Chapter 52 Mysterious Ancient Painting
After a stroll, Lingling found that the bustling shopping malls in the city did not attract her attention at all. The thrilling monster adventure in the wild was more suitable for her.

After discussion, the two decided to go to the outskirts of the city to find out what was going on.

The two hailed a taxi and headed towards the outskirts of the city.

"Are you two going to the haunted manor on the outskirts of the city?"

"Master, do you know where it is?"

The taxi driver looked at the two, one big and one small, through the rearview mirror with a firm tone.

"To be honest, my aunt's daughter-in-law's uncle's daughter is in charge of gardening in the manor. According to her, every night, the manor will be covered with a faint mist. After that, the people in the manor are like those in a maze, wandering on a path repeatedly until dawn when they can go out with the sunlight." The taxi driver was terrified at the mention of it.

“I saw that you are a distinguished magician, and I thought you came to me to solve this matter. However, I heard that the original owner of the manor has gone mad and was tortured by evil spirits. The meal that the nanny brought in the morning was not touched until the evening. When the nanny picked up the plate, it turned into ashes and disappeared!
Tell me, isn’t this scary? My aunt’s daughter-in-law’s uncle’s daughter has resigned from the estate.”

"Have a safe trip, both of you!"

The taxi drove directly to the manor and then sped away, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

"Will ghosts eat human food?"

"You ask me, how should I know? I'm not a necromancer." Lingling rolled her eyes and started to contact the client.

"could not be reached."

Lingling put down her cell phone and took out the key to open the manor door. When the client signed the agreement at Qingtian Hunting House, he also handed over the manor key to Qingtian Hunting House.

Entering the manor, the flowers and plants were growing in a disorderly manner without anyone tending to them. The fountain in the center of the manor seemed to have stopped gushing for a long time and was covered with a layer of withered yellow leaves.

"There won't really be a ghost."

"coward."

Lingling took the lead and sat down on a bench in the manor, with an extremely mini laptop on her knees.

After a series of quick clicks that Bai Le couldn't understand, Lingling successfully entered the surveillance screen of the manor.

Bai Le leaned over to take a look, and saw several real-time images appearing on the laptop.

In the middle is the manor's garden, which is where they are now, and the rest is the situation around the manor.

Lingling quickly called up the footage from a few days ago. A team of hunters came to the manor to investigate just like them, except that they entered the manor directly at night.

"Did you find anything?"

"Look for yourself, idiot."

Lingling was full of resentment. The little girl was still blaming Bai Le in her heart for preventing her from going on adventures with her father.

"Here's a lollipop."

Lingling took the lollipop expressionlessly, tore open the package and put it in her pink little mouth, with a bulge on her cheek.

Everything looked normal on the surveillance camera. Bai Le sat aside admiring the withered scenery in the manor and soon became bored and sleepy.

The setting sun slowly fell into the earth, and the glow of the sunset disappeared completely in the darkness.

"You pervert! Something's going on."

Bai Le felt as if he was hit by something and woke up from his sleep.

I took a dazed look at the surveillance video and didn't find anything unusual.

"what happened?"

"Private hunting lodges usually emphasize high efficiency and high fees. It has been five hours since they entered the manor at dusk. If they found their target, there should be traces of fighting. If they found nothing and did not find the undead that the manor owner said, they should have retreated. But they have been wandering around the manor aimlessly."

Lingling's fingers flew quickly, calling up the surveillance comparison screen, which showed that the demon hunting team passed by the fountain of the manor every half an hour, and half an hour was just enough to circle this small manor.

"They should be trapped in an illusion, the kind of hallucination the taxi driver just mentioned. But everything looks normal in the surveillance footage." At this moment, a faint evil aura floated from behind and gently brushed across Bai Le's neck. An ethereal voice floated into his ears, like the whisper of an ancient demon, and Bai Le shuddered.

"Bai Le~"

"Fuck you!"

The next moment, Bai Le held Lingling in his arms and summoned the Bone-Killing Tiger and the White Skull to protect him.

"Pervert, what are you doing!"

Lingling broke free from the embrace and picked up the mini notebook on the ground with dissatisfaction.

"Didn't you hear?"

"I didn't hear anything. I'm so nervous."

"Someone just called my name."

The two looked at each other, and Lingling felt a chill on her back for no reason.

"You...you are not kidding."

The two stood back to back and looked around. The Bone Killing Tiger and the White Skeleton surrounded them, and a hazy and cold mist began to fill the manor.

"Lingling, are you okay?"

"Lingling?"

Bai Le quickly turned around, and Lingling, who was originally behind him, disappeared in the mist unknowingly. Even the Bone Killing Tiger and the White Skull were the same. Bai Le could only sense their presence through the contract.

"Bai Le~"

The voice was still calling Bai Le faintly, as if coming from behind. Bai Le turned around but only saw hazy mist.

In the spiritual world, Bai Le is ready to launch the light of purification at any time.

A bluestone path leading to an unknown destination emerged from the fog, extending from Bai Le's feet into the depths of the fog.

After making sure that the Light of Purification could be activated at any time, Bai Le walked onto the bluestone path, the rustling sound of his feet clearly audible.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, Bai Le saw the fountain in the garden in front of him, and right in front of him was the residence of the owner of the manor.

Slowly pushing open the door, a pale hand covered with blue veins stabbed out from behind the door and went straight towards Bai Le's heart. The holy light of purification instantly enveloped the manor and shattered the ghost's body.

After coming to his senses, Bai Le realized that it was all his imagination, and the open door was emitting evil energy not far away.

I carefully pushed open the door, but the imagined scene did not appear. The empty room looked like a mourning hall, with an ancient painting hanging in the middle of the living room.

In the painting, a woman stands gracefully.

Bai Le only took a glance, and in his mind emerged a series of extremely luxurious ancient palace scenes. He saw a baby who died tragically, a palace washed in blood, the back of a beautiful woman who committed suicide, and her eyes that were open in death...

These eyes, pure black, carry the charm and evilness of a demon cat!
The ancient painting was taken down and the scroll was rolled up. The fog that filled the manor dissipated rapidly like melting ice and snow.

The owner of the manor who initiated the commission was lying on the ground with a pale face and a weak breathing.

"Whoo~"

After leaving the living room, Lingling, who had disappeared, was lying on a bench in the garden. A crystal teardrop slowly slid down from the corner of her eye and rolled down her small and delicate nose. The thought from a few days ago resurfaced in her mind:

"The Capture Plan of a Young Girl"

Bai Le picked up the little girl and licked the hot tears into his mouth. Then he tore open the lollipop, took a sip, and put it in the lollipop with the corner of his tender lips.

(End of this chapter)