It turned out that when Tang Chengyong followed Pang Lin for the first time and went to Shuihua Villa, he saw Pang Lin's wife who he had only seen from photos and memory fragments before. At that time, four full years had passed since Li Jingguang expelled his wife's evil spirit for Pang Lin.

It was raining lightly that afternoon, and Tang Chengyong, who had been closely following Pang Lin, noticed something unusual because of a red "figure" on the lake in the distance, so he slowed down and observed from a hidden distance.

Also after the end of the retreat in the seventh lunar month, Li Jingguang, who couldn't wait to come to Shuihua Villa, was sitting on a boat on the shore of the artificial lake, but around him, there were about a dozen undead who behaved strangely, including about a dozen men and women, all of whom looked like "bright red robes", very similar to the ancient ghosts in horror movies.

Pang Lin and Li Jingguang, as well as several masters in the calligraphy circle and two people from the local taxation bureau, talked and laughed on the boat. In the evening, when the rain had passed, and in the afterglow of the sunset, those wooden and stiff undead had always been motionless, surrounding Li Jingguang's side.

This is the most terrifying and impressive scene for Tang Chengyong since he was born to his death, except for Pang Lin's human skin.

At that time, he knew very well that except for himself and Li Jingguang, perhaps other living people present, they could not see those red-clothed souls standing around with their heads bowed, not afraid of the scorching sun, looking at the ground in front of them with dull eyes, as if they had lost their sense of autonomy, just like Li Jingguang's servants and slaves.

From this, Tang Chengyong realized that from Pang Lin's memory and his phone call with Li Jingguang, the two "exorcisms" back then were nothing more than Li Jingguang's use of inhuman evil magic and Taoism to turn the souls of Pang Lin's wife and the later senior sister into his entourage.

Therefore, every time Pang Lin and Li Jingguang met later, Tang Chengyong was extra vigilant, he was afraid that he would end up like his senior sister. However, his hatred for Pang Lin continued unabated, and he and his interest groups did not even spare the spirits of the dead! Even though Pang Lin did not know the truth about Li Jingguang's "Taoism," Tang Chengyong still counted this account on Pang Lin's head.

Hearing this, Wu Xiaowu suddenly realized: "Oh! Then I understand, including my senior sister and senior, who are entangled by their children, it is very likely that Li Jingguang wants to obtain the soul of that child, but it must be through some way that we don't know, and it may have to have some kind of relationship with the person concerned in order to achieve the goal!"

"Your guess is right, as far as I know, Li Jinguang wants to enslave those dead souls, that is, the soul of resentment you said, he must hold a kind of altar-opening ceremony, I don't dare to go to the mountain with him, there is not too much specific information, I have only seen some fragments from Pang Lin's memory, it seems that what he does, Pang Lin also does, it seems to be similar to hypnosis, or mind control, in order to use an indescribable way to control the undead related to the parties!"

"And then, after so many years, you have never succeeded, and you have not been able to control Pang Lin's mind once?"

Wu Xiaowu thought that he could step on it and sit, and naturally he could touch it, so he raised his chin to Zhang Shiyan: "You look at it!" As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and pressed it on the grass next to him, and there was a numb and itchy feeling in his palm. Zhang Shiyan also reached out and touched them, and could clearly feel their squirming.

"Then what should we do now? How can we get in?" Although Zhang Shiyan was very excited, he didn't forget what everyone was here for.

The monkey smiled mysteriously, "I'm already at Uncle Tang's house at this moment, come with me." ”

Wu Xiaowu turned over and stood up, the two followed, walked to one of the black stone walls, and when they looked up, it turned out that the black stone pillars that they thought were suspended just now were actually connected to the black stone walls on all sides, and they were hung upside down from above. The monkey muttered something silently, stretched out his hand and wiped it on the nearby wall, and what appeared in front of him was the charming and kitsch living room of Uncle Tang's house.

"I'll go, this is too cool, right?" Wu Xiaowu reached out to touch the stone wall, and found that the part of the black stone wall had a certain temperature, and the window-like area that had become transparent at the moment became cold, as if he was touching a piece of glass. He was in such a huge space in the basement, but looking at the living room of Uncle Tang's house outside, it was very difficult to understand this situation that violated natural common sense.

Zhang Shiyan asked him: "Monkey, do you usually live here when you didn't live with us before?"

