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Here’s a list of names, in case someone couldn’t remember them:

Level 10 team
Chen Changdong (leader)
Liu Yue (older sister of the twins)
Liu Xing (younger sister of the twins)
Yuan Jin (man with slightly long hair)
Ma Ming (a short guy) -dead
Dong Xu (a tall guy)

Since their target has appeared, everyone puts away their laughter and immediately picks up their spirit weapon. As an archer, Lou Fan is a good player in long-range attacks. He picked up his bow without blinking and shot the spiritual arrows one after another. The arrows flew into the dark and got engulfed, one doesn’t know if it hits anything or not.

The Level 10 team watched from the side, thinking that Lou Fan would stop shooting soon. After all, there are restrictions on spirit weapons’ usage. No matter how many spiritual arrows he has, he can’t keep shooting out like this. His actions just now were as fierce as a tiger, and he already shot dozens of the spiritual arrows. However, Lou Fan didn’t mean to stop at all. He simply changed direction and continued to shoot, shifting to left and right.

Liu Yue is a little worried. As Wen Lang is just half a step ahead of her, thinking that the junior team seemed nice to talk with, Liu Yue asked, “Will it be too wasteful for Mr. Lou to use his spiritual arrow like this?”

No matter how many spiritual arrows there are, it can’t stand letting Lou Fan shoot unlimited like this. Long-range attack weapons are very useful weapons, but unlike their melee weapons, which can be used casually, arrows are consumable items.

Hearing the question, Wen Lang answered in a nonchalant tone, “Brother Lou’s spiritual arrows are unlimited, he can shoot at will.”

Wen Lang only said it lightly, but he didn’t know that everyone in the Level 10 team heard it. Next, everyone’s gaze at Lou Fan changed.

What is the concept of unlimited spiritual arrows? It is equivalent to people taking a red potion to recover blood while he is shooting arrows. Then, people are taking a blue potion to recover mana but he is still shooting arrows. When people are meditating to recover blood, he hasn’t stopped shooting arrows…[1]

This ability is a bit overpowered, how can a spirit weapon be like this? They are all at level 10 and yet, they have never heard of such ability before. Moreover, this junior team doesn’t only have this abnormal person, there is also another one who can use a ballpoint pen[2] to draw amulets on his spirit weapon book which actually works. Where can they seniors put their faces?!

Probably from being shot too many times by Lou Fan’s spiritual arrows, the black mass got separated from the darkness again. This time, the Level 10 team immediately picked up their weapons and swarmed the black mass, not letting it run away again.

But can the evil spirit be so easy to catch?

Yuan Jin and Dong Xu rushed to the front but they got injured by the evil spirit not long after, and their bodies are covered in wounds. Wen Lang and Jiang Dong immediately caught up, but they are both long-range players so they couldn’t get too close. Liu Yue and Liu Xing are girls after all, and their weapons are not that powerful. Still, they persisted in attacking in front, with little success, however. After that, with Qin Tan joined in, it immediately relieved their pressure. Qin Tan’s strength is strong, and he can injure the black mass with every slash. It can be seen that the recovery of the slash is getting slower and slower.

At the back, Lou Fan shoots arrows at every turn. He has his back to the corridor, which is as black as thick ink behind him. All of a sudden, Lou Fan felt a breath of coolness behind him. He is about to turn around immediately, but the black mist instantly wrapped him and pulled him inward. Lou Fan immediately took out the radish flower from his trouser pocket and shredded it, but it is useless! A grip at his shoulder gave him so much pain but he endured it and he shot backward with a backhand motion. Spiritual arrows didn’t need much force to be shot so Lou Fan gritted his teeth and shot an arrow. His shoulders loosened, and when he turned around, Lou Fan couldn’t see anyone around anymore. It is pitch black all around.

Without a wall to stick on, Lou Fan took out Chen Shuyang’s amulet from his pocket and patted it on his backpack instead. A faint light lit up but the diameter of the lighted area is only about 2 meters. Lou Fan breathed a sigh of relief and at the same time, he felt a little headache about how to return to the other members.

…

Seeing that Lou Fan got dragged away, Qin Tan turned around and chased after him. The black mist instantly surrounded Lou Fan. When Qin Tan reached out, he caught nothing. So, he lifted his footsteps and immediately caught up, walking into the darkness.

“Team leader Qin!” Chen Changdong shouted, but he is unable to stop Qin Tan’s footsteps. He knew how powerful the black fog is. Before that, Ma Ming didn’t even have the time to struggle and already died tragically.

“Brother Lou, Brother Qin!” Wen Lang shouted but neither of them can be seen anymore. He turned his head to look at Jiang Dong instead. Jiang Dong frowned as he said, “Take care of the evil spirits first, it’s useless for us to go in.”

Wen Lang is a little indecisive now, so he nodded at Jiang Dong’s words, a poker flew out of his hand. Jiang Dong’s hand didn’t stop either, the bandages wrapped around the evil ghost almost making it into a mummy.

Trapping the evil spirit, Chen Changdong immediately rolled back the fishing line. To be safe, he used the fishing line to circle the evil spirit a few times. An intermediate spirit weapon is different from a primary spirit weapon. The moment his fishing line entangled around the evil spirit, it is immediately tied up and unable to move.

The remaining 7 people turned to look into the depths of the darkness.

…

Qin Tan walked into the darkness but he could not see anything around him, only his Tang sword is emitting a white layer of light. However, he is very calm, and shouted as he walked, “Lou Fan, Lou Fan! Where are you?”

Qin Tan’s voice is loud, but he didn’t hear the slightest response, as if he is the only one left in this space. Slashing in the air with his Tang sword, he could even feel the sensation of the black mist being split open. Slashing out tirelessly, Qin Tan chopped as he walked forward persistently.

…

Lou Fan moved forward, and suddenly he heard someone calling him. He turned his head but saw nothing. When he turned back again, a pair of scarlet eyes appeared just before the tip of his nose, startling him. Lou Fan is about to shoot an arrow when the pair of eyes retracted into the darkness.

Frick, what the hell was that?! A ghost that is out to scare people?

After taking a few steps forward again, Lou Fan suddenly saw a figure in the distance facing away from him. That familiar figure, who else if not Qin Tan? Lou Fan immediately became happy and ran forward, shouting, “Qin Tan, I’m here!”

But when Lou Fan is reaching the figure, he suddenly slowed down and shot an arrow tentatively. Anyway, if it is really Qin Tan, the spiritual arrow would not be able to hit anything. That moment when the spiritual arrow shot into the back of that figure, there seemed to be a low growl in Lou Fan’s ear. The figure turned around, and Lou Fan suddenly shouted curses in his heart!

That’s not Qin Tan, it is clearly the man who fell and died messily previously!

Lou Fan immediately stepped back, but the coldness behind him made him feel that things are turning bad. There’s something behind while a ghastly deceased is approaching him at the front. Without hesitation, Lou Fan immediately tore up the immobilizing amulet he had prepared in his hand.

The surrounding air seemed to freeze. Lou Fan immediately stepped forward and glanced at the immobilized evil spirit behind him. He picked up his bow and kept shooting spiritual arrows at it. Feeling that he almost shot enough, Lou Fan immediately fled the scene.

A minute passed quickly, and Lou Fan didn’t know where he ran to again. The light from the Yang Gathering Amulet on his backpack is already very weak, and it seemed that it would go out in the next second. With no more immobilizing amulet in his hand, Lou Fan had to keep on high alert. At this moment, he is praying that Chen Shuyang would learn more spells, the more ghost-repelling ones the better. In this kind of close encounter with ghosts, having those weapons is convenient to kill any ghosts encountered.

On the other hand, it seems that the evil ghost has stopped going around in circles with Lou Fan anymore. A chilly breeze blew over and Lou Fan turned sideways, shooting the arrows. The lethality of his spirit arrows is not high, the advantage is that they are large in number. However, restricted by manpower, Lou Fan can’t shoot multiple spirit arrows at one time. Hence, their lethality to evil spirits is too small.

Seeing the evil ghost with a bloody mouth coming towards him with murderous scarlet eyes, Lou Fan immediately rolled down. But the evil ghost moved quickly and managed to grab his ankle,  causing his entire calf to be a bloody mess. A chunk of flesh and blood is separated from his leg bone, where the white bones under the flesh could be seen clearly.

“ARRGH!” Lou Fan exclaimed in pain, unable to hold the bow in his hand.

Without stopping for a moment, the evil ghost’s claws swiftly stretched out and are about to pierce into Lou Fan’s chest.

At that moment, Lou Fan thought to himself, even if he is dead, at the very least, Qin Tan must get out of this world.

All of a sudden, the thick blackness in front of Lou Fan is cut by a stream of air. He turned his head and saw Qin Tan’s galloping figure in his blurred vision.

“Lou Fan!” Qin Tan roared and rushed over, glaring angrily. He wished he could run faster. Seeing that he is getting closer but the evil ghost’s claws are about to pierce Lou Fan, Qin Tan also tore his immobilizing amulet.

The ghost claw is only 1 centimeter away from Lou Fan’s chest. Lou Fan breathed a sigh of relief. Next, he fainted from the pain in his leg.

Qin Tan pulled the man out of the demon’s claws and helped him aside. Lou Fan is horribly wounded, this is the worst injury he’s ever had. At this moment, Qin Tan only regretted that he let Lou Fan follow him tonight. He took out the wound medicine prepared by Jiang Dong and poured it on Lou Fan. But Lou Fan’s calf is quite badly injured so Qin Tan didn’t dare to touch it at all. Fortunately, Lou Fan only passed out and nothing else.

When the effect of the immobilizing amulet has passed, the evil ghost resumed its movements. It is very annoyed by the repeated misses and the surrounding wind gusted wildly towards the 2 men.

Qin Tan almost lost Lou Fan so he is feeling extremely displeased at the moment. His movements are hard and fast as he fought with the evil spirit. The evil spirit is ferocious and yet, Qin Tan’s fight became smoother and smoother. There is an indescribable feeling in him, Qin Tan felt that he could even see the movements of the evil spirit clearly. The ruthlessness increased in Qin Tan’s heart. He just wanted to get rid of the evil spirit as soon as possible and help Lou Fan to apply medicine. His movement became faster and faster, almost only his afterimage can be seen. The next moment, a snapping noise sounded in the air, as if a bubble had burst. The Tang sword in Qin Tan’s hand is like red-hot iron, emitting an orange-red light.

…

Qin Tan walked out of the corridor with Lou Fan in his arms, the blackness around him gradually faded away, revealing 2 figures.

Jiang Dong’s eyes widened and he immediately went to Qin Tan. Lou Fan’s condition is very bad. He wanted to carry Lou Fan from Qin Tan’s arms, but Qin Tan didn’t let go. He carried Lou Fan to the circular corridor and put him down on a clean place.

Taking a glance at Lou Fan, Wen Lang squatted down and asked Jiang Dong, “How is it, is brother Lou alright?” A large piece of flesh is torn off from his calf, and his whole calf is in terrible condition.

Chen Changdong glanced at Qin Tan who is showing a sullen face but unconsciously looked at the Tang sword behind him. The Tang sword, which looked ordinary just now, now exudes an orange light that can’t be ignored, just like his fishing rod.

The other members of the Level 10 team looked shocked with widened eyes. Dong Xu leaned into Chen Changdong’s ear and exclaimed in surprise, “Team leader, his spirit weapon has been upgraded!”

Anyone can see that if they are not blind. But they really did not expect that Qin Tan who is only level 5, has already improved his physique. Even Chen Changdong, he only got the opportunity to improve his physique when he was at level 8. It can only be said that Qin Tan is truly lucky.

Watching as Jiang Dong treat Lou Fan’s wound, Qin Tan saw Lou Fan frown. When Jiang Dong sprinkled the medicinal powder, Lou Fan’s brows moved again. Qin Tan’s lips moved. He wanted to tell Jiang Dong to move lighter, but he pursed his lips and said nothing in the end. However, his expression turned uglier as time passes, and his eyes are full of distress.

Knowing that Lou Fan’s life is not in danger anymore, Qin Tan forced himself to turn his head away. Then he said to Chen Changdong, “The evil spirit is inside but there is no more danger. You can go in and clean it up.”

Chen Changdong stared at Qin Tan in astonishment, as if he didn’t understand what he means. After a long while, he came back to his senses. Calling his team members who have yet to come to their senses, they rushed into the hallway.

in the hallway, the evil spirit shrouded in darkness lay on the ground and Ma Ming’s corpse is there next to it. Chen Changdong released a section of fishing line to entangle the evil spirit, but facing the dead body of his teammate, he didn’t know what to do with it.

2 evil ghosts are caught in 1 night. Chen Changdong’s team planned to seal them soon to prevent any possible mishaps.

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The author has something to say:

Lou Fan: Biology mom (authors that are supposed to be nice to their main characters), you make me lose a big chunk of flesh, won’t your conscience hurt?
Author: Of course it won’t hurt, because I have no conscience.
Qin Tan: Oh, you have no conscience? (sharpening knife)
Author: … If you threaten me again, you won’t have a wife anymore.

Thank you to the little angel who voted or irrigated the nutrient solution for me~
Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!

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[1] Banana: I don’t understand what kind of example the author is trying to convey lol. But it should just an exaggeration that Lou Fan can shoot until the end of time and there will still arrows available to shoot.

[2] Apparently, the keyword 中性笔 is actually ballpoint pen, according to google translate. Previously, Banana wrote it as neutral stroke because I thought it’s how the amulets were drawn lol. Anyway, it will be changed to ballpoint pen in the future chapters.

Here’s a list of names, in case someone couldn’t remember them:

Level 10 team
Chen Changdong (leader)
Liu Yue (older sister of the twins)
Liu Xing (younger sister of the twins)
Yuan Jin (man with slightly long hair)
Ma Ming (a short guy) -dead
Dong Xu (a tall guy)

Seeing that the sun is about to go down, Chen Changdong didn’t bother to look around anymore and went back with a few crystals that looked like white crystals. Lou Fan and the others are already waiting there. When Lou Fan saw the crystals in Chen Changdong’s hand, he shook his head.

“Team leader Chen, you got the wrong crystals.”

Chen Changdong also knew that it is wrong but he already tried his best. “I only found these.”

Chen Changdong had given up hope and planned to continue looking for it tomorrow. Then, Lou Fan flipped his palm and took out a transparent crystal the size of an egg, with only a white mist-like color in it.

“I found one, take it.”

