Chapter 140: Yin Essence, Opening a New Lock, Haunted House Terror

Louis simply guarded the room, paying attention to the other party's state at all times.

Lunca also walked up and leaned against the door, looking at Emma. "Maria called me this morning, saying they went to see Carrie. She seems to have been bullied by some people in school. The pipes in the bathroom burst, causing a casualty accident, and Carrie was also sent to the hospital."

"They probably won't be back at noon."

Louis glanced at Lunca. Knowing Lunca very well, he asked directly, "What are you planning to do?"

"Naturally, revenge. I left, and they didn't take me seriously. I must let Chris know that there are some people she can't afford to provoke!" Lunca's expression was slightly ferocious.

She had never been a well-behaved person. Even in front of Louis, she had now gained respect by showing her own value and ability. Now, someone had publicly retaliated against someone she had once publicly said she would protect because of her.

This was a slap in her face. If she didn't retaliate, she wouldn't be Lunca.

"Mm." Louis nodded in approval.

In his eyes, this was just a small matter, whatever.

And Carrie was his neighbor after all. Being bullied, helping out was fine.

"How is your cultivation going?" Louis asked casually.

"I'm not as fast as Emma. Her speed is clearly a cut above mine. It will probably take some time."

"Don't be anxious, take it slowly."

Time passed slowly in their idle chat.

Louis paused. "Let's go, bring some food over."

Lunca was startled, then understood. They went downstairs together to get some food, heated it up, and brought it up.

Just as they brought it up.

A rumbling sound came.

Emma opened her eyes directly. As her little nose twitched, she saw the steaming food, and her eyes instantly turned green.

She stood up, ran over on the wooden floor with bare feet, and began to stuff herself wildly without any lady-like demeanor.

It wasn't until she had eaten a roast chicken that her eating speed slowed down. She washed her hands, brushed her teeth, and then continued to stuff cake into her mouth.

While stuffing a piece of cake, she was still showing off to Louis and Lunca. "The feeling of breaking through is really good. I feel like I've changed into a different person; I'm much more energetic."

As she said this, she kept looking at Lunca, the meaning obvious.

Lunca kept a straight face, but her fists were clenched very tightly.

Calm, calm, Louis is still here. Right, because Louis is still here, otherwise I would definitely beat her smug dog head! It's definitely not because I might not be able to beat her anymore!

Seeing Lunca's expression of pretending to be calm, Emma laughed even more happily.

Then, as if remembering something, her eyeballs turned, and she came behind Louis, pressing onto Louis from behind, her arms wrapping around him. She used her fingers to smear a piece of the cake she was holding and handed it to Louis's mouth.

Her head leaned against the other side of Louis's shoulder, her black hair emitting the fresh scent of shower gel. Her delicate, cold cheek pressed against Louis's face, and her other hand grabbed strands of hair, gently brushing them past Louis's ear. Emma smiled until her eyes narrowed.

Lunca was also narrowing her eyes; she felt this guy wasn't planning to say anything good, and Louis also felt a sense of unease.

Sure enough, the next second, what came out were tiger-wolf words.

"Now that I've broken through, can I go to bed?"

"I'm the first one, unlike some people, who have spent so much time putting their energy into useless things, wasting time."

Lunca's cheek twitched. Fuck! I really want to hit someone!

Although this kind of sarcasm was quite low-level, if it was said by Emma, she didn't know why she became very irritable, and even full of fire!

Especially watching Emma showing off here, teasing Louis, she felt stifled.

Should I spend more time on the Jade Maiden Art and Qi Gong?

At this time, Louis was also deeply helpless. What could he say? What should he say? He didn't know!

Also, Emma should eat something good. Although pressing on his back didn't make him feel uncomfortable, it didn't feel like much either. However, the cake on her fair fingers and this cheek-rubbing action made his heart itch.

Seeing Louis not speaking, Lunca snorted coldly, left without saying a word, but whether intentional or unintentional, she closed the door when she left.

Seeing Lunca flee in a panic, the victorious Emma licked her lips but didn't let go of Louis, instead stuffing the cake on her fingers into Louis's mouth.

She even blew gently into Louis's ear.

Good fellow, blatant!

Louis glanced over, used his strength with both hands, and flipped Emma over.

Emma was actually already very beautiful now.

Black long hair, a relatively three-dimensional and exquisite face, and especially that temperament—cold and ruthless with a hint of hidden malice, a smug smile at the corners of her mouth, and eyes that seemed to be looking down on something, making one unable to help but harbor certain thoughts.

Although her figure wasn't hot, her temperament was good, her face was beautiful, and the black hoodie made this temperament even better.

Alright, it was already very clear what should be done now.

Louis had once learned a lock-picking technique originating from Master Lu Ban, called Blood Gold Hinge, which had helped him open the manor's gate. But now Louis felt that the limitations of this lock-picking technique were still too great.

