After hearing this, Tian Yong's eyes widened, and he let out two low "Mm-hms."
Then Master spoke.
"Head back first!"
With that, he quickened his pace.
No one spoke again.
Just like that, none of us looked back as we hurried back to the old house.
The moment we entered, Master shut the door.
But at that moment, no one said anything. We remained quiet.
Master immediately took out brush and ink from the room and drew several yellow talismans.
They were house-protecting talismans. Once they were done, without even needing Master to say anything—
Uncle Yu, Aunt Tang, and I took the yellow talismans and pasted them over the doors and windows.
After the talismans had been put up, Master said,
"The thing following us just now was probably not that demon Daoist, but a wandering ghost.
"Now that the talismans are in place, that ghost won't be able to hear what's going on inside the house."
"Song Decai, why didn't you capture it on the spot? Why lead it back to the old house? Doesn't that expose where we're staying?"
Uncle Yu asked with a frown.
Master gave a smug smile and rolled his eyes at Uncle Yu.
But I had somewhat understood Master's intentions, so I said,
"Master, you wanted to lure them here, didn't you? Wipe them all out in one go?"
Master nodded and said to Uncle Yu,
"See? Young people have quicker minds. I tell you to eat more Brain Platinum to nourish your brain, but you never listen. You're dumb as a pig."
"Your mouth's really asking for it, huh?"
"..."
One wrong word, and the two looked ready to launch into another huge argument.
Aunt Tang stepped in again.
"That's enough, you two. Old Song, why are you insulting Yu Long for