Chen Changdong took the crystal and looked at it for a long time. He found that this crystal is fundamentally different from the crystals found by his team. He put it away silently and said to Lou Fan, “Thanks.”

He owed Lou Fan another favor again; getting used to owing him favors.

Lou Fan waved his hand, “Quickly take it to the sun, the sun will go down soon.”

Chen Changdong nodded, left the twins behind, and took the other two team members out to bask in the sun. Liu Xing is very tired so she pulled her sister to the staff lounge. After entering, she found a stool and sat down.

On the other side, after listening to what Chen Shuyang said, Jiang Dong didn’t know what kind of expression he should show. Wen Lang simply exclaimed out loud, “My god! Shuyang, your spirit weapon is too awesome! Have you finally found the correct way to use it?”

Lou Fan and Qin Tan walked in at this moment and heard Wen Lang making loud noises. Qin Tan frowned, “Speak properly, why are you shouting?”

Wen Lang couldn’t calm down at all. Another lucky guy has appeared on the team, how could he calm down?!

“Brother Qin! You don’t know how awesome Shuyang is. Copying scriptures into his book is nothing. He can draw amulets in his book! The type that can be used and doesn’t need to use cinnabar and yellow papers!!”

People who have been in contact with superstition to some extent will know a little bit of this knowledge. But even if they don’t, information like this can be found in the movies. The yellow amulet is a piece of yellow paper on which one uses red cinnabar to draw random patterns on it. Then, it becomes an amulet. In ancient times, talismans were sold at high prices.

“Shuyang can draw amulets in his book?” Lou Fan didn’t understand and repeated the sentence.

Before Chen Shuyang could explain, Wen Lang immediately poured everything he heard out. Even the twins next to him heard it clearly, with surprise in their eyes. They haven’t heard of this kind of spirit weapon before.

After listening to Wen Lang’s words, Lou Fan showed a happy elderly expression and patted Chen Shuyang on the shoulder, “Shuyang, keep working hard and draw more. You will have to take on the important responsibilities of the team in the future!”

Chen Shuyang nodded immediately.

Qin Tan silently restrained his smile at the side.

Jiang Dong rolled his eyes helplessly. Everyone in this team is not normal, it is really hard for him (as the only normal person).

Lou Fan then asked again, “How many spells have you learned?”

As soon as Lou Fan said these words, he felt like he is asking Chen Shuyang how many words did he learn today (like how a father asked his child about his studies)?

Chen Shuyang looked guilty, “Only one, the others are a bit complicated and haven’t learned yet.”

Lou Fan simply oh-ed and said, “Then, keep learning.”

Liu Xing and Liu Yue: …

…

The afterglow of the sun sprinkled on the white crystal. As if white gas is poured into it, the white smoke slowly filled the crystal and gradually turned it into a milky white crystal, which the tone is slightly thinner than pure white. It is not until the sun sank into the ground and the sky began to darken that Chen Changdong brought Yuan Jin and Dong Xu back to the staff lounge.

After reuniting with the twins, Chen Changdong felt that their expressions are a bit strange, and the gaze they looked at Lou Fan’s team is even stranger. But they are in front of other people so Chen Changdong didn’t ask. He just sat down in the empty seat and started eating to replenish his strength.

It is almost 7.00 pm and Chen Changdong planned to take a rest before going upstairs to try his luck. If he could find an evil spirit, he would capture it first. Otherwise, once it is nighttime, he is afraid that their team would be trapped again. As for going down to the B2 floor, it’s the same darkness whether day or night anyway, there’s no difference.

Glancing at the white crystal in his hand, Chen Changdong paused. Then he raised his head and called Qin Tan. “Team leader Qin, you want to know how to upgrade the spirit weapon, right? Let me tell you roughly about it first.” He doesn’t like to owe favors, and he owes more and more this time.

Lou Fan immediately moved the small bench and sat in front of Chen Changdong with a look of listening intently. Behind him stood Qin Tan and the other three. Everyone is curious and looking forward to knowing how to upgrade the spirit weapon.

Facing 5 pairs of curious eyes, Chen Changdong coughed uncomfortably. It is because their gazes are too intense that he couldn’t stand them, causing goosebumps all over his body.

“Actually, the upgrade of a spirit weapon is related to physical fitness. The second condition is an opportunity (fortunate encounter). When your body improves and can withstand the power of an intermediate spirit weapon, that means you are ready to upgrade your spirit weapon, which is a necessary condition. As for the opportunity, this is hard to say. Everyone’s opportunity is different. As far as I know, some upgraded their weapon during an emergency because they wanted to help their companion, while some upgraded when they themselves are in danger. Some simply have an epiphany… In short, an opportunity is a rare occurrence.”

All Chen Changdong can say is just 2 or 3 sentences, but he knew that it is not so easy to upgrade the spirit weapon. Like him, he already upgraded but his team has yet to produce a second intermediate spirit weapon. This is an example of the rareness. He paused for a while and then said, “The improvement of physique actually depends on luck, because it is not always possible to find something to improve our physique in the mission world. So far, only three of us have improved our physique.”

If one doesn’t improve their physique, they can’t upgrade their spirit weapon. The threshold is high enough.

Lou Fan exchanged glances with his teammates, tacitly knowing that everyone on the team have improved their physique. They have nothing to be afraid of.

After Chen Changdong finished speaking, he stood up and took his fishing rod. Then he called his teammates, preparing to go upstairs to hunt ghosts. He checked his fishing rod to make sure it is intact. After reminding a few more words, he is ready to leave.

“Team leader Chen, do you mind if I go with you?” Qin Tan asked before they went out.

Everyone looked at Qin Tan, even Lou Fan didn’t know what he is planning to do.

Chen Changdong also looked at Qin Tan, “Team leader Qin, are you sure you want to go with us?”

Qin Tan actually didn’t plan to do anything at first. But he thought Chen Changdong is a good person, and he told them about the upgrade of the spirit weapon. Secondly, he wanted to know how powerful the evil spirit is. It is his habit to always plan ahead and get a good understanding of the enemy.

Qin Tan’s eyes are firm, showing his intention so Chen Changdong could not refuse.

“I’ll go too.” Lou Fan walked over to Qin Tan, “I don’t feel at ease about you going alone, I’ll go with you.”

Wen Lang, Jiang Dong, and Chen Shuyang immediately echoed, “I’ll go too.”

Qin Tan looked at his team helplessly. They are like a dog skin plaster (super sticky), and he couldn’t shake them off.

The ghost-hunting team suddenly grew bigger. Although Chen Changdong didn’t understand why the junior team wanted to follow them to do the task, he is very welcoming of this change inside. No one will think that there are too many people. With more people, they will be more confident.

The team left, leaving Chen Shuyang to look after the eminent monk and protect their mission target. Before leaving, Chen Shuyang gave Lou Fan and his team members all the Yang Gathering Amulet that he drew.

“Although it may not be super useful, take them just in case. The master also said that it is effective so you can try to use it. If they don’t work, you can return them to me. Otherwise, just treat it as bringing me along with you.”

Hearing that, Wen Lang rolled his eyes. He bared his teeth and tried to pinch Chen Shuyang, but Chen Shuyang avoided him.

…

Lou Fan and his team have been on the 4th and 5th floors before. Although they got attacked by some ghosts before, the condition of the floors was not the same as they are now. The entire 4th floor looked dead and dark. It is pitch black without lights and they can only see the people around them with a little light from themselves.

Qin Tan reminded everyone to be careful and try to take care of the people around them. It would be better if they hold hands so as not to get separated. Immediately after saying that, he grabbed Lou Fan’s hand.

Wen Lang didn’t listen to the advice as he doesn’t plan to hold hands with Jiang Dong. Just the thought of it gave him goosebumps. However, his hand is grabbed and Jiang Dong’s hand held his tightly.

“Hey, aren’t you disgusted by this? We are 2 adult men holding hands…” Wen Lang couldn’t go on.

However, Jiang Dong simply grabbed Wen Lang’s hand and tugged, “Don’t talk, don’t you know there are ghosts here?”

Wen Lang: … Can’t talk if there are ghosts around? Fine, I’ll let you have the final say.

Wen Lang shifted his hand awkwardly but didn’t pull it out.

Chen Changdong had the master’s Yang Gathering Amulet and a white crystal in his hand, but these items are reserved for the B2 floor, where the yin aura is heavier. Without these 2 things, it would be impossible for them to move even an inch forward. Relatively speaking, they can still see things on the 4th floor so they’ll make do with it.

Their flashlights are really not very useful here. Lou Fan took out the simple version of the Yang Gathering Amulet given by Chen Shuyang and stuck it on the wall. He thought that it doesn’t matter if it doesn’t work but he found that the black smoke within a 5-meter radius had dissipated, and the plaza’s light above his head lighted up.

“Shuyang, you are awesome. This amulet really works.” Lou Fan muttered, feeling very relieved.

Wen Lang snapped his fingers, “Shuyang has finally found his path. He should follow the master and convert to Buddhism, it suits him.”

Lou Fan: “Don’t, Shuyang’s parents are still waiting for him to give them a grandson. Don’t come up with bad ideas.”

The Level 10 team didn’t expect the junior team’s amulet to work which was drawn with neutral strokes, and they are all a little surprised.

Liu Xing clicked her tongue twice, “You guys are so lucky. Imagine how many points can you sell it in Lazuli.” These words simply pointed out a way for Lou Fan to make a fortune.

Lou Fan: !!!!

That’s right! This is simply a shortcut to getting rich. This amulet is a paranormal item, which is scarce equipment. There will be people fighting to buy it in Lazuli!

Lou Fan, Wen Lang, and Jiang Dong looked at each other. They can see the shine of RMB in each other’s eyes. Points ah!!!

Our treasured Shuyang!

Liu Xing got frightened by the ferocious light in their eyes and shrank to her sister’s side. The expressions of these people are a little scary. She’s afraid that they might be a little abnormal.

Chen Changdong, who is completely focused on the darkness, is looking at the black mist not far away. His eyes narrowed and he swung his arm, casting the fishing rod without hesitation. The fishing line with the hook flew as the reel rolls out, falling into darkness in an instant. Immediately, Chen Changdong’s arm tightened. The hook caught something again.

This time, they can see with the light, and Chen Changdong learned from the experience of the last time. He didn’t panic at all and steadily pulled the fishing rod, swaying it left and right just like fishing. Then he slowly shook the handle to recover the fishing line.

A mass of black mist separated from the darkness, and then it struggled to retreat back into the darkness.

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Here’s a list of names, in case someone couldn’t remember them:

Level 10 team
Chen Changdong (leader)
Liu Yue (older sister of the twins)
Liu Xing (younger sister of the twins)
Yuan Jin (man with slightly long hair)
Ma Ming (a short guy) -dead
Dong Xu (a tall guy)

Qin Tan stepped forward to meet the team. Chen Changdong pursed his lips before saying, “We want to ask for your help.”

Help? Lou Fan is puzzled. Chen Changdong got tricked by him in the morning and looked angry at that time. Now, he wants to ask them for help? This sounds a bit suspicious.

Chen Changdong saw Lou Fan’s expression and his eyelids twitched involuntarily. Then he continued to say to Qin Tan, “We went to the parking lot but it was so dark that we couldn’t see anything. The person who died on the first day is also inside. Afraid of being overwhelmed, we didn’t go deep inside and thought to ask the master for help. So, I would like to ask you to help us communicate with the master.”

Chen Changdong glanced at Lou Fan again, his lips pursed into a line, “How much do you want?”

Lou Fan: … Why does Chen Changdong look at him like he is a greedy person?!

That’s right! That is correct!

But at moments like these, in the presence of big bosses, Lou Fan felt that he should be tactful.

“No problem, Team leader Chen, we’ll help with this.” Lou Fan stepped forward and said with a smile, “However, wouldn’t it be too distancing if we talk about points? Asking for rewards for small matters like this, we’re not that kind of people.”

Wen Lang: “…” Holy crap, why is Brother Lou becoming more and more shameless!

Jiang Dong gave a thumbs up to Lou Fan’s flexibility in his heart!

Chen Changdong: “…” Can this person change face (expression/attitude) even faster than now?

Although Lou Fan sounded like he is being flattering, he is not annoying at all. His appearance is like a well-behaved and charming person. When he smiles, his beautiful peach blossom eyes narrow, so it won’t make people angry at all.

Chen Changdong: “Then, I’ll thank you first. If there is anything we can help with, we will do our best.”

He was waiting for this sentence. Lou Fan happily led Chen Changdong’s team to the staff lounge. Fortunately, the staff lounge is the standard size of a rest area but there is no vacant seat after everyone enters so they just stand together.

The eminent monk is reciting Buddhism while turning the Buddha beads. When he saw so many people coming in, he did not bat an eye and remained motionless like a bell, which reflected the quality of a monk.

Everyone is waiting and Chen Changdong looked at Qin Tan. Qin Tan gave him a helpless look and Lou Fan walked up to the eminent monk after winking at Chen Shuyang. Chen Shuyang immediately understood and is ready to cooperate. Lou Fan approached the monk, sat on the round cushion, and said to the monk, “Master, our other team got sent by the boss to settle the coffins on the B2 floor.”

Upon saying this, Lou Fan saw the monk’s eyelids move. Seems like it is working! So, Lou Fan continued.

“You should also know about the coffins on the B2 floor. For this, we lost a team member. That’s why we want to ask for your help. You won’t want to see innocent people die tragically, right?” After all, the purpose of eminent monks is to subdue demons and exorcise evil.

The eminent monk opened his eyes. Rolling the beads one by one in his hand, he scolded, “You people who cause trouble, you already know that evil spirits hurt people, and yet, you still go forward to be killed. Isn’t this adding trouble? The more people die, the heavier the yin aura, and the greater the power of the evil spirits.”

When the monk finally spoke, Chen Changdong is overjoyed and immediately said, “Master, on the B2 floor, it is so dark that we can’t even see our fingers. Also, we encountered the first dead person there. Other than that, there are evil ghosts on the 4th floor. They are hiding in the dark fog, and possessed strong power.”

The eminent monk looked at Chen Changdong, his eyes seemed to see through everything. Then, he said slowly, “B2 floor is the root of the 8 evil spirits here. Since the coffins are there, the yin aura will be thick. Of course you can’t see anything.”

“Then how can we drive away the yin aura?”

The eminent monk sighed and said, “Fine, since you are going to settle the matter, it can be considered that you are helping me. The yin aura on the B2 floor is too thick so there is no light in the dark. As long as you gather yang aura, you can turn on the lights and see things. I will draw a Yang Gathering Amulet for you. Next, look for the white crystals, the bigger the better. After that, put the crystal to soak in the sunlight, the longer it stays there, the more yang aura will be. After that, you can bring the crystal to the B2 floor and see with the light.”

