After listening to me, everyone added a few more details.
Such as the advance route, retreat route, and so on.
Finally, once everything had been arranged.
We took the glutinous rice and Corrosive Soup from Tian Yong, pasted on Yang-Suppressing Talismans, and began the operation.
Before leaving, I said to Tian Yong,
"You'll be out here alone, so be careful. If anything goes wrong, protect yourself first, understand?"
Tian Yong smiled.
"Understood, Martial Uncle. Go on! I'll keep watch here. If there's anything unusual outside, I'll set a fire to notify you, then retreat on my own."
"Alright!"
I nodded and draped the Phantom Moon Cloak over myself.
Once I put on the cloak, even Pan Ling's eyes could no longer see any Yang energy on me.
Then, as arranged beforehand, we began approaching from the collapsed cliff on the left.
Tian Yong also hid among the bushes, watching Xu Family Village below...
The four of us moved swiftly and quietly.
Like phantoms, we darted through the mountain forest.
Pan Ling's eyes swept over our surroundings.
Before long, she noticed something was wrong and immediately warned us,
"Stop!"
We were lined up single file, with Pan Ling second.
The moment she spoke, all of us became alert.
Pan Ling stared into the forest ahead, then said again,
"Hide!"
As soon as she finished speaking, the four of us hid amid the nearby weeds and deadwood.
At that moment, we didn't ask Pan Ling what had happened.
She must have seen something, or she would not have spoken like that.
Sure enough, less than twenty seconds after we hid, waves of ghostly Yin energy spread over from nearby.
We held our breaths and remained completely still.
Before long, a cluster of green ghostlight suddenly appeared in the woods.
It looked like