Chapter 1 Someone's Watching

"Even through Miss's talisman, you could detect someone spying, and even suffer a backlash?"

The sudden change startled everyone around, especially the old shopkeeper, who straightened up in surprise. Looking at the shattered fragments around Hu Ma, he sighed, "There are indeed many strange tricks in this old Yin Mountain..."

The person in the sedan also sighed softly, "Don't underestimate this old Yin Mountain!"

"Eight hundred *li* of Old Yin Mountain, with the *taisui* growing year after year, breeding evil spirits. What hasn't accumulated over hundreds of years?"

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While they were sighing, as if re-examining this forest, Second Master was clearly more nervous. He took a step forward, checked Hu Ma's palm, and asked anxiously, "Little Hu Ma, did you see Granny just now? Where is she?"

"She's... she's..."

Hu Ma tried hard to recall the scene he had seen: "She's next to a big tree..."

"That tree is very big, almost three or four people are needed to encircle it, and there seem to be many bells hanging on the tree branches."

"Next to it, that's right, there are offerings next to it!"

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"A tree that takes three or four people to encircle, with bells hanging on the branches..."

Second Master frowned, as if also thinking hard. Suddenly, his expression changed slightly: "I know where Granny is."

"Granny is fighting that big tree with her life."

Hu Ma said quickly, telling everything he had seen, "She told me not to go over there?"

"Ah?"

Second Master couldn't help but be taken aback: "So, are we going or not?"

Hu Ma's mind raced, and he said decisively: "Go."

Normally, he would have hesitated, knowing his current physical state and his abilities. Facing this vast and strange world, he was nothing much.

Since Granny warned him not to go, it meant that it must be very dangerous there.

But now he has Second Master by his side, and what's more, besides Second Master, there is also that reincarnated person!

Old friends meeting in a foreign land, how could he not take advantage?

Granny was too important to him. If she died just like that, how would he survive in this world?

Second Master had a simple mind. As soon as he heard Hu Ma say he was going, he immediately started walking.

He didn't even bother with the nobles from the city. After all, he was only worried about Granny before, but now he knew that Granny was in trouble.

Hu Ma quickly followed, but the old shopkeeper immediately looked displeased.

But before he could speak, the person in the sedan said calmly, "Follow."

"Eh?"

The old shopkeeper was stunned for a moment, turned his head to look at the sedan, and suddenly understood:

What Miss was looking for was the most evil thing in this forest. Neither the Five Ghost Arts nor the Round Light Technique could find any clues. They had to enter the forest to find it themselves. But since it was such an evil thing, the things that happened around it would not be ordinary.

The granny of this kid in the village encountered something big, and maybe it would have clues about Miss's matter.

Understanding this, he waved to the sedan bearers: "Go, let's go and take a look too."

Second Master strode out seven or eight *zhang*, and then suddenly realized that the nobles from the city were still waiting for him to lead the way. Now that he had suddenly abandoned them, he might offend these people, but he didn't expect that when he turned around, they had actually followed.

He couldn't help but be overjoyed: "Good people are rewarded, the nobles in the city are so willing to help..."

He led the way, walking through the forest, twisting and turning. Because he was anxious to hurry, he was sweating profusely. Hu Ma followed Second Master, and saw that in the depths of the forest, there were rustling sounds, and some things were hiding, probably suppressed by Second Master.

Usually around the village, Second Master had a great reputation, and evil spirits would hide from him.

Now that he had reached the depths of the mountains, those things didn't recognize Second Master and secretly came to take a look, but they were also frightened by his fiery aura.

Logically speaking, his own fire wasn't bad either, but relatively speaking, it was more restrained and didn't have this momentum.

Of course, this was also the essential difference between the two.

If Second Master used the True Yang Arrow, he could only use it three times in a short period of time, but Hu Ma could use it infinitely.

But no matter how much Second Master used it, he could recover after a period of rest.

But when Hu Ma used it, it was a direct consumption, and he had to eat Blood *Taisui* to make up for it.

Seeing that he didn't know how long he had been hurrying through the forest, the surroundings were gradually dim, and an ominous aura chilled the heart. He didn't know if he was close to where Granny was, but Hu Ma clearly saw that Xiao Hongtang, who was following behind him, seemed to be a little anxious.

He was also anxious in his heart and quickened his pace, but suddenly, he suddenly heard a giggling laughter in his ear:

"Little Hu Ma, come and see me..."

"..."

