Demon, come and cultivate for me.

Since breaking through to the True Body Realm, Zhou Chu's hearing has improved considerably, but he still can't understand what's being said inside.

Could it be that drinking too much alcohol is affecting my hearing?

Suppressing his doubts, Zhou Chu kicked the door open and shouted:

"You audacious thief, show yourself at once!"

The conversation in the courtyard abruptly stopped.

Zhou Chu casually set up a Nine Palaces Formation, covering the entire mansion, and then inspected each room one by one.

The mansion, with its five courtyards and dozens of rooms, required a great deal of effort to inspect each one.

After searching all around, they found nothing; not even a hair, let alone a petty thief.

The several large chests of silver and the gold that the Crown Prince had just bestowed upon them were all safe and sound, not a single piece missing.

That's strange. I clearly heard people talking inside when I was outside the door, so how could they suddenly disappear?

Zhou Chu had considered the possibility that thieves or monsters might be hiding inside.

Either one, just grab them and beat them to death with a few punches.

But if there's nothing there, things become strange.

After inspecting all the rooms, Zhou Chu entered the garden in the side courtyard.

After passing through a circular archway, he first saw a rockery surrounded by lush, exotic flowers and plants. Beyond the rockery was a pond that ran through the entire garden.

Under the moonlight, dozens of carp, each the size of a shoe sole, swam in the pond.

wrong!

The broker said that no one had lived in this courtyard for more than half a year. How could the stagnant water in this pond be so clear? How have these fish survived until now?

After staring at the pond for a long time, Zhou Chu still couldn't figure it out, so he continued to patrol around the pond.

It was late autumn, and winter was approaching, yet not a single flower or plant in the garden had withered.

It blooms even more brilliantly than in the height of summer.

There must be a demon in the abnormal situation.

Zhou Chu was certain that there was something strange about this.

After circling around without finding any clues, Zhou Chu had no choice but to give up and go back to his room to rest.

Having drunk quite a bit of alcohol, Zhou Chu fell asleep in bed, but less than an hour later, he was woken up by the urge to urinate.

In a daze, I heard whispers outside again.

This time, he could hear it more clearly than he could from outside the door.

The speakers sounded like two women, their voices soft and gentle.

Zhou Chu immediately snapped out of his daze and listened intently, holding his breath.

"Sister, this young master knows how to set up formations; perhaps he can help us leave this place."

"I'm afraid he won't help us."

"Why don't we... Ah! He's awake!"

Zhou Chu watched the woman speaking through the window, his face turning pale with fright.

Upon hearing this, another woman turned her head, exclaimed "Ah!", and ran towards the side garden.

Zhou Chu caught up with them in a few strides and stopped the two women:

"What kind of monster dares to wreak havoc in my home!"

The two women were about seventeen or eighteen years old and looked almost identical, resembling twins.

One person is wearing pink, and the other is wearing purple. Not only is purple charming, but pink is also very charming.

The woman in pink darted into the flower bushes and disappeared.

The woman in purple tried to use the same trick again, but before she could run away, she was tied up with a rope and could not break free no matter what she did.

"Sister, save me!" the woman in purple cried out.

Zhou Chu grasped one end of the Spirit Binding Rope, pulled hard, and drew the woman in purple to his side.

A fragrant floral scent wafted over.

"What...what are you going to do?" The woman in purple looked at Zhou Chu in horror.

"don't want."

"..."

"Tell me, what are you two plotting here?"

The woman in purple said, "Young master, spare our lives! This place was originally where my sister and I cultivated."

Decades ago, this place was occupied, and the person built a garden here and buried a box in the pond.

He set up a formation, trapping my sister and me here, and made us guard the box.

He said he would set us free after he returned in a year or two.

Decades have passed, and there has been no news of that person; perhaps he died out there…

As soon as she finished speaking, the woman in pink poked her head out from the nearby bushes and said:

"Young master, we sisters have no ill intentions towards you; we only ask that you help us escape."

"No malicious intent?" Zhou Chu scoffed. "You were the ones who killed those martial artists who came here before, weren't you?"

"It wasn't us, they jumped in themselves," the woman in purple said, pointing to the pond.

The woman in the pink dress added, "The fish in the pond are those people who transformed..."

"Is that so?" Zhou Chu asked skeptically. "What do you think is under that pond?"

The woman in pink said, "There's a large box buried underneath, but we don't know what's inside."

"Who else have you said that to?" Zhou Chu asked.

The woman in purple said, "Everyone who comes here has heard us talk about it. After they heard about it, they all went down into the pond to dig for the box, but none of them came back up."

"What are your names?"

The woman in pink said, "My name is Linglong, and this is my younger sister, Ziyan."

"What's your last name?"

"We are flower fairies, we have no surnames."

"From today onwards, your surname will be Hua."

Before the two sisters could agree, Zhou Chu ordered, "Hua Linglong, Hua Ziyan, you two, go down into the pond and dig out the box."

The flower fairy sisters, with their second-stage cultivation, knew they were no match for Zhou Chu, and even though they were unwilling, they had no choice but to comply.

The two obediently jumped into the pond.

Her clothes were soaked and clung tightly to her delicate body, revealing her curves.

Zhou Chu moved a deck chair over to the edge of the pool, enjoying the evening breeze and watching the two beautiful women working underwater. He was thoroughly enjoying himself.

Judging from the words of the two flower fairy sisters, there must be something strange buried under the pond, which is why the martial artists who went down there earlier perished in the pond and turned into fish.

He didn't want to risk his life, so he sent two flower fairies down to dig.

If the two of them behave themselves, they might be spared. But if they dare to use any tricks... Zhou Chu is currently in dire need of demon souls.

The two sisters may appear delicate and frail, but in reality, their strength far surpasses that of ordinary people.

The pool water soaked through their clothes, revealing glimpses of their fair and delicate skin. In their previous lives, wouldn't they have been able to see this without spending a penny?

The two sisters would occasionally turn around and look at Zhou Chu with resentful eyes.

Zhou Chu returned the look with a sharp gaze, which intimidated the two of them so much that they dared not slack off at all.

An hour later, the two sisters carried a large, wet cabinet ashore.

Zhou Chu got up from the recliner and stepped forward. The cabinet was a rectangle eight feet long and three feet wide, like a coffin.

After wiping away the silt, it was covered with vermilion lacquer, looking brand new, showing no sign that it had been buried underwater for decades, and was engraved with all sorts of strange runes.

Zhou Chu vaguely recognized these runes; they were somewhat similar to the runes Chen Xiangzi had drawn on the talisman paper.

Zhou Chu took the shovel from Hua Ziyan and inserted it into the gap in the cabinet, trying to pry it open.

They broke the blade of the shovel, but still couldn't pry open the cabinet.

Then he tried various violent methods such as chopping, hacking, and smashing, but none of them worked.

"Strange, this box is clearly made of wood, so how can it be so sturdy?"

Zhou Chu had no choice but to use his last resort: Dragon Form Fist!