The monkey nodded, still muttering, and the scene outside the basement moved backwards. Wu Xiaowu remembered the set of beds he bought for him at the beginning, he was happy to be like that, it turned out that before he met him, he actually used it as his home in such a place. Although he felt curious and fresh, and his heart was also shocked, he might be crazy if he lived in such a place for many years, or even hundreds of thousands of years, right?

Zhang Shiyan saw that when everyone was in the basement, it was like riding some kind of supernatural flying machine, and they could pass through the walls, furniture and various obstacles large and small as if they were blinding; when the basement passed through the wall, the wall had a liquid visual experience, and the building materials inside the section were also unobstructed, this unprecedented picture was very wonderful, just like all the substances around him had become "sea water", and he was like a fish swimming in the water.

After arriving at Uncle Tang's secret room, the basement crossed the wall between the secret room and the study and stopped there, occupying half of each of the two rooms. The monkey asked Wu Xiaowu to open his eyes and try it, Wu Xiaowu pondered, observed the situation mentioned by the monkey with ghost eyes, and sure enough, he saw two large piles of slave dogs and servant wolves, which were immersed in the red smoke emitted by the plate of incense.

But the strange thing is that Wu Xiaowu didn't smell the fishy stench on their bodies this time. Zhang Shiyan's mobile phone suddenly dingdong, he hurriedly took it out and asked the monkey if he wanted to mute, the monkey was amused by him, saying that if the basement is only used as a hiding place and is not connected to other spaces and realms, it can block the sound and smell, so that he does not have to be so flustered.

Zhang Shiyan looked at her phone with peace of mind, it was a WeChat message from He Min, saying that she had changed to a new job, she was too busy a while ago, and she was looking for time to get together recently. Zhang Shiyan replied to her that she has been quite busy with work recently, and she will definitely find time to get together after waiting for a week or two.

Wu Xiaowu also took out his mobile phone, and the signal was still full. "Boss, you said that your basement is so awesome, we didn't know it before. You can all sit here as a flying saucer, how cool it is for us to fly directly from home in the afternoon, and it is so troublesome. ”

"Your skull is not bright, the basement moves like a snail, and it is flying here, and it is going to be the New Year. The monkey scorned his intelligence with small eyes.

Wu Xiaowu asked what he was going to do now, if he was just doing it and waiting. The monkey shrugged and said that the person who refills the incense didn't know what time it was, so it was okay for the time being, and they could wander around as they pleased, but don't touch the device on the stone pillar. So the two of them began to wander around the basement hall, asking the monkey questions from time to time.

There are things and principles that the monkey will explain to them carefully, but others he just says not to ask so much. Zhang Shiyan took various photos and videos with his mobile phone, and Wu Xiaowu saw that the monkey did not object, and he also took a selfie as if he had arrived at a tourist attraction. He was very envious that the monkey could have such a rare magic weapon, and the various spells that controlled it.

The two of them walked around for more than half an hour, but there was really nothing more interesting and interesting, except for a pile of black stone pillars and stone pipes, there was nothing else. "Actually, it's quite boring, if you want me to live here, it's enough for a day. Wu Xiaowu felt that there was nothing to look forward to.

Zhang Shiyan whispered: "You say, what are these stone pillars for? and the one above can turn, it's very beautiful." ”

"What He won't say, He won't say until you ask about death. Before he moved here, he had always been quite chattering, anyway, our boss, is very mysterious and can't guess. Wu Xiaowu pursed his lips.

Zhang Shiyan said: "I think he has been worried about it recently, although we don't have much ability, but if we can, I think we can share some of it for him, but it's a pity that he doesn't talk to us very much." Brother Fei, do you say this is good, when Mei Xiaolu's matter comes to light, it's over, the two of us and Sister Qi, take him around to play, we have never been very relaxed together. ”

The monkey was far away from the "window" observing the movement in the room, in fact, he had already heard the discussion between the two people, and his heart was quite emotional, and when he saw that they were curious about the stone pillars, he silently recited the mantra and revealed the scene inside the stone pillars.

Wu Xiaowu and Zhang Shiyan were quietly discussing, and all the stone pillars around them suddenly began to change, which startled the two of them - some of the stone pillars turned into transparent glass-like forms, with many drawers, small lattices and complex energy geometric containers, containing many collections, books, bottles, instruments, etc., some of which they knew, and some of which were very strange and could not be named;

Other stone pillars open triangular, rectangular, and more polygonal doors, leading to nowhere, presumably the "space-time door" from the basement to other spaces, and the blackstone pipes coiled and interlaced overhead also become transparent, and many energy particles, lines, and complex and exquisite patterns of different colors and changes flow inside, and different pipes are arranged in their own way, respectively, on the stone pillars where those doors are located.

