I'm not a psychopath!

Chapter 218 Ghost Town
Qin Xiaosui skipped to Luo Shui's side, and her attention was quickly attracted by the scraps of paper on the ground.

She squatted down, picked up a piece of paper, and looked through it curiously: "What are these? They look like paper but not quite. Why are they scattered here?"

"These scraps of paper... they don't seem to be ordinary paper. Their existence may be related to the secret of this space." Shen Chengxian suddenly said.

Everyone was silent. What you said was the same as saying nothing. Never mind. We shouldn't have any intellectual expectations of a guy who focuses all his attention on training his chest muscles.

Seeing that the atmosphere was somewhat silent, Bailiye said, "Shen Chengxian is right. These scraps of paper may be a clue. We can study them."

Luo Shui also joined the discussion: "These pieces of paper are scattered so widely, they may have been blown away from a specific location. We should start the investigation from the place where the paper scraps are the most dense."

Qin Xiaosui suddenly pointed in a direction, his eyes sparkling with excitement: "Look over there! There are so many scraps of paper there, let's go look there!"

Qin Xiaosui and her companions followed the trail of confetti, going deeper step by step.

As they went deeper, the confetti became denser and denser, as if they were the remains of some ritual or event.

They noticed that the scraps of paper formed a faint trail on the ground, leading them to a hidden spot.

Luo Shui half squatted down and looked at the ground.

"This road has been walked by people, and these scraps of paper are light and thin. Unless someone deliberately hides them, people walking on them will naturally move the scraps of paper around their feet."

"just in front."

Sure enough, they found a cave at the foot of the city wall.

"Hey, what is that?"

Qin Xiaosui saw a white object not far away, so he walked over and picked it up.

It's a mask.

She recognized this mask. Jiang Qing always wore it around his waist and was almost inseparable from it.

"This cave," Qin Xiaosui whispered, his eyes flashing with anxiety and alertness, "Jiang Qing may have entered from here."

Shen Chengxian stared at the cave, with a thoughtful expression on his face: "This cave is not simple, its existence may be closely related to the secret of the entire space."

Bailiye was more practical. He looked around and analyzed: "If Jiang Qing really went in from here, then this cave may be a passage leading to an important place...

It’s the eternal underworld!
We have to be careful, there may be unknown dangers hidden inside."

Just as Qin Xiaosui and her companions were preparing to dig a hole in the ground, a heart-pounding roar suddenly sounded in their ears.

The sound seemed to come from deep underground, low and powerful, accompanied by an indescribable sense of oppression.

"Oh my god, there's a ghost!"

Qin Xiaosui was so scared that he jumped out of the cave, grabbed Luo Shui's arm tightly and hid behind her.

"what's the situation……"

Everyone turned to look.

I saw that the huge bronze door slowly opened without anyone touching it.

The light coming through the crack in the door was not warm, but instead had a chilly feel, as if a portal to another world was opening to them.

As the bronze door gradually opened, a cold breeze blew in from behind the door, carrying a smell of damp and decay.

"What the hell is this place?" Baili Ye's voice trembled slightly. He gripped the weapon tightly in his hand and looked around vigilantly.

"Why is there this damp smell again?" Shen Chengxian complained dissatisfiedly.

"Yes, after the battle of luck began, I don't know why, it always gives people a gloomy feeling. But something like luck... shouldn't it belong to the Holy Spirit?" Baili Ye frowned and said.

"The devil knows..."

Qin Xiaosui and his companions couldn't help but shudder. They realized that there might be an unknown secret hidden behind this door.

When the huge bronze door slowly opened, revealing the hidden world behind it, Qin Xiaosui and her companions couldn't help but hold their breath.

The world behind the door was completely different from what they expected. It was not full of gold and silver treasures, nor a mysterious palace, but a desolate ghost town, full of gloom and deathly silence.

When the bronze door was fully opened, a huge space appeared before their eyes, but unlike the mysterious palace or treasure they had imagined, this was a desolate ghost town.

