The Taoist Boss Is Dominating The Horror World - Chapter 150

As dawn breaks, the mottled and worn vermilion gate slowly opens, and a mist resembling a fluttering, ethereal gauze elegantly wafts out from within. The scenery and objects inside the mansion are indistinct.

The players, looking at the wide-open gate, each show a struggling expression, none daring to be the first to enter.

?These players are somewhat cowardly. They’re warmly welcomed yet still don’t enter. It’s really impolite.?

?If you know manners, why don’t you go in? Ghosts love self-aware buffets like you.?

?Ding, your buffet has arrived. Please enjoy.?

?With the village girl here, the feast should start right away!?

Qing Li frowns slightly at the sight of the mist seeping out.

No yin energy, no ghostly aura.

This mansion is unexpectedly clean!

Her interest piqued, Qing Li is the first to step onto the stone steps, her figure shrouded and obscured by the mist.

Seeing Qing Li enter, the others hesitantly follow.

Upon entering the mansion, a strange fragrance mixes with the cold mist, refreshing and uplifting to the senses.

Gradually, the mist begins to fade.

Along the stone-paved path, pavilions and buildings with red bricks and green tiles are flanked on both sides, covered with unmelted snow.

Moving forward, they pass a pond covered with a thin layer of ice, withered lotus stems and leaves emanating a sense of decay and death.

Qing Li pauses, her gaze landing on a certain spot in the pond.

“What are you looking at?”

Liu Yue, who has been watching Qing Li, follows her gaze.

Apart from a pond of rotten lotus leaves, she sees nothing unusual.

“Looking at mermaids.”

Qing Li utters a seemingly nonsensical sentence.

Liu Yue is stunned, her eyes widening as she stares at the thin ice on the pond, but she doesn’t see any mermaids.

Until she withdraws her gaze…

Several bloated, pale corpses float up from under the lotus leaves. Through the thin ice, their tightly shut eyes suddenly open, resembling dead fish eyes.

Although the players don’t see it, the live broadcast’s camera captures this scene clearly.

?Damn, is this supposed to be a mermaid??

?I turned on screen projection and used a magnifying glass to look for mermaids after hearing the village girl’s words, and what pops up is this hellish thing.?

?So disgusting, these bodies are bloated like fish bellies dead for ten or fifteen days.?

At this moment, a pale, bloodless old man carrying a white paper lantern approaches.

His back hunched, he walks extremely slowly, the candle in the lantern flickering unsteadily.

Qing Li raises an eyebrow, her eyes showing surprise.

This old man — is a human!

“My family’s master is unwell and unable to come out to meet honored guests, please forgive us.”

The old man’s face was covered in wrinkles, especially his eyelids which almost drooped down to completely cover his eyes.

Seeing the other party so kind and polite, the anxious and uneasy players showed a hint of surprise.

This was not what they had imagined!

“It is we who have presumptuously disturbed you.”

Player number 32, Jing Tao, said. He had a rugged face and a tall build, the most imposing among the four male players.

“The rooms are ready, please follow me.”

The old man lifted his eyelids to reveal cloudy eyeballs, glanced at the players, then withdrew his gaze. He turned around, his back hunched as if carrying a large pot.

Qing Li looked at the old man’s back and thought of an animal – a turtle.

A turtle also carries such a large shell and moves so slowly.

The group followed the old man to the backyard of the house, where there were several bare trees with crows resting with closed eyes, and under the trees were some rugged, strange stones, oddly placed in the yard, giving an inexplicably uncomfortable feeling.

“Those stones…”

Another female player, ranked 61st in the live broadcast room, Yu Xin, looked at those strange stones and felt uncomfortable, but couldn’t pinpoint what was wrong.

Until Qing Li pointed out, “These stones look like living people struggling in pain after being poured over with concrete.”

Her words startled the other players.

Indeed, the stones looked oddly shaped, but upon closer inspection, each resembled a human figure, especially one that vaguely resembled human facial features.

“Could they really be living people covered in concrete?”

Liu Yue shivered, feeling an inescapable chill enveloping her body.

“If you want to be sure, why not check for yourself?”

Qing Li thoughtfully handed Liu Yue a large hammer.

After all, she was her client, and Qing Li naturally treated her specially.

Liu Yue looked at the hammer, larger than herself, and quickly shook her head like a rattle.

“Let’s forget it.”

She feared that before she could smash the strange stones, she might crush herself instead.

The backyard was large, with seven rooms in the last row from left to right. All other room doors were open, except for the seventh room on the far right, which was closed.

Qing Li casually glanced at that room, still clean and free of any ghostly aura.

The old man said, “Please choose your rooms, my master likes quiet. During the day, you can move about freely, but after the story is told at night, please do not come out.”

After saying this, the corners of his dry lips curled into a strange arc, and then he turned and left.

It might have been an illusion, but although the old man’s speed was still slow, he quickly disappeared from view.

The six players, including Qing Li, looked at the empty rooms in front of them, hesitant.

After all, this was a five-star hellish task, and a slight misstep could mean death without a place for burial.

What if the chosen room was unlucky and hid evil spirits?

Qing Li yawned, “Since everyone is reluctant to choose first, then I won’t be polite.”

She hadn’t slept all night and desperately needed to catch up on sleep.

Qing Li chose the sixth room near the end, and Liu Yue quickly chose the fifth room.

For some reason, she always felt safe near Qing Li.

Player No. 32, Jing Tao, chose the first room, Player No. 61, Yu Xin, chose the second room, and Player No. 25, Yu Ziyang, chose the third room.

Only the fourth room in the middle was left, which sounded ominous.

The last player who hadn’t chosen, No. 56, Zhen Xiaohui, suddenly looked crestfallen.

“If only I had chosen earlier.”

He bravely entered the fourth room, and the moment he stepped in, he felt a chilling coldness.

“Why is it so cold here? Even colder than outside!”

He shrank his neck and raised the collar of his cotton jacket, but the cold seemed to seep into his bones, making him shiver.

Seeing a clean and thick quilt on the bed, he quickly draped it over himself, finally feeling a bit warm.

He began to relax, lying on the bed, ready to take a nap.

But after he closed his eyes, a faceless corpse under the bed stretched out its hand…