I Was Your Retribution

There were actually living people here?

Old Man Sun froze for a moment, then his expression changed.

How could there possibly be living people in a place like this?

Ghosts!

A familiar word surfaced in his mind.

He instinctively looked toward Jiang Qiao, only to find the young man still smiling.

"Old man, we came in from outside and got lost. We saw a village here, so we came in."

"This place seems perfectly normal to me. How could it be haunted?"

Jiang Qiao said with a beaming smile.

Seeing that expression, Old Man Sun couldn't help grumbling inwardly, This young man must be seeing ghosts. How could this cursed place be called normal?

Are you trying to fool a ghost?

However, seeing how calm Jiang Qiao was, the old man's heart gradually settled down.

"Don't open the door recklessly after dark. Be careful—the thing behind it might not be human. Since you came in from outside, you can go to the inn at the east end of the village." The old man spoke expressionlessly.

His voice was still somewhat hoarse and sounded weak, as if he were suffering from some serious illness.

"I see. Then that really is dangerous." Jiang Qiao smiled.

The next second.

He suddenly reached out and grabbed at the old man!

In midair, a terrifying bolt of lightning transformed into a giant hand and completely enveloped the old man.

"Old man, I can't find my way. Why don't you lead me there?"

Boom!

A peal of thunder rang out.

Yet it had struck nothing.

The lightning swept past, and the old man vanished from where he stood like a phantom.

"Hm?" Jiang Qiao was slightly startled.

Creak—

The door of the Wooden House behind him suddenly opened a crack, and an elderly voice came from