The city walls were dilapidated and the streets were empty. Only the rustling sound of the tattered flags and cloth streamers when the wind blew added a bit of eeriness.

In the ghost town, the outlines of buildings are looming in the dim light, some have collapsed, and some are crumbling.

On both sides of the street, some storefronts that appear to be shops are already dilapidated, with broken windows and half-open doors, as if telling the story of past prosperity and present desolation.

Qin Xiaosui and his companions stepped into the ghost town cautiously. The sound of their footsteps echoed in the empty streets, sounding particularly clear.

They looked around vigilantly, searching for any possible clues or dangers.

"Huh?" Luo Hua discovered the situation. "There are some seemingly ordinary objects here, broken pottery jars, rusty ironware, but they emit a faint light, and seem to hide some kind of power."

"Brother Luo is right." Luo Shui also said as if he was facing a great enemy: "And those seemingly abandoned buildings occasionally have some strange lights shining through the windows or door cracks, which makes people wonder if there is some unknown existence hidden here."

“Existence, what exists…?”

Qin Xiaosui asked weakly.

"In a ghost town like this, if there is anything, it's probably a ghost." Baili Ye said casually.

This scared Qin Xiaosui so much that she hugged Luo Shui tightly, and the latter touched her little head. This guy was not afraid of anything.

He was even good at dissecting corpses.

I didn't expect you to be afraid of ghosts?

I guess it’s because she was scared too much by the adults in her family when she was a child, so don’t scare children casually...

Luo Shui shook his head and complained in his heart.

Shen Chengxian frowned, his eyes revealing a hint of uneasiness: "The atmosphere here is not right, we have to be careful."

"You just realized it now..."

"Huh? Did you know this a long time ago? Isn't this our first time here?" Shen Chengxian expressed his incomprehension.

Everyone: "..."

Luo Shui seemed calmer. She carefully observed the surrounding environment, trying to find any possible clues: "The ghost town must have its reason for existence. We can't be fooled by appearances. We must find clues about Jiang Qing."

Although Qin Xiaosui was a little scared, her curiosity drove her to explore more: “Well, we can’t just give up like this!
I didn’t save Jiang Qing!”

Just as they were about to explore further, a cold wind blew past, accompanied by the sound of the wind, and there seemed to be low whimpering and crying, which made people shudder. "What's that sound?" Everyone was puzzled, and a tense atmosphere filled the air.

At this moment, Luo Hua glanced back inadvertently, his eyes suddenly widened, and a look of horror appeared on his face: "The bronze door is about to close!"

His voice was almost a scream.

The sudden shout scared everyone. They turned around and saw that the heavy bronze door was slowly closing with a dull roar.

This sound was like the death knell, ringing in everyone's heart.

They realized that when the bronze door was completely closed, they would be trapped in this ghost town with no way out.

"Boom!" With a loud bang, the bronze door closed completely, isolating everything from the outside world.

At this time, everyone's face turned pale. They felt unprecedented panic and despair. They were trapped in an unknown, gloomy ghost town with no way out and no hope.

No one will know.

As for the city wall and the bronze door, they had tried it outside and could not leave any mark on them even if they tried their best.

"It's all over now. I can't get out."

Shen Chengxian looked ashen.

"If this bronze door doesn't open, it will be really over. The problem is, who knows how often it will open. You know, the battle of destiny only lasts a few days.

If we open it too late, won't we be left in this world?" Bailiye was stunned after saying this.

The people who heard it were also stunned.

They couldn't help but think of someone.

The owner of the diary was left in this world, and encountered a series of strange things, which caused his spirit to gradually collapse.

I'm afraid they are going to follow in each other's footsteps.

“I can’t get out…”

"No!" Qin Xiaosui suddenly said at this desperate moment. Although her voice was weak, it was firm. "There is still a hole in the ground."

As if they had grabbed the last straw, everyone quickly walked to the location where the cave had originally existed.

