Chapter 78: Weird Village
"Damn, I can finally see the village."
After walking for more than half an hour, we finally saw the shadow of a village ahead. But by then the sky had begun to darken, and it would soon be dark. It seemed that we would not be able to reach the village ahead before dark.
After dark, when they were almost at the village, Lu Xiaofeng suddenly stopped.
"What's wrong?"
I asked, but she didn't answer, instead she looked around. I followed her gaze and looked around. This was a crossroads, one road connected the asphalt road we came from and the village ahead, and the other road crossed it and split to the left and right, I didn't know where it led to.
There is a pond not far to the front right, and a small bungalow on the slope. Next to it is an electric pole with electric wires extending to the village in front.
At first glance, there doesn't seem to be anything unusual here.
"Crossroads are prone to summoning ghosts."
Summoning spirits? Ghosts? My heart shuddered, and my nerves immediately tensed up. I felt around and realized that I didn't seem to have brought anything to protect myself.
That’s not right. Why isn’t the Moon responding?
"What are you doing?"
Seeing me on high alert, Lu Xiaofeng asked curiously. I couldn't help but roll my eyes. Didn't you say that this place is prone to attracting ghosts? Damn, I got scared. I quickly straightened up and replied, "It's okay."
"I feel like there's something wrong here, but I can't figure out what it is."
Lu Xiaofeng frowned and said, then she opened her eyes wide and looked around. My heart tightened. Is there a problem? She looked around a few more times, turned her head and said, "Does your moon wheel react in any way?"
"No."
She frowned even more, but in the end she didn't find anything, so we could only continue walking towards the village ahead. When we got closer, my moon still didn't react. Could it be that the haunted place was just the villagers scaring themselves?
"It's only a little after seven o'clock. Why is there no light in this village? No house has a light on. Do they all like to go to bed early?"
I noticed this problem and asked with a smile. Lu Xiaofeng suddenly stopped and turned to ask, "Where is the Thunder Ruler that Master Tai gave you?"
I couldn't help but be stunned. Why did this girl suddenly ask this? During the last mission, the Thunder Ruler was snatched away by the female ghost Qingluo. I was worried that my uncle, the old man, would ask about it, so I had already thought of an excuse.
"I lost it during the last Hangzhou mission."
"lost?"
This girl obviously didn't believe it. But I would never say that it was taken away by a female ghost.
"There's obviously something wrong with this village, but why isn't your moon wheel responding?"
Lu Xiaofeng muttered to himself in a somewhat strange way.
"Maybe there's nothing wrong here, and there aren't any ghosts."
"Maybe. The mission didn't mention any casualties here. Forget it, let's go in. The mission just said to come and investigate. Maybe there really aren't any ghosts causing trouble. That would be the best."
After entering the village, the moon still did not respond, but the whole village gave people a gloomy and scary feeling. Although the village was very clean and did not look like no one lived there, the cold and dead feeling was as if no one had been here for many years.
Also, after we entered the village, or more precisely, from the time we approached the village, there seemed to be no other sounds except for the occasional sound of the wind. Logically, in a village like this, there should be at least a few dogs, chickens, ducks, and at least some insects, so there shouldn't be no sound at all.
We walked around the village and didn't hear any sound.
"Hey, girl, something seems wrong here."
During this whole circle, this girl Lu Xiaofeng didn't say a word. The silence here was already making people feel uneasy. I followed her and she didn't say anything either, which made me even more scared.
She rolled her eyes at me and said, "Nonsense, even a fool can see that there is something wrong here."
"The key question is where the problem lies. After going around this circle, I didn't sense any ghosts at all. Ghosts will emit a special kind of energy fluctuation. As long as you learn to control your spiritual power, you can usually sense the existence of ghosts. And your Moon Wheel is more sensitive to ghosts. If there are ghosts in this village, your Moon Wheel cannot fail to react."
That's true. In the past, every time Yuelun encountered a ghost, it would react even from a long distance. To Yuelun, ghosts were like delicious foods . It would be impossible for it not to react when encountering a ghost.
"Now what?"
Anyway, I have no idea what to do, so I'll just listen to this girl's arrangements.
She turned her head and glared at me, saying, "Come on, you are my uncle, please don't ask me everything, use your brain too."
I chuckled and said, "Using your brain is tiring, and when you're tired you tend to get hungry."
She rolled her eyes and seemed a little speechless to me.
"After this mission, you will come with me to the Hunter's Guild and register as a hunter. You will be able to carry out missions on your own from now on."
Tsk, what's so great about it? It's better for me to take the task myself, and the reward will belong to me. After all, I have practiced magic for more than a year, and the moon wheel in my hand is specially used to deal with little ghosts. And my blood is comparable to black dog blood, which is specially used to restrain little ghosts.
snort!
We walked around the village again and still found nothing.
"Wait until daybreak to look for clues."
We returned to the village entrance and found a spot to spend the night there. This girl said it would be easier to do things at night, but in the end we still had to wait until dawn. If I had known, I would have stayed in the county for one night and come back tomorrow morning.
It was still a bit cold in the evening in May. After eating something, I wrapped myself in clothes, hugged my backpack tightly, and went to sleep against a short tree at the entrance of the village.
"It's dawn, get up quickly."
I heard a low shout in my ear, and I jumped up immediately. It was dawn, and Lu Xiaofeng was standing nearby, looking towards the village.
"When we are on a mission, we often have to sleep in the wild. If you sleep like a dead pig like you do, you would have been torn to pieces by wronged ghosts and evil spirits countless times."
This girl never gives up any opportunity to teach me a lesson.
"What's wrong with a dead pig? You're talking as if you don't eat pork. You've already eaten it, and you're still belittling it. What an attitude."
I muttered something under my breath, and she glared at me, then walked back to the village. I wiped my face, put on my backpack, and hurriedly ran to catch up with her, taking out some food from my bag. It was a wise choice to carry food with you.
“Woof woof woof!”
As soon as we entered the village, we heard the sound of dogs barking. In the distance, a spotted dog was running towards the village entrance, barking as it ran, as if it was not welcoming us two outsiders.
Oh my god, isn't this a dog? It found us as soon as we entered the village. It's so smart. Where did it go last night?
