As soon as I covered myself, I immediately noticed something was wrong. Just as the blanket was covered, a faint cold air spread from it, directly entering my body.
However, because I had protective dragon energy, such a faint cold did not affect me at all. It made me more certain that there was something weird about this blanket!
If I'm not mistaken, there should be a spell cast on this blanket, something like a "gathering yin array". But why, after thoroughly inspecting the entire blanket inside and out, couldn't I find any trace of it?
Wait a minute, water stains! Suddenly, I seemed to understand something. I uncovered the blanket, and a carp suddenly got up from the sickbed. I carefully examined the water stains on the blanket...
"Huh?"
Staring at the blanket for quite a while, I finally saw some clues. All the water stains connected to form the outline of a woman's face!
Upon closer inspection, the woman seemed to be staring resentfully at me! As if blaming me for ruining her plan.
Thinking to this point, I quickly cut open the stained area with a small knife. There, I found a thread as thin as a hair.
With a gentle pull, there was suddenly a hair over a meter long in my hand!
"Wow... such a powerful array technique!"
At the moment when I pulled out the hair, I couldn't help but gasp in admiration. It was incredible, to be able to use a hair to sew into the blanket, creating a yin gathering effect array?
This person's technique is truly remarkable! It's the epitome of craftsmanship!
"What's going on?"
Zhang and others stared at the hair in my hand, wearing a puzzled expression. "How could there be such a long hair inside the blanket?"
"Don't ask so much! Let's go! Leave the hospital first and then we'll talk!"
I still didn't quite understand the situation, but I was certain that this was definitely artificial! Subtly, I felt as if a huge conspiracy was approaching us. It's better to leave here quickly, just to be safe!
"Good!"
Seeing how serious my expression was, Captain Han couldn't help but also feel a chill in his heart. Without saying a word, he led us out of there.
Entering the elevator, Captain Han suddenly asked, "Should we inform Commissar Li and the others?"
"This...";
Hearing his question, I couldn't help but hesitate. Thinking about Vice Captain Li's recent behavior, I almost directed all suspicions toward the middle-aged man who had awakened Vice Captain Li.
According to my guess, this matter was most likely related to him!
"Alright, for safety's sake, you guys wait in the car for me, I'll go and take a look first!"
"Yes! Be careful, I have a feeling that this is very likely related to the person who awakened Vice Captain Li!"
What I could think of, Captain Han naturally thought of too. Now that I think about it, that middle-aged man indeed seemed very suspicious!
Leaving that aside, his appearance alone was very suspicious! For no reason at all, how could a strong cultivator suddenly appear in the hospital? And then coincidentally, he happened to wake up Vice Captain Li?
Is it a coincidence?
Or was there a long-standing conspiracy?
There's no time to explain too much. I couldn't help but burst out swearing, then immediately pinched the Purple Wei Treasure Seal, and with a forceful tap outside the door, I shouted, "The natural world, dispel the impurity, the mysterious void in the cave, the bright Taiyuan, the Zhongshan god spell, the original Jade text, the evil impurity dissipates, the Daoist energy endures! Hurry! Order!"
At this moment, I actually had no confidence in my heart. I don't know if the "Purple Wei Seal" and the "Purifying Heaven and Earth God Spell" work.
I only know that in traditional Daoist beliefs, "Purple Wei" represents the Ziwei Star and has the meaning of suppressing evil spirits. The "Purifying Heaven and Earth God Spell" has the effect of expelling all evil and impure qi.
Now, when the two are combined, there should be some effect, right? If not, then I can only use "True Yang Saliva" or "Tongzi Brow" again.
Damn it! If this continues, before the ghosts can kill me, I will simply die of anemia...
Fortunately, when I finished the last "Order" word, there was a crisp sound outside the elevator door!
Like the shattering of glass, the scene in front of me instantly became fragmented, and the light dimmed. However, it was still daytime, so even though the hallway of the elevator was dark, we could still see the outside situation.
When we saw the scene outside, everyone couldn't help but gasp in shock!
Damn! Is that really the tenth floor? The elevator is clearly hanging in the air! If I had really taken a step earlier, I'd have been smashed to pieces by now!
"Ah!"
Su Su, after all, had never seen such a situation before, and as a girl, she was immediately frightened and let out a sharp scream, her legs turning to jelly as she collapsed inside the elevator!
Captain Han and Brother Zhang were also quite shocked, but this was not the first time for them, so they maintained their composure and said with a solemn expression, "What... what's going on?"
"It should be a fierce ghost causing trouble!"
I was also very serious, comforting everyone and saying, "Don't be afraid, fortunately I have some talismans with me. Quick, everyone stick one on yourself!"
"Phew..."
After sticking on the talismans, everyone felt a little more at ease, and I cautiously stuck my head out of the door, ready to see what kind of terrifying ghost was at work here!
However, to my surprise, as soon as I stuck my head out, the elevator door, which had been open, suddenly closed!
It was a narrow escape, because my reaction was fast enough to pull back my head in time. Even so, I was covered in cold sweat!
"Boom!"
