Chapter 323

In the dim corridor, although the temperature didn't drop, a cold wind that seemed to pierce into the bone marrow began to blow.

Lu Mian, who was in a state of empty-mindedness to recover his spirituality, instantly concentrated his spirit and observed the tomb chambers on both sides as if nothing were wrong.

Actually, his first reflex was to put one hand in his pocket and hold Mr. K's finger, but he immediately remembered that this was the Southern Continent and Mr. K most likely couldn't sense his finger being used, so he forcibly suppressed his instinctive impulse.

Franca's reaction speed wasn't slow either; she already had a palm-sized mirror in her hand. Although Jenna, who had the least experience, didn't understand what such a scene change represented, she intuitively felt that this wasn't a good thing.

This was just like the ghost stories some drunks in bars and dance halls used to scare girls!

Salient quickly withdrew his gaze from the dim oil lamps, didn't even look at Lu Mian, and quickened his pace, passing Jenna and Franca to head toward the open, pitch-black wooden door of the basement.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

A slapping sound rang out in the tomb chambers on both sides, not knowing if it was the lids of the stone coffins being knocked or the heavy stone doors being struck.

Salient's expression changed, he lifted his knees, and sprinted outward.

In the basement that had been deathly silent, the slapping sounds of bang, bang, bang echoed. Lu Mian and the others followed the secret medicine shop owner toward the exit, overtaking him in a few steps.

Just then, the pitch-black wooden door made a creaking sound and closed at an extremely fast speed.

Seeing this, Franca continued to sprint while throwing the mirror in her hand toward the outside of the door.

With a crack, the mirror hit the fully closed pitch-black wooden door, and fragments scattered all over the floor.

Lu Mian and Franca stopped at the same time and turned to look at Salient. Jenna rushed forward another two meters before realizing and making the same choice.

In the unusually dim corridor, Salient, wearing a blue coat with gold trim, stood frozen in place, his pale face stained with a bit of murky green.

The slapping sounds in the tomb chambers on both sides continued, echoing in the hearts of every living person here.

Salient's body trembled visibly, and he muttered to himself:

"It's over, we're all over..."

"What exactly happened?" Franca asked with a fast speaking rate but a calm attitude.

Only by figuring out the essence of the problem could one think of an effective solution in a short time!

Salient seemed to have lost his soul and didn't answer Franca's question, half-repeating his previous words:

"It's over, we're dead for sure..."

Before he finished speaking, the entire basement suddenly shook.

The murky green lamp flames, which had shrunk to the size of rice grains, tilted significantly in the same direction.

Salient's face showed terror, and his voice involuntarily amplified:

"It's awake! It's awake!"

"Who is it?" Jenna felt that this was more terrifying than all the ghost stories she had heard before, but she still braced herself and asked.

Salient didn't answer her, still shouting there:

"It's awake! It's awake!"

Seeing that the secret medicine shop owner's state was clearly wrong and he seemed to have fallen into extreme terror, Franca decisively gave up asking and took out another mirror.

She intended to use "Magic Mirror Divination" to quickly determine the current situation.

Even if the answer obtained from the divination wasn't clear enough and needed interpretation, it was still better than knowing nothing!

Soon, Franca finished chanting the incantation and saw water light appear on the mirror surface.

Just as she was about to organize her language, ask a suitable question, and request a corresponding answer, Lu Mian, who was standing silently to the side, suddenly spoke:

"Did it succeed?"

"It succeeded, I can divine." Although Franca was puzzled, she still answered very cooperatively.

Lu Mian immediately smiled:

"You don't need to ask the question."

Uh... Franca was stunned for a moment, then immediately understood what Lu Mian wanted to do.

At this moment, the basement shook significantly again, and the secret medicine shop owner, Salient, was so terrified that his voice became shrill:

"It's coming! It's coming!

"We're going to die!"

The next second, Lu Mian gripped his shoulder.

At the same time, Lu Mian grabbed Jenna's arm with his other hand, while Franca hooked his shoulder in a gesture of brotherly affection.

A flash of ghostly light shone from the gaps in their clothing, and the four of them appeared outside the basement, in front of the pitch-black wooden door outlined with many occult symbols.

"It's coming! It's coming!

"We're going to die!"

Salient was still screaming in despair.

Lu Mian looked at the secret medicine shop owner and seriously considered whether to use "Nissen's Face" to disguise himself as a mummy and scare him.

Shock therapy is also therapy!

Considering that his own spirituality was running low and there was no need to expose too many abilities in front of such a stranger, Lu Mian finally gave up the idea of a prank.

Slap!

Jenna swung her right palm and slapped Salient on the face, stunning him and making him stare blankly at the lady in front of him.

Franca and Lu Mian were both a bit surprised, watching this scene in silence, not knowing how to participate.

Amidst the slight shaking of the pitch-black wooden door and the basement walls, the scene outside suddenly became quiet.

Jenna felt a bit uncomfortable being watched by so many gazes and muttered:

"Isn't this how you wake someone up?

