Heavenly Official Sends Evil

Chapter 884 Results of the Exploration of the Su Mansion

Liu Nana has made up her mind to fight against the terror in the illusion.

Then let her decide her own fate; Wu Xian will not and cannot interfere.

Then Wu Xian began searching each room one by one, looking for Chen Chao's whereabouts. According to the fortune slip, Chen Chao's situation was more dangerous than Liu Nana's. The phrase "evil spirit enters the belly" sounded very ominous.

After searching through several rooms, Wu Xian heard the sound of staggering footsteps.

Turning around, I saw Chen Chao leaning against the wall, slowly walking to the small courtyard where the tower was located. After seeing Wu Xian and Liu Nana, he breathed a sigh of relief and slowly sat down against the wall.

Chen Chao looked terrible; his face was pale, his lips were trembling, his shirt was torn open and tightly tied around his stomach, and blood was slowly dripping from the sleeves.

Wu Xian walked over and asked, "Your fortune slip is very unlucky. What did you encounter in the illusion?"

"I woke up in a bed with my stomach swollen like a balloon..."

As if he were bragging after drinking, Chen Chao told Wu Xian about his situation, and when he got excited, he would gasp for breath because it aggravated his wounds.

"I can't even describe how desperate and scared I felt. If I ever have the chance, I definitely want to go see my mom."

Upon hearing Chen Chao's words, Wu Xian's expression changed slightly.

The evil spirit had been parasitizing his stomach from the very beginning, a level of danger that even he found excessive.

"From your description, the key to breaking this illusion might be those three paper figures. But seeing you covered in blood, you probably didn't choose to communicate with them. So how did you survive?"

Upon hearing this question, Chen Chao replied with a smile:

"Do you know why I keep exercising... well, mainly to pick up girls."

"But I also have some childish heroism. If I could be a hero someday, I don't want my body to hold me back."

“I have fantasized about how I will die many times. I can die heroically or peacefully, but I cannot accept such a ridiculous and humiliating death.”

“I can’t control my life, but at least I can control my death, so I used the decapitation curse on the thing inside my stomach.”

"The illusory decapitation blade sliced ​​open my stomach and the head of the evil spirit, and I successfully broke free from the illusion."

Upon hearing this, Wu Xian's expression shifted slightly, and he remained silent for a short while.

"You should know very well that your injuries are severe and you don't have much longer to live... So why can you still laugh?"

Chen Chao leaned back.

"Otherwise, should I cry?"

"A true man should accept death as it comes; what is there to fear?"

"Hey, isn't that a cool line? I've been remembering it for years, and I finally have the chance to say it out loud."

After saying that, Chen Chao lowered his head, let out a loud roar in frustration, and then refused to look up again, not wanting others to see his expression.

Chen Chao was not as carefree as he claimed; he was terrified of death and trembled with fear. But this was the best outcome he could achieve.

poof...

Liu Nana fell backward to the ground, and the moon's shadow in the sky gradually disappeared.

Her chest heaved, her skin was covered in dozens of cracks, her lips were dry and bleeding, and her limbs were all weak and sore.

Climbing down the pillar was terrifying, but she eventually braved the fierce winds and flames to reach the bottom. Once her breathing had calmed down a bit, she opened her eyes and saw Wu Xian's face.

Wu Xian picked her up and placed her next to Chen Chao, sitting down with them. He said to the two newlyweds:

“I was the first to break free from the illusion. From what I’ve observed, there shouldn’t be any other dangers in the Su residence, so you can rest here for now.”

"There's still some time before 2 a.m., I can't delay any longer, I must complete the search of the Su residence quickly."

After saying this, Wu Xian left the two new brides there and quickly ran out to begin searching the Su residence.

The entire Su residence was unusually quiet, without even a single insect. Without the newcomer as a burden and without any evil spirits interfering, Wu Xian's investigation proceeded at lightning speed.

He quickly conducted a cursory inspection of the not-so-large mansion.

To Wu Xian's disappointment, he did not find a treasure like the "Good Words Sacred Flame Token," nor did he find items like fire powder or expired wound medicine that could enhance the effects of the worship props.

There are three discoveries that can be considered useful.

The first item was a tattered county gazetteer, which was found inside the coffin in the main hall.

There was no body of the Su family patriarch inside the black wooden coffin. The one that had shouted the slogan and made a drinking gesture was just a somewhat tattered lifelike doll.

When Wu Xian approached the coffin, the puppet lunged at him, startling him, but a single elbow strike completely shattered it.

The second discovery was a back door.

Wu Xian had previously speculated that, based on the distribution of the residences on the east side of the second floor, there should be an L-shaped blank area behind the residences of the four major families. This door should lead to this area, but Wu Xian did not intend to enter this area for the time being.

The third discovery was a relatively large, antique key. This key was very similar to the one Liu Nana saw in the security guard's rest room on the first floor, which was embedded in the head of the sewing team. Wu Xian needed to take this key to Liu Nana to confirm.

With these three discoveries, Wu Xian returned to the place where the two newlyweds were resting.

After this period of time, Liu Nana's condition has improved significantly, and she is standing in the middle of the yard, exercising.

Chen Chao's condition looked even worse.

His face was even paler, and his eyes were somewhat unfocused. There was a small pool of blood on the ground. Only after seeing Wu Xian return did Chen Chao's eyes regain their spirit.

"Tell me what you've discovered. I don't want to die without knowing why. The more I know, the better."

Wu Xian nodded and handed the incomplete county gazetteer to Liu Nana, asking her to describe the contents of the gazetteer in her own words, just as before.

Liu Nana opened the county gazetteer, paused for a moment, and then spoke:
"The Su family has an eldest son named Su Xing, whose courtesy name is Xianqing."

"Su Xianqing was born intelligent. At the age of eight, he became a disciple of a wandering Taoist priest. After studying Taoism for ten years, he returned to Xuanling County. His most proficient Taoist skill was divination."

"His divination does not require looking at a person's birth date and time; he only needs to have the person draw a fortune stick to know whether that person will have good or bad fortune."

"His divinations have never been wrong over the years, and the locals call him the diviner Su Banxian."

"Then one day, Su Xianqing got married and married Su Qi, the daughter of a wealthy merchant from another county. After that, Su Xianqing's divination was no longer accurate, which made him lose face. No one in the entire Xuanling County believed his divination anymore."

"After the Ye family was wiped out, Su Xianqing performed divination for everyone in the Su family. Except for his newlywed wife, Su Qi, everyone drew an ominous sign."

"But because his divination was no longer accurate, no one believed him anymore."

"Seven days later, the entire Su family was wiped out, with only Su Qishi surviving..."

(End of this chapter)