smell a faint herbal scent. I covered my nose and looked at my brother, who discreetly pulled out his go-to item from his backpack—a mask.We put on our masks and went closer to investigate. Little Ni...The sun's spirit, Zhu Jing, is shining brightly, and the green brilliance of Zhao Tao reflects. The setting sun casts a crimson glow on the child, and the dark flames mark the image.

Incantation plus low-voiced soft recitation of the mantra, this is the Sun Jun Jue and mantra, used when borrowing Qi from the sun.

A warm breeze blew in from the door behind me, merging with the red glow and instantly pushing back that lurking chill to the depths below.

"Bro, hurry up, I'm getting a sore back from standing for so long." I turned my head to look at my brother.

My brother stared at me blankly, clutching his phone. Bai Wu Chang also covered his mouth with his sleeve, squinting at me with a pair of sinister, triangular eyes and smirking.

I'm most afraid of his expression like this, those sinister eyes as if they could see through all the hidden emotions.

"Uh... Little Qiao, you... have made great progress. You're even faster than those two little ancestors." My brother mumbled.

"Huh I haven't done anything yet, it's just that the gust of wind felt a bit provocative, so I just pressed down on it a little, to prevent those two little ancestors from getting excited."

They were both so excited that my stomach felt like a burning fire, scorching every organ within me.

My brother received a mission information from Xu Yaqi using a fake account on his phone. She said this task was very difficult and that no one could complete it, asking my brother to shoot a video as proof that he went to the negative first floor of the elevator.

"Looks like it's the elevator problem again. Let's go..." My brother put away his phone.

He was still walking in the front, that copper talisman passed down only to eldest sons and grandsons wasn't from anywhere I knew. My grandfather must have gotten it somewhere. It's a charm against evil spirits, you keep it in your mouth to prevent them from possessing you. After my dad was possessed by the Ghost King, my brother immediately pulled the talisman off himself and gave it to him to hold in his mouth. He returned home safely, though after giving the talisman back to my brother, the Ghost King still invaded his mind...

Jiang Qiyun also once said that the copper amulet was interesting, but we didn't know where it came from. Anyway, it worked.

My brother was fearless. He took a bronze amulet from his chest and held it, going down the stairs first.

This basement is a bit strange. You actually have to go down two flights of stairs to get there. It's pitch black down there, and even the Qi I borrowed from Ri Jun Jue can’t illuminate it.

A heavy, oppressive atmosphere hung in the air. My brother pulled out a tactical flashlight and shone it around. The basement was lined with rows of rooms. Could these be quarters for the staff

Such stuffy, poorly ventilated basements are common in big cities. To save on rent, many people choose to live in basements, and often a large number of people share the space. The air is polluted, there's no sunlight, and the mixture of mundane life energy and negative *lust* and evil energy makes it easy to attract bad things.

"Hey, hey, hey, there's a little angel over there…" Bai WuChang's cold laughter sounded especially terrifying in this place. I wasn't very afraid normally, but hearing his chilling and strange words, I couldn't help but follow his gaze——

The cold beam of the flashlight illuminated one side of the passage. At the end of the light, a shadow huddled in the corner.

It's normal to have ghosts, but this ghost is a "good boy"

It seemed a little small, like a child's stature, short and shrinking in the corner at the end of the hallway, as if trying its best to avoid us.

Bai Wu Chang let out a chilling laugh, lowering his hands. His wide white robe concealed what hung beside him, swaying back and forth... I find him far more terrifying than any ghost.

"Little darling, the dead should return to the underworld. No matter how long they stay here, they can't get back what they've lost..." He said with a sneer.

That shadow moved ever so slightly.

A sudden, shrill voice rang out: “I want it back! Ahhhh—How can I walk like this! How can I!”

The shadow suddenly went crazy and lunged at me —

Her long hair covered her face, she wasn't a child at all! She was only half a body!

The lower half of its body was gone! It only had hands, quickly crawling towards me on the ground!

"Holy crap!" My brother jumped back in fright! He grabbed his Kunlun Sword and was about to swing it down.

Even if he was fast, he couldn't outrun the two little devils in my stomach. They were like finding a toy, their red light suddenly surged, directly piercing through the ghost's body, and the sizzling sound burned that ghost to howl in pain.

"Oh my, this is terrible, we're going to be wiped out—" Bai Wu Chang's voice rang out.

I quickly pinch the formula and establish the prison to subdue evil — the second and third fingers of my left hand are bent, and the thumb pinches the middle joint line of the other four fingers.

A ghost door suddenly sprang up from the ground, firing a chain that dragged the female ghost—who was left with only her head and half her torso after being burned—into the netherworld.

With a loud bang, the door shut. I turned to Bai Wuchang and complained, "Seventh Lord, this is Xiao Guai You're not reporting troop movements honestly! Encountering such a suddenly deranged ghost, I would have been scared to death."

Bai Wu Chang giggled, "With me here, little lady, what are you afraid of... but looking at how fast Little Lady is reciting incantations now, I won't even be needed, hmm~~ Truly amazing, truly amazing. In three days, we'll have to look at each other with new eyes, hhihihi..."

Nonsense... The quickest handgrip and fastest chant I know is this: the Binding and Repelling of Evil.

Under Teacher Xiao Wang's guidance, Jiang Qiyun held me from behind. His strong and slender fingers gently caressed my hand, teaching me how to form the seal, then they gathered all the restless spirits that littered the floor.

At that time, his words were like fairy music, sounding ethereal and soft in my ears. How could I forget

Remember not to be too hard on yourself.

After that, whether I was doing something or nothing, I would always make the gesture of "Liyu Shouxie" with my left hand, as if he was behind me, embracing me when I did. It's almost become a habit now.

My brother walked to the elevator entrance. The elevator car had fallen from a height and was deformed, but there was a large pool of blood at the elevator door, along with scattered viscera.

What does this mean, can a broken elevator even eat people

The mirror in the elevator was also shattered by the impact, with half of it cracked on the car and the other half scattered on the floor.

A mirror is a dualistic thing in Taoism. It can reflect a space that is identical, layered, yet intangible.

I remember in the moment I clamped down on Xu Yaqi's foot, the mirror inside the elevator car was full of wicked grins.

At that time, Jiang Qiyun drew upon the Huangquan Water to break through the boundary and pour it in reverse. Did he manage to drag away the evil spirit hidden within the mirror

Bai Wuchang stared at the elevator car, squinting his eerie eyes and saying: "This mirror has been splashed with hot blood... A malicious spirit hid under the uncooled blood, lucky to escape... It probably possessed someone..."

We all dared not go in, afraid that the elevator door would suddenly "eat" us. My brother carefully checked inside the elevator and found no trace of Xu Yaqi's severed bones. Where did that foot go

"What if... he fell into the elevator shaft, plummeting so fast that he was already mangled into a pile of flesh and bone" My brother whispered, speculating.

As soon as the words left his mouth, we heard a faint “click” coming from inside the safety passage.

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Note: Qi, same as "qi".e." Jiang Qiyun drooped his eyebrows, drawing a mischievous smile."Can we just say I owe you for now""Humph..." He chuckled lightly, holding my hand and saying, "Fine, but I'm not really interested in...