Chapter 19: Fleeing Back to the Temple
Once the female ghost vanished, the suffocating gloom around them thinned, and the dim forest path brightened again.
“She’s gone?” Bai Yu poked his head out from behind Yun Jiao, glancing about. Seeing no sign of the ghost, he finally exhaled in relief. “Girl, if you had a purple talisman you should’ve said so earlier! You scared me half to death. That was given to you by the Ancestral Master, wasn’t it?”
“…” Yun Jiao didn’t answer, only drew in a deep breath.
Unbothered, the old man peered into the distance and muttered, “Should we chase after her? That ghost has already taken lives—she’ll harm more people if left unchecked. Maybe we should… eh? Girl, where are you going?”
Before he could finish, Yun Jiao’s face hardened. She spun around and started striding quickly back the way they had come.
“Girl, hey! Where are you going? The market’s this way!” He hurried after her, bewildered, as her pace quickened to a jog. “What’s wrong with you?”
“Shut up!” Yun Jiao snapped. “Get back! Now!” If not now, then when? Run!
“Wha—? Huh? Don’t we have the purple talisman? What’s there to be afraid of?”
Yun Jiao shoved the “talisman” into his hand and walked faster.