Chapter 624: Chapter 724 No Way Out
The long story of Zheng Yuan Road had just ended when the glass windows in the meeting hall began to shake violently, followed by a loud cracking sound.
Shattered glass fell onto the stone floor, producing a clear and pleasant sound, but everyone in the meeting room was trembling.
"Haunting... haunting... Everyone, run!" someone shuddered.
A group of timid individuals, realizing the dire situation, quickly hurried, preparing to dash out of the meeting hall, eager to leave this cursed place.
Thus, hundreds of impatient people charged towards the exit, screaming and shouting in the massive hall.
Many young people were knocked over, crying loudly, yet their descendants ignored them and ran for their lives.
Despite Daoist Zheng Yuan and others’ efforts to calm the crowd, hoping they could evacuate orderly,
who would pay attention to him in such a life-and-death moment? It’s haunting! This is no joke!
As people rushed out of the meeting room, the cold wind blew more fiercely, extinguishing all the candles and tightly closing the doors and windows.
People charged towards the main door, but seeing the iron gate shut, their fear grew. They wanted to retreat, but had no way out.
Helpless, they could only muster the courage to move towards the door, hoping to escape somehow.
However, despite their efforts, the iron gate didn’t budge at all, trapping them completely.
People, still in shock and unable to flee, huddled into groups, crouching on the ground, sobbing, or appearing stunned.
Of course, among these hundreds of people, a few remained calm and rational.
These rational individuals were mostly strong young men who had trained in martial arts in their youth. They had their pride. What ghosts were there to be afraid of?
"Stop pretending!" Even if there were genuine obstacles blocking the evil spirits, they would be able to turn misfortune into fortune and dispel the evil spirits! someone said loudly to calm everyone down.
The panicked people, upon hearing this, thought of catching and exorcising ghosts, surely the work of experienced monks and Taoists!
Thus, in the quiet night, the hesitant people began to look for Daoist Zheng Yuan, hoping he could exorcise the evil spirits.
"Daoist Zheng Yuan... Yuanzhang... where are you?" the crowd roared.
More terrified and foolish people self-righteously commanded, "Daoist Zheng Yuan, hurry up and eliminate this demon!"
Returning to the stage, Yuan Daoqian, who had been observing coldly, saw the crowd slightly calming down and then shouted, "Everyone, calm down and listen to me!"
As his voice lowered, the hall became lively again. Hundreds of people rushed to the main platform, seeking refuge under Daoist Zheng Yuan’s wings.
A few people sitting on the main platform realized they had become the crowd’s target. To avoid being trampled to death, they quickly ran away!
The first person to rush onto the stage didn’t see Daoist Zheng Yuan’s figure and shouted, "Where is Daoist Zheng Yuan? Where did he go?"
"He wouldn’t just leave us alone, would he? Isn’t it too special?" some cursed.
In the crowd’s anxiety and fear, hollow laughter filled the air in the meeting hall.
"Ha ha... ha ha ha... The whole world is pitch black!" Chen Ruishu’s disappointment was extremely ironic.
The crowd, hearing the laughter of a woman, became even more frightened and instinctively huddled together, trembling.
Hiding on the side, Daoist Zheng took out a spiritual talisman from his robe and shouted to the air, "Where did the ghost come from? Dare to disturb Zi Mansion’s peace, aren’t you afraid you’ll never transcend life?"
If it were in the past, Chen Ruishu would have been suppressed by this spell and forced to appear, maybe even hurt by the spell.
But now, supported by the concentrated grudge spirit’s power, she was not afraid of the spell falling into Daoist Zheng’s hands.
Although Chen Ruishu wasn’t afraid of confronting Daoist Yuan Daochang, she reminded him, "I’m not here to kill innocent people mindlessly, only for revenge." I hope Taoist Zhang won’t interfere in this matter!"
Revenge? Both Shengyuan Dao’s leader and the hundreds of people in the hall were stunned. Who was she against? Who was she seeking revenge on?
Among the dozens of families present, those who had hurt women became more worried. Were they not being sought out?
Someone couldn’t handle the pressure and nervously refused, "I... I just became strong and promised you."
The people gathered around Sunx Wei realized Chen Ruishu was here for revenge against him and fled. Even his two grandsons ran for it.
"Zhang... Zhang Dadan, what should we do... what should I do? This ghost can’t... can’t harm us, right?" Sunx Liancheng trembled, asking while holding onto Dadan’s clothes.
Although Zhang Dao couldn’t tell him the truth, he didn’t want to scare him either. If he fainted, he would become a burden to him.
"Don’t worry! Didn’t you hear? She said she’s Sunx Wei’s daughter-in-law, you’re not from Sunx Wei’s family, how would she not know?" Zhang Dadan comforted.
Hundreds of people in the hall returned trembling to their seats, waiting for everything to end.
Suddenly, a dim white light appeared above the meeting room, and a woman’s figure vaguely emerged.
"Who exactly are you? Why can you freely enter the boundaries of Zi Mansion?" Daoist Zheng Yuan asked in panic.
Floating in the air, Chen Ruishu turned her head sharply, looking at Zheng Yuanzhang angrily and said, "My name is Chen Ruishu, Sunx Wei’s daughter-in-law, Chen Guoqing’s daughter-in-law."
From the ghost’s mouth, the people of the Sunx and Chen families knew she was that relative who died tragically years ago. They were all shocked.
In their memory, this relative died by drowning, and the matter had always been taboo at home, not to be mentioned, let alone become a powerful ghost.
Chen Guoqing’s eldest grandson took a deep breath, unable to ignore the issue: "Aunt... is it really... really you?"
Upon hearing someone call her aunt, Chen Ruishu’s resentment grew. These so-called relatives ignored her life and death. What kind of relationship did they have?
She craned her neck 180 degrees, staring straight at her nephew, ready to scare him, only to find he was the nephew she cherished most, the only one in the family who cared about her.
"Little Kuan..." Chen Ruishu called her nephew’s name sadly before turning back sharply, staring straight at Sunx Wei, who was about to faint.
In the dim white light, Chen Xiaokun vaguely recognized her aunt’s figure and knelt down, tears filling his eyes, "Aunt... Aunt, what’s wrong with you?"
Chen Ruishu turned away from him, chuckling coldly. "What’s wrong with me? Good question! For this question, you better ask your grandfather!"
Ask grandfather? Chen Xiaokun felt a bad premonition. Grandfather always said, no matter what happened, was there really something wrong with aunt’s death?
"Grandfather, what happened later? Didn’t Aunt die from drowning? Why does she want revenge on Sunx Wei?" Chen Xiaokun asked eagerly.
Chen Guoqing was still terrified, muttering, "No matter what I did... no matter what I did..."
Zhao Xiaokun increasingly felt that his aunt’s death was related to his grandfather because of his remorseful attitude.
Chen Xiaokun, as the eldest son of the Chen family, had been strictly disciplined since childhood. He endured many sufferings and injustices. The only person who spoke for him was his aunt Chen Ruishu.
Thus, their aunt-nephew relationship was far closer than ordinary aunt-nephew relations, more like a mother and son bond.
After Chen Ruishu’s untimely death, the only one who doubted her cause of death and demanded a thorough investigation was Chen Xiaokun.
Despite being the eldest grandson of the Chen family, he was still young. How could his family obey him? Instead, he was scolded!