After searching for so long, Li Jun and the others had thought that although they had failed to complete the plan, they had at least created some hope.
There were only so many households in this village. As long as their luck was decent, feeling their way through it and finding the Ghost Messenger should not have been difficult. Of course, that was assuming nothing went wrong with the Ghost Painting.
But no one had expected to discover so many incomprehensible, sinister things inside this house that was suspected of being haunted.
One mutilated paper effigy after another.
Every paper effigy bore Liu San's appearance, their faces waxy yellow and their eyes ashen. Their lingering expressions held both terror and disbelief. Under Li Jun's green ghost fire, those deathly faces looked especially eerie.
One, two, three... five paper effigies in total.
Liu San counted them with a grave expression.
"Five times. We came to this house five times in total." Even his voice trembled as he said it, because this was a horrifying scene he could not comprehend.
None of the supernatural incidents he had handled before had ever undergone such an unbelievable change.
The others also fell silent as they stared solemnly at the five paper effigies in the room.
"Impossible, Liu San. Your speculation must be wrong. This is our first time here. We have never been here before. I remember it clearly." Su Fan immediately cut off his wild conjecture from behind.
Perhaps the familiar paper effigies had made Liu San think of some terrifying possibility.
But he could not accept Liu San's guess.
Liu San said anxiously, "If we have never been here, then why did my paper effigies get left behind here? Every time I am killed by a ghost, a paper effigy dies in