Chapter 55: The Tragic Case

  After dinner, Mo Xinke never showed up, and it's unknown what he was doing with that big sister. Han Jin bid farewell to Xian Ni'er and rushed to Nan Street with Sa Si Ou, Qiuli and others, bringing little Joseph along.

  "Master, we're here." Little Joseph pointed to a courtyard and called out. Due to the Space Ring, Little Joseph's attitude had become very cautious, such as when they were riding in the carriage earlier, Han Jin had let him sit up front several times, but he had refused each time, preferring to run alongside below instead. The Space Ring was not only able to provide an extra-dimensional space, it was also a symbol of status.

  Han Jin Si looked around for a moment, this place was slightly remote, but the yard was very large, the wall was over two meters high, and through the wall, he could see a row of brick houses inside. Similar to the situation in La Dong Town, ordinary people's houses were mostly made of wood, but here near the forest, wood was worthless, and those with some status would choose to use bricks and stones to build their houses. The rich and wealthy families even found alchemists to make magic bricks, their houses not only could prevent fire, insects, and rot, but also could withstand a certain degree of attack, like a fortress.

  Han Jin made a signal with his eyes, and Little Joseph knocked loudly on the courtyard door: "Is anyone there? Is anyone there?"

  He knocked for half a day, but there was no reaction inside. Han Jin walked over and tentatively pushed the courtyard door, which was locked from the inside.

  "The grown-ups should have all gone out, let's come back this afternoon," said Little Joseph.

  Han Jin's expression turned solemn, he looked up at the merchant guild sign hanging above, then walked to one side, stretched out his hand and leaned on the courtyard wall, his body suddenly rising into the air, vaulting over the wall.

  "Sir, you..." Little Joseph was startled and looked around nervously.

  With a creak, the courtyard gate was pulled open from inside, and two severed iron chains were still swaying and colliding with the gate.

  "Come in." Han Jin said slowly.

  "Sir, we can't go in! If the people from the trade association come back, they'll take us for thieves!" Little Joseph cried out.

  "They won't be back," said Han Jin, sheathing his sword and striding inside.

  Sasseu was taken aback and looked at Han Jin's back, among these people, only he sensed the underlying tone of Han Jin's words.

  The entire yard had nearly a dozen houses of various sizes, but all the houses were empty. Sasou and Kairi split up to search, searched in a big circle, didn't find anything, and finally gathered in the main hall.

  Han Jin was in front of a pile of ashes, when Sasu and Qili walked in. Han Jin was bending down to search for something. "Any discovery?" Sasu asked.

  "The people of Morgan's trading company should have withdrawn from Lonely Cliff City." Han Jin said slowly: "Look, these must be account books."

  "What should we do?"

  "What can we do with just a few of us?" Han Jin smiled: "Little Joseph, you take Miss Keli back first."

  Kitty's face was full of disappointment, and she mechanically followed Little Joseph out, but when they reached the door, she suddenly realized that Han Jin and Sasou were still standing in their original positions, unmoving. She turned around abruptly: "You... did you find something?"

  Sasseur quietly looked at Han Jin, he didn't know how to respond. Khloe said word by word: "If you really found something, tell me, I have the right to know!"

  Han Jin hesitated for a moment, then waved his hand: "Little Joseph, you go out first and wait outside. Be careful not to let others in."

  "I understand, sir." Little Joseph walked out in a daze.

  "I smell the scent of death." Han Jin looked at Kelli.

  These words were like a thunderclap, and her beautiful face instantly turned pale: "You... what do you mean?"

  Han Jin looked to the west, he used to be a private detective and often dealt with paranormal events. Even if he didn't use Taoist magic, he could still sense the presence of death, that cold, hateful, resentful, desperate thing. He had already sensed it outside the courtyard. Moreover, those people were very careless and left too many clues behind. And then there were the ants crawling in and out, the flies trying to squeeze into the cracks, all revealing enough information.

  "A massacre took place here." Han Jin's gaze swept around: "Are you sure you want to take a look at them?"

  "Yes." Kairi said, biting her lip.

  Han Jin stopped talking and walked to a slightly concave brick, stomping on it with force. Nothing happened. Han Jin was taken aback for a moment before realizing that the mechanism inside must have been destroyed by someone.

  "Sasou, it should be okay to release magic here, right?"

  "Look what kind of magic." Saso also found those crawling ants, walked over and stomped his feet on that brick, shaking his head: "I can't open this one."

  Just then, a loud crash was heard from below, something was hitting the bricks, Sasou was startled and hastily retreated several steps: "That is..."

  Bang... Bang... The knocking sound became more urgent, Sasou stood in front of Keri, chanting a few spells and releasing a magic shield. The magic shield was sixth-level magic, and it wasn't long since Sasou had become a high-ranking mage. This was the first time he released a magic shield in a potentially explosive real battle, so he didn't have much confidence in himself. He also cast Earth Shield on himself and Keri, only then did he let out a sigh of relief.

  Han Jin's fingers moved in the air, a flickering and uncertain talisman gradually took shape, quietly floating there.

  With a loud crash, the stone slab was knocked open by something, and several monsters covered in blood crawled out. Han Jin waved his hand and shouted: "Go!"

  The floating talisman suddenly turned into a white light, illuminating the entire hall in an instant. It then fell into the cave, and those strange creatures let out ear-piercing screams before turning into wisps of flying ash.

  "It's a zombie! How can there be zombies here?!" Sasori shouted.

  A deafening rumble echoed underground, and streaks of white light shot out from the cave entrance. In an instant, everything fell silent.

  Han Jin stood at the entrance of the cave, looking down. The Purification Spell had a great advantage when attacking this type of creature, and even the ghosts he summoned couldn't resist it, let alone zombies. However, the Purification Spell could only eliminate monsters, but not odors. A strong stench wafted up from below, making people feel nauseous.

  Jieli bit her teeth and walked forward step by step, just as she was about to reach the entrance of the cave, Han Jin stretched out his arm to stop her, softly sighing: "Don't look." Han Jin originally didn't want to interfere with Jieli, many times disasters and pain can make people mature, but the scene below was too miserable, everywhere were scattered corpses, he worried that Jieli couldn't bear it.