I Have a Date with a Thousand-year-old Female Corpse-Chapter 52 Maybe It’s Because Brother is Handsome_1

"What, what’s going on?" Little fatty Zong Wangyue suddenly felt a chill run down his spine and instinctively leaned closer to Liao Yong.

Yang Kai and Xiao Feng exchanged glances, and both of their pupils reflected a look of horror.

"Excuse me for the interruption, Sirs, please carry on."

You said with a smile, bowing towards the elderly and picking up the rolling ball that had landed near your feet, tossing it back to the two children.

"Phew, it was just a false alarm."

Xiao Feng breathed a sigh of relief when he saw you pick up the ball.

You smiled, didn’t reveal the truth, and continued leading everyone up the mountain.

"Madman, you’re really something, even letting a ball slip through, you got me slightly startled just now," said Yang Kai with feigned nonchalance.

Just as Xiao Feng was about to speak, he noticed an old man with a slight hunchback slowly descending the path. Yang Kai was about to bump into him.

"Little Kai, watch out ahead, don’t bump into anyone."

Yang Kai turned his head and swiftly sidestepped, apologizing to the hunchbacked old man with a sheepish grin, "Sorry, sorry, I didn’t see you there."

The hunchbacked old man stopped beside Yang Kai, slowly turned his head, and revealed a sinister smile, "Young man, you should be more careful where you walk in the future."

"Yes, yes."

Once the old man walked away, Yang Kai said to Xiao Feng and Wei Shuxian by his side, "Hey, have you noticed? The old folks around here are so strange, they give off a creepy vibe."

"Let’s go, it’s almost time."

You pushed Yang Kai a little and looked up, gesturing towards the temple that was now half hidden by the trees.

Once you reached the landing atop the staircase, you found it crowded with people seated on the ground, facing the open doors of the temple, eyes closed, with hands clasped in prayer.

"Brother Mu Yun, these people are so strange..." Lin Panxia leaned towards you; she too sensed the peculiar atmosphere.

Theoretically, places with many people should be filled with mixed breaths of exhalation, commonly known as ’yang energy.’ The more people there are, the more you would expect to catch a whiff of it. But this place was markedly different; just standing on the edge, you and the others could feel a cold stream in the air, as if something behind you was blowing a chilly breeze at your neck.

Moreover, the eagle-eyed Wei Shuxian noticed that people here were dressed variously, with a few even wearing clothes from the time of the Republic of China!

"What’s the situation?" Wei Shuxian didn’t panic but frowned deeply, as everything confirmed his prededictions before ascending the mountain.

"These people, they couldn’t be..." Yang Kai finally came to a realization, his face turning pale all at once.

Xiao Feng also secretly swallowed, consciously moving closer to Han Lele’s side, as Wu Qiyi, Lin Panxia, and the other four girls had already huddled together. Women are inherently more Yin and sensitive to these things.

"Ding—"

A crisp sound emerged from the temple, followed by the chanting voice of a monk reciting scriptures.

Although it was hard to see clearly, all eleven of you felt a strange atmosphere slowly enveloping the heads of the people.

Then, the seated people also slowly began to recite along, and after a short while, you noticed four of them slowly stand up, emanating a faint golden light from their bodies. Though the light was weak, it was still very clear in the darkness. ƒrēenovelkiss.com

"What’s that sound?" Xiao Feng suddenly heard a strange noise.

Yang Kai’s ears twitched, "It’s the sound of iron chains clashing and scraping the ground; to make such a sound, the chains must be at least three centimeters thick."

Yang Kai’s family dealt in hardware, hence he was quite familiar with metals. Just by using his ears, he could make out a rough idea.

Under your watchful gaze, two oddly-dressed men slowly emerged from the dense woods beside the temple. One held a thick ledger, and the other was dragging a long iron chain.

They moved silently and totally ignored any obstacles. In the blink of an eye, they were right in front of you.

This was also the first time you faced them head-on!

You stepped forward and paid respects to the two men, "Gentlemen, we are just here to observe. For any offense, please accept our apologies."

The man with the iron chains greeted you with a bow but said nothing, while the one with the ledger twitched his face into a grudging smile, "Mr. Li need not be alarmed, my brother and I are here specifically to greet you."

Saying so, the two turned and walked away towards the crowd.

They moved straight ahead, and those who were sitting in front began to clear a path as if they were very afraid of them.

The man carrying the iron chain merely shook it slightly, and the hands of a middle-aged man who had stood up became bound by the chain, obediently following behind.

Once the four who had stood up were all bound by the chains, the man with the ledger bowed to you once more before the two men, along with the four behind them, gradually faded away into the night.

"This, this, what on earth is going on?"

Anyone who wasn’t a fool could surely grasp what had just happened.