Fortunately, Louis seemed to have amazing talent in this regard, self-taught, and now he had researched a more powerful, newer, and more universal lock-picking method.

Generally speaking, locks that no one had opened would be relatively difficult to open, requiring caution, and even a certain amount of lubrication.

But this lock was different; its nature was hard, even more violent than Louis's.

Fortunately, Louis wasn't a pushover either. After getting familiar with it, opening the lock became easy and comfortable. On the contrary, this lock couldn't bear it.

A new lock is a new lock, and its nature is hard too. This wasn't it, it started sobbing softly.

As a new master who craved lock-picking knowledge, although Louis cherished it, he didn't want to give up. After comforting it, he began to study slowly, wanting to know the specific structure of this lock.

To accumulate experience and prepare for opening more locks more skillfully in the future.

In a short while, Louis learned two lock-picking methods, two!

One was ordinary lock-picking, and one was flipping lock-picking.

Although the difficulty wasn't high, fortunately, the fit was good, and this lock was very comfortable to open.

Especially since this lock was tough itself, even if it cried, it didn't give up at all. This made Louis, the lock-picker, study for a longer time. There was no help for it; to deal with this kind of new lock with a special nature, he had to put in twelve points of energy and study it seriously and carefully.

Don't know how long passed.

The key in Louis's hand touched the lock core again, twisted gently, *click*.

The lock opened.

Louis propped himself up with one hand, moved randomly with the other, his eyes unfocused, savoring the lock-picking process to increase his experience.

Emma was powerless, not saying a word.

Of course, it was also possible she couldn't speak.

Actually, there were some feelings during the lock-picking process that could only be understood and not explained. Louis, savoring it now, felt quite comfortable.

For example, that icy-cool feeling.

That was the so-called Yin Essence.

Louis felt the Yin and Yang Qi frantically circulating in his body, crossed his legs, and began to guide it actively.

Yin Essence was a special product of the Dual Cultivation Art, generally referring to Yin-natured essence. Through reasonable methods, it could effectively promote the circulation of Qi, and transform Qi into Spirit, breaking through cultivation.

And now, Louis was guiding the circulation of Yin and Yang Qi in his body, wanting to use this to transform Qi into Spirit and break through the barrier.

At this time, in his mind, the Divine Lord Visualization Diagram appeared.

Vast and boundless, with infinite power.

Buddhism, Daoism, Confucianism.

Three kinds of power were strangely combined together, and Louis was using this as a goal to begin the transformation.

The spirit that had been honed day and night before played a role at this moment. Even though every construction would cause a splitting headache, the tenacious spirit and the support continuously coming from his body still allowed him to persist.

Gradually.

In Louis's mind, at the Niwan Palace, a space began to open up, and the Divine Lord Visualization Diagram emerged. It was just that the figure in the diagram was very blurry, vaguely having Louis's face, and the image was also very different.

Either a Confucian crown, or a bald head, or long hair.

Finally, it returned to one image: a monarch.

Between the four images switching back and forth, it became clearer and clearer.

When it was thoroughly formed, it would be the moment Louis broke through to the Yin Spirit Realm.

Just when Louis was breaking through.

Carrie had already returned to the apartment, and Maria, Madison, Sue, and others had also come here.

Madison looked at this gloomy environment and couldn't help but frown. Very good, she had already made a decision in her heart that she wouldn't come here a second time.

At this time, a Mexican woman who looked very approachable saw them, was startled, then revealed a smile. "Carrie?"

"Are these your friends?"

"Mm, Aunt Amber, these are all my friends, here to keep me company."

Although Carrie vaguely loathed this woman, after all, the other party hadn't done any evil, and instead had been quite good to her and her mother. Naturally, she couldn't speak harshly.

"Haha, good, Carrie has quite a few friends." Amber's gaze couldn't help but look at the three people.

"New guests, and all female. I'll go prepare some tea for you. Have a good time."

After saying this enthusiastically, she turned and wanted to leave. At this time, Carrie suddenly asked, "Aunt Amber, have you seen my mother today?"

"I've been calling her, but I can't get through."

"Oh, Margaret. I helped her introduce a new job earlier. She should have gone over today. The signal there is not very good, so she didn't receive your call. You don't need to worry; she should be back tonight."

"Oh, I see. Thank you, Aunt Amber."

After she left, Madison said, "Although the environment isn't great, this apartment owner is actually quite enthusiastic."

"By the way, what's with her saying they are all women just now? How come it feels like her words are strange."

"Oh, the apartment owner here said it's for women's mutual aid, so the tenants here are basically all women. But I always feel she has other purposes."

"Forget it, maybe I'm thinking too much. You guys come in first."

Maria was a bit suspicious. The experience of being bullied for years told her that no stranger would be so enthusiastic!

If there was, there must be a problem inside!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 141 =====