Seeing Dog Chicken so flustered, I immediately said,
"Quick, get onto the reed bed first. The ground over there is firmer. Here, every step sinks unevenly, and we can barely keep our footing."
At that, everyone sped up.
But at that moment, Pan Ling suddenly looked to one side and said in a low voice,
"This is bad. They're already here!"
As she spoke, Pan Ling stared in one direction.
Seeing this, the three of us did not hesitate any longer and activated our Heavenly Eyes.
As the Heavenly Eyes opened, the dim marshland instantly became clear.
That was when we spotted the distant edge of the marsh.
Two slender, black-haired women with deathly pale faces stood there.
Both wore black gauze dresses and stood motionless in the distance, watching us.
At the same time, a soft female voice rang out,
"Tian Chuan, where are you going?"
Tian Chuan was Dog Chicken's real name. When he was little, his family had puppies and chicks. To amuse him, his family let the chicks and puppies play with him.
As a result, he gradually came to love sleeping while hugging chickens and dogs, and wherever he went, he wanted to bring them along.
That was why he had been called Dog Chicken since childhood...
"Move, Dog Chicken!"
I continued urging him.
Dog Chicken clearly still could not see them, but he could hear their voices.
Hearing me, Dog Chicken nodded repeatedly and hurried forward.
We also picked up the pace. The reed bed was still about a hundred meters ahead.
But at that moment, after calling out twice, the Female Ghosts floated over without their feet touching the ground.
As they drew closer, they called out,
"Tian Chuan..."
"Tian Chuan, I missed you."
After they called out a few times, the tense