"Didn't you say the Ancient City Ruins would be quiet and safe on the night of the full moon?"
"Where did this little ghost who's playing hide-and-seek with people come from?"
Jiang Qiao glanced around and said flatly.
"Uh, maybe our luck isn't very good. We just happened to run into an unexpected situation." The young woman said gloomily.
She had come to the Ancient City Ruins several times to fish.
But today was the first time she had encountered an Evil Spirit under a full moon.
"Bad luck?"
"You believe in luck?"
Jiang Qiao flipped to his feet and looked up at the silver moon. Frowning, he said, "Something's wrong with the Ancient City Ruins. There wasn't any such ominous aura this afternoon, but ever since the moon rose to the center of the sky, it's grown increasingly intense."
He had sensed that something was unusual the moment the moon rose.
But since these locals had sworn that the night of the full moon was perfectly safe, he hadn't paid it much mind. After all, the Ancient City Ruins were filled with supernatural phenomena, so having a little evil nature in the air was understandable.
Trust the locals, trust the professionals, trust their experience... Do you think I believe you, Gebin?
Isn't this just deceiving honest outsiders?
"Is that so... I... When we came here before, it was always like this. There didn't seem to be any difference..." the young woman stammered.
"Is that so?"
"Look over there. To the left of that collapsed wall—what do you see?"
Jiang Qiao casually pointed toward a section of ruined wall not far away.
The young woman instinctively followed his finger. It was an ordinary earthen wall, more than half collapsed after years of erosion. Even the remaining section was pitted and