Xiao Hong turned her head to look at Yi Lu: "Then... that was Lü Peng's doing, right?"

I shook my head and said, "Right now, everyone thinks you're the one controlling Yi Lu."

"I didn't..." Xiao Hong panicked immediately.

Xiao Hong was indeed as I thought; she wasn't very scheming.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have been hanged from a tree back then.

I added, "Xiao Hong, do you remember Yi Lu's surname?"

"Your and Lü Peng's names are both normal, but Yi Lu's is not. If Yi Lu is her full name, that means she doesn't have a surname."

"What does the name Yi Lu sound more like?"

"S... servant girl!" Xiao Hong finally said it tremblingly.

I immediately retorted, "How many people were in your group back then? Can you remember clearly?"

Xiao Hong completely panicked, "We had... had six people back then, no, it seems like five people. I can't remember clearly."

I turned my head to look at Yi Lu and said, "Yi Lu might be a ghost!"

In treasure hunting, there's a saying: when entering desolate mountains and wildlands, you must pay attention to the people around you and never let an extra person join the group.

Once someone appears in the group who everyone feels is familiar, but no one can clearly explain where they came from, then you must kill that person, because that person is a ghost.

I once heard my master tell the story of "Nine Manifestations of a Ghostly Shadow," which was about an extra person appearing among treasure hunters. Although they discovered the person, that person repeatedly mixed into their group.

They tried countless methods, but they couldn't kill the person.

Every time they thought that person was dead, that person would appear in their group at some point.

The scariest thing was that when that person appeared, everyone in the group felt that he had always been a member of the group. Until only two people were left in the entire group, the survivor still felt that there was a companion by his side.

That team killed that person nine times, but in the end, they were completely wiped out. If the treasure hunters who came after them hadn't accidentally discovered the notes left by the captain at the time and withdrew from the secret burial in time, they would have followed in the footsteps of the previous team.

"Nine Manifestations of a Ghostly Shadow" has become the most terrifying legend among treasure hunters.

So far, no one has been able to crack "Nine Manifestations of a Ghostly Shadow."

We might have encountered the same thing!

Xiao Hong said with a trembling voice, "Then... then what should we do?"

I said in a deep voice, "Look ahead, and see what Lü Peng and Yi Lu will do next? However, you have to cooperate with us. No matter what happens, you have to trust me unconditionally. Can you do that?"

"This... I..." Xiao Hong didn't know how to answer.

Xiao Hong's state was a normal reaction. No matter who it was, they wouldn't unconditionally trust a stranger they had just met. Moreover, we were enemies just a moment ago.

I said in a deep voice, "Xiao Hong, you should understand a truth: helping us is helping yourself."

"We came to the mountain to uncover the secret of the Great Dream Village treasure, which doesn't conflict with your interests, and might even help you."

"You don't want to keep guarding this tree, being a living dead person hanging in mid-air, do you?"

"I don't have the ability to resurrect you, but I can take you out, find a ghost messenger to send you to the underworld, and let you be reincarnated. Isn't living another life better than being hung here like this?"

Xiao Hong finally relented: "How can I trust you?"

I took out the Governor's Seal: "This should prove my identity, right?"

"If you're still not at ease, I can sign an employer contract with you."

Actually, I was also gambling!

Gambling that Xiao Hong was a victim, not a native ghost god of Great Dream Village.

If I won the bet, Xiao Hong would be the key to opening the restriction of Great Dream Village.

If I lost the bet, Xiao Hong would send me into the trap of Great Dream Village. At that time, we wouldn't be able to escape even if we wanted to.

Xiao Hong looked up and said, "I agree!"

"Good!" I raised my hand and high-fived Xiao Hong three times, which was considered to have established the contract between us.

At this time, Lü Peng also changed Yi Lu's clothes, wrapped the rope around Yi Lu's neck, tied a running knot, and desperately dragged Yi Lu towards the bottom of the tree.

Xiao Hong turned around and said, "Follow me, otherwise, if you step on the air and fall into the water, I won't be responsible."

Xiao Hong floated forward to lead the way, Lü Peng took Yi Lu and followed closely behind her, and the four of us walked at the very back.

Nie Xiao Chun transmitted a voice to me, "Was everything you said just now true? I see that Yi Lu has been struggling all the time. If she's acting, then she's acting too well, right?"

I responded, "Those are just my guesses."

"If Yi Lu is a ghost, then the secret of Great Dream Village must be on Lü Peng. Otherwise, she wouldn't have kept following Lü Peng without killing him."

"Do you have a feeling? Actually, Yi Lu is helping us find the Divine Machine Map?"

Nie Xiao Chun exclaimed, "It seems like it! Without Yi Lu's reminder, who would have thought that they were hiding the Divine Machine Map on them?"

Ye Wu Sheng