Ji Wangqiu frowned in confusion. This was already the second person to advise them not to get close to the second floor. What on earth was behind that door?
The man, Alman, added, "I'm sorry to say that the person you mentioned is already dead. His body was taken away by the one on the second floor."
Zhaocai remarked, "Oh, so the director is on the second floor now. Isn't he in great danger?"
Ning Yitao didn't say much about what was on the second floor. Instead, she suddenly realized and said,
"No wonder. The souls of those who died unjustly can only be trapped where they died."
"However, that exorcist was so cruel, making you live the day of your death every day. No matter who comes in, they will die the same way."
Ning Yitao put down the little girl she was holding and stroked her head. "You should be glad that you haven't stained your hands with the blood of the innocent. Otherwise, you would be trapped here for all eternity."
Hearing there was hope, Alman, who had been trapped for so long, was overjoyed. This was the first time someone had said they could help him and his family be freed.
The two women behind him also showed happy expressions on their faces.
Excitedly, he placed one hand on his chest, bowed his head while arranging his clothes, and led his family to perform the most noble salute of their country to Ning Yitao.
Ning Yitao's eyes were darting around. Ji Wangqiu could tell at a glance that she was up to no good.
Ning Yitao clapped her hands. "What if I catch that emperor and the exorcist? Actually, they've been here all along."
Without waiting for Alman's reply, she threw a thunder talisman onto the ground.
"Boom!" Thunder roared. A bolt of lightning split the floor open, revealing two coffins.
Ji Wangqiu raised an eyebrow and casually flipped open the lids of the two coffins.
Two skeletons were exposed. The black air that emerged from them disappeared in a flash.
"They ran really fast," Ji Wangqiu said ruefully.
"You're still no good. You have to watch me," the enlarged Zhaocai said proudly as he dragged the two out with his tail.
The two trapped people struggled desperately to escape.
It was really laughable. That cowardly emperor and the exorcist had actually died of natural causes. They were really lucky.
Ning Yitao said with a gloomy face, "How dare you? You've done so many bad things. To avoid the punishment of the Heavenly Dao, you, a mere exorcist, dared to deceive the Heavenly Dao."
Ning Yitao stared directly at the two old men in front of her.
"Since you've fallen into my hands, I won't let you simply vanish into thin air."
Alman was enraged when he saw the two people who had made his family suffer so much.
Zhaocai restricted their movements while Alman beat them unilaterally. But this pain was not even half of what they had suffered every day.
The extremely cowardly emperor pleaded desperately, "Sorry, sorry. Please spare me. I know I was wrong."
The exorcist panicked and explained to Ning Yitao, "It was all his idea. It has nothing to do with me."
Ning Yitao thought for the first time how someone could be so shameless:
"Crocodile tears. You used Alman's family as a shield to escape punishment. If you had ever shown any repentance, you would have let them go and faced the punishment bravely."
The two kept justifying themselves. In short, they just didn't want to face the punishment.
Ning Yitao recalled Zhaocai. Spiritual energy swirled around her fingertips. "It's time for you to taste this."
With that, she threw the two onto the rose pile on the ceiling, making them experience the pain of suffocation and swallowing needles that Alman's family had endured.
Before long, drops of blood rained down from the ceiling like rain, but no cries for help could be heard because their throats were blocked by roses and needles.
"Thud." The two fell to the ground from the ceiling with painful expressions on their faces. Some needles were completely driven into their bodies.
The two knelt on the ground and tried to gag themselves, thinking they were finally free. But how could it be so easy for them?
Ning Yitao then snapped her fingers. A flame popped out from her fingertips, surrounded by a layer of golden light. She then said to Alman's family,
"It will hurt a bit. Bear with it."
The gorgeous rose petals on the ceiling caught fire spontaneously.
The burning roses fell from the sky. They could pass through people's bodies without harming them at all. As if they were alive, they landed on the exorcist and the emperor.
The two were surrounded by the sea of fire. They even ignored the pain of the needles and let out shrill screams. Once this kind of flame clung to them, it would never go out.
It was time for them to taste what it was like to be unable to live or die.
"Boom! Boom!" The thunder outside sounded like it was exploding right next to their ears. This was the long - awaited thunder from the Heavenly Dao.
One bolt of lightning after another struck the two, forcing them into hell to be punished.
As long as there was the slightest flaw in the sea of roses, the two couldn't escape.
The little girl hugged Alman with a crying voice and sweat on her forehead. "Dad, it hurts."
This sea of flowers was contaminated with the aura of their souls. When the sea of flowers disappeared, they would feel the pain of separation.
Alman hugged his daughter tightly. His face showed pain, but more of it was the joy of finally being freed:
"Yingying, be a good girl. You're the bravest girl, right? Soon we won't have to experience pain anymore."
As the roses rolled up a large amount of flames, their family's figures became a bit transparent.
At the moment of their final disappearance, the man thanked Ning Yitao with tears in his eyes and a smile on his face. "Thank you."
When they opened their eyes again, the hall had returned to normal.
Finally, they heard the sound of Salawa and the others knocking on the door from the garden where they had been trapped.
When Ning Yitao opened the garden door, the four of them were huddled on the small step at the door. The roses below were almost withered up to their feet.
As soon as the door opened, they rushed out. If Ning Yitao had been a little later, they would have been doomed.
Eve came out, patting her chest with one hand and grabbing Ning Yitao with the other, gasping for breath.
"Thank goodness you came. This place is really eerie. If I can get out this time, I never want to come to this ghostly place again."
"If you want to leave, I can send you out now," Ning Yitao suggested. But as soon as she finished speaking,
Eve retorted, "That's not okay. It's not easy to see something new. I can handle this little difficulty."
After the discussion, they planned to send the unconscious Henry out. But unexpectedly, just after they finished discussing, he woke up slowly and heard what they said.
"I won't hold you back anymore. I still want to stay. If I'm alone, I may never encounter such things again. I want to gain some experience," Henry said with a pitiful look on his face, looking at them pleadingly.
Grinton said, "It mainly depends on Ning Yitao's intention. She's the main fighting force here."
Ning Yitao didn't really care, so Henry followed the group again.
*******
Henry was obviously very nervous when he came to the corridor again. But when he followed Ning Yitao and the others in, he didn't feel the headache he had when he came in alone.
Now the energy around them was well - behaved, not chaotic and non - aggressive, completely different from when Henry came in.
Henry pursed his lips and said with a mournful face, "Even the magnetic field here bullies the weak and fears the strong."
Hearing this, Salawa said earnestly,
"Yes, everything bullies the weak and fears the strong. So you have to improve yourself. Then you won't need us to follow you in the future, and you can handle things on your own."
Henry walked in the middle. The people around him silently took on the task of protecting this innocent young master from a wealthy family.
Ning Yitao walked in the front, and Ji Wangqiu walked side by side with her.
Strangely, this time when she led the way, the black shadow that had attacked Henry didn't appear again.
Henry sighed again, "Sure enough, I'm still too weak." Henry, who had been born with a silver spoon in his mouth, for the first time had a strong desire to improve himself.
When the group carefully stepped onto the second floor, Ning Yitao noticed the door at the end of the corridor at a glance.
"So much resentment," Ning Yitao frowned slightly as soon as she stepped onto the second floor.
The others immediately felt the pressure released from the room at the end as soon as they went up the stairs.