Chapter 1 Finding the Corpse

Hua Lianqing smiled and said, "Have you ever seen a ghost who can't find their own body? That's me."

"I clearly know my body is nearby, but I can't find where I am, so I can only ask for help..."

Before Hua Lianqing could finish speaking, the Youhun silk in Ye Yang's hand shot out, wrapping around Hua Lianqing's neck and tightening suddenly: "Come with me!"

Hua Lianqing reached out and gently tapped the Youhun silk. The Youhun silk, which could block the sharpest swords, instantly snapped into two pieces. Half of the silk, like a steel whip, lashed back at Ye Yang's face.

Ye Yang tilted his head slightly, taking the opportunity to retract his hidden weapon. Hua Lianqing, however, leaned on the table, looking at Ye Yang with a half-smile: "Little friend, are you a Yang Jian Jie Ming Ren? How can you not even distinguish between the earth soul and the human soul?"

"I am only the human soul. What the Yin Si wants to capture is the earth soul. Even if you take me back, it won't be of any use."

At that time, Ye Yang didn't know the relationship between Hua Lianqing and Fan Fang. After listening to the other party's words, he just frowned slightly.

Hua Lianqing continued, "You were able to pass two levels without any effort, which means you are quite accomplished in mechanisms. You are exactly the person I've been waiting for."

"Are you interested in helping me find my body?"

Before Hua Lianqing could finish speaking, Ye Yang's long sword had already left its sheath, piercing Hua Lianqing's brow, lifting him off the table and pinning him to the wall.

Ye Yang slowly rose with his hands behind his back and walked slowly towards Hua Lianqing, who was hanging on the wall: "You are not Hua Lianqing. Why did you come out?"

As expected, under the blade of Ye Yang's sword, the ghost's face slowly changed, eventually returning to its original appearance.

Ye Yang said coldly, "Who are you? Why are you impersonating Hua Lianqing? Where is the real Hua Lianqing?"

The man said with a狰狞 expression, "Hua Lianqing is either in Beishui Town or at the Maticao Mine. I came out just to tell you the clues to breaking the mechanisms in Beishui Town."

"No one has ever entered Hua Lianqing's secret chamber. Hua Lianqing must be there. The secret chamber...the entrance to the secret chamber is in this house."

"But, we have tried all the mechanisms in the house, but we still can't open the secret chamber. We definitely can't break the mechanisms here with conventional methods."

"If you don't open the secret chamber within twelve hours, everyone in Beishui Town will die, including you."

"Whether you can open the secret chamber and see Hua Lianqing depends on your ability."

Ye Yang said in a deep voice, "Who is your master? You rebuilt Beishui Town, restored the original mechanisms, and still can't open a secret chamber?"

The man struggled and said, "We restored Beishui Town to open the secret chamber!"

After shouting the last sentence, the man's body exploded, and emerald green phosphorescence flowed down the wall to the ground. The entire house became unusually eerie under the mixed light of the lamp and the fire, as if it had entered the border between the underworld and the Yang world.

One half carried the colors of human life, while the other half carried a ghastly, gloomy green.

Ye Yang returned to the table and sat down again, staring unblinkingly at the white wall.

Xiao Ying couldn't stand the silence in the building and couldn't help but say, "Ye Yang, what's going on? Didn't we see Hua Lianqing once? Why did that ghost say she wasn't her?"

Ye Yang shook his head slightly and said, "I don't think she's Hua Lianqing. It's just a feeling."

"How could someone who has been unwilling to show their face suddenly run out and talk to us about cooperation without understanding our intentions?"

"At that time, I felt that she was not Hua Lianqing herself."

"However, I didn't expect her purpose to be to tell me that the mechanisms here cannot be measured by common sense."

Ye Yang said, "When I pinned her to the wall with my sword just now, I actually wanted to force her to reveal the mastermind behind Beishui Town. But she only mentioned the secret chamber."

"You should know that my sword was infused with Gang Qi. The ghost would be in extreme pain if stabbed by the sword. If she wanted to be free from the pain quickly, she would have to answer my questions quickly."

"She would rather endure the great pain and finish her words, which means her real purpose is to tell me that the secret chamber must be opened."

"It also shows that the consequences of failing her mission would be more terrible than being scattered and annihilated."

Hearing this, Xiao Ying said in a low voice, "What could be more unacceptable to a ghost than being scattered and annihilated?"

Ye Yang shook his head slightly and said, "It's still the death penalty. Isn't beheading much more comfortable than being cut in two or being slowly sliced to death?"

Before Xiao Ying could speak, Ye Yang said to himself, "If Ben Gou (stupid dog) was here, he would definitely be able to see the other party's purpose. What is Ben Gou doing now?"

At that time, Ye Yang was just making a remark. His attention immediately focused on the wall of the living room.

At that time, Butcher Wang and Wang Xiaohuan were still confronting the ghosts outside the door.

Just as the ghost was knocking on the door again, Wang Xiaohuan released another white lantern, only the size of a palm. As the small and exquisite white lantern flew silently towards the door.

The security door, more than an inch thick, was like a piece of white paper illuminated by the light, clearly reflecting a figure.

The White Lantern Secret Art, "Discerning Yin and Yang," was looking at the ghost outside the door.