The night wind blew.
The branches swayed, and the leaves rustled.
The three of them moved through the woods, preparing to cross the mountain and reach the small town on the other side. The Dragon Family had a shop there, where they could arrange a carriage and get to Mao Shan Town faster.
However...
After walking through the woods for a while, Jiang Qiao suddenly stopped.
"There's a problem."
He glanced around.
"What is it?" Wei Jinglou hurriedly asked.
"Someone is following us." Long Peiyun had also noticed something unusual. She turned toward the dense forest beside them. Darkness shrouded it, making it impossible to see what was inside, but her supernatural instincts told her there was something there.
"Not a person."
"A ghost."
Jiang Qiao said calmly, "This forest isn't deep in the mountains. During the day, people come and go here, so it's tainted with human presence. Even at night, it shouldn't be overly gloomy."
"But right now, it feels as though it has been severed from the world."
"It has become a space of its own."
"That isn't normal."
"There must be a ghost."
"And a very frightening one at that."
When a Vicious Ghost moved through an area, it naturally changed the environment. It became gloomy, strange, and ominous, making people feel deeply uneasy and uncomfortable.
The stronger the Vicious Ghost was,
the more obvious this influence became.
This wasn't a Ghost Domain.
Rather, Vicious Ghosts were incompatible with the world of the living. Their appearance was bound to affect the normal magnetic field.
"Is it the ghost from the attic?"
Wei Jinglou asked.
"No." Long Peiyun shook her head. "That ghost can't leave the Long Family's old residence."
"But the rear mountain..."
She looked around again.
"I've never heard of a ghost there."
"Is that