Chapter 98: Appearing and Disappearing Mysteriously

　　The clay doll ran so fast that it would cover several meters in the blink of an eye.

　　The pit was full of debris and bricks, with many obstacles, making it very troublesome for Lu Fei to chase. He had to be extremely careful to avoid tripping.

　　But he was fully focused, his eyes fixed on the clay doll, and with his perception of Yin energy, he managed not to let the clay doll get away from him.

　　When the clay doll was chased too hard, it turned around suddenly and pounced fiercely at Lu Fei.

　　Not only did Lu Fei not retreat, but he felt a faint excitement. He immediately swung the lightning-struck jujube wood stick in his hand to meet it.

　　This half-meter-long stick contained the powerful force of heavenly thunder.

　　Before even touching the clay doll, it was already in a panic, twisting its small body desperately to avoid the lightning-struck wood.

　　After landing, it seemed to glare at Lu Fei with resentment and then plunged itself into the concrete wall.

　　It suddenly vanished!

　　"Gone?"

　　Lu Fei rushed over, panting as he looked at the concrete wall, his heart filled with doubt and alarm.

　　"Can that little thing hide inside the wall?"

　　Frowning, Lu Fei raised his foot and started kicking the concrete wall with force.

　　The wall was not well-built and not very sturdy. After Lu Fei's fierce kicking, it crumbled to bits.

　　A small black head popped out from the corner of the wall, took a quick peek at Lu Fei, and then scurried along the base of the wall in the opposite direction.

　　"Yin energy!"

　　Sensing the yin energy, Lu Fei immediately retracted his leg and gave chase.

　　However, due to the recent exertion of kicking the wall, his legs were not strong enough, and he couldn't keep up the speed right away.

　　The mud doll took the opportunity to run towards Chen Jinfɑ, the other two.

　　Chen Jinfɑ, seeing that Lu Fei hadn't caught the mud doll for a long time, couldn't help but get anxious and said, "Brother Huzi, do you want to help Shopkeeper Lu?"

　　"Unless the boss says so, there's no need to." Huzi firmly guarded the two small coffins.

　　Chen Jinfɑ was anxious and wanted to ask A-Long to take a look. Suddenly, he saw Lu Fei running in his direction, followed by a cold gust of wind passing by him.

　　"Move away quickly!"

　　Then came Lu Fei's tense shout.

　　Lu Fei saw the mud doll run into the wall beside Chen Jinfɑ, and then a wooden board covered with nails heavily fell toward Chen Jinfɑ.

　　The rows of nails also flashed a cold, eerie gleam in the dim light, extremely sharp.

　　Before Chen Jinfɑ even knew what was happening, he felt his shoulder being grabbed by A-Long, who forcefully pulled him back.

　　At the same time, Huzi, holding the ghost-head knife in his hand, also swung it toward him.

　　Bang!

　　The ghost-head saber did not strike him but instead blocked the wooden plank.

　　The wooden plank was studded with long nails; if hit by this, one would immediately be ripped open and bleeding.

　　Chen Jinfat's heart pounded like thunder, breaking out in cold sweat instantly.

　　"Brother Fa, are you okay?"

　　Lu Fei chased over, but the mud doll was gone again.

　　"N-no, I'm fine, but that was way too close!" Chen Jinfat's throat was parched, and his shoulder ached from being grabbed by A Long, showing how much strength A Long had used.

　　A Long looked at Hu Zi with gratitude.

　　"Thank you."

　　He had shielded Chen Jinfat with his own back just now. If it weren't for Hu Zi blocking the plank with the ghost-head saber in time, the nails would have pierced into him.

　　"You're welcome." Hu Zi suavely slung the ghost-head saber over his shoulder and said indifferently.

　　"It's good that you're alright." Lu Fei looked at the incense ashes on the ground, his expression serious: "This little thing appears and disappears without warning, and can use external objects to harm people; even staying within the protective circle is useless. Brother Fa, it's too dangerous for you all to stay here, it's better to go outside and take shelter."

　　"This thing is actually so fierce!" Chen Jinfah wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, steadied his heart, and gritted his teeth: "But causing trouble in my territory, I need to see it destroyed with my own eyes before I can be at ease!"

　　"Then be careful, it's best to stay away from the walls and these dangerous objects." Lu Fei gave them two ghost-repelling charms, then moved the nailed board to the side, securing it with a few bricks.

　　Circulating his spiritual energy, he carefully walked between the broken walls, searching for traces of the clay doll.

　　The pit was filled with a chilling coldness.

　　Thud.

　　Bricks fell ahead, and Lu Fei immediately ran towards the sound.

　　On the wall behind him, a concrete face slowly emerged, glaring at him with resentment, and silently followed him along the wall.

　　When he reached a set of stairs, a pair of ashen, cement-like small hands suddenly pushed against his back.

　　"Yin energy!"

　　Feeling a sharp chill coming from his back, Lu Fei immediately crouched down.

　　The small cement hands pushed at empty air and hurriedly withdrew.

　　At that moment, Lu Fei swung the thunder-struck jujube wood stick towards it.

　　"Ah!"

　　The jujube wood stick hit the fingertips, and the mud doll immediately let out a cry similar to a cat's screech. The fingers suddenly broke off, and the arm painfully retracted into the wall.

　　Lu Fei squatted down and saw that the miniature fingers were made of mud.

　　"It really is a mud doll, no wonder it can hide inside the wall."

　　He frowned.

　　The mud doll could move freely in and out of the walls, so chasing it around wouldn't work; he needed to think of another way.

　　Just at that moment.

　　He heard Hu Zi's anxious shout.

　　"Fa Ge, be careful!"

　　He quickly turned his head to see Hu Zi swinging a ghost-head saber at a wall.

　　A cement ghost face flashed across the wall, and then a cascade of bricks tumbled down from above.

　　Hu Zi and Chen Jinfalong with the third person dodged one after another.

　　The bricks smashed onto the small coffin that had been opened, completely destroying it.

　　Before they could react, the other unopened coffin began to rustle and move.

　　"Not good! That little thing is trying to release another mud doll!" Lu Fei shouted as he ran back.

　　"Hu Zi, keep an eye on the remaining coffin!"

　　Upon hearing this, Huzi rushed forward and swung his knife at the back of the coffin.

　　The cement face flashed by and hid again.

　　Huzi wrapped up the small coffin, not giving the clay doll a chance.

　　Lu Fei ran back and inspected the small coffin, letting out a slight sigh of relief.

　　"Good thing it didn't open it. If both clay dolls had come out, it would have been even harder to deal with."

　　As he said this, Lu Fei suddenly had an idea.

　　Since it cares so much about this clay doll, why not use this opportunity to lure it out!

　　"Huzi, put the coffin on the ground."

　　"Okay."

　　Huzi did as he was told.

　　"Manager Lu, what on earth are you doing, aren't you going to deal with that thing?" Chen Jinfah was puzzled and asked when he saw that Lu Fei wasn't looking for the clay doll, but fiddling with a small coffin instead.

　　"No, that thing has hidden inside the concrete wall and there's no way to pursue it. I am going to use the ghost in this coffin to lure it out." Lu Fei took out a ghost-restraining talisman.

　　"They were both suppressed here by soul-staking posts, their souls connected in spirit. If one is in danger, the other will certainly come to save it.",

　　After saying this, he stuck the ghost-restraining talisman onto the small coffin.

　　"Woo woo woo!"

　　Immediately, a pained sob came from within the small coffin.

　　The sound was like a child's cry, sounding very pitiful.

　　"A child?" Lu Fei was slightly startled, "Could it be a young male and female child?"