The old ghost believed Long Xiao was very likely trapped within Guixu.
And the phone call had been made by Long Xiao from Guixu through his spiritual power.
That meant I had to make another trip to Guixu.
I did not waste any time and ran straight toward the village. Jiang Xiaohui and Goudan'er wanted to follow me, but I stopped them.
I knew Old Man Yuan and Mister Return's temperaments. If I brought others with me, they might not even show themselves to meet me.
Without Old Man Yuan guiding me, I could not find Guixu on my own.
And Guixu was not actually here. Just as I had suspected, Guixu existed wherever Old Man Yuan and Mister Return were.
Now, I could only hope Old Man Yuan and the others were still there. Mister Return and Old Man Yuan had told me before that they were preparing to leave. I had no idea whether they had already gone.
I jogged all the way into the village, turning over a few questions in my mind as I went.
When I had seen Mister Return again before, he had told me they had all left. He had not mentioned Long Xiao. Could it be that he did not know Long Xiao was trapped in Guixu?
No, that should not have been possible.
Guixu had long been connected to their spiritual power. They could even use their spiritual power from above the abyss to communicate with Time below. Otherwise, they could not possibly have known everything happening down there so clearly.
So I immediately grew suspicious of Mister Return. He might be involved too.
I arrived at the place where Old Man Yuan had come to pick us up before.
But I stood there for nearly five minutes without seeing Old