"This is..."
At those words, Shen Lang hurriedly crouched down and used his hands to clear the soil off the tree burl still buried in the ground.
Li Pu and Ye Qianfan tilted their heads and studied it for a long while before saying in unison, "Mo Hechuan!"
"Mo Hechuan died too?"
Li Pu looked stunned, seemingly unable to understand how Mo Hechuan could have died on the heels of splitting up with them.
Had they come under attack by an evil spirit?
"There are too many eyes and ears here. Let's head back to the Pavilion Office first!"
Ye Qianfan seized the opportunity to tell the two of them.
Because the thing he feared most had happened!
As it turned out...
Not only was Chi Xi a ghost, but Mo Hechuan was one too.
He had to find the other two before Mo Hechuan killed them!
"Oh... all right."
Li Pu did not understand what Ye Qianfan meant, but when he saw his grave expression, he nodded along. The three hurried away from the Human-Head Tree.
Only after they returned to the entrance of the Pavilion Office did Ye Qianfan tell them, "Split up and catch the Pavilion Chief. Make him take us to Lower River Village by a shortcut, because Mo Hechuan is a Human-Skin Ghost in disguise!"
"What!"
Shen Lang and Li Pu were both dumbstruck.
But Ye Qianfan had no time to explain. "Hurry! We have to find Hong Qilin and Shang Xueli before Mo Hechuan makes a move against them, or it'll be too late!"
"All right! We'll close in from the front and back!"
Shen Lang understood Ye Qianfan better. After all, they had already worked together once.
He asked no more questions and headed around the back of the Pavilion Office. Li Pu