Chapter 1121 The Returnee's Notes 195
As the flute music began, the ghost's eyes suddenly turned crimson, and its voice grew louder, "Are you here to ask for directions?"
The enormous sound echoed through the dense forest, making people's ears hurt.
Under Xu Chuan's command, two long snakes, one black and one white, swiftly swam over. One snake coiled around the donkey, and the other coiled around the old ghost's neck, rendering him unable to make a sound.
At that moment, the donkey's belly suddenly swelled up, making a "gurgling" sound, as if something was moving inside.
Suddenly, the donkey's neck split open, and its belly ripped open as well. One by one, human heads fell off, landing on the ground with a gurgling sound. Each head stared wide-eyed, filled with terror and disbelief.
The old ghost's neck seemed to be broken; he stared at the group with his neck tilted strangely. "Asking for directions?"
Xu Chuan was furious, so he started playing his flute again, and the two snakes coiled around him even tighter.
Xie Ning suddenly felt a warm touch in her hand; it was Xie Li holding her hand. Then, her vision blurred, and everyone else around her disappeared except for Xie Li.
In the end, all she heard was Xu Chuan cursing under his breath.
What's going on?
Xie Li then spoke up, "These are his memories."
"That old man?"
"Um."
These are his memories from before he died.
Xie Li looked at the farmland beside him and led Xie Ning forward, "Do you know why this ghost is so hard to dispel?"
"I don't know."
"Because everyone who enters this place will be pulled back to the time when their soul died, and time is the most elusive thing. You may have spent a hundred years here, but only a day has passed when you leave."
Or perhaps you spend a day inside, while ten or twenty years have passed outside...
"How long did it take for Grandma to go through back then?"
“I was inside for three years, but when I came out, only seven days had passed outside.”
Xie Ning thought of Aunt Fang and couldn't help but ask, "Has Aunt Fang ever been here?"
"Of course, it's called a trial ground, and every disciple has to come. Your Aunt Fang has been here before. What you want to ask is why she looks so young?"
"Hmm." Since Xie Li calls her Aunt Fang, she should be in her sixties or seventies.
"Her youth has nothing to do with this place, but is due to her cultivation of forbidden spells. However, when she entered this place, it took her thirty years, making her the person who spent the longest time here before coming out. At that time, only nine days had passed outside."
She was born with a defect, yet she was a genius to begin with. Having spent so much time honing her skills within the country, her emergence made her even more unmatched...
As the two were talking, a shout came from behind, telling them to make way. Xie Ning turned around and was suddenly surprised to see that it really was the old man, but this time his face was ruddy and he looked very energetic.
Two other people were sitting in the back of the donkey cart: a woman holding a child.
Seemingly noticing Xie Ning and her companion, one old and one young, the old man stopped the car beside them. "Are you outsiders? Hmm... have you fled famine? There's been a disaster in the north, and I heard many people have fled south."
The old man looked the two up and down, and then gave them his assessment.
Xie Ning hesitated for a moment before replying, but Xie Li nodded directly. "Yes, is there a village nearby where we can stay?"
Xie Ning remained silent for a moment; it was clear that this illusion would ignore anything that was illogical.
For example, they claimed to be outsiders, but their clothes were too strange. Xie Li's retro style was barely enough to fool them.
But she was wearing a windbreaker set, and even without looking at those details, the fabric didn't look like something someone would wear when fleeing famine.
Even though their clothing was clearly different from that of the old man and the people on the donkey cart, it was all overlooked.
The other party seemed not to see it. When Xie Li said that the grandfather and grandson had come to escape famine, they were very enthusiastic. "Get in the car first. It's not far from our village, but if you want to go to other villages or towns, you may not be able to get there until dark."
And you probably don't know the way, right?
Xie Ning honestly shook her head; of course, they didn't know the way.
Xie Li patted Xie Ning on the shoulder, "Don't be shy."
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