Although twenty minutes had passed since March Floating Rain asked her for help, and Chen Yu might be too late to go there, when she saw it, she couldn’t just stand by and watch. Besides, March Floating Rain was Chen Yu’s first customer in the exorcism business and also had a favorable impression of him.
After determining the location, Chen Yu turned out of the woods and ran all the way to the valley where March Floating Rain was stuck.
“Where is Miss Chen Yu going?” Cheng Peng, who had been hiding behind for secret protection, saw Chen Yu suddenly run away, and asked Tian Fei in confusion.
“Maybe there’s something over there. Let’s follow her.” Tian Fei grasped an Evil Repelling Talisman in his hand and shook it around himself from time to time.
When Cheng Peng saw his actions, he couldn’t help rolling his eyes and said, “You can’t see any ghosts. Why are you fooling…”
“Crackle…”
Before Cheng Peng could finish speaking, he saw the Evil Repelling Talisman in Tian Fei’s hand suddenly burst into flames. Then, a pale blue flame soared up a short distance in front of the two people.
“…” Cheng Peng’s face turned ugly as could be, feeling as if he suddenly swallowed a fly.
“Look!!!” Tian Fei excitedly looked at his comrade. “Xiao Peng, do I count this as also exorcising a ghost?”
“… Keep up!” Feeling the instant slap on his face, Cheng Peng dashed into the woods, depressed, and chased after Chen Yu from a distance.
Tian Fei excitedly pulled out another Evil Repelling Talisman first and tightly grasped it in his hand before following.
Chen Yu reached the destination of about 500 meters in less than two minutes. Standing on the top of the hill, Chen Yu scanned the empty valley, her brows crumpled in confusion.
This valley was too normal. It was completely an ordinary valley. There were even some new buds sprouting at the beginning of spring. But today was New Year’s Eve, and the place was within the five-mile radius of the Nian Beast. It didn’t make sense that the surrounding area was full of evil spirits and malevolent ghosts, while this area that seemed isolated from the world, became a paradise.
Chen Yu thought for a moment, and then took out her phone. She clicked on March Floating Rain’s dialog box and sent a voice call request.
“Du-du… Du-du…”
The sound of a phone requesting a call kept echoing through the valley, but there was no sound from the other end of the phone in the silent valley.
Is there no signal?
Chen Yu put her phone away, pulled out the compass she had no opportunity to use all night today, and took a step into the valley.
And then she disappeared entirely in place, out of thin air.
“Where did she go?” The person Cheng Peng was protecting disappeared right in front of his eyes. He was so scared that he flew out from behind the tree trunk where he was hiding.
“What’s wrong?” Tian Fei looked up, but Chen Yu’s figure was no longer on the hill. “Where is Miss Chen Yu?”
The two men quickly ran up the hill and looked down. There was nothing in the empty valley except trees and rocks.
“Where is she?” Within merely ten seconds of Tian Fei turning around to check the situation behind him, Chen Yu unexpectedly disappeared. He turned his head to ask Cheng Peng, who had been paying attention to Chen Yu.
“I don’t know.” Cheng Peng recalled the sight he saw just now. He still found it unbelievable until now: “Just now, Miss Chen Yu was still standing here, then she took a step forward, and then suddenly disappeared immediately after. She disappeared into thin air.”
“Disappeared into thin air? How could that be possible?” Tian Fei rhetorically asked in horror.
“…” This world had the Nian Beast and malevolent ghosts. What else was impossible?They couldn’t find Chen Yu, so the two could only stand stupidly on the hill, looking at the moonlit empty and quiet valley at a loss.
The moment Chen Yu stepped into the valley, she first felt a slight coolness soaking her body, followed by Yin and Evil Qi blasting on her face. She was caught off guard and was blown backward several steps before standing firmly.
“What a heavy evil qi! How come I didn’t perceive a strand of it outside? Strange…” Chen Yu stood still first, and then turned around in surprise.
Chen Yu remembered that she had only taken one step forward, and it was downhill. However, when she took several more steps backward just now, there was surprisingly no uphill feeling. She was dumbfounded, staring at the empty pitch black behind. Where were those hills and steep slopes? Darkness was all around, and even the moonlight offered no visibility.
This… has a ghost built a barrier?
Just as the thought formed, Chen Yu denied it herself. With her current cultivation base, tricks like ghosts barriers didn’t work for her at all.