After receiving the instructions from the eminent monk, the Level 10 team breathed a sigh of relief.

Chen Shuyang leaned over to see the master’s amulets. With a look of admiration on his face, he asked, “Master, can you teach me how to draw amulets?”

The master kept moving his hands, and a yellow amulet painted in cinnabar is completed in one go. After finishing the amulet, he turned his head to look at Chen Shuyang, “I can teach you. You can learn if you have the ability.”

Chen Shuyang agreed with a wide-eyed smile.

After drawing the Yang Gathering Amulet, the master took out another amulet. This amulet looked more complicated. He handed it to Chen Changdong and said, “This is a seal amulet. If you catch the evil spirit, put him in a coffin, and then stick this on it.”

Chen Changdong said yes and carefully put away the 2 yellow amulets. Immediately, he turned around to go out, wanting to find white crystals but got stopped by Lou Fan.

“Team leader Chen, why don’t we help you find crystals together so it can be done faster?”

Lou Fan is a bit overwhelming when he is being attentive but Qin Tan only crossed his hands and let him play freely.

Chen Changdong opened his mouth but did not speak. It’s good to have someone help, but he always feels that the smiling person in front of him has bad intentions and is holding back some bad ideas.

Lou Fan added, “We have helped the master to find crystals before so we are familiar with the process. This crystal is not easy to find. Many people mean great power/help.”

Chen Changdong had no reason to refuse those who rushed forward to help, so he said, “Okay, then I’ll thank you in advance.”

Lou Fan waved his hand, “It’s okay, we should help each other. But when Team leader Chen is free, we will have to bother Team leader Chen to tell us about the upgrade of the spirit weapon.”

Chen Changdong understood that their intention in on that matter, but spirit weapon’s upgrade is not something that can’t be said anyway. It is mainly dependent on the strength of the owner of the spirit weapon. Since people helped him, he can’t not say anything. Compared to exchanging equipment for help, Chen Changdong felt that he had gotten better of the deal.

“No problem, I’ll tell you about it when I have time, it’s nothing.”

Lou Fan curved his eyebrows in smiles and said, “Team leader Chen is sure straightforward. Then, let’s go find the crystal and meet here later.”

Chen Changdong nodded and left with his team members. As for Qin Tan and the others, they ate something to replenish their stamina before continuing their search. Originally, they were also looking for crystals, so helping Chen Changdong to find the white ones is just a matter of the way. By helping out, they managed to get Chen Changdong to promise to tell them about the upgrade of the spirit weapon. Such a good bargain, Lou Fan had no reason not to pick it up.

Wen Lang walked over to Lou Fan and bumped Lou Fan with his elbow. He gave a thumbs up and said, “Brother Lou, I found that you have changed. You are no longer the simple brother Lou when you first came to Lazuli.”

Lou Fan narrowed his eyes at Wen Lang dangerously, “En? Are you trying to say I’m black-bellied?”

“No, I’m not. Don’t think badly about it!” Wen Lang said immediately, “You are the beacon of our team, we are where you point.”

Lou Fan looked at Wen Lang with a highly suspicious look. Wen Lang hehe-ed silly-ly, not embarrassed at all! He is telling the truth, what’s there to be embarrassing of?

Jiang Dong covered his face. He couldn’t look at that flattering expression, Wen the but*-kisser!

…

Chen Shuyang is left behind as usual while the other four went to find crystals. Lou Fan’s goal is to find crystals with 5 attributes as much as he could.

After the people left, Chen Shuyang walked up to the master and watched him draw a few more Yang Gathering Amulets, feeling full of praise.

“Master, teach me to draw too, I’m very smart.” Chen Shuyang is afraid that the master would think he is stupid and dislike him. But he felt that he himself is quite smart, really.

The master touched his chin and looked at Chen Shuyang, nodded, “Okay, I’ll teach you first. It’s up to you if you can learn it or not.”

The master casually took a piece of yellow paper and dipped the brush in cinnabar. The tip of the pen landed on the yellow paper, and the master finished drawing after a few strokes. Chen Shuyang stared intently at the trajectory of the tip of the brush, and his fingers followed the drawing unconsciously. After the master draw the amulets 3 times, he stopped drawing and let Chen Shuyang stare at the yellow amulet by himself.

After a while, Chen Shuyang picked up a pen. He searched around but found no paper. So, he simply opened his book and drew on it. A feature of Chen Shuyang’s book is that he can put things in it, but can’t write on it with a pen. Hence, when he first copied the Buddhist scriptures in his book and the writing appeared, he was surprised. Now, he tried drawing the amulet on it, but none of the patterns stayed on the page. Even so, he kept drawing unconsciously, mainly to find the feeling of drawing the pattern.

After drawing the pattern a dozen times, Chen Shuyang suddenly took a look at the master’s amulet again. Next, he took a deep breath and swiftly draw the amulet in one go. The pattern of the ‘scribbles’ which is exactly the same as the master’s amulet appeared on the page. At the moment when Chen Shuyang finished drawing, there seemed to be a flash of light. This time, the amulet did not disappear and remained on the page.

Chen Shuyang is surprised for a moment. He flipped through it for a long time, but couldn’t figure out how to use the amulet drawn on it. At least for scriptures, he could read them out. The amulets he has seen are generally used to stick on something. On the other hand, the immobilization amulet exchanged by Lou Fan before, the usage is by tearing it.

So how does he use this one?

Thinking that the spirit weapon would be repaired by itself, Chen Shuyang tried to tear off the page with the spell on it. Holding it in his hand, he could see that the amulet is intact, that it didn’t fade or anything. He held it up and handed it to the master.

“Master, look, can this amulet be used?” Chen Shuyang asked cautiously, for fear that the master would scold him when he turned around. He didn’t use either the yellow paper or cinnabar. Plus, the amulet is drawn with neutral brushstrokes. Although Chen Shuyang felt that the amulet he had drawn seemed a little different, but in front of the master, he is not very confident.

The master held the torn page of paper and turned it over and over. It is a seemingly ordinary piece of paper, but the qi of the spell drawn on it made him feel that this is an amulet with the effect of the Yang Gathering Amulet.

The master stroked his non-existent beard, nodded, and said, “Not bad, not bad, the future generations are terrifying. Come, I will teach you a few more spells.”

Chen Shuyang is startled by the praise. He is very surprised, but his face is expressionless. His spirit weapon is too weak, and he doesn’t even have the ability to protect himself. Going out can only be a hindrance to the team. Now that he can learn a protection skill, whoever doesn’t cherish the chance is a fool.

…

Liu Yue stared from one end of the window to the other. They are filled with beautiful crystals, but which one is the white crystal?

Liu Xing sighed on the other side, “Sister, what kind of white crystal is it? There are other colors, but there is no white.” After searching for a long time, her eyes are spinning with dizziness. There is no white crystal at all.

“That monk wouldn’t be playing tricks on us, won’t he?”

Liu Yue glared at her sister and couldn’t help scolding, “Since when have you seen an NPC playing tricks on the teams? Can you have some common sense?”

Liu Xing stuck out her tongue reluctantly and looked at Chen Changdong in the opposite shop. She sighed when she saw that he is also frowning at the display cabinet. Glancing at the time, Liu Xing saw that it is already late afternoon. The sun outside would be going down soon, can they find the white crystal before sunset?

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Here’s a list of names, in case someone couldn’t remember them:

Level 10 team
Chen Changdong (leader)
Liu Yue (older sister of the twins)
Liu Xing (younger sister of the twins)
Yuan Jin (man with slightly long hair)
Ma Ming (a short guy) -dead
Dong Xu (a tall guy)

Chen Changdong said that to despise them junior team for having lesser points, right?! Of course, they don’t have many points indeed.

It seems that Chen Changdong didn’t want to continue talking anymore as he said, “Alright, you can say it now.”

Lou Fan didn’t delay. After receiving the payment, he told everything he knew. “Before the mall was built, 8 coffins were dug up from the ground. When we went back to rest last night, we noticed that there are movements in the underground parking lot. Therefore, the 8 coffins should be there, but the exact location is unclear.”

Combining the context, the 8 coffins should be in the underground parking lot. Listening to the meaning of the second sentence, there is quite a lot of movement there at night. Hearing that, Chen Changdong’s expression became even more unsightly. He pondered for a while and discussed with his 4 team members. Then, they decided to take a look at it during the day and think about countermeasures after.

Lou Fan kindly reminded, “Team leader Chen, our temporary shelter is in the staff lounge at the safety exit. If you need anything, you can come to us again.”

Chen Changdong glared at Lou Fan and took out his spirit weapon to check its condition. The hook has returned, and it is a good fishing rod again.

However, when Lou Fan and Qin Tan saw that spirit weapon, their eyes widened. At the same time, Lou Fan became more depressed, and his heart is a little broken.

Damn it, he messed up! My God! It’s actually an intermediate spirit weapon! Lou Fan just tricked a bunch of points from the owner of the intermediate spirit weapon! If the man took it out earlier, he can even provide the news for free! Lou Fan is roaring inwardly but his expression is calm.

Qin Tan asked aloud, “Team leader Chen, your spirit weapon is an intermediate spirit weapon?”

Dong Xu snorted aside, “You know your goods.”

On the contrary, Chen Changdong has an indescribably complicated expression on his face. Finally, he sighed, “So what if it’s an intermediate spirit weapon? The evil ghost still escaped last night, and we even lost Ma Ming.” He said and looked deeply at the junior team. Then he reminded them, “This time, the task is not easy to do, you all be careful.”

Lou Fan felt a little embarrassed to be reminded so kindly after he scammed others of their points.

However, Chen Changdong didn’t seem to care at all. He called his teammates, and they walked to the safety exit to the underground parking lot to check the situation.

After the higher-level team left, Qin Tan frowned and said, “Just now he said that he was using an intermediate spirit weapon but the evil spirit still ran away.”

Lou Fan nodded, also with a solemn expression, “We have to be more careful and try our best not to conflict with the evil ghost, and just complete our mission.”

Their team squatted in the master’s room the whole night last night. Today, their main task is to find crystals. If they have nothing to do at night, they should continue staying in the room and don’t run around. They believe that they can still avoid direct contact with evil spirits to the greatest extent possible. Lou Fan thought it is a good arrangement.

The monk had collected the things he wanted and is about to go back. Qin Tan asked Chen Shuyang to follow him; there would be no danger in the daytime. The rest of them took the money from Chen Shuyang and went straight to the place where they saw the crystals with attributes.

Chen Shuyang’s money is only effective for 10 minutes. They need to make a quick decision and can’t take more money, just take enough money to pay the bill. Hence, they need to wait until the next time they see something suitable, then they go back and get the money.

Going to the store yesterday, Lou Fan bought both the golden crystal and the green crystal the size of a pinky finger. 10 minutes later, the balance of money left in his hand disappeared. However, the lady shopkeeper did not say that there is something wrong with the money. It should be a setting in this world.

Qin Tan’s team still split into 2 to look for the crystals. As long as Wen Lang’s side saw a suspected crystal of the 5 attributes, they will call Lou Fan over to look at it. After running around for a long time, they finally gathered enough of the crystals with 5 attributes. However, except for the golden one, the rest are very small. They are only about the size of a pinky finger.

The four of them hurriedly took the crystals and hurried back to give them to the eminent monk. The eminent monk accepted the crystal and nodded at Lou Fan with a smile, “Not bad, young man. It’s what I wanted. Although they are a little small, it’s enough.”

Lou Fan asked, “Master, how does this work? The bigger the better?”

The eminent monk had an unfathomable expression on his face, “The so-called yin and yang of heaven and earth are all within the 5 attributes. Using the power of the attributes, they can remove all dark spirits and ghosts. But the power of the 5 attributes must be brought together to be effective. As for usage, just place the crystals in different specific positions and then, recite the incantation.”

Lou Fan touched his chin in contemplation, it doesn’t sound too difficult. Also, he thought that since this eminent monk can eliminate the evil spirits in this world, he must have real ability. His method may be useful for dealing with all kinds of supernatural beings.

Lou Fan asked with a smile: “Master, do you have other orders for us?”

The eminent monk paused and waved his hand, “Today is done. I’ll call you people to run errands tomorrow.”

Lou Fan waved at his team members with a mysterious look on his face. Seeing him like this, Qin Tan knew that Lou Fan must be planning something again.

Sure enough, the smile on Lou Fan’s face almost overflowed as he said, “Hurry up, let’s continue to find more crystals. This thing will definitely be useful in other worlds, we need to find more!” Next, he turned around and asked Chen Shuyang, “Shuyang, do you still have RMB in your book?”

Chen Shuyang nodded and flipped through a few pages. There is another stack on it, “There’s more here, I think it should be enough!”

Lou Fan gestured at Chen Shuyang cunningly, “Not bad, Shuyang, you little clever thing.”

Chen Shuyang suddenly couldn’t help laughing and crying, “Then, you guys go ahead to find more, and I will continue to study with the master. He is quite optimistic about me, and said he wants to teach me to draw amulets.”

Qin Tan: “You will stay to protect the master. Call out if something happens. We are just around and will be back before 10.00 pm.”

Wen Lang patted Chen Shuyang and said, “Study hard, Shuyang. It’s good to absorb more of this knowledge. Help me read my fortune when we return to Lazuli.”

Jiang Dong scolded Wen Lang, “He is studying Buddhism skills, and it has nothing to do with fortune-telling.”

The daily quarrel started again so Chen Shuyang rolled his eyes and ignored these two directly.

Hearing that, Wen Lang is not happy, “Hey, why do you always have to seek attention for yourself?”

Jiang Dong: “Then, why do you keep spouting nonsense from your head?”

Wen Lang: “You!”

Lou Fan: “Stop flirting and go!”

“Who is flirting?!” The two said in unison, then glared at each other.

…

Chen Changdong took his team members down the stairs to the basement floor. At moments like this, he didn’t know what they would encounter in the elevator, so taking the stairs should be more secure. The B1 floor looked normal but the lights are a little dim. There are a few cars parked sparsely around and they can’t see anything wrong. They didn’t make a sound and stayed cautious.

Yuan Jin pulled at Chen Changdong’s sleeve and pointed to a sign, which a downward arrow is drawn, the B2 floor. Chen Changdong nodded and pointed down at his team members before turning towards the stairs.

