Chapter 54: The Crazy Basement

I didn’t rush to investigate the backpack, and there was nothing to investigate anyway, because it was open, empty, and standing there crookedly, like a gaping wound. Inside was a deep red color. Needless to say, it was blood, but I was too numb to guess what kind of blood it was.

I looked away from the bag, and instinctively thought of the inexplicable sense of disgust and anger I felt towards Lu Fanming after seeing the bag. I said almost emotionlessly, “I remember the legend that every demon needs to be cultivated in a pool of blood, the blood of countless people, full of resentment…”

Forgive me, I dare not be emotional. I am afraid that if I get emotional, my emotions will get out of control and all my anger will be ignited by the blood.

Laohui looked a little calmer than I did. He squatted down, dipped his finger in the bloodstains on the bag, sniffed it, then stood up and was silent for a moment before looking at me and smiling wryly. I didn’t say anything because the answer was already obvious鈥攈uman blood.

“Let’s go,” I said slowly, trying to keep my tone and emotions as calm as possible.

Laohui shook his head and sighed, and said to me, “I’m afraid that every day, a murder is committed in the room where Lu Fanming just came out of.”

I didn’t say anything, just walked forward with a blank expression. Lao Hui followed behind me, muttering to himself, “Why is this basement so unguarded?”

This is also my doubt, but since I’m here, it’s impossible to turn back. Jiang Yi told me that I’m the only one who can investigate this matter, and they can only act unless there is conclusive evidence.

What other choice do I have? Lao Hui and I had originally come to check out the place, but the situation forced us to keep investigating, otherwise we would have lost everything and alerted the suspect.

We had no backup, or鈥攚e were reluctant to call our teammates to face the danger together. In this situation, there was no difference between two people and eight people. If the little ghost was here, there would only be one consequence鈥攄eath!

This is the first time I have been so close to death. There are no more elders to stand in front of me like a mountain, to take care of me and protect me. I have to face it myself.

I had almost forgotten that my original goal was to find clues and traces of my master. I instinctively wanted to stop the existence of the little ghost, even if it meant giving my life to stop it.

Perhaps many people do not understand how there can be such a “holy father” in this era when “heroes” are no longer popular. But put yourself in his shoes. When disaster strikes, do you not long for someone to save you? As the saying goes, “What goes around comes around.” I can only say that when you long for someone to save you, you might as well use your power to save others in your daily life. Even a small act of kindness, a kind word of encouragement, or even a hundred dollars can be a life-saving act for others.

The world should not be so hopeless. Positive energy needs a source and a flowing channel to become a surging torrent.

I am not great, but when I see that such a fierce guy may really exist, I forget my own danger. In my heart, only one sentence echoes, which is what my master always says: people always need a little righteousness.

Just like on the battlefield, your righteousness is the land behind you and the people who live on it…

The passage was not long, and soon came to an end. At the end was an iron door, cold and heavy. Next to the iron door was a small window with barbed wire, just like in the movies, a small window to observe the situation of “danger exists.”

From the small window came a strong, suffocating smell of blood. In fact, when we were walking in the tunnel, Lao Hui and I had already discovered that the tunnel was carved with complex patterns, and the top-quality materials used to paint the patterns were very extravagant. Because the patterns gave off a kind of gem-like luster, I had used the paint for a silver talisman once, adding real ruby powder to the paint.

If Xiao Bei were here, he would probably be able to see a clue to this formation. But Lao Hui and I couldn’t understand it. In my opinion, this formation is too profound and complex. It is probably a compound formation, the function of which is unknown. But even so, it couldn’t block the strong bloody smell from the window.

I and Lao Hui stood in front of the window, and just by taking a glance, we saw what was going on inside. At this moment, we both couldn’t help but tremble all over. I couldn’t tell whether it was fear, terror, or anger.

Because, we finally saw the little ghost’s ‘flesh and blood’, and more things. To describe it as incredible or terrifying, I can only say that these two adjectives are not good enough.

The window was at a relatively high position, and ten meters below the window was a huge basement. That was the real basement. If you just looked at this basement, ordinary people would go crazy. This craziness did not mean anything else, just a simple craziness for property and treasures.

Because the walls of this basement are covered with a layer of gold foil, and on the gold foil are carved all kinds of strange totems. These totems are unfamiliar to the Chinese, and even some people in the South Pacific don’t recognize them. Only a very few people can recognize these totems, which can be interpreted as “evil gods” or “blessing the darkness” and “giving power and bringing conquest.”

These totems are vividly depicted on the gold foil, and the eyes in the sockets are all inlaid with a kind of blood-red, dazzling and charming stone. But is this a ruby? Obviously not. This is actually a kind of stone made by secret methods. This kind of stone itself is a colorless transparent stone, very beautiful, but after being made with human blood by secret methods, it can become this kind of “deceitful stone” that is more beautiful than a ruby.

If the blood of an ordinary person accidentally soaked this stone, it would form another kind of beautiful stone. There was a legend that everyone heard in childhood, but later no longer took seriously, and it was about this kind of stone鈥攖he Yuhua stone, which was soaked in the blood of heroes, making it bright red and beautiful.

But although the Yuhua stone is beautiful and has a beautiful symbolic meaning, this “deceitful stone” is just beautiful. If an ordinary person touches a stone like this, they will be directly cursed and negatively affected by the negative energy of the stone, bringing them bad luck or even death.

Because it symbolizes evil and infinite power! It is made from the blood of people with great grievances and secret methods.

Originally, I didn’t recognize any of this, but my master’s library was very diverse and comprehensive, and it also contained some explanations of Nanyang witchcraft, and even some explanations of the secret methods of some very small circles.

It is said that if you want an evil being to grow up ‘healthily’, you need the protection of a powerful evil god. In many rituals that summon or cultivate terrifying beings, such totems appear. But how can these totems be truly powerful? The finishing touch is this ‘treacherous stone’.

Crazy? A real gold wall! Don’t think that it’s just a thin layer of gold leaf. Judging from the thickness of the carved lines, the gold leaf is definitely not thin.

Gold, precious stones, how can ordinary people not go crazy when they see this?

If you think that’s the end of it, you’re wrong. This underground room is filled with gold, gold candlesticks with special candles, gold basins, gold hooks… all of it is real gold!

Yes, so the little demon is against the heavens. The average person, even an ordinary rich person, simply does not have the ability to cultivate a little demon, because the complete set of tools required for a true little demon must be made of pure gold. Why? Because the meaning of taking the gold of the five elements! Otherwise, where does the evil spirit of the little demon come from?

You have to know that in the five elements, evil spirits come from metal objects. For example, if you put a pair of scissors under your pillow to ward off evil spirits, it is the evil spirits of the scissors themselves that will break the negative energy field.

Because evil spirits cannot be broken without an energy field!

If you want to be even more powerful, use a metal object with blood on it. The blood generally refers to the blood of slaughter, which more or less carries a little bit of resentment. When it encounters the evil spirit, it is not as simple as one plus one. It is like the evil spirit is fire, and the resentment is the oil added to the fire.

However, evil spirits can destroy anything, and they can also affect the positive energy field. If you don’t have to, don’t use this method of putting things under the pillow, as it will also affect people.

However, to cultivate a demon, you have to bring these to the extreme, and the process is extremely cruel, as I and Lao Hui saw at the moment…