Heavenly Official Sends Evil

Chapter 882 Haunted by a Ghost
"Sir, the baby won't come out!"

"The midwife asks you, should we save the mother or the child?"

A conversation between a maid and a man could be heard outside the gauze curtain. The conversation was absurd and stereotypical, the kind of dialogue you see everywhere in soap operas.

If Chen Chao had heard such a conversation under normal circumstances, he would have criticized it mercilessly.

But this time, after hearing this conversation, a glimmer of hope rose in his heart.

He hoped that the man outside would say the words "save the baby," and then find a way to eliminate the evil spirit swelling inside his belly.

"We won't protect the adults or the children; let them fend for themselves!"

The man uttered some cold and ruthless words, and then began to laugh maniacally. The maidservant laughed along with him, and the midwife climbed off the bed, laughing so hard she was doubled over.

Suddenly, an inexplicable anger rose in Chen Chao's heart. In that instant, he forgot his identity and forgot that this was a blessed land. He used all his strength to lift the gauze curtain and was about to start cursing.

But the scene behind the gauze curtain was like a bucket of cold water poured over his head, bringing Chen Chao, who was about to immerse himself in the persona of a pregnant woman, back to his senses.

There are no masters, maids, or midwives outside.

There were only three brightly colored paper figures with rosy cheeks, twitching erratically by the bed and emitting mechanical laughter!

Yes!

This place is truly blessed!

What Chen Chao saw and heard was just a false illusion created by Fudi to tease him. He was like a mouse caught by a cat, and no matter what he did, he was just providing fun for the cat!

At this point, Chen Chao was utterly despondent. He could only watch his belly grow bigger and bigger, as if all the nutrients in his body had been sucked dry by that evil spirit.

Chen Chao had fantasized about how he would die.

Deaths can occur from old age, illness, car accidents, dying from a knife attack after an act of heroism, or sudden death from overexertion...

"So, this is how I'll die. I never imagined I'd die like this..."

"funny!"

……

"anyone there?"

Liu Nana let out a weak cry, but her voice couldn't carry very far.

Like Chen Chao, she lost track of Wu Xian as soon as she entered the Su residence.

She didn't have any evil spirits in her belly, but her situation wasn't much better than Chen Chao's.

This is the top of a tower, which is tilted at a 45-degree angle and covered with smooth tiles. Lying on the hard tiles feels like an eternity.

First, there was the wind. Perhaps because it was high in the sky, the wind was very strong. The gale was mixed with some strange black winds. Whenever these strange winds blew past her, either her clothes were cut open or her skin was ripped open.

Secondly, there are the roof tiles. The tiles are very hot, like floor tiles that have been exposed to the sun for a long time in summer. Occasionally, some pungent smoke will rise from the gaps between the tiles.

Liu Nana felt like a squid lying on a hot plate; her mouth became dry after only a short while.

"The fierce wind blows, the calamity fire scorches, bones brittle and flesh dried, meeting the King of Hell!"

"If this continues, I'm afraid I'll really be roasted into dried fish. No... I have to find a way to save myself!"

Liu Nana's special ability was to land silently, which was of no help in solving the current problem. She carefully climbed to the edge of the tower, and when she looked down, her mind went blank.

The top of the tower is at least twenty or thirty meters above the ground, and there are no protrusions below that she can climb. If she slips off the tower, she will be smashed into a pulp.

call!
Liu Nana pressed herself tightly against the roof tile, her heart pounding as if it would jump out of her chest, and she had to strain her toes.

"Is anyone there? I'm here... Someone please come and save me."

……

Wu Xian opened his eyes and saw a man's face in front of him. The man's face was as pale as paper, his hair was wet and stuck to his cheeks, his lips were bluish-purple, his eyes were pitch black, and his body was trembling incessantly. He was staring straight at Wu Xian; he must have been a drowning ghost.

Wu Xian blinked.

The drowning ghost also blinked.

Wu Xian jumped sideways twice.

The drowning ghost also jumped around repeatedly.

Wu Xian pondered for two seconds, then a flash of inspiration struck him. He drew his flaming dagger and shouted at the drowning ghost:
"Take this!"

The drowning ghost paused noticeably for a moment, then quickly turned around, its body gliding and moving sideways to escape, leaving a trail of water on the ground.

Wu Xian, wielding his fire-wielding sword, chased after the enemy while slashing.

But the drowning ghost ran too fast. After running out of the room, he fled to the left. Wu Xian chased after him and had just turned around when he found that the drowning ghost had already disappeared.

So Wu Xian lowered his head, trying to find his location by following the water trail.

Wow…

Just then, a light drizzle began to fall, completely burying the water stains left by the drowning ghost.

"This is... the fire suppression system activated?"

Wu Xian looked up and found that there was a clear night sky above him, with a huge crescent moon hanging in the center of the sky.

"Wait, why is there a moon?"

Wu Xian quickly scanned his surroundings and found that this place was roughly the same as the Su residence he had seen at the entrance. In the center of the courtyard was an octagonal flower bed, and a Tai Chi diagram hung in the main hall.

But there was no coffin here, nor the character for "offering" used in funeral rites.

"Liu Nana and Chen Chao have both disappeared, and I have suddenly reappeared in this place."

"A vengeful spirit haunts you, your life is about to end, your blood and flesh will dissipate and you'll become a skeleton... So that drowning ghost that just imitated me was a vengeful spirit haunting you?"

"I see. No wonder we have to draw lots. Once we enter the Su residence, we will encounter what is described in the fortune slips."

"Then those two newcomers must have encountered the same situation as me."

"This is clearly not a museum, but the question is, have I really traveled back in time to the former Su residence, or have I entered some kind of illusion?"

With questions in mind, Wu Xian walked around the front and back yards. All the doors in the yard were open, and the rooms were all cold, damp, and smelled strongly of mildew.

Sometime later, the escaped drowning ghost reappeared.

Every time Wu Xian passed a door, he could see the drowned ghost inside, walking through the door in the same posture as him, a very eerie scene.

After walking for a while, Wu Xian stopped at a doorway, and the drowning ghost stopped as well.

"Yes, this is an illusion."

"If we were to go back in time, Liu Nana and Chen Chao would probably be in the same courtyard as me."

"Chen Chao may be hiding in a secluded corner, but Liu Nana should be being roasted by the smoke, yet there isn't a single flame in the entire Su mansion."

"Besides, the condition for passing through the blessed land is that we survive in the museum until 5 a.m., which is the time when the hours of Yin and Mao change. The time hasn't come yet, so they won't let us out early."

"The illusion is specially customized for each person's divination slip. If the divination slip predicts the outcome, then I will naturally disintegrate into a skeleton. But... what if it doesn't succeed?"

After finishing his thoughts, Wu Xian looked up and met the gaze of the drowning ghost.

Both the human and the ghost revealed a smile at the same time.

(End of this chapter)