As soon as they entered the vicinity B2 floor, gusts of chilly wind rushed in from all directions. The team shrank their necks and trembled all over, their limbs cold. Needless to say, the possibility of the 8 coffins on this floor is very high so they became more and more vigilant. Chen Changdong only intends to find out whether the coffins are here. Then, he’ll just grab the evil ghost and drags it over directly.

However, the idea is good but realizing it is not easy. When they walked out of the corridor, they found that the surroundings are completely dark, and they could not see their fingers. The team quickly took out the bright headlights they brought with them. Under the illumination of the strong light, the visible range is only about 1 meter, and they can’t see what is in front of them.

Liu Xing is very scared so she reached out to grab her sister’s hand, only to find that Liu Yue’s hand is cold as well. But as she is walking, she suddenly realized that something is wrong. Their team leader is walking in front and she and her sister are following behind him. Then, behind them are Yuan Jin and Dong Xu. She remembered that her sister was on her left before, so who is the person holding her right hand?

Liu Xing turned her head tremblingly, and the bright headlight moved along with her. On the person’s pale face, a pair of blood-red, unfocused eyes stared at her. When she looked over, the person revealed a strange smile.

At that moment, Liu Xing felt that her hand got licked by fire, and she threw it away instantly. The next moment, she screamed. At the same time, Liu Yue reacted right away and grabbed Liu Xing, pulling her backward. After that, she opened her folding fan and swiped at the dead man. The dead man fell to the ground. Yuan Jin and Dong Xu rushed over and immediately threw out a special whip at the body, swiftly tying it up.

Liu Yue comforted Liu Xing, but Liu Xing only got frightened at that moment earlier. Now, she has come back to her senses.

Chen Changdong took out his flashlight to check, and asked casually, “Is Liu Xing all right?”

“She’s alright, just got a sudden scare.” Liu Yue shook her head. Holding Liu Xing’s hand, they stepped forward and saw the person on the ground. She said, “This is the person who fell from the building on the 1st day.”

Chen Changdong nodded and looked around again, but found no shadow of the coffin.

“Where did this man come from?”

Liu Xing said with an aggrieved tone, “I don’t know either. I just wanted to hold my sister’s hand, but…” Now that she thinks about it, Liu Xing felt like her hand is going to rot, and she can’t wait to rub it with soap at least 10 times.

Liu Yue: “Could it be that he just came out of the coffin?”

After Liu Yue said this, everyone thought it is not impossible. On the 1st day, the NPCs said that the 8 people who died every month are the evil spirit’s replacements.

Liu Yue added, “Team leader, it’s too dark here. Even if we found the coffin now, we won’t be able to drag the evil spirit here to find it again. We must brighten the place up first. Also, I don’t think this matter about the coffin is simple. We have to ask again about the placement of the coffin. I still remember a previous mission, because of the placement of key items, another intermediate team almost died.”

Of course, Chen Changdong still remembered that they were just a junior team at that time. Thinking of this, he immediately agreed with Liu Yue’s point of view.

“Go up first. We’ll confirm the details before coming down again.” Although Chen Changdong is a little unwilling to leave empty-handed, he couldn’t force the way through or his team will suffer in the end.

This time, their return went very smoothly. Liu Yue thought about something and finally said hesitantly, “Team leader, I think we should find the junior team to communicate with the eminent monk. I have a feeling that the eminent monk will not answer our words.”

Although Chen Changdong is reluctant to believe it, he had also thought about what Liu Yue said. But he couldn’t figure out what made the key NPC only communicate with the junior team and ignore the senior team. It stands to reason that the NPC will talk as long as there are key items, but now they don’t even know what the key items are.

When Chen Changdong and his team are going to look for the junior team, they happened to see Lou Fan holding some shiny things in his hand, chatting and laughing with Wen Lang beside him. Qin Tan is walking beside Lou Fan, and he looked a bit like a bodyguard.

Lou Fan is very happy because they had a good harvest this time. They found 2 crystals with water attributes. Then, he looked up and saw Chen Changdong coming over with a long face. Lou Fan stopped walking and thought to himself, ‘Why do I feel like they are here to find fault with that expression? Could it be there are no coffins in the underground parking lot?’

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Here’s a list of names, in case someone couldn’t remember them:

Level 10 team
Chen Changdong (leader)
Liu Yue (older sister of the twins)
Liu Xing (younger sister of the twins)
Yuan Jin (man with slightly long hair)
Ma Ming (a short guy)
Dong Xu (a tall guy)

The transparent fishing line tensed into a straight line in the air. Chen Changdong held the fishing rod tightly, leaning back, unable to move even half an inch. They only managed to run a few steps. The huge resistance behind them made it difficult for Chen Changdong to move forward. Hence, the other 3 men on the team could only help him hold the fishing rod. Their arms are bulging with blue veins as they pulled with a grim faces.

Liu Yue and Liu Xing can only look at them nervously at the side. The black aura in front of them is becoming thicker and thicker. They don’t dare to go forward.

At this moment, Chen Changdong’s situation is like riding a tiger, unable to stop halfway. He couldn’t let go of his spirit weapon but he couldn’t pull the evil spirit out so he is in a stalemate. Just when he is thinking about what to do, he suddenly felt the fishing rod in his hand loosen. The rebound force caused them four to be thrown to the ground.

The fishing line broke?!

Chen Changdong suddenly widened his eyes and his expression changed dramatically.

Liu Yue reacted right away and shouted: “Liu Xing, run! Team leader, you guys quickly get up!” After speaking, she stepped in front of Chen Changdong and pulled him up.

The fishing line is broken, which is equivalent to Qin Tan’s Tang sword being broken in two. One can imagine the ferocity of the evil spirit from this.

A dense black mass approached quickly so the team turned around and ran. The one running the last is Ma Ming. Because he got up to his feet too fast, the soles of his feet slipped and he fell back again. It is at this moment that the black mass wrapped him in.

“AHH… urgh urgh.” After the scream, there is a scalp numbing sound.

Liu Xing couldn’t help but glance back. Ma Ming is not far away but only his head can be seen. He has a horrified expression on his face, and bright red blood tears flowed from his eyes. Not daring to look again, Liu Xing turned her head with a pale face. She could feel a chill running all over her body.

Returning to the circular corridor, the dim yellow lights above gave them a sense of warmth. The remaining members of the Level 10 team gasped in silence.

Chen Changdong’s expression is ugly. It’s just the 1st night, he didn’t expect that Ma Ming would die. Originally, it was said that Level 10’s mission world is a hurdle but Chen Changdong relied on his spirit weapon and felt that there is nothing to be afraid of. Now, it seems that he has underestimated the viciousness of the Level 10 mission world.

Liu Xing held her sister’s hand tightly. Ma Ming’s dying appearance is still echoing in her mind just now. She is very afraid that she would become like that too.

Yuan Jin and Dong Xu are covered in sweat. Ma Ming was behind them just now. When he got dragged away, they even felt that Ma Ming wanted to grab their hand. Dong Xu did try to pull him, but their hands slipped away.

At this moment, Liu Yue is very calm. She said: “Team leader, we forgot about one thing. The coffin that is used to seal the evil spirits has not been found. Also, to deal with the evil spirits, it seems that we must turn to that eminent monk for help.”

Chen Changdong also recalled it at this moment, they have indeed ignored the other points in the mission. In the mission world, there are always things to restrain the opponent. This is something that anyone with experience in doing several missions can understand. Even if they don’t, they can always hear it from the seniors’ mouths. But they made mistakes from the beginning. One is ignoring the eminent monk, and the other is not finding the key coffin. Even if they caught the evil spirit just now, there is no way to seal it.

The most urgent task is to find the coffin first.

“Let’s return to the 1st floor and we’ll make plans. Tomorrow, we will go to see Qin Tan and his team.” Chen Changdong gritted his teeth and checked his fishing rod. He found that the fishing line is indeed broken, and the hook at the front is missing. Fortunately, spirit weapon can be repaired automatically so the hook will be back to normal in the morning.

Everyone on the team has a solemn expression, and Dong Xu led the way while gripping his spirit weapon. 20 minutes later, they found that they are still in the circular corridor on the 4th floor. They couldn’t find the way to the elevator.

They are trapped.

Dong Xu is covered in a cold sweat. He turned his head and asked, “What should we do, team leader? If we can’t find an exit, will the evil ghost come out to attack us?”

Liu Yue squeezed her sister’s hand fiercely, trying to make her less afraid.

Chen Changdong couldn’t help but scold with a swear word. Then he said, “We’ll fight it when it comes out. You have passed 9 mission worlds already, and you still want me to teach you? What are you afraid of? You haven’t seen a ghost before or what?”

Of course, Dong Xu is not a newbie. But it is the first time he saw a ghost who could destroy his team leader’s spirit weapon. That’s why he panicked for a while.

Chen Changdong took something out of his bag and stuffed it into Dong Xu’s hand, “Take it. Use this if you can’t beat it.”

Dong Xu looked down and saw that it is something his team leader bought from a Level 12 team at a high price. It was originally intended to be used to save his own life (CCD), so Dong Xu didn’t expect it to be given to him now. He held it in his hand and looked at Chen Changdong again. There is only determination and no fear in his eyes.

Chen Changdong looked around for a while before pointing in a direction. He said, “Let’s go there and stay there first. Since there is no exit, don’t waste your energy. We will wait until dawn.”

…

And so, Chen Changdong’s team is trapped on the 4th floor, while Lou Fan’s team is safe and sound in the staff lounge with the master. Although they could feel the vibration of the ground floor under their feet, what did this have to do with them? The subject of their task is staying put in the room and sleeping soundly. The five of them are very happy. After they determined the duties for the night vigil, they took turns to rest.

Before going to bed, Lou Fan took a glance at Furball. It is still curled up into a ball and slept soundly. Lou Fan poked it before putting it back into his pocket again.

Lou Fan slept without a dream until the next day. Suddenly, a loud BANG sounded and Lou Fan had to open his eyes. A shadow (QT) flashed in front of him and Lou Fan immediately followed without hesitation. In front of Qin Tan is the figure of the eminent monk, running fast. Lou Fan followed behind Qin Tan, and behind him are Jiang Dong and Wen Lang. Chen Shuyang is catching up at the end.

When their group ran to the circular atrium, they saw a man lying on the ground with his limbs twisted. The corpse is surrounded by a few NPC passers-by, chatting and pointing at him.

Jiang Dong stepped forward and took a look. Although the deceased is beyond recognition, he still recognized it. He turned his head and said solemnly, “This is a member of the Level 10 team. He should be called Ma Ming.”

The Level 10 team?

Lou Fan paused and wondered, “Last night was the 1st night, and the Level 10 team already lost a member? What did they encounter?” He turned his head and looked around, but he couldn’t see anyone from the Level 10 team.

Wen Lang turned his head to look and happened to see Chen Changdong and his team members getting off the elevator. He said, “Brother Qin, Brother Lou, at the lift is over there.”

Qin Tan looked over, and the Level 10 team seemed to be alright. But there are dark circles under their eyes, it seems that they didn’t sleep at all that night. He looked at the corpse and then walked towards Chen Changdong.

“Team leader Chen, what happened to you last night? Your team member fell from the building just now.” After Qin Tan said that, he saw the five people looking shocked. It is obvious that they don’t know that the deceased was their team member.

The eminent monk is squatting on the ground to cut the corpse’s nails and hair, still carefully tucking them away.

Before Chen Changdong could talk to Qin Tan, he went to stop the eminent monk first. Hence, Liu Yue briefly explained their experience to Qin Tan, and Lou Fan listened at the side. It is probably that Ma Ming died last night, and he should have been pushed down by the evil ghost this morning.

The deceased is a member of their team, and Liu Xing thought of Ma Ming’s eyes again. No one knows where but she managed to find a piece of cloth to cover up Ma Ming’s body.

Chen Changdong stopped the eminent monk, and the high monk looked at him expressionlessly. “Master, we have to deal with evil spirits so please give us a little help. Or, please tell us where the coffin is. We can exchange it for something, or buy it.”

The master remained expressionless as if he hadn’t heard the words.

Chen Changdong stared at the eminent monk. Could it be the master want some kind of key items? But the eminent monk didn’t mention anything, who knows what the key items are? He turned to look at Qin Tan. The junior team followed the eminent monk yesterday. He wondered if they knew anything.

“Team leader Chen, are you looking for a coffin?” Lou Fan leaned over as he walked out from behind Qin Tan.

Chen Changdong nodded, wondering if he knew something.

Lou Fan pretended to think for a moment before saying, “I seem to know a little about this and our team has analyzed it in advance. Also, the master revealed something to us last night. If you really want to know, I can tell you.”

Chen Changdong immediately said, “Where?”

Lou Fan laughed, “Team leader Chen wants to exchange information with us? We will accept everything. Points will be fine but of course, equipment is better.”

Wen Lang gaped widely. Then, he leaned to Jiang Dong’s ear and said, “Damn, Brother Lou is getting more and more cunning!”

Jiang Dong refrained from laughing, “We can’t help being cunning. Don’t you realize that the mid-level teams we work with are not exactly reliable? If we are not cunning, then we are the ones who suffer.”

Wen Lang agrees very much, “Indeed, only Brother Lou can pretend ‘to be a pig to eat a tiger’ without changing his expression. If it’s Brother Qin, emmm…” After that, he turned his head to Jiang Dong again. With a tone of disgust, he added, “You can’t do it either. You looked crafty with just a glance at you.”

Jiang Dong chuckled, “You’re just a little bastard.”

Standing behind the chatting duo, Chen Shuyang deeply felt the strangeness of his team members. Pushing his glasses, he silently lowered his head to continue copying scriptures.

On the other side, Chen Changdong choked after hearing Lou Fan’s words. Are all Level 4 teams this witty now?

“5,000 points in exchange.” Chen Changdong said.

Hey, what the hell with that look like you’ve made a big deal for us? Lou Fan couldn’t help rolling his eyes inwardly.

“Team leader Chen, you really think such important information is only worth 5,000 points?” Lou Fan is still smiling and no one could see that under that gentle appearance, he is a witty person who has leveled his cunningness to the max. “But sure, if you only pay 5,000 points, I can only provide you with information worth 5,000 points.”

Chen Changdong gritted his teeth, he had to buy it no matter how reluctant he is. The initiative is not in their own hands but this news is too important to them. If it is something with a clearly marked price, Chen Changdong felt that he could even pay 100,000 points. But when the position is changed and he is being manipulated by someone with lower levels than him, Chen Changdong suddenly felt a toothache coming.

