Chapter 632: Ancestors, Stop Playing, I'm Scared!
Chapter 632: Ancestors, Stop Playing, I'm Scared!
Cheng Xuelan's whereabouts were not found, and Qin Ruan's expression didn't look good.
However, her attention was drawn to the dark water in the center of the lake.
Qin Ruan turned back to look at Director Liu and asked in a cold tone, "Is there a boat? I want to go to the center of the lake."
Director Liu nodded and pointed to the left, where the lake was blocked by a small grove of trees.
"There's a boat over there."
Having a boat made things easier.
Qin Ruan raised her eyes and looked at Wei Linchen, who was standing beside her, and asked, "Professor Wei, do you want to come along?"
Wei Lincen casually glanced at Qin Ruan's belly and smiled with restraint, "I would be honored."
They both walked towards the small path on the left, heading towards the hidden location of the boat in the grove.
As they got closer, they approached the small grove.
A gentle breeze blew, and the leaves in the grove rustled.
When they were a few meters away from the boat, Qin Ruan suddenly stopped in her tracks.
She furrowed her brows and looked puzzled as she examined the small grove in front of her.
Not hearing Qin Ruan's footsteps catching up, Wei Lincen turned back and saw her standing motionless, staring solemnly at the small grove.
He returned to her side and followed her gaze.
"What did you find?" he asked.
"A strong smell of blood, a sinister aura, and an overwhelming provocation, all mixed with Cheng Xuelan's aura," Qin Ruan replied with her usual cold indifference, her voice filled with a chilling intent.
Wei Linchen furrowed his brows and earnestly looked at her, as if seeing Qin Ruan for the first time.
Soon, he seemed to understand something and showed a hint of realization on his face.
Staring at Qin Ruan's delicate profile, he sighed, "Anyone who can earn the admiration of Old Man Qiao and Master Lu must indeed be quite powerful."
Qin Ruan glanced at him sideways, looking puzzled. "You've also noticed?"
Wei Linchen nodded. "I only realized it when I went inside. But you could sense it from the outside; your talent is extraordinary."
Qin Ruan wasn't impressed by his flattery. She pressed on, "What did you find inside?"
Wei Linchen gazed at the grove with a serious expression, his brows slightly furrowed. "It's a Huangju tree, about to transform into a tree demon."
As far as Qin Ruan knew, the Audri Academy had been built in the capital city only a little over a hundred years ago.
It was impossible for a Huangju tree to transform into a demon within a hundred years.
She voiced her doubt, and Wei Linchen had considered the same question before. He wasn't entirely sure, saying, "The Huangju tree is covered with red cloth. It seems that it gained this opportunity through the sincere prayers of the students."
"It's interesting," Qin Ruan replied, her lips curving into a humorless smile. She lifted her foot and walked towards the small grove. "Since we're here, let's take a look."
Wei Linchen didn't say anything but followed her silently.
Lin Hao and the secret guards from the Hou family, who had fallen behind the two of them, also entered the small grove.
After walking for a few minutes, the Huangju tree covered in red cloth came into Qin Ruan's view.
Her divine eye was open, and she could clearly see the whole tree.
A moment of astonishment flashed in Qin Ruan's eyes, replaced by a furious storm of emotions and an ice-cold expression on her delicate face.
She pointedly noticed that Lin Hao, who had caught up with her, was involuntarily stepping back.
Staring at him with meaningful eyes, she asked, "Did you see it?"
Lin Hao's face turned pale, and his lips lost color visibly.
He looked into her calm and cold eyes with his stunned and frightened expression.
"Qin, Qin Ruan, I want to leave this place."
It was too terrifying; this place was like a nightmare.
Qin Ruan shook her head, "I'm afraid that's not possible. Come over here."
Lin Hao wore a mournful expression and pleaded with Qin Ruan, "Ancestors, please don't mess around, I can't take it anymore."
He resented himself all the time, wondering why he had to have this damned ability to see spirits.
If the spirits he had seen before kept him sleepless for several days and nights, then the scene before him now would become his lifelong nightmare.
He could clearly feel the chilling coldness rising behind him.
His scalp tingled, and every hair on his body stood on end. Even with all the storms he had faced, he didn't have the courage to withstand this fear.
It was too frightening, simply a purgatory on Earth!
As Lin Hao and Qin Ruan talked, Wei Linchen couldn't understand their conversation, but he could sense that something was amiss.
"What's going on?" he asked.
Qin Ruan ignored him and gestured to Lin Hao, "Lin Hao, come over here."
Lin Hao didn't even dare to meet Qin Ruan's gaze.
When his eyes met Qin Ruan's, he saw a pair of canvas shoes covered in black mist floating above her head.
Those canvas shoes were hovering in the air.
Lin Hao tried to divert his attention and not look at them, but he couldn't ignore them. They were ingrained in his sight.
Hearing that Qin Ruan wanted him to come over, Lin Hao was on the verge of tears.
He lowered his head and stared at the yellowing grass under his feet, speaking with a pleading tone, "Qin Ruan, please don't tease me. I'm really scared."
If his legs were still functional, Lin Hao would have already run away.
He stood frozen in place, not only out of fear but because he had lost the ability to move.
Qin Ruan's patience was running out. Seeing that Lin Hao still hadn't come over, she walked directly towards him.
Standing in front of Lin Hao, she noticed that his hand hanging at his side was trembling uncontrollably.
Recalling the terrifying scene they had just witnessed, Qin Ruan could understand his retreat.
She reached out and grabbed Lin Hao's sleeve, and a trace of psychic energy flowed into his body through the fabric.
Lin Hao felt a warm current flowing into his stiff body, and suddenly, he felt like he had regained control of his limbs. He could move again.
He tested his legs, and they responded.
Qin Ruan's expression softened as she calmly comforted Lin Hao, "I won't make you do anything. Just go over there and hold Professor Wei's hand. Let him see what's on the tree. With me here, you won't be in danger."
Lin Hao didn't doubt Qin Ruan's strength.
His palms were sweating, and his voice was quite low, "It's too miserable. Those... I can't pass this psychological barrier. I really don't want to see those things again."
The scenes he had just witnessed kept flashing in his mind.
Even if they were ordinary ghosts, they were no different from the dead in his eyes.
Decaying bodies oozing black blood, bones strewn everywhere, and a foul stench permeating the air.
The air was suffused with an overwhelming smell.
The Huangju tree was not adorned with red cloth.
It was covered with countless ghost with vacant, resentful, pained, and fierce expressions.
Compared to what he saw just now, the 18 levels of hell were nothing.
Who could have imagined that Audri Academy would contain such a blood-soaked purgatory.
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