After Marrying the Lord of the Underworld

The group of people walked away, their figures disappearing around the corner of the exhibition hall.

 

Chen Xiaoling asked Lu Yingjiu, “Are they really people?”

 

Lu Yingjiu shook his head and said, “None of them are alive.”

 

Chen Xiaoling felt a chill and rubbed her arms, “Xiao Lu, you told me before that your constitution attracts ghosts, and I didn’t believe it. Now I’ve seen it with my own eyes. This museum was fine, but as soon as you came, it’s full of ghosts.”

 

Lu Yingjiu held his forehead, “I can’t help it, it’s like this wherever I go, even the oldest ghosts will be drawn out by me.”

 

Jing Xian, who was also drawn out by him, nodded in agreement.

 

“Should we get rid of them?” Chen Xiaoling asked again.

 

Lu Yingjiu said, “It’s a bit difficult. Their real resentment is not here, even if I disperse them here, they will appear again.”

 

Hairball circled around his feet a few times, “Awooo!”

 

“Moreover,” Lu Yingjiu squatted down and rubbed hairball, “It said it smelled something burnt. If I’m not mistaken, this tour group is the tourists who were burned to death in the guesthouse half a year ago. To completely disperse them, we have to go to that guesthouse.”

 

“That’s really saying speak of the devil and it will appear.” Chen Xiaoling was stunned, “I’m quite a crow’s mouth.”

 

Before long, footsteps could be heard again.

 

The guide brought the group back again, and was even more surprised when he saw them, “How… how is it you guys again?!”

 

“Yeah! We were clearly walking in the opposite direction, how did we end up back here?!”

 

“This is too weird…this museum can’t be so big that we can’t find the exit?”

 

A woman in the group shrank back and said, “Wait, I heard when I came here that this place might be haunted.”

 

As soon as she said this, everyone’s gaze at the three of them changed.

 

Lu Yingjiu: “…”

 

Ghosts shouting to catch ghosts.

 

However, since these ghosts can communicate, it would be better to ask for clues along the way.

 

At this point, saying directly that he was an exorcist, they probably wouldn’t believe him.

 

Lu Yingjiu lit up a symbol on his phone.

 

It was the symbol of a contracted anchor from Buddha, he didn’t plan to live stream, but applied for this identity, just to save the trouble of explaining – saying that he was an anchor was obviously more convincing.

 

He said, “We are spiritual exploration anchors, we came to Jinfang City because of the rumors. I can exorcise ghosts, we can work together to find a way out of this museum.”

 

The people looked at his symbol with skepticism, then sized up the three of them, before finally letting out a sigh of relief.

 

The guide said, “My name is Li Yuanhang, I’m from XX Travel Agency, what are your names?”

 

Lu Yingjiu gave them a brief introduction.

 

Li Yuanhang then said, “So, Master Lu, what do you think we should do to get out?”

 

“Follow me,” Lu Yingjiu said.

 

He led the way, and the group followed closely behind.

 

They went straight downstairs and returned to the hall full of self-portraits, as if countless patients were looking down at them from above.

 

“Here,” Li Yuanhang said, “We’ve come back several times, but we can’t get around it.”

 

Lu Yingjiu led them towards the exit.

 

The green sign for the safety exit was very clear, they followed the direction of the arrow, turned seven or eight times, and went through the last door–

 

Countless self-portraits, still looking down at them from above.

 

They were back in the hall again.

 

Li Yuanhang wiped his sweat, “You see, that’s the situation.”

 

The tourists were sweating profusely from the urgency, and were even more scared.

 

Lu Yingjiu could feel that an invisible force was enveloping these ghosts, dragging their footsteps, not allowing them to leave.

 

And…

 

His gaze fell on the man in the white clothes.

 

The man in white was obsessed with every door he saw on the road, constantly muttering, “Is it locked? Is it locked? Is the lock really okay?”

 

Others didn’t react to his abnormality at all.

 

At this moment, he was staring at the door in the corner of the hall, murmuring, “It must not be locked properly.”

 

After staring for a while, he suddenly walked over quickly and opened the door—

 

“Click!”

 

The lock was indeed not secure, and he pulled it open directly!

 

The door opened, and a bunch of things flew out, with gray wings flapping in the air.

 

It was a swarm of moths!

