Miao Qi Miao

Chapter 728 Don't Be Afraid to Go Out

Lin Zhao nodded and said, "When Li Po received the package, a human head appeared beside his feet. Later, the head burrowed into the ground and disappeared."

"At the time, none of us suspected where the head came from. Now it seems, that should be the soul of the Red Fox."

"Is that possible?" Feng Ruoxing frowned. "If the Red Fox's cultivation has reached the level where it can split its soul, it must be at least a Great Demon. Does it need to fear ghosts and gods?"

Lin Zhao said, "The Red Fox may not need to split its soul. Put it this way! None of us have seen the Red Fox's true form. Who can guarantee that Old Hu in Fengshui Residence is the Red Fox in the Two Immortals Temple? Maybe it's just its companion."

As Feng Ruoxing frowned, Lin Zhao said again, "The Red Fox has already calculated that you would come to Fengshui Residence, and also calculated that someone would come to hunt you down. Why did Old Huang, who was disguised as a designer, still die an unnatural death?"

"I think that's a trick the Red Fox wanted to use to cooperate with Liangjie Tang (Two Worlds Hall). By killing Old Huang, it would be the only partner and could monopolize the so-called family fortune."

Feng Ruoxing said, "You mean, the person who took the fox's body is the real Red Fox?"

"It's hard to say now!" Lin Zhao said, "But one thing is certain, the Red Fox must be hiding in the Noble Mansion. No matter what the reason, it will come out to find us."

"We need to wait!"

Lin Zhao looked at the clock on the wall, "When midnight arrives, the gates of hell will open wide. With no one calling at the gate outside, those inside should come out."

Lin Zhao took out a bundle of white wax from her backpack, cut it into one-inch lengths with a dagger, and threw them separately in the gatehouse room and the courtyard. Then she sat back in the room, turned off the power, sat in the chair, and thought about something with her head down.

Before long, a spark suddenly lit up in the room—the white wax that Lin Zhao had thrown on the cabinet was lit.

Lin Zhao took a step forward, reached out and wiped a few times on the top of the cabinet, and pulled out a newspaper from it. The headline on the front page read: "Popular Singer Dies Tragically at Home."

Lin Zhao shone the flashlight down a few times, "This is a newspaper from the Japanese puppet period. That so-called singer died in Courtyard No. 3 of the Noble Mansion."

Ye Yang walked to the door, "Courtyard No. 3 is the gate of hell. How did that singer die?"

"Beheaded!" Lin Zhao said, holding the newspaper, "According to the newspaper, the singer's head has never been found. The police suspect it was a vendetta, and the murderer directly took the victim's head."

"Later, people who lived in Courtyard No. 3 said they would see a head in the courtyard. Someone even wrote a short story called *The Head of the Beauty in the Haunted House*."

Feng Ruoxing said, "Is this report pieced together? Isn't the time span too long?"

Lin Zhao flipped through the newspaper, "The newspapers at that time didn't really have much substance. I guess someone was deliberately rehashing old news..."

Before Lin Zhao could finish speaking, a blaze of lights lit up in the courtyard of the Noble Mansion. The lights were located exactly at Courtyard No. 3.

Ye Yang said in a deep voice, "Did you see the figure on the balcony?"

Feng Ruoxing and Lin Zhao looked towards the balcony of Courtyard No. 3 at the same time. Apart from a dim yellow light, there were only tree branches stretching out like ghost hands.

What Ye Yang saw was a headless female corpse standing on the balcony.

The other party was wearing a blood-stained nightgown, her hands were on the balcony railing, and her body was slightly bent forward, looking as if she had been beheaded while looking down at something.

After a moment of silence, Ye Yang seemed to have made a decision and walked towards Courtyard No. 3. He stopped at the entrance of the courtyard, Lin Zhao went past Ye Yang and knocked on the door of Courtyard No. 3.

A young woman came out of the courtyard. She simply said, "Come in!" and let Ye Yang and the other two into the living room.

Lin Zhao sat on the sofa and looked at the woman, "You seem to know we were coming?"

The woman said, "What's so strange about that? Everyone who enters the gatehouse will ask how to get out alive."

Lin Zhao asked, "Have many people come here before?"

"Not too many, less than ten people including you!" The woman said calmly, "Later, they all stayed here."

"Aren't you afraid to say these things?" Lin Zhao secretly activated her Heavenly Eye as she spoke.

Lin Zhao's Heavenly Eye is on her brow, somewhat similar to the "Heavenly Eye Vision" commonly seen in art, except that others need to close their eyes when using the Heavenly Eye Vision, but she can open three eyes at the same time.

The first time Lin Zhao showed me her Heavenly Eye, I said she was "Xiao Tian Quan (Howling Celestial Dog)", which made Lin Zhao so angry that she almost overturned the table.

The woman smiled and said, "What's so scary? You get used to some things."

"If you live in a place where you can't even tell if you're a human or a ghost, you won't be afraid! After a long time, you get used to it."

The woman said, "If you don't believe me, one of you can go out now, knock on the door again, and you'll know if what I said is true or false. But I have to remind you, don't be afraid when you go out. Otherwise, you may not have the courage to come back in."

Feng Ruoxing stood up and said, "I'll go!"