The cold wind raged through the Lu family's mansion, and snowflakes flew in the air like torn cotton wool, falling aimlessly.

Dark clouds pressed heavily on the ground, making the environment of the house even darker.

The houses were covered in frost, leaning and moaning under the pressure of the wind. Everything was bending, trembling, curling, and wailing terribly.

At this moment, Tang Hui was walking in the narrow corridor in front of the Exorcist Division.

Because he had been in the mansion for fifteen years, he was extremely familiar with its surroundings – even though the mansion was intricate, with countless courtyards and verandahs, he could quickly find the right direction at every fork in the road.

At this moment, dozens of vague figures silently appeared in the darkness.

With the powerful divine sense of the Fifth Realm cultivator, Tang Hui was able to easily see their appearance clearly.

They are all evil spirits dressed as ghosts.

The skin is green and the body is large.

He wears a soft-winged gauze hat on his head, a bloodstained round-necked semi-long shirt, crooked shoes under his feet, a long beard, and a pair of round eyes.

They held chains of frost in their hands, and knives made of blood.

It's certainly a chilling picture.

Normally, anyone who hits them will be chained to an icicle and suffer painfully.

But Tang Hui's heart was not panicked at all.

He smiled calmly, and took out a token made of brass from his coat pocket—

The front of it is engraved with the words "Great Qi Qin Cha Ling" in block letters, and the back is carved with a five-clawed golden dragon, decorated with cloud patterns around it, which looks particularly exquisite.

At this moment, a dazzling golden light burst out from the token.

Then, the sound of thunder sounded faintly in the darkness, and the apparitions of the golden dragon and auspicious clouds emerged—sacred and noble in this eerie place, which could make people feel the urge to worship them in the depths of their hearts.

After seeing this scene, those huge and ghost-looking ghosts suddenly froze in place for a moment, then turned away and did not stop near Tang Hui for a moment.

It seems that the illusions of those five-clawed golden dragons make them particularly fearful.

Tang Hui smiled and moved on.

This Qincha token, which His Majesty the Emperor had given him personally, had sheltered him in this terrible haunted mansion for fifteen years—even if he encountered a terrible evil spirit, it would keep him safe.

"Perhaps...... I'll have a chance to get out of this mansion soon! Tang Hui thought silently in his heart.

He only hopes that the young man in the green shirt with outstanding literary talent can successfully pass the two tests and let the magical magic pen reappear in the world.

In this way, his fifteen years of dormancy will not be in vain. All the hard work he puts in will eventually pay off considerably.

…………

Meanwhile.

The servant's courtyard in the northwest corner of the Lu family's mansion.

When Gu Xu finished writing the last couplet, all the lanterns hanging on the big elm tree disappeared; And this small courtyard, which was illuminated by blood-red light, also instantly returned to its original appearance.

Gu Xu understood that he had successfully passed the second test set by the "Amazing Pen".

"Now that I have written poems and couplets, what will I be asked to write when the third test comes?" He secretly speculated in his mind, "Do you want to fill in the words?" Or do you want to guess a riddle? ”

Chu Fengge next to him looked a little dazed.

He didn't expect Gu Xu to pass two levels so easily.

"Alas, it's no wonder that Lord Si Shou has to name Gu Xu to solve the case of the Lu family's murder house," he thought, "His ability to play with words may not even be comparable to those scholars with the title of the gold list." ”

It's just that the better Gu Xu performs, the more anxious Chu Fengge becomes.

After all, this means that it will be a lot more difficult for him to be the number one in the world in the future.

You must know that the owner of the famous weapon often has the ability to fight across borders.

If Gu Xu can pass three assessments in a row and become the new owner of the "Amazing Pen Bond", coupled with his cultivation talent that is far beyond ordinary people, maybe in a few months, Chu Fengge will not be able to beat him.

"If only I could get a famous artifact too......" Chu Fengge couldn't help but sigh.

At this time, a series of extremely unreliable plans came up in his mind, such as "breaking into the Great Qi Palace at night to steal the Tai'a sword", "breaking into the northwest barbarian camp alone with one man and one horse to rob the Zhaoshen Drum", and "finding the head of the Chen family in Xiangyang to borrow the holy word book for a long time".

…………

Just as Chu Fengge fell into a reverie, the spirit of the "Shocking Pen", the little girl with unkempt hair, once again stepped on the frost and snow on the ground and appeared in front of the two.

She raised her head and looked at Gu Xu.

Her hair blocked most of her face, making it difficult for Gu Xu to see her expression.

"Over the years, you are the third person to successfully pass the first two tests," the little girl said to Gu Xu in an ethereal and indifferent voice, "However, you write better poetry than the other two." ”

It seems that the other two failed in the third level of the test.

As a rule, it's the finale that is the main event. This third level is estimated to be quite difficult, so I must be cautious.

Gu Xu thought secretly in his heart.

Then he opened his mouth to the little girl and asked, "Can you give me the clue to the third test?" ”

The little girl did not answer immediately, nor did she hand him a new piece of paper.

She bent down, picked up a dead branch from her feet, and quickly drew a pattern of a snowflake on the frosty ground.

"That's the clue," she said lightly, "I'll be waiting for you at your destination." ”

As soon as she finished speaking, she left the courtyard and soon disappeared into the darkness.

Chu Fengge looked at the snowflakes on the ground and felt a little headache: "This damn girl never speaks well, and she lets us guess all kinds of riddles all day long, which is really annoying." ”

Gu Xu smiled and responded, "Lord Chu, in fact, the riddle this time should be the simplest. ”

"The easiest?" Chu Fengge narrowed his eyes slightly, obviously not believing what Gu Xu said, "What she painted on the ground is a snowflake." But now the whole house is covered with ice and snow. Who knows exactly what her 'destination' is. ”

"I think that since the 'Thrilling Sword' machine spirit has made this request, then the pattern of this snowflake may not refer to the real snow, but to a special place name," Gu Xu explained, "And the only place in the entire Lu family's mansion that is related to 'snow' is the 'Suxue Garden' where Lu Shiyao lived back then." ”

"Then let's leave as soon as possible, and don't delay any longer."

At this moment, in terms of solving the mystery, Chu Fengge had completely trusted the answer given by Gu Xu, and there was no longer the slightest doubt at all.