After the divorce, my identity as a miracle doctor was exposed.

The rain finally stopped.

But the night sky over the provincial capital remained gloomy, without a single star.

The Maybach drove away from the city and ascended the winding mountain road. The surrounding vegetation grew denser, while the streetlights became fewer and fewer. The temperature in the air seemed to drop several degrees with the increase in altitude, and a layer of white mist rose on the car windows.

Half an hour later.

The car stopped in front of a huge wrought iron gate.

The gate was rusted and covered with dead ivy, like a sealed spider web. The four characters "Qianlong Manor" on the gate had been peeled away by years of wind and rain, leaving only mottled black paint, making it look more like "Qiangui Manor".

"Sir, we've arrived."

Liu Hongyan, who had been waiting there, came forward to greet her. She had changed into a smart trench coat, but the chill of the desolate wilderness still made her pull her collar tighter.

"This is the best-located manor in the provincial capital, but also the most haunted. Because of the legend of that 'family massacre,' this place was abandoned for ten years, and I bought it for a pittance."

Liu Hongyan looked at the enormous, dark creature with some worry:

"Sir, how about we make do at a hotel tonight? I just went in and took a look around, and I had this feeling... a chill down my spine, like there were eyes watching me."

Lin Yu pushed open the door and got out of the car.

He stood at the gate and took a deep breath.

A thick, malevolent aura, carrying the scent of rotting earth, rushed straight into my lungs through my nasal cavity.

For ordinary people, this aura can cause a serious illness or even hallucinations.

But in Lin Yu's eyes...

His eyes narrowed slightly, and a faint light flickered deep within his pupils.

A thick layer of black clouds covered the entire manor, and within the clouds, nine long black mist dragons could be seen rolling and roaring, tightly locking something underground.

"Nine Dragons Locking Evil Formation".

A satisfied smile curved Lin Yu's lips.

"A good place. This malevolent energy has been nurtured for ten years, and its purity is extremely high. It's more effective than any hundred-year-old ginseng."

"Huh?" Liu Hongyan and Su Qianxue, who had just gotten out of the car, were both stunned.

Malevolent energy? Does it work?

"Go in."

Lin Yu pushed open the rusty door, which made a long, teeth-grinding creak, as if it had startled the sleeping spirits inside.

……

Although the manor had been urgently cleaned by Liu Hongyan's men, it still couldn't conceal the deep-seated desolation.

The huge crystal chandelier was covered in dust, the expensive Persian carpet smelled musty, and the wallpaper in the corner had peeled off, revealing dark red bricks underneath, like pieces of dried blood scabs.

"Hongyan, go and attend to the acquisition of the Zhao family's assets. You don't need to stay here tonight," Lin Yu instructed.

"Yes, sir." Liu Hongyan felt like she had been granted a pardon. She didn't want to stay a minute longer and drove away as if she were escaping.

The vast manor was suddenly left with only Lin Yu and Su Qianxue.

No, perhaps there is "something else".

"Um... Lin Yu..."

Clutching the black umbrella she'd brought back from the Zhao family, Su Qianxue shrank back, her voice trembling, "Where...where will we stay?"

Lin Yu pointed to the master bedroom on the second floor:

"I live in the master bedroom; that's the core of the formation."

Then he pointed to a dark and damp little room at the end of the first-floor corridor:

"That's the maid's room, you'll stay there."

Su Qianxue glanced at the room.

The location was extremely remote, right next to a deserted well in the back garden. The door was broken and dark, like the mouth of a coffin.

"I...can I sleep on the second floor? Even the hallway is fine..." Su Qianxue was on the verge of tears, "I'm scared..."

"Afraid?"

Lin Yu sneered and turned to go upstairs.

"You'd even run over a living person with your car, why would you be afraid of a dead one?"

"Ms. Su, remember your place. A nanny should act like a nanny. If you don't want to stay here, go sleep in the yard."

"Bang!"

The door to the master bedroom on the second floor was closed.

Su Qianxue stood in the empty hall, surrounded by deathly silence.