“50,000 points.” Chen Changdong seemed to grind this sentence out of his teeth. Then he said to Qin Tan, “Team leader Qin, your team member is good.”

Qin Tan agrees, “Yeah, I think he is pretty good too.”

Pff! Wen Lang almost burst out laughing.

Lou Fan raised an eyebrow smugly.

Fine! You guys are sure ruthless! Chen Changdong felt that he would vomit blood if he continued the conversation.

“Since team leader Chen is so sincere, it’s a deal.” Anyway, they are in the same mission world so it’s not good to force people into a corner. They still have to cooperate well.

Originally, Lou Fan thought to get paid after they returned to Lazuli. Unexpectedly, Chen Changdong tapped a few times on his watch, and then Qin Tan’s watch beeped twice, indicating that he had received points.

Lou Fan: !!! What is going on? It can work like this? How come no one told him?

Chen Changdong can tell with a glance that Qin Tan’s team didn’t know about this. He humphed, “After completing the Level 9 task, you can apply for the access in the exchange hall in the South Plaza. Right now, you can only accept points but not give it out.”

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Banana: I’m wondering here, if anyone still reads this translation _(;3/

Here’s a list of names, in case someone couldn’t remember them:

Level 10 team
Chen Changdong (leader)
Liu Yue (older sister of the twins)
Liu Xing (younger sister of the twins)
Yuan Jin (man with slightly long hair)
Ma Ming (a short guy)
Dong Xu (a tall guy)

It was 1.00 pm when they arrived, and now it is close to 10.00 pm. The shops in the plaza are already preparing to close.

Qin Tan thought for a while and said to Chen Shuyang, “Shuyang, you stay here. It’s not safe outside at night. You stay and take care of the master, it looked safe here.”

Chen Shuyang also knew that he could not be of much help. Also, he might drag everyone back, so he nodded, “Okay. Brother Qin, Brother Lou, you guys please pay attention to safety. Master has me guarding here.”

Lou Fan smiled, “Didn’t you say you want to learn a few tricks from the master? Here’s your chance.”

Wen Lang is already gearing up to go out and patted Chen Shuyang’s shoulder, “Work hard, I’m optimistic about you.”

The rest of the team prepared to go out. At this moment, Lou Fan is walking towards the door, and suddenly, a snow-white ‘dumpling’ rolled out from his pocket. Fortunately, Lou Fan responded quickly so the thing didn’t fall to the ground.

Furball landed in Lou Fan’s palm and Lou Fan poked it. But there’s no response?! Only then, Lou Fan realizes that since he came to this world, he didn’t seem to see Furball coming out so he forget about Furball for some time.

Furball is breathing lightly. Its little body bobbed up and down, apparently sleeping soundly. Lou Fan doesn’t understand. He remembered that when they are on Mount Gui, Furball was very alert and never slept.

Qin Tan glanced at Furball and said, “Furball probably couldn’t adapt well to this world. There are still differences between the mythical world and the modern world.”

Lou Fan nodded, “Let it sleep then. I don’t think it’s needed in a paranormal setting.” After that, he put Furball back into his pocket carefully. This time, he made sure not to let it fall out. In case he encountered an evil spirit and Furball falls out during his escape, then he probably can’t find Furball anymore.

Not sure if because it’s night time now, there are obviously fewer people in the mall. Only a few young people are walking around. There isn’t anyone talking at all which makes people feel chilly. Qin Tan’s team went straight to the shops in the south. They looked vigilant, each holding their own spirit weapon. As for the weapons they exchanged in Lazuli, they are put away. In the spiritual world, the power of normal weapons is negligible and can be ignored.

Sure enough, the 2 rows of shops in the south are all selling crystals. The crystals displayed in front of the glass windows look very beautiful. Not sure if it is an illusion, Lou Fan thinks that this row of shops is glowing with a faint halo.

As usual, they are divided into 2 teams, each team in charge of one side.

As soon as Wen Lang entered the store, he greeted the owner, “Hi, shopkeeper. Are there any crystals of the 5 attributes?”

The shopkeeper is a middle-aged man with drooping eyelids. The smell of smoke in the shop is strong and extremely pungent. Hearing a sound, he raised his head. His eyes are bloodshot, and his face is unshaven.

“Oh, you can look around.” The shopkeeper said slowly and feebly.

Jiang Dong frowned and pulled Wen Lang back a few steps.

“Are there any crystals of the 5 attributes?” Wen Lang asked again.

“The 5 attributes?” The middle-aged man thought for a while before saying, “It’s all there, just see for yourself.” After he finished speaking, he lowered his head again.

Wen Lang: …

No other way, the two could only check the glass counter and look at the crystals, but they didn’t gain much after looking for a long time. The crystals are beautiful, but there aren’t any with pure color like Chen Shuyang said. The same goes for Qin Tan’s side. Qin Tan saw the shopkeeper’s appearance and kept Lou Fan behind him. The look in the shopkeeper’s eyes makes people feel unnerved. Lou Fan glanced at the counter and didn’t see any crystals with the 5 attributes, so he pulled Qin Tan out.

They went to several shops in a row, and the result is all the same. The crystals on the counter looked good, but there are always impurities in them. When they walked into the 8th shop, Lou Fan suddenly felt that the inside is very bright. If the light bulbs in the previous store were 2-watt energy-saving lamps, then this shop here is using 20-watt LED lamps. Even the shopkeeper sitting at the counter has a noticeable difference in terms of complexion.

With just one glance, Lou Fan saw in the inner counter near the shopkeeper, a golden crystal the size of a quail egg, radiating a golden halo. And in the counter next to it on the other side, there is also a green crystal the size of a pinky’s joint. Lou Fan’s eyes lit up and walked quickly to the counter.

Qin Tan didn’t see any light as Lou Fan did. He only saw Lou Fan hurried forward, and immediately followed, pulling at his arm.

Lou Fan looked at the crystal inside the counter and asked the shopkeeper, “Boss, can you show me that crystal?” The NPC in this world seemed a bit wrong so Lou Fan didn’t beat about the bush and asked straight away.

The female shopkeeper yawned and covered her red lips with her hand. She stretched out her hand to take out the golden crystal, “This crystal is the most treasured piece in the store, you have to look carefully.”

Hearing that, Lou Fan stiffened and raised his head. He asked, word by word, “How much is this?”

The shopkeeper said a number and Lou Fan turned his head stiffly to look at Qin Tan. Qin Tan also spread his hands helplessly – they forgot about the money to buy the crystal. Their current state is penniless. Even though they are in the mission world, Lou Fan still felt his cheeks burning with shame. Qin Tan also had never encountered such an embarrassing moment before. Both men walked out of the shop in despair and met Wen Lang’s team.

Wen Lang looked at Qin Tan and Lou Fan in confusion, “What’s wrong with you two? Your expression looks so bad.”

Lou Fan sighed, “I found the crystals.”

Wen Lang immediately became happy, “Did you get it?”

Jiang Dong: “What’s the problem?”

Lou Fan wiped his face, only to feel like his teeth are aching, “No money. I don’t have a single penny on me. Do you guys have any?”

Wen Lang and Jiang Dong looked at each other. Money? What’s that?

At this moment, a bell-like sound suddenly sounded in the plaza, as if an order is given. Qin Tan’s team stood in the middle, and all the shops around them closed their doors with clacking sounds. After a minute, the surroundings became silent except for the breathing of the four.

Qin Tan immediately leaned close to a shop’s display window and looked inside. The faint light from the hallway filtered in, and Qin Tan only saw an empty shop, nobody is inside! His scalp turned numb, and he turned to the other team members. Then Qin Tan said in a deep voice, “Go back first!”

Lou Fan is still thinking about the possibility of breaking the window to get the crystal when Qin Tan pulled him away. Wen Lang and Jiang Dong ran up behind, and the sound of their footsteps became clearer in the quiet shopping mall.

Dong Dong Dong!

A dull sound could be heard from a distance as if something is beating at the ground. Qin Tan’s team didn’t dare to stop and ran a few steps faster. When he is about to enter the staff lounge, Qin Tan paused and listened carefully. Seeing Wen Lang stop to mimic him, Qin Tan pushed Wen Lang to the room and they entered through the door together.

“Hey, Brother Qin, what were you listening for?” Wen Lang said while looking back at Qin Tan.

Qin Tan looked at Wen Lang and said, “You’re getting more and more courageous eh? Just listening to ghosts hitting the wall. How about you go out and listen again?”

Wen Lang waved his hands with a smile, “No no no, I’m too timid.”

Lou Fan ignored them and walked over to Chen Shuyang. Pulling out a stool, he sat down with a contemplative look on his face.

Chen Shuyang was writing something and turned to look at Lou Fan, “Brother Lou, you guys are back. What’s wrong? You can’t find the crystals?”

Lou Fan looked up at Chen Shuyang, “I found some but I have no money to buy them.”

“En?” Chen Shuyang paused for a long time before asking, “We need money to buy the crystals?”

Lou Fan sighed melancholically, “I haven’t used any money for so long and have completely forgotten about this issue. Now that we need to buy the crystals, where can we get the money in such a short period of time? Or we should just steal it.”

After knowing that they need money, Chen Shuyang immersed himself in his book, flipping through the pages for a long time. Finally, he stopped, and suddenly laughed, “Brother Lou, do you want RMB or USD? I have them here.”

On the pages of Chen Shuyang’s book, there are piles of money, including RMB and USD, which are neatly arranged, and it looks like a lot of money.

Lou Fan: !!!

Looking at Lou Fan’s expression, Chen Shuyang patted his own head embarrassedly and said with a silly smirk, “Ey, I saw this selection on the exchange machine and it was super cheap so I exchanged a little bit. Ain’t it because I’ve never seen so much money before.”

Lou Fan simply felt that Chen Shuyang is their savior, and looked relieved, “Shuyang, you should keep more of these things in the future. Our wealthy life depends on you.”

Qin Tan was sitting down to rest at the side. When he heard this, he praised Chen Shuyang as well, “Fortunately Shuyang thought it thoroughly. Not bad, keep working hard.”

Although this compliment is not sincere, Chen Shuyang still blushed embarrassedly in the face of the unanimous compliment from the four. Actually, he just wanted to feel the feeling of being rich.

Only then did Lou Fan realize that Chen Shuyang’s book seemed a little different.

“What did you do earlier, Shuyang?” Lou Fan asked, “Why do I feel like your book has changed a bit?”

Chen Shuyang immediately turned his book forward. Then he said excitedly as he turned, “This is what I wanted to say just now. My book has changed. Earlier, the master was reciting scriptures. I wanted to put one of the scriptures in it, but it wouldn’t get in. So I thought of copying it down. The result was after I copied the scriptures, my book glowed brighter. It’s not the same as the previous bleak halo.”

That’s right. The glow on Chen Shuyang’s book can be seen visibly now.

“I feel that holding my book, I don’t feel as cold as when we went to the 4th and 5th floors before.”

It’s not like Chen Shuyang’s book has upgraded, but more like finding the right way to use it. Chen Shuyang immediately received encouragement from everyone.

“Shuyang, copy more if it’s useful. If you have nothing to do, just sit here and copy with the master!” Wen Lang said immediately.

Jiang Dong also said, “Since it is useful, copy more.”

…

Chen Changdong is followed by his 5 team members, walking forward in a circle. The circular corridor is surrounded by square-shaped corridors. Chen Changdong did not rush forward to pick a direction but walked along the circular corridor. Then, he walked toward one of the darkest-looking corridors. As a rule of thumb, this kind of corridor usually has something waiting in it. Since their purpose is to deal with evil spirits, the team didn’t delay and headed straight to the point.

The corridor is deep and dark. Looking in from far away, there is no light, not even a dim yellow light, just complete darkness. The team switched formation into 2 rows with their backs against each other to prevent their backs from being attacked.

rustling sound

A rustling noise sounded and Liu Xing immediately became nervous. She held her breath secretly and turned to look at her elder sister. Liu Yue gave her a soothing look and quietly protected Liu Xing from her back.

Chen Changdong’s eyes narrowed and his wrists suddenly exerted force. The pole in his hand is tossed forward, and a long thread with a silver hook is thrown forward…

Chen Changdong’s spirit weapon turned out to be a fishing rod. His hand felt a pull as if a fish is hooked, and the fishing line tightened.

“It’s hooked, go back!” Chen Changdong suddenly shouted. The fishing rod in his hand tightened, and the team quickly ran out.

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Here’s a list of names, in case someone couldn’t remember them:

Level 10 team
Chen Changdong (leader)
Liu Yue (older sister of the twins)
Liu Xing (younger sister of the twins)
Yuan Jin (man with slightly long hair)
Ma Ming (a short guy)
Dong Xu (a tall guy)

Wen Lang turned around and walked into the crowd. He is good-looking and has a sweet mouth, and soon began to communicate happily with the NPC. In fact, these NPCs are also ordinary people, to put it bluntly. It’s just that they all subconsciously disregard them as real people. Once they see the NPC as real people, they will inevitably feel mentally uncomfortable.

Approaching an aunt who was wearing heavy makeup, Wen Lang acted obedient and scared, “Sister, do you know what’s going on? I was standing at the side and then this person fell down with a BANG. It really startled me.”

When the aunt heard how Wen Lang addressed her, she turned her head to look at his sunny and youthful face. A good feeling rose and the aunt pulled Wen Lang closer. She clapped his hands and said, “Aiya, you must be not from here. I tell you, this mall is very evil. 8 people will die here every month. I heard that it’s because 8 coffins were dug up before. The evil spirit inside came out to find a substitute. Young man, let this sister reminds you. Leave before night. It’s spooky here, not sure what kind of accident happen later.”

Lou Fan looked at Wen Lang with shock.

Holy crap, are you for real, Wen Lang? That person is old enough to be your grandmother and you called her Sister? Where is your face (dignity)?! This aunt is also another one. She addressed herself as this sister, she is also amazing!

Wen Lang pulled his hands, but he couldn’t pull them out. The expression on his face became stiff as he continued to ask, “Then… who is the eminent monk you just said?”

“Oh, that eminent monk. It is said that he was invited by the big boss of the shopping mall, but there has been no movement from the monk in the past few days. It’s a problem for this mall to have people jumping off the building every day, although things have been going on like this since it was built. The shops in the south also got instructed to sell only crystals. From what I heard from the boss, it is to suppress demons and ghosts but I don’t see any effect either.”

On the other side, seeing Wen Lang enter the crowd, naturally the people in the Level 10 team also sent people to get information from the NPC. But probably Yuan Jin is not as handsome and well-behaved as Wen Lang, he went to an old man to chat. After saying a few words with a straight face, the old man never spoke again.

