Chapter 63: Who Are You Trying to Fool
Li Yanchu's heart tensed as he turned to look, thereafter he discovered it was a plainly dressed old woman.
Seeing this, he exchanged a glance with Bai Hongtu.
Bai Hongtu chuckled. “Granny, you’re going to scare someone to death showing up out of nowhere like that in the middle of the night.”
The old woman kept her head lowered, her face obscured. She stiffly repeated, “Young man... do you know the way to Guhe Town?”
In the darkness of night, her sudden appearance gave off an unsettling, eerie vibe. If an ordinary person had run into this, they’d have bolted like that stray cat.
But Li Yanchu and Bai Hongtu weren’t ordinary people. Though Bai Hongtu liked frequenting the entertainment districts and his martial arts were average at best, he was still someone with a proper Daoist lineage. Faced with something like this, he was more intrigued than afraid.
Suddenly, Li Yanchu spoke up, “Guhe Town? I know the way. Leave this alley, turn right, then go straight out of the city. When you see a big willow tree, head south for twenty li. That’ll get you to Guhe Town.”
Bai Hongtu blinked in surprise and shot him a suspicious look. You actually know that? Seriously?
Even the old woman, who’d kept her head bowed all this time, seemed momentarily stunned.
Li Yanchu said kindly, “Off you go, granny. There's still time to leave the city at this hour.”
Suddenly, the old woman snapped her head up, revealing a pair of hollow eyes and a ghastly pale face.
She stiffly repeated, “Young man...”