The monkey didn't know what to say, and in the stone pillar on the left side of Wu Xiaowu, a drawer was automatically pushed out, and a familiar cool aroma suddenly overflowed, and it turned out that there were a lot of stone dew pills inside. Only then did the two of them understand that when the monkey usually takes things from the basement, it is obtained from these stone pillars with the power of the mind with a spell, and Wu Xiaowu was just about to go to get the stone dew pill, and the drawer was immediately closed, so he rolled his eyes at the monkey.

In this way, the originally monotonous black stone space suddenly has a color, like a new home that has been renovated, and all kinds of pleasing and pleasant decorations have been added. Wu Xiaowu suddenly felt very small, and he had an idea in his heart that everything related to monkeys could not be judged based on what he saw with his eyes.

The monkey selected a few pieces and showed them a closer look, what Song Dynasty plum vase, ancient Egyptian wishing cup, Tang Dynasty guqin, ancient Greek gold mask, complete "Guizang" inscription, a pair of self-propelled wooden horses, etc., and many other things that are said to be prehistoric, even the monkey does not know what it is used for, they are all preserved in these stone pillars in their own different ways.

Zhang Shiyan was puzzled, for example, a palm-sized porcelain bowl, if it is placed in the stone pillar alone, it is completely understandable, but these stone pillars, but all in a small "gold ingot", now after the enlargement of everyone comes in, you can see these, if the basement shrinks to the original appearance, these collections, instruments and other things, must also be reduced, then their internal material structure has also changed.

The monkey said that the things in the basement will not shrink, but the space has changed, this thing is not clear in a few words, the material world they know is only an extremely small part of the entire cosmic world, a small point on one side, even he himself, can not know the reality of the entire material world, after all, the size and length, the past and the future are only relative, is the illusion that human beings feel in this space. At the moment of "existence", "existence" itself is more worthy of consideration and discovery than the cause and meaning of existence.

More than three hours had passed like this, and the two of them had seen enough freshness and were hungry, so Zhang Shiyan took the things he bought in the supermarket, took out some snacks such as potato chips and drinks, and handed them to the other two. The monkey wiped two more handfuls on the stone wall, opened the window a little wider, and the three of them sat on the spot by the window, eating and drinking.

Wu Xiaowu also asked the monkey some questions about the basement and the stone at first, but later found that the answer made his brain bigger than the question, so he simply stopped asking, and chatted with Zhang Shiyan about the gold bars and placenta used by Uncle Tang to sacrifice the Yaksha, saying that he actually has the capital and ability, to be a good company, to be a normal boss, but he wants to use all his energy and financial resources on these crooked ways.

As he was talking, Zhang Shiyan saw the light turn on under the crack in the door of the secret room, and the three immediately stopped talking. The monkey caressed the stone wall, and the sound from outside came through. I heard the sound of footsteps outside the door approaching steadily, followed by the sound of the key opening the door, and a long-haired woman wearing sunglasses appeared in the doorway.

The three people in the basement looked at each other, wearing sunglasses at night, and in such a ghost place, it looked even more weird. Wu Xiaowu saw that this woman's body and posture were a little familiar, but he couldn't remember who it was. She came in with a familiar car, turned around and closed the door, her whole body movements were not unusual, but they just didn't seem natural.

Wu Xiaowu wasn't sure what kind of "switch" the monkey turned on to hear the sound outside, whether the outside could also hear the movement inside, so he pointed to his mouth and asked the monkey with his mouth shape, "Can you speak?", the monkey nodded, Wu Xiaowu whispered: "Boss, I am very familiar with this woman, but I can't remember where I have seen it." ”

The monkey looked at it intently and sneered, "She's an old acquaintance of yours. Wu Xiaowu turned around and looked hard, but he couldn't see the clue. Zhang Shiyan thought that the monkey was talking about Mei Xiaolu, but this figure didn't look like it at all, and there was no clue where Mei Xiaolu's flesh was hidden, so there was no reason to "live" it at the moment.

Wu Xiaowu was anxious, and asked the monkey again, and the monkey raised his chin at her and told them to stop talking. When the woman came to the offering table in the altar, she saw that she was wearing a long, loose light gray shirt, long chestnut hair with slightly curly hair, and her eyebrows and lips were covered with heavy makeup.