In the eerie mist, the flickering lights drew ever closer.

After a long run, I was exhausted. If I continued running, I probably wouldn't even have the strength to resist.

There's an old saying that goes, "Ghosts fear evil people."

The chilling feeling from that monk's hand hadn't faded from my mind yet. Rather than be surrounded and dragged to some unknown temple, I'd rather fight them.

In just a few seconds, I rushed to the light and raised the peach wood sword in my hand.

The two beams of light collided, illuminating each other's cheeks.

It wasn't those monks who appeared before me, but Wei Shengnan.

Seeing that I was holding a gun, Wei Shengnan ducked away from the muzzle: "Be careful of accidental discharge!"

I saw Wei Shengnan appear here alone, and a question flashed through my mind. I turned off the safety on my pistol, took the flashlight out of my mouth, and looked at her warily: "What are you doing here?"

"If I didn't show up, would you still be able to walk out?"

Wei Shengnan turned around and shone her flashlight on the road ahead: "Follow me!"

"etc!"

The appearance of the ghost temple made me realize that there was definitely something wrong with this place, so I didn't go with Wei Shengnan: "Why did you come alone? Where are the others?"

"I know what you're worried about. There are no ghosts in this place; it's been set up by a magic array!"

Wei Shengnan pointed to the flashlight in her hand and proactively answered my questions: "Our high-powered flashlights have very poor penetration in foggy weather. This yellow light has a very high scattering intensity and is a special fog light! Only Qu Ruilin and I in the team know about formations. Anyone else coming in would be a burden. Qu Ruilin has already gone to look for someone in another direction. Time is of the essence, so let's go out first and I'll explain to you later!"

I heard that Qu Ruilin, the most skilled feng shui master, is here, and I finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Did he find the monkey?"

"I don't know. The formation here is very strange. We went our separate ways. Qu Ruilin's geomancy skills are superior to mine! Since I was able to find you, he should be able to find Zhao Qinghou too!"

As Wei Shengnan spoke, she handed me a yellow talisman: "This is a calming talisman. Press it on your left wrist and follow behind me!"

Seeing Wei Shengnan take a step, I followed behind her with a flashlight and, taking advantage of her unpreparedness, stabbed her in the lower back with my peach wood sword.

Wei Shengnan suddenly turned around, looking at me with displeasure: "What are you doing?"

Seeing that Wei Shengnan had no reaction to the Dragon-Subduing Wood, I chuckled and said, "I was so focused on watching my feet that I accidentally touched you with the flashlight."

Upon hearing this, Wei Shengnan didn't say anything, and turned around to continue leading me outside.

After walking for about ten minutes, the surrounding black fog gradually dissipated, and we arrived at the front of a crevice in a valley.

I shone my flashlight on the unfamiliar terrain: "Aren't we supposed to go back and meet up with the main force? What is this place?"

Wei Shengnan didn't turn around, but instead picked up the surrounding branches: "Look back for yourself!"

At this point, my position was slightly higher, and after midnight, the sky had become much brighter. Although my vision was still not clear, I could roughly make out the outline.

The place where I got lost was a valley with cliffs on three sides, forming a "C" shape with the entrance. There were also two shadows at the entrance, like sharp teeth.

I discerned the valley's terrain, and my expression turned serious: "A treacherous cliff hides a white tiger, and a white tiger opening its mouth reveals its ferocity! This terrain is a White Tiger Sha (煞), how come I didn't see it before?!"

"Visual illusion! The terrain here is only visible from a specific angle. The reason you didn't notice it is probably because you were too close to the mountain!"

Wei Shengnan piled a bundle of firewood in the crevice: "Normally, this terrain looks like an ordinary valley, but on the day of the new moon, it will reveal the shape of a white tiger opening its mouth due to the shadow. Some of the large rocks in this mountain have traces of being moved, and judging from the terrain, some of the hills were formed by humans. You are already very lucky that you did not fall off the cliff."

I instantly understood what Wei Shengnan meant: "You mean, this is a trap?"

Many ancient battle formations have faded into history due to the development of firearms, but they were once invincible weapons of mass destruction.

The so-called military formation, in addition to using formations to resist the enemy's charge, also uses the terrain to mislead the enemy, using visual illusions to lead the enemy step by step to their death.

Wei Shengnan nodded: "I am increasingly convinced that the Demon Monk's Tomb is in this mountain, and that it was indeed designed using Li Chunfeng's blueprints. The anti-theft measures for this tomb were activated as soon as we entered this area!"

I nodded thoughtfully: "If this is a trap, then it means that Qu Ruilin is on the right track, right?"

"Yes, Qu Ruilin has already found the location of the tomb, but we haven't heard from you for a long time, so we came to look for you."

Wei Shengnan lit the firewood, bringing some warmth to the cracks: "The formation here will constantly change with the movement of the stars. It would be too dangerous to go back rashly. Since the location has been determined, the best way is to wait here until tomorrow morning and then go back to assemble."

I was worried about missing the time and delaying important matters, but now I finally relaxed: "You just said this place is a formation, have you ever heard that formations can be haunted?"

"Are you kidding me? Formations are nothing more than using changes in terrain and shadows to create illusions and lead people into traps, cliffs, pools, or the like."

Wei Shengnan added firewood to the campfire: "It's possible that soldiers were lying in ambush in ancient formations, but how could there be ghosts!"

"When I was trapped before, I really saw a ghost!"

I looked at Wei Shengnan and said seriously, "The monkey and I got lost in the valley and saw a brightly lit temple in that valley! But when I looked inside just now, I didn't see anything, let alone so many lights!"

"Could you be hallucinating because you're nervous?"

Wei Shengnan frowned and looked at me: "My grandfather told me that when the ancestors of the four sects were tomb raiding, they did encounter some strange things, such as corpses coming back to life. I think the so-called corpses coming back to life should be due to static electricity, which caused some changes in the corpses. But your theory of seeing ghosts is obviously nonsense."

I shook my head: "I'm not kidding you, Monkey and I really saw the ghost temple that Galawa mentioned! I even had physical contact with the monks in the temple, I know for sure it wasn't a hallucination!"

Seeing my serious expression, Wei Shengnan became a little nervous: "Duan Shenxing, are you serious?"

"call!"

Suddenly, a gust of wind blew into the valley, causing the flames of the campfire to flicker.

At this moment, Wei Shengnan and I were sitting opposite each other. Behind me was the depth of the crevice, while behind her was the valley outside.

In the flickering firelight, I looked behind Wei Shengnan and swallowed hard: "I know you don't believe me, but those monks are standing right behind you!"