Chapter 246 - Please Bear with Me

Du Zhizhuo stopped and walked back, but Mian Qingtao proceeded. The man then spoke as he pressed the button as if scolding Mian Qingtao over the radio. "Six, stand back. That thing can kill you, and you know that..."

However, Mian Qingtao was not an ordinary person. He was able to get a whiff of the ghosts like even before the leader said so, but he also heard something from Li Feng. This floor was protected, and only the guardian spirit in the floor was helping Liu Xiaodan's friends in being protected from its scorch. If this ghost was here, then… Mian Qingtao slung back his rifle. He called out, "H-Hello? Are you with Xiaodan?"

"Oh, someone is trying to establish contact?" Tang Mingming dropped from the ceiling and landed on the floor with a soft thud. He started to crawl cautiously towards the approaching human. He would interact normally, but he didn't want to be so casual. The cameras were on after all.

"We're not Xiaodan's enemies. Please don't move the cameras..." Mian Qingtao understood the apprehension brought by the cameras to those who had been monitored in the Treatment Hall. However, these cameras in the Rooms Hall were now being controlled by allies. If the ghosts kept on fiddling with it… "Rest assured, we won't do anything that would upset him..."

Tang Mingming only stared at the man in the uniform of the elite guards. Of course, he could recognize this Mr. Six. Since he had already said so, the purple-eyed ghost didn't think he should act anymore. Besides, he was still recovering from the burns of the sutra. The shadow moved back into the darkness as Tang Mingming vanished out of sight. By then, the camera was back in the hacker's control.

A sigh escaped Mian Qingtao's lips, and he picked up his radio. "Control, this is Six. Can you move the camera now? Don't worry about those two earlier. They're Xiaodan's friends." The man walked back to Du Zhizhou who had been looking around as well, waiting for the confirmation from Control.

"Hm? What is that?" Mian Qingtao felt the shudder in the space before them, and a faint light showed up out of nowhere. They aimed at the light, but it turned out that it was Liu Xiaodan. When his image emerged from the fading light, Mian Qingtao quickly lowered his gun and jogged to the person. 

"Xiaodan, why are you covered in blood? Did something happen to you?" Mian Qingtao noticed that blots of blood were on the man's collar and shoulders. It didn't even have to be from a wound, but he still wanted to know if someone harmed the transcendent.

Liu Xiaodan only looked at the soldier, keeping the lamp and continued to carry the wooden statue. "I sent three patients here. Did you meet them?" His voice was soft and somber as if he was forcing himself to speak. He wasn't even making eye contact.

Even if Mian Qingtao was curious and worried, he didn't want to intrude. He then cleared his throat after a while of silence from him. "Y-Yes, they're here. They were actually looking for you. Are you going to see them?"

The father only smiled at the soldier, but the smile was like from a wailing ghost that carried despair even with the upward curl of his lips. That smile was his only answer. He then walked to a room, but he even moved like he was just gliding across the floor. The door opened on its own, and Liu Xiaodan disappeared in the darkness within. From where he last stood, Mian Qingtao only watched everything without a word.

…

Tired. He was just so tired…

Liu Xiaodan walked inside Ruan Jin's room with Guangru at hand. He placed the wooden statue down and took a look at the sleeping figure and the other man who was sitting cross-legged on the bed. Li Feng found a bigger spot on the bed, and he decided to meditate. Even if the door had opened and closed, none of the two males were aware that Liu Xiaodan had returned.

It was okay; it was for the best. He felt like a failure at the moment. He had no idea how to actually launch an attack, and now, Guangru was sealed by that shaman. The father sat in front of Guangru and even leaned against the statue that was pushed to the wall. There wasn't much to be done, and Liu Xiaodan's body just wanted to crash and sleep for a very long time.

However, Li Feng finally exited his meditation. His reaction wasn't loud since Ruan Jin was sleeping. Moreover, Liu Xiaodan didn't look good. His eyes then came to the wooden statue. It looked horrible at a first glance since the figure was of a child, but his face was like a bark of a tree, the pareidolic face replacing the beautiful visage.

"...Mind-Boxing Seal?" Li Feng murmured as he got up from the bed. Since the seal was incomplete, the formation array used couldn't be hidden from a strong and spell-genius shaman like Li Feng. The big brother walked towards the wooden statue and kneeled down next to Liu Xiaodan. "Xiaodan, what happened?"

"...zzz..." Liu Xiaodan was already asleep and knocked out. Unless Li Feng yelled at his ear, Liu Xiaodan wouldn't wake up any sooner than what his body wanted. A lot had already happened within the first two hours of this problem. What was strange was that… no one had yet to hunt them down for real.

Li Feng only pulled Liu Xiaodan away from the statue and carried him to the bed, pushing him next to Ruan Jin. Since the two were friends, he figured it would be alright for them to wake up next to each other. As for Guangru, Li Feng placed him in the middle of the wide space in the room. The shaman still had received some talismans from Mian Qingtao, and he took a look at the wooden statue.

He took a deep breath and whispered as if Guangru and the guardians were the only ones allowed to hear his words: "Guangru, the seal on you is incomplete. I have to finish it first before helping you break out. It would be dangerous for you to break out of a half-done spell that is as dangerous as the Mind-Boxing Seal. Please bear with me… this is going to hurt.

"Succ.u.mb…!" He exclaimed after throwing the talismans left in his pocket. Performing a number of hand seals, he started drawing strokes on the floor. The strokes lit up faintly as if pulling out the incomplete circle of the unfinished spell. As soon as the circle responded, Li Feng continued to concentrate and suppressed the thoughts of the spirit in front of him. Guangru would have to be sealed for real.

…

When she opened her eyes, Chuan Nayi thought she would be in the Rooms Hall. However, it was still the Treatment Hall based on the design. It's just that the Mother started to look around. She even said, "Something… is wrong in here..."