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The three Cheng brothers rode on horseback for a whole day before arriving at Qingkou Town on the second evening.

After finding out the largest inn in town, the three of them went there to check in.

Afterwards, after the three of them had dinner at the inn, they couldn’t wait to go out for a walk around the market, and finally returned to the inn to rest, feeling contented.

Although Cheng Xing and Cheng Yi both had reached the foundation-building stage, they had only just broken through not long ago. In addition, they had been worried and frightened for so many days. After seeing the tidy beds, they could not resist the fatigue spreading from the bottom of their hearts and chose to fall asleep to restore their energy.

Cheng Ke, who was still in the Qi Refining Stage, could not resist the tiredness. He threw himself on the bed almost immediately after washing up, and the next second he could hear snoring.

After nightfall, the evening market closed, the noise on the street gradually died down, and the lights in the entire inn were turned off one after another. There was no other sound except the chirping of insects.

At midnight, Cheng Ke suddenly woke up. After getting up, he was in a panic for a while. He wanted to go back to sleep but felt thirsty.

After getting out of bed and walking to the table, he picked up the teapot and poured water into the cup, but not a drop of water leaked out. He weighed the teapot and found that there was no water in it.

"Why do I remember that there was still half a pot of hot water in here before I went to bed... Did I remember it wrong?"

Since he had just woken up and his brain had not yet recovered, he stopped worrying and wanted to go back to sleep, but he lay in bed for a long time and could not fall asleep. Instead, he became more and more thirsty, and in the end he even felt a little anxious.

Sitting up from the bed, he touched his cracked lips, and finally gave up forcing himself to sleep. Instead, he got out of bed, put on his coat, picked up the empty teapot and prepared to go downstairs to the counter to add water.

As soon as the door opened, a gust of cold wind blew in his face, causing even Cheng Ke, who had practiced martial arts, to shiver.

He exhaled in surprise. The white mist was visibly drifting a long distance before dissipating into the air, which was enough to show how low the temperature was here.

"Hiss! Why is it so cold? The temperature is almost as cold as the Far North, right?"

He looked around suspiciously, but didn't find anything special. Even the rooms of his two senior brothers next to him were tightly closed, and there was nothing unusual to see.

"Forget it, never mind, just pour the water and go back to sleep."

Mumbling, he closed the door behind him, rubbed his hands, and hurried towards the stairs, going down to the first floor.

To his surprise, there were quite a few guests sitting in the lobby on the first floor, but the atmosphere looked weird.

Although there were candles lit on every table, the candlelight was not warm yellow, but green.

The people sitting at the table lowered their heads, and it was impossible to see the expressions on their faces. They neither communicated nor ate, as if they were asleep. It was completely unknown what they were doing. The only thing that could be confirmed was that they were all ordinary people, not monks.

The dishes on the table were very homely, with a total of five dishes, including a bowl of braised pork, a whole steamed fish, a boiled chicken, a pot of cold tofu, and a serving of stir-fried vegetables.

The dishes were placed in a circle around the candles, and in front of the seated people were a set of pure white bowls and chopsticks.

At this time Cheng Ke finally realized that something was wrong. He swallowed, turned around and wanted to go upstairs to call his two senior brothers, but as soon as he turned around, he heard a hoarse and dry whisper in his ears.

"What are your orders, guest sir?"

"Ugh!"

Cheng Ke shuddered all over, goose bumps appeared all over his back, and a drop of cold sweat broke out on the corner of his forehead and slowly slid down his face, but his hands were already stiff and he didn't even have the strength to wipe them away.

"Guest officer?"

"I am a Taoist priest, I am a Taoist priest, I am a Taoist priest..."

Silently chanting a spell to calm himself, he slowly turned around and met a pair of dark eyes with almost no whites with his terrified eyes. He screamed silently and subconsciously stepped back until his heel tripped over the stairs and he grabbed the handrail on the side to avoid falling.

After such a scare, he was completely awake from the confusion of just waking up, his IQ was fully online, and after calming down, he simply looked straight at the person who came.

He was greatly relieved after seeing this. The visitor was the owner of this store. When they checked in, they found that the other party had a strange appearance, with large eyeballs and less white. It was okay to look at him during the day, but it would be scary at night.

"Master, I'm thirsty and the teapot is empty again. Come down and add some water."

"Sir, please give me the empty pot and I will fill it."

Cheng Ke handed over the teapot without thinking, but when his fingers touched the other person's fingers, he was startled by the cold and stiff touch and suddenly lowered his eyes to look.

What caught my eye was a truly skinny hand, with dry skin and bones, as if there was only bone and blood under the skin without a single bit of flesh. The skin was also dry, as if it would turn to ash if touched. I don't know if the nails were black due to the light, but they were a little longer and sharper than normal nails.

Just as he wanted to take a closer look, the shopkeeper turned around, hunched over and walked slowly towards the counter.

It was not until they had distanced themselves from each other that Cheng Ke realized that not only the other person's hands but also his body were thin. His loose clothes were obviously empty, and the legs exposed underneath were almost as thick as his arms. It made people deeply doubt how such a pair of thin legs could support the entire body.

He shook his head to put aside these strange thoughts. For some reason, he didn't dare to step into the lobby. He could only huddle at the stairs and wait anxiously.

But after waiting for a long time, the shopkeeper who had entered the kitchen did not come out. Cheng Ke became more and more uneasy. He peeked in but was blocked by the curtain at the door of the kitchen and could not see what was going on inside.

"Why haven't you come back yet? Why don't I just go back?"

As the thought of retreating just emerged in his mind, the long-lost feeling of thirst came up again. He licked his dry lips and waited for a while. Finally, he couldn't bear it anymore and left the stairs and sneaked towards the back kitchen.

He moved slowly along the wall, fearing to startle these strange people in the lobby. Until he arrived safely at the kitchen door, the people in the lobby still had no reaction, and their movements did not change at all.

Exhaling, he lifted the curtain and quickly went into the kitchen.

The kitchen was of a decent size, but there was no one inside. The water tank next to it was also empty. Only the door diagonally opposite leading to the backyard was open.

"Boss? Boss, are you there? Boss?"

Huddled in the corner near the door, Cheng Ke called out softly for a long time. The entire kitchen was silent and the shopkeeper didn't seem to be here.

Looking at the backyard door, the only possible place for the shopkeeper to go, Cheng Ke hesitated for a while before slowly moving towards that door.

Standing at the door and looking outside, the backyard seemed to be almost unchanged from the daytime. In the silence, one could seem to hear the faint chirping of cicadas. Such sounds inexplicably made Cheng Ke feel at ease. Then he no longer hesitated and strode out the door.

A dazzling white light flashed, and he couldn't help but close his eyes tightly. When he opened them again, he was completely stunned.

"here it is!"