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Chapter 462: Access to the Netherworld
To be honest, Lin Chen was a little confused.

He originally thought Zhou You would directly provide a solution, or tell him that the previous people had made a mistake and that he had indeed opened his yin-yang eyes.

But what does '通幽' mean?
As a businessman, and a successful one at that, Lin Chen came up with a common scam.

—Is this guy just using some random term to fool me?
But he immediately rejected this utterly ridiculous conjecture.

With this person's abilities, if they really wanted to deceive themselves, they wouldn't need to use such a clumsy trick.

Moreover, this was his last straw.

So he looked up and asked seriously.

"Master Zhou, what does this mean?"

"Don't call me Master anymore, it sounds awkward to me. Just call me Zhou Xian. Or, Taoist Master Zhou."

Zhou You was unaware that Lin Chen had changed his mind so many times; he simply tapped the copper basin, blurring the reflection of Lin Chen's face in it.

"How can I explain this to you? Let me put it this way, brother, have you ever heard of 'unconscious selective attention'?"

Are you trying to exorcise ghosts or exorcise evil spirits? Why are you using scientific terminology?
Seeing Lin Chen's stunned expression, Zhou You shook his head and smiled.

"I'm sorry, I'm not good with words and I don't know how to describe it—in short, Mr. Lin, you just need to know one thing: when people look at things, they always overlook some unimportant things."

"This is both human nature and a self-protection mechanism that has developed over millions of years of human evolution."

Lin Chen's brows furrowed deeper and deeper, and he finally couldn't help but ask.

"Then may I ask Master Zhou, what is the connection between this and my daughter, and the person who wanted to harm her?"

"Let me put it this way: humans are actually capable of seeing ghosts, but due to the elimination process of evolution, humans have gradually closed off this ability. Only a few people can reopen it under a few circumstances, which is what we usually call opening the 'yin-yang eye'."

Zhou You gestured downwards, indicating to Lin Chen not to ask questions for the time being, before continuing.

“There are few people with this kind of talent, but your daughter is different; she can see things on a deeper level.”

"What is it?"

"The Yin Road. Or rather, the pollution buried within it."

Zhou You's voice wasn't loud, but for some reason, it seemed to have a magical power that made people listen quietly.

"Given the current situation, it's actually quite rare for vengeful ghosts to appear, so simply opening the Yin-Yang Eyes won't have a significant impact. But the ability to communicate with the underworld is different. This type of constitution allows one to directly see what seeps out of the underworld—those things are extremely terrifying and bizarre. Ordinary people would go crazy just from seeing them once, let alone being in contact with them for a long time."

"Therefore, anyone who has the ability to communicate with spirits will almost certainly not live more than six months—every single one of them will end up committing suicide."

Lin Chen's face was extremely ugly.

"According to what you said, Daoist Master, my daughter has been harmed and is now in this state?"

However, Zhou You shook his head, denying this speculation.

"The Tongyou physique is not like the Yin-Yang eyes, which require the potential to be activated. Your daughter was probably just pushed by someone, and that's how she ended up like this."

At this point, Zhou You seemed to remember something and asked another question.

"By the way, I heard that your daughter visited some temple before, and then developed these symptoms—so do you know where that temple is and what god it worships? If you know more details, I might be able to solve the problem more easily."

Upon hearing this, Lin Chen paused, revealing a hint of barely perceptible fear, but he quickly waved his hand, signaling his men to go outside and take cover, before speaking.

"To be honest, Master Zhou, ever since the day my daughter had her accident, I've been sending people to investigate, but the problem is..."

"There have never been any temples in that mountainous area."

Could you elaborate?

Lin Chen paused, seemingly organizing his thoughts, but unconsciously pulled out two cigarettes.

"Master Zhou, would you like one?" "No, I quit more than half a year ago."

Lin Chen didn't continue with the pleasantries. Instead, he lit a cigarette, took a deep breath to calm himself down, and then continued speaking.

“I think the same way as you, Taoist Master. I also know where the incident started, so I’ll just trace it back to the source. That mountainous area isn’t far from here, so I sent someone there that very day.”

"and then?"

Lin Chen gave a wry smile.

"The day passed, and they came back to me that same day, swearing that there was no temple there at all, just a barren forest with nothing there."

"At first I thought those idiots were fooling me, so I deducted half a year's performance bonus from them and found a group of capable people to take over. But after doing a lot of investigation, asking villagers and checking local government files, the answer was still exactly the same."

“There has never been a temple in that mountainous area since records began.”

"Where did these college students go?"

Lin Chen shook his head.

"I don't know, but the only thing I'm sure of is that the place they went to was definitely not a temple, and it's not even certain whether they've ever been to that mountainous area."

Upon hearing this, Zhou You fell into a brief moment of contemplation.

Several points can now be confirmed.

1. These college students did not provoke any evil spirits in the wilderness; rather, they were deliberately plotted against.

2. The mastermind behind this is a sorcerer. At the very least, they are proficient in sorcery.

3. And most importantly, what exactly is the reason this guy caused such a big incident in China?
Although we are now in the Dharma-ending Age, as far as Zhou You knows, there are still some capable people. If he really causes any big trouble, it wouldn't be difficult for them to kill such an outsider under the combined attack of the masses. He went through all that trouble to sneak into China, and his ultimate goal was just to kill a group of college students.

What picture?

However, at that moment, the little girl suddenly opened her mouth and murmured a sentence.

"Bu Zhixin doesn't want it."

——Who is this?

Zhou You raised his head and looked at Lin Chen.

Lin Chen then provided an answer.

“Bu Zhixin was the president of their club and the first to die in an accident. I also suspected that he was the mastermind behind the murder. He faked his death to escape, but after sending people to investigate, we found that there was nothing unusual about him.”

Zhou You nodded, but then another thought came to mind.

"By the way, there should be quite a few people in their group, right? What about the other survivors? Can we still contact them?"

Lin Chen was taken aback, seemingly not having considered this possibility, but he quickly spoke up.

"No problem, I'll do it now."

But before he could finish speaking, a bodyguard rushed upstairs and whispered a few words in his ear.

As a result, Lin Chen's expression also began to turn very ugly.

"Excuse me, Mr. Zhou, I just received this news."

"—Two more people have died in their university clubs."

　There are still 4000 words to write tonight.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)