"My neighbor lost control of his emotions before, and that's how he was woken up."

This wasn't really going crazy; the people in the factory district had their own empirical solutions, which worked most of the time and were ineffective in a few cases.

Of course, if it were her own family, she definitely wouldn't be able to do it and would have to ask someone else for help.

"Well done." Franca came back to her senses and praised sincerely.

After a few seconds, Salient's eyes gradually cleared.

He instinctively looked around and blurted out in astonishment:

"We're out?

"When did we come out?"

"When you were shouting 'We're going to die,' 'We're going to die,'" Lu Mian answered in an annoying tone.

Then, he raised an eyebrow and asked in a deep voice:

"Who did you say was waking up just now?"

After Salient's expression changed a few times, he mumbled with his lips:

"A real ancient mummy.

"It sleeps on the bottom level of the tomb chamber and wakes up occasionally. It just woke up a few days ago, how could it wake up again so soon..."

Under normal circumstances, the time for that mummy to "wake up" had a rough range. According to Salient's experience, it would take at least another month for it to wake up again, which was why he dared to take Lu Mian and the others into the basement.

Who knew an accident would happen!

What factor caused the ancient mummy to wake up early? Lu Mian looked at Franca thoughtfully, as if asking if she wanted to consider a real ancient mummy.

Franca understood his meaning and shook her head, indicating there was no need.

Mummy ash was only an auxiliary material, and last year's would work too; there was no need to risk dealing with that monster that looked very dangerous.

Lu Mian withdrew his gaze, endured the throbbing pain in his head, looked at Salient, and smiled:

"I don't care whether it was last year's mummy or an ancient mummy that woke up; I only know two things:

"One, I saved you; two, we were frightened and almost died inside.

"So, you need to give me a thank-you gift and mental compensation. How much do you think you should give? Remember, I only want gold."

Thinking that he still owed the Armor Shadow and Mr. Fool a total of 100,000 gold pounds, Lu Mian didn't want to miss any opportunity to save money.

Seeing that the movement behind the pitch-black wooden door gradually subsided, Salient felt relieved and took a breath:

"How about 1,000 gold pounds? I only have this much gold here."

He felt a bit of heartache over losing money, but he felt that what Lu Mian said was completely correct. If it weren't for them, he would have already died in the basement and become food for that mummy.

Moreover, the other party showed quite strong strength, and refusing on the spot meant high risk.

"Fine." Lu Mian wasn't one to be greedy or exploitative.

As the four of them walked toward the stairs leading to the warehouse, Franca lowered her left hand, letting something slide silently into the shadows of the corner.

After receiving gold coins, gold bars, and gold jewelry worth 1,000 gold pounds, Lu Mian, Franca, and Jenna walked out of the "Highland Secret Medicine" shop.

"Tsk, after all that trouble, not only did we get the mummy's severed arm, but we also got an extra 500 gold pounds." Franca looked back at the shop and sighed amusingly.

Before Lu Mian could respond, she asked with a smile:

"Are you short on money again? The you from before definitely wouldn't care about asking for a reward for saving someone; they could give it or not."

"Did you switch to the 'Spectator' pathway?" Lu Mian teased, then nodded sincerely, "The special contract I mentioned requires sacrificing gold worth 100,000 gold pounds within a period of time afterward."

100,000 gold pounds? After truly entering the occult world, Jenna's view of money was refreshed again and again.

As far as she knew, Charles didn't even have as much cash as she did, and such a person actually dared to owe 100,000 gold pounds just for a contract that could use special abilities.

Franca "tsk-tsked" again and asked:

"Why didn't you just 'teleport' us outside from the beginning? At that time, the basement door hadn't closed yet, and there wouldn't have been any accidents."

"Don't you think it's cool to make a move at the last moment?" Lu Mian asked instead of answering.

Of course, the real reason was that he had just acquired the "Spirit World Travel" ability and hadn't developed the habit of using it subconsciously. By the time the pitch-black wooden door of the basement closed, he was afraid that the last "teleportation" would fail, so he didn't dare to try it rashly.

Later, Franca completed the "Magic Mirror Divination," and he used this to determine that he could still connect to the outside world within that seal, which was why he made a decisive decision.

Amidst Franca and Jenna's disbelieving sounds, Lu Mian rubbed his hollow, throbbing head and said:

"Find an inn, I want to sleep and recover my spirituality."

"Okay." Franca didn't rush to find an inn but turned into an empty alley and took out an exquisite makeup mirror.

"What are you going to divine?" Jenna asked curiously.

The corners of Franca's mouth curled up:

"Divining the scene shown by my other mirror."

Seeing Jenna's confusion, she smiled and added:

"I just dropped a small mirror that looked like a fragment outside that basement."

After speaking, Franca stroked the mirror surface and chanted the incantation.

Not long after, the mirror reflected a scene:

The secret medicine shop owner, Salient, wearing a blue coat with gold trim, stood in front of the pitch-black wooden door, bent his back, and shouted in a low voice:

"Only death is eternal!"

(End of chapter)