Chapter 57: A strange encounter

With a loud clatter, the iron door in front of me and Lao Hui finally opened. The heavy sound of the door opening echoed in the empty corridor, always causing a kind of heart-rending fear.

However, Lao Hui and I did not flinch, and almost without hesitation, we stepped through the heavy iron door.

Inside the iron door was a narrow staircase that went downwards, just wide enough for two people to walk side by side. Lao Hui walked next to me and said, “You really spent a lot of money on this. That heavy iron door must have some kind of device controlling it. This basement couldn’t have been built without tens of millions of dollars in investment.”

While talking, Lao Hui took off his watch and put it in his pocket.

This sounded like he was on a sightseeing tour, but I knew that he was reminding me to observe the mechanism for opening the door when we went in, so that we wouldn’t get trapped here.

We must be prepared to die, but we must not give up hope. It is best to rescue the child. This is what we want to do.

I took out a cigarette, lit it, and said nonchalantly, “I hope your belt is of good quality.”

“World-class! I can’t find anything better than it.” Lao Hui also spoke easily, and took the cigarette from my mouth and took a deep breath. His meaning was also very simple. After I said that a powerful guy could affect the transmission of signals, he said that to tell me that the signal transmitter on the belt buckle was very powerful. If it didn’t work, there was nothing better in the world.

Lu Fanming probably didn’t know about the belt buckle, otherwise he wouldn’t have let us ‘relax’ and waste time like this.

The smell of the cigarette covered up the peculiar smell in the tunnel. I lit the cigarette in a tunnel where the air was not so good and where it was a bit stuffy. Of course, there was the intention to relax with the cigarette, but the more important reason was the peculiar smell in the tunnel.

It was a strange aroma mixed with the smell of burning blood, drifting lightly in the corridor. I thought it was even worse than the smell of manure. After smelling it, I felt an indescribable suffocation in my heart, so I lit a cigarette to cover its smell.

It was more luxurious than I and Lao Hui had imagined. After walking a few steps in the corridor, I saw that both sides of the corridor were covered with gold leaf and covered with strange carvings. There were also gold candlesticks on both sides, with candles that looked like lard burning. The flame of the candle was very strange and beautiful, blue-purple. I sensitively discovered that the source of the strange fragrance was it.

I felt a sense of familiarity, but I couldn’t remember what it was. This was a rare occurrence for me, who had always had a good memory.

But if I can’t remember, I won’t think about it. After all, coming here is a matter of life and death, more dangerous than anything I’ve ever experienced before. I don’t care about these insignificant details.

The stairway was not long, and before I knew it, I was already at the end of it, chatting and daydreaming with Lao Hui. Passing through the door was the basement we had just seen in the small window.

Looking down from above, it is different from the feeling of actually being in it. Standing at the door, we could see the entire basement at a glance, and many corners that we didn’t see in the small windows.

For example, in that corner, there was a lot of miscellaneous items and bones piled up. As for what kind of bones they were, I didn’t have the heart to look, nor did I want to. In another corner, it was weirdly arranged to look like a living room, with two beds, a table, some Nanyang ritual objects that I didn’t recognize, and some miscellaneous things, mostly tools.

The blood pool was very large, four meters long and three meters wide. I don’t know if there was a geothermal system to keep the pool at a certain temperature, but the pool was not boiling, but exuded a certain heat. The bloody smell with a hint of heat came from this pool.

I glanced at Lao Hui, trying not to look at the child, and walked into this terrifying basement. The eerie yet intoxicating scent became even stronger once we entered the basement.

I only realized then that the flames of the huge candles were also blue-violet, but there was a small yellow light above them, so I didn’t notice the color of the flames at first.

“Are the candles in this ‘slaughterhouse’ poisonous?” Lao Hui and I stood still, just quietly watching Lu Fanming. At the moment, he was standing in front of a giant candle, stroking it like a rare treasure. This action naturally made Lao Hui and I suspect that there was something fishy about the candle.

But I couldn’t help but sigh. Lao Hui’s comparison of this place to a slaughterhouse was quite apt.

Laohui did not lower his voice. In this quiet and enclosed environment, the sound of a normal voice was infinitely amplified. Lu Fanming naturally heard it. He turned his head and looked at Laohui with a surprised and distorted expression, saying, “Poisonous? Do you know how many so-called stars in the world want to get a little of this? Do you know how important this thing is in our Nanyang magic?

“What is this thing?” I frowned slightly. To be honest, I suddenly thought of something that made me feel a bit sick, but I had never actually experienced it, so I didn’t want to prove that my guess was right.

Lu Fanming didn’t answer me, but turned and walked towards the corner of his living room. He sat down in front of the table and then said to me and Lao Hui, “Actually, I’m so lonely. You’re all going to die today anyway, so why don’t you come and have a meal with me, chat, and have a happy time before you die?

I and Lao Hui looked at each other. Obviously, neither of us thought that eating and chatting in such a place was a happy time. However, the longer we delayed, the more favorable it would be for us. Besides, even if we couldn’t wait for help, we could still find an opportunity to do what we needed to do in this seemingly peaceful situation.

The only thing we were afraid of was that once we came down, Luo Fanming would call the little zombie to attack us.

At this moment, the little ghost zombie was less than 5 meters away from us, soaking in the blood pool, floating and sinking naturally, looking strange and terrifying.

In the end, Lao Hui and I walked to the other side of Lu Fanming and sat down. From across the table, I looked at this demon and had only one thought: perhaps the extreme perversion in his expression at this moment is his true face.

It is difficult to associate him with the honest and simple smile of Lu Fanming. How a person looks may not be important, but his expression and eyes are the important things that a person reveals in his appearance. This is what is called the appearance of the heart.

I admire Lu Fanming, a master of acting.

The atmosphere was a bit strange, but Luo Fanming was complacent and relaxed. He put two crystal goblets in front of me and Lao Hui, then took out a bottle of red wine and poured some into each of our glasses.

Neither of us touched the wine. In this place, in the presence of such a person, we admit that we dare not drink this wine.

But Lu Fanming was very comfortable. He lifted his glass and took a sip of red wine, then opened the lid of the oven on the table and said, “I’ve always thought that grilled meat and red wine are a wonderful combination. I said you would die, but I wouldn’t use poison to kill you. That would tarnish my reputation as a great wizard.”

As he spoke, he took another sip of the wine and then shook the crystal goblet in his hand, saying, “Don’t you think it’s beautiful? The color of the blood is cold, but the taste is exquisite. Drinking red wine can bring out a wonderful sense of despair. You Chinese Taoists despise this kind of negative emotion, but you are really ignorant. Do you know that negative emotions are the driving force behind human progress? For example, hatred can make a person burst out with amazing potential, and despair can make a person shine like fireworks before the end of life. Negative emotions can give birth to new gods, and those gods have no scruples or hypocrisy. Humans need to move forward.

What kind of nonsense is this? I was about to take a sip of the wine in the glass, after all, I couldn’t let this Nanyang sorcerer look down on us Chinese Taoists, but damn it, you can’t describe it any better than as blood and despair, so I’m not going to drink it.

So, I slammed the wine glass down on the table and said, “We men drink white wine, not beer. Don’t let my wonderful despair be ruined by me.”

After I said this, Lu Fanming suddenly stopped smiling and stared at me with a strange look. My heart suddenly jumped. Was he going to do something?