C20 (2/2)

Bang

There was a loud noise from the window, and then the window was opened from the outside. A cold wind poured in from the outside, and I could just make out what was going on in the room. It was not a light, but two white candles, placed on either side of the window.

Looking out of the window, I could clearly see two pale lanterns hanging from the window. Although the cold wind outside was ceaselessly blowing into the house, the white candles and the two pale lanterns by the window were motionless, as if frozen in place. I immediately realized that this place was very familiar to me, and upon closer inspection, I realized that this was the spirit hall belonging to Ah Xue's father.

I smiled bitterly and looked around me in fear. Suddenly, I found that I was the only one in the room, which meant that when I was about to faint, the sounds I heard were not illusions. The Ah Xue had already been dragged away by her grandmother.

”Zhang Yu, you were poisoned by that old lady, she told me to extend Ah Xue's father's life, you are his sacrifice, but don't worry, I will definitely save you!”

Just as I was looking around me in shock and was about to collapse, I suddenly heard Bai Hua's voice by my side.

Bai Hua is my best friend, so naturally, I have absolute trust in her. Thus, I hurriedly nodded my head and said in a low voice, ”Relax, I'm fine.”

Actually, I'm not sure if she can hear me. I just want some psychological comfort.

Just then, a cold sensation came from below me, as if I was lying on an ice bed. It was so cold that it was bone-piercing.

My back felt so uncomfortable from the ice that I wanted to escape, but I remembered that my arms and legs were tied to the bed and I couldn't move at all. I could only helplessly lie on the bed and grind my teeth as I endured the pain.

As I accidentally turned my head, I coincidentally saw the portrait of Ah Xue's father. The father of the Ah Xue in the photo was staring at me coldly with a cold and sinister smile on her face.

Looking at his expression made my scalp tingle even more. At the same time, I felt a surge of fear in my heart.

Thus, I carefully moved to a different position. I was horrified to find that no matter where I went, Ah Xue's father's photo would still be staring at me. That expression didn't seem like an elder that I was once familiar with at all, but more like an Asura that captures souls.

The cold wind continued to blow through the open window and pour into the mourning hall. I felt my body, which had just regained some of its senses, start to stiffen up again.

At the same time, my head started to hurt again, and my body felt like it was starting to hurt. I couldn't tell where it was going to hurt.

”Zhang Yu, come here... Zhang Yu came over … Zhang Yu came over … Zhang Yu... ” At this moment, in the originally silent space, a woman's voice suddenly sounded. This voice was very familiar to me; it was the voice of Hundred Painting.

Her voice had comforted me before, but now I felt extremely terrified, because I knew very well that this was simply a soul-stirring sound. If I listened to the voice, I would definitely be led through the path of survival, becoming like Ah Xue's father who didn't look like a human or a ghost.