Chapter Seventy-two: Ferocious

  When I heard the two words "Gu Master", my heart couldn't help but sink, and at the same time, I reacted to it. In my mind, the corpses that I saw along the way here floated up.

  Those people were all killed by the sorcerer, and they died in extreme misery.

  But when I thought of these corpses and turned my gaze to the several people in the house, I couldn't associate them with those horribly dead bodies no matter what.

  These young people look like they can't withstand a gust of wind. Apart from their kind faces, I also saw a hint of timidity and fear on their faces. It seems that they have just experienced something frightening and are still in shock.

  My heart couldn't help but hesitate, and I looked at Coffin Old with a bit of suspicion. And then Coffin Old whispered in my ear, "Be careful, don't get too close to them."

  As he spoke, the old man with the coffin walked a step into the house and said to several people: "I don't know if it's convenient here?"

  Among them, someone answered casually: "The place is very large, and we are just temporarily staying here. You can handle it yourself."

  After that, the few people smiled at us and turned their heads one after another. I and Coffin Old Man walked to the corner of the house, padded some dry grass on the ground, and sat down.

  The coffin maker seemed very cautious, and after sitting down, his eyes would occasionally glance at the few people not far away. I was silent beside him, and after a while, I couldn't help but speak up. We have to spend the night here, it's not going to work if we're always on guard like this.

  So I stood up and walked towards the few people beside me. The old man's face changed greatly, wanting to pull me back, but I ignored him. At the same time, the few people beside me also turned their heads, looking at me with doubt.

  On their faces, I indeed saw fear. This fear was not pretended at all. Would these few people be the ruthless murderers of those on the road?

  I took a few steps and stopped. I started asking: "Are you also here to find the focal point?"

  My words were straightforward, as a member of the Mystic Sect, they absolutely wouldn't not understand what I was saying. When I said this sentence, I saw several people's faces change slightly. My eyes couldn't help but sweep around casually. Counting them, there were four people in total.

  Among the four people, there were three men and one woman.

  One of the men looked at me with a puzzled expression: "What's 'jué yǎn' (a slang term), what does it mean?"

  At these words, I couldn't help but frown. What is a local eye? Is it just a few ordinary people after all? No, that's clearly not right, how could ordinary people appear here?

  "I said again: 'Don't you know what a local accent is? Then why have you come here?'"

  As soon as I finished speaking, the four of them started a chaotic discussion. Then the woman turned to me and said: "Little brother, we really don't know what's going on, we're high school students from the city, originally came here for sightseeing, but suddenly it rained heavily, then there was thick fog."

  High school, students? These few words, how can they be so unfamiliar?

  I was suddenly at a loss because I really didn't know what high school was. So I hastily turned to Old Coffin and asked, "What is high school?"

  The coffin maker's face changed: "You little devil, where did you come from? You don't even know high school?"

  I'm a bit stuck, but although I don't know what high school is, I roughly guess it's something like a school. So I ignore the old man in the coffin and turn to those people, just about to speak, when several people suddenly burst out laughing.

  "Little brother, don't you even know high school? What grade are you in?"

  I said: "I haven't been to school for a few days and I really don't know."

  Then those people patiently explained to me that high school is actually a school, and it's an important learning stage in life. After listening, I roughly understood. Those people also told me about the interesting things in high school and encouraged me to study hard and attend high school in the future to make something of myself.

  I fell silent for a moment, shook my head and walked towards the old coffin.

  "Just ordinary people." I said to the old coffin maker.

  The coffin maker's face didn't relax in the slightest: "Don't be careless, a Gu master won't write the Gu character on his face. The more ordinary a person seems, the harder he is to guard against."

  Although I said that, Coffin Old was no longer as tense as before. I sat down beside him, and at this time, Coffin Old muttered softly: "This Gu Master should be nearby, if the Gu Master doesn't show up, all of us will be in danger."

  I didn't notice the old coffin, but gently closed my eyes. It's been several days since I had a good sleep, and now I know how important it is to have a room of one's own.

  After closing my eyes, my mind started to wander again. I had a feeling that Wang Dashi was always by my side. When I was still in Laoshan Village, she had already set her sights on me. After I left Laoshan Village, she hid herself by my side even more, disguising herself as an ordinary person and setting traps for me step by step.

  This woman is really too frightening.

  I still remember the scene when she appeared outside Wu Xian's medical house with a lantern, his face was covered by something and couldn't be seen. I only remembered her voice.

  It was a hoarse, shrill voice.

