Card Room Book 2

CR: Chapter 390

Everyone's expressions became serious when they heard Xiao Lou's words.

In the other room, the group had followed Xiao Lou's instructions and stopped resisting. They collectively returned to the stone room and saw Chu Huaying standing in front of the sarcophagus. Then they heard Xiao Lou's analysis.

Ye Qi quickly understood. "So everything just now was an illusion? That's why all our card skills were invalid on her and stabbing her with a dagger didn't hurt her?"

Xiao Lou agreed. "This room hasn't changed. The sarcophagus is still in place, there is no fresh blood leaking from it and nothing has crawled out. It is just that we were affected by a hallucination after entering this room and didn't know we were in an illusion. If we couldn't discover it in time, we would have ended up fighting desperately with the resentful spirit and would have just consumed our physical strength in vain."

Shao Qingge rubbed his temples. "Xiao Lou, do you mean that everything we saw after entering this room was an illusion and we needed to be 'struck to death' by the resentful spirit to return to the present state? However, under normal circumstances, anyone would resist when seeing the resentful spirit. The fiercer we resist, the more ferocious the resentful spirit will become?"

"Yes, it is only when we don't resist and we are 'killed' by her resentment that we can escape the illusion she created." Xiao Lou paused before continuing, "These women were buried alive in the ancient tomb. Before they died, their resentment gathered and they became resentful spirits. This might give us important clues."

Ye Qi's voice entered his ears. "Clues? What clues did the illusion just now give us?"

Xiao Lou wondered, "Did you see a woman wearing a red wedding dress, embroidered shoes and some jewelry?"

Ye Qi nodded. "Yes, she was a bride with messy hair and bloody tears in her eyes. Her face was as white as a ghost. By the way, what is the difference between a ghost and a resentful spirit?"

Xiao Lou wasn't clear about the exact difference between a resentful spirit and a ghost. It seemed there was nothing wrong with considering her a ghost? Ye Qi's answer told him that the resentful spirits in both rooms were brides.

Xiao Lou thoughtfully looked at the coffin in front of him. "Since both women were wearing wedding dresses, it is likely they were buried directly in the sarcophagi on their wedding night."

Everyone heard this and sucked in a breath.

The wedding night should be the happiest moment for a woman. In ancient times, women were raised by their parents and married at a young age. When they got married, they must've fantasized about how tall and brave their husbands would be and how kindly he would treat them. On their wedding night, they would be shy and nervous...

As a result, they were married in their wedding dress and instead of being sent to the bridal room, they were put in a sarcophagus. The shock, fear and anger of the two women was conceivable. It was no wonder that after they were buried alive, their resentment persisted and they even brought those who entered the room into an illusion.

Qu Wanyue spoke in a soft voice, "Burying a bride alive is too cruel... Professor Xiao, is this the priest's ceremony you mentioned?"

"Yes, I previously speculated that this ancient tomb is a living tomb. It seems this guess isn't wrong. The owner of this ancient tomb likely had the brides carry out a living sacrifice ceremony. They were put in the coffin and buried alive." He stared at the sarcophagus in front of him. "At present, we have only found one sarcophagus on each side. Perhaps there will be more in the ancient tomb."

After all, it was a living sacrifice. This was such a big tomb, would there only be two sacrifices inside it?

Xiao Lou leaned over to look closely at the spells on the sarcophagus. He always felt they were a bit familiar. Suddenly, he thought of the scene of the woman in red choking his neck. In the scene, the woman had a twisted comb in addition to the hairpin. This comb seemed to have the same symbol on it?