Seeing Cheng Pingxi about to speak, Yan Chiyu lifted the gagging spell.
"Ah...isn't it Lingyan Village? How did it become Lingyan Village? Uncle Min, did we go to the wrong place or did Yao Ruxing mispronounce the village's name?"
Upon hearing this, Uncle Min's expression turned slightly puzzled: "Young Master Cheng, the inscription on this stone tablet does indeed say 'Lingyan Village,' the 'Yan' in 'smoke and fire.' The Yan you mentioned... could it be!"
Cheng Pingxi was surprised and turned to ask Wu Yue, "Sister, what are you looking at?"
“Lingyan Village, the Yan in Yama, the King of Hell. It seems this stone tablet has also been set up as a smokescreen.”
Wu Yue raised her hand and tossed the small sample of the array floating in mid-air to Yan Chiyu: "You study it, I'll get out of the car and take a look."
"We probably can't go into the village ahead; the road is too narrow. We'll have to park outside. Miss Wu Yue, please wait a moment while I park the car." After Uncle Min parked the car, everyone got out together.
Cheng Pingxi glanced at the solemn-faced young couple, and after much deliberation, had no choice but to stay close to Uncle Min, never leaving his side. Uncle Min was completely bewildered, unsure whether he should move or not.
At the village entrance stand two houses with red-tiled roofs, one taller than the other. Looking into the distance, rolling mountains embrace a clear, blue pool. In the courtyard of the houses, an old man lies with his eyes closed in a wicker chair, fanning himself with a palm-leaf fan and basking in the afterglow of the setting sun, utterly relaxed.
About three or four hundred meters from the village entrance, there are rows of small houses, which must be the starting point of Lingyan Village's indigenous inhabitants.
The villagers work from sunrise to sunset, which seems very ordinary.
Wu Yue felt something was off; something seemed amiss. Yan Chiyu walked to her side, sharing the same premonition: "This village is a bit strange. You need to be careful."
"Did you figure out anything about that formation?" The girl looked up at him, her eyes sparkling with starlight, her expression cool and aloof. Yet, the pale purple-orange glow of the sunset reflected on her shoulders was bright and dazzling, adding a touch of gentleness to her cool demeanor.
“It’s very similar to the Soul-Sealing Array, but unfortunately it’s not.” Yan Chiyu closed his eyes, then opened them again, a glint of penetrating golden light flashing in his eyes. He gazed into the distance, where two strange auras, both righteous and evil, emanated from above the entire Lingyan Village. “The ancient Soul-Sealing Array was meant to allow wronged souls to wander within it, never to find a way out. But in this village, I can’t sense any wandering souls for the time being.”
"Hmm...maybe...we could ask someone. Didn't you often get female admirers looking for you back in Songcheng?" Wu Yue suggested earnestly, "Why don't we give it a try?"
Meeting the girl's teasing yet earnest expression, Yan Chiyu smiled slightly. He tried summoning the nearby spirits, and ten minutes later, one floated over from behind him, its ghostly form swaying and looking quite exhausted. "My lord, what...what brings you to me?"
Are you familiar with Lingyan Village?
The female ghost shook her head: "Not familiar with her."
As soon as she finished speaking, the handsome man frowned, and the female ghost hurriedly poured out a lot more information: "My lord, I drifted here from a small city a thousand miles away. I really don't know what kind of village Lingyan Village is. I don't usually pass through here. It's very desolate... The country hasn't built any roads here. You don't know, across from this village is a deep river, with no bridges or roads, only insurmountable mountains."
"You've worked hard, go back now." Yan Chiyu waved his hand, and the female ghost floated away as if she had been granted a pardon.
Although it is happy to see handsome men, it feels like its ghostly body is in danger every time it sees a handsome man. Anyone would be happy to be in this situation.
After the female ghost left, Yan Chiyu pulled the girl who was trembling slightly against his back to his side, revealing his demeanor as if facing a child, and gently smiled: "The frequency of your trembling is not as high as before today, it seems you have improved, great job."
Wu Yue touched her cold hands and forced a smile: "Thank you."
The two people sitting on the gray stone not far away, chin in hand and stunned: "..." What just happened?
"Brother, Uncle Min, let's go into the village and take a look."
As soon as I stepped into the territory of Lingyan Village, that strange feeling grew stronger and stronger.
Yan Chiyu gripped Wu Yue's hand tightly and walked at the very front.
Uncle Min felt his arm being linked with. He turned his head to look at the young man's nervous appearance, a very reliable and kind smile spreading across his face. Wow, being linked arm-in-arm with a superstar in the entertainment industry... it's... quite a subtle thing.
How to describe this feeling? It's like... something I've seen before...?
Bao Xinbao, a hard-working man who was serving Yan Chi Yu from afar, sneezed violently.
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