"Ge Feng, I'm back."
Chen Miao had barely pushed open the door when he saw Ge Feng walking toward him.
"Why are you back so late again? Do you have a death wish?"
Seeing Ge Feng's wide-eyed glare, Chen Miao smiled, set down his bundle, and removed the Mountain God Bone from around his neck.
"Speaking of which, I owe it all to your Mountain God Bone."
"Without it, I might not have made it back."
Chen Miao handed the Mountain God Bone over.
On the way back, the Mountain God Bone's ability to confuse Ghost Reverence had indeed worked.
If Chen Miao hadn't approached them himself, the Roadblock Ghosts blocking the road might never have come his way.
With this thing on him at night, he really might avoid being attacked by Ghost Reverence, as long as he didn't encounter an unusual one like the Wolf-Faced Man. "It really worked?"
The worry on Ge Feng's face turned to delight.
"Tell me exactly what happened."
Chen Miao smiled and pointed at his bundle. "Let me unpack first. There's no hurry."
As he spoke, Chen Miao took the Lotus-Leaf Chicken, dried fruit, and liquor out of the bundle.
Seeing this, Ge Feng brought out the meat left over from yesterday and set it on the table.
Ge Feng had been waiting for Chen Miao to speak, but when Chen Miao opened the oil-paper package, he froze.
"Y-you went to Twin Bridge Town?"
"You can tell just from this?"
Chen Miao was surprised. There wasn't a brand name on the oil-paper package, so he had no idea how Ge Feng had recognized it as something from Twin Bridge Town.
"Of course! Out of all the nearby towns, only Twin Bridge Town wraps its Lotus-Leaf Chicken like this!"
As he spoke, Ge Feng