39: Sophora japonica

Zhang Xiaoli said discontentedly, "This can't be someone specifically here to freeload, can it?"

Qin Shi smiled and said, "It's just a small dish for drinks and a bowl of soup, don't worry about it."

An Qian pointed at the rolling thick fog in the distance and asked in confusion, "Why did such a thick fog suddenly appear?"

The thick fog came very fiercely, reaching the front of the house in a short while, then spreading inside the house.

Under the cover of the thick fog, Qin Shi couldn't even see the two women opposite him.

A ball of red flame rose from An Qian's hand, illuminating the entire hall.

"How strange, the power of my ability flame seems to have doubled."

After Qin Shi took out a desk lamp to illuminate the area, An Qian flicked her right hand, and the flame flew towards a chair in the hall.

"Bang!"

The chair instantly ignited.

The power had indeed increased significantly.

A flickering ball of lightning also appeared in Qin Shi's hand, and he flicked it outwards, striking a bowl-sized fruit tree in the yard.

The fruit tree was broken in one strike, and at the same time, a cluster of flames emerged from the broken end.

Qin Shi was a little worried, "I wonder if the enhancement of our abilities is due to this thick fog or the changes in the entire Blue Star's environment?"

Zhang Xiaoli brought the last dish to the table and said, "Don't think about it, let's eat first."

An Qian also added, "Since we are here, we might as well make ourselves at home. Only by being full can we better cope with future crises."

Qin Shi nodded in agreement, and he and the two women began their sumptuous dinner.

Night fell.

The thick fog not only didn't dissipate but became even denser.

Even with a strong flashlight, one could barely see anything beyond ten meters.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh."

Suddenly, strange wailing sounds came from outside the villa.

"There aren't any ghosts, are there?"

Zhang Xiaoli unconsciously leaned closer to Qin Shi.

An Qian tried to sound calm and said, "How can there be ghosts in this world?"

However, after she finished speaking, she also shifted to her left, sitting on Qin Shi's right side.

"Here, have a drink."

Qin Shi took out three bottles of still-chilled happy fat house water, unscrewed them, and handed them to the two women, saying calmly, "This should be the sound of the strong wind blowing through the big trees. Don't scare yourselves."

Leaning against Qin Shi and drinking a few sips of the iced fat house water, the unease in the two women's hearts dissipated somewhat.

Suddenly, a dark shadow flashed past outside the balcony.

An Qian, who happened to see this scene, quickly turned on her strong flashlight and shined it outside the balcony, "What is that thing?"

"What's there?"

Zhang Xiaoli looked up and out, following the light.

The dark shadow floated past the front of the balcony once again.

"Ah!"

An Qian and Zhang Xiaoli screamed simultaneously, each tightly clutching one of Qin Shi's arms.

Both of them had clearly seen the faint shadow just now.

It was a figure dressed in black, with blood flowing from all seven orifices and a pale face.

The figure floated slowly past the balcony, its feet off the ground, and even turned to give them a sinister smile.

"You two wait for me here, I'll go to the balcony and take a look."

Qin Shi tried to pull his hands free, but he touched two soft spots, causing his heart to tremble.

"No, we'll go with you."

An Qian and Zhang Xiaoli said in unison.

The sensation from his arms as he moved made Qin Shi's heart waver.

Arriving on the balcony, he turned on his strong flashlight and shone it around.

There was nothing but thick fog, he found nothing.

"Give me back my life."

Suddenly, a sinister voice came from behind him.

Turning around, he saw an old woman in a long black dress slowly walking towards them with her hands outstretched.

The old woman's disheveled hair covered half of her face, and the eyes that occasionally showed were only whites with no pupils.

"Ghosts!"

The two women shrieked and hurriedly hid behind Qin Shi.

"Sisters, you're stepping on me."

Suddenly, a child's voice rose from beneath An Qian and the others' feet.

They looked down and saw that they were stepping on both sides of a three-year-old child's face.

The child had big dark circles under his eyes, and his entire head was pressed into the floor by An Qian and the others' feet.

"Hehe!"

After the two women pulled Qin Shi to the side, the child raised his head and chuckled sinisterly.

"Get out of my house!"

Another woman with blood flowing from all seven orifices appeared in the living room.

"Qin Ge, let's run!" Zhang Xiaoli's hand, clutching Qin Shi's arm, was trembling non-stop.

"Qin Shi, this is a haunted house, let's run!" An Qian's voice was also trembling slightly.

Qin Shi suddenly remembered the middle-aged man who had asked him for a dish to go with his drinks: "Don't go out after dark."

With a thought, a bolt of lightning appeared in his right hand.

"Hehe!"

Seeing the lightning, the ghosts were not afraid; instead, they began to laugh sinisterly.

As they laughed, one of the old woman's eyes suddenly fell out, and the woman's entire face lost its features, becoming a blank expanse.

Qin Shi flicked his hand, and the lightning instantly struck the old woman.

With a squeak, the old woman shattered and disappeared like foam.

"How dare you! Give me your life!"

The woman and the child floated over quickly.

Qin Shi threw out two bolts of lightning, easily annihilating them.

"These ghosts are very weak; one bolt of lightning shattered them. An Qian, your flames should also be able to destroy these spirits."

Qin Shi calmly comforted the two women.

An Qian raised a ball of flame in her right hand, as if trying to cheer herself up.

Zhang Xiaoli had no abilities, so she had no choice but to lean closer to Qin Shi.

"Another one is coming."

Zhang Xiaoli suddenly pointed outside the balcony and shouted.

An Qian waved her hand, and the ball of flame quickly rushed towards the dark shadow outside the balcony.

It instantly burned the shadow away.

"It's really strange. These spirits not only don't fear my lightning, but they also run over to their deaths as if they have no fear of death."

Qin Shi said, frowning.

Ghosts should naturally fear the power of lightning.

Although the female ghost just now was easily killed by lightning, she seemed to show no fear.

Then several more ghosts floated over and were easily annihilated by Qin Shi and An Qian.

Seeing how pitifully weak these ghosts were, the two women finally became less timid, but they still refused to let go of Qin Shi's arm.

Half an hour later.

"Why do these ghosts seem endless?"

The flame in An Qian's hand had shrunk to the size of a candle flame.

Her head also began to ache faintly, clearly from excessive mental exertion.

Qin Shi's situation was relatively better, but he was also somewhat listless.

"How about we ignore these ghosts? Anyway, they can't harm us."

Qin Shi suggested.

"It's just that they look unsettling," Zhang Xiaoli said with a trembling voice, looking at the two disgusting ghosts that were surrounding them again.

Qin Shi pulled the two women to sit on the sofa, ignoring the two ghosts that kept changing into various frightening forms.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh!"

The strange wailing sounds outside the house grew louder, and the two ghosts seemed to receive some message, turning and floating outside.

The Old Locust Tree in the east of the village, which covered the sky and blocked out the sun, swayed its branches in the strong wind, emitting bursts of strange wailing sounds.

A human face slowly emerged from the tree trunk.

"Soon, I will break free from the trunk and walk outside."

"Go find me some more flesh and blood."

Countless faint shadows flew out from the tree trunk, rapidly soaring towards the surrounding village.

"Why are so many of my spirits missing?" The human face said with some confusion.

Just then, the two ghosts who had been with Qin Shi floated back and directly merged into the Old Locust Tree.

The human face roared angrily, "How dare you kill my spirits! Let me see what abilities you have."

Then a more solid ghost floated out from the tree trunk and then rapidly flew towards Qin Shi's direction.