43. Who Are You?
The second time she came to the Hundred Ghosts Ridge, it felt no different from the first.
Under Feng Lili’s control, the gloomy and eerie cemetery reappeared, a scene reminiscent of a mass grave, just looking at it seemed to make one feel the hundred ghosts’ wailing and resentment.
Actually, Gong Yiling had always found it strange.
In such a completely enclosed valley, why was there… a place with such heavy resentment?
This matter seemed strange no matter how you looked at it.
“I’ll wait for you here.” Feng Lili looked around and turned to them. “You have a trace of my aura on you. Nothing in the outer area will bother you.”
“But you must be careful. In the inner circle of the Hundred Ghosts Ridge, there are many vengeful spirits with extremely deep resentment.”
“Although their strength is average, any impure emotion in your heart will be infinitely amplified, especially you.”
At this point, Feng Lili’s gaze fell on Gong Musheng.
“Put away your little thoughts. Those vengeful spirits can easily see through all your disguises. And a villain like you, a slight misstep, and you’ll be trapped in an illusion, unable to extricate yourself.”
“Oh.” Hearing this, Gong Musheng was quite surprised. “Is Lili concerned about me?”
Feng Lili raised an eyebrow with slight displeasure. “If you die here, it will be very troublesome.”
“I know what you mean. No need to explain.”
Although Gong Musheng was still joking, Feng Lili didn’t continue the conversation.
Clearly, the Hundred Ghosts Ridge was extremely dangerous, which was why she was ignoring everything else.
“There’s no time to waste.” Feng Lili said, “You can go now.”
She pointed into the black mist ahead.
“After you go in, there’s only one path in the entire outer area. No matter which direction you go, you’ll reach the inner area. But you should try to stay together, or you might get separated.”
Hearing this, Gong Musheng looked quite happy and was about to pat her shoulder.
But she accidentally stepped on a skull sticking out of the ground, stumbled, and fell onto the Ghost Physician.
“You—”
“Sorry, sorry.” Gong Musheng, saying this, quickly stepped back.
This little interlude didn’t attract much attention. They then walked into the outer area.
Just two steps later, the black mist completely enveloped them.
This black mist was still filled with deep resentment and a gloomy wind.
And when they turned around, Feng Lili was gone.
“Alert, the host has entered the outer circle of the disaster-type secret realm, Hundred Ghosts Ridge. The recommended entry level is Earthly Nether. Detecting the host’s limited strength—”
“Lowering the matching difficulty?”
System: “…Just a few more reminders for you.”
“Pah.”
Gong Yiling complained in her mind, and then the system stuffed a strange thing into her head.
“Disaster-type Secret Realm – Hundred Ghosts Ridge: The wailing of a hundred ghosts, the beginning of disaster. When what you see is not what you see, and where you are is not where you think you are, what will you do?”
“What will I do…?”
Gong Yiling muttered, puzzled.
Although this riddle-loving system often spouted strange statements, this one was particularly confusing.
What you see is not what you see, where you are is not where you think you are.
Was the system trying to discuss philosophy with her?
Just as Miss Gong was pondering this, someone suddenly called out to her. “Little Lingzi, look what this is.”
“Huh?”
When Gong Yiling came to her senses, she suddenly realized that Gong Musheng was holding that black mass, looking at her with a mysterious smile.
Wait, wasn’t this…?
“When did you get this?” Gong Yiling asked, surprised. “Didn’t you say you would try to trick it out of her…”
Wait!
She suddenly remembered that near-fall just a few minutes ago. Could it be that she got it from Feng Lili then?
“She can’t put a living thing like this in her Universe Ring. And she probably treasures it, so she wouldn’t leave it far from herself.”
Gong Musheng smiled. “So, she must have been carrying it on her.”
Whether she was carrying it or not was one thing, but this Little Auntie had just gone from tricking to stealing, to practically robbing.
Was this the evil of capitalism!?
“I made a fake to fool her. She probably won’t find out so quickly. And even if she does, she can’t enter the inner circle.”
Hearing her words, Gong Yiling couldn’t help but rub her forehead.
In short, it was a good thing they were related. If she were to go up against this Little Auntie, it would be a disaster.
“Then let’s go to the inner circle first. We can study this black shadow after we get there.”
Gong Yiling’s suggestion was naturally what the others were thinking.
They walked along the path for a long time, until Miss Gong suddenly remembered something.
“By the way, where did that Gui Jian Yue go?”
Yes, their excuse for coming in was to find this Gui Jian Yue. And he couldn’t possibly have gotten any special privileges. He must be haunted by the evil spirits here, but where was he?
“Oh, that guy.”
Gong Musheng’s attitude was now a bit strange.
She came here to find Gui Jian Yue, but from the beginning, she hadn’t cared where he was.
Was it overconfidence, or did she really not care?
“You should be able to see him soon.”
After leaving this sentence, she walked forward, leaving Gong Yiling and Yan Chuyue to exchange a glance.
If they didn’t know this woman could divine, they would have even suspected she had an appointment with that Gui Jian Yue.
Not long after, the surrounding black mist gradually became denser.
And at this moment, Gong Yiling suddenly saw a figure in front of them.
In this ghostly realm, there shouldn’t be anyone else here, so the only person left was naturally that Gui Jian Yue.
“Hey, hey, hey!!!” That person also saw them. He was entangled by a black mass, with only his head exposed, and he couldn’t help but call for help. “Help me, big sisters! I’m going to die, big sisters!!!”
This was Gui Jian Yue?
From his tone of voice, he was indeed similar to that usually cowardly brother, but why was he so sure that the people who came would definitely save him?
He had trespassed into this place, and he was still in the outer area. Feng Lili could easily deal with him. Even if it wasn’t Feng Lili, they wouldn’t necessarily save him.
Unless… unless he was really with…?
