Holding a lantern, guiding souls across, Lady Hou comes from the underworld.

Outside the window, the wind and snow raged.

Inside, all was silent.

Yu Lang found that the more he tried to search his mind for evidence of his past, the more confused and unclear his memories became.

This feeling is even scarier than encountering a ghost!

"Lord Ren, I have a bad feeling. We must be trapped by something..."

"But I just...can't remember what happened?"

Ren Fengjue had the same feeling; to be precise, this feeling grew stronger ever since he discovered the abandoned post station.

Just as Yu Lang said, although he could sense something was wrong, he just couldn't remember what it was.

My thoughts are hazy, and my memories are disordered.

It really does look like it's trapped by something.

"Don't panic."

Ren Fengjue knew that the more critical the moment, the more he needed to analyze the situation calmly. He tried to piece together his fragmented memories.

"I feel that we did come here, and even stayed overnight in this villa."

"The problem must lie within this villa..."

Following his words, Yu Lang thought about it carefully and suddenly felt a chill run down his spine: "It seems...it really is true, I have a vague memory of it too."

"But if you really have been here, why don't you remember?"

Most importantly, they went through it all again…

Does this mean that they have been trapped without their knowledge?

Yan Zhengchu and A Xia, who were standing nearby, also fell into self-doubt after hearing the conversation between the two.

Master Yan simply took out various magical artifacts to test the waters. After trying all the methods that could make the spirits appear, the manor remained as silent as still water.

Only the wind and snow outside the window howled incessantly.

Xia Ximo looked around and then patted the Soul-Crossing Lamp, but there was no response from inside.

She then realized a problem.

Throughout the journey, Wuyou remained quiet and didn't utter a sound.

As a chatterbox, this makes him seem quite suspicious.

Could this place also have an influence on ghosts?

Xia Ximo frowned slightly, then simply used his soul power to pull Wuyou directly out of the lamp.

Wuyou emerged from the lamp and immediately took human form, but lay on the ground in a deep sleep.

The others were all taken aback when they discovered its existence.

Yu Lang exclaimed in surprise, "Taoist Master... is this a ghost that was revealed by your magic artifact?"

Yan Zhengchu glanced at it, then shook his head: "No..."

Strangely enough, he remembered that this lamp spirit didn't have a physical form before...

After Ren Fengjue met Wuyou, he took the initiative to explain to Yu Lang, "This is the spirit of the lamp."

Yu Lang immediately understood and asked in a low voice, "Is it the ugly lamp you took that day?"

Ren Fengjue immediately glanced at him sideways.

Yu Lang quickly corrected himself: "I misspoke, it's a lotus lantern! A black lotus lantern!"

Seeing that Wuyou had fallen asleep as soon as it lay down, Xia Ximo went over and kicked it twice without any hesitation.

Wuyou barely opened her eyes, looked around, and saw so many eyes staring at her. She was so frightened that she sat up in fright.

"How did I... get out?"

Just as it was about to hide back inside the lamp, Xia Ximo grabbed it and said, "Stop."

Wuyou glanced at Ren Fengjue, then at Yan Zhengchu, and finally at Xia Ximo, about to speak: "Mo...Mo..."

Suddenly, she was startled by a sharp glare and quickly changed her words: "Miss Mo, is it inappropriate for me to be here?"

Xia Ximo countered, "Didn't you notice anything wrong?"

Wuyou shook her head vigorously, then let out a long yawn and said, "All I know is that I'm very sleepy..."

"Sleepy?"

"Wait! Why am I sleepy?"

As a lamp spirit, it had been dormant before being summoned by the underworld.

Therefore, after coming to the human world, it does not need to sleep.

But now, it actually feels sleepy...

Wuyou was timid to begin with, and after thinking about this, she was even more terrified and quickly hid behind Xia Ximo.

"Mo...Mo, there's definitely something wrong with this place."

"..."

Inside the hall, everyone stared at it, which, in the form of a "big man," cowered behind Xia Ximo, and for a moment they were speechless.

Xia Ximo pulled it directly from behind her to the front: "If there were no problem, I wouldn't have called you out. Don't fall asleep again."

Wuyou responded and began to wonder why she was so sleepy…

Xia Ximo glanced at Ren Fengjue again and said, "If the problem really lies within this manor, then it's very possible that we did come here, but we never actually left."

Yan Zhengchu's expression hardened: "It's an illusion again!"

Xia Ximo nodded: "Let's figure out how to break through this realm."

Yan Zhengchu walked to the window and looked out at the surrounding mountains, which were covered in a white expanse, and frowned.

"If this is truly an illusion, it seems even more powerful than the 'Prajna Realm'."

"Most importantly, when did we enter this illusion without any warning?"

Yu Lang said, "No wonder there are no signs of bandits having been here despite the size of this manor..."

Ren Fengjue replied, "Perhaps they have been here before, but they encountered the same situation as us."

Yu Lang added his analysis, "Sir, if we really came here and even stayed overnight, the manor would surely have left traces, wouldn't it?"

Ren Fengjue pondered for a moment, then pointed to the side door: "Let's go take a look at the inner courtyard."

The group then moved from the hall to the back courtyard and went into the bedrooms to take a look.

However, at a glance, all that could be seen were dusty beds, tables, chairs, and even cabinets.

There was absolutely no sign of anyone having been there.

Looking at this scene, Yu Lang couldn't help but fall into self-doubt again.

"...Haven't we been here before?"

He looked at Ren Fengjue: "My lord, how could this be?"

Ren Fengjue also felt as if his memories had been altered.

But then, a scene flashed through her mind—A-Xia had been hit on the foot by a chair that had fallen over while cleaning one of the guest rooms…

He immediately said to Asha, "Take off your right shoe and take a look..."

Although A-Xia was somewhat puzzled, she still did as instructed.

However, after removing the shoes and socks, and shining a lantern on them, a large bruise was indeed visible on the instep.

Even Ah Xia herself was surprised. "No wonder my feet always feel a little sore. What's going on?"

Yu Lang asked, "It looks like a fresh wound. Where did you get it?"

A-Xia shook her head blankly: "I don't remember."

Everyone looked at Ren Fengjue.

Lord Ren remained silent and turned to walk back into the hall.

He first carefully shone the lantern on the ground, and then walked over to a piece of jade and examined it closely.

Yu Lang, who was following behind him, couldn't help but ask, "Sir, what have you discovered?"

Ren Fengjue replied, "All traces have disappeared, including the footprints we just left."

The ground was covered in thick dust, and everyone had just come from the snow; every step they took would inevitably leave footprints…

But at this moment, apart from the newly placed footprints, all the previous footprints on the ground had disappeared.