To recreate the scene as accurately as possible, he even returned to Liangjia Village to collect relics from that time, including footage from the funeral, a pair of tiger-head shoes allegedly retrieved from the graveyard, and a portrait of Master Yi.
Master Yi had no relatives, and his adopted family had met a tragic end, their fortune scattered within a few years.
There was no one left to tend to his grave, let alone care about the pile of junk Du Xiangyang had taken.
The “Funeral” escape room, with its massive investment and realistic setting, became an instant hit upon its release, hailed by many players as the pinnacle of escape rooms in Xiluo.
But Du Xiangyang had never imagined that this story would have a continuation twenty years later.
His heart pounded, and a strange emotion spread through him, gradually clouding his mind.
“Stay outside. I’ll go in alone,” Du Xiangyang said expressionlessly to his employees, offering no explanation.
He strode into the room and slammed the door shut behind him.
The escape room was designed to resemble a chaotic graveyard on a hillside, with dim, simulated moonlight barely illuminating a tombstone in the center-the grave of Master Yi.
“Creak ” A door opened.
“Shijie, is that you?” Xiao Lingshu’s face lit up with joy.
“Wuwu, you finally came for me! I knew you were the best! I’ve missed you so much…”
After Liang Renxin and his wife took him away, they handed him a familiar pair of tiger-head shoes and then pushed him into this escape room designed to look like a graveyard.
The room was filled with eerie winds and ghostly shadows, but none of it could scare him.
The things lurking in the darkness didn’t dare show themselves, resorting only to cheap tricks.
Xiao Lingshu easily dispelled them with a few incantations, even finding it thrilling and marveling at how well-made the haunted house was in the city.
But before long, all the ghostly shadows vanished.
Xiao Lingshu knew that Shijie must have found the key to solving the problem and dealt with the entity.
He wanted to go back and reunite with her.
Little did he expect that while the entity hadn’t harmed him, he would end up trapped in the escape room itself.
He had been busy for a long time but still couldn’t find the exit, sweating anxiously, until he finally heard the sound of the door opening.
However, the situation seemed a bit different from what he had expected.
The doorway was empty, with no one in sight.
“……?”
Xiao Lingshu was puzzled when suddenly his pocket moved.
Looking down, he saw the tiger-head shoe fall out.
In the next second, the tiger-head shoe seemed to be worn by someone, hopping and jumping towards the door.
At the same time, another tiger-head shoe appeared on the other side of the door.
Xiao Lingshu’s expression changed, sensing something was wrong.
He immediately took out two copper coins and held them in front of him.
Sure enough, the two shoes quickly met, merging into a pair, and instantly unleashed a terrifying force.
A surge of yin energy erupted from the shoes, blowing so fiercely that it distorted Xiao Lingshu’s face.
“Damn it!” he cursed, throwing the copper coins into the air.
The coins traced an arc, slicing through the surging yin energy.
But in just a moment, the yin energy gathered again, like an invisible hand tightly gripping his neck.
“Damn it, damn it, cough—” Xiao Lingshu wanted to shout, but no sound came out.
Only then did he realize that the thing had been hiding its true strength, waiting for the right moment to catch them off guard.
Xiao Lingshu didn’t have his copper coin sword or ink pot, making it difficult to fully exert his power.
But he didn’t panic.
Instead, he took out four scattered coins, holding them between his fingers and continuously clinking them together.
The coins emitted a clear, bell-like sound, disrupting the thing’s spellcasting.
The yin energy dispersed slightly, allowing Xiao Lingshu to catch his breath.
At that moment, a figure finally appeared at the open doorway.
Lingshu was overjoyed: “Senior Sister, you finally came! I’m a bit overwhelmed by this thing and was just about to call for you. We really are in sync-“
“Wait… who the hell are you?”
The person who walked in wasn’t the Senior Sister he had been longing for, but a handsome young man.
“Hey, buddy, this is a secret chamber. You can’t just barge in like this…” Xiao Lingshu was exasperated.
Normally, it wouldn’t matter, but at a time like this, having someone show up was undoubtedly adding to his burden.
Sure enough, as soon as the man appeared, the pair of tiger-head shoes moved towards him.
Xiao Lingshu didn’t know what the thing was planning, but he could guess it wasn’t anything good.
He immediately flicked the two copper coins in his hand.
The coins collided in mid-air, producing a crisp “clang-” sound.
“The Dao follows nature, the universe is boundless, break the evil!” The exorcism spell spread out, forming an invisible barrier in front of the tiger-head shoes.
