Niannian rushed straight in the direction of the source of the Yin energy.
She knew that the straight line was the shortest distance between two points. Since she wasn't familiar with the layout of the Shen family's mansion, she simply climbed over the walls all the way and reached the courtyard where the old master was.
The little dumpling didn't know this was where Grandpa Shen lived.
She climbed all the way to the second floor. The first thing she saw was the anxious butler standing guard at the door.
The butler had just noticed that the temperature around him dropped suddenly, making him shiver.
Although it was winter, the heating in the Shen family's mansion had always been excellent. The indoor temperature shouldn't be this low.
At first, he thought the air - conditioner in the room was broken and went to check it. To his surprise, the air - conditioner wasn't even plugged in.
So the temperature was definitely abnormal.
Then he went back to the bathroom door and knocked. But after calling for a long time, there was no response from the old master. Only then did the butler start to panic.
He had tried many methods. Whether it was using the spare key or forcibly breaking down the door, or even using a fire axe to chop at the door, the door remained intact.
It was as if there was an invisible barrier isolating him from the inside.
The old master must be in trouble.
The butler was extremely anxious outside but didn't know what to do.
As soon as he turned around, he locked eyes with the little dumpling who had climbed in through the window.
This almost gave the butler a heart attack.
"Ouch, my little ancestor! Why did you climb in through the window?!"
The butler quickly stepped forward, grabbed the little dumpling, and hugged her in his arms.
Looking down at the height from the second - floor to the ground, he felt a lingering fear.
Children were delicate. If she accidentally fell, a broken bone would be the least of her problems.
Even though he knew that Niannian was different from ordinary children and couldn't be compared to them, as an elder, it was only natural for him to worry and care about her.
Niannian opened her big watery eyes and looked up at the butler. She didn't expect to meet the butler here.
She carefully sized him up and found that there was nothing wrong with him, so she felt relieved.
She quickly took out a talisman from her small satchel and stuffed it into the butler's hand.
"I sensed a strong Yin energy here, so I rushed over in a hurry. Grandpa, take this. As long as you stick it on, no evil spirits will be able to harm you."
"Evil spirits and Yin energy? You mean there's a ghost here?"
The butler carefully put the talisman in his pocket.
He had no doubt about the little dumpling's abilities. From Niannian's words, he understood the current situation.
Thinking of the old master still trapped in the bathroom, he was so anxious that he was sweating.
"I'm not sure if there's really a ghost, but with such strong Yin energy here, something must be wrong."
Niannian nodded and slowly explained.
"Then... the old master is still in the bathroom. What should we do? Niannian, can you save the old master?!"
Following the butler's words, Niannian's eyes involuntarily fell on the bathroom door. She tilted her head and asked, "Who's the old master? Is it Third Senior Brother's grandpa?"
"Yes, he's the young master's grandpa!"
"Sigh, didn't I give him two divinations today? I told him early on not to get close to water, but why didn't he listen?"
Niannian looked helpless. She didn't talk in riddles like other fortune - tellers. She had very straightforwardly pointed out the key point of the old master's bloody disaster.
But there were just some people who didn't listen and insisted on taking risks.
That night, the old master shouldn't have touched any water.
Whether it was the drinking water or tea, the waterside of the lake, or the bathroom.
Once he touched it, something was bound to go wrong.
"Let me take a look."
Niannian wriggled out of the butler's arms.
What else could she do?
The person trapped in the bathroom was still Third Senior Brother's grandpa.
If it were Third Senior Brother's father trapped in the bathroom at this moment, Niannian would definitely stand by and do nothing.
After all, Third Senior Brother had completely lost his feelings for his father.
But the little dumpling knew that Third Senior Brother still had feelings for his grandpa.
Moreover, strictly speaking, the old master had never done anything wrong to Third Senior Brother.
It was his step - mother who had wanted to harm Third Senior Brother before.
It was his father who now wanted to pull Third Senior Brother down.
The old master had always protected Third Senior Brother. It was just that his way of education was a bit too pushy and not quite right.
Niannian knew that if the old master really died here today, Third Senior Brother would definitely be sad.
She didn't want Third Senior Brother to be sad at all.
The little dumpling took small steps and ran all the way to the bathroom door. She pressed her ear against the door to listen for any movement inside.
It was completely silent. There was nothing.
There were only two situations where the outside world could be completely isolated.
The first situation was that an early - stage sorcerer had set up a barrier here.
But the supernatural power of setting up a barrier wasn't something that every sorcerer could do.
Not to mention stuffing a ghost into the barrier without anyone noticing.
So the second situation was that the thing inside was a very terrifying evil ghost that had cultivated its own ghost domain.
That meant the ghost inside had pulled the old master into its own space, which was why the old master had completely lost contact with the outside world.
Ghost domains were not common.
Only very fierce and resentful ghosts would have them, or ghosts that had become earth - bound spirits by occupying a place with the right time, place, and people, and then developed their own ghost domains after occupying a certain area.
Of course, ghost domains weren't completely sealed.
There were also people who accidentally entered a ghost domain when their fortune was extremely low.
Once, a young man accidentally entered a ghost domain while going out to buy water for a friend.
Although all the surrounding environments remained unchanged, the bustling street suddenly became empty. It was as if the whole world had only him left.
Finally, the young man ran all the way back home and sat at his doorstep for a whole night. He didn't naturally get out of the ghost domain until dawn the next day.
This young man had accidentally entered the unclosed gap of the ghost domain. Fortunately, the ghosts there weren't interested in him and didn't kill him.
Otherwise, it would have been really hopeless.
He would surely have died inside.
Niannian placed her hand on the bathroom door, feeling its icy touch. She closed her eyes and began to carefully search for the gap in the ghost domain.
After a while, she opened her eyes and silently walked up to the white wall next to the door. She shook her head from side to side and fixed her eyes on the inkstone on the table.
She casually picked up the inkstone and smashed it hard at a point on the wall.
With a loud crashing sound, the inkstone was embedded in the wall.
The white wall was smashed and plaster was falling off.
Seeing Niannian's strength, the butler was completely stunned.
Every time the little dumpling did something, it refreshed his worldview.