The Broken Nose and the Gold Within (Thanks to Chun Jun)

The moon was dark, and the wind was high.

The three set out without alerting anyone else.

After Xu Feng called him Master, Doctor Qi retired to the guest room as though he knew nothing.

Under the cover of night, Luoyin County lay in darkness.

The tragedy wrought by the marauding soldiers had yet to fade, and the whole county town felt lifeless.

At night, the only person on the streets was a night watchman. As for anything else out there, who could say whether it was human or ghost?

The night watchman shivered in the cold.

He made a point of avoiding the street where people had died.

The stars shone brightly overhead, but somehow made the place feel colder. Xu Feng and the other two reached the corner of the street and caught sight of the Qian Family Mansion!

They watched the night watchman leave, then went to a side gate. They pushed it, only to find it locked.

Nothing living remained in the Qian family estate.

No one had moved in afterward, either.

Even the soldiers and hired helpers were unwilling to stay there.

Too many people had died there. The place was terribly ill-omened!

Xu Feng felt the same way. Even from a distance, the street and the mansion beyond it had looked desolate to him.

The bloodstains on the road had yet to be cleaned away. They had long since soaked into the earth, and the entire estate was pitch-black, without a glimmer of firelight.

A cold wind blew, making Xu Feng's skin crawl.

Up close, the feeling only grew stronger!

He had not brought his ritual robe, but the Protective Tiger Talisman hung on him.

Ahead of him, Old Owl looked nothing like a man on the verge of death. He strode forward with