Chapter 75: Startling Moves

Chapter 75: Startling Moves

"I've been traveling for so many years, and although I haven't seen much, I've never heard of evil spirits cutting people into pieces. Their methods are usually rough and direct, they wouldn't do such a ritual. Could this be a planned murder?"

Someone frowned and spoke up, staring at the seven-member exploration team with a look of suspicion on their face.

The abandoned temple fell silent at this statement.

It was clear that people's hearts were beginning to waver.

Perhaps, this was not the work of evil spirits, but a premeditated murder.

"Bang!"

Just then, there was a loud noise from the tightly closed temple door.

Everyone turned around to see the temple door shaking from the impact, and strong winds blowing inside.

The members of the exploration team were frightened and screamed in fear.

The Taoist priests each took out their own expertise. Some drew out peachwood swords, some recited spells, and others took out talismans from their pockets.

Only Qin Ruan, with her slender figure, stood among the crowd, looking indifferent.

She faced the temple door with her delicate face as cold as ice.

There were rustling and scratching sounds coming from outside the door, lingering in everyone's ears.

The sound seemed to be coming from all directions outside the abandoned temple, eerie and spine-chilling.

"They're here again!"

The female member next to Ling Xiaoxuan's eyes rolled back, almost fainting from fear.

"Sister Xiaoxuan, pinch her philtrum!" 

At this point, fainting was not a good thing.

It was obvious that evil spirits were at work outside the door, and these things were experts in bewitching people's minds when they were not clear-headed.

"Got it!"

Ling Xiaoxuan answered and firmly pinched the philtrum of the female member, using a lot of force.

"Bang! Bang Bang!!"

Something outside the abandoned temple hit the door, and the sound of banging and cracking echoed, the dilapidated door on the verge of collapse.

The lighting inside the temple cast countless slender black shadows outside the door.

"They hit the door, trying to peek inside through the crack," someone exclaimed in shock.

Qin Ruan narrowed her eyes, raised her hand to make a hand gesture, and a faint bluish flame that was invisible to the naked eye shot straight towards the temple gate.

"Ah ah ah!!!!" A woman outside the door screamed in agony.

The shrill, piercing sound tortured everyone's ears.

The people inside the house shuddered, feeling uncomfortable with the sound.

Not far away, Qiao Nanyuan looked discreetly at Qin Ruan, He didn't know what she had done, but he saw her small movement just now.

Other Taoist priests also noticed her. They had overlooked Qin Ruan's presence all the way there, thinking she was just Miss Ling's classmate. But now, they realized that she had an extraordinary ability.

The Taoist priests stared at Qin Ruan, feeling a sense of crisis in their hearts.

"It really is a demonic presence! And it's a female one!"

Having identified what was causing the disturbance, the Taoist priests began preparing to eliminate it.

The price that the Ling family had offered was extremely high, with a seven-figure number that was equivalent to their annual income. Who wouldn't want to get the biggest share?

Qin Ruan took action to eliminate the demonic presence outside the door, ignoring the curious gazes around her. She strode towards Ling Xiaoxuan.

Ignoring the female team member who still wanted to seek comfort in her senior sister's arms, Qin Ruan pulled Ling Xiaoxuan to a corner inside the temple.

"Sister, what's going on?" Ling Xiaoxuan was extremely nervous, sensing that something was wrong from Qin Ruan's serious expression.

"I'll give you the inside scoop. This is related to your fiancé. He has gotten himself into a romantic debt, and I can't get involved."

If it were a regular demonic presence causing harm, Qin Ruan would have intervened. However, this was a romantic debt that had been accumulated for hundreds of years.

The demonic presence had come to seek revenge, and she couldn't get involved.

It wasn't that she couldn't, but that she couldn't do it easily.

Her attitude was evident.

(End of chapter)