Wen Lang glanced at the aunt’s wrinkly dry hand which is currently caressing his hand and swiftly decided to end the conversation as soon as possible. So he asked again, “Where is the eminent monk? Why hasn’t he been seen doing anything since someone has died?”

The aunt’s expression suddenly became mysterious. She looked left and right and hooked her fingers at Wen Lang. Wen Lang paused and glanced to his back, showing a martyred expression before approaching the aunt.

The aunt smiled and whispered to Wen Lang, “I heard that the eminent monk said to wait until the 7th person dies before setting an altar for exorcism.”

Since all the information is almost collected, Wen Lang withdrew his hand forcefully. He thanked the aunt again and turned back to the team. As soon as he returned, he shivered all over and rubbed his hands vigorously, feeling a chill running down his body.

Lou Fan and Chen Shuyang laughed unkindly and laughed so much that they couldn’t straighten their waists. Jiang Dong only smiled sympathetically at Wen Lang. The corners of Qin Tan’s mouth also curved up. He comforted Wen Lang without sincerity, “For the sake of the team, this sacrifice is worth it.”

Lou Fan: “Hahahaha…”

Wen Lang: … He is not comforted at all.

At this moment, a strangely dressed person suddenly appeared in the crowd, calling out ‘Amitabha Buddha’ at the deceased a few times. Then he took out a few tools from the cloth bag he was carrying, walked to the corpse, and squatted down. The person cut a few nails (from hand and feet), and cut a small section of hair. After carefully putting these things into a transparent ziplock bag, the person stood up, followed by another chanting.

Lou Fan’s eyes lit up. This is the eminent monk, the person they should protect for their mission. Looking left and right, Lou Fan decided to go to the monk. One step forward, he walked in front of the eminent monk and greeted him.

“Amitabha, Master, we are sent by the big boss to protect you. My name is Lou Fan.” Lou Fan stepped forward and said. The lie came casually and he said it without even blinking.

Lou Fan deliberately puffed out his chest and made a reliable appearance. Unfortunately, he looks too good-looking. Even if his hair is a little long and blocking his eyes, it will not damage his quiet and calm temperament.

The eminent monk touched his chin as he checked out Lou Fan from head to toe. He is about to speak when Lou Fan grabbed Qin Tan, pointed at him, and said, “Master, this is the leader of our team. All the work is assigned by him. Don’t worry, he is quite fierce.”

The master looked at Qin Tan, his eyes suddenly showed an unspeakable expression. Randomly waving his hands impatiently, he shoo-ed, “Go go go, who wants your protection? When the evil spirits came, can you protect me from them? Aren’t you just adding to the trouble? I’m busy, no time to bother with you.”

Indeed, the master is specialized in dealing with demons and ghosts. He won’t need their protection.

Lou Fan stepped aside to stop the monk and said with a smile, “Master, you see, we have received money from the big boss. If we don’t do anything, we will lose our job soon. We are just trying to earn a living. How about this? You see how strong we are, we can be your assistant. You have no one to help you, doing everything alone is both time and power-consuming. There are 5 of us, more people means more help. If you have anything that you looking for, just say it and we can do it.”

The eminent monk stopped and thought for 2 seconds. He felt that what Lou Fan said made sense and agreed, “Well okay, I won’t make it hard for you. Anyway, I need one or two helpers, you guys are barely acceptable. However, you have to obey my instructions and don’t run around. If you met the evil ghost and got into trouble, I can’t save you. “

“Okay, we promise to be obedient. If you say east, we will never go west.” Lou Fan immediately gave his promise, as if he didn’t hear the disdain in the monk’s words at all.

Chen Changdong came over and said something to Qin Tan. The eminent monk who had already stepped out 2 steps turned around and said, “Come on, what are you doing still standing there?”

This eminent monk looked a little bad-tempered, and he is not as kind-hearted as those eminent monks stated in the legends at all. He just looked like an impatient person. Qin Tan’s team did not delay any longer, they greeted Chen Changdong and followed behind the eminent monk.

Chen Changdong watched as Qin Tan’s team walked out of the crowd and turn around a corner until no one is in sight. He did not delay, and immediately called his other team members, getting ready to find the evil ghosts. The lower-level team has started their mission so they can’t be slow. There are still 8 evil spirits waiting for them.

Liu Yue, the most thoughtful person on the team, stood up. She looked at Chen Changdong and said, “Leader, we are going to seal the evil spirit into the coffin. Do we need to get a yellow talisman or something from that eminent monk? After all, the junior team just mentioned that there is a yellow talisman in the shops on the 5th floor. It should be done by this eminent monk.”

Chen Changdong pondered for a while, and said, “We’ll go upstairs to have a look first. If we need talismans, then we go to the junior team.”

Liu Xing interjected, “Should ask the old monk where the evil ghosts are instead.”

Chen Changdong didn’t speak, turned around, and walked toward the elevator. The other 3 men snickered and followed.

Liu Yue poked Liu Xing in the head, “Will the NPC tells us this kind of key information directly? Can you be more thoughtful?”

Looking at her pouting little sister, Liu Yue sighed, “What if I’m gone one day and you’re still so naive?”

Liu Xing immediately took her sister’s arm and said coquettishly, “Pei, pei, pei (spit) you are not allowed to say such ominous things. We will definitely go back together and our parents are still waiting for us.” Liu Xing said with red eyes, trying hard to endure it so she didn’t cry.

Liu Yue touched Liu Xing’s head and patted the back of her hand, “Follow up, be careful yourself.”

Quickly keeping up with the 4 people in front, Liu Yue asked her sister to walk in the front while she walked the last. She tensed, watching her surroundings vigilantly.

The already gloomy sky is now gloomier as if the torrent rain is about to come. The light inside the mall is generally supposed to be very bright, but it looked very dim at the moment, like a building in disrepair. As soon as they went up to the 4th floor, all members took out their spirit weapons. The cold wind blew from all directions, making people unconsciously feel cold.

“Be alert.” Chen Changdong reminded in a deep voice.

Liu Yue pulled out 2 large thick fans from behind, with sharp blades on the edges; Liu Xing held a ribbon wand in her hand. The tip is an iron cone that stood up sharply.

The spirit weapons of the others are also different. When Chen Changdong’s spirit weapon is taken out, the other members are full of confidence.

…

Lou Fan followed the eminent monk, walking around in the crowd. Finally, they stopped near an exit, then the monk went to a hallway. He stopped outside a small door. Looking at the sign at the door, it reads Staff Lounge.

Pushing the door and going in, the eminent monk said as he walked, “Come in quickly and close the door.”

After entering the door, Lou Fan immediately felt the difference in the air. This staff lounge is not big, and some objects are hanging around, most of which he doesn’t recognize, but he feels warm all over, and the chill from the mall disappears.

The eminent monk walked to the corner and took out a jar. Next, he took out the bag where the nails and hair of the deceased had been placed and took out a yellow talisman. He poured out the contents into the talisman and wrapped it. After putting the talisman into the jar, he sealed the opening.

Jiang Dong whispered from behind, “These should be the things to be used in the exorcism later. This master should be really an expert.”

Chen Shuyang’s eyes suddenly lit up, “How about I go to ask the eminent monk for some teachings?”

“You want to convert to Buddhism?” Lou Fan asked back.

“Uh…” Chen Shuyang stayed silent for a moment before saying, “No, my mother is still waiting for me to marry a wife and have children. But if I can learn something from him, I won’t be afraid of ghosts in the future.”

It makes sense. Lou Fan felt that he should support the decision. “Okay, when the master is free, ask him to teach you a thing or two.”

After the monks over there finished doing this, he began to fiddle with his belongings.

At the back, Wen Lang said, “Brother Qin, you should go and ask him what are we going to do. We can’t just do nothing and watch him like this?”

Qin Tan walked up to the eminent monk with a respectful attitude, “Master, if there is anything we need to do, you can tell me.”

Silence. Even after a long while, the monk didn’t even raise his eyes.

Qin Tan turned his head and spread his hands helplessly at his team.

That’s not right! Lou Fan felt that the script should not be like this! He walked up to the monk and said with a smile, “Master, if you have anything to do, just ask away. Like, what else do you need that we can help you to get?”

After Lou Fan finished speaking, the master raised his head and thought for 2 seconds.

Qin Tan: Is this because his hands are black (unlucky)? NPCs are so realistic!

The monk glanced at Lou Fan and started to calculate something with his fingers. After 2 minutes, he shook his head.

“If you are not afraid, go and get a few crystals from the shops in the south. They must have the attributes of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth.”

Gold, wood, water, fire, and earth attributes? Lou Fan looked blank and is about to ask for an explanation when Chen Shuyang pulled him back.

“Brother Lou, it’s the color of the crystals which gold is golden, wood is green, water is blue, fire is red, and earth is yellow.”

Lou Fan muttered an ‘oh’. As expected from a know-it-all, Chen Shuyang even knows this. On the other hand, he has no knowledge of metaphysics at all, a typical materialist. But now, if he can go back to his original world, he can probably boast a bit about this.

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Here’s a list of names, in case someone couldn’t remember them:

Level 10 team
Chen Changdong (leader)
Liu Xing (twins)
Liu Yue (twins)
Yuan Jin (man with slightly long hair)
Ma Ming (a short guy)
Dong Xu (a tall guy)

At 1.00 pm, it should be the brightest time of the day, but the atmosphere around the square is overcast. The 5 newcomers are about to cry in fright. They hid on the side and shivered, but did not dare to make a sound.

Pedestrians are walking around the square, and quite a few people are coming in and out. Everyone observed for a while and found no abnormality so Chen Changdong walked into the plaza first.

Lou Fan followed behind and saw that Chen Shuyang is reading a book. Throwing a curious glance at it, he saw the title of the book – The Most Powerful Exorcism in History.

Lou Fan: “Shuyang, what kind of random thing are you reading?”

“Exorcism.” Chen Shuyang added, “Wen Lang gave it to me and I saw that it is quite interesting. There are a lot of exorcism incantations written in it. The book even said with a single recitation, demons and monsters would not dare to approach.”

Lou Fan patted Chen Shuyang on the shoulder and said solemnly, “Then we’ll count on you when we encounter demons or ghosts.”

Chen Shuyang hehe-ed and said, “Brother Lou, I’m just joking. It’s not harmful to learn more, what if it’s useful?”

“The Hell it’s useful?” Lou Fan patted Chen Shuyang’s head, “Don’t learn from Wen Lang. he is unreliable. Be careful that he pit you so badly that your father can’t recognize you.”

Wen Lang immediately said while holding his heart, “Brother Lou, it hurts my heart too much for you to say that.”

Jiang Dong leaned over, “Do you need me to soothe your heart?”

“Frick!” Wen Lang shrugged his shoulders, “Go away, it’s disgusting.”

Jiang Dong seemed to have found something interesting about it, and leaned nearer again, “Come on, I’m the best at appeasing young men’s hearts. Brother Lou, leave it to me.”

When Wen Lang heard this, he make random noises and ducked to the back.

Lou Fan burst out laughing. These 2 national treasures are quite interesting.

Chen Shuyang raised his glasses and sighed woefully, “Those stupid humans ah!” But then Lou Fan glared at him just after saying a word, so Chen Shuyang immediately stopped talking. He put away the book about exorcism and followed behind Lou Fan.

Lou Fan said with an elderly tone, “Shuyang, I have high expectations for you. Maybe your book would be the first spirit weapon to upgrade in our team. You work hard and don’t learn from Wen Lang ah.”

“Yes, I will definitely live up to Brother Lou’s trust in me.” Chen Shuyang replied, full of confidence as if he had been injected with chicken blood/adrenaline.

…

The flow of people in the square is not as deserted as they imagined. A lot of people mean it’s more difficult to find someone. Chen Changdong suggested that everyone separate and familiarize themselves with the environment. It doesn’t seem to be dangerous at this moment.

Other than the villagers from Lao Ye Temple village, this is the first time Qin Tan’s team had come to a spiritual world with so many people inside. However, they are familiar with the location distribution based on the map drawn by Chen Shuyang before this, so now they are going to go to the 4th and 5th floors to take a look, which is the place where accidents often happen.

Chen Changdong took his team members and the 5 newcomers to check the floor plan of the square.

The tall Dong Xu said, “Captain, that Qin Tan looks good.”

Chen Changdong nodded, “Qin Tan should have a solid foundation. The one named Lou Fan is not weak either with a bow. You have also seen that he has a pet. This is the first time I have seen a living creature in Lazuli, so be careful.”

Liu Xing grinned and interjected, “The other 3 are not weak too, Captain.”

Chen Changdong smiled, “Generally speaking, the quality of the lower team is good this time. We’ll see their performance later. It is best if they could be recruited into the organization. It has been a long time since we accept new people.”

…

The newcomers followed the team of 6 people, not knowing where they are going. Their task is to survive in the plaza for 12 days, but it is not easy to survive in such a place.

Ma Ming is a little troubled and didn’t know how to place them. “Captain, what about the newcomers? We can’t take them with us all the time.”

The 1st floor is the hall, the hall is surrounded by booths, and there are 4 security exits. After observing for a while, Chen Changdong decided to place the newcomers near an exit, so that they could escape in case something bad happened.

The newcomer’s mood has stabilized now. One of them, a man in a suit organized everyone to sit together, and then asked the newcomers to take out their money to buy backpacks. The remaining money is to buy food and water[1]. The newcomers each held their backpacks and looked around vigilantly. The nervousness and anxiety of suddenly coming to a strange place are written all over their faces.

Chen Changdong took the team members to see the floor plan of the plaza. Liwan Plaza is a circular building with two symmetrical sides. The sides are connected to the residential area. In the middle is the commercial plaza, which is full of shops and crowded.

Qin Tan’s team went up to the 4th floor, which is like a dividing line, dividing the flow of people below. As soon as they reached the 4th floor, they immediately sensed that the aura here had changed significantly. Unlike the flow of people below, there are few people on this floor, and those who occasionally pass by are as silent as ghosts. The shops are open but the owner inside is sitting stiffly, with no expression on his face. Only the pair of eyes are staring straight at the person who came in, causing one to feel a chill coming from the soles of their feet to the back of their head.

Chen Shuyang rubbed the goosebumps on his arms and muttered something silently in his mouth. Then he said, “Their eyes are too scary. Not the scary type, but creepy.”