Before I could think much, the elevator, which had just stopped, suddenly started moving again. Strangely enough, this time the elevator didn't continue to descend, but chose to go up, and finally stopped at the fifteenth floor.
Ding, the elevator door opened again!
Learning from the earlier incident, this time I didn't dare to rashly step out of the elevator. After reciting the "Purifying Heaven and Earth God Spell" again to confirm that everything outside was not an illusion, I carefully stepped out.
Thankfully, this time I stepped on solid ground, and after cautiously looking around, I confirmed that it was indeed the fifteenth floor. I quickly shouted to Captain Han, "It's okay, come out!"
Captain Han and the others were eager to leave the haunted elevator, and upon hearing my words, they quickly helped the trembling Su Su out of the elevator.
"Gurgle..."
Thinking back to the terrifying scene just now, everyone was still shaken, swallowing hard. Captain Han's expression was serious as he asked, "What should we do now? We can't stay on the fifteenth floor all the time, can we?"
"Take the stairs!"
I had already thought about this, and we definitely wouldn't dare to ride the elevator. If we wanted to go down, we only had one option: take the stairs!
Compared to the elevator, the stairs could at least give us a sense of solid ground. When the time came, even if we encountered another fierce ghost, it wouldn't be as passive as before, and we might stand a chance against it!
Damn, I've always heard that hospitals often have ghosts because people die there all the time. But I really didn't expect that even in broad daylight, in such a clear and open place, there would actually be ghosts! I wonder how Deputy Captain Li and the others are doing now.
But come to think of it, even now we're just like "crossing the river by feeling the stones," so who cares about them? Chaozhou people play the erhu - we should look out for ourselves!
"Alright, let's hurry!"
Whether it was me, Captain Han, or the others, none of us wanted to stay in the hospital for even a minute longer. Without any hesitation, we quickly headed for the stairwell.
Fortunately, we didn't encounter any more accidents along the way and went down one floor after another.
However, after walking down for nearly fifteen minutes, I finally realized something was wrong and stopped in my tracks: "Wait a minute! We've been walking for so long, why haven't we reached the bottom yet?"
"Hmm?"
Hearing this, Captain Han's face changed slightly, and he instinctively said, "Could it be that we've encountered the 'ghost wall'?"
"Ghost wall?"
As soon as he said that, I couldn't help but frown, and as for Brother Zhang and Su Su, they were even more frightened, trembling all over.
The so-called "ghost wall," also known as "ghost wall building," or "ghost blocking wall," is a term used in the profession of Daoist cultivation, but it is also widely known in the folk. According to folk tales, this is a phenomenon that occurs when someone gets lost at night, in the outskirts, or at a cemetery. It often happens to individuals, sometimes to groups, but it's relatively rare.
However, in the eyes of practitioners, it's a completely different story.
According to Daoist books, people who travel on dark nights often fall into the ghostly formations arranged by the underworld and demons on nights with sparse stars. It appears as if they are walking for miles, but in fact, they are constantly walking in circles. Once caught in it, their lives are at risk. Few have solved it over the centuries, many have dispersed with the winds, so some people call it the "ghost wall formation"!
In other words, if you walk the night road a lot, you'll eventually encounter a ghost, which is what the "ghost wall" refers to!
Believe it or not, the current situation does have a striking resemblance to the "ghost wall." But to say it really is the "ghost wall" seems unlikely, after all, it's not night now, and we're not in the countryside or at a cemetery. This is a hospital, bustling with people, and it's bright and open outside. It doesn't seem like an environment where a ghost wall could happen, does it?
"Ah!"
Just as I was frowning and scanning the surroundings, Brother Zhang behind me suddenly screamed and pointed to the other side of the corridor! Trembling all over, he said, "Look! What... what is that?"
"Hmm?"
As soon as I heard this, Captain Han and I instinctively looked in the direction he was pointing, and saw a large "14" written on the wall at the end of the corridor in a hauntingly blood-like color!
"The fourteenth floor? After walking for so long, we're still on the fourteenth floor?"
Frowning, I completely didn't understand why Zhang Ge was so terrified. I turned around and saw Captain Han, who also looked extremely anxious and restless.
"Huh? What's wrong with you?"
The reactions of the two were too exaggerated, which made it hard for me to comprehend. It's just the fourteenth floor, what's there to be scared of? Even if it's a dead end, isn't the fourteenth floor normal?
"The fourteenth floor! It's the fourteenth floor! This is bad, it's all over now..."
Zhang Ge's face turned pale, staring at the tragic "fourteen" as he, like Su Su, collapsed to the ground.
"Isn't the fourteenth floor normal? What's wrong with you guys?"
"Ah, my dear friend, you've only been in Qianyang for six months, there are some things that you may not know! When the Provincial People's Hospital was built, in order to be auspicious, they never actually set up a fourteenth floor! After the thirteenth floor, it directly jumped to the fifteenth floor!"
"But later, some people said that the fourteenth floor actually always existed, but it wasn't for people to live in, it was for the ghosts of those who died unjustly in the hospital and refused to leave!"