Then what the hell was going on here? Chen Yu was sure that this was still the same valley as before. However, after one step away, why did it change so drastically?
“Could this be a magical barrier?” After pondering for a long time, Chen Yu guessed a possibility.
But magical barrier of this kind almost only appeared in the legends of formations. Nowadays, no one should be able to wield it, ah. Moreover, if any of the masters had the ability to set up a magical barrier, why not directly do it to dispel the evil qi here, instead of wasting much effort to set up this barrier?
“Ah!!!”
Just when Chen Yu was trying to figure out what was going on here, a scream suddenly came from the depths of the valley filled with evil qi.
March Floating Rain? Chen Yu was startled. Before she had time to think, she sped towards the source of the scream with talismans in one hand and the compass in the other.
“Shut up!” Liang Guang warded off the approaching malevolent ghosts on one side, and scolded without looking back.
“Brother Liang Yu, are you all right?” Qin Guanhai looked at Liang Yu’s wrist that a malevolent ghost blackened and was filled with worry.
“Yes.” Liang Yu said ashen-faced. He also knew that he should not add to the chaos at this time , but a malevolent ghost just almost dragged him away, so he did not hold his scream back.
“The malevolent ghosts here are very powerful. We can only barely cope, so you must not move again.” Lu Ning took a look at the phone that Liang Yu was holding tightly in his hand and wanted to say something, but in the end said nothing.
“Brother Liang Yu, if your phone’s lost, leave it be. Why did you have to pick it up?” Just now, Liang Yu went to pick his phone up and was almost dragged away by a malevolent ghost. Fortunately, Lu Ning nimbly pulled him back.
“I’m looking for Great God to save us.” The five of them entered the valley about half an hour or so ago. After entering, they immediately sensed that something was wrong, but when they attempted to return, they couldn’t find the way out.
With no other choice, the five people had to feel their way around the valley, trying to find a way out. Unfortunately, after walking for a short while, they encountered a malevolent ghost siege. Five or six powerful malevolent ghosts attacked at the same time. Thanks to Lu Ning’s timely reaction, he stunned them with his Soul Summoning Bell, and they avoided the sudden ghost attack.
Lu Ning, Liang Guang, and Shao Qi’s cultivation bases were quite powerful. The three protected Qin Guanhai and Liang Yu, the two who had low cultivation, and carried on the fight while beating a retreat. Nonetheless, they weren’t the opponents of the malevolent ghosts which were growing in number. In the end, the five people were forced to retreat in a mountain col, trapped by a dozen malevolent ghosts and unable to move.
“There’s no signal here either.” The moment they found that they couldn’t get out, they tried to call their elders to rescue them, but there was no signal on the mobile phone at that time.
“There is!” Liang Yu tapped his phone interface and showed Qin Guanhai his conversation with the Great God, “Wasn’t there a flash of light earlier? The phone signal was restored for a few seconds at that time.”
When Liang Yu and others met the malevolent ghost attack for the first time, a colorful light suddenly flashed in the sky, and then Liang Yu heard a mobile prompt sound from his phone. The moment Liang Yu found that his mobile phone had a signal, he used his hand speed of being single for more than 20 years. In just two seconds, he typed the word ‘help’ and conveniently sent his location.
March Floating Rain : Great God, Great God, have you come out to exorcise?
I want to Fix the Road: Yeah, you also are exorcising?
March Floating Rain: Help! (Follow the location coordinates.)
Qin Guanhai found that the first sentence was sent fifty minutes ago; the other party’s reply was twenty minutes ago, and twenty minutes ago, the five of them were already in the valley.
“There’s really a signal?” Qin Guanhai said in surprise.
“Great God is definitely looking for me right now.” Liang Yu said, “But there are too many malevolent ghosts here. Great God can’t handle it alone for sure. I have to send a message to Great God and ask him to get help.”
“Then why don’t you call your grandfather?” Qin Guanhai was puzzled. There was a signal, so why not contact the elders of the family?
“It was just a few seconds, and the signal was cut off before I could connect to my Grandpa,” Liang Yu said.
“You could have sent messages, too, ah,” Qin Guanhai reminded him.
“…” Liang Yu was stunned for an instant. For some reason, at that time, his eyes were only Road Repair Expert.