Even hybrid monsters have their day

Chapter 141 Being followed

"A hood?" Geng Miaowan looked at it again. "It does look somewhat like one."

She figured it might have been lost by the person who had just left. She thought for a moment, then put the hood away, figuring she was going down the mountain anyway, so she might as well keep it with her and maybe run into him again to return it. But she forgot that the person had run down from the other side.

However, what she couldn't understand was what this hood was for. Had robbing banks with this become a common practice in the world...?

The group walked down the mountain. Since they weren't human, they walked much faster than humans, especially on the flat, unobstructed paths. In less than an hour, they arrived at Qiluo Village.

A large pillar stood at the village entrance, with a large guiding lamp burning on top, making it very conspicuous. It was already past midnight, but the village was unusually lively. Even before entering the village, the sounds of gongs and drums could be heard from afar, along with a cacophony of voices shouting something.

"There's going to be some excitement!" Geng Miaowan glanced at Xu Ruwen and quickened her pace.

As soon as she and Xu Ruwen entered the village, they were stopped by a group of people. As soon as they saw her and Xu Ruwen, they started throwing handfuls of talismans at them, and some villagers even threw talismans at them directly.

"Help! Help! A vengeful ghost has entered the village!" The villagers shouted as they fought back. Since the villagers were all gathered in the village, their shouts drew almost everyone out.

Geng Miaowan was shocked when she saw the scale of the battle.

Not only did everyone carry a basin filled with rice, but most of them also had many bright yellow talismans hanging on their bodies, like little yellow jackets.

As soon as these people arrived at the village entrance, they began scattering rice and throwing talismans at the villagers without saying a word, shouting, "Evil spirits, go away! Evil spirits, go away!"

"Hey. What are you doing?" Geng Miaowan and Xu Ruwen were forced to retreat repeatedly. "We're not ghosts, we're not ghosts."

But the villagers wouldn't listen to her at all, and just kept throwing rice and talismans at them, as if that would send them to the deepest hell.

"This is quite a spectacle," Xu Ruwen said with a smile. "Should I use some magic to make them stop?"

"No, they already think of us as ghosts. If you cast a spell on us, wouldn't that be an admission of guilt?"

The two talked in hushed tones. Unable to think of a solution for the moment, they could only retreat the way they had come. It seemed impossible to enter the village normally.

When Geng Miaowan returned to the mountain, she was in a rather disheveled state, while Xu Ruwen remained as refined as ever, meticulous in every detail, without even the slightest hint of panic.

As Geng Miaowan straightened her clothes, she muttered, "What kind of people are these? There isn't a single one who can speak properly."

Xu Ruwen found a rock by the roadside and sat down, saying coolly, "I wonder who said they wanted to go watch the excitement. Well, now they've become the excitement themselves."

“You…” Geng Miaowan rushed to his side in anger, seemingly wanting to beat him up, but then she remembered that she was no match for him, so she gave up and awkwardly withdrew her hand, saying, “However, this trip wasn’t entirely in vain.”

"What do you mean?" Xiaobai asked. It was the only one among them—no, the only one that hadn't been driven away by the villagers—and Xu Ruwen looked at her as well.

“Although we didn’t go into the village, we did get a general idea of ​​what it was like at the entrance. The villagers’ clothes looked somewhat like those from the Republican era in the space I used to be in, and the houses in the village were also different from the ones in the space you were in last time.”

“So…we really came to the wrong place?” Xu Ruwen asked, and Geng Miaowan nodded.

"But how could the underworld get this wrong?" Xiaobai was also puzzled.

Geng Miaowan wasn't entirely sure about this either, and it seemed she'd have to go back first to find out. Finally, she concluded, "It seems we should go back now."

Seeing that Xu Ruwen and Xiaobai had no objections, Geng Miaowan took the lead and walked up the mountain.

However, she stopped short of taking a step, for a white figure was waving at her from the woods opposite. The figure's shoulders, not particularly broad, appeared bare, making it look from a distance as if someone had hung a garment in the woods.

“He…” she pointed at him, speechless with surprise and doubt.

As soon as Xiaobai saw the white figure, he rushed over. This time, the headless ghost was smarter and ran away as soon as Xiaobai rushed over.

"What do you think is going on with this headless ghost?" This was truly the strangest thing she had ever encountered.

"She's not a headless ghost, she's clearly a coward," Xiaobai muttered discontentedly.

Seeing a ghost isn't strange, what's strange is seeing a headless ghost. Seeing a headless ghost isn't strange, what's strange is that the headless ghost actually greets him. Seeing a headless ghost greet him isn't strange, what's strange is that after greeting him, the headless ghost follows them all the way.

Strange things happen every day, but today there seem to be more than usual.

After greeting them, the headless ghost followed them from a distance. Whenever Xiao Bai made a move, he would immediately run away, but as soon as they started walking, he would follow them again. If Geng Miaowan turned to look at him, he would wave and greet her.

After walking for half an hour in this rather comical manner, Geng Miaowan finally couldn't take it anymore. Although the ghost had no head, she always felt that there were a pair of dark eyes staring at her from behind.

She turned back to stare at the headless ghost, who waved at her again. If he had a head on his shoulder, she had no doubt that he would be grinning at her right now.

At first, Geng Miaowan felt a bit uneasy when she saw the headless ghost, but as they traveled together, she realized that he didn't seem to have any ill intentions towards them. This was evident from the fact that he kept waving at her.

She just couldn't understand why he was following her like this. She wanted to ignore him, but if she let him follow her like this, they wouldn't be able to get back. The most important rule in the Guardians' Code was that one must not reveal their identity or origin to others.

Just as Xiaobai was about to go forward to catch him, Geng Miaowan stopped her.

"Who are you? Why are you following me?" she shouted at him from where she stood.

After shouting, she chuckled and shook her head. She had completely forgotten that he didn't even have a head, so how could he possibly answer her?

Even though Geng Miaowan had mentally prepared herself, she was still taken aback by the headless ghost's reaction. (To be continued.)