After I traveled through the book, I gained a humanoid pendant

Chapter 241

Manager Liu jumped up from the bed, opened the door and buttoned his clothes, and said angrily: "What ghost? Did you see it with your own eyes? Don't talk nonsense!"

The waiter was so anxious that his forehead was sweating profusely: "Really, boss, please go and have a look!"

Shopkeeper Liu walked quickly, secretly scolding: "You really can't shout!"

The two hurried to the second floor. Ni Yangzhou, who had gotten up early to practice swordplay in the courtyard, also heard the noise. He looked back and saw that there was no movement in his master's room, so he reported outside the door, "Master, shall I go take a look?"

No response.

No response means tacit consent.

Ni Yangzhou raised his sword and caught up with Manager Liu.

When the three of them gathered, the door of the first guest room on the south side of the second floor was wide open, but there was no one in the corridor.

The surroundings were eerily quiet.

Ni Yangzhou smelled a strange smell and without time to identify it, he concentrated his attention and looked inside the house.

Shopkeeper Liu and the waiter followed closely behind, and when they entered the house they found that what the waiter said was true.

There was a naked male corpse lying face down in the room, without any clothes on, but his skin was shiny, plump and lustrous.

The strange thing was the posture of the male corpse, with his hands stretched forward and his hind legs tightly together, as if he was trying to reach something, and his body was stretched as a stiff bowstring. It was a posture that a living person could not make, and anyone who saw it would get goose bumps.

Shopkeeper Liu was so frightened that his beard began to tremble: "Master Huaiyu, this..."

The waiter hid behind the shopkeeper, half of his head exposed, refusing to look any further, and only said in a trembling voice: "It was the ascetic who stayed here yesterday, his name was Wang. He asked me to wake him up early this morning, saying that he wanted to prepare for the election. Who would have thought that he would die!"

Ni Yangzhou walked closer, looked around, and picked up a wooden sword from the table. It was made of peach wood struck by lightning and had a string of ancient coins on it. It was the most common magical weapon for ascetics.

The young man was reluctant to part with his precious sword, so he turned the body over with the peach wood sword. The sword's owner was about thirty years old, and looked young. It was unknown what level of cultivation he had reached when he was alive.

To join the Minghong Sect one must build a foundation, otherwise it will be difficult to move around in the sect. But when accepting disciples, they only need to enter the third level of Qi Refining. They will first be outer disciples, registered and practicing in the Taoist temple at the foot of the mountain, and then go up the mountain to enter the barrier after building a foundation.

Ni Yangzhou had a bad feeling when he looked at the man who died in such a strange way.

Manager Liu was upset, but at least he knew that Ni Yangzhou and others were in charge, so he just waved to the waiter and said, "Close the door tightly, and don't make any noise. If others hear it, the reputation of the inn will be ruined."

Ni Yangzhou immediately realized that something was wrong.

The waiter screamed in the early morning, although he suppressed his voice, it was not small. Why didn't anyone in the entire corridor come out to check?

Shopkeeper Liu saw the young man quickly rush out of the room, rush to the corridor and open all the remaining nine doors in succession, but there was no voice asking questions.

Oops.

After Ni Yangzhou opened all the rooms, he amplified his voice and shouted in the middle of the corridor:

"rise!"

"rise!"

"rise!"

Within a few seconds, two more screams were heard, and some people began to stick their heads out of the door, cursing and rubbing their heads. When they saw the terrified people in the chaotic corridor, they suddenly realized that they seemed to be involved in some strange incident.

Including the monk named Wang, there were three bodies in total, two men and one woman.

The first floor of the inn is where three waiters and Manager Liu live. The second floor is full, with a total of twelve people, eight of whom are single rooms and two rooms are occupied by two couples.

The dead man and woman were the husband and wife of two couples respectively. At this time, one of the partners, the female partner, was dressed as a traveling trader and was lying beside her husband's naked body, crying and breaking down.

Everyone gathered together in a noisy manner, and screams broke out one after another after seeing the corpse. Ni Yangzhou pulled down the bed sheet and covered the body of his dead wife in another room. The stunned husband next to him also looked like a Taoist priest, but with disheveled hair and a look of horror and disbelief. The young man sighed, making sure that the body was wrapped well enough to provide a cover, and then he opened the door.

Someone in the crowd shouted, "Call the police! Call the police!"

Some people hurriedly picked up their luggage and rushed downstairs, but were stopped by Manager Liu: "Someone has died suddenly, how can you run away without knowing why? I will send someone to report to the police right away, please wait!"

The person who wanted to run away was a Taoist monk. He said angrily, "Who knows if you are the evil one who wants to kill me? I was meditating last night, but I fainted for no apparent reason. Did you drug me? I won't stay! Get out of the way!"

The people around also echoed: "I feel dizzy too! No wonder my head hurts so much this morning!"

"Yes! Yes! I didn't hear it so loud!"

As they were talking, a few more people rushed downstairs and ran towards the entrance of the inn, but suddenly they heard a few muffled noises.

"Oh no! There's a barrier at the door! We can't get out!"

"Boundary? What is that?"

“I can’t even get out of the window!”

"Call the police! Call the police!"

"This is a black shop that kills people for money! Let me out!"

"There's a ghost! Let me go!"

There are ascetics who come to participate in the election, and there are also ordinary mortals who are not even known to the ascetics.

Ni Yangzhou looked at the chaos with worry. He passed several men and women who were arguing with Manager Liu, hoping that Manager Liu would be strong and hold on for a while. The young man jumped to the first floor and looked into the waiter's room. Sure enough, the waiters in the other two single rooms were also dead, but they were on the bed with the quilt spread out. At first glance, they looked no different from sleeping.

Including the one on the second floor, there are five in total.

Their limbs were stiff and they were naked, but their faces were rosy, their skin was shiny, and their expressions were peaceful, but they were no longer breathing.

Ni Yangzhou turned over the overturned table and groped his way to the entrance of the inn. Sure enough, there was an invisible barrier blocking the way.

The young man turned around and went back to the backyard, suppressed his anxiety, went to his master's room, and without asking any questions, he rushed directly to the bedroom, just as he expected.

The master is not here.

There was only an open window in the empty room, and a few fallen flowers were blown in onto the table.

When did you start to be absent?

Ni Yangzhou took out his master's communication jade token from the storage ring and infused spiritual power into it, but the jade token showed no movement. He then tried Yuan Jia and Hong Ying's, but there was still no response.

The young man walked to the center of the courtyard and looked up. The sky was still blue, the clouds were white, and the silver-blue sword was summoned from his ring. Ni Yangzhou flew the sword up only a few meters, and when it reached the height of the roof of the second floor of the inn, it reached the edge of the barrier and could not go up even an inch.

Ni Yangzhou walked back to the front building of the inn with heavy steps and confirmed a fact.

They are trapped.