More than four hours have passed unknowingly, and it is now almost midnight.
The deathly atmosphere in the courtyard had completely dissipated, and a bright full moon appeared in the sky.
The distance from our location in the courtyard to the entrance of the villa is about a hundred meters, and there are no obstacles along the way. There are no lights in the villa, and I can't feel anyone's presence.
The door of the villa was unlocked, and there was a gap left open, from which a strong smell of blood came out.
Hao Jingde seemed completely indifferent to the bloody smell. He raised his hand to push the door open and turned on the light switch at the door.
Judging from his appearance, he was extremely familiar with this villa.
The lights suddenly brightened, and the scene in the villa came into view.
There were fresh blood stains everywhere on the sofa, coffee table and dining table. The carpet had been stained scarlet red by the blood, making it slippery and sticky when stepped on, making a soft clicking sound.
There was no one in the house, and no corpses or ghosts were seen, but the blood stains showed that there had been an inhumane massacre here.
"The basement is under the stairs, I'll take you down first!" Hao Jingde looked around and then turned to Xiao Han and said.
"Mr. Hao, wait a moment!" Xiao Han stood at the entrance without moving, his brows furrowed, and he raised his hand and waved it slightly.
After speaking, he turned around and ordered Lu Xiaohong and Shi Xian: "Check the villa quickly first, I'll give you three minutes!"
Hao Jingde understood, nodded and said: "Xiao Tianshi is indeed worthy of being the venerable Master of the Tianshi Mansion, but Hao is careless and impatient!"
This is the first time Hao Jingde has shown a condescending attitude since meeting Xiao Han. This is the first time he has lowered his head in front of Xiao Han.
Xiao Han smiled friendly towards Hao Jingde and nodded: "Mr. Hao is my daughter's benefactor, so I won't think too much about it."
I was stunned, and after a moment's thought, I understood what Xiao Han meant by asking Lu Xiaohong and Shi Xian to check and what Hao Jingde meant by saying this.
Qi Yue possesses the Nine-tailed Fox Neidan and the Ancient Mysterious Girl Token, and there may be other powerful magic weapons in his body. But apart from the patchwork weirdos and hunchbacked old ghosts we encountered before, we didn’t encounter any further obstacles when we entered.
, even the door of the villa is ajar.
If something goes wrong, there must be a monster. Qi Yue is very likely to have set up an ambush here. Of course, we cannot rule out the possibility that he did not expect us to defeat the hunchbacked old ghost who has become a monster and escaped in a hurry.
Be careful and sail with caution. No matter it is the former or the latter, only by understanding the situation can you better decide on the next action plan.
If it's the former, we rashly follow the hunchbacked old ghost into the basement and end up being trapped by Qi Yue's ambush and become a turtle in the urn. If it's the latter, it means that the hunchbacked old ghost is the last trump card in Qi Yue's hand, although he has
Bai Yao's inner elixir, but his cultivation level is not enough, but apart from setting up formations and carrying it on his body to confuse people, he cannot fully control and use it.
As for the ancient Xuannv Ling, that thing has no more uses than sealing and restraining the nine-tailed fox. And if Qi Yue carries both of them with him, even the ability of the Nine-tailed Fox's inner elixir will be destroyed by the Xuannv Ling.
Restraint will not have much effect.
From the fact that Lu Xiaohong was able to break the formation by destroying the copper gate with Liuding Divine Fire, Qi Yue must have brought both things with him at this moment, otherwise it would be difficult for us to break in even if the copper gate was destroyed.
When I first entered the courtyard, I thought that the bronze door was the formation eye, but it was not until the hunchbacked old ghost died and a lot of fresh air entered the yard that I discovered that the bronze door was not the formation eye, but the hunchbacked old ghost was the real formation eye.
This formation was originally set up using the power of the Nine-tailed Fox Neidan, but the Nine-tailed Fox Neidan has lost its original power under the suppression of the ancient Xuannv Order, so we were able to successfully break into the formation.
As for Hao Jingde's words about admitting defeat in front of Xiao Han, there are three meanings.
Otherwise, if Qi Yue really arranged some back-up plan to trap us in the basement, he would not be able to explain it even if he had ten mouths.
The transmission of information between smart people does not require too many words. Appropriate admission of defeat can not only appear grand but also show one's sincerity.
Hao Jingde's surrender showed that he did not do it intentionally, but that he was indeed arrogant and ill-considered. Secondly, it showed that he knew that he was not Xiao Han's opponent, so he would not be our enemy.
The biggest fear in a cooperative relationship is mutual suspicion.
Although Hao Jingde saved me, he also made it clear that he did not like to deal with Tianshi Mansion. His attitude towards Xiao Han was not friendly from the beginning to the end, and he repeatedly stated that he was helping us for the sake of this house. Xiao Han did not know him well.
, from a human perspective, if Xiao Han thought that he would also help Qi Yue for this house, it would not be too suspicious.
So the third purpose of Hao Jingde's words was to dispel Xiao Han's doubts about him.
While they were thinking, Lu Xiaohong and twelve other heavenly masters had searched the entire villa and found no ambush or other arrangements.
Lu Xiaohong found half of a finger under the sofa. The finger was gray in color and did not look fresh. There were a few corpse spots on it, which seemed to be left on the corpse. The fracture of the finger showed signs of being bitten off by something.
"It seems that those patchwork monsters were originally imprisoned here and fed with corpses." Xiao Han said thoughtfully.
Hao Jingde was visibly relieved when he saw that there was no other ambush in the villa.
Then he nodded again and said: "Yes, the person named Qi came back last night, bringing seven or eight corpses from somewhere. In the morning, the person named Qi asked Mrs. Chen's son to pull back a cart of beggars.
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Thinking about it carefully, I just felt like my stomach was churning.
Seeing the bloodstains here and the half-cut finger, and thinking about the patchwork weirdos and hunchbacked old ghosts we met before, we know where those corpses and the beggars have gone, and we can also imagine what happened in this place.
living hell!
Shi Xian followed us into the basement of the steel factory and knew that those weird people who made things together were cannibals. Hearing this, he turned his back and said "Wow", bowed his body and vomited loudly.
Xiao Han glanced at Shi Xian and said in a deep voice: "Let's go down quickly. Don't let that kid run away again. Shi Xian, you stay here with the five of you, and the others will follow me into the basement!"
After saying that, he turned to Hao Jingde and said, "Mr. Hao, thank you for your work!"
"It's easy to say, I'm doing it for myself too!" Hao Jingde said, walking to the stairs and raising his hand to pull a round wooden ball on the handrail of the stairs.
The stairs made a slight creaking sound, and soon, the stairs slowly hung in the air, revealing another downward step.
I didn't expect the basement to be in this place.
Stairs are hollow, and it is normal for them to make a "dong-dong" sound when you step on them. No one will think that there is something else under the stairs.
If it weren't for Hao Jingde, it would be difficult for us to find the entrance to this basement.
Everyone was about to go down when my eyes fell on the glass door of the kitchen and I said, "Dad, wait, there is another place we haven't seen yet!"