When you encounter a weasel on the road asking for a title, appoint it as the Jade Emperor.

As Zhang Chuyu finished cleaning, it gradually got dark.

I had dinner at the night market next door.

By eleven o'clock, it was almost time.

He drove his Jinbei van towards Wuli Street.

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Tan City is not large; it's more like a slightly larger county town than a city.

It's 11 p.m.

There are very few pedestrians on the streets now.

Neon lights flashed along the roadside, illuminating the entire city.

Wuli Street is less than 20 minutes away from Zhang Chuyu.

This place is located in the northwest of Tan City, in the suburbs, and the national highway is not far away.

Therefore, not many families lived there.

Apartment building number 81 is an old apartment building.

It was built thirty or forty years ago.

I parked the car in the corner parking space.

Get out of the car.

Zhang Chuyu stepped into the street.

The suburbs were quiet at midnight.

The silence was unsettling.

Only the occasional sound made by stray animals.

There weren't many people on this street to begin with, especially after the incident at apartment building number 81.

Those who were able to move out have basically left temporarily.

However, Zhang Chuyu didn't care at all.

He strolled leisurely toward the apartment building.

After walking for two or three minutes, we saw our destination.

In front of the gate, a slightly yellowed sign was still shining.

Several large characters appeared above.

Apartment 81.

"The aura of menace is quite strong."

Zhang Chuyu stood at the entrance of the stairwell and briefly sensed the surroundings.

They immediately sensed an overwhelming malevolent aura emanating from the building.

Such places are the favorite haunts of ghosts.

Just as people like light, ghosts also like chaos and darkness.

"Congratulations, host, you have successfully triggered the system mission: Apartment Building No. 81. You will receive a large reward after completing the system mission."

Suddenly, the system's voice echoed in Zhang Chuyu's mind.

Zhang Chuyu's face immediately lit up with joy.

The mission has actually been triggered!

It seems that triggering this system task is not too difficult.

In this way, the speed at which one's cultivation level improves will be absolutely terrifying.

"Develop first, don't be reckless. I'll stop eating beef when I'm invincible."

Zhang Chuyu set herself a small goal.

I wonder what kind of good stuff this mission will reward me with.

I regained my composure.

He prepared to go upstairs.

"Let's go check room 304 first."

Just as Zhang Chuyu reached the stairs.

pat-

Suddenly, a door was pushed open.

A hand reached out from inside and pulled Zhang Chuyu inside.

Zhang Chuyu did not dodge.

He went inside.

He could sense that the owner of the arm was a living person.

"Are they out of their minds?! They even dare to come to apartment building number 81!"

Under the dim light, a somewhat disheveled young man in his twenties with dyed green hair appeared before me.

However, after the young man clearly saw the Taoist robe Zhang Chuyu was wearing...

Then, in surprise, he asked, "You...you're a Taoist priest?"

"Is the little head a bit green?"

The young man was even more surprised: "How did you know my online name?"

Zhang Chuyu: "..."

It really is this guy.

You actually dyed this thing green?

Moreover, there was a tuft of green on the top of the head.

Hard to comment.

I saw your comment.

Zhang Chuyu did not hide anything.

"Comment?"

The disheveled young man immediately understood, and his face lit up with surprise: "So that's how it is! Then, Taoist priest, are you here to exorcise ghosts and ward off evil spirits!?"

"How do you know there are ghosts or evil spirits in this building? Maybe someone is committing murder."

Zhang Chuyu spoke calmly, glancing around the room as she did so.

The house isn't big, with two bedrooms and a living room, and it's quite clean.

The young man's face stiffened, then he chuckled and said, "Taoist priest, stop joking. If it were human doing something, the police would be the ones coming. Besides, the police have investigated several times before and have said that those people committed suicide."

"You're a Taoist priest, what else are you here for if not to exorcise ghosts?"

The explanation is indeed reasonable.

Zhang Chuyu nodded: "You're right, this apartment building is indeed haunted, and there's more than one."

"Is it really a ghost!?"

The green-haired youth wasn't scared at all; in fact, he got excited.

"Master, to be honest, I'm a ghost story writer, and recently I've hit a creative block. Could you show me some real ghosts?"

"I can show you the way, and I also know some information that no one else knows!"

And this is great news.

Zhang Chuyu agreed without even thinking.

"OK."

The two then left the room and headed upstairs.

On the way, Zhang Chuyu learned that the green-haired youth was named Hu Jie.

As for why he dyed his hair green, he said those who know, know.

Zhang Chuyu patted him on the shoulder to show her understanding.

"By the way, you said online before that these four people have a secret that no one knows? What do you mean by that?"

Hearing Zhang Chuyu's question.

Hu Jie smiled mysteriously: "Daoist Master, you've come to the right person."

"When I told other people, they didn't believe me and even cursed at me!"

"But I do know some of the private details of these four victims."

The two walked in the hallway, which was quiet and still.

Only Hu Jie whispered: "You know, I'm a supernatural novelist. We novelists, especially those of me who write supernatural novels, have very irregular schedules. It's hard to find inspiration during the day; we're usually active at night."

Zhang Chuyu nodded.

That's true. Scientifically speaking, brain cells are more active at night, and according to Taoism, night belongs to Yin, so writing Yin during Yin time is naturally smoother than writing during Yang time.

Hu Jie continued, "This story begins three months ago when I moved here."

"Our place is very remote, and there's a garbage dump nearby, so a lot of abandoned pets have gathered around here."

"When I first moved here, those animals often came to the vicinity of our apartment building. You know what, I couldn't sleep at night for a while, and I often fed them."

Hu Jie's expression didn't seem like he was lying; you could tell he was quite kind-hearted.

"But I noticed that these small animals always had injuries, and many of them were limping."

"At first I didn't pay attention, until half a month later, I had something to do that day, so I got up in the afternoon. When I finished my work in the evening and was about to feed the stray animals, I found a little boy chasing and hitting the animals with a stick."

"One of the puppies had its leg broken because it was running too slowly. If I hadn't stopped it, that puppy would probably have been beaten to death on the spot. And I saw him chasing and beating those pets many times afterward."

At this point, Hu Jie became somewhat angry: "Daoist Master, do you think this brat is born bad? He's been this bad since he was little, and I bet he won't be any better when he grows up."

"That dead boy, is that the one you're talking about?" Zhang Chuyu suddenly asked.

"Yes!" Hu Jie nodded.

"It wasn't just him, but also the female anchor and the old man who lived in room 501; they all harmed abandoned pets."

"That female streamer is especially despicable. She was in a bad mood because she lost a game, so she often tricked stray animals into coming to her home! Then she took out her anger on those animals."

"And that old man, but some of the little animals were so hungry that they stole his food, so he used rat poison to kill a lot of them. I saw six or seven corpses being carried out of their house in the middle of the night, and I buried them all."

"I thought they would definitely be punished back then, and now look what happened, they're all dead."

"Master, do you think it's because they did too many evil deeds and this is retribution that they lost their lives?"

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