  At this point, I paused again in my mind. Because I was still a little afraid, afraid that I would guess wrong. This woman, is she really the same person as Wang Dabao?

  I didn't continue thinking about it, but suddenly many doubts emerged in my mind.

  This Wang aunt is not an ordinary person, that's for sure. I'm just a bit puzzled, this person has been setting traps for me all the way, and many times could have put me to death, but instead let me go, what does it mean?

  Many times, including that time she took me into the village. She could have even killed me on the mountain, but she didn't do it.

  I feel like my brain is a bit muddled, thinking too much. As I was thinking, the coffin suddenly touched me lightly, and I abruptly opened my eyes. When I opened my eyes, the room was pitch black, and I couldn't see anything.

  I was suddenly stunned, at this time, I felt the coffin lid covering my mouth from the side and whispering in my ear: "Don't make a sound, there's something."

  I couldn't help but furrow my brow, and my eyes continued to peer into the darkness. My ears perked up, listening carefully. Just then, I suddenly heard a faint rustling sound.

  The whole person was stunned all of a sudden because of this sound. It almost stuck to my face. I just found out that there is a face in front of my face.

  When I came to, the face was slowly withdrawing. Then there were footsteps in the room. Finally, the door opened and a figure went out, disappearing from view.

  At this time, the coffin old man finally let go of my hand and said in a low voice: "I guess it's an evil ghost foraging nearby, you can feel it too, the ghosts around here are not simple."

  I let out a breath, and at this moment, the old man in the coffin had already lit the lamp. The moment the flames ignited, I saw four people not far away. At this moment, these four people were huddled together, trembling all over their bodies.

  But for some reason, I felt a sense of unease. That's right, it was indeed uneasy. These people were just ordinary people, but when the evil spirit entered the house, they only trembled and didn't make a sound. Is this normal?

  When this question emerged in my mind, immediately, a loud noise sounded in my heart. I understood that these guys were pretending to be stupid, they are actually Gu masters?

  As I thought of this, I hesitated and turned my head to look at Coffin Old Man, who was also staring at a few people not far away, his eyebrows slightly furrowed. Neither of us spoke, nor did I express my thoughts, because I saw that Coffin Old Man had also clearly guessed something.

  This guy has been avoiding his enemies for so many years, he must have developed a cautious personality, at least much more cautious than me.

  But my gaze fell on those few students. My heart couldn't help but sink, these guys were clearly not ordinary people, yet they pretended to be foolish in front of us. I wonder what they wanted to do?

  No matter what they want to do, I'm afraid it's not for good.

  However, just as I was thinking this, there was a sudden creaking sound in the house. I quickly turned my head and found that the door had opened. At the entrance, a woman wearing a straw hat appeared. The woman was alone, carrying a strange package on her back.

  In an instant, everyone in the house turned their gaze to the woman at the door. The woman's hat was pulled down very low, and her face couldn't be seen clearly, but I could feel that her eyes were extremely sharp.

  I froze for a moment, I didn't expect to see people here. The moment I saw this woman, my mind was a bit confused. My eyes involuntarily glanced at the students on the side.

  Compared with those students, this person is more like a Gu Master. Could it be that this woman is the real Gu Master?

  After kicking open the door, the woman stood at the entrance for a while before saying: "Is it convenient here? It's getting dark and I'd like to stay overnight."

  Neither the coffin maker nor I said a word, but instead turned our heads towards that group of students. The faces of those students also changed, and after a long time, they said: "It's convenient, of course it's convenient, please come in."

  The woman at the door finally came in and closed the door behind her. After entering the house, she sat down in a corner by herself, not saying a word, but sitting quietly. She didn't even take off her hat.

  The old man in the coffin stared at the woman and whispered to me: "Be careful of this woman, she is not a simple person."

  "What's going on?"

  The coffin maker shook his head, but didn't speak. I whispered again: "Gu Master?"

  The coffin maker's face sank, and he furrowed his brow.

  It's quite lively in this house now. In fact, this place is even more lively than I imagined. I didn't expect that such a small room would have so many people. It's only natural to assume that there are even more people around.

  This night was hard to get through, and I didn't dare close my eyes with Coffin Old. At midnight, I kept staring at that woman and those students. Staring and staring, it turned out that neither of these two groups were right.

  At first, those students looked terrified, but as the night wore on and both I and Coffin Old were dozing off with our eyes closed, the fearful expressions on their faces instantly vanished.

  I also saw that the woman had a big problem