Chapter 10

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“Haunted?” Yin Yin looked at Ling Long for confirmation.

Ling Long felt it was a little funny. Does she think he knows everything?

“I haven’t heard of this.” Ling Long shook his head.

Yin Yin looked at the boss and asked, “Who did you hear it from?”

“A fellow from my hometown. He went to Shigu Town to do errands, but he was almost scared to death!”

Yin Yin recalled that the plot of Ling Long finding Jia Qing in <<All for Prosperity>> was brought up by the author only once, and naturally there was no mention of Shigu Town being haunted.

In the bushes next to the trees, the leaves suddenly spun without any wind, making a rustling sound.

Yin Yin and Ling Long glanced over at the same time.

The leaves were quiet again.

Sang Ze’s face turned blue. “Master, do we have to go to Shigu Town?”

Yin Yin turned her head and looked at Sang Ze. “Are you afraid of ghosts?”

“I’m not afraid!” Sang Ze roared out.

“Then you go and see what’s over there.”

Sang Ze: “……”

“My stomach hurts.” Sang Ze lay on the table with his arms in his stomach, pretending to be dead.

Yin Yin commented: “The movements are a bit stiff, and the expression is not very natural.”

Sangze: “……”

Ling Long faced the direction of the woods, and lightly called out, “Come out, Miss Du.”

The leaves rustled again for a while, and Du Qianqian walked out of from the bushes.

Yin Yin glanced at Ling Long who was next to her. With her low-level martial arts, she had also discovered that Du Qianqian has been following them. Ling Long should have discovered it earlier than her, right?

With a faint smile on Du Qianqian’s face, she slowly walked up to them. “Hello, Young Master Lin. Hello, Eldest Miss.”

Yin Yin looked at Du Qianqian, pretending to be surprised. “Qianqian? What are you doing here?”

Du Qianqian said, “The master was worried that the Eldest Miss would be in danger by herself, so he sent Qianqian to follow along.”

Yin Yin was speechless for a moment. Even if Yin Dongjiang was really worried that she was in danger, what good would it do to send Du Qianqian? Are you afraid that I would be too lonely on my way to the netherworld?

Yin Yin did not exposed her. She just smiled and said, “It’s really hard on you.”

Du Qianqian also smiled at her and did not speak.

Ling Long looked at Du Qianqian and said, “If this was the case, then Miss Du will go on the road with us.”

Du Qianqian gave Ling Long a salute with some joy. “Thank you very much, Young Master Lin.”

And so a three-person line has now become a four-person line.

On a small tree farther behind the four of them, without any wind, the leaves spontaneously rustled again.

Not going far away from the small tea shop, they had arrived at Shigu Town.

The town was surprisingly quiet. Even if there were no small vendors, there should have been pedestrians walking about.

All the houses on the street were closed tightly, and yellow talismans were pasted on every doors and windows.

A thin layer of cold sweat came out from Sang ze’s clenched palm. Du Qianqian frowned and asked, “What’s going on here? Why is there no one?”

Yin Yin glanced at her from the corner of her eyes, deliberately lowering her voice, “There is no human presence, but there are many ghosts.”

Du Qianqian’s face immediately turned white.

Yin Yin laughed secretly in her heart. She didn’t expect that this white lotus was afraid of ghosts.

It’s kind of cute. =-=

Yin Yin took a look at Du Qianqian, and continued eerily, “Have you ever heard of Ghost town? It was said that there was a remote town where all of the people had died. Mountain bandits came down, slaughtering each and every one of them. Later, in order to cover up the incident, the government burned the whole town to the ground and then rebuilt a new one on the same spot. They moved people from other places to live there, pretending that all the residents of the town were still alive.

But since then, there have been news of haunting in the small town. One by one, the residents of the town strangely died, and their deaths were extremely terrifying. Later, someone dug up piles of white bones under the corner of their home. They then discovered that their town was actually built on a huge graveyard “

“Master!” Sang Ze suddenly shouted, not knowing whether it was to stop Yin Yin or to embolden himself.

Du Qianqian’s face was a bit paler than before, and even her lips began to turn blue.

Yin Yin suppressed herself and didn’t let her laugh come out. Ling Long looked over with a bantering expression. “When did this happen?”

Yin Yin said, “I just made it up.”

Du Qianqian: “……”

Sang Ze: “……”

Ling Long chuckled almost inaudibly. “It’s well made.”

Yin Yin readily accepted Ling Long’s praise.

After turning a corner, there was a sudden noise coming in front of them. Yin Yin looked intently. There was a large circle of people in front, and it was very lively. It seems to be a bonfire party.

Only when Yin Yin walked in did she saw clearly that what was surrounded by the crowd was indeed a pile of firewood, but what was placed on top of it was not a sheep – it was a woman.

“Burn her to death!”

“You demon, go die!”

“Burn the demon to death!”

Angry screams came and went one after another in the crowd, but the woman on the woodpile didn’t react at all. She was as calm as if the person who was about to be burnt alive was not her.

“Calm down! She is not a ghost! She is a human!”

A woman’s mournful voice came out of the crowd, and there was a trace of pleading in her voice.

It was a pity that her voice of objection couldn’t even make a little splash before it was drowned in the shouting and swearing of the crowd.

“What’s going on?” Yin Yin turned to look at Ling Long, who shook his head gently.

