The corridor was as pitch-black as ink, like an endless mysterious passage. Looking ahead, there was simply no end in sight. Under the flickering firelight, there seemed to be two lines of large characters faintly emerging on the left wall. Tang Zhen walked over curiously and took a closer look. On the wall, eight jet-black characters were clearly engraved - "Enter my gate, and if misfortune befalls, do not complain!" These eight characters had a majestic brushstroke style, freely flowing, and between the lines exuded a strong air of domineering, a lofty arrogance, and even more faintly emitted a chilling evil aura that came surging forward like a raging tide.
Everyone looked at each other in dismay. After a long while, Shorty Wang broke the silence and asked, "Boss, what should we do?"
Feng Zhen's face was solemn as he said in a deep voice, "Since we have come, we should stay calm. Fourth brother, let the corpse mastiff lead the way."
Tang Zhen quickly brightened the fire stick and led the corpse mastiff at the front. Ghost Eyes Feng Zhen, Iron Hands Yan Tieshan, Death Summoning Talisman Cui Zheng, and Shorty Wang Baitong followed one after another and entered this mysterious corridor in single file. Fortunately, the corridor was not narrow. They slowly descended along the sloping layers.
Tang Zhen estimated that after walking for more than ten meters, the corridor suddenly took a turn. At the corner where the firelight couldn't reach, Shorty Wang had extremely sharp eyes and caught a glimpse of a white shadow flashing by and then disappearing instantly.
Shorty Wang was greatly alarmed and shouted, "Big brother, look, what's that?"
Feng Zhen asked in confusion, "What?"
Shorty Wang hurriedly said, "Big brother, there was a white shadow here just now. It disappeared in a flash."
Feng Zhen frowned slightly and said, "Really? I didn't see it."
Shorty Wang said anxiously, "I really saw it. If you don't believe me, ask fourth brother."
Tang Zhen nodded and said, "Big brother, I saw it just now too. But that should just be a resentful spirit. Everyone don't be afraid."
Shorty Wang was full of curiosity and asked, "Wronged spirit? Is it the soul of someone who died unjustly?"
Tang Zhen smiled faintly and said, "Not a wronged spirit, but a resentful spirit."
Shorty Wang rolled his eyes and said disapprovingly, "Isn't it the same?"
Cui Zheng, who had been silent all along and was known as the Death Summoning Talisman, suddenly said, "It's not the same."
Shorty Wang was immediately infuriated and said, "What's different? Tell me, second brother."
Cui Zheng was still as sparing with words as ever and said, "It's just not the same." After saying that, he tightly closed his mouth and fell silent again.
Shorty Wang was so angry that he almost exploded. Fuming, he asked Tang Zhen, "Fourth brother, what's the difference between this resentful spirit and a wronged spirit? Tell me quickly."
Tang Zhen smiled and pacified him, "Fifth brother, don't be angry. Let me tell you. This wronged spirit is when someone dies with an unjust grievance and has nowhere to appeal. With a heart of unjust death and unwillingness to pass on to the afterlife, they wander around outside. Wronged spirits have both form and substance, but this resentful spirit is different. It has form but no substance. These resentful spirits are not scare. As soon as the light is on, they will disappear. As soon as the light is off, they will appear. The white shadow you saw just now should be a resentful spirit. When we walked over from that side of the corridor just now, the firelight of our fire stick in our hands can only reach here and can't shine on the corner of the corridor. That's why you were able to see that resentful spirit."
Shorty Wang was half-believing and half-doubting and said, "Really?"
Tang Zhen smiled and said, "When have I ever lied to you? I tell you, right now, there might be many resentful spirits around you. Do you believe it?"
Shorty Wang shook his head firmly and said, "I don't believe it."
Tang Zhen, wanting to play a joke on Shorty Wang, opened his mouth and blew out the fire stick with a puff.
However, as soon as the fire stick was extinguished, an extremely terrifying scene suddenly appeared before his eyes. Tang Zhen couldn't help but shiver. In this short corridor, within this small space, there were actually hundreds and thousands of resentful spirits floating! One by one, their eerie and evil eyes stared coldly at the few of them.
Shorty Wang was so frightened that his courage was shattered. He couldn't help but let out a cry of alarm. With a thud, he sat down on the ground.
Feng Zhen shouted sternly, "Fourth brother, what are you doing? Quickly light the fire stick."
Tang Zhen's heart was pounding wildly. He hurriedly took out the fire knife and flint and quickly lit the fire stick. As soon as the firelight appeared, those resentful spirits immediately disappeared without a trace.
Yan Tieshan frowned and said seriously, "Fourth brother, this joke can't be played. Don't you know that people can scare people to death."
Tang Zhen was extremely remorseful and said repeatedly, "What second brother said is right." Then he quickly helped Shorty Wang up.
Shorty Wang's face was as pale as paper. After a long while, he caught his breath and asked, "Fourth brother, are those resentful spirits still there?"
Tang Zhen comforted him and said, "Don't worry. They're gone. All gone."
Shorty Wang was still terrified and couldn't help but look back. Seeing that it was empty behind, he was slightly relieved.
The five people continued to move forward cautiously. After turning another corner along this corridor, the front suddenly opened up. It turned out that they had already entered a huge stone chamber.
The stone chamber was extremely spacious. Above the stone chamber was thick granite. It turned out that they had finally entered the first floor of this terror tower. And what was extremely surprising was that in this huge stone chamber, there was actually a small coffin placed.
A small coffin painted in bright red lacquer!