Tai'an Mysteries

"Here!"

Sha LiFei barked under his breath, his hand pressing down on the grip of his gun.

Gazing at the dense fog around them, he asked quietly, "What kind of trick is this?"

Though he had already built a building and become a cultivator, he still devoted most of his energy to researching the Firearms Method. He did not understand the spells of other sects very well, so he could only ask the others.

Kuai Dayou also lowered his voice. "Looks a little like summoning soldiers and horses. But this is Tai'an City, protected by the City God and She Ling Soldiers. To summon soldiers and horses openly here... now that's interesting..."

"They aren't soldiers and horses!"

Lu San's ears twitched beside them. In a deep voice, he said, "I hear paper scraping against the ground. They're paper people. Be careful!"

With that, he lightly patted Little White Fox Chu Qi beside him.

Whoosh!

A white shadow flashed past, and Little White Fox vanished.

The little fox that had once been so young and tender had now grown into Lu San's capable assistant. Not only was she fast and skilled at moving unseen, she also knew soul-bewitching arts. Her Spiritual Sense was exceptionally powerful and unaffected by the fog.

Little White Fox had gone ahead mainly to stay in contact with the other group.

After all, in such dense fog, messages carried by hawks and falcons would be affected.

As they spoke, the fog around them grew thicker and thicker. The distant lamplight twisted into strange orange-yellow patches in the mist. Every sound around them seemed to be swallowed and cut off by the fog, leaving only a bone-chilling silence.

Then the air turned cold and damp.

The three of them caught a scent, seemingly a mixture of earthy stench,