A dating guide turned into being surrounded by female ghosts?

Chapter 81 A Mouthful of Money

The third floor on the east side of Building 1, Pingxiangyuan.

Looking back on the four days since entering Pingxiang Garden, Li San felt that today was both extremely lucky and extremely unlucky.

He is currently hiding in room number 309.

The floor of the room was covered with a thin layer of paper money, and the surrounding area was filled with lifeless plastic wreaths.

In addition, a black ebony photo frame was placed in the center of the living room, and the old woman's expression in the photo was frozen in a stiff smile.

In front of the photo frame, there was a heavy urn containing ashes.

This is a funeral parlor.

This also means that in Pingxiang Garden, this room was for the dead.

Li San was unaware of this at the time.

In his panic, in an attempt to escape the terrifying full-time employee, he stumbled into the house where the dead lived.

The result was as expected.

They happened to run into the original owner of the house.

When he saw the old woman in the blue funeral clothes walking towards him with a blank expression and a look of death on her face.

Li San was so frightened that half of his three souls and seven spirits were instantly lost.

However, he was quite lucky.

When there was chaos in the building before.

He ran around aimlessly like a headless fly, and by sheer luck, he found a strange object in an empty, dead house.

So, when the old woman was about to start killing...

He immediately remembered this item and took it out.

As a result, the thing released a plume of black smoke right in front of him, driving the old woman away, which allowed him to take over the house that only the dead could live in.

"Whoosh—whoosh—"

Still shaken, Li San gripped the small, yellowish-brown jar, about the size of a pear, tightly in his hand, panting heavily.

Until his breathing calmed down considerably.

He then removed the mask from his face, held the jar up to his eyes, and carefully turned it around.

Looking at this thing, his pupils gleamed with greed, and his lips trembled.

This thing is definitely the legendary eerie relic!

Who would have thought that Li San would have such a lucky day, finding such a treasure on his first time as a hunter.

You should know that these bizarre relics can easily fetch tens of millions of dollars on that crappy website.

The jar in his hand could even drive away ghosts.

It will definitely be worth more.

So all I have to do is wait until I can get out of this Pingxiang Garden, and then I can sell this thing!

From now on, I can do nothing and live off my savings for the rest of my life!

As he imagined his future happy life, Li San became increasingly excited. Even hiding in this terrifying mourning hall, he couldn't control his excitement.

"Knock knock—"

However, just as he was about to drool...

Suddenly, a dull knocking sounded at the door.

Li San was startled and quickly put the precious jar into his pocket, staring warily at the door.

"Another ghost?"

He held his breath and didn't dare to breathe too loudly.

But the door was pushed open the next second.

A man wearing a clown mask walked in from outside.

In traditional Chinese opera, roles are divided into five categories: male, female, painted-face, old man, and clown. The clown is often a comical and embarrassing character who makes people laugh.

But such a mask is especially unsettling in this kind of place.

Li San's eyes glazed over slightly.

Is that him?

He remembered quite clearly that just over half an hour ago, this guy had gathered everyone together in a short period of time and arranged everything that had happened before.

A hint of wariness flashed in Li San's eyes.

He wondered to himself, "What's this guy doing in this room?"

He crouched down, hiding behind the wall, and carefully observed the clown's movements.

Li San originally thought he had hidden himself very well.

But the clown seemed to have an automatic locking function, directly turning his gaze to the spot where he was hiding.

"What's the point of hiding? Since I was able to find this room so accurately, doesn't that mean I've been following you all along?" the clown said with a smile.

It was as if he had shed some kind of disguise.

The voice no longer sounded as lifeless as before.

Instead, it was filled with a sense of mockery and smugness.

Li San was even more startled, but he still stepped out from behind the wall. He took out a dagger strapped to his thigh and said coldly, "Why are you following me?"

The two stood facing each other across the urn on the table.

The clown tilted his neck.

"Of course... it's for the strange relic in your possession. Isn't everyone here for this thing? I've been watching you for a long time. I thought I'd have a chance after leaving the building, but I didn't expect that the garden owner to be so ruthless. Well, there's nothing I can do but make my move now."

Hearing that the strange relic he had kept hidden for so long, unknown to anyone, was simply revealed.

You can imagine how shocked Li San was.

But he was clearly no simple man either. Almost without thinking, after realizing that the newcomer meant trouble, he suddenly thrust the dagger in his hand into the clown's carotid artery.

"Whoosh—"

This strike was sudden, ruthless, and swift.

It cut through the air with a cold, whistling sound.

But the clown just smirked and gave a cold laugh.

"snort."

I don't know what he did.

The person was still standing in the same spot, without even taking their hand out.

Li San felt as if all his strength had been drained from his body, his legs went weak, and he fell straight to the ground.

"Snap—"

The flesh on his body slapped the ground with a crisp sound.

Ignoring the pain in his body.

He braced himself against the ground with both hands, trying to stand up as quickly as possible.

It was as if he had seen a ghost; he couldn't muster even the slightest bit of strength.

Not only that.

His hands were covered with strange black bruises.

Li San stared at the marks on his hands, his mind momentarily blank.

What's the cause of these bruises?

He didn't even remember it a few minutes ago? How come...?

But he realized what was happening in the next second, his eyes widening as he looked down at the person who was smiling, as if watching a comedic clown.

"You also have strange relics?!"

The clown didn't deny it, and looked on with great interest, saying, "Of course."

The bruises on the back of Li San's hands grew wildly.

He is terrified now.

"That bastard is definitely a seasoned hunter! I've fallen for his trick!"

Li San frantically racked his brains for a way to escape.

But his body seemed to be answering his question; he couldn't get up no matter what he did, and he couldn't muster any strength.

Finally, having no other choice, he could only plead for mercy, "Brother, please let me go! I can give you the things."

But the clown remained unmoved, instead sneering, "Ha, that was originally mine, and you're giving it back to me with conditions?!"

Li San was shocked and wanted to say something more.

The clown didn't give him that chance at all. He picked up the dagger that had fallen to the ground and stabbed Li San hard in the neck.

"Pfft—"

A fountain of blood gushed from his neck.

Li San's body quickly grew cold.

The clown looked around with satisfaction, casually stuck the dagger into Li San's thigh, then used the corpse's back as a seat and sat down.

He rolled up his sleeve and saw that, just like the corpse beneath him, there was a large patch of bruises inside.

But he didn't care at all. After putting away the clothes, he took out a compass from his pocket.

The compass seemed to have been buried in the ground not long ago; its surface was covered with a ring of rust, and it was badly damaged.

The compass, which should have been pointing south, trembled and pointed in a strange, completely unrelated direction.

The clown looked in the direction the pointer pointed and muttered, "Did the paper bag and the fox hide over there?"

"Should we go over there too?"

"...Let's just forget about it."

"That garden owner is not someone to be trifled with."

"I've already smashed down the front door, so let's not provoke them anymore."

"Once the darkness dissipates, let's leave as soon as possible. We won't be able to come back to this city for a while."

After talking to himself like a lunatic for a long time.

The clown then put away the compass, took out an ancient coin from his person, and put it in his mouth.

That ancient coin also seems to be a strange relic.

After it enters your mouth.

The clown quickly went cold and stiffened, even stopping breathing.

His body swayed for a moment, then with a "thud," he collapsed next to Li San's corpse.

Chad looked.

Just like there are two corpses in this room.

The practice of placing a coin in the mouth, also known as "mouth offering," was a custom in the past. When an elder in the family passed away, a coin would be placed in their mouth in hopes of good fortune and wealth in the next life.