"Where is Yu Xiu?" I asked Lao Gong with a very solemn tone.
Lao Gong shook his head and replied with a dry cough: "Widow little girl... no breath, can't find it."
Me: "..."
However, it's not that Lao Gong isn't handling things; the last time, she tried to sense Yu Xiu and couldn't detect her.
She was saying that Yu Xiu had no possessions at all, just a completely empty space.
"Old man, you try it?" Lao Gong tentatively suggested again.
A chill ran through my heart.
Lao Gong's Yang Shen Gui can sense things by consuming related items.
Old Qin Head's special death command given to me also has the ability to sense.
Only, my method is much weaker than Lao Gong's.
He still has a remnant soul of a Yin Mr. as well as a sliver of Yang Shen Mr.'s soul, which amounts to a faint bit of Yang Shen Mr.'s fate, plus some scattered spells, making him have such strong tracking abilities.
I still need a ghost to lead me to the vicinity, and then I will sense it again in order to lock the position.
But, it's better than nothing. If I can get a slight sense of perception, at least I'll have some clues.
Even Yu Xiu might sense my presence like Wei Youming did at that time?
If she is not in trouble, she will naturally come to find me!
But the problem arises again...
There is nothing of Yu Xiu's around me...
"Let's go first, we have to go back to the village." I told Lao Gong in a deep voice.
Lao Gong's eyeballs twitched, and he began to guide me.
After all, Yu Xiu brought him in, so he naturally can take me out.
Leaving this area of old granary-like buildings, there's the rundown shantytown outside.
The sky is gradually getting brighter, and it's the darkest moment before dawn.
I faintly smell the blood scent.
The ground, however, was cleaned up neatly; there was not a single trace of blood or any remains.
"Oh... He died so tragically." Lao Gong wore a disheartened expression as if he were mourning.
I remained silent.
There must be people who have died outside the granary.
But the ghost niche needs to conceal its hiding place, and the people who died must have been cleared away. Now there's nothing to be seen.
Without stopping, we soon reached a part of the shantytown where there were people around.
It was just starting to get light, and the breakfast shop was already packed with people, full of the smell of smoke.
I was covered in blood and looked very disheveled, so I didn't dare to get too close to the crowd.
Long before the night faded, Lao Gong had disappeared.
I walked around some narrow alleys for a long time before I finally reached the edge of this shantytown.
During this time, I also stripped off my coat in a hidden place and bundled up the rest of my things.
I hailed a car from the roadside, and soon enough, a private car stopped.
"Brother, wild child." The window of the car was open, and the driver had a half-smoked cigarette between his fingers, shaking off the ash.
I got straight into the back seat and gave the address of the City God Temple.
When we reached the suburban area, I got off the car as the sun was beginning to peek out, casting sunlight over the fields.
Once again, the night has been injured.
This time, it's one of my own doing.
I can't keep it a secret from Huang uncle.
And Uncle Huang actually has dealings with Yu Xiu.
As a result, Yu Xiu went crazy and started killing people, leaving Lao Gong behind.
Even during the journey, Lao Gong had complained about Yu Xiu to me, and the shoe prints on his face were all from Yu Xiu.
Because Yu Xiu couldn't sense my aura, he couldn't find me, so he took his anger out on him and left him on the ground.
As for where Uncle Huang went, Lao Gong didn't say.
I think that with such an unexpected incident, Uncle Huang can only return to the City God Temple to wait for further instructions or the right time.
As I pondered these thoughts, I rushed through the fields and finally arrived at the outside of the City God Temple.
Early in the morning, many local villagers came to the City God Temple to burn incense.
Inside the temple, the statue of the City God was still there, but I didn't see Uncle Huang.
I walked into the main hall and called out.
The villagers who came to burn incense all turned their heads to look at me, and their expressions seemed a bit odd.
I furrowed my brow but didn't pay much attention to those gazes.
Uncle Huang didn't respond to me.
After waiting for a little while and the villagers had dispersed slightly, I walked straight to the back of the statue.
In the past, Uncle Huang always came here, and I had never been inside to see the statue before.
Behind the statue, the light was dim, but there was a yellow wood coffin placed against the wall.
Using yellow wood usually indicates illness or death.
In front of the coffin, incense was burning, and the smoke kept rising in circles.
There was neither a bed nor a chair, giving an extremely strange feeling.
Uncle Huang moves around during the day, he must be...
However, I'm not sure anymore.
Can the night watchman walk around during the day, and is the City God also in charge of some duties with a relatively high position, or is it a ghost or a yin demon that walks around during the day?
The existence of the underworld is definitely not a living person.
My brow gradually furrowed.
Uncle Huang hasn't come back yet, could he be with Yu Xiu?
In this case... it seems that I don't need to go back to the village to find Uncle Huang, and then I can also find Yu Xiu.
Going back to the village, in fact, was also to find Yu Xiu's belongings.
This City God Temple is full of Uncle Huang's belongings, after all.
As I pondered, I was about to look for any items behind the statue.
But just then, a hand suddenly grabbed my shoulder!
I contracted my pupils sharply and turned around abruptly.
What I saw before me was a rectangular face, wasn't it?
Uncle Huang's square hat added to his dignified and solemn appearance.
He appeared suddenly, surrounded by an empty space, with no trace of Yu Xiu.
And on his chest, there was an extremely terrifying wound, and even the skeleton inside could be seen...
The blood-red color is so gory that it gives me goosebumps.
Yet, Uncle Huang's eyes seemed extremely cold and stern.
Only then did he breathe heavily.
"Night watchman?" Uncle Huang spoke in a hoarse voice.
It's evident that Uncle Huang had just returned to the City God Temple...
I didn't respond, but just stared at the wound on Uncle Huang's chest.
"Ghost niche... did it hurt?" I asked in an awkward manner.
Uncle Huang was silent for a moment, then shook his head.
"The widow came to find you in vain, and suddenly went crazy. I followed her, but she was infected by the heart-eating ghost niche and became even harder to control."
"She accidentally hurt me, and I had to retreat."
"Where is she!?" My face changed again, and I demanded of Uncle Huang.
Uncle Huang shook his head again and told me that he was injured on the way of following her, and the heart-eating ghost niche had entered Yu Xiu's heart, completely controlling her emotions. She didn't know where she had gone.
Me: "..."
At this moment, Uncle Huang was still looking at me, with a hint of confusion and unease in his eyes.
"Before, the aura of the night watchman was extremely weak, and now that it's light outside, we can barely sense the aura of the day watchman. It should be around here. Why hasn't he returned to the temple?" Uncle Huang asked again.
Suddenly, a fine layer of sweat started to bead on my back.
The day watchman is around me?
No, it's not right...
Is it the earth's aura around me?
The earth's aura has eaten the night watchman, and during the day, the night watchman becomes the day watchman. Therefore, Uncle Huang can sense it.
And the ghost or person eaten by the earth's aura.
It's true that a person has become a ghost, but ghosts are still ghosts. Under the control of the earth's aura, they can be further strengthened!
Therefore, Uncle Huang can sense the aura of the day watchman!
"I... I don't know..." I said in a hoarse voice.
The feeling of afterfear, began to take root from the bottom of my heart, fortunately, I didn't say that the night watchman had been slain.
Earlier, I wanted to say that the night watchman was killed again by the ninth elder, even perishing together with him...
As soon as I say that, Uncle Huang will immediately know there's something wrong!