Although Lou Fan isn’t afraid of ghosts or the like, he felt a little unnerved by the expressions this kind of person made. You think he should be human, but his facial expressions and movements are not like a human being. However, Lou Fan can’t simply shoot an arrow at the owner. He is from a society ruled by law, so there is still a psychological barrier to attacking a human like this.

After walking around the circular path, Qin Tan’s team found nothing special so they are going to go up to the 5th floor to have a look. When the elevator opened to the 5th floor, someone can be seen standing alone on the railing opposite. Then he jumped without hesitation…

Qin Tan’s team watched helplessly as the person flew down.

BANG!

A loud noise that would make their teeth hurt sounded. Lou Fan leaned on the railing and glanced down. Then he immediately retracted his gaze and looked at the opposite side.

Qin Tan squinted his eyes and looked at it carefully for a while, but found nothing unusual. Then, his sleeve is pulled, and Lou Fan whispered in his ear, “I saw a shadow on the opposite side just now, and it disappeared after a flicker. It must be a ghost.”

Qin Tan nodded and turned to ask Jiang Dong, “Is that person still alive?”

Jiang Dong shook his head, “No. Look at his posture, his skull head-first on the ground and his cervical vertebra is broken. He can’t be saved.”

Qin Tan acknowledged with a sound and said, “Get ready with your weapons, let’s go to the opposite side.”

The team looked at each other and understood something, immediately clenching their weapons. Chen Shuyang is surrounded by his team members in the center, holding the immobilizing amulet tightly in his hand. If there is any danger, he would immediately tear it.

As soon as the loud noise sounded, the Level 10 team rushed to the open space in the center of the plaza. This man fell from a height and slammed hard on the marble floor of the circular atrium below. Blood splashed everywhere, and the bright red blood pooled on the ground.

Chen Changdong looked up. Qin Tan was looking down at that moment so he shook his head at Chen Changdong and pointed with his chin towards the direction where the person jumped down.

…

This floor is even gloomier than the 4th floor. There are only a few shops open and there is no one inside. The lights overhead dimmed occasionally and in dead silence, only the slight footsteps of 5 people could be heard. Not sure if it’s because of the light, there seemed to be many figures swaying around in the shadows, but they can’t see clearly. Lou Fan rubbed his eyes and looked again at the place where the fallen man was standing.

A shadow stood there, unable to see his facial features, but Lou Fan could clearly feel that the shadow is smiling at him. However, when he looked again, there is no shadow there. Lou Fan pursed his lips and didn’t tell the others. The next time the shadow comes out, he will serve it with an arrow.

Going to the opposite side, Lou Fan is about to walk forward but Qin Tan had already stepped forward, leaning on the railing to look down. Suddenly, Qin Tan shook his head, feeling like he is in a trance. A voice said to him, “Go up and jump down, then all your troubles will be gone… Go up…” A hand behind him gently pushed him. Qin Tan’s hands and feet seemed to be under control as he lifted them up stiffly…

Almost immediately, Lou Fan noticed that something is wrong with Qin Tan. Without hesitation, he raised his bow and pulled it gently, and a spiritual arrow flew towards the back of Qin Tan’s head. Before the arrow could touch Qin Tan, a wave of ripples spread out in the air, and the spiritual arrow disappeared behind Qin Tan. Next, there is a small pool of black liquid on the ground behind him.

At the same time, Qin Tan slashed with a backhand motion, as if he is slashing in the air, but he felt a slight resistance – something got slashed.

A shrill and short hiss sounded in everyone’s ears, it was extremely harsh. Invisible airflow swept past the 5 people but they couldn’t see anything at all. Lou Fan is very sure that it must be the dark shadow he saw just now, and the shadow escaped, unfortunately.

“Are you alright?” Lou Fan’s eyes swept over Qin Tan. When he found that there is no problem, he raised his head and said, “Let’s go down first, and discuss with Chen Changdong.”

Just as they are about to leave, Chen Shuyang said, “Brother Lou, I just saw a slightly different shop. There is a yellow talisman pasted at the door.”

“Are you sure?” Lou Fan asked with a frown, “Where?”

Chen Shuyang stretched out his hand and pointed at the half-circle where they walked past just now, “I was just thinking to check if other shops have the same thing before telling you guys, but I didn’t expect this to happen. Shall we go and have a look?”

Lou Fan looked at Qin Tan, “What do you think?”

Qin Tan pondered for a while, “Go down first, we don’t want to stand out. It’s not a good thing if we got targeted.”

Lou Fan thought so too, and the team walked downstairs together. The elevator has unknowingly stopped working. Wen Lang walked in front of Jiang Dong, trembling with fear. He turned around and is about to talk to Jiang Dong when he saw a dark shadow behind Jiang Dong.

“Duck!”

The moment the word fell, a poker in Wen Lang’s hand flew out. Jiang Dong ducked and avoided the poker. The poker seemed to hit something, and a puff of black smoke came out. Then the thing disappeared.

They just said that it’s not good to be targeted, but the shadow came again.

Qin Tan immediately said, “Speed up and be careful behind you.”

Immediately, the team quickly ran down to the 3rd floor. The voices in their ears made them feel the heat around them. But there is nothing behind them, just people who came and went.

After meeting with Chen Changdong in the atrium downstairs, Qin Tan talked about what happened upstairs, emphasizing the yellow talisman that Chen Shuyang found.

It was not long after someone jumped down, Chen Changdong didn’t expect that Qin Tan’s team would encounter a ghost.

Qin Tan: “That thing should be very important, but we’re afraid we won’t be able to deal with it, so we decided to tell you first.”

Anyway, Qin Tan’s task is to stop the 8th person from dying and to find the eminent monk. The evil ghost has nothing to do with them for the time being. If it comes to the point they need to get into battle, they will talk about it later.

The corpse on the ground is already covered with a piece of cloth. A large group of NPCs gathered around, and there are constant discussions.

“The first of this month! What a tragic death.”

“I don’t know when it will stop.”

“I heard that the boss found an eminent monk to subdue demons and exorcise them.”

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[1] Can you spot the plot hole? … No? :v It’s the money. Since they are in a different world, how can their money still usable in this world lol? _(;3/

Lou Fan asked without any confidence, “How expensive is it?”

Tong Fei sighed, “Generally speaking, the price will start at 50,000 points and ordinary ones will cost 100,000 points. If you want to buy more advanced ones, the seller may not necessarily sell them.”

Indeed, good things will be kept for themselves. Who would be foolish enough to sell them for points?

As if she knew what Lou Fan was thinking, Tong Fei waved her fingers, “Do you think points are useless? You’ve probably already seen weapons with 1 star rating. I can tell you, when you get a weapon with 3 star rating, you won’t be able to say this anymore.”

Tong Fei sighed again, “The tasks are difficult, so equipment and points are equally important. They are both indispensable tools. The more advanced weapons and equipment, you can do more with less and complete the task more safely.”

Lou Fan nodded while Qin Tan showed a thoughtful expression.

Seeing both men contemplating, Tong Fei smiled and once again threw out a big surprise, “Do you know that spirit weapons can be upgraded?”

“Spirit weapon can be upgraded?!” Lou Fan exclaimed. He didn’t know anything about it. Qin Tan is also shocked.

Tong Fei nodded, “I only discovered that the spirit weapon can be upgraded during this mission. I don’t know why the senior team chose not to share the news. If I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes this time, I don’t know when I would find out about it.”

Lou Fan puzzledly asked, “Why?”

“It’s because too few people can upgrade their spirit weapons.” Tong Fei said too much that she felt dry in her throat.

“Spirit weapons follow their owner’s progress, so only the owner can upgrade the spirit weapon. That is to say, the owner’s improvement is the foundation. Without this foundation, the spirit weapon cannot be upgraded. But looking at the people in Lazuli, how many can improve themselves to become stronger?” Tong Fei herself is already at Level 9 and is about to enter her 10th mission. But up until now, she only saw 1 person with a Level 2 spirit weapon.

A thought stirred in Lou Fan’s heart and he turned to look at Qin Tan. In other words, their group of 5 can be considered to have improved their physique, and they are all likely to upgrade their spirit weapon?

Lou Fan asked again, “How many levels can spirit weapons level up? And what is the maximum number of stars for weapons that can be redeemed?”

Tong Fei rolled her eyes, “You think I’m such a local tyrant, that I can see everything in the back pages (have that many points to unlock the view of higher-level weapons)? But I did ask about the spirit weapon’s level. It is said that what we bring with us is called the beginner level, and the upper level is the intermediate and advanced level. It is estimated that no one has seen any spirit weapon more advanced than that.”

Lou Fan interrupted Tong Fei, “Wait, Sister Tong Fei. How did you know that the spirit weapon has been upgraded?”

“The glow of our spirit weapon is just a pale light, while the higher-level ones glowed in orange light. That’s the difference. The more advanced ones are said to be red.”

Lou Fan asked about the tips for the upgrade of the spirit weapon. Tong Fei replied saying if she knew, it would not be a secret.

…

After coming out of Tong Fei’s place, Lou Fan frowned and thought about it all the way. He almost hit the wall and was pulled by Qin Tan.

“Walk properly. Wait until we go back and think again.”

Lou Fan grabbed Qin Tan’s hand, “Qin Tan, say, can we upgrade our spirit weapon?”

Qin Tan smiled, “Definitely.”

Lou Fan nodded, “I think so too, and you must be the first.”

“Why?”

“Intuition.” After speaking, Lou Fan rubbed his hair, “Forget it, it depends on luck. Let’s go back first and tell them the news.”

Speaking of luck, Lou Fan had a whim and said to Qin Tan, “Qin Tan, let’s play a game. We play the fist guessing game and whoever wins will move forward.”

Qin Tan: “Then I’m afraid I won’t be able to go back.”

Lou Fan: “I don’t believe it.”

…

10 games later, Lou Fan walked forward a long distance while Qin Tan still stood in the same spot.

Lou Fan: …

Black hand (unlucky hand) is really no joke.

“Stop playing, let’s go home.”

The other members are all waiting at home. When Lou Fan went back, he relayed the information he got from Tong Fei. The rest suddenly felt that the road ahead is really long and far.

After eating a meal in silence, no one wanted to move so Lou Fan again proposed to do the dishes with a fist guessing game. Without a doubt, Qin Tan lose again. Lou Fan finally understood what’s going on with unlucky hands, and silently decided to treat Old Qin better in the future.

…

Until the last day, there is still no news about the information they requested, and on Tong Fei’s side, she couldn’t get in touch with anyone willing to sell equipment to them. The members of Qin Tan’s team felt a little despair.

Not sure where Wen Lang went to, Lou Fan grabbed the rest of the team and make them guess what would be the intermediate team’s mission so that they had a good idea of what will happen.

Chen Shuyang thought for a while before taking out a pen and paper to write, “My guess, it is most likely that their mission is related to evil spirits, that 8 evil spirits.”

Lou Fan nodded in agreement, “I think so too. The most likely thing is to deal with evil spirits. We will try to stay away from it when that time comes. Of course, if it is beneficial to us, we can consider supporting them.”

Qin Tan looked at Jiang Dong, “Are you ready with the medicines?”

Jiang Dong nodded, “I’ve researched all the medicines available. There are medicines for wounds caused by ghosts in the exchange machine. That’s a must.”

“There’s that kind of medicine?” Lou Fan said, “I’ve never seen it before, I thought just an ordinary wound medicine will do.”

Jiang Dong opened the page in the exchange machine and pointed to a medicine. But his expression is a little worried as he said, “This medicine is the most basic for dealing with ghost wounds. There are better ones but more expensive.”

Lou Fan walked over to take a look and is immediately stunned. The most basic medicine that Jiang Dong said is Hungry Ghost medicine which would cost 1,000 points. Preparing a wound medicine for each member is a must. Lou Fan is considering whether to exchange away another Longjing grass so that he will have more points, he will keep just one for spare. But Jiang Dong said that for now, he doesn’t know what the effect will be, so the basic preparation should be able to handle it.

“Brother Lou, Brother Qin!” Wen Lang rushed in from outside. He took a deep breath and picked up the teacup to fill it with water. After drinking, he wiped his mouth and put down the teacup. With a face full of excitement, Wen Lang said, “I tell you, I heard good news.”

Qin Tan: “Don’t talk nonsense, talk.”

Wen Lang immediately said, “I was hanging around at the bazaar news registry last night, and two registrars were drinking. I heard them say that in the supernatural world, there must be something or someone who can restrain the evil spirits of that world. We just need to find it and we will be able to restrain the evil spirits, which is better than the items we bring in.”

This news can be regarded as good news for them who have nothing useful in their hands.

Lou Fan clapped his hands, “Okay, then we will try to find it in the mission world. I think the Nanhua monk must be very important. Also, we should collect as much as we can when we find the items that could restrain ghosts. We have too few items that could restrain evil spirits in our hands. Also, pay attention to your spirit weapon, it’s best if you can upgrade it.”

Furball came out of his arms at this moment and Lou Fan worriedly asked, “What about Furball? Take it with us? It won’t be eaten by ghosts, right?”

Qin Tan raised his eyebrows, “It’s fine if it doesn’t eat ghosts instead. Take it with you, you won’t lose it in your pocket.”

After the meeting, Wen Lang and Jiang Dong have to go back to continue their training. Qin Tan suddenly said, “Why don’t you both move in? Lou Fan and I can stay downstairs, and you 3 can stay above. Chen Shuyang’s house can be used as a practice ground.”

Wen Lang and Jiang Dong both expressed no objections. That way they don’t have to run around and it’s easier to discuss anything. It is also convenient for Qin Tan to guide their training. So at night, Wen Lang and Jiang Dong moved their luggage over, staying in Qin Tan’s house with Chen Shuyang.

…

After a full lunch, Qin Tan’s team set off, each carrying their own bags.

At 12.00 pm, the team of 5 arrived at the station and waited for the arrival of the train. Almost at the same time, a team of 6 people also walked to the platform. The leader of the group saw Qin Tan, his eyes glanced over their team before he nodded slightly to Qin Tan.

Both sides checked each other out for a while. Then, the leader of the other team came over and stretched out his hand towards Qin Tan, “Level 10 team, Chen Changdong, Liwan Plaza mission.”

The man is wearing a black jacket and his arms are bulging. He looked very strong, but his appearance looked ordinary, though not weak.

Qin Tan reached out and shook it, “Level 5, Qin Tan, the same mission.”

Both sides are looking at each other, assessing each other’s strengths. The other side looked all very powerful. There is a pair of twin sisters, both with long ponytails, one in black and the other in red clothing. The other 3 men on the team also looked strong, stable, and reliable.

