Jin Jianglang groped his way through a forest so dark he could not see his hand before his face. At that moment, he felt as though he had gone blind, while the Blind Girl's voice grew ever more distant.
Exposed roots covered the forest floor, twisting and tangling together, while layers of branches screened out the moonlight overhead. Jin Jianglang struggled to move forward, wishing desperately that he had a cane to guide him.
Before long, he could no longer hear that foolish woman's voice at all.
"Hey!" Jin Jianglang grew a little flustered. He seemed to have lost his bearings. "Woman, where are you?"
He called out several times, only to find that his surroundings had fallen utterly silent.
"What a pain..." Jin Jianglang frowned, knowing he probably would not be able to find her.
He took a few more steps forward and nearly walked into a large tree. As he was circling around it, he suddenly caught sight of a glimmer of firelight.
The firelight was far away and remained in one place.
"A blind woman wouldn't light a lamp. Is someone else here?"
The firelight gave Jin Jianglang a direction. He crouched low, doing his best to avoid the obstacles as he headed toward the light.
An ominous feeling stirred in his heart. Could anyone who came to the Maple Forest in the dead of night... be ordinary?
Sure enough, before long he heard people talking, and the Blind Girl seemed to be among them.
Immediately afterward, an overpowering yokai aura washed over him.
Jin Jianglang concealed his presence and slipped behind a large tree, bringing the three figures into view.
Two unusual-looking monsters were talking to the Blind Girl.
"Blind woman, I distinctly sensed an immense yokai aura just now," a one-armed monster said coldly. "You