then we could see the isolated castle, which was like a mysterious prison, leaving it there eerily. For some reason, even though I had been here many times, I still felt a little bit scared.
Everyone began to make an emergency landing. Under Yunwen's command, Sanfu fell into the city wall and arrived at the courtyard of the ancient castle. Since no one had been here for a long time, even the hyena people did not live nearby. The whole courtyard looked particularly desolate and sad, with an eerie and terrifying atmosphere everywhere. Although it was broad daylight now, coming here was like being shrouded in darkness.
The haunted house, the feeling of being haunted in broad daylight, although I have seen many ghosts on this island, but the feeling of being haunted is not...
"Are you sure you want to play here? I think it would be better to go to Xiying City for a walk," I said.
"It's too far and inconvenient. Let's just stay here. It's just a stroll. What do you think, Zhou Bo?" Yunwen said with her eyes wide open and a little pleading.
"Okay, okay, if you like to play, I will accompany you. I just want to ask, how do you plan to play?" I asked.
"Brother Zhou Bo, actually you know that I have a title called 'Witch'. I am very interested in those aspects, so this time, I mainly want to see where the sirens were imprisoned before and the secret passages here. Just think of it as you all accompanying me." Su Yuexi also said.
At this time, Ling Shang also slowly came over, intentionally took my hand, and said, "Zhou Lang, please don't spoil everyone's fun."
Who can resist the invitations and sweet words from three beautiful women with their own unique characteristics? Besides, I can't find a reason not to go at the moment, although it always seems like there is no good reason.
Helplessly, he could only follow them and be dragged into the castle house. It was extremely dark inside, and filled with darkness and dampness everywhere. Yunwen used the magical power of the Yangshen Wood and waved her hand. The candles here were "authorized" to light up, which alleviated some of the discomfort. However, there were cobwebs everywhere, and the smell of mold was everywhere in the air.
The four of them walked forward, Yunwen's cherry lips opened and closed, but no sound came out. She must have been using the high-frequency "language of all things" to explain something to the creatures here. As the saying goes, the Eight Immortals crossed the sea, each with their own magical powers. Although we don't have the Eight Immortals here, each of them does have some magical powers. Soon it was Su Yuexi's turn. She began to adjust the air. She could feel that the air conditioner was on inside, and it was the kind of air conditioner that brought a sense of heat, which began to dissipate the humidity.
There was also a lot of dry wind acting inside, just like turning on the exhaust fan in the bathroom, and soon the smells began to improve. The messy furnishings in the hall, under Su Yuexi's unique witchcraft, the method of controlling the wind and floating in the air, soon the tables, chairs and benches began to move rapidly, just like the time when she sorted out the bronzes in the Claw Dragon Mountain Cave. Soon, all the dust in the room was immediately carried away by the buoyancy.
So the whole house was deliberately arranged. Before, Yunwen, the Song sisters and I would spend a whole day cleaning, mopping, tidying up and arranging things. But under Su Yuexi's conscious witchcraft control, everything was done within a few minutes. The house was glowing with freshness and brightness, and the air was filled with the faint scent of flowers.
I had a feeling that we were not here to visit a strange place, but to visit Su Yuexi's own home. I even wanted to persuade her to move here from Zijing Cave, but then I remembered that she said she lived nearby because she was helping her adoptive father guard something, so I decided not to mention it.
Song Yingchun lived here for a long time before. There was a lot of smelly meat and everything was dirty. Later, the meat and other things were taken away by us, leaving only the mess. Now under Su Yuexi's control, the cowhide sofas are arranged neatly, all the furnishings are returned to the cabinets, the kitchen window is opened, the sunlight shines in, and some birds singing can be heard.
The dining table, piano, sofa, coffee table, curtains, etc., at that moment, took on new life, they were clean and tidy, neatly arranged, and still had that Su Yuexi way of arrangement, with clear areas, and objects arranged from large to small, which was her rule for organizing things.
I couldn't help but sigh. For a moment, it seemed as if I had traveled back to this prosperous time, and I was the guest of honor here.
"Not bad. After you tidied it up, this place can really be a good temporary residence. It's much better value for money than the presidential suite. There is a lot of space here. I think it can be developed in the future so that it won't be wasted here." I said.
"It's indeed a suitable place." Su Yuexi said.
When going up the middle stone steps, there are statues on both sides wearing ancient European armor and holding spears in their hands. At this moment, they are also very eye-catching. This is the first time that I have paid attention to them for so long.
Next we were going to the secret passage to see the place where the mermaid was imprisoned. Su Yuexi was very curious about the place, and I also wanted to see if there would be any different chemical effects when she went there. However, just before we went up the stone steps, Yunwen suddenly looked abnormal. She suddenly hugged me tightly from behind, whispered, and said, "How about we go back?"
Only I could hear that tiny voice, contradictory and pitiful.
But she purposely hugged me from behind because she didn't want me to see her expression, afraid that I would notice something. But after a moment, she let go of me and said, "I'm sorry, this place brings back a lot of bad memories, so... I hope it doesn't spoil everyone's fun? If not, let's move on."
I felt something was wrong but couldn't put it into words. Every one of them kept their mouths shut and I couldn't get any information out of them. So even if something happened, I was the only one who was kept in the dark and I couldn't guess anything.
An episode passed like this, and we went upstairs immediately. When we reached the second floor, it really brought back many memories of the past. At that time, we collectively excluded Song Yingchun, and she was isolated and lived near the city wall. We took care of Bai Lu here for a long time. This place also witnessed Yunwen's awakening from a weak girl to a girl who dared to say no. The scene and sound of her verbal battle with the girl from the Song family that day seemed to be still fresh in my memory.
After sighing, we found the room in the middle and opened the door. It was dirty, hairy and moldy inside, just like outside. Su Yuexi waved her hand easily, the air changed, the musty smell improved, and all the dust was lifted up and sent out of the window. It was done so easily. This ability can be called the terminator of bad environments.
We walked to the wardrobe and separated the combination wardrobe. There were rollers underneath, so it was not difficult to separate them. After separating them, I put my ear to it and felt and explored. I soon found that the third brick was problematic. I pressed inside and suddenly there was a strange sound. We pushed open the bed, which also had wheels, so it was easily pushed open. Sure enough, the door of the tunnel opened, and we went down and walked under a stone staircase.
As soon as I walked down, I felt a sense of eerie horror below. After all, sirens had been imprisoned there. In addition, for the purpose of sacrifice, Song Yingchun had thrown a number of hyenas alive into the underground river there in order to arouse those evil spirits.
Therefore, the area below is not only smelly and horrible, but also has a kind of ominous and indescribable corruption.
After going down the stone steps and reaching the bottom, we saw several burning mermaid cream wall lamps that were still glowing, and the huge iron cage was like a ferocious beast, baring its fangs and claws in our fear.
The sacrificial diagram drawn on the ground, although covered with dust, also remained there.
Su Yuexi looked around as if she was visiting a museum, and examined everything carefully until she entered the iron cage. She asked me where the words engraved inside were, so I went in to look for them for her. However, just as I turned around in the iron cage and felt around for the pillars to help look for the words, I suddenly heard a bang behind me.
I turned around and saw the door of the iron cage was closed. I saw three girls standing outside, looking at me with a stagnant expression. They didn't look like they were joking. I immediately reached out to touch the knife on my back, but found that the knife was gone. Then I remembered that Yunwen had hugged me from behind just now...
I looked at them in disbelief!