After seeing Yao Shunyu's hand signal, Huang Jun and Luan Lihui cautiously emerged from where they had been hiding nearby.
To their surprise, Yao Shunyu and Li Bai questioned and checked their identities as well.
Once they were out of sight, anything could happen in this haunted place.
After confirming there was nothing wrong with their identities, Li Bai focused her attention on the road. It seemed that both teams had fallen victim to this a long time ago.
Their most urgent task was to confirm where the ghost was and figure out what was causing all this trouble.
"Does anyone have incense?" Li Bai asked. Whoever was blocking their way, it couldn't hurt to offer a prayer first.
Everyone looked at one another, then shook their heads.
Huang Jun swallowed with some difficulty. He looked out at the endless dark forest around them, a sense of despair washing over him—the feeling that they would never find their way out. "Sister Li, Elder Sun didn't give us any, either."
Yao Shunyu had an idea. "Would incense ash work?"
Li Bai pressed her lips together. Truthfully, she had no idea, but they might as well try. She walked to the middle of the road and stopped, standing with her legs slightly apart as she prepared to bend down and look back between them.
"The moment I bend down, scatter the incense ash behind me," Li Bai instructed.
According to the rules, they should offer four sticks of incense behind them at that moment: three to honor the gods, four to worship ghosts. If she bent down and looked back between her legs, she might be able to see a ghost through the smoke from the burning incense.
"No, that's too dangerous. I'll do it." Anyone could tell just how dangerous this