Chapter 8

"Ugh, I'm so sleepy, I'm going to bed first." After a tiring half day, Li Yan couldn't help yawning repeatedly. She said goodbye to Fang Shen and shuffled back to her room.

As night fell, darkness enveloped the earth.

In the living room, Fang Shen boiled a pot of water and made himself a cup of Tieguanyin tea, sipping it slowly. This Tieguanyin was brought by Li Yan, and Fang Shen didn't hesitate to enjoy it.

The faint tea aroma lingered at his nose, and Fang Shen waited silently. When the temperature in the living room suddenly dropped and a chill wind swept through, he gave a cold smile.

"Finally, it's out." Fang Shen turned off the TV, his expression turning serious, and activated his Heavenly Eye.

Under the unique perspective of the Heavenly Eye, he could clearly see that the living room was filled with invisible gray mist, drifting aimlessly around. Not only in the living room, but throughout the entire villa, this gray mist was spreading.

In the first-floor room, Li Yan, hugging a large pillow, was sound asleep, her face showing a sweet, innocent smile like a child. However, when the gray mist entered the room, she shivered involuntarily, curling up into a ball. A strand of gray mist wrapped around her, and part of it immediately invaded her body. In her sleep, Li Yan's expression turned to one of pain and struggle, and her beautiful dream turned into a nightmare.

"Is this gray mist the so-called evil qi?" Fang Shen frowned. It seemed that what turned this villa into a haunted house was not ghosts but this evil qi.

Evil qi is not beneficial to ordinary people. Living in an environment with a large amount of evil qi can lead to continuous nightmares, poor rest, and over time, physical weakness and various hallucinations. This so-called haunting is a result of that.

Fang Shen's constitution is not afraid of evil qi, but living in an environment with evil qi for a long time is not good for the body.

After a careful inspection, Fang Shen found that the source of the evil qi was the ground beneath his feet. However, when he scanned with his Heavenly Eye, he didn't see any mass graves, indicating that the generation of this evil qi was not simple. It wasn't caused by something like a mass grave but was likely due to the special terrain. However, with his newly activated Heavenly Eye, he couldn't see through it.

Unable to see through it, he couldn't solve the problem. Fang Shen decided to have Li Yan move out as soon as it was light, and he himself didn't plan to stay long.

"Huh~" Fang Shen was surprised to find that the evil qi in the living room suddenly seemed to be attracted to a corner, then disappeared.

Deactivating his Heavenly Eye, Fang Shen immediately stood up. The perspective of the Heavenly Eye was different, but the direction was firmly etched in his mind. Following his memory, he found the corner, which contained his meager luggage.

He didn't have anything that could absorb evil qi, but if he had to say, it would be the two treasures he obtained from the Donghai Islands.

A thought crossed his mind, and he took out the Jade Marrow and the Soul-Stabilizing Stone. Activating his Heavenly Eye, he found that the Jade Marrow showed no abnormalities, but the Soul-Stabilizing Stone was continuously absorbing evil qi.

This thing can actually absorb evil qi, Fang Shen was somewhat surprised, but it was a good thing. The living room was the source of the evil qi, and the evil qi around the villa all came from here. As long as the evil qi here was absorbed, there would be no danger, and he and Li Yan could live here in peace.

Moreover, he had other uses for this evil qi. Fang Shen's earth cultivation was just beginning, and he lacked offensive means. He couldn't rely on his own hands for everything. In modern society, being aggressive and confrontational is not advisable and can easily be used against him. This evil qi could make up for his lack of offensive methods.

Evil qi is a good weapon, capable of killing silently, but Fang Shen lacked the ritual objects to collect it and couldn't use it.

The Soul-Stabilizing Stone can absorb a large amount of evil qi. When he needed to use it, he could just use his mental energy to release the evil qi inside, and the destructive power would be considerable.

In the future, as his cultivation deepened, he could refine the evil qi into his mental energy, forming a mental impact. A single thought could make someone experience a myriad of illusions, killing them silently.

With this plan in mind, Fang Shen placed the Soul-Stabilizing Stone in a secluded corner of the living room and went upstairs to sleep.

As a large amount of evil qi was absorbed, the gray mist around the villa decreased, and the pain on Li Yan's face disappeared, her face once again showing a pure and innocent smile...

The next day, after a good night's sleep, Fang Shen came downstairs feeling refreshed and saw Li Yan walking around the living room, looking suspicious.

Seeing Fang Shen come down, Li Yan immediately ran over, shouting, "Fang Shen, Fang Shen, how did you sleep last night? I was so scared. At first, I was sleeping well, but suddenly I fell into a world of ice and snow, and then a lot of demons and monsters were chasing me... Hey, do you think there are really ghosts here?"

"There are no ghosts." Fang Shen smiled. What he said was true; there were no ghosts, just hallucinations caused by the evil qi entering the body.

Li Yan looked doubtful, and it seemed that the continuous nightmares last night had left her a bit traumatized.

Fang Shen didn't explain. As long as they stayed for a while and nothing else happened, the suspicion would fade. Given Li Yan's age and vitality, she would recover quickly. The evil qi would only be harmful over a long period, and a few nights wouldn't be a problem, at most causing some nightmares.

After a while, Li Yan went to school, even though she had left home in a huff, she still had to go to school.

Fang Shen borrowed a digital camera and a computer from her. He took the Soul-Stabilizing Stone, which had absorbed evil qi all night, and placed it on the table. It still looked the same, a dull gray and unremarkable.

He picked up the digital camera and took several photos of the Soul-Stabilizing Stone. Then he turned on the computer. The villa had complete water, electricity, and internet, so there was no worry about not being able to go online. Xie Yaxue had already called to say that the website was ready.

Logging into the auction website, Fang Shen carefully looked it over and found that Xie Yaxue hadn't exaggerated. The website design was perfect, and the functions were comprehensive. None of the details he had asked for were missing.

Opening the backend, Fang Shen uploaded the photos of the Soul-Stabilizing Stone and wrote down his understanding of it. For the starting bid, he casually entered 100,000, and set the auction time to unlimited. For the fixed price, he thought for a moment and entered a shocking number: 10 million.

This price basically indicated the intention to look but not to sell. No one would spend 10 million to bid on such a dull gray stone, and the Two Realms Auction had no reputation at all. Even 100,000 might not get a bid.

After last night's experience, Fang Shen had a deeper understanding of the Soul-Stabilizing Stone. Just its ability to absorb evil qi made it quite valuable. Ordinary people could place it at home to ensure peace and prosperity.

Of course, if someone was willing to pay 10 million, Fang Shen wouldn't mind selling the Soul-Stabilizing Stone.