It wasn’t just Yang Kai and the others, even Wu Qiyi’s eyes revealed a shock, evidently, the event that unfolded before her strongly clashed with her worldview.

Seeing that the initial objective had been achieved, you pulled out your phone to check the time and smiled at everyone, "Let’s go, onto the next stop."

"Yes, yes, yes, let’s hurry." Yang Kai couldn’t wait and walked briskly to the front.

"Little Kai, be careful, who knows if there are more down there."

At Liao Yong’s words, Yang Kai, who had been striding forward as if he wished he could descend the mountain in just a couple of steps, was startled and shrank back, turning to you and saying, "Old Shu, you really got us good, huh? Bringing us here to watch a show in the middle of the night."

You shrugged, "This is merely an appetizer before the main course; the real excitement is yet to come."

You laughed, a laugh that made the eleven people beside you shudder all at once.

After descending the mountain, you all felt considerably more at ease.

Yang Kai, Zong Wangyue, and Jin Qi were stupidly watching the dancing aunties in the square, each of them sighed, "If not for what we just experienced, I would never have thought in my lifetime that square dancing could be quite nice to watch."

Jin Qi added, "Mainly because it’s people dancing, so it doesn’t look that scary."

Wei Shuxian pushed up his glasses and asked you, "Old Shu, those two from before seemed quite familiar with you, right?"

With Wei Shuxian’s remark, everyone turned their heads to look at you.

You smiled and said, "We’ve met twice. The last time was at a car accident scene."

Zong Wangyue said, "But I feel like they were really polite to you."

"I don’t know, maybe it’s because Brother is handsome," you said shamelessly with a smile.

Tsk!

All the men rolled their eyes in unison.

"President, where are we going next?" Tao Wenwen, who wore glasses next to Han Lele, asked.

At her words, everyone’s hearts, which had settled down, started racing again.

Their mental state now was completely different from when they had first arrived. Before, they all thought that what awaited them was nothing more than some trickery, and since they had joined the supernatural detective society, they were people of relatively greater courage, so they weren’t frightened of those deceptive things.

But after coming down from the mountain, they all knew that now they were truly going to encounter those things.

You laughed again, and right now, they were especially afraid to see you laugh. As soon as you did, it felt to them like "the demon’s smile," and whenever they saw that smile, they knew for sure misfortune was coming.

Before getting in the car, Wei Shuxian suddenly asked you a question, "I’ve always found it strange, shouldn’t temples be the places those things are most afraid of? Why would they gather there, as if they aren’t scared at all?"

"You have to understand, there are many things in this world that complement each other. The light of Buddha indeed purifies the unclean and ghostly beings. However, many people who die in vain, because of various reasons cannot be directly taken by the Ghost to the Underworld and become what we call Lost Spirits. Among these people, some are still good at heart, and in hopes of entering the cycle of reincarnation soon, they linger near temples to listen to the sutras. Once they reach a certain state, the Ghost will appear and take them for reincarnation. Of course, they dare not enter the temples or Daoist temples, those places are naturally safer."

You paused then continued, "So, please don’t wander around temples or Daoist temples, especially after dark. If any of you are thinking of engaging in some ’wild activities,’ it’s better to choose a safe place."

A few girls rolled their eyes at your comment.

"President, where to next?" Han Lele asked.

"Seventh Central Primary School."

"Which number?" Xiao Feng thought he had heard wrong and hurriedly asked again.

"The seventh, are you deaf, Crazy?" Liao Yong said with a simpleton look.

Hearing it was the Seventh, Xiao Feng became completely unsettled, "Guys, are you trying to kill us with fright?"

With Xiao Feng saying that, people’s attention was immediately drawn, and Zong Wangyue quickly asked, "Crazy, what’s the matter? Why does that place seem so terrifying?"

"If we had gone there at the start, I might not have been afraid, given there was no psychological preparation, and even if scared, I would think it’s fake. But now, after witnessing those uncles and aunties on the mountain, I know what we’re going to see next is real, jeez, that place is an off-limits area in the Old City District!"

"I’ve said it before; if you absolutely don’t want to go, it’s not too late to give up now. However, if so, our supernatural detective society will officially be disbanded, and Brother here can go back to the dorm to have a good sleep," you said, stretching lazily and pretending you were reluctant to take them along.

"Go! Why wouldn’t we go? Missing out on something so thrilling and exciting would be a regret in life," said Hu Meili, whose appearance was very unremarkable, and she looked quite plain. However, she was unusually tall, around 1.75 meters, half a head taller than Zong Wangyue, and also had a robust physique. According to her, she was previously from a sports school and entered Jiang University on a sports scholarship.

"I, I, I’ll go too," Han Lele murmured.

"So will I," whispered Tao Wenwen, her voice as fine as a mosquito’s.

"Of course, I’m going as well, right Little Yun?" Lin Panxia naturally raised both hands in agreement.