Chapter 699: The Demonic Facade

Chapter 699 – The So-Called Demon (Update 2)

Stepping into the villa’s courtyard, Xiao Yu suddenly paused. Lin

A vague sense of heart-pounding dread slowly rose from deep within him.

Hm?

“What’s happening…?” Xiao Yu wondered in surprise, his eyes scanning the area as he instantly activated numerous System Skills.

Under the Falcon’s Eye, every detail of the villa’s exterior was absorbed into his view.

A garden enclosed by wooden rails, where vibrant blossoms burst forth,

and a neatly trimmed lawn exuded lush greenery.

Surreal water displays and exquisitely carved statues.

This isn’t merely a villa—it’s a lavish estate, radiating sheer opulence!

It practically screams wealth—a tycoon’s paradise… Xiao Yu muttered under his breath, his eyes still searching the courtyard for any suspicious clues.

Yet that eerie feeling lingered.

His body seemed to warn him.

Danger—get out now!

“No, wait.”

Xiao Yu was certain his eyes weren’t deceiving him at this moment.

What the Falcon’s Eye revealed couldn’t be wrong.

So where did the problem arise… Huh?

Suddenly, his pupils contracted sharply as he fixed his gaze on the statue beside the fountain.

Something was off!

“Lions never come in pairs; misfortune follows,”

“And carved figures without a pair spell doom.”

These were old adages passed down through generations.

‘Lions never come in pairs’ refers to the tradition where two guardian stone lions stand before affluent households.

They must always be in pairs, or disaster and desolation are sure to follow.

Similarly, carved figures—be they paired dragons and phoenixes or matching jade and emerald—must come in twos.

Without a pair, loneliness brings its own curse.

Xiao Yu scoffed; he had traversed the New Dragon Kingdom under the red banner and dismissed such superstitions.

“Are you seriously talking about this?”

Yet the wealthy believe in it.

Everyone clings to some form of Feng Shui.

Whether Feng Shui is superstition or science

remains a matter of perspective.

But one thing was clear—the statue before him was problematic.

At first glance, it appeared to be a statue of a ‘woman’.

But upon closer inspection, Xiao Yu noticed a striking resemblance to a part of the human body.

The nose!

So, is this statue depicting a ‘woman’ or just a ‘nose’?

Why would someone install such a bizarre statue on their property?

Xiao Yu halted his advance and turned to leave the villa’s courtyard.

What was he planning to do next?

Everyone around him stared in astonishment as Xiao Yu

stepped out of the courtyard and onto the exterior.

Quickly, he retreated along the road leading to the villa district,

the only path to the estate.

Xiao Yu stopped in his tracks.

Motionless, his eyes remained fixed on the distant villa.

Ten minutes, half an hour, an hour…

As the sun set and darkness began to blanket the sky,

just when night was about to fully take over,

the lamps mounted on the two pillars in front of the villa’s grand door lit up by themselves.

These were sensor lights.

Once the sensor detected darkness, it automatically powered on to illuminate the area.

Lighting up both the exterior and the courtyard proved very convenient.

But at the moment the pillar lamps flickered on,

Xiao Yu’s scalp tingled intensely and he shut his eyes.

Psychological Expert: Providing mental solace!

Immediately, Xiao Yu resorted to self-soothing to calm his startled mind.

Startled?

What exactly had he seen?

A demon!

What—do demons really exist in this world?

No—‘man-made demons’!

A full five minutes later, Xiao Yu opened his eyes again.

The ‘demon’ was still there… Wherever it might be.

That villa was nothing less than a demon!

The main door of the courtyard served as its mouth, the two stone pedestals as its teeth, the statue as its nose, and the glowing yellow-red lights on the pillars were its eyes.

Finally, the villa itself formed its grim, ferocious forehead!

Only then did Xiao Yu realize that he was situated far above the villa.

The estate lay far below his line of sight.

From this vantage, the villa looked astonishingly like a… ghastly demonic face!

“Hiss!”

Xiao Yu gasped and cursed, “Damn it… was this all by accident, or was it deliberate?”

Who in their right mind would shape a villa into a giant ‘demon head’ or ‘ghastly visage’?

Imagine approaching the villa along the only path.

From such a height, you’d catch a glimpse of this demonic face…

No—you might not consciously notice ‘it’, merely seeing a villa.

But deep in your mind, ‘it’ is indelibly imprinted.

It’s an unconscious visual record.

Our brains silently document experiences.

Indeed, they capture details we never consciously register.

Sometimes, when you encounter certain people or events, there’s an eerie familiarity, as if you’ve seen them before.

It turns out your brain had unknowingly archived those moments.

With his mind already braced, Xiao Yu stared at the villa, fixated on the demon’s head.

Was it psychological suggestion?

Or perhaps hypnosis?

Clearly, this was no mere coincidence!

“Brother Zhou, come here for a moment!” Xiao Yu called out.

Zhou Lie, standing at the entrance of the villa’s courtyard, dashed over.

In a blink, he was at Xiao Yu’s side, his eyes sharply scanning the area.

Finding nothing amiss, he looked at his little brother in confusion.

“Don’t look at me—look at it!”

Xiao Yu raised his arm and pointed at the villa.

Zhou Lie frowned, glancing repeatedly at the villa but finding nothing unusual.

“Take a closer look, really study it. What does it resemble now?”

“Hmm?”

Momentarily dazed, Zhou Lie didn’t catch that Xiao Yu was joking, and he resumed his careful examination of the villa.

This time, he scrutinized it closely, his gaze meticulously moving over every detail.

After about ten seconds of intense observation,

suddenly his expression shifted from astonishment to horror, every hair on his body standing on end as he cried out, “This is…”

“A demon!”

Xiao Yu sneered, “If I’m not mistaken, the demon that Wang Dong and the others saw was this very villa!”

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