Chapter 6 Crossing the River at Midnight

Xuan Gou Chen's eyes lit up and he hurriedly pulled Feng Tianning to express his gratitude.

After returning to the guesthouse, Feng Tianning spoke:

"Are you ready to test the law?"

Xuan Gou Chen nodded. She didn't believe in the so-called Jiang Ling. It must be an evil spirit at work.

Only by trying it yourself can you lure out the evil spirit.

This is indeed a good idea, but it is too dangerous.

Xuan Gou Chen was confident that if he really encountered some evil spirit that could not be dealt with, he had the life-saving magic weapon to take Feng Tianning away safely.

Ten o'clock in the evening.

Feng Tianning and Xuan Gou Chen arrived at the lake as agreed. As soon as they approached, Xuan Gou Chen's watch began to make a "beeping" sound.

"This is a supernatural energy detector." Xuan Gou Chen explained.

“So there’s a lot of resentment here right now.”

Feng Tianning also felt a strong fluctuation of spiritual consciousness, and the dark lake water seemed even more unfathomable under the moonlight.

When they saw the people guarding the river, they realized that they were not the only ones crossing the river tonight, there was also a man about twenty-five or twenty-six years old.

When they got closer, they found that the man had a sickly pale complexion, as if he had suffered a serious illness, but his face was calm and composed, with a faint sense of oppression. He glanced at them and nodded slightly, saying:

"Cang Yao."

Feng Tianning and Xuan Gou Chen also gave their names.

For some reason, Feng Tianning always felt that the man in front of him looked familiar, as if there was a red thread binding them together.

Xuan Gou Chen once again felt the same fear as when she first met Feng Tianning. She shook her head, trying to get rid of the messy thoughts in her mind.

After all, I am a genius that only appears once in a century. How could I have such feelings towards two people who I have only met a few times?

"The time has come."

The river watcher suddenly spoke, his voice completely different from the vigorous and energetic one he had during the day, suddenly becoming several degrees hoarse. It seemed particularly eerie in this quiet lakeside.

Xuan Gou Chen and Feng Tian Ning looked at each other and understood each other's meaning:

This Jiang Ling is probably related to the people guarding the river.

"Once you're on board, put on your blindfold and don't take it off no matter what you hear."

"What will happen if you take it off?" Cang Yao asked.

The river guards looked at him with cloudy eyes, and Cang Yao instantly felt as if he was being stared at by a poisonous snake. The feeling of suffocation became stronger and stronger, and his hands and feet couldn't stop getting cold.

"Die." After a long time, the man guarding the river slowly uttered a word.

The feeling of being entangled on Cang Yao gradually disappeared.

Xuan Gou Chen approached Feng Tianning and said in a low voice:

"Go up and protect Cang Yao later."

Feng Tianning nodded. He should do his duty and protect this powerless person.

"Get on board." There was a subtle excitement in the tone of the river guard, and the look in his eyes when he looked at them became a little eager.

It was called a boat, but in fact it was a tattered little boat, leaking air everywhere and swaying in the water.

But after stepping on the boat, it was surprisingly stable, as if a hand was pulling the boat underwater.

After getting on the boat, the three of them put on blindfolds. Their vision was deprived, and their other senses became extremely sensitive.

The boat slowly left the river bank, but there was no sound of water around, and there was a cool touch under my feet.

Although he was wearing a blindfold, Feng Tianning could clearly see the scene in front of him:

A pair of hands emerged from the bottom of the lake, followed by a torso, but no head.

Densely packed headless ghosts climbed onto the boat, and the space on the boat was quickly filled. The headless ghosts piled on the bodies of their companions.

In just a few minutes, the headless ghost at the bottom was crushed into black liquid and flowed into the Qiantang River.

When it reached a height almost equal to the faces of the three of them, the headless ghost stopped climbing.

They stretched out their hands and approached Xuan Gou Chen and Cang Yao's eyes, but the next moment they seemed to be burned by something and bounced back.

The headless ghost was not giving up. Seeing that they could not get close to his eyes, he started to say something in the ears of Xuan Gou Chen and Cang Yao.

With resentment, longing, crying and complaining, the headless ghost was telling them about his past.

Xuan Gou Chen only felt something sticky and cold against his face, and an incomprehensible voice came from his ears.

There were screaming and crying.

Xuan Gou Chen's watch kept ticking.

She was almost unable to bear it any longer. How could she, with her Jindan stage cultivation, be afraid of a mere evil spirit?

All Cang Yao could hear was a cry for help, and that was the voice of his missing brother!

A hand kept pulling at his feet, as if trying to climb up.

"Brother, pull me up, pull me up!"

The sound in Cang Yao's ears gradually turned into a shrill scream, tempting him to take off the blindfold.

Feng Tianning released his spiritual sense, and a golden light instantly covered the entire lake.

It was resentment. After releasing her spiritual consciousness, she only felt overwhelming resentment.

Cang Yao and Xuan Gou Chen on the side stopped moving, and Feng Tianning took off the blindfold.

The scene before them was completely different from when they were wearing blindfolds. There was no longer a boat under their feet, but instead a pile of bones. They were now standing on top of the bones.

Xuan Gou Chen and Cang Yao on the side also took off their blindfolds. Their eyeballs seemed to be covered with a layer of gray cloth, and they were muttering something.

They slowly walked towards the edge, and two ropes suddenly hung down.

Cang Yao and Xuan Gou Chen walked to the rope as if they were possessed and stopped. The next moment, the rope was wrapped around their necks by itself.