Chapter 21: The Legendary Haunted House
The pitch-black night seems even more desolate! Even the moon is too lazy to appear, hiding behind the dark clouds.
The cool breeze blew on Li Ling's thin body, making him look even more like a wild crane in the wind!
"The old man always liked to play word games with me!" Li Ling said dejectedly, holding the crumpled piece of paper in her hand that had been rumpled by Li Ling.
"But every time, after playing with word puzzles, it's always me who ends up regretting!" Li Ling curled up the corners of his mouth and hung a wry smile.
"I don't know when I'll be able to outplay that old fox!" Li Ling sighed softly, putting away the note, and the location was already etched in his mind!
But! Guess it!
Li Ling raised her eyes and looked out, this area is a famous hutong area around Yanjing University!
It's already past 10 o'clock since I returned from downtown in a taxi! The number of pedestrians in the alley can be counted as zero!
Li Ling came here for no other reason than to find an old man who had recommended a mysterious residence.
At that time, Li Ling had asked some questions?
Why doesn't the old man let himself live in the school dormitory?
The old man looked at Li Ling just like he was looking at a newcomer, smiled faintly and shook his head: "Are you new here? From the first day I entered this line of work, I told you that killers are best alone, group living is not suitable for killers!"
This sentence shocked Li Ling at the time! It was also destined to be lonely!
Yes, after being an assassin for so many years, I've always acted alone, rarely having friends or partners! Or rather, it's also possible to say that I couldn't have friends or partners!
Being an assassin is lonely and desolate!
Endure loneliness, tolerate solitude, then you can be considered a qualified killer!
Actually, the old man's address of this alley is only half of the information!
The other half of the information can only be obtained by Li Ling's judgment and searched for himself, this way of conveying information is called 'hidden letter' in the killer world.
In Chinese history!
Like this "hidden letter", often appears! In the past, it was called an assassin, but now it is called a killer!
A profession that cannot be exposed to light and whose identity cannot be revealed!
"The head hid in the middle, and the tail went to the end!"
Li Ling analyzed the information in her hand! It's not too hard to find!
As Li Ling made his way through the dense alleys, searching for that place, he was indeed slightly shocked!
It's not because this place is secluded!
But it's simply not like a place where people live!
This house, a seemingly dilapidated old wooden house that has been abandoned for over a hundred years! The red paint on the wood has faded to white! At first glance, you would think that this is a place where the demolition office has gone blind and forgotten an important location, or it could be said that it's a national first-class protected cultural relic!
The outer courtyard is surrounded by a circle of earth walls, which are very old and belong to the kind that will collapse with just one push.
"I'm going to... The old man really spared no expense letting me stay in this 'high-end' accommodation! This wooden house can't be a national heritage or cultural relic, right? Judging from its appearance, it must have been built during the late Qing dynasty!"
"I don't know, after I move in, will I be considered mentally ill? Or maybe it's the Cultural Relics Bureau coming to inspect the local cultural relics damage?"
Li Ling let out a soft sigh! He took out his original jacket from the bag and pulled out a set of keys from the pocket!
A rusty key with a rough exterior that's almost crumbling to the touch, versus a sleek modern key!
"This lock! Isn't this the ancient lock on the big gate? And I have a modern key, how am I supposed to open it? Could the old man have made a mistake?" Li Ling was worried sick!
"Damn it, forget it! I'll just jump over." Li Ling pressed his palm against the wall and with a flip of his body, he easily jumped in.
Weeds are growing wildly in the hospital! And it even comes with a musty smell!
However, in the central area of the courtyard, there is a hundred-year-old tree, which is a locust tree! There is also a persimmon tree! However, it has passed the season for picking persimmons! If you want to eat persimmons, you can only wait until next year!
Just as Li Ling was about to open the door, a sound came from outside...
"This house, people in the town have been saying it's a haunted house, very eerie... Just now someone seemed to jump over the wall into the haunted house!" The passerby whispered.
