Book 8: Chapter 37: The Fish That Slipped the Net
A cool breeze gave Xiao Xia goosebumps all over. She knew evil spirits were afoot again, but she had no other choice. Gritting her teeth, she headed towards Naman as well.
As Ruan Zhan had said, if you don’t react, they will self-destruct! For the sake of her love, she wasn’t afraid of anything!
Under the night sky one the lonely mountain road, Xiao Xia held a talisman in each hand as she walked step by step. The gravel crunched underfoot, a sound that would be inaudible during the day and ignored even if heard, but at night it seemed particularly eerie.
In front, the woman in black was still walking. She had no shadow and made no sound, yet she kept shifting left and right, blocking Xiao Xia’s path. Sometimes, she would suddenly disappear, and then end up behind Xiao Xia, asking for directions once again.
Xiao Xia knew that the woman in black was here to haunt her, and those black eyes on her pale face looked so soul-stirring, making her feel numb inside. However, she forced herself to endure, letting her repeat the same behavior over and over again, adhering to the principle of ‘if people do not offend me, I will not offend them’ and ignoring it. But after walking for a while, she finally realized that she had been circling around the hill. She had to squat down to pick up a small stone.
Bao Da Tong had told her that the minor magic taught by Ruan Zhan, combined with the earth spell of the Five Elements Forbidden Spells, can break through ordinary barriers such as the ghost-built wall. Normally, spirits built these walls as an act of kindness. For example, if there were obstacles ahead. Xiao Xia had heard that during the major earthquake of Tang Mountain, a driver managed to avoid the calamity because he couldn’t leave the stretch of the road he drove on.
But ever since she started encountering supernatural events, every time she encountered a ghost wall, the other party always had ill intentions. It wasn’t due to bad luck, but because all those she encountered were enemies. Therefore, she didn’t need to stand on ceremony now.
As she walked, she put the talisman in her right hand back into her pocket, then fumbled around, feeling for the earth talisman, and slowly wrapped it around the stone. Luckily there were plenty of stones since it was a gravel road.
“What are you doing?” The woman in black was originally walking slowly ahead, but suddenly appeared behind Xiao Xia at this moment and asked sharply.