"Spiritual aura? How could someone deliberately conceal spiritual aura? Could the owner of this house be an immortal?"
The normal train of thought would be that once someone becomes a celestial being, it should be something to be proud of, even an honor to the ancestors. Why would they want to conceal it?
Just as I was filled with doubts, the large red gate of the mansion creaked open...
"Since you're here, come on in." The voice was eerie. Had Long Lin and I been discovered?
"It's us..." I was about to ask Long Lin when he quickly pressed his finger to his lips, signaling me to keep quiet.
Immediately afterwards, a group of people walked in grandly through the red gate. Two sedan - chairs in the front were particularly eye - catching.
The sedan - chairs swayed, and through the slit in the curtain, I could faintly see Gu Yuan's profile.
At this moment, his eyes were tightly closed, his lips were chapped, his face was as pale as paper without a hint of color. His breathing was sometimes rapid and sometimes weak. It seemed that he was really badly injured this time.
Seeing him in this state, I couldn't help but feel heartache again. Biting my lower lip, I quickly turned my head to look at Long Lin, forcing myself not to look at Gu Yuan.
After the sedan - chairs were carried in, a group of underlings followed suit. Long Lin grabbed my arm and said, "Come on, let's follow them in."
With that, he pulled me down from the high wall. The moment we landed, I was dressed in a new outfit. My current clothes were not much different from those of the underlings at the gate.
"This is so ugly!" I looked at the clothes made of red strips stitched together on me. It was just so unappealing.
These rags were wrapped around me, so small and tight that my flesh was squeezed out.
It looked like a rented outfit, too small and the front didn't match properly. I felt like a rag was tied to my body.
Looking at my body through the red cloth was even more unbearable. My whole body was as white as if I had rolled in a flour bag, which was extremely scary. My fingernails were bloody. Fortunately, it was daytime. If it were at night, I would look exactly like a ghost. Just thinking about it made my skin crawl.
"This is to keep you from attracting attention."
"Why do I think it makes me even more noticeable?"
"Hehe, your appearance does attract people's attention."
Long Lin sized me up from head to toe with a look that a man gives a woman.
It made me feel creepy, and I quickly covered my chest with my hands. "What are you looking at? Haven't you seen a beauty before?"
He gave me a disdainful look and said, "Look at yourself now. Are you a beauty or a disaster?"
He teased me and threw the mirror in his hand to me. I almost threw the mirror out when I saw myself.
This... this... this was just the makeup of a paper - man! There was a big red flower in my black hair, two big red patches on my white face, and a dot of red on my forehead and lips. It was just too scary.
"Can you change my look? At least make it like yours." I angrily threw the mirror back to him.
Although he had changed his clothes, at least he still looked like a normal person, while my appearance... it was really hard to describe.
"No. This is a demon - detecting mirror. It would immediately reveal your true form. With your current appearance, even Gu Yuan would run away if he saw you."
He grinned and winked at me, clearly teasing me.
Before I could retort, he had quickly caught up with the group of underlings in front. I stamped my foot hard on the spot. No matter how angry I was, I couldn't miss the important task.
I had to obediently follow them into the villa. As soon as I stepped through the gate, the snow swirling everywhere hit my face like blades, making it almost impossible for me to open my eyes.
Seeing this, Long Lin stood in front of me with his back. I covered my face with both hands, and only then could I barely open my eyes.
The sedan - chairs in front disappeared into a white mist, while we in our bright red clothes followed behind, forming a sharp contrast with the scene inside.
I thought there would be a luxurious villa or something behind the white mist.
Unexpectedly, there was a row of tombs. There were a bunch of large and small tombs around, with white mourning banners stuck beside the tombstones, fluttering in the howling cold wind.
Red and white wreaths on both sides were blown rolling all over the ground. There were paper boys and girls in bright red clothes beside the tombs, looking extremely eye - catching.
Such a scene cast a desolate shadow over the already bleak winter.
"Do you see those paper - people?" I pulled on Long Lin's shoulder and whispered to him.
"Yes, I see them." Long Lin replied.
"Why are they dressed the same as us?" I looked at the paper - people beside the tombs again. When we passed by them just now, their eyes were staring at us.
Now that we had walked a long way, the heads of those paper - people seemed to have turned, still staring at us eerily.
Their bright red cheeks and grinning faces were really terrifying.
"They seem to be looking at us..." I lowered my voice and whispered to Long Lin.
"Stop talking. Be careful they'll find you and take you to be buried with them."
After Long Lin said that, I immediately obediently shut up and remained silent throughout, not daring to make a single sound.
Seeing how obedient I was, Long Lin rarely showed a doting smile on his face.
If it weren't for Long Lin protecting me along the way, in such cold weather, I would probably have frozen to death here.
This road was very long, and I didn't even know how long we had walked. Finally, we stopped in front of a huge mausoleum.
Xue Liang first poked his head out of the sedan - chair behind and then walked to the front to lift the curtain of Gu Yuan's sedan - chair.
"Prince Yuan, can you still hold on?" There was a disgusting cunning on his face.
"Do you really wish for me to die?" Gu Yuan asked coldly.
"Of course not. I wish you could live a long and prosperous life."
Saying that, he hunched over and raised an arm for Gu Yuan to lean on as he got out of the sedan - chair.
It really felt like a eunuch helping an emperor out of a sedan - chair. A lackey would always be a lackey and would never amount to anything.
I silently cursed Xue Liang in my heart until he spoke again. "Prince Yuan, let's go in."
Gu Yuan placed his hand on Xue Liang's arm. Obviously, he was out of strength.
"What are you bringing these people for?" Gu Yuan asked.
"You don't need to worry about that. They'll surely have their uses."
I looked around. These people in red clothes were not their underlings but young men and women snatched from the human world.
They looked about twenty years old, each one looking so fresh and tender, forming a huge contrast with my current appearance.
However, after seeing the previous scene, they were all scared out of their wits. Each of them had a mournful face, wanting to make a sound but as if their mouths were sealed.
"Can I bring some people in with me?" Gu Yuan said weakly.
"As you like. You can take whoever you want."
Gu Yuan let go of Xue Liang's arm and slowly walked in our direction along the crowd.
I instinctively gasped and buried my head very low, trying to lean back as much as possible and hide behind Long Lin.