Cultivation by Trial and Error
Chapter 46 - 46 46 Trapped

46: Chapter 46 Trapped 46: Chapter 46 Trapped Among the several women, Sun Fang was merely a bit stuttering.

The most timid, Yang Hua, when Zhang Yong sprang out of the front door, was so scared that she directly collapsed onto the ground.

They wanted to flee as well but wouldn’t move their feet due to their legs giving way with weakness.

Hu Zhiyong and Zhang Zhi, in terms of reaction speed, were obviously much slower than Zhang Yong.

As they finally stood up and began walking to the door of the wooden cabin, they saw Zhang Yong, who had already sprung outside.

However, as they were about to run to the main entrance, they were stunned to see Zhang Yong suddenly emerging from the room on the left side of the hall where the mahjong had previously been set up.

Their steps halted on the spot.

“Zhang Yong, what’s going on?

Weren’t you already outside the wooden house?

How did you come out from the room again?”

His teeth chattering, Hu Zhiyong inquired at once.

“Leader, I honestly don’t know what happened.”

“When I ran outside, I saw nothing but pitch darkness, I couldn’t even see my fingers when I stretched out my hand.”

“I mustered my courage and moved a few steps forward, saw some light ahead, and had barely sprinted a few steps when I somehow found myself back in this hall?”

While speaking, Zhang Yong kept shivering continuously.

Seeing this, the sudden encounter with such a bizarre incident had clearly frightened him considerably.

With Zhang Yong’s example right there, everyone glanced at one another, not knowing whether to stay or go at this moment, completely unsure what to do!

“Chen Hai, I’m scared…”

Fearful of others gossiping, Lin Lan, who was always hesitant to show any affection to Chen Hai, somehow found herself in front of him, her fingers tightly clutching his hand.

“What’s there to be scared of when I’m right here with you?”

“Facing this kind of situation, it’s better to stay calm.

The more you fear inside your heart, the more likely problems will arise!”

Chen Hai patted Lin Lan’s back and assured her with a smile.

Unknowns are what instill the most fear.

Having killed the Snake Demon and transformed into a leech to drain that big toad, at this moment, his powerful demeanor stood out distinctly.

The words that casually left his mouth inspired a natural feeling of trust in others.

“Brother Hai, what should we do?

We’ll all follow your lead?”

Zhang Yong, this blockhead, didn’t dare to run outside anymore, possibly feeling that Chen Hai might be skilled in spells, as he rapidly approached Chen Hai.

“What do you mean, what should we do?

Are you suggesting we take it lightly?”

“Just look at Yang Hua, she’s so scared she’s collapsed on the ground.”

“And you were thinking of courting her?

You ran fast yourself but left her behind uncared for; are you even human?”

Chen Hai shot him a stern look, replying in a tone far from kind.

His words were harsh, nearly on the verge of openly scolding Zhang Yong by pointing at his nose!

“Brother Hai, I wasn’t thinking at all in the rush of the moment!”

Embarrassed, Zhang Yong quickly explained.

Then he walked over to Yang Hua and carefully helped her up.

From Yang Hua’s expression, it was clear that Zhang Yong’s earlier actions had truly displeased her.

If she hadn’t been too weak to stand up at that moment, she might, without a word, have already turned and left.

“Fangfang, are you alright?

Don’t worry, with so many of us here, there won’t be any problems!”

“Ying, come, hold my hand.

No matter what happens, I will always be by your side.”

…

Seeing Zhang Yong being scolded by Chen Hai, Hu Zhiyong, and Zhang Zhi couldn’t help but blush with embarrassment.

After all, if it hadn’t been for spotting Zhang Yong running out the door and then rushing out from the left side room.

The two of them might have, just like Zhang Yong, left Li Ying and Sun Fang behind and disappeared without a trace.

Taking a few steps to stand firmly in front of the two women who were glaring at them spiritedly, Hu Zhiyong and Zhang Zhi smiled apologetically and spoke kind words.

At this moment, Chen Hai seemed to have quieted down.

However, in reality, the immense leech that his Divine Soul had transformed into had already left his body and was lying across the cabin.

Even in the state of Divine Soul, he hadn’t noticed anything unusual.

Trying another approach, he stepped outside the cabin.

Outside, the moon shrouded in mist, he floated along the forest path for a while and soon saw the Yuan River, and across it, the dazzling lights of Wan Family in Liuyuan County.

“There is definitely something strange inside this abandoned cabin—there’s no doubt about it!”

“In my Divine Soul state, I simply can’t see where the anomaly is.

Perhaps it is because that entity and my Divine Soul are not on the same frequency!”

“In past days, whether it was the Snake Demon or the Toad Demon and Mother Gejie I encountered, the main reason I could clearly see their tracks was that they, like me, were in a state of soul departure.”

“The entity inside the cabin might not be a demon at all!”

“There definitely are no ghosts in the world, this must be a spirit.”

…

Reflecting on various pieces of knowledge in his mind, Chen Hai thought to himself.

Many of the spirits in the Spirit Realm are born out of illusions.

Their origins stem either from beliefs or from the aggregation of various emotions.

Ordinary creatures, after passing away, their marks generally fade away into the cosmos.

But some creatures, harboring intense obsessions or overwhelming resentments in their hearts just before death, leave behind Remnant Souls that do not disperse.

These Remnant Souls feed on emotions, and once the accumulated emotions reach a certain limit, they might step into the Spirit Realm and become bona fide spirits of the Spirit Realm.

For such entities to descend again into the Material World, something in this world must serve as their anchor point.

Thinking of the anchor, Chen Hai immediately thought of the mahjong set in the cabin.

The sudden appearance of a mahjong set in such an abandoned cabin was unusual, but he had not thought much of it before.

From outside, he drifted back into the cabin and returned to his own body.

But he suddenly discovered that the situation inside the cabin was not quite right compared to when he had left.

Everyone was staring wide-eyed, and on Li Ying’s left cheek, a clear handprint had appeared at some unknown time.

Zhang Zhi was there, putting on a mournful face, constantly speaking nice things, but Li Ying wouldn’t even glance at him straight.

“Lan, what happened here?” Chen Hai was utterly confused by this scene.

“Just now, the two of them were holding hands and speaking sweet nothings.

I don’t know what happened—Zhang Zhi suddenly lashed out and gave Li Ying a harsh slap, and, well, now it’s like this!”

“Chen Hai, what happened to you just now?

I called out to you several times, but you ignored me?”

While explaining to Chen Hai, Lin Lan pouted and complained.

“It’s nothing, I just got distracted for a moment.” Chen Hai chuckled dryly in response.