Chapter 576: Spiritual Puppet (1/2)

The creaking sound echoed in the empty hall as Xue Wei pushed open the heavy door. The door was made from a strange kind of black stone, and it seemed to have become smooth after being pushed open time and time again throughout the passing of time.

However, while the stone had become smooth, the ground had hollowed out from being walked too often, and the hall behind was desolate and empty.

Not only was it empty, it also seemed to have been abandoned many years ago, and a thick layer of dust had settled on the floor. The windows were no longer transparent and the dirt made it hard to see what was present inside.

Xue Wei could not help but furrow his brows as he looked at the empty hall. There were a set of stairs at the end of the hall, but even they were covered in dust and did not seem to have been used for a long time.

”Are you sure that these judges reside here?”

Xue Wei could not help but turn around and look at the others with doubt in his eyes. If they truly lived here, they should not have been able to make this residence abandoned to this degree.

Even if they had found out about Lan taking over the realm, they should at most flee, but the house had clearly been abandoned for countless years already, so how could this add up?

”They lived here, there is no doubt about it.”

Mo Lian frowned as she looked around the hall. ”I have never actually entered the house, but I often noticed them enter and exit when I came to discuss certain topics with them.”

Xue Wei's frown deepened and he glanced at the branch leader, who also seemed completely confused by the sudden change.

Lan could not help but begin to reexamine his memories of the ox-headed experts they had encountered when they first entered, and his expression suddenly turned solemn.

”Would they push open the door when entering?”

Lan began asking questions about these judges, as if he had a theory, but needed to find enough evidence to base his guess upon.

”Yes, they would usually open the door when entering and exiting. Sometimes we would not be able to see how they had arrived next to us, but most of the time, they would calmly enter and exit through this door.”

Lan suddenly rubbed the bridge of his nose as he seemed somewhat frustrated.

”They were spiritual puppets with a trace of the owner's soul.”