However, when they arrived there, they found that the cave had disappeared without leaving any trace. At this moment, everyone's faces darkened and their hearts were filled with fear and anxiety.

They all felt like trapped prey. Starting from the abandoned forest farm, every single thing that happened was meant to lure them to this place.

Every step and every choice seemed to be controlled by some unknown force, leading them towards this desperate situation.

"What should we do?" Qin Xiaosui's voice trembled slightly, which was rare.

Bailiye tightly grasped the weapon in his hand, his eyes revealing a hint of determination: "We can't just sit there and wait for death, we must find a way out."

Shen Chengxian began to carefully observe the surrounding environment, trying to find any possible clues: "There must be a reason for the existence of this ghost town. We need to calm down and look carefully."

Luo Shui remained calm, her eyes scanning the surroundings, looking for any possible escape route: "Yes! We can't give up, there must be a way."

In this gloomy ghost town, they felt more isolated and helpless than ever before.

But never give up!!

"Go find Jiang Qing first!"

They make decisions.

A group of people walked on the empty street, and the silence around them seemed to swallow up all sounds.

Luo Shui couldn't help but rub her hands, trying to dispel the coldness from her fingertips. She opened her mouth and exhaled a breath of warm air.

But when the hot air met the cold air, it quickly condensed into white mist, slowly rising and dissipating in the cold air, just like being in a cold winter day.

"Why is it so cold?" Shen Chengxian, the biggest one, asked involuntarily.

As cultivators, they usually don't feel cold unless they encounter extreme weather, such as in the ice and snow in the north.

But the cold here was clearly different. It seemed to come from another dimension, penetrating their clothes and reaching their bone marrow.

The cold here is a different kind of cold.

Luo Hua put forward his own opinion, and his voice echoed in the empty street: "It may be death energy, or Yin energy, which is caused by the gathering of souls after death."

"Soul?" Isn't a soul a ghost? Luo Shui thought silently in her heart, but she didn't say it out loud. She didn't want to make Qin Xiaosui, who was already scared enough, more panicked.

"In other words, this place is full of souls that cannot dissipate?" There was a hint of uncertainty in Baili Ye's voice. He looked around, as if trying to find the answer from this dead silent environment.

Luo Hua nodded, a glimmer of reminiscence flashed in his eyes: "I used to have a great influence among the younger generation of Ziyun Sect. After all, I was the disciple of the Great Elder and had come into contact with many people.

Among them, some people were secretly refining soul sails, which could quickly improve their strength. They used the souls of people who had committed heinous crimes, so I didn't care.

Looking back, when I entered his room or got close to him, I felt the same chill as I do now."

"How about taking a look?" Baili Ye suggested.

If it was a ghost, they could see through it with the simplest pupil technique. Everyone present was the elite among the elites. Although no one majored in pupil techniques, it was not difficult to see ghosts with the eyes.

They looked at each other, nodded, then concentrated and activated their own pupil techniques.

Sure enough, when their eyes penetrated the fog, they saw a different scene.

Their faces turned pale in an instant, because they found that there were wandering ghosts everywhere around them, some sitting, some standing, some floating, some walking, with empty eyes without a trace of life, but emitting a heart-pounding chill.

Qin Xiaosui clutched the corner of Luo Shui's clothes tightly, her body trembling involuntarily. Although she tried hard to stay calm, the scene before her was too shocking.

Luo Shui patted her hand gently to give her some comfort, while also silently thinking of a countermeasure in his heart.

Shen Chengxian frowned, he knew that what they were facing now was not just a ghost town, but a world full of unknowns and dangers.

They must proceed with caution, or else there will be disastrous consequences.

……

the other side.

After being sucked in by an irresistible force, Jiang Qing staggered to his feet from the ground.

He looked around and saw that the buildings were dilapidated, the streets were empty and cold, and the whole space was filled with a suffocating silence.

(End of this chapter)