The sight before me made my heart skip a beat.
This was almost exactly the same outfit as the "man in black" I had seen when we opened the yin-longevity shop!
A visitor from the Yellow Springs?
Could this hospital be connected to the underworld?
In that instant, those thoughts flashed through my mind, leaving me utterly shocked.
But the next second, I realized something was wrong.
This man in black had no yang energy. Instead, he radiated an intensely sinister yin aura.
Not only that, he cast no shadow.
The underworld messenger I had seen before looked and felt no different from a living person. He even had a shadow...
I didn't know how that man in black had managed it.
But the one before us was clearly different from the one I had encountered before.
What was more, as this man in black appeared, the Phoenix-Pattern Jade Pendant on my chest grew hotter and hotter.
The crystal had to be on him.
Master and Uncle Yu beside me were already dumbfounded with shock.
We hid behind the table in the room, using talismans to suppress our own yang energy.
We carefully watched through the window and the crack in the door...
Yet none of us made a sound or even breathed, afraid of being discovered by the tall man in black outside.
He walked at a steady, slow pace...
We still did not dare move, merely exchanging glances.
Uncle Yu was utterly stunned, his eyes practically popping out of their sockets.
After the man in black passed by, he looked at Master and me and silently mouthed something.
It seemed to be the words "underworld messenger."
Master was a little nervous too and signaled for us not to move.
Then, the sound of ringing bells came again, as