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A chill crept into Luo Bin's heart. He looked away and stepped out of the courtyard a moment later.
The Village Chief began beating his gong. Its ringing mingled with the crowing of roosters, rousing the villagers of Cabinet Mountain Village.
Father and son followed the Village Chief around the village, finally stopping at the entrance.
The gentle light of the early sun spilled over the ground. The Able-Bodied Team, some thirty men strong, had fully assembled.
Naturally, there were no skeletal remains along the village roads.
The Village Chief stood at the front, surveying everyone.
Luo Feng and Luo Bin stood in the front row.
The Village Chief looked stern as he spoke in a low voice. "The matter with Jiang Shan caused us to overlook the danger posed by the Chen sisters. Cabinet Mountain Village has never had anyone who kept evil spirits!"
"Chen Xianxian is missing. We must find her!"
"And Gu Yiren's whereabouts are still unknown. If there was one Jiang Shan, could there be another? Of course, I'm not accusing any of you. Whoever hid Gu Yiren might have more sophisticated methods and fooled everyone. We'll conduct Village Search again today and finish before noon. In the afternoon, we'll search the foot of every mountain!"
"Is that understood?"
Every word rang with conviction. He made no mention of searching for Gu Ya, nor did he mention Luo Feng.
Every member of the Able-Bodied Team stood ready and shouted, "Yes!"
Luo Feng turned around and assigned search areas to the team members for Village Search.
Everyone looked at Luo Feng with complicated expressions tinged with sympathy.
Last night, the evil spirit had called Gu Ya's name all over the village. They could all imagine what had