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After passing through a series of streets and alleys, Cui Chan finally managed to track down the estate that the pavilion was situated in. As expected, it was an auspicious estate with a pair of stone tigers on either side of the entrance.
The doorstep was extremely high, and the gates were tightly shut. However, what was strange about the place was the plaque hanging above the entrance, which read "Iris Orchid", rather than bearing the surname of the clan that owned the estate.
The pavilion that had caught Cui Chan's attention earlier appeared to have been the private scripture library of this estate, and it was just as tall as the Confucian temple in the city, so this was clearly not just any ordinary wealthy clan.
The closer he drew to this Iris Orchid manor, the more Cui Chan could sense the palpable tension that was in the air. It was like the low atmospheric pressure environment before the arrival of a storm, making one feel slightly out of breath.
Aside from the aura of righteousness championed by proponents of Confucianism, there were many other types of invisible auras between heaven and earth, most of which could be categorized as pure or impure.
Pure auras were beneficial to cultivation, while impure auras were harmful to the soul and were generally present in places like burial sites, ancient funeral mounds, and past battlegrounds, but it was also often the case that those places harbored more than just impure auras.
The blessed lands in the world that were beneficial to cultivation were like rooms filled with irises and orchids, giving off an alluring fragrance.
Cui Chan clasped his hands behind his back as he casually made his way up the staircase. A middle-aged porter emerged from a side door, and he could see that Cui Chan carried himself with a remarkable degree of poise and grace. Hence, he didn't dare to look down on Cui Chan despite his youthful appearance, and he respectfully enquired about Cui Chan's identity.
Cui Chan told the porter that he was an itinerant immortal who accumulated good karma by slaying demonic and devilish entities. From outside the city, he noticed that something wasn't quite right with the manor, and that a crisis was imminent, so he had come here to save the manor's residents.
The porter merely brushed off Cui Chan's claims as a joke. He was aware that supernatural entities did indeed exist in this world as there were many innocuous spirits residing within the walls of this very manor. However, in his eyes, it was downright preposterous to suggest that there was a malevolent entity that dared to wreak havoc within...
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