Occasionally, a draft would blow through the room, making a "whooshing" sound, like a woman crying softly.

She gritted her teeth and forced herself to walk into the nanny's room.

There was only one hard bed in the room, and although the bedding was new, it felt damp to the touch.

Su Qianxue dared not turn off the light, or even take off her clothes. She just hugged her knees and huddled in the corner of the bed, her eyes fixed on the dilapidated window.

Time passed second by second.

Midnight.

The time when Yin energy is at its strongest.

"Tick-tock".

"Tick-tock".

A clear sound of dripping water suddenly rang out in the room.

Su Qianxue froze.

There's no tap in the room, so where did the sound of water come from?

She turned her head stiffly to look at the source of the sound—the ceiling.

On the already mottled ceiling, a dark red stain had appeared at some point.

The stain spread rapidly, and then...

A drop of viscous, red liquid dripped from the ceiling.

Snapped.

It landed right on the back of Su Qianxue's hand.

Su Qianxue instinctively touched it.

It was sticky and had a rusty smell.

It's blood?!

"ah!!!"

Su Qianxue screamed, jumped out of bed, and rushed out of the room like a madwoman.

However, the outer corridor was even more terrifying.

The wall lamp, which had been off, flickered on and off, and the peeling plaster on the wall somehow formed distorted human faces, seemingly laughing at her.

The whooshing sound of the wind in my ears turned into a clear scream:

"Give me back my life...give me back my life..."

"Lin Yu! Lin Yu! Help!!"

Su Qianxue completely broke down. She scrambled upstairs and frantically pounded on the master bedroom door.

"Open the door! Please open the door! There's a ghost! There really is a ghost!"

At this moment, all dignity and face are no longer important.

All she wanted was to hide in that man's arms, even if he scolded or hit her, as long as she could be by his side!

"roll."

Lin Yu's icy voice came from inside the door.

"I'm practicing my martial arts. If you make any more noise, I'll throw you into the well."

Su Qianxue's hand froze in mid-air.

In despair, she slid down against the door and collapsed to the ground.

A sliver of bluish light peeked through the crack in the door, and an extremely cold aura seeped out from within, even colder than the ghostly aura outside.

What she didn't know was...

There was nothing particularly beautiful about the master bedroom at that moment.

Lin Yu sat cross-legged in the center of the room.

The windows were wide open.

The dark clouds outside the window were forming a huge vortex, rushing into the room and finally all of them entered Lin Yu's mouth and nose!

He is devouring evil spirits.

The resentment and yin energy that would be fatal to ordinary people were transformed into the purest true essence by the Ancient Medical Immortal Technique, which cleansed his meridians.

"Nine Dragons Locking the Evil? Ha, the Zhao family buried nine living people as stakes to suppress the dragon vein of this land back then."

Lin Yu opened his eyes, a flash of golden light in his pupils.

"The methods are ruthless, but unfortunately, I got off easy."

As the malevolent energy entered his body, Lin Yu's internal energy surged.

Peak of the fourth level of Qi Refining... Breakthrough!

Qi Refining Level 5!

"boom!"

An invisible wave of energy erupted from the villa and swept outwards.

The ghostly figures, cries, and bloody illusions downstairs vanished instantly under the impact of this extremely powerful and yang energy!

In the corridor.

Su Qianxue was hugging her knees and shivering when she suddenly felt a warmth around her.

The terrifying sounds disappeared, and the chilling sense of being watched was gone too.

Instead, a reassuring warmth wafted continuously from the crack in the door behind me.

She turned around and pressed her face against the cold door.

It's like someone who's about to freeze to death in a blizzard, huddled against the only heater.

"Lin Yu..."

Su Qianxue murmured to herself, tears wetting the crack in the door.

Even though he didn't open the door, even though he told her to get out.

But for some reason, as long as he was inside, this haunted house filled with evil spirits became the safest place in the world.

That night.

Su Qianxue curled up at Lin Yu's door, like a watchdog, and fell into a deep sleep.

There are no ghosts in dreams.

Only the figure of the one who once cooked porridge for her in the kitchen gradually faded into the distance.