I Have a Date with a Thousand-year-old Female Corpse
Chapter 358: Entering the Mountain (Thirteen More Updates) - 1

Chapter 358: Chapter 358: Entering the Mountain (Thirteen More Updates) - 1

Zhang Zhaoyuan said that, about to pick up the camera to take a picture, but you stopped him, "Don’t take photos! This Spiritual Stone Tomb is equivalent to the grave of a child. Why would you take pictures of such a thing?"

With that, Zhang Zhaoyuan somewhat awkwardly put away the camera.

"For a child, to show filial piety to their parents is a matter of utmost importance in the human relationships. If a child dies young, before growing up, and falls into Hell, they will be punished for not having shown filial piety, doomed to eternally pile up stones on the banks of the Three Origins River. This Spiritual Stone Tomb was erected to replace their task of piling stones and also to pray to Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, hoping the children could escape the sea of suffering and reincarnate sooner."

"Oh—"

This remark actually caught the attention of everyone nearby.

Hu Jiahui came over and bowed to the Spiritual Stone Tomb, "Sorry, sorry, she didn’t mean any harm earlier."

Seeing Hu Jiahui as such, Xu Jiao, who had been full of complaints, suddenly felt her heart brushed by a breeze, dissipating all the resentment and bringing a sweet smile to her face.

"Not good!"

A shout of alarm, and Zhang Hua ran toward you all from not far off.

Hu Jiahui hurried over to her, asking, "What happened?"

Breathlessly, Zhang Hua said to you all, "Captain Xian, she... she went into the mountains!"

"What did she go into the mountain for?"

When you heard Xian Qianling had entered the mountain, an unfounded tightness gripped your heart.

"Just now, Captain Xian and I were interviewing the villagers when a middle-aged police officer ran over in a panic, saying his team was in danger in the mountains, and Captain Xian wouldn’t listen to me; she went into the mountain with them."

"That foolish woman! Can’t she give me a heads-up for once!" You cursed and turned to ask Zhang Hua, "Where did she go up the mountain?"

Zhang Hua pointed toward the northwest, "Behind that big stone over there, there’s a path leading up the mountain."

Concerned for Xian Qianling’s safety, you wasted no time thinking further and burst forth, sprinting away.

"Boss, wait for us!"

Zong Wangyue and Jin Qi naturally followed in your footsteps.

Zhang Zhaoyuan and Qi Gaojie exchanged a look, whooped in cheer, and energetically caught up with Zong Wangyue and Jin Qi.

Zhang Hua was startled for a moment but then also hastened to catch up.

"Hey, what are you standing there for, let’s go!"

Seeing Hu Jiahui still a bit dazed, Xu Jiao gave him a light push.

"Oh, okay."

Seeing that Zhang Hua had already run off several meters, Hu Jiahui hurried after her.

When you arrived at the bottom of the big stone Zhang Hua mentioned, you turned to see Zong Wangyue and the others had caught up.

"How did you all catch up?"

"Boss, it’s difficult for you to find someone alone in the mountains. With us following you, it’s much more convenient," Zong Wangyue said with a grin.

"You people coming here only adds to the chaos," you said, rubbing your head with a bit of a headache, but you knew you couldn’t dissuade them, so you stopped wasting words.

Turning around, you lightly closed your eyes.

Sen Luo Eye, activate!

As you opened the Sen Luo Eye, a wave of air surged out, causing the leaves in front of you to rustle.

"Light Circle Curse."

The Sen Luo Curse Mark in their pupils glistened with a seven-colored radiance, and indeed, you saw Xian Qianling and a middle-aged police officer hurriedly running up the mountain.

However, you quickly noticed a point of doubt.

Having dealt with this crazy woman Xian Qianling for more than a day or two, you were somewhat familiar with her style of behavior.

Despite her usual craziness, devoid of the calmness expected of a girl, once she got to work on a case, she would become very meticulous, always careful and rarely as impetuous as she was now, rushing into the mountains without even a word of notice.

With this in mind, you asked Zong Wangyue without looking back, "Zongzi, take out your phones and see if there’s a signal."

Zong Wangyue took out his phone and nodded, "There is."

"Take ten steps forward, then check again."

Zong Wangyue did as you said, and took ten steps forward, at that moment, coincidentally crossing the "boundary line" for mountain closure set by the villagers.

"Huh, strange, why is there no signal at all here?"

Jin Qi also took out his phone to try, and then turned to you, "Chairman, we should be inside the barrier."

You nodded and turned to the five people behind you, "This is my final warning to you. Once we enter the mountains, we may encounter some supernatural phenomena. In a crisis, I might not be able to look after all of you. It’s not too late to turn back now."

"Chairman Li, don’t worry, we won’t hold you back," Zhang Zhaoyuan said with a smile.

"If we really find something wrong, we can retreat in time," Qi Gaojie echoed again and again.

Looking at Hu Jiahui and the other two, they also showed no intention of backing down, so you could only sigh lightly, "If that’s the case, then do your best not to stray far from me, you must stay within sight."

With that, you stopped paying attention to these people and quickly caught up with Xian Qianling’s pace.

The mountain forest of Witch God Peak was as deep and vast as the ocean; for ordinary people, searching for someone in such dense woods would be like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Although there was a winding mountain path, the road was not easy to navigate, full of rough twists and turns, surrounded by undergrowth over half a person tall, and with the dim light, people could easily lose their way and get lost in the forest.

After walking on the mountain path for about an hour, you suddenly stopped.

"Boss, why have we stopped?"

The reason you stopped was simple; the Aureole Method had stopped working!

In other words, after reaching this point, Xian Qianling and the middle-aged police officer had suddenly disappeared.

At that time, the wind began to blow.

The mountain breeze rolled in, stirring the treetops, creating a beautiful melody.

"Wow, that feels great."

Hu Jiahui, having followed you all this way and sweating profusely, found the cool breeze quite relieving.

Your feelings, however, were clearly different from his; to your eyes, that mountain breeze seemed like countless invisible hands caressing the branches and leaves of the trees, generating a pleasing "rustle" that resonated through body and soul.

The deeper you went into the forest, the more you felt your perceptive abilities diminish; this layer of barrier was suppressing the power of your Sen Luo Eye!

And yet, there was no turning back now. Although you didn’t always get along with that crazy woman, after all, she was your friend, despite a somewhat muddied relationship between you.

Taking out a piece of yellow talisman paper from your pocket, you quickly folded it into a Thousand Paper Cranes under everyone’s watchful eye.

"Oh, oh, the boss is making a move."

Hearing Zong Wangyue say this, Qi Gaojie hurriedly took out his DV, aiming the lens at you.

Placing the Thousand Paper Cranes in the palm of your hand, you gently blew on it and, to the astonishment of those around, the paper crane slowly took flight.

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