Chapter 1354 The Returnee's Notes 428
There's hardly anything in this world that money can't buy. After Yu Qi's faction fell, Xie Ning directly had Wu Ling fill the gap and take over the external research work on Guibei Mountain.
In fact, the research and investigation on Guibei Mountain had been brought up again by some people, who wanted to send researchers to continue the research, but Yu Qi suppressed it all. The reason for this was simply that Yu Qi had obtained too much from Guibei Mountain and did not want others to get involved.
Especially since nothing major has happened at Guibei Mountain in recent years, more and more people have forgotten about it.
Now that Yu Qi is gone, Xie Ning can more easily arrange manpower directly from above.
She could squeeze a few of her researchers in, since, frankly, none of them were familiar with Guibei Mountain.
As for herself... she cannot participate openly.
As Xie Ning shouldered her pack and headed towards the designated location, Wang Younian, who was standing behind her, couldn't help but call out to her.
"Sister, are you really not going to tell Master and some of your friends?"
Wang Younian didn't know why he asked Xie Ning that question. Perhaps he didn't want Xie Ning to go in, even though he knew Xie Ning was doing it for Xie Xiangu.
It was far too dangerous inside, and Wang Younian felt that his master would break his legs.
Xie Ning stopped in her tracks, smiled, and said, "I'll be out soon. Don't you believe in my abilities?"
This is a complete lie. This time, we still can't say goodbye properly. Saying more will only cause more trouble.
Without further hesitation, Xie Ning walked straight into the mist, and in a short while, her figure disappeared.
Meanwhile, far away at Guibei Mountain, Yang Hong and the other researchers were staring intently at the red dot on the screen. Xie Ning was carrying a locator with runes engraved on it and the signal was specially enhanced.
They had previously used drones for reconnaissance, but the signal was lost after only a few minutes of flight.
Just when they thought the locator Xie Ning was carrying would last a little longer, the red dot on the screen started flashing and then disappeared after a short while.
"Can you enhance the signal to find it?" Yang Hong felt uneasy whenever she couldn't see that red dot.
"No, but she has several manual signal boosters on her, and the connection messages will also be transmitted to her now, so we just need to wait."
Xie Ning did receive a notification that the signal had disappeared, but she didn't have time to worry about it, because in just a few breaths, the surrounding soil began to tremble.
The overwhelming stench of decay filled her nostrils, and Xie Ning quickened her pace, using her compass to readjust her direction every so often.
The magnetic field here is extremely chaotic.
The things underground followed, eventually surrounding Xie Ning.
Xie Ning didn't activate the Soul Umbrella. The moment the thing crawled out, it immediately wrapped its arms around the other's neck. Even through the red rope, Xie Ning could feel the rotten, sticky sensation.
There was more than one ghoul. As the four ghouls surrounding her pounced on her, Xie Ning exerted force and pulled the ghoul in front of her over, while she herself stepped on it and flipped over, causing the five ghouls to collide in a heap.
Before they could react and continue their attack, Xie Ning's talisman flew out, and the rising flames fell, immediately spreading to their entire bodies.
Several shrill cries pierced through the dense forest. Xie Ning took a breath and continued to shoot out five red ropes, controlling all the black ghosts that were emerging from the rotting corpses.
However, to my surprise, three of them failed.
In other words, there were actually only two ghosts residing in the corpse.
Without hesitation, Xie Ning scattered the two inhuman ghosts; she was in a hurry.
As for the remaining rotting corpses, they turned to ashes in the flames.
Previously, Old Wang had said that this corpse demon was not easy to deal with. Xie Ning estimated the opponent's strength and concluded that she hadn't encountered a powerful one yet.
Indeed, she is currently only on the outskirts, so it's not surprising that some low-level ghouls would be attracted by the scent of life.
On the next step, Xie Ning encountered two more groups of ghouls whose strength was average for her. When she arrived at the destination according to the route in her memory, the cave entrance that had been covered was gone, leaving only a path leading up the mountain and two statues at the entrance.
They are the Earth God and Earth Goddess.
This shouldn't be the place she and the woman in the wedding dress had stayed before, but Xie Ning still had some memories of this place.
The book contains some descriptions of Guibei Mountain, and this is a path that leads to the top of the mountain. Originally, she was thinking that if she couldn't find the entrance she had stayed at before, she would look for the path up the mountain, but now she has saved herself a lot of effort.
People usually bow to such a statue of a local earth god, praying for his protection and a safe journey.
Xie Ning has never witnessed a true god manifest, but some statues in reality do possess spiritual power, such as the Laozi statue that she and Xie Li worship, and the Three Pure Ones statues enshrined in Wang Laodao's Taoist temple.
She had some food in her backpack to offer as a sacrifice, and even if she didn't have any in her bag, she had some in her storage space.
Xie Ning placed two servings of fruit and two servings of dessert, then lit sandalwood incense and red candles, and burned some joss paper.
Finally, they clasped their hands together and bowed three times before leaving.
Ordinary people don't need to go to such trouble. When they encounter the Earth God and Earth Goddess, they simply bow once and offer some food if they have it. If not, they can bring back wild fruits they picked while working in the mountains to offer as sacrifices.
However, it's best to choose a sweeter fruit, as they all have a sweet tooth.
Therefore, in front of the local earth god statues by the roadside in the countryside, you can always find all kinds of fruits.
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