The voice was charming and gentle, and it reached Hu Ma's ears clearly, as if it was giggling next to his cheek.

Hu Ma's heart suddenly jumped, and he had an impulse to respond to the call, but he resisted.

"Second Master..."

He just raised his head and called out to Second Master in a low voice, "Someone's calling me..."

"What?"

Second Master also hurriedly turned his head, but looked around blankly and said, "Why didn't I hear anything?"

This was not normal.

Now Hu Ma heard it extremely clearly. The voice was charming and gentle, and it rang clearly in his ears, stirring his heart.

It seemed to have a charm that made people have to agree and have to follow.

"Huh?"

As Hu Ma felt something was wrong, he heard a few scattered responses behind him.

He hurriedly turned his head and saw that it was the sedan bearers. The speed at which he and Second Master had been hurrying was not slow, but they had actually followed, and each of them had no sweat on their foreheads.

However, at this time, their pace also slowed down, and they stared blankly into the forest, some looking to the left, some looking to the right. The directions they turned their heads were different, but their expressions were the same, foolish and stunned.

"Pay attention!"

But at this moment, the old shopkeeper who was rushing along also noticed something and his face sank.

He suddenly took a step forward, went to the side of the sedan bearer who was most obviously infatuated, his mouth wide open, as if he was about to agree to something, and raised his hand and gave him a loud slap, not only waking this person up, but also shocking the others.

Then he coldly swept around the surrounding lush forest and said in a low voice, "No matter what you hear, don't agree."

"From this moment on, even if you hear my voice calling you, first look up at me and make sure it's me before you agree."

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After instructing them, he said coldly, "That's a Beauty Wraith, they are good at seducing people and hide in the dark to call people's names."

"If you agree, you will see her, and she will confuse you and hook you closer."

"If you can't control yourself and walk to her side, and then look back, you will find that your body is still in place, and if you don't look back, you will really follow her all the way in a daze."

"You'll enter the Yellow Springs and go to the Netherworld, without even knowing that you're already dead..."

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The sedan bearers listened to these words, nodding frantically, clenching their teeth and walking with their heads down.

Even Hu Ma was reminded and vaguely remembered the Beauty Snake among the three evil spirits he saw when he first escaped from the village. He hurriedly guarded his mind and continued to follow Second Master on his way.

But even if he didn't agree, the calling voice became clearer. No matter how far they walked, the voice always rang in his ears, as if the beauty was hiding by his side, hiding behind the tree next to him.

And the calling voice was even more moaning and gentle, infatuated and lingering, soul-stirring and bone-eroding.

Anyone who didn't know would have thought that someone was doing something explicit nearby.

Hu Ma knew that this was an evil spirit confusing people's minds, so he just勉forcefully endured it and remained unmoved. The shopkeeper also just frowned.

But just as the voice became louder and louder, and the surrounding trees and wilderness became strangely twisted.

Suddenly, an dissatisfied voice sounded from the sedan: "Why are you selling such raunchy sentiments in the deep mountains and old forests?"

With this soft rebuke, the sedan curtain moved slightly, and suddenly a gray shadow窜darted out.

It felt like a pug-sized dog, extremely fast, and you couldn't see what it looked like. With a "whoosh," it窜darted behind the tree, and then, there was a burst of hissing and screaming sounds. A piece of trees followed and shook, Yin wind gusts, and fallen leaves fell.

Before long, the gray shadow窜darted back, vaguely splashing down a string of bloodstains, and seemed to be holding something in its mouth.

And the voice that confused people's minds was gone.

"Sigh..."

Second Master and Hu Ma were a little surprised and looked at the sedan gratefully.

And the old shopkeeper just watched quietly from the side, without saying a word, and without helping.

When outsiders enter the forest, it is best to leave them alone when facing these evil spirits.

But he couldn't control what the people in the sedan did.

That thing was unlucky, that the young lady could not listen to your charming sounds and embarrassing movements.

Although slightly delayed, it was faster to travel without those weird蠱惑, and finally gradually approached a sparse wooded area.

Walking forward, I realized that the reason why there are few trees here is because there is actually a locust tree growing here, which is much thicker, larger, and more leafy than the surrounding trees. Many offerings are placed next to it, and bells are hung on the branches.

When Second Master arrived here, he hurriedly stopped and looked at Hu Ma nervously: "Is this the place?"

Hu Ma nodded, confirming that this was the place he saw in the mirror, but when he looked around, he couldn't see Granny.