But after they had spent a long time on edge and nothing happened, they found the coffin perfectly quiet inside. At Luo Tianhe's command, the four of them lifted the coffin, with Bai Yu still sitting on top, and hurried onward under Lin Qianqian's guidance.
It didn't take long for Jiang Cheng to notice something strange about Bai Yu. On a path like this, there was no way they could carry the coffin without it wobbling, yet no matter how much it shook, Bai Yu sat perfectly steady. The way she kept her balance was bizarre.
"How... how could this happen?" Lin Qianqian stopped, staring ahead in disbelief. The tree with the red ribbon tied around it... had appeared again.
"Mr. Luo, your method failed." Yuan Shanyuan turned to look at Luo Tianhe.
Luo Tianhe reacted more strongly than anyone. He stared fixedly at the little tree, as if he suspected it was fake, an illusion conjured up by a ghost.
"It didn't suppress it? How is that possible?" Luo Tianhe muttered. "It makes no sense. I divined it with the hexagrams. This coffin may be sinister, but with Bai Yu..."
At that, Luo Tianhe suddenly looked toward the coffin, as if he'd found the problem. "No, that's wrong. It's all wrong! This isn't Ghostly Eyes. The one in the coffin isn't the one obscuring our vision!"
Jiang Cheng's gaze shifted. "It's not Mr. Wu?"
"No. There's something else sinister around here." Luo Tianhe raised his head and slowly scanned the surroundings with an eagle-sharp gaze. His movement made everyone tense up.
"This time it isn't Ghostly Eyes. It's a ghost wall. Something is blocking our way," Luo Tianhe explained in a low voice.
No one had any idea what it might be, but they had no choice except to