"Here."
Long Peiyun felt somewhat uneasy.
The blurry outlines looked corporeal, but when they moved, they seemed to "float." Like flags blown by the wind, they gave off an eerie feeling.
"There are more."
Jiang Qiao glanced over and saw more figures appearing behind the first ones.
Not two or three.
Not four or five.
There were eight of them in total!
The figures drifted through the darkness, appearing and disappearing as they slowly approached.
"We'd better take another route."
"There are too many ghosts."
Long Peiyun touched the white jade bracelet on her left wrist. She did not want to fight the ghosts. "We're going to Mao Shan Town. It isn't worth wasting our strength here."
She tried to persuade Jiang Qiao.
"It's not a matter of wasting strength. We've already been targeted. Even if we want to leave, we'll need their permission."
Jiang Qiao had plenty of experience.
Naturally, he could tell that these ghosts had already locked onto them.
They were all ghosts!
There wasn't a single Ghost Slave!
"You have so many ghosts in your rear mountains. Have you seen them before?" Jiang Qiao asked.
As he spoke,
he suddenly felt a chill run down his back.
He turned around.
Two more drifting shadows had appeared in the woods behind them.
Ten Vicious Ghosts!
This was clearly abnormal.
Caravans still traveled through this forest during the day. If Vicious Ghosts had been running rampant here, no one would have dared to pass through. Thus, there was only one possibility: the Vicious Ghosts had appeared within the past few hours.
"There are three possible explanations for their appearance."
"First."
"The environment changed, and the Vicious Ghosts happened to invade this place."
"Second."
"They followed other living people here, but lost track of their targets—or already killed them—and