"Ye... Station Chief, what's wrong?"
Shen Lang asked in a low voice.
Ye Qianfan had become their captain now. He had originally wanted to call him Brother Ye, but then felt that would be inappropriate.
"Have you noticed anything wrong?" Ye Qianfan asked quietly. "Also, just call me what you usually do. You don't have to call me Station Chief like the others."
"If I call you Brother Ye, the others might follow my example, and that would undermine your authority," Shen Lang continued. "I haven't noticed anything wrong. If I had to name something unusual here, it would probably be that the yin energy in this Courtyard House seems a little too heavy!"
"Yin energy? Do you mean that gray mist?"
Ye Qianfan asked another question, wanting to check with Shen Lang whether the problem lay with him.
But Shen Lang sounded slightly puzzled. "Mist? I don't see any mist. The only strange thing is, haven't you noticed how hot it is outside, yet how cool it is inside this Courtyard House? That's what excessive yin energy does."
"You don't see any mist?"
When Ye Qianfan looked up to examine it more closely, sure enough, all the mist before him had vanished.
It revealed the Courtyard House's true appearance.
It was a very well-maintained little courtyard. Not only was there a lotus pond by the entrance, but plenty of fish had also been raised in it, creating an ornamental garden. Farther inside, the main hall was decorated with carved cranes and painted lotuses, making the whole place positively resplendent.
"No." Shen Lang looked baffled. "Where's this mist?"
"Maybe my eyes were playing tricks on me..."
However...
Before Ye Qianfan could finish speaking, a man appeared inside the Courtyard House wearing a round-topped hat and a red robe patterned with