novelden Chapter 211 Danger Approaching
Chapter 211 Danger Approaching
Di Feisheng's words added a sense of mystery to the dilapidated inn and a sense of fear to Wu You's heart.
"Look!" Fang Duobing exclaimed.
"Everyone looked in the direction Fang Duobing pointed and saw a series of obvious bloody footprints on the ground, extending from the hall, down the stairs, and all the way to the dark place on the second floor."
"Let's go up and take a look."
Wu You hesitated; he didn't want to see what was on it.
Then I thought, what difference does it make whether I'm upstairs or downstairs from that thing's speed? The safest place is still next to Li Lianhua.
Noticing Wu You's pause, Li Lianhua squeezed Wu You's hand slightly, offering her silent comfort.
"This place is very unusual, everyone be careful." Then they followed the bloody footprints forward.
The old wooden staircase creaked and groaned with every step, sounding rather eerie in the quiet inn.
Wu You: Ahhh, this is so scary! It's much more frightening than those haunted houses in modern times. I regret coming along; wouldn't it have been better to wait for them in the Lotus Pavilion?
After checking several rooms on the second floor, I thought everything was normal, but then I suddenly discovered signs of a hanging in one of the rooms.
The entire inn was filled with people hacked to death, torn apart by bare hands—it was all murder. This was the first suicide.
When they saw the suicide note, which was only half complete, everyone could guess the reason for what had happened.
Just then, Li Lianhua's ears twitched.
“Don’t you find it strange that there’s wind outside, but it can’t blow in?”
Hearing what Li Lianhua said, Wu You silently took a small step closer to her. The two were already holding hands and not far apart, but now it was almost as if Wu You was holding Li Lianhua's arm.
Wu You: Only Li Lianhua can give me a sense of security.
Nanfeng: Master, have I misplaced my trust all these years?
"What do you mean?"
"It's as if someone is blocking the wind from them."
Fang Duobing was startled by Li Lianhua's statement, but after spinning around, he found nothing unusual.
"It's a ghost. The ghost blocked the wind for you, didn't it? Are you ever going to stop?"
Fang Duobing: Everyone says that those with great skills are bold, but this guy who doesn't know martial arts is so timid. He's so easily startled. Is there a ghost?
"Okay, let's split up and search separately."
Li Lianhua led Wu You outside, and Wu You quickly followed, feeling safer by Li Lianhua's side than anywhere else.
Nanfeng followed behind Wu You, while Lu Jianchi and Di Feisheng went out to other rooms.
After searching around, everyone gathered in the inn's lobby to share the information they had seen.
Have you noticed anything unusual?
"There were indeed serious signs of a struggle in the room, but the bodies were gone."
"It's like everyone suddenly disappeared on a certain day in a certain month of a certain year."
"It's clear that the people fighting here are all skilled in martial arts."
"How scary!"
"So how did we get in?"
Li Lianhua raised a question that wasn't really a question.
"There's a chance!" Fang Duobing said, puzzled.
"That's true."
Di Feisheng kicked open the door of a room on the first floor of the inn, and an unidentified object fell from above.
With a whistle, a kick was delivered, and the unidentified object was sent flying quite a distance.
What is this?
Fang Duobing held up the tinderbox, which had already been replaced, and walked closer to examine it.
"A severed hand, as if it had been torn off while the person was still alive. Judging from the degree of decay, it should belong to no more than four or five people."