Lin Shanhai looked at the tombstone next to Wu Yuangui. It is larger than the other tombstones. I don’t know if it is newer or of better quality. Time has left almost no traces on it. They had long noticed that the name written on this tomb was the head of the Xue Yan Sect. This should also be a burial mound, after all, the body has not been found. They didn't know when the tomb was built, but when the stone tablet was inserted into it, some disciples already had the answer in their hearts. That's when the estrangement was born.
Chi Li said with a sullen face: "You are not worthy of standing in front of my father's grave."
"Ah...you misunderstood. It is not your father's grave."
"……Um?"
Wu Yuangui stretched out his hand, bit his finger with his teeth, and sketched the name on the stone tablet a few times. Sometimes his fingers fell, sometimes they didn't. Shan Hai seemed to have noticed something and wanted to step forward to stop him, but Yuan Gui briefly slipped a spell in his mouth, and when he retracted his hand, a spell was stuck to the stone tablet. The talisman was blue and strange, with dark patterns painted on it, like dried blood.
Thick blue-green smoke suddenly overflowed from under the stone monument. The color was unsettling at first glance, like colorful mushrooms that reminded people of poison. Ye Yuejun told them to cover their mouths and noses, watching Wu Yuangui disappear into the thick fog. She rushed to catch up. Although the Six Paths of Impermanence may not be affected by the poison, the vision is obviously blurred by the smoke. Others covered their noses one after another. Shan Hai raised his sleeves and covered Dai Luan with his other hand. Mo Liang tried to disperse them with his sword, but only two clear holes opened in the smoke, which quickly closed again. Mu Wan accidentally inhaled some gas and couldn't feel the smell. She only had a dry and sore throat. I wonder if it was a psychological effect.
Chili picked up his sword and rushed towards the direction where Wu Yuangui disappeared, with Mu Wan chasing after him. When they quickly ran out of the smoke, they found that they were gone. What's even more bizarre is that the cemetery seems to have expanded several times. They have been running on the path for a long time without running out. As far as the eye can see, there are still those numerous stone monuments.
On the other side, Dai Luan reached out to tear off the talisman on the stone tablet, but was pulled back by Shan Hai. The fog became lighter, and Shan Hai took a breath and whispered:
"Don't move! I'm afraid it's poisonous."
Just as he said that, Mo Liang stretched out his bone sword and picked out the talisman. When the square outline fell to the ground, they discovered that it had turned into a piece of dark paper, as if it had been burned. When Dai Luan stepped on it, it was like crushing a dead leaf. The blue-green smoke gradually disappeared, and the surrounding scenery remained unchanged, except that Wu Yuangui and the three girls were missing. Except for Chi Li and Mu Wan, Ye Yuejun chased them to nowhere. Shan Hai thought they were together.
But soon, they encountered the same problem as Mu Wan - they couldn't get out of the cemetery.
"Ghost hitting the wall?" Chi Li asked.
Mu Wan wasn't sure, and she couldn't tell if Shan Hai wasn't around. The two men walked warily among the dark tombstones. The air was very cold, their hearts were burning with anxiety, but their fingertips were as cold as steel. There is a stone placed on a monument in front, and a few pieces of paper money are pressed under the stone. After walking some distance, the same tombstone appeared again. Chi Li looked at it and saw that even the names were the same.
"That should be it."
"I think the smoke just now may have a hallucinogenic effect. We must always be careful, maybe someone is watching our jokes outside the illusion and will attack us at any time."
Mu Wan was very careful, taking each step very lightly, even stepping on weeds made no sound. She held the umbrella alertly, keenly aware of everything around her. And Chili focused on those names and looked at them one by one.
"This is my second uncle." She pointed to a monument. "He died of illness in his early years."
"I remember him." Mu Wan didn't look at the monument, but at Chi Li, "He treated me to candy when he was a kid."
"Yes, his wife made them all. The sesame ones are okay, but the peanut ones are always soggy and bitter."
"...I mean, I was still young when he died. At that time, everyone thought you had..."
"He's dead. I know." Chi Li glanced at her, "You should have heard me say that I occasionally see about Xue Yanzong. He died of tuberculosis, Xiao told me. At that time, I no longer..."
"Li'er."
This was a strange sound, and both of them became nervous at the same time. It sounds strange, but also somewhat familiar. I saw a person walking out from behind the grave of Second Master Uncle. They thought he looked kind and it was clearly him. Although the light was weak, his outline was so complete in their eyes. Originally, Chili felt that she had forgotten his facial features, but now everything in front of her was so clear, which made her feel strongly unreal.
"Teacher, uncle?"
"It's great that Li'er is back."
As he was talking, more people came out. It was as if they had been ambushing here for a long time, but there was clearly no sign along the way. If it is a ghost, it is not floating in the air and glowing faintly, as ordinary people are familiar with it. But both of them knew very well that the person in front of them was just an illusion.
