Yan Junze had never dread that he would encounter a task released by the Spaceti Atlas just by sitting tired and taking a short walk.
There were many keywords ntioned in the task, and he couldn’t digest them all at once.
However, after completing the last task, "The Old Woman Knocking at Mid-Night", he had talked with his parents about Granny Ren, and learned that Granny Ren had two sons and one daughter, and the Lv Xin he had seen last ti was from the family of the second son Lv Jun and Wei Tingchun.
As for the little girl nad Lv Jiayan in front of him, she must be the daughter of the eldest son, Lv Qiang, and Wang Qin.
Yet what struck Yan Junze most was not these people, but Yu Xiaochang, the only grandson Granny Ren deeply cared for and adored.
From the task background, it could be inferred that besides the couple, Lv Jun and Wei Tingchun, the second son of Granny Ren’s, the eldest son’s couple, Lv Qiang, and Wang Qin, had also died, and it was Granny Ren—no, the Resentful Granny—who was now scheming against their daughter, Lv Jiayan.
And by the looks of it, the evil spirits of Lv Qiang and Wang Qin, following Granny Ren’s ultimate evolution, were not her match.
The only thing they could do now was to allow the Resentful Granny to devour them, thereby sealing her strength for three days and allowing their daughter, Lv Jiayan, to escape this calamity.
The task hints also made it very clear about the Resentful Granny’s power, which made Yan Junze wonder if not even Ke’er and the Crawling Corpse, or Jian Tong here, would stand a chance against the Resentful Granny.
What terrified Yan Junze the most, however, was that, damn it, the task’s punishnt was inevitable?!
Could there be anything more direct than that?
That is to say, by choosing to complete this task, attracting hatred from the Resentful Granny would beco inevitable. Unless he could destroy her.
Fortunately, the main character of this task wasn’t himself; the Resentful Granny was eyeing Lv Jiayan. Moreover, isn’t the Exorcist Huang Chen also here? Maybe he could figure out a way to complete it.
Although, Huang Chen always seed unreliable.
"To do or not to do?"
Yan Junze stood in the corridor not far from the fourth-floor stairwell, looking preoccupied, completely indifferent even when Huang Chen nodded at him in greeting.
After Lv Jiayan quietly arrived, Huang Chen, who was a bundle of nerves, saw that Yan Junze seed to be in a world of his own and did not plan to speak to him; he took Lv Jiayan straight to the fifth floor.
It was a good thing that Yang Depei had called just now, saying he was on his way. Having this two-star Exorcist co to help was a relief, but Huang Chen was still uneasy.
It wasn’t until his and Lv Jiayan’s footsteps disappeared into the stairwell that Yan Junze ca back to his senses.
Still, Yan Junze was very conflicted at this mont. According to the rules, the difficulty of the task was "Trembling with Fear (High)", which was a bit harder than the yet uncompleted task "Reflection Under the Moonlight".
"Reflection Under the Moonlight" was classified as "Trembling with Fear (dium)", but "Evil Spirit-eating" was not as difficult as "Look at Her Face".
"Look at Her Face" had reached "hair-raising (Low)" difficulty, and he was already preparing to undertake it, which ant that the task’s difficulty level wasn’t the main factor affecting completion.
So far, what Yan Junze worried about was the punisnt of the "Evil Spirit-eating" task was just too harsh. Even if he completed the task, if he couldn’t destroy the Resentful Granny and shake her off, his future life could probably be described as a dire nightmare.
Unconsciously arriving at the stairwell, Yan Junze stood at the entrance of the stairs, torn between going up or going down, as if this mont were a multiple-choice question that would determine his fate for life.
Forget the "Evil Spirit-eating", just continue preparing for the "Look at Her Face" task. After all, the Exorcist Huang Chen was there.
But Granny Ren had evolved, and now Huang Chen, a one-star Exorcist, could he really handle her? After all, this guy was the Exorcist who couldn’t even catch a Possession Spirit the first ti.
While Yan Junze hesitated, a faint sound of footsteps ca from the third-floor staircase below.
