Ye Fan thought hard, but ultimately came up with nothing.
He sighed in frustration, letting go of the obsession in his heart.
The remaining Yin houses were mostly the same, and no other anomalies were found.
"There seem to be footprints here. Has someone been here before?"
Seeing a trail of footprints extending from the Yin house, Shen Bao frowned and asked suspiciously.
Ye Fan's gaze turned cold. Indeed, there were footprints there.
The feet were large, clearly left by a man.
"Follow them."
Ye Fan said coldly, then quickly followed the footsteps.
After walking for several miles, another small house appeared.
And the footprints only disappeared in front of the small house.
"It has doors and windows, faces north and sits south. This shouldn't be a Yin house, should it?"
Shen Bao looked at the small house and asked in a deep voice.
Ye Fan smiled: "Have you ever seen a Yin house that someone could walk out of, leaving a trail of footprints on the ground?"
Shen Bao had been bitten by a snake once, and was afraid of wells for ten years.
"Let's go, we'll pay them a visit. Who is this remarkable person?"
Walking shoulder to shoulder with Shen Bao to the front of the small house, Ye Fan raised his hand and knocked on the door.
"Creak."
The door opened, and a man walked out, looking at Ye Fan and the others with surprise.
Ye Fan was also stunned when he saw the man's face.
"Liu Cheng? What are you doing here?"
The one who opened the door was none other than Liu Cheng.
Previously, Liu Cheng had been arranged to recuperate at Boguzhai. How could he be here?
Ye Fan frowned tightly, full of confusion.
Liu Cheng also looked at Ye Fan in shock, "Mr. Ye, why would I meet you here?"
Both of them had surprise in their eyes.
Then, Ye Fan looked at Liu Cheng and asked in a deep voice, "You're not recuperating at Boguzhai, so why did you come here? And how did you get in here?"
Ye Fan was completely baffled. If it were someone else, he might have understood, but Liu Cheng absolutely should not have been here.
Liu Cheng frowned, looking confused.
"Mr. Ye, didn't you ask me to come?"
Saying that, he invited Ye Fan and the others inside, then took a letter from a coat pocket hanging on the wall.
Handing the letter to Ye Fan, Liu Cheng looked puzzled.
Ye Fan took the letter in confusion, opened it, and clearly read: "Go to Taiping Town quickly..."
The handwriting was unmistakably Ye Fan's.
Scratching his head, Ye Fan couldn't figure it out. He had never written a letter to Liu Cheng.
"Even if I got to Taiping Town, how did I get here?"
Ye Fan asked with a grim expression.
It was known that if Ye Fan and Shen Bao hadn't been unlucky and fallen here, they might never have found this place.
But Liu Cheng had found his way here, which was truly strange.
Liu Cheng quickly took out a few more pieces of paper from his pocket and handed them to Ye Fan.
"Ever since I arrived in Taiping Town, someone has been sending me information, guiding my every step. I thought it was from you, but how..."
He was completely bewildered. From Ye Fan's expression, he could tell that Ye Fan was not acting.
But since the other party was not Ye Fan, how could he explain what he had in his hands?
Frowning tightly, Ye Fan's expression grew colder. This matter was too bizarre and unbelievable.
"Liu Cheng, how long have you been here, kid?"
Seeing Ye Fan fall silent and lost in thought, Shen Bao finally spoke.
"Second Young Master, I've been here for four or five days."
He respectfully answered Shen Bao's question.
"Do you know who the people in the small houses over there are? And how to leave this place?"
This was the most important thing. If Shen Bao had been trapped here for so long, he couldn't have tolerated it.
Hearing Shen Bao's words, Liu Cheng sighed.
Then he pointed outside: "Those people seem to have arrived here before me. I don't know their exact identities, but they should be from a prominent family. Because I found some notes on them before, it seems they recorded that they came here to search for treasure, then fell here, and were attacked by an unknown force."
Liu Cheng sighed and shook his head repeatedly.
"This place is deep underground, full of dangers. There are many threats, monsters, and walking corpses. When I first arrived here, I was almost killed several times. Fortunately, I escaped and found this small house as a temporary shelter, otherwise, my life would have been lost long ago."
Shen Bao also frowned. Liu Cheng's experience was very similar to theirs; they had encountered monsters and floating corpses, but Ye Fan's strength had repelled them.
"Since you came in from the outside, you must know the exit, right?"
The gloom on his face disappeared, Shen Bao suddenly grabbed Liu Cheng's shoulder.
But to Shen Bao's disappointment, Liu Cheng's face turned a little pale, and he shook his head helplessly.
"Second Young Master, I actually don't know how I got in. At first, I entered that palace, then I fainted for some reason. When I woke up, I was here. I've been desperately searching for an exit for several days, but I haven't found it. This place is like a huge maze, no matter how I walk, I can't reach the end."
Liu Cheng's face was full of bitterness. He was once a young master of the Liu family. Although his status was not as high as Liu Piaoxu or Liu Yuan, he still enjoyed wealth and honor.
But he never expected to be trapped in such a place one day. He was about to collapse.
"However, although I haven't found an exit, I have found a few strange existences here. I'll take you to see them later."
Liu Cheng spoke again.
"Strange places? What do you mean?"
Ye Fan woke from his thoughts and asked Liu Cheng with a frown.
Sensing the intense gaze from Ye Fan, Liu Cheng trembled slightly. The gaze was indeed somewhat terrifying.
However, he and Ye Fan were fellow travelers after all, so the fear lasted only for a moment, and he quickly relaxed.
"I can't quite explain it, I just feel those places are a bit different. I'll take you to see."
Saying that, he led Ye Fan and the others outside.
Since he had been living here for a few days, Liu Cheng knew the surrounding environment like the back of his hand.
Following a small path and crossing an earthen slope, Liu Cheng led Ye Fan and Shen Bao to an old palace.
"When I arrived here, this great hall was already in this state. Several beasts were chasing me, but when I entered this hall, those beasts seemed very afraid of this place and fled in panic. It was very strange."
Liu Cheng's face was serious, as if recalling the past.
Hearing Liu Cheng's words, Ye Fan frowned and slowly walked into the hall.