Because they have no shadow.
"Are we seeing the same hallucination?" Chi Li asked her sideways, her eyes always staring at the ghost.
"Don't say watching...I guess we heard the same thing."
"Be careful not to let them fool you."
At this time, an old female voice came.
"Li'er is back to see us?"
"Aunt...?"
More people approached them, and the two of them got closer. The two of them had never been so close before. Mu Wan was afraid that Chi Li would waver, but it seemed that she was still very determined. She also saw many familiar faces, some she didn't recognize, and they were probably more senior people.
"Are you holding steady?" Chi Li asked her.
"Are you looking down on me?" Mu Wan forced a smile, "Master will come out soon, and you will take it seriously."
"I don't know what kind of hallucination it is. If it's an illusion created by reading our memories, I'm really afraid that you will be deceived by my father."
"Stop coming."
The two bickered, but the atmosphere could not be eased. At this time, these ghosts suddenly spread out to both sides, as if they were trying to clear a way for someone. The two of them wondered if there really was a master, and couldn't help but look there. Unexpectedly, an old man with gray hair came over. The old man looks very kind, and like the others, he doesn't have the so-called evil spirit. The clothes he was wearing looked like they were made of excellent material, but they were heavily patched. Mu Wan looked at it for a long time, but didn't recognize who it was.
"……grandfather."
Chi Li couldn't help but whisper it softly, and Mu Wan suddenly realized. Even so, the two were still very vigilant.
The old man's ghost, the founder of the Snow Inkstone Sect, is slowly approaching. He held something in his hands and hid it in his arms. He didn't open his hands and pick it up until he walked in front of the two of them.
It was a severed hand, a woman's.
Chili's pupils and lips couldn't help but tremble. It was so familiar, this hand was so familiar to her, she would never forget it in her lifetime, or even in her death.
"This is real!"
Mu Wan's eyes widened: "Are you crazy? This is all false no matter how you think about it!"
"No... I'm talking about all of these, these people. They may not be real ghosts, but they are indeed people buried here. So we can't see 'me', nor can we see Master."
"Seriously...?" Mu Wan hesitated, "But, how should we get out?"
As for Hazuki-kun, he is separated from everyone else. She is still somewhat affected by the gas. Ye Yuejun had to walk back first and try to find the original place. Not long after, she saw the shadows of Shan Hai and the others. But what she noticed first was Mo Liang—his sword, to be precise. Something else had distracted her before, but there was a familiar scent that lingered. She was finally sure that Mo Liang was the source of this aura.
Ye Yuejun ran a few steps forward and approached Mo Liang. But Mo Liang walked past her as if he hadn't seen her.
"Hey, Ye Yue..."
"A Luan!" Ye Yuejun immediately grabbed Dai Luan, "Who is this child who has been following you before?"
"Ah, his name is Mo Liang, and he lives with Chi Li."
"That sword?"
"It's something passed down from his family."
Mo Liang turned around and looked at Dai Luan with some confusion.
"Aluan...who are you talking to?"
Shanhai behind was also stunned. Thinking about it carefully, I'm afraid it's poisonous gas. Mo Liang had little contact with Ye Yuejun.
"Just...the six paths of impermanence just now. Have you forgotten?"
"I remember her, but, but I can't see her."
Mo Liang's eyes were confused, and he couldn't focus on the place in front of Dai Luan. No matter how he looked at it, it was all empty.
Ye Yuejun was speechless. Apparently, he couldn't even hear his own voice.
"This gas is not poisonous. You will be able to see it after the effects of the medicine wear off."
She comforted everyone like this and got closer to Mo Liang. He didn't say he didn't notice it at all, because he did feel something approaching him. He raised his sword again alertly. Ye Yuejun reached out and tried to touch his hair, but he didn't have much reaction. He just turned around and looked around. Then, she looked carefully at the bone sword he raised.
Shan Hai told the truth: "He is the descendant of the Yin Yang Mo family and the only remaining disciple. The bone sword is their heirloom and the only thing left by their family. However, it is an unlucky thing."
Ye Yuejun didn't know if he saw any clues. She remained silent and slowly moved her hand to the sword. She touched the strange bone lightly. For a moment, she seemed to feel that the thing was alive - it had a heartbeat and a pulse.
"This is... the dead body of Garuda."
"You know?" Dai Luan looked at her and then at the sword, "This thing has caused misery to their family. Except for Xiao Liang, all the members of the Mo family died violent deaths."
Ye Yuejun suddenly knelt down in front of Mo Liang, as if all the joints in his body had fallen off. The master and apprentice were startled, and Shan Hai asked hurriedly:
"What are you doing?"
"……it's all my fault."
