A Small Grove, Encountering White Paper Figures

Why were there so many paper figures here, hanging from the trees to lure wandering souls and wild ghosts?

For now, there was no way to know, but it definitely wasn't a good thing.

It could also be understood as someone setting up a paper effigy soul-summoning formation in these desolate mountains, extending someone's life.

And they were manipulating some kind of evil art, doing things no one knew about.

For now, we did not touch those paper figures containing ghosts, which kept letting out "woo woo woo" cries and begging for help.

Nor did we speak. We simply continued forward cautiously...

Before figuring out what exactly was on Stone Ridge Mountain, we had no intention of acting rashly.

Only by dealing with the one behind it all and uncovering the reason could we truly save these innocent paper figure ghosts.

After all, we still had a long way to go before reaching the back mountain.

So, we walked through this forest filled with paper figures for about five minutes.

The trees around us grew denser.

Yet the white paper figures hanging from the trees did not decrease.

White paper figures hung from trees everywhere we looked.

It was just that the ghosts inside them were gradually becoming fewer...

Moreover, many round pieces of white spirit paper had appeared on the ground.

Making this stretch of forest seem increasingly bizarre...

At that moment, a gust of yin wind swept through.

The white paper figures hanging from the trees began swaying again with a rustle.

The spirit paper on the ground was blown into the air with a whoosh, filling the sky.

The white mist pervading the forest was gradually scattered as well.

But at that very moment, we spotted something straight ahead in the forest.

Within the faint mist, three