The sound was so familiar it almost instantly pulled him back to a certain night, to the familiar footsteps that would arrive punctually at his doorstep every morning at two o’clock.
Lowering his head, he saw a pair of familiar old cotton shoes in his line of sight.
Certainly, the person climbing the stairs was walking on tiptoes.
Inside Room 503, Huang Chen urged Lv Xin, "Let’s go, we’ll leave imdiately and talk at your aunt Lv Yaoyao’s house."
"Why?" Lv Xin pulled away, "I found sothing in grandma’s bedroom, wait for ..."
"Then hurry up and get it, after that we’ll leave this place and go check it out at Yu Xiaochang’s house," Huang Chen said, growing anxious as he grabbed Lv Jiayan’s hand.
Thump, thump, thump, the sound of knocking at the door echoed.
Huang Chen’s expression changed, he quickly pulled Lv Jiayan behind him, told Lv Xin to co over, and took out the "High-Energy Collapse" Hidden Buckle that Yang Depei had given him.
"Mr. Huang Chen, it’s , Yan Junze." A familiar voice ca from outside the door.
Huang Chen was startled, then his expression relaxed, but he still asked cautiously, "Where did we first et?"
"In Teacher Zhang Tiantian’s office, duh," Yan Junze was a bit confused.
The door opened, and Huang Chen, standing at the doorway, showed no intention of inviting him inside, "We’re in a bit of a rush, if you could co back another day for what you need. Please leave for now!"
"It’s already too late for that," Yan Junze barged into the room and imdiately closed the door behind him.
Huang Chen stood rooted to the spot, "What... what’s too late?"
At this mont, Yan Junze didn’t want to waste any more ti talking, he went straight to the point, "Granny Ren is already here, you can’t escape. Now, think about how to deal with her."
"How... how do you know!?" Huang Chen exclaid in surprise.
"This story goes back to the ti when humans first appeared on this planet, do you want to hear it?"
"Let’s save that for later."
Huang Chen was frantic with worry and had no ti for Yan Junze’s digressions, he turned back and ordered, "Close all the doors and windows in the room, we’ll just stay in the living room."
As soon as Huang Chen finished speaking, Lv Xin imdiately ran to the bedroom door, closed it, and then shut all other doors including another small bedroom, the bathroom, and the kitchen.
In the anti, Huang Chen made a phone call to Yang Depei, and then asked Yan Junze to help him move the coffee table in the living room, bringing two chairs over to place directly opposite the couch.
Four people, Huang Chen and Lv Jiayan on the couch, Yan Junze and Lv Xin on the chairs opposite, ford a circle.
"When it’s ti, hold hands, and no one lets go," Huang Chen spoke seriously.
While talking, he took out all the Hidden Buckles given to him by Zhao Shuai and Yang Depei, a "High-Energy Collapse" from Yang Depei, and two "Sweepers" and one "Collapse" from Zhao Shuai.
"Yan Junze, actually you didn’t have to co here to notify us, you could have called , but now I’m afraid it might be dangerous to go outside," Huang Chen signaled everyone to hold hands and said to Yan Junze.
Yan Junze didn’t answer but instead asked, "What is this for?"
"To prevent strangenesses from ’interfering’," Lv Jiayan quickly answered before anyone else.
…
"No way!" Lv Yaoyao shook her head like a rattle drum, "We’re not going anywhere, ho is the safest place."
Yang Depei, who had already left, upon receiving the call that Huang Chen was unable to leave, he imdiately returned to Lv Yaoyao’s house.
Standing in front of Lv Yaoyao and her husband Yu Tao, he said, "Now, we must take Yu Xiaochang to FH Community, there’s no choice; otherwise, the three people there might all die."
"No, I’m not feeling well, I don’t want to go out..."
Before Lv Yaoyao could finish her sentence, Yang Depei interrupted her with gritted teeth, "I’m not asking for your opinion. If you don’t agree, from now until your death, I can guarantee that not a single Exorcist will ever help the Yu family again. You should know that Granny Ren is not the only Evil Spirit in this world."
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