Techniques and Dao

Chapter 149 The Missing Jane
Everything changed so quickly that it caught everyone off guard.

Hanamori stared wide-eyed at the wooden house, all around him now deathly silent. It was as if nothing had ever happened.

It was as if there had never been anyone in front of the door before!
Hua Sheng felt a chill rise from his back and rush to the back of his head, followed by a tingling sensation in his forehead.

How did Jane disappear from in front of the door?

No, he saw the wooden door close and heard it close. Jane must have gone into the cabin and closed the door from the inside!

This happened in an instant!

If I'm not mistaken, it was at the very moment Hua Sheng turned around to ask Mie Ying about the time that the door to the wooden house opened, and then, for some reason, the door closed again as Jian walked into the house.

The whole process was incredibly swift. There was no struggle, no cries for help.

Jian Jing didn't even have time to make a sound!
Hanamori stamped her foot. Oh no! It was my oversight!
He shouted at the cabin, "Jane! Jane! Are you in there?"

The wooden house remained completely silent, just as before.

Hua Sheng shouted again, "Jane!"

Still no sound.

"Oh God! I shouldn't have let her go. I was so careless this time!"

Hua Sheng was filled with remorse. He turned around and shouted into the car, "Extinguish..."

Before he could even utter the words "Shadow Destroyer," he saw Shadow Destroyer already standing outside the car, his face also showing a solemn expression.

"When you shouted like that, I knew something was wrong. This barbarian woman has been kidnapped?"

Hua Sheng hurriedly said, "Just a moment ago, Jian disappeared in front of the wooden house!"

"So...she went inside?"

"They must have been arrested! They're not responding no matter how much we call them."

Mieying tilted his head and said, "Do you think it might be because the soundproofing in this room is a bit poor..."

"Of course it can't be because the soundproofing is too good!" Hua Sheng interrupted this wild guess.

Mie Ying sighed: "If you ask me, let's just burn this strange place down."

"Now is even more crucial; we can't burn it. Jane is locked in this room, and if we were to burn her to death, it would be a terrible crime!"

“Yeah, that makes sense. If she dies, there’ll be even less anyone to clear your name of stealing the Stardust Silk,” said Shadowless, resting his chin on his hand. “So… we still have to go knock on the door?”

Hua Sheng couldn't think of any other solutions.

After thinking for a moment, Mieying said, "But judging from the current situation, knocking on the door is probably quite risky. Since we can't burn it down or go inside, we might as well just demolish the house to avoid any more strange occurrences."

"Mieying, you're a true genius!"

Hua Sheng clapped his hands and said, "If we encounter a haunted house in the future, we'll just tear it down. It's a hundred times, no, a thousand times, easier than exploring a haunted house!"

"Of course!" Mieying said smugly. "In my opinion, we should not use brute force to demolish this house. If it collapses completely, it might crush that girl."

"Yes, yes. Then what method should we use?"

Mieying patted his chest and said, "Of course it's the Investigating Things Immortal Spell!"

"Investigate things? Does that mean dismantle and break them down?"

"Just the top half of the house is enough. With no walls around, let's see where they can hide!"

Hua Sheng nodded repeatedly.

"I'm here to tear this down, so you better provide some light!"

Following Mieying's advice, Hua Sheng shouted, "Hurry, hurry, as the law commands!"

Several fireballs ignited in the air around the house, illuminating the originally pitch-black forest slightly. Although the surrounding mist had not yet dissipated, the eerie and terrifying atmosphere subsided somewhat after the lighting.

Looking at the fireballs, Mieying said, "Why don't you save your energy? Just point the headlights of that broken car here!"

"It's all the same! Besides, if some weird thing suddenly jumps out from inside, I'll take care of it with my fireball!"

"I didn't realize you were so meticulous." Mieying took two steps forward, extended his orchid-like finger, silently recited an incantation, turned around, and pointed at the wooden house, saying, "Hurry, hurry, as the law commands! Inquiry of Things Immortal Incantation!" The pointed roof and the wooden strips built around the wooden house immediately scattered like a pile of building blocks, and before they hit the ground, each wooden strip floated up and levitated upwards.

With the wooden walls gone, the entire interior structure of the house began to emerge before the two of them.

Although the wooden house is only one story, the interior area is quite large after removing the wooden planks around it, and there is more than one room.

The cabin was dimly lit, and various styles of furniture were clearly visible. Because of the wooden walls separating the two, they still couldn't see if anyone was hiding inside.

With his right hand suspended in mid-air, Mie Ying then swung his left hand to dismantle the wooden planks separating the rooms.

As a result, more planks floated into the air above the wooden house.

Hua Sheng moved the flames that were originally hovering around the room to the center, and the firelight immediately illuminated the entire space.

But there wasn't a single person in there.
The wooden cabin floor was furnished with a dining table, stools, a bed, a fireplace, and a gas stove, exuding a sense of home. But there was no one in sight!
Disappeared!
Jane vanished from the house into thin air!

"How could it be empty? She must have gone into this house!"

As Hua Sheng spoke, he moved the flame back and forth to illuminate it, then looked up at the various floating wooden blocks and bricks in the air. Of course, there was no one or anything alive hidden among these floating building materials.

Seeing this, Mieying also began to wonder.

"What? You saw Jane walk in with your own eyes?"

“It was too fast just now, I didn’t see the whole thing clearly. But I’m certain that the door to this room opened, and I saw it close with my own eyes. Of course, Jane disappeared at the same time.”

Mieying pointed to the nearby woods, and the dozens of wooden strips and blocks that had been floating in mid-air crashed to the side.

She made a hand seal and chanted incantations, then said, "Huh? The Shadowless Rope spell that was originally binding me seems to have been broken."

Hua Sheng frowned and said, "So that means she can stay away from us? When did this happen?"

Mieying shook his head and said, "I don't know. Maybe... we were let get away by her?"

"No way! This French girl's schemes are that sophisticated? This doesn't seem like it!"

Mie Ying seemed displeased by these words and said, "What? Just because someone is younger and better-looking doesn't mean they won't resort to tricks?"

"But that doesn't make sense! If she could break the spell, she could have easily run away while we were asleep. Why go through all this trouble to put on this show?"

Hua Sheng walked straight to the center of the demolished wooden house. There was no need to open the door now; he simply stood on the floor of the wooden house and looked around.

“You’re not a mind reader, how do you know she wouldn’t do that? Didn’t we use a little trick when we captured her?” Mie Ying clearly had his own thoughts.

"But I always felt that if she really wanted to run away, the whole process seemed a bit unnecessary."

"Of course, you have to act the part fully, right?"

"Who would have such a strong desire to act? Klin's Magic Academy isn't Klin's Drama Academy."

"Hmph! That's hard to say. You men are completely captivated by other women with high noses and blue eyes."

"What you're saying? Her looks don't fit my aesthetic. I'm not interested in her..."

Just as Hua Shenggang finished speaking, Mieying suddenly leaned closer and stared into his eyes.

Hua Sheng was startled: "What are you doing?"

"Keep talking!"

"say what?"

"Continue with what you just said!"

"I...I...have no interest in her..."

Mie Ying narrowed her eyes and said, "But I clearly see the words 'against my will' in your eyes!"

The two were too close, and Hua Sheng's heart rate was already off from the fragrance emanating from the Shadowless Aura. She quickly stepped back and said, "Don't talk nonsense!"

"You still dare to deny it!"

(End of this chapter)