 

They spread their wings and flew chaotically in the hall, so much so that they almost blocked the sunlight.

 

Everyone reached out to drive them away. Chen Xiaoling’s delicate face was wrinkled like a bitter gourd, and she consciously hid behind Lu Yingjiu and Jing Xian—so many moths, those who dared to approach the two of them all died in a gust of cold wind. They fell from mid-air and lightly landed on the ground, covering a shallow layer in an instant.

 

Everyone was just ordinarily disgusted, but they saw a woman holding her head, squatting on the ground, screaming, “Don’t come over! Don’t come over!! Drive them away quickly, they are going to eat me!!”

 

The man next to her should be her boyfriend, and he hurriedly waved his hand to help her drive away the moths, hopping around. But there were so many moths that he couldn’t handle them alone.

 

The woman was still screaming hysterically.

 

Her fear was different from the general fear of insects, it was more intense, more terrifying, it was overwhelming like a tide, almost swallowing her whole. Those moths were undoubtedly more terrifying to her than tigers and poisonous snakes.

 

She grabbed her own hair, almost pulling off her scalp, and when her boyfriend tried to grab her, she scratched several bloodstains on his arm with her nails, her nails deeply embedded in his flesh.

 

Lu Yingjiu flicked his hand lightly, and a piece of talisman paper flew out.

 

The paper ignited a flame, and with a sound, it burned up the swarm of moths, and the charred insect corpses fell one by one.

 

It was said that moths fly into the flame, and the swarm of moths was not afraid of light and heat, and they hit the talisman paper directly, and in a while, a smell of burnt protein permeated.

 

The hall quieted down.

 

All the moths were dead.

 

The woman was still screaming, stumbling and hiding in the corner of the hall, constantly kicking her legs, trying to get the moth corpses farther away. She had just been so scared that she even forgot to breathe, her hair was messy, and her face was pale.

 

The boyfriend hurriedly comforted her, “It’s okay, it’s okay, they are all gone.” After speaking, he looked at the man in the white clothes, his face changed, “What are you doing opening that door for no reason?! You’re seeking death!”

 

The man in white argued, “I just wanted to see if that door was locked properly! It wasn’t locked properly, it’s not my fault!”

 

“Then why the hell did you pull it?!” The man became even angrier, “Are you just being nosy?!”

 

“It’s just a few little bugs!” The man in white shouted, “She’s obviously the one with the problem if she’s scared like that!”

 

The man’s forehead was bulging with anger, “She has a moth phobia! Do you know what a phobia is? It can scare people to death! Her heart is not good to begin with, are you going to take responsibility if something happens?!”

 

Seeing that the two were about to start fighting, Lu Yingjiu coughed lightly, “If there’s a problem, argue outside the museum. I don’t have that much time.”

 

With his words, the two remembered the current situation and immediately shut up. The man in white turned his head away, and the other man continued to comfort his girlfriend.

 

Lu Yingjiu looked around.

 

The entire museum indeed had a faint yin energy, but he couldn’t confirm the direction. He flicked a talisman paper in his hand towards the exit, and a flame illuminated the way forward, causing the walls to ripple like water.

 

A few seconds later, the wall directly in front of them slowly sank into the ground and disappeared completely.

 

Everyone was stunned.

 

“These are all illusions blocking you,” Lu Yingjiu pointed in that direction, “Just follow me.”

 

As he walked, he threw out talisman papers, and walls twisted and disappeared in front of him, making a scalp-numbing sound, like the skin and flesh of some organ rubbing against each other.

 

…It was as if the entire museum was alive, all made up of blood and flesh.

 

Everyone dared not think too much and could only follow Lu Yingjiu closely.

 

After walking for five minutes like this, the exit appeared in front of them, and the bright sunlight poured in.

 

They were stunned, and then they rushed out one after another.

 

When Lu Yingjiu walked out, he heard a beast-like growl from the empty area behind him, as if angry.

 

A cold wind rushed forward fiercely, but it stopped abruptly at the entrance, as if powerless to move forward. When Lu Yingjiu looked back, he saw nothing.

 

Everyone was panting in the sunlight, relieved to have survived, completely unaware that there were no shadows under their feet.

 

A person grabbed Lu Yingjiu and asked, “What about the ghost in the museum! It won’t come looking for us again, will it!”

