In Circles

Su Yu grimaced when he saw 'I will support you's comment. What the hell… how can a fan of mine accurately guess my identity? He thought and shook his head, lamenting how much of a coincidence this is. Though, fortunately, no one has taken it seriously as he looked at the series of 'hahaha's in the comment section of his post.

"Is there something wrong?" Duan Yuan asked when he didn't hear Su Yu speaking. If he just doesn't hear Su Yu's footsteps and regular breathing, he would think that the other has already been abducted by an evil ghost that is residing in the Purple Old Manor.

Yes. An evil ghost. He could feel it… or precisely, the ring on his hand which could transform into a sword could feel it as it is trembling. The lapel chain inside his breast pocket is also heating up to the point that it is about to burn a hole in his clothes.

"Hm? There is nothing." Su Yu answered as he resumed scrolling up his mobile phone's screen to read more comments. "I am just reading my fans' comments." He explained as they resumed walking.

"I see." Duan Yuan heaved a sigh of relief. Since Su Yu is an ordinary mortal, he has an obligation to protect him because the other is going to the Purple Old Manor, which is an evil place.

The Feixue Guild is one of the groups in the exorcists' society. He is a member of the Feixue Guild. And the Purple Old Manor is one of the places that the exorcists' society are investigating. So, when Duan Yuan heard Su Yu talking about the Purple Old Manor in the elevator today, he decided to follow Su Yu not only to protect Su Yu, but also to investigate what exactly has happened in the Purple Old Manor.

Thus, where they are now. Even if Su Yu is just seeking his death in going to such a place, but since Duan Yuan already knows it, he can't just stand by and watch. Not to mention that Su Yu is actually one of the top livestream anchors in his uncle's company. In short, Su Yu is one of his uncle's money trees. Duan Yuan can't just watch his uncle's money tree be cut up.

Anyway, since this involves a human life, and also other human lives that were already taken, Duan Yuan has to go.

"Wait." Duan Yuan suddenly spoke as he grabbed Su Yu and pulled him back.

"What is it?" Su Yu asked and raised his head to look at him.

"Don't you think… we have been walking for a long time now?" Duan Yuan asked.

Su Yu. "…" you just noticed? He thought, then shook his head as he sighed. He can't blame the other, since Duan Yuan is just an ordinary mortal. Not to mention that the other is blind. "Don't be scared." He spoke as he patted the other's hand to comfort him, thinking that Duan Yuan is scared. "It is just a ghost hitting a wall*." He told him. (*people can't find their way no matter how far they walk)

Duan Yuan's face turned serious. He thought that he just imagined it. But instead, they have really been walking around in circles since earlier. "A domain?" he muttered as his brows knitted. They haven't reached the Purple Old Manor yet, but they have already fallen into the ghost's trap.

So, this entire area should have already become the evil ghost's domain, which just shows how strong the ghost has become. It is reasonable, though, considering the lives that it had taken. As Su Yu said, there were six cases that happened and are related to the Purple Old Manor. In these six cases, there were at least ten to twelve lives that were lost, and at most twenty to twenty-five. For a ghost, just one human life that they have eaten can give them a power that could kill a family. So, with more than twenty lives that they have eaten, this ghost could kill everyone in the city.

And this is where the exorcists' society come in. They have already been eyeing the Purple Old Manor for weeks now. But, the reason why they still haven't made a move is because they are still not certain what exactly is inside the Purple Old Manor, aside from it being an evil ghost. They don't know how strong it is, and what is its identity. They have to know its identity in case they might provoke it with their careless words, or that they could use its identity to think of a plan on how to convince it not to kill people.

But, Su Yu appeared and chose the Purple Old Manor was out of the exorcists' plans. Who is this reckless anchor? Wanting to become popular? Just be careful not to lose your life in the process! But, no matter how they complain, but it was already a foregone conclusion that Su Yu will go to explore the Purple Old Manor. They can't come out in the public to stop Su Yu since it would expose their identities as exorcists – the real exorcists. So, they can only rack their brains until their hairs curled and white to think of how to approach Su Yu and stop him from going – to postpone his exploration of the haunted house, at least until they have finally had a progress in their investigation of the Purple Old Manor.

Yet, in the middle of brainstorming, Duan Yuan came in, which made the exorcists feel relieved. Not only someone can protect Su Yu, but they don't have to go to the Purple Old Manor anymore while unprepared. Duan Yuan going with Su Yu… they actually also secretly gloating since they know that even if they don't know yet how strong the evil ghost in the Purple Old Manor, but they do know that it is definitely strong – also troublesome and dangerous.

So, they are now lying on their backs and are waiting for the show to start – well, both figuratively and literally. In other words, they are also waiting for Su Yu's live broadcast to start!