Volume 1: Ghosts of the Underworld Chapter 22: Reorganizing the Stone Hut

  It was already late afternoon, the sunset shone on his face, leaving a faint warmth and a hint of crimson. Chen Long casually wiped the sweat from his face and lifted the body of Cai Guozhong on his back. He walked into the stone house and slowly placed the body on the bed, only then did Chen Long let out a sigh of relief.

  She glanced back at the tearful Yin Rong, the flustered Miss Zhu, the distracted Shi Dao You, the furrowed brows of the Yuan brothers, and Li Yun's equally solemn expression. Only Jiang Feng was expressionless, his thoughts unknown.

  "I'll tell you the details on the way, let's discuss our views." Chen Long said lightly, his tone emotionless. After finishing speaking, he leaned back in a chair with some fatigue.

  "What else can we do?" Miss Zhu's voice was a little sharp, "We have to leave this place quickly."

  The rest of the people surprisingly did not refute her, it was very obvious that Miss Zhu's words had spoken out everyone's mind.

  He glanced at her coldly and said with a hint of amusement: "It seems you still don't understand the current situation!"

  Jiang Feng crouched on the ground, silently smoking, and upon hearing Chen Long's words, his eyebrows rose, and he chimed in: "That's right, now we're like frogs trapped at the bottom of a well, how can we escape?"

  "But we can't go on like this," said the tour guide reluctantly. "Although I've never been here before, I have some idea of the terrain around here. Why don't we try to find a way out tomorrow morning? Maybe there's a secret passage or a small path that we can use to escape?"

  "That's right, let's give it a try." Chen Long nodded slightly.

  "Isn't there any other way? Can't we just climb out from the surrounding mountains?" At this time, Yuan Tian expressed his opinion.

  "If it were possible, we would have done it long ago. In fact, most of the mountains here are steep cliffs, and even if there are some gentler ones, it's too difficult to get out with our manpower." Tour guide Shi replied helplessly, furrowing his brow as he considered something else.

  In the corner of the room, Li Yun was softly comforting the constantly crying Yin Rou. Chen Long couldn't help but say in a cold voice: "Crying won't do any good, Miss Yin. Mr. Cai entrusted me to protect you as much as possible, but you should also save some energy."

  Chen Long, being a big man, of course didn't know how to comfort a woman, but he knew that speaking a few cold words at the right time had a relatively good effect on someone who was panicking. Miss Yin and Cai Guozhong came together, originally women were a vulnerable group, relying on men was a normal thing, now that the man protecting her was dead, no one would be doing well. Chen Long didn't know if she was really in love with Cai Guozhong and was heartbroken or crying for her own fate, but this wasn't something he should care about.

  Li Yun heard Chen Long's words and gave him a beautiful stare with her eyes.

  Chen Long smiled indifferently, thinking that women and women were really different. Looking at Li Yun, he knew that from beginning to end, although he often saw her worries, but there was no fear.

  "I really don't know where her confidence comes from." Chen Long thought to himself, curling up the corner of his mouth. Was it just based on her meager magical powers?

  No wonder I had a strange feeling when I first saw Li Yun, it turns out she's a person with magical powers. However, her magical powers are too weak, not enough to accomplish anything but enough to cause trouble, barely able to catch small ghosts and pretend to be a spiritual master, but if he wants her help in dealing with the evil spirits hiding in the house, that's absolutely impossible, and it might even put him at a disadvantage.

  Chen Long couldn't help but notice that his excitement about Li Yun having spiritual power had vanished on the way back.

  "Get something edible ready and heat it up, trouble Yuan Tian brother to check it out. I believe everyone knows that I'm a bit of a capable person through what I've said. Now I need to redecorate the house again, Jiang Feng can stay behind to help me with that." Chen Long pointed to the door with some apology, "Everyone please go out for now!"

  As the crowd left the room one by one, Jiang Feng blinked his eyes and said suspiciously: "A Long, it's not just about arranging the room that you asked them all to leave, is it? I think you have an ulterior motive, otherwise you wouldn't have only kept me behind."

  "You know!" Chen Long gave him a white eye, and hummed, shrugging his shoulders. "It doesn't matter if they know I have an ulterior motive, anyway I'm not the murderer, even if they suspect me, I'll admit it."

  After a pause, Chen Long said: "However, I did find you to stay and indeed have something to do." While talking, Chen Long took out a stack of talismans from his pocket, all of which were yellow papers filled with strange symbols. He pulled out a small dagger and smiled at Jiang Feng, saying: "Use this to cut open your finger, and write your blood on the talisman according to what I say."

  Jiang Feng was taken aback, then widened his eyes, pointing at the stack of talismans, his voice also trembling: "I'm telling you, big brother, you're not joking, right? So many papers, how much blood will it take?"

  Chen Long said indifferently: "Not much, just a few hundred milliliters!"

  Jiang Feng's eyes turned red with anger: "Why use mine? Can't you just shed some of your own blood?"

  Chen Long smiled wryly: "This, it's better to use a virgin's blood. Besides, I've already shed quite a bit of my own blood when fighting that residual soul. And when I encounter the ghost in this house, I'll have to fight it too. I need to conserve my strength, or you won't be able to escape either!"

  Jiang Feng hadn't reacted yet, when Chen Long added more fuel to the fire: "This way, if there's time, I can even teach you some magic and incantation techniques. What do you think? It'll make it easier for you to navigate society in the future!"

  Jiang Feng muttered to himself in a daze: "Ah! Ran into a beautiful woman and directly used magic to knock her out!"

  ？？？！！！

  Chen Long cursed inwardly at the shamelessness, but still patiently said: "Alright, alright, I'll help you cut it, just a small mouthful will do."

  He didn't react until Jiang Feng cut open his finger with a dagger, then he started yelling loudly: "Damn it! You cut such a big wound! Fuck! You're still squeezing! I'm going to faint from the blood!"

  Chen Long secretly smiled, completely disregarding Jiang Feng's struggles, holding his bloody fingers to draw talismans on the paper: "Don't shout, don't shout, damn it! Are you a man or not? Let others hear and they'll think we're doing something else in this room!"

  Jiang Feng finally stopped his loud wailing, but still felt somewhat resentful, so he used language to taunt: "You little brat, don't deceive me! If I ever find out that you're also a virgin, I'll castrate you!"

  Chen Long heard his words, his hands didn't stop, but in his heart, a chill ran down.

  He's really been wronged! Since possessing this body, he hasn't touched a woman, but his body had indeed had a relationship with the original owner's girlfriend, which also made his abilities recover more slowly. Thinking about it is frustrating, having to bear the consequences of something he didn't do himself, letting others have their way and enjoying themselves, why should he have to endure that woman's constant affection? He can't stand women's tears, that's why he came to this place, but unexpectedly he still can't find peace, and now he's encountered this situation, it's really miserable.