Thinking about the Yin spirits that existed in the summer quilt before, Lin Tian shivered. If he hadn't become a beast master, this day could have been the anniversary of his death...

Lin Tian knew that the appearance of Yin spirits in Xia Liang's quilt was definitely not a coincidence, and the formation of Yin spirits was not that simple.

The existence of Yin spirits might have been there for a long time, but Lin Tian wasn't aware of it.

For regular people, Yin spirits might be a disaster, but for Lin Tian, Yin spirits were a stepping stone on his path to becoming a stronger individual!

Later, Lin Tian went to the bedroom, turned on the computer, and began searching for all unusual occurrences!

"Huh? It's almost noon, why hasn't the landlady called yet?"

Lin Tian turned off the computer, stretched, and glanced at the time.

From midnight last night until now, Lin Tian had been researching unusual occurrences that could be caused by evil spirits.

But he had yet to find a clue.

The 15th of every month was the day Lin Tian paid rent.

However, the rent for the house he lived in was overdue for two months.

Lin Tian had just received his salary yesterday.

Originally, he had planned to give the rent to Aunt Chen, but it got postponed due to the matter of controlling the beast.

As for paying the rent, they had agreed last month to do so today.

"Could it be that Aunt Chen joined the senior singing and dancing troupe again and forgot about the rent?

Forget it, I'll send the rent to Aunt Chen later!

It just so happened that Aunt Chen's house was also in the direction of the park in the center of the street."

After muttering a few words to himself, Lin Tian stood up, heated up last night's leftovers, finished it, and took Long Yi out.

Long Yi possessed the passive skill of water-bending, making it very convenient to not have to carry the fish tank wherever Lin Tian went.

"Where could Aunt Chen have gone?"

About half an hour later, Lin Tian arrived at the Senior Citizens' Song and Dance Club. Seeing that almost a dozen calls had gone unanswered, Lin Tian couldn't help but sigh.

The door of the senior singing and dancing club was tightly closed, with a 'Closed' notice posted on it.

"Is she perhaps taking a nap at home?"

Lin Tian was aware that Aunt Chen's husband had passed away early, and she lived alone. Her only hobby was dancing, and her son was still in the United States.

Though he suspected Aunt Chen might be taking a lunch break, Lin Tian glanced at the time and realized it was already past two o'clock. By this time, it was well past the usual lunch break.

Moreover, he had made numerous phone calls.

The decibel level of the mobile phone used by Aunt Chen for the elderly was deafening, even from a distance of more than ten meters.

Inadvertently, Lin Tian caught a glimpse of Long Yi peeking out from his collar, and a sense of foreboding gripped him.

Frowning, Lin Tian trotted towards Aunt Chen's house.

"Dong dong dong~!" "Dong dong dong~!"

Lin Tian continuously pounded on Aunt Chen's iron gate, but there was no response for a long time.

Aunt Chen's residence was in a planned urban and rural area. Rows of houses were built separately, each with its own courtyard.

"It's strange! Where is everyone!"

Lin Tian frowned.

He hadn't seen Aunt Chen in the park at the center of the street on his way here. Even some of Aunt Chen's playmates whom Lin Tian knew hadn't seen her.

Puff~! Puff~!

Just as Lin Tian was wondering where Aunt Chen had gone, Long Yi, who was meandering in his arms, suddenly seemed a little agitated and spat out a few bubbles.

The bubbles burst and splashed onto Lin Tian's neck.

Seeing this, Lin Tian stared at Long Yi, feeling a sense of growing unease.

The premonition that something was amiss seemed to intensify at this moment.

Due to the incident last night, Lin Tian knew that Long Yi had a natural reaction to Yin spirits.

At this moment, Long Yi suddenly jumped out of his collar and swam towards the front door of Aunt Chen's house.

The bubbles he had spat out burst and shot towards Aunt Chen's door, creating a series of loud sounds.

Zizzizi~! Sizzle!

The sound resembled water droplets falling on a hot stove wall.

"Um?"

Seeing this, Lin Tian snorted softly.

The splashing water droplets actually contained a trace of spiritual power.

It was Long Yi's spiritual power fluctuation.

"Dong dong dong~!"

"Dong dong dong~!"

At the same time, Long Yi started knocking on the door of Aunt Chen's house.

Judging from that posture, it seemed like he was eager to rush into Aunt Chen's house.

Seeing this, Lin Tian felt a surge of anger and kicked the iron door.

Boom~! Squeak~!

With a loud noise, the iron door opened.

Following that was a large amount of cold air, resembling clusters of little snakes snaking out.

This sensation was akin to Lin Tian suddenly opening the door to hell.

Seeing this, Lin Tian rushed in front of the cold breath and summoned the spiritual power from the sea of consciousness between his eyebrows to resist the invasion of the chilling breath.

Long Yi did the same.

Before long, the cold aura emerging from the door dissipated under the sunlight.

At this point, Lin Tian breathed a sigh of relief and cautiously moved towards Aunt Chen's yard.

Um?

Turning around the doorway and stepping into the courtyard, Lin Tian couldn't help but snort.

This wasn't the first time Lin Tian had visited Aunt Chen's house.

Yet, this time, everything felt extremely strange.

The sun was shining brightly above their heads, but the courtyard was shrouded in shadows, akin to a nightmarish creature.

Plop~! Plop~!

The sound of his own heartbeat resonated in Lin Tian's ears.

In this tense moment, a dark wind suddenly swept through the silent courtyard.

Vaguely, a shrill sound echoed from the house.

Glancing in that direction, Lin Tian saw that the door to the living room from the courtyard was ajar.

However, the peculiar thing was that Lin Tian couldn't see what was happening inside the house with his naked eyes.

Even attaching spiritual power to his eyes didn't significantly improve the situation.

Behind the door, it seemed like it wasn't a living room, but a dark void.

No!

Perhaps it couldn't be described as pitch black.

After all, black was still a color.

The situation inside the house was like nothingness.

Nothingness?

Just like those who are blind, the world in their eyes is not the black that ordinary people see when their eyes are closed.

But when ordinary people close one eye or open one eye, the sensation presented by the closed eye is the feeling of nothingness.

This is what Lin Tian noticed in the house at this time!

Taking a deep breath, Lin Tian pulled Long Yi back onto his arm and proceeded towards the door of the living room.

From the courtyard to the door of the living room, the distance was just over ten meters, but Lin Tian walked for nearly five minutes.

Although the environment was filled with a chilling atmosphere, there was a trace of sweat on Lin Tian's forehead.

Lin Tian, who was highly focused, felt as if he had just completed a five-kilometer cross-country run.

Da~!

With a slight sound, Lin Tian crossed the threshold and stood in the darkness of the living room.

At this moment, Lin Tian couldn't hear any sound.

The initial shrill voice had vanished without a trace after completely entering the house.