Five minutes passed, and nothing happened.
Zhong Cai and Qi Ning both looked at Chen Miao.
Chen Miao signaled for them to wait a little longer. In the meantime, he closed his eyes and sensed their surroundings. Everything was normal; there was no sign of Ghostly Blindness.
After another five minutes passed, Chen Miao led the way downstairs.
On the first floor, the three of them saw the two figures standing by the door.
Zhong Cai and Qi Ning went on guard, but Chen Miao did not.
"Chen Miao, what's going on?"
Qi Ning asked.
"It's fine. The Soul-Sealing Memorial Tablet took effect and trapped them in place."
Chen Miao briefly explained the Soul-Sealing Memorial Tablet's effects to them, and both their eyes lit up.
"Doesn't that mean we can deal with all the ghosts in the village's empty houses tonight?"
Chen Miao shook his head.
"I think there's something unusual about the ghosts and zombies in this village. There seems to be some connection between them. Touch one, and we might set them all off."
"The reason I brought out the Soul-Sealing Memorial Tablet was to avoid hurting them and triggering some unknown attack."
Although Chen Miao had no evidence for what he said, neither Qi Ning nor Zhong Cai argued.
The situation in this village was already bizarre enough. Better to take the possibility seriously than dismiss it, or they might die without even knowing how.
"Then what should we do next?"
Qi Ning asked.
Chen Miao looked at the two ghosts trapped by the Soul-Sealing Memorial Tablet, thought for a moment, and said, "I suggest catching all the ghosts and confining them within the Soul-Sealing Memorial Tablet's range."
Chen Miao knew these ghosts were not particularly fierce, so he was not afraid of them breaking through the