"Jiang Yourning, c-can you please stop talking?"
Xie Ciyan's calves began trembling uncontrollably too.
In all the vast world, he feared nothing except those intangible, otherworldly things.
Jiang Wanrong looked at their original two-protecting-one arrangement, which had now become one protecting two, with her standing in the middle and leading the charge. She couldn't help sighing helplessly.
Seriously, had she known it would come to this, what use would she have had for Xie Ciyan?
"Everyone, be careful. Don't be scared, Ningning. Someone's probably just putting on a spooky act. Stay behind your sister. Let's go ahead and take a look."
With that, Jiang Wanrong continued forward, step by step.
"Okay."
The Little Wooden Fish in Jiang Yourning's hands also began taking a frantic pounding.
[Aaaah!!! I really want to scream! This atmosphere isn't down-to-earth-it's down-to-the-underworld! Boohoo...]
[Buddha of the West, Jade Emperor, Grandpa King of Hell, Ultraman... all you big shots, remember to come protect me!]
Having understood half of that, Jiang Wanrong couldn't help smiling helplessly.
Had the timing been better, she would have loved to remind her sister that the King of Hell probably wasn't much good at protecting people. It would already be a blessing if he didn't send his ghostly officers to drag them away.
Amid the crying that drifted near and far, the steady tok-tok-tok-tok soothed Jiang Yourning's heart considerably. But paired with her inward screaming, it only made Xie Ciyan's skin crawl all the more.
He wanted to ask Jiang Yourning to stop tapping, and beg her to stop talking too. But seeing that his little fairy was already looking down on him, he didn't dare voice the words on his tongue.
At some point, as the three entered the courtyard, white mist suddenly surged toward them from every direction, and the female