“Ah! There’s a demon!” Sang Ze exclaimed, pointing to the woman tied on the stake.

They looked back at the woman again because of Sang Ze’s words.

The woman was dressed in snowy white clothes, and her long white hair was scattered around her. Even the face that could be faintly seen through the hair was a weird milky white. She seemed to have notice Yin Yin’s group of uninvited guests and looked their way. Yin Yin found out that her eyelashes were also white, but her pupils showed a light pink color.

Such a person, even in broad daylight, could make people take a cold breath. No wonder the residents of the town wanted to burn her alive as a demon.

“Uncle Zhang, you have watched Xue’er grew up. If she is a human or a ghost, you should know best!”

The voice of opposition from before came from the crowd again. Yin Yin subconsciously looked to where the voice was coming from; a slender woman was trying her best to explain something.

Although she was only wearing a coarse cloth, it was difficult to conceal her graceful figure and beautiful face. Her cheeks were slightly red – whether from being angry or anxious.

Ling Long’s eyes darkened after seeing her face clearly.

“Miss Yanyan, you don’t have to speak for Xue’er anymore. It’s true that I’ve watched her grew up, but now, you also saw that she had not only killed her parents, but also made the whole Shigu Town restless!”

“Her parents died of illness, and she did not kill the livestock of the town!”

Yin Yin could deduce the ins and outs of the whole incident from the conversation between Miss Yanyan and Uncle Zhang. She believed in materialism since she was a child. Naturally, she did not believe in ghost and spirits. Not to mention that Xue’er was just obviously born with albinism.

“Uncle Zhang, don’t talk to her anymore!” A man with a square face was holding a torch in his hand, and the knot between his eyebrows showed his impatience. “Miss Yanyan, if you help speak up for that demon again, then don’t blame us for burning you together with her!”

“You……” The person called Miss Yanyan said a word, and was forcibly dragged aside by two big men.

The man slowly brought the torch closer to the firewood, which was full of dry woods. Just give them a little spark and they can immediately burn into a sea of fire.

Everyone watched this scene with bated breath, their expressions reverent as if it was not a living person they’re going to light, but the torch of the Olympic Games.

“Wait a minute.” The man’s wrists were suddenly held by a pair of slender, white hands. He frowned and raised his head. Then he was stunned for a moment.

In this remote town, there was not one exquisite and delicate looking person. But since Miss Yanyan came, the people in the town discovered that people can be born so beautiful.

But the man in front of him was even more delicate than Miss Yanyan. He was as exquisite as a supernaturally fine crafted jade, making people afraid of breaking him if they touch him.

Ling Long let go of the man’s hand, his voice was as light and pleasant as knocking on jade. “This girl is not a ghost.”

Ling Long’s casual statement made the whole town quiet. Everyone stared at him blankly, not understanding why this banished immortal (a person with superb talent) suddenly appeared here.

“Ke, Ke,” Yin Yin coughed a few times to recall everyone’s consciousness. “Yes, although this girl is a bit scary, she is indeed a human being.”

When the people saw Yin Yin, they were stunned again. Good heavens. What day is today? Have the immortals collectively descended to the world?

“Who are you? What are you doing here in Shigu Town?” Square face was the first to come back to his senses.

“We are going to Qingmang Mountain; just passing by Shigu Town.” Yin Yin replied. “We just heard that the town is haunted. What’s going on here?”

The look of Square face changed a few times, and then he said, “If you are just passing by, hurry up the mountain. The sky is going to turn dark soon.”

Yin Yin’s eyes flashed and said, “You want us gone, so you can continue to burn this girl to death?”

Square face didn’t expect Yin Yin to speak so bluntly. His face suddenly turned green. “This is our Shigu town’s matter, and it has nothing to do with the lot of you.”

Yin Yin shook her head helplessly. “She just got albinism. Why are you troubling a patient like this?”

Regardless of what Square face had to say, Ling Long flicked his fingers and the rope tied to Xue’er suddenly broke. Du Qianqian, who was closest to her, quickly stepped forward and supported Xue’er who had fallen from the stake.

“What are you doing?!” Square face was anxious. “You guys and this demoness are in the same group?”

Yin Yin spread her hands and looked helpless. “This is why having no education is really terrible.”

Square face: “……”

The crowd began to move around. It seemed that they all wanted to grab Xue’er back. Square face with a livid look finally told the story about how Shigu Town became haunted.

“In the past half month, the livestock in our Shigu Town had been slaughtered one after another in horrifying ways, and many poultry had also disappeared. Countless people said that they had seen a snow-white figure; a monster devouring meat and fowl! Who else could it be besides her?”

“Since you have seen it, why didn’t you go ahead and captured it?”

“Miss is really funny. Anyone who sees such a monster at night will be scared to death. Who has the courage to come forward and catch it? Besides, its whereabouts are very unpredictable and it was extremely fast. How can we catch up?”

“Then it’s even less likely to be this girl. The physical strength of people with albinism is somewhat low. She could never have done such a thing.”

“She’s afraid of light!”

“This is also one of the symptoms of albinism.”

“You……” Square face was speechless because of Yin Yin. He was like a balloon full of air, which would explode with a slight poke.

Just as the atmosphere froze, a cold voice suddenly came in from the crowd.

“Exactly as what the Miss had said, Xue’er merely got a white disease, that’s all.”

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