"Stop talking, maybe what got in through the wall isn't even human! Didn't you see it just now? It was a black shadow!" Another girl's panicked voice came over.
They must be two lovers!
"Ah......" Just then, a faint and rapid footsteps came, apparently scared away!
Isn't this just scaring oneself?
But all these words fell into Li Ling's ears!
"Haunted house?"
"To hell with it, how is that possible? If there were ghosts in this world, I, Li Ling, would have died hundreds of times already!" Li Ling took out the key and aimed at the door again, turning it, and the door opened with a click!
Immediately, a pile of dust fell from the door!
Li Ling took a step back, his movements extremely agile! Dodged quickly! Reacted very fast!
"Ah, this skill is definitely not bragging!" Li Ling pushed open the door and went in! Pitch black!
No lights...
"This is ridiculous!" Li Ling could see in the dark, but this was no modern fluorescent lamp, it was too damn pitiful!
"Whatever, I've lived outdoors countless times! What's the big deal?!" Li Ling walked to a bed and put down the bag in his hand.
All I heard was... a loud crash!
That wooden bed suddenly broke into four legs in front of Li Ling!
A bed has become a wooden board fallen on the ground!
Li Ling was stunned on the spot!
"Haha......" Li Ling wanted to laugh, but held it in! After all, he had to keep a low profile, and if he laughed out loud, it would disturb the neighbors!
"My god......this is too awesome! Can it be even more awesome?" Li Ling laughed self-mockingly.
Li Ling didn't care whether the bed board was dirty or not and sat down on it with a plop.
"The stars are sparse at night! The black birds fly south. Circling the tree three times, which branch can I rely on?"
Li Ling has been studying ancient Chinese literature since childhood, including some poems, songs, and literary masterpieces of various schools.
At this moment and in this scene! It makes Li Ling feel such emotions!
"Grandma's bear, I don't want to think about it anymore. Let me just cultivate the Twelve Stages of Jade Void Returning Qi!" Li Ling sat cross-legged on the bed board!
Whenever Li Ling is anxious and distracted, he will practice the "Yu Xugui Twelve Stages" qigong.
This technique, Li Ling heard Laozi introduce, in Huaxia's history, no one has ever broken through the twelfth level!
Moreover, being able to reach the sixth rank is already a very heaven-defying existence! As for what extent "heaven-defying" refers to, the old man has never given a detailed explanation!
"At the beginning of the chapter, the mind is as calm as stillness! The spirit is condensed like a gathering!"
Slowly reciting the entrance incantation, Li Ling's mind gradually calmed down, and all the movements around him were completely incorporated into his divine consciousness.
Whether it's the insect sounds or the wind movements, nothing can escape Li Ling's divine consciousness!
Since Li Ling came of age, he has been practicing the Twelve Stages of Jade Void Returning to Qi, but more than a decade has passed and except for breaking through one stage at the age of 14 to reach the second stage, there has been no further progress!
If calculated truly, Li Ling's actual power was still about the same as when he was fourteen years old. The only improvements were some killer techniques and adaptability!
Of course, as an assassin's most important sixth sense, it is also the fastest to improve in continuous practice!
Unfortunately, four years have passed and Yu Xū's cultivation is still at the second stage.
"It's said that those old freaks, cultivating the second stage, take over a decade. Alas, where is the key? Why can't they break through for so long!" Li Ling slowly opened his eyes, and suddenly it was already the clear morning of the next day.
After a night of cultivation, Li Ling's spirit and energy had all recovered to their best state!
"First stage, if it's to cultivate the heart, then second stage should be to cultivate the spirit! But why can't I break through?!" Li Ling patted the dust off his body, after a night of stillness, his body had accumulated quite a bit of dust.
"My god, I must take a holiday to thoroughly clean this place!" Li Ling took a look around and saw that the large house was filled with spider webs everywhere! Dust covered every inch of the ground!
