Hearing this, the four people who were rescued were at a loss for words for a moment.
They all subconsciously looked at the corpse of the man whose limbs had been eaten not far away.
I replied indifferently:
"You are not well, you are already dead.
What you are now is just a ghost."
"Ah? A ghost?"
The man was extremely frightened.
I pointed at his corpse:
"Look for yourself!"
The man glanced over and trembled violently.
As if everything that had just happened rushed back to his mind.
"I, I am really, really dead..."
"Yes, you are already dead."
Master replied casually.
At the same time, he lit his pipe and took a puff.
After all, Master had long been accustomed to life and death.
He didn't even care about his own terminal illness.
The man was stunned for a moment, then sat down on the ground and started crying, "Wuwuwu..."
His colleagues didn't know what to say.
I then said:
"Brother, the facts are before your eyes, please accept my condolences.
Do you know where Chu Yue is?"
We have now rescued four people.
Including this man, the dead have reached four, and the corpse of one of the dead has not yet been seen.
Now, only Chu Yue's life and death are unknown.
The man heard my question, cried for a few times, and looked at me with red eyes:
"Little, Young Master Zhang, is, is inside.
She, she is being targeted by a ghost.
They want to make her their bride.
To save me, she drew away most of the ghosts and let me escape.
But I, but I, still, still died, wuwuwu..."
The man finished sadly.
Master and I frowned upon hearing this.
A ghost wants Chu Yue to be its bride?
"How long have you been separated?"
I continued to inquire, wanting to estimate the distance by time.
"Maybe, maybe two hours."
I frowned.
Two hours is a long time, and it's hard to estimate the distance.
Master immediately followed up:
"Which direction did you escape from!"
The man pointed forward:
"We wanted to go in one direction, to see if we could reach the end.
As a result, we saw this palace inside.
Young Master Zhang and I separated there and escaped backward!"
"Palace?"
Master was puzzled.
I was even more confused. Isn't this place a passage to the underworld?
Besides endless repeating copies, are there other buildings?
But at this moment, I couldn't think about it so much.
The most important thing was to find Chu Yue.
"How many ghosts are there? What is Chu Yue's situation?"
"A lot, a lot, everywhere. Young Master Zhang is being chased by many ghosts, I'm afraid, I'm afraid it's very dangerous..."
"Is the peace charm she is holding still in her hand?"
I continued to ask.
The male ghost nodded:
"Yes, but, but that peace charm seems to be fading."
Hearing the word "fading," Master and I both gasped.
This was not a good thing.
Once a charm fades or breaks, it means the power of the charm has disappeared.
It has been about two hours since the male ghost and Chu Yue last met.
As it stands now, Chu Yue's life is in peril.
"Master, there's no time to delay, let's hurry forward!"
Master raised his hand:
"Xiao Qin, things might not be as we thought. This Yin-Yang passage is likely a dead end."
"Dead end?"
I didn't quite understand Master's words.
Master explained:
"Yes, logically speaking.
In this passage to the underworld, even if there are ghosts, there shouldn't be so many.
Moreover, they are all vengeful spirits and fierce ghosts.
I suspect that this passage might be an abandoned one.
The other end does not connect to Liangjie Mountain.
This is a closed loop of a mural world.
If we continue forward.
We will encounter even more ghosts.
The place we are going will be a ghost nest.
Its danger is difficult to estimate."
Master said worriedly.
I frowned and thought about it, but I shouldn't give up like this!
Continuing on, there might still be a glimmer of hope.
If we give up, Chu Yue will truly die here.
"Master, I want to go save Chu Yue."
Hearing my response, Master only hesitated for a moment and nodded slightly:
"Saving her is fine, but they cannot be brought along."
Upon hearing this, everyone became nervous.
"Daoist, you can't abandon us!"
"Yes, Daoist, Young Master Zhang might already be dead, why don't we all go back!"
"That's right, that's right. There are four of us here, and Young Master Zhang is alone. Why don't we not save him! It's too dangerous."
"Daoist, I don't want to die yet. Please don't abandon us. At most, we can go back and burn more paper money for Young Master Zhang."
"..."
These people spoke one after another.
Hearing these words, I felt a bit conflicted.
On one side, there were four living people.
On the other side, a friend whose life and death were unknown.
Taking these four with us to a ghost nest with numerous ghosts, we definitely wouldn't be able to manage.
And in the end, we might not even be able to save Chu Yue.
But if we don't go, we return the way we came, and these four people will be saved.
But Chu Yue would truly be gone.
How to choose now?
Abandon a friend and head back.
Preserve ourselves and these strangers.
Or, for a friend, disregard everything and fight for that glimmer of hope...