 

Actually, whether it found them or not made no difference, since they were all ghosts anyway.

 

But Lu Yingjiu still reassured, “It should not be able to leave the museum, as long as you don’t come back, there will be no problem.”

 

“Of course, I would be crazy to come back here!” The man was still scared, “I’m buying an afternoon flight ticket and leaving!”

 

Lu Yingjiu asked again, “Where are you staying?”

 

He brought this group of ghosts out, intending to find the guesthouse where they were staying.

 

The guesthouse had been burned down, but since it was a ghost leading the way, it should be able to find its place of death.

 

“Oh, we’re staying in a guesthouse.” The guide indeed answered like this.

 

Lu Yingjiu said again, “We just came and don’t know where to stay, how is the environment of your guesthouse, can you take us to see?”

 

“Sure, sure.” The guide’s eyes lit up, “I was just going to ask where you three masters are staying, so if there are any problems, we can come to you. If you could live together, that would be great.”

 

After saying that, he quickly led Lu Yingjiu and his group towards the guesthouse.

 

After many twists and turns, they entered a small alley in the long street.

 

The surroundings gradually became deserted, and the air became colder and colder, and Lu Yingjiu exhaled white breath from his mouth.

 

Seeing this, Jing Xian held his hand. He didn’t know what method he used, but the heat passed through the palm of his hand and immediately flowed to Lu Yingjiu’s whole body, it was warm.

 

“Are you still cold?” Jing Xian asked, looking down.

 

Lu Yingjiu shook his head and smiled, “I wasn’t cold in the first place.”

 

Chen Xiaoling on the side covered her face, “Your public display of affection is just too much…”

 

Lu Yingjiu thought to himself, Jingxian was actually holding back, usually when it was just the two of them at home, Jing Xian was like he wanted to hang himself on him, and the good channel turned directly towards midnight 18+, it was hard to guard against.

 

As they walked, a three-story building appeared in the distance, which looked a bit old from the outside.

 

It was gloomy and terrifying, even the noon sun couldn’t warm it up a bit.

 

It was obviously a big problem.

 

Chen Xiaoling was stunned and whispered to Lu Yingjiu, “The house that was burned down in the news is this one. So, is this guesthouse also run by ghosts?”

 

“Yes.” Lu Yingjiu said, “After we go in, we just need to resolve the resentment of these ghosts, it won’t take too long.”

 

“That’s good.” Chen Xiaoling sighed lightly, “Otherwise, scaring me a few more times, my makeup will be ruined.”

 

When they entered the guesthouse, there was no one at the front desk.

 

“Huh,” the guide scratched his head, “It seems that the boss is not here, otherwise, you three can sit downstairs and wait for him?”

 

“Okay.” Lu Yingjiu nodded, “You guys go back to your rooms first.”

 

After thanking them, the group of tourists all went upstairs.

 

Lu Yingjiu walked to the front desk and flipped through the messy items on top, only to see the calendar stopped at [2021.3.22]

 

It was indeed that date half a year ago.

 

The boss also left a lot of personal items, notebooks, pens, business cards, Lu Yingjiu was about to look through them carefully to see if there were any clues, when suddenly he heard a scream!

 

“Ah ah ah ah!”

 

It came from upstairs!

 

Lu Yingjiu immediately looked up, not waiting for the elevator, and ran up the stairs two or three steps at a time.

 

On the second floor corridor, the man who had driven away the moths for his girlfriend was leaning against the window sill, his face pale, shouting, “Help!! Help ah ah ah!”

 

There was a woman’s hysterical scream from the room, Lu Yingjiu looked inside, but his vision was blurred.

 

Countless moths rushed out of the room one after another!

 

Just like in the museum, they flapped their wings frantically, filling the entire corridor in an instant. Lu Yingjiu threw out a talisman paper and ignited a large part of them, and amidst the fire and burnt smell, he bent down and agilely got into the room.

 

—Only to see blood splatters on the carpet, the woman was screaming and rolling on the ground, with large blisters on her skin.

 

Some blisters were unbroken, bulging the size of a baby’s fist, as if they were about to burst the next second. Some blisters had already burst, and countless moths were crawling out from them, covering her whole body, spreading their wings and flying high.