Chapter 917 - The Living Dead (1/2)
Chapter 917: The Living Dead
Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
The scene before him was so bizarre that Miao Wentang was extremely shocked. He suddenly recalled the paper charm Tang Xiu placed on him outside the courtyard wall. He grabbed the item and observed it for a while only to find some unusual symbols on it; he could even sense a faint fluctuation of spiritual force on it.
“Don’t tell me… this is an Invisibility Charm? An item that can make one who wears it invisible to others?”
Miao Wentang himself knew that Tang Xiu also excelled at making various charms. It made his heartbeat spike up immediately. He gritted his teeth and walked toward Tang Xiu’s direction and the two big men of Lian Family. He kept walking to Tang Xiu’s side while his eyes were fixed on the two stocky men, yet they still seemed to be unaware of their presence.
Cough, cough…
One of the stocky men coughed twice. He suddenly glanced around a few times before he raised his hand to scratch the back of his head. With a puzzled expression, he muttered, “How come I feel so spooked and scared? It’s like I’m being stared at by a venomous viper or something.”
His comrade also frowned and astonished, “You got such a feeling too? What an ominous sign. I thought it was only I who had fallen into illusion. I too feel that something is staring at me, sending a chill down my back.”
Miao Wentang’s face slightly changed. He immediately shifted his vision from the two men and turned to Tang Xiu with eyes full of admiration.
It was definitely because of the Invisibility Charm! The one that was told in the legends!
If he were to have this Invisibility Charm, he’d definitely have a lethal weapon for killing! In such a situation where nobody, not even the Gods and ghosts, were unable to sense his presence, he could behead his enemy for sure.
For a short while, the two men of the Lian Family still kept looking around, but they couldn’t find any abnormalities whatsoever. They just shook their heads and then headed towards the distance.
Tang Xiu himself stood still in his current spot. He then looked at Miao Wentang smilingly and asked, “So, how do you feel?”
“I shuddered with fear at first, but then felt relieved when I realized that they truly can’t see us,” replied Miao Wentang with a smile. “You’re truly amazing, Brother Tang! If memory serves, the charm you placed on me outside the courtyard wall must be an Invisibility Charm, right?”
“Yeah, I manufactured some Invisibility Charms before due to some special reasons.” Tang Xiu nodded and explained, “I never thought that it would show its uses during an investigation this time, though. Also, the prevention measures deployed by the Lian Family is kinda tight. If it weren’t for this Invisibility Charm, we couldn’t have been so relaxed and easily snuck inside.”
Miao Wentang’s turned bright and he asked eagerly, “How many Invisibility Charms do you have now, Brother Tang? Can you sell me some of them?”
Tang Xiu’s expression turned strange and he replied, “I don’t have many of them at hand as of now. Just some of them.”
“Please state your price. I’ll buy however many you have,” said Miao Wentang straightforwardly.
“Just 3 yuan is enough. I’ll sell them to you at 3 yuan each,” replied Tang Xiu smilingly after he thought for a moment.
Cough, cough…
Miao Wentang let out a hollow cough and waved as he spoke again, “I won’t buy it, so I’ll exchange them with some other items! I know that you’ve been searching for the twelve zodiac jade carvings recently. I just caught wind of one of them and am currently verifying it. I’ll send it to you after I’m sure about it.”
“For real?” Tang Xiu was pleasantly surprised.
“For real.” Miao Wentang nodded and said, “But the other party is so difficult to deal with, so I’m afraid that it will take some time, though. Anyway, let’s stop talking about that first. Since we have the Invisibility Charms, then we shall continue to go inside to find out the situation of this place! We gotta make sure what the hell is going on with the Lians tonight.”
Tang Xiu suppressed his excitement deep in his heart. He nodded and glanced towards the depths of the Lian Family’s manor interior. Then he said in a whisper, “Try not to make any sound as best as you can. Let’s use hand signals when something happens; I have a hunch that the Lian Family’s manor is not as simple as it looks on the surface.”
“I got you.” Miao Wentang nodded firmly.
Most of the area in front of the Lian Family’s manor was covered with lush trees, along with flowers, plants, rockery stones,, and gazebos everywhere… but when Tang Xiu and Miao Wentang headed deeper into the interior and bypassed the fountain square in the center of the manor, they suddenly sensed a change in the atmosphere.
The dark-painted houses in front were all wooden and painted pitch-black on the outside. In addition, be it the trees or the other buildings in the surroundings, they were all painted black as well. Even the ground was covered with black asphalt. There was no other color other than black, even if they observed carefully.
“This place is way too bizarre.” Miao Wentang leaned over to Tang Xiu, who was carefully treading northward, as he said in a whisper.
Tang Xiu squinted, as he could sense a faint surging diabolical energy. His body was also slightly shivering, driven by the impulse to immediately dash and smash something that was somewhere deep inside the Lian Family’s manor. Such an impulse was like a feeling of hunger, as though there was something deep inside the manor that attracted him.