This is a very strong team.

In Lou Fan’s mind, he is thinking that the other team should be looking at whether his team would drag them down or not.

Chen Changdong seemed to be very satisfied with this junior team after looking at them so he spoke first, “Team leader Qin, let’s discuss this mission first.”

Qin Tan nodded, “Okay, that’s exactly what I intend to.”

A group of people sat down on the spot, divided into 2 sides. The twin sisters on the opposite side are called Liu Xing and Liu Yue. The man with slightly longer hair is called Yuan Jin. The shorter man is called Ma Ming, while the taller one is called Dong Xu.

The mission of the intermediate team this time is to seal the 8 evil spirits into the coffin. This task is not a good thing when one hears it, not to mention the dangers. Chen Changdong also looked like he had a headache when he talked about the task, but Lou Fan felt that he is not really worried. There is no emotion in his eyes, it seems that he is a good actor.

“According to the content of both our tasks, this eminent monk is the key point and he should also be able to help us seal the evil ghosts. Also, the 8th person who might die may be the key.”

Chen Changdong’s analysis is quite reliable. He looked at the listed information and said, “In this way, upon arriving at the place, let’s get acquainted with the environment first, and everyone should pay more attention to unusual places. The duration of our task is 12 days, which is not too short. This is good news.”

Seeing that the time is almost up, Chen Changdong said again, “Get ready, everyone must be vigilant when we arrived at the place. Other than that, you must inform of anything that seemed wrong as soon as possible if you saw it.” There is a vague sense of leadership in his words.

Just as Chen Changdong is talking, Furball emerged from Lou Fan’s chest pocket. Seeing so many people here, it looked around curiously. The twin sisters saw it and their eyes lit up, exclaiming ‘So cute!’. Chen Changdong gave Lou Fan one more look. Looking at Furball, he seemed to want to say something but the train’s whistle sounded at this moment.

A group of 11 people set foot on the train. The whistle sounded again, and it sets off to the mission world.

The moment Chen Changdong got out of the train, he immediately let the shorter guy, Ma Ming, brief the newcomers, without making any fuss or letting the newcomer make those familiar shouts. 5 minutes later, 11 people plus 5 newcomers stood under the entrance of Liwan Plaza.

The 4 words stated on it are Liwan Corpse Hall (荔湾尸场).

The weather is gloomy. With cold winds blowing all around, the weather matched the background of a supernatural world quite well.

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[Banana: Not sure I mentioned this before, but the author seems to forgot about a minor setting he/she set, which is, dangerous mission world can be judged by the absence of newcomers. This mission world is deemed dangerous because no one survived previously, according to rumors and yet, there are newcomers in the mission world this time :v]

Lou Fan exchanged a better dagger that carries a cold glint, and a barrel of cross arrows. The cross arrow is more penetrating, and there are barbs on the arrow. Being shot by it, one will pull out a big hole with skin and flesh when trying to remove it. It hurts just from thinking about it.

Qin Tan’s dagger is also changed to the same style. As for a personal self-defense weapon, Lou Fan also exchanged for Qin Tan a sleeve arrow that can be shot repeatedly, a concealed weapon.

Wen Lang’s chain whip was seriously worn out from dealing with the Chang snakes. Low-level weapons are like this, they get broken after several usages. Lou Fan replaced that with a more advanced whip for Wen Lang.

Chen Shuyang requested to use a long spear because of the change in his physique now. He felt useless back at the time when dealing with the Chang snake before. His weapon was too short and it affected his performance. Only with a longer weapon can he feel more secure.

Jiang Dong still used a long sword, but with better quality.

And with this, there isn’t much left from the 100,000 points. The weapon nearly cost 10,000 points each, so Lou Fan felt pain (for his wallet) from the exchange. On the other hand, they found something special when exchanging their weapons. Before this, there were only pictures and brief introductions of weapons on the weapon page. But this time, there is an additional star rating on the screen. The team had a guess that the weapons on the further pages that they haven’t unlocked will have more stars on them. It is just that they were so busy choosing a weapon that they forgot to check.

Thinking like this, Lou Fan put the other 2 Longjing grass on the tray, and 200,000 points are displayed. He went to the weapon category and flipped the pages to the back. Sure enough, as they thought, the weapons at the back have a 2 and 3 stars rating, but mostly 3 stars. The rest are greyed out. This means that the weapons at the back are more expensive, and even needed hundreds of thousands of points to exchange. But at the same time, it also means that the weapons are more powerful.

“I’m going to try out my whip.” Wen Lang ran out and snapped his whip at a stone the size of a water tank in the yard. The stone shattered and is split into several pieces.

Wen Lang remembered that he practiced whipping at this stone before, but he never broke the stone. This weapon with 1 star rating is so powerful. He wondered what kind of power will the 3 or 4 stars have? If going back to the fish monster before, this whip should have the power to fight along.

Everyone tried their weapons and they are all satisfied. Even Qin Tan couldn’t put down his sleeve arrow.

“Okay, the points have been spent. Everyone should train hard and prepare. If the remaining points are enough to buy some daily necessities, medicines…” Lou Fan is really not good at medicines. He only knows the common wound medicine and what he uses the most is safflower oil.

Jiang Dong took the initiative to take this task, “I’ll wait until the next mission is released since I don’t know what the world would be like.”

Lou Fan nodded, “Okay, just do as you said.”

All that can be prepared is almost done, everyone will wait for the task to be released before preparing other things.

…

January 21.

Early this morning, as usual, the team members gathered in Lou Fan’s house, waiting for the task to be released. Wen Lang is wearing a cartoon apron and is washing fruits in the kitchen. Jiang Dong took the washed fruits and peeled them.

As a qualified caretaker, Chen Shuyang took over the job of raising Furball and is happily feeding it some nuts.

At 10.00 am, 5 beeps sounded at the same time. Everyone took a deep breath and waited for Chen Shuyang to read it out.

Mission: Find the eminent monk of Nanhua Temple in Liwan Plaza to protect him and prevent the 8th person from dying. Please get on the train on time at 1.00 pm on January 24th.

Task duration: 12 days.

Team information: Lou Fan Level 4, Chen Shuyang Level 4, Jiang Dong Level 4, Qin Tan Level 5, Wen Lang Level 5.

[Banana: This is the scariest arc in the whole novel :v If anyone remembers, Banana is scared of ghost stories lol _(;3/ Even the author is a bit scared when writing this because it is based on real event.

For reference purpose, you can google Liwan Plaza/Liwan Square to read up the source yourself. Or you can also check these link – HERE and HERE]

As Chen Shuyang read it out loud, his heart sank deeper. There were countless legends about Liwan Plaza in his mind, which is enough to make him feel that the task this time is difficult.

“Liwan Plaza.” Jiang Dong sighed.

Wen Lang also said solemnly, “I’ve heard of Liwan Plaza too.”

Only Lou Fan is clueless, and Qin Tan watched in silence as he waited for a detailed explanation.

Chen Shuyang coughed lightly, “Let me tell you guys about it then, I’ve read some reports on this in detail.”

Liwan Plaza is a well-known place in China, not to mention locally, almost everyone knows it. Its predecessor was a dense residential area of 100 homes and a small area of mass graves. The 1st developer was not a responsible one. They embezzled public funds, and set fire to most of the houses, causing countless casualties. Then, the demolition work stopped.

Immediately afterward, the area began to be haunted. Many people passing by in the middle of the night could hear human voices. Later, a wandering monk passed by and told everyone that he would help to disperse evil for the residents, but he died amid broken tiles the next day. Residents are even more convinced that there are a lot of grievances from ghosts there, and they are scrambling to move out of the place. In just 3 months, there are fewer than 20 households left. Soon, it began to become a paradise for all kinds of criminals, and people continued to die there.

Until the 2nd developer came, there were only 2 families left. And this developer is not good either, they actually dared to misappropriate pensions and delayed workers’ wages. The workers who came back during a Chinese New Year holiday to ask for wages found that the boss and his mistress had died on the construction site and were dismembered. The wounds were not man-made but were torn apart by sharp teeth.

It wasn’t until the 3rd developer arrived that the demolition of the area was finally completed. However, the construction of the new building has not started for 2 consecutive terms. Until 1994, a developer from Hong Kong came to undertake the construction. He was a great believer in Feng Shui, so he asked an old abbot to look at Feng Shui. The old abbot said that this area is the entrance of the ghost realm’s gate, and no earth shall be broken. If a park or temple is built to suppress it, it will be of great merit and the grievances can be suppressed. Otherwise, it will bring disaster to the whole family. The lighter effect would be the whole family died unexpectedly. In the worst case, 3 generations of the entire clan will be affected.

However, the Hong Kong developer insisted on his own opinion, and the old abbot did not agree. So the developer hired a priest to suppress it. On the first day of the official start of construction, it was found that the piles (for construction’s foundation) could not be driven in and they dug out something called Tai Sui (something deemed ominous for some). On the second day, 8 empty coffins were dug out from the ground. In less than a month, the wife of the Hong Kong developer on the mainland, his mistress, and the 2 sons born by the mistress, together with the invited priest, all died unexpectedly. The boss was very regretful, so he hurried to find someone to solve the matter. A wandering eminent monk suggested burying the coffins, but the coffins disappeared and couldn’t be found. The developer died at his home in the end.

In the end, another developer came and finally built Liwan Plaza. But every time the night falls, the four words Liwan Plaza (荔湾广场) will turn into Liwan Corpse Hall (荔湾尸场). Moreover, there are at least 8 falling incidents every year. Because 8 coffins were dug up, 8 evil spirits are looking for substitutes. What’s more, before the old abbot passed away, he specially requested that the shops in the South Tower must only sell crystals to suppress the evil spirits, so that the square would not be filled with resentful qi.

But since then, the fact that there will be 8 deaths each year is inescapable.

Wen Lang and Jiang Dong have heard about this version, but compared to Chen Shuyang’s detailed version, it is still simpler. At most, they only heard that every year, someone falls from the building for no reason. They have never heard of so many entanglements before.

After Chen Shuyang finished speaking, Lou Fan felt goosebumps all over himself. Although he is not afraid of ghosts, it sounds really creepy. How bizarre the deaths are. Just talking about the resentment, it’s probably so thick that it becomes tangible, not to mention that there are 8 evil ghosts.

Lou Fan is hugging Furball, it makes him feel less terrified when he smoothed the fur in his hand. He said, “This time, the intermediate team will probably have a tough battle. Our task is not easy as well. We have to avoid ghosts, find our target, and also stop the 8th person from dying.”

Qin Tan stayed silent for a while before saying, “It’s a bit tricky. It’s best to go to the previous team to inquire about this kind of mission world. Also, Wen Lang and Jiang Dong, you two go to the bazaar to publish the request. Try to collect as much information as possible. Shuyang will study the case again and pick out the information that you think is more critical and we’ll discuss it before going to the mission world.”

Everyone nodded and went to work. Lou Fan calculated with his fingers to count the things in his possession that could deal with ghosts. After doing all the calculations, only the ghost whip and the immobilizing amulet could be used. At that moment, he felt as poor as hell. Of course, their respective spirit weapons are also powerful weapons against ghosts, but he had a feeling that something is missing, and felt uneasy.

“Qin Tan, let’s go to He Yong and Tong Fei to ask for information.” Lou Fan called out.

Qin Tan is not anywhere in the living room, only some sounds could be heard from the kitchen. Lou Fan is about to take a look when Qin Tan came out with a bowl.

“Let’s have a dessert first.” Qin Tan put down the bowl, and Lou Fan immediately smiled when he saw that it is mango pomelo sago made from fresh mangoes.

Qin Tan watched as Lou Fan eat with a satisfied expression. Furball squatted on the table and ate on a small plate with a satisfied expression as well. “The matter regarding the mission, we’ll cross the bridge when we get to it. If the other teams can survive, we will definitely be able to.”

Lou Fan nodded and ate, this bowl of dessert is the only thing that mattered in his mind.

…

Lou Fan leaned against the door frame with the dessert and watched Qin Tan clean the pots and pans. Then, he silently walked over to feed Qin Tan a spoonful.

“Sweet?” Lou Fan asked.

Qin Tan glanced at Lou Fan, then pulled him over by the waist and kissed him, “Sweet.”

When the fingers cold from rinsing with water touched his skin, Lou Fan shuddered and his low gro.a.n is drowned between their lips.

Qin Tan pressed the person on the countertop and their bodies are tightly pressed together. Other than the intense friction sound, there’s only the sound of their gasps…

…

Taking Furball with them, Qin Tan and Lou Fan went to He Yong’s residence, and they sent a message in advance but did not get a response. At this moment, there is no one in He Yong’s residence. Lou Fan had a bad feeling in his heart and turned to look at Qin Tan.

Qin Tan gave Lou Fan a reassuring look, “Let’s find Tong Fei.”

Tong Fei had just returned from her mission for 2 days and is resting at home leisurely at this moment. She has enough people to handle stuff here and is taking good care of her life, which makes Lou Fan envious.

“Sister Tong Fei.” Lou Fan called out from outside the guardrail.

Hearing that, Tong Fei took off the mask on her face. When she saw it is Qin Tan and Lou Fan, she waved her hand immediately, “It’s you guys, come in quickly.”

The two walked in and received very high treatment. As soon as they entered the door, a beautiful young lady brought hot tea and fruit, which made Lou Fan a little embarrassed.

“Don’t start to get busy, we only came here just to ask you something. We went to Team leader He’s place before this, but he is not at home.”

Tong Fei didn’t bat an eye and asked, “What are you looking for? Tell me.”

Lou Fan immediately explained his intention, “It’s about this, our mission this time is Liwan Plaza, and you probably know that place. It felt more dangerous so, this time, I want to ask if you have any good things here that can be exchanged with us. Any items or points are fine, as long as you see it fit.”

“Liwan Plaza?” Tong Fei straightened her back immediately, “You are unlucky to receive this task, so be careful.”

“Looks like you know about this mission?” Qin Tan asked.

Tong Fei said, “Of course I know, but it’s gossip passed down from other people. There used to be an intermediate team and a high-level team doing the task together, but in the end, none of them came back alive.” Even Tong Fei sighed in sadness.

Lou Fan suddenly felt bad in his heart.

Seeing that Lou Fan’s expression changed, Tong Fei comforted again, “I believe you can definitely do it. I really don’t have anything useful here, but I can help you to ask other people. If there is a senior team willing to give you the extra stuff, it would be better.”

“However.” Tong Fei paused before continuing, “Things that deal with ghosts are very expensive.”

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