Chapter 27
Chapter 27 Bone Scraping
Then, Old Guo continued, “After that, the building was completely sealed up and nothing happened . But in the 90s, the School of Foreign Languages was built . The principal of the school was a foreigner that didn’t believe in ghosts . So, he bought the haunted hospital and turned it into a dormitory . The building was in the fourth position, so it was named dormitory four . ”
“After that, a few students would jump off from room 404 every year . Pressure began to mount . Eventually, the school was forced to close down the dorm and seal it off . Since then, no one has died . ”
Ye Shaoyang nodded and said, “That means the seal is still in effect and those angry spirits are unable to leave that building . ”
Then, Xiao Ma interrupted, “Except for Chen Lin, her death made the school a bit nervous . But after that, no more deaths occurred . ”
Xiao Ma’s words reminded Ye Shaoyang of the specter . Since the specter was close with Chen Lin, did he cause her death? And how was her death related to dormitory four? Ye Shaoyang shook his head in despair . When did spirit hunting become so difficult? It was almost like a criminal investigation .
“Oh yeah brother Guo . If this building has been haunted for such a long time, my senior Dao Feng should have known about it when he came to Stone City . Wasn’t he able to deal with it?”
“Well, at least, he wasn’t sure if he could do it alone . Originally, he wanted to find a helper to deal with it . But then, he had to go to Sichuan,” Old Guo laughed sillily and said, “As for sorcerers like us, we don’t even dare to go near that place . ”
Ye Shaoyang took off his belt and started to check if he had enough supplies . His belt was handmade and very wide . It was almost as wide as a champion gold belt . The belt has many pouches that housed various equipment and items . Ye Shaoyang had worked a lot recently, so he had almost depleted many of his items . So, he opened Old Guo’s bag and took out some frequently used items and accordingly placed them into his belt .
“What an awesome belt you have,” Xiao Ma looked on with amazement .
Ye Shaoyang proudly answered, “I’ve worn this belt for almost ten years . I know where all the equipment is and where all the items are placed . ”
Suddenly, Xiao Ma realized something and said, “No wonder you’re always pulling things out like a magician when you fight spirits . ”
It was already eleven at night, so the main gate of the school was closed . Xiao Ma knew about a place where they could enter, so he directed Old Guo . After they drove a bit, they arrived at a low part of the wall . The three of them climbed over it and arrived at a grassy field . A white building stood in the distance; it seemed very ominous . Xiao Ma explained, “This is dormitory four, and this whole area used to be part of the school . Nowadays, no one comes here . ”
It was a European-style five-storey building . The building was quite long—at least 30 meters . The greyish white paint on the building was old, and some of it was peeling off . Even though the paint was old, the structure seemed sturdy .
Up above the building hung a thick cloud of energy—it was Yin Qi!
Only sorcerers that had opened their Divine Eye could see Yin Qi .
“This place really has a spirit nest … ” Ye Shaoyang mumbled . The entrance to the building was chained up tightly . Someone had even stuck a yellow talisman paper onto the door, which was definitely useless against the spirits inside .
“Little Ye, there is a ladder over there . I bet they used it to go up!”
Xiao Ma and Old Guo happily obliged, as they were already aware of the occurrences inside dormitory four . They knew that if they went in, they probably would not make it out . Before Ye Shaoyang entered, Xiao Ma shouted, “Little Ye, you be careful, okay? Don’t die in the process!”
Without even turning back, Ye Shaoyang gave Xiao Ma the middle finger .
After Ye Shaoyang entered the window, he arrived in a dark room . Ye Shaoyang was alone, so he did not want to use one of his hands to hold a candle . Instead, he took out two fluorescent bracelets, one for each of his wrists . Even though the light was not very strong, it was enough for navigation . After the fluorescent lights began to glow, he found himself in an empty dorm room . Old bunk beds were on both sides of the room, and a thick layer of dust covered the beds .
Ye Shaoyang walked out of the room . Then, he heard some horrible screams and cries from the darkness . He swiftly pulled out his peach wood sword and headed in the direction of the screams . As he ran up the stairs, the screams grew louder and louder . When he arrived at the fourth floor, he saw a black shadow coming toward him .
“Li Duo, it’s me!” Ye Shaoyang recognized him and yelled .
“Ye Shanyang, you’re here!” Li Duo grabbed Ye Shaoyang’s hands, like a drowning man who had grasped onto a floating device . Then, Li Duo told Ye Shaoyang in a trembling voice, “Please help the girls; they are trapped inside room 404!”
The two quickly ran to room 404 . When they arrived, screams and cries permeated the air . Something had closed the door, and they could hear weird giggles . Blood slowly flowed out from underneath the door . Ye Shaoyang was in a rush, so he tried to open the door . However, it would not budge . Li Duo said, “I’ve tried to open the door . I’ve even tried kicking it . ”
Then, Ye Shaoyang sensed a hint of spirit Qi on the door . This energy formed a boundary within the room . He hurriedly took out some cinnabar ink and drew Yin and Yang fishes on his right palm . Then, he slammed the door hard . With a loud bang, the door burst open to reveal an unnerving scene .
Three girls were sitting in the corner of the room . One was crying, one was screaming, and the other had already fainted .
In the opposite corner, one girl faced the three other girls . This girl’s hair was long and black; she sat straight and had a bunch of keys in her grasp . As if something possessed her, she used the keys in her hand to scrape the side of her face . The keys were not sharp, so they could not slice open her face . However, she had scratched at her own face for quite a while now with a substantial amount of force . She had already mutilated the skin and flesh on her face; chunks of flesh hung off her face .
The flesh was now gone, and she was scraping the keys directly against her cheekbones . The cracking and grating sounds gave everyone chills . However, the girl did not freak out at all, and she did not even seem to feel the pain . If that was not horrifying enough, she would let out an unsettling giggle each time she dragged the keys across her face … .