Xiao Lingshu secretly sighed in relief and shouted to the man,
“Buddy, I can only hold it off for a while. You better run. If you have any conscience, go to the next chamber and find a very beautiful girl. Bring her here to help me… Huh?”
The man indeed quickened his pace, but instead of running away, he walked straight towards the shoes.
Xiao Lingshu: “???”
Under the hazy moonlight, a childlike smile appeared on the man’s face.
He seemed to ignore Xiao Lingshu’s warning, stepping over the barrier formed by the exorcism spell and placing his foot on the tiger-head shoes.
“These are… my shoes…”
In a flash, Xiao Lingshu understood.
This man was the “timing” that the thing had been waiting for all along.
The moment the man touched the shoes, a fierce wind howled around Master Yi’s tombstone.
A dense, almost tangible yin energy gathered on the tombstone, forming the image of an old man.
His face was long and thin, with white hair and beard, and a kind expression.
Yet, his piercing eagle-like eyes were intimidating.
It was indeed Master Yi.
“Twenty years, a full twenty years, I’ve finally waited for you to come…” Master Yi looked down at the man with a gentle smile, like a benevolent grandfather.
“Liang Little Bao, today you will help me complete the unfinished ritual from all those years ago.”
Du Xiangyang’s eyes were clear, as if he had returned to his childhood.
He nodded obediently, “I’ll be good and listen.”
“Damn it!” Xiao Lingshu, seeing this, vaguely guessed that this was likely some kind of dark sorcery.
Unfortunately, without any magical tools, dealing with the fully materialized Master Yi would be extremely difficult.
Just as he was growing frantic, another figure appeared at the door.
“Not again, another person…” Xiao Lingshu almost coughed up blood, but then his eyes lit up.
“Ahhh, thank goodness, it’s really Senior Sister! We’re saved…”
This time, appearing at the door were Shi Pengpeng and her group of three, along with the possessed rice diviner, Du Pingsi.
After finally breaking the lock on the main hall, they hurried here.
Upon entering the secret chamber, they saw Master Yi standing before the tombstone and the young man, who looked as innocent as a child, standing in front of him.
“Senior Sister, this old man is trying to perform some ritual, you have to stop him—” Xiao Lingshu shouted.
Master Yi coaxed gently, “Liang Little Bao, come, drip your blood onto the shoes…”
“Okay.” Du Xiangyang nodded, biting his index finger.
A crimson bead of blood stained his lips.
“Little Bao, wake up” Du Pingsi screamed, trying to rush forward, but a hand suddenly blocked her.
Shi Pengpeng said, “Don’t go.”
Du Pingsi, thinking she was worried about not being able to defeat Master Yi, urgently said,
“No, I can’t let Little Bao repeat the same mistake. Let me go…”
Xiao Lingshu was also surprised, “Senior Sister, why…”
But it was already too late.
Du Xiangyang’s blood had already dripped onto the shoes, and instantly, the entire chamber felt like an ice cellar.
Master Yi’s form began to swell uncontrollably, quickly expanding into a colossal figure that seemed to reach the heavens.
“Hahahaha, it’s done! I’ve succeeded!!!” Master Yi laughed heartily, his voice booming like thunder.
His gleaming eyes turned to Du Pingsi, “Du Pingsi, you didn’t expect this, did you? Back then, you went through so much to save your son, trapping me in that artifact. But in the end, I still waited for your son and completed this ritual of the virgin boy’s sacrifice…”
Du Pingsi’s legs gave out, and she nearly collapsed.
Xiao Lingshu slapped his thigh in frustration, “This is infuriating…”
“All of you, not a single one will leave here alive today,” Master Yi said, growing more and more smug as he turned his gaze to Yan Jing,
“Especially you…”
Yan Jing: “…”
“Heh “Yan Jing sneered, stepping behind Shi Pengpeng, “If you want to get to me, you’ll have to go through her first.”
Cao Fanzhen, standing nearby, thought to himself: Classic.
“Just her?” Master Yi laughed heartily.
“She didn’t even dare to come over and stop me earlier…”
Shi Pengpeng replied calmly, “It’s not that I didn’t dare, it’s that I didn’t need to.”
Master Yi’s eyes narrowed slightly. “What do you mean…?”
Before he could finish, his expression suddenly changed, and at the same time, the yin energy that formed him began to dissipate.
Master Yi was shocked. “How could this happen?!!”
Shi Pengpeng let out a light scoff, her face full of mockery.
“The most important thing in a virgin boy’s sacrifice is the virgin boy. Do you think Liang Little Bao is still a virgin?”
Master Yi: “….”
..!!!!!
The others:”…..”
An unexpected turn of events…
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