Ghost Bride, Granny Huang, Qingyang Town (Seeking Subscriptions)

A cold wind blew past, rustling softly.

As the sound of conch-shells and drums drew near, Zhu Yu instantly felt a cold, sinister force field radiate toward him, like sticky snakes and insects crawling up from the soles of his feet.

"Ghost Bride—"

As if he had thought of something, a strange glint flashed through his eyes, and he put up a token resistance.

The two eerie force fields clashed. The conch-shells and drums grew louder and louder, with the faint sounds of blades cutting and axes chopping mixed within.

They fought and snatched back and forth for quite a while.

Zhu Yu seemed to suddenly crash like a machine. The power radiating around him froze, and the gray, ruined long robe on his body rapidly transformed into a bright red wedding robe.

The Big-Headed Boy following beside him changed with a shake of his body, turning into a pair of delicate-featured Golden Boy and Jade Girl, standing motionless. The Ghost Face Vine in their hands transformed into a Jade Ruyi and a Golden Hammer.

Just then.

Deep within the dark, dense forest.

Along with the sound of conch-shells and drums, a group of people dressed in wedding clothes appeared carrying a Bridal Sedan. Some bore shoulder poles, some scattered flowers. They seemed slow, yet in the blink of an eye they were already in the field.

And the strange creatures drawn over by the conch-shells and drums, upon seeing the big red Bridal Sedan, all turned and fled. A sparse rustling sounded, and in an instant only the conch-shells and drums remained.

Suddenly.

The sound stopped abruptly.

A "matchmaker" with rouged cheeks, powdered face white as paper, and clothes so gaudy they looked smeared on with dye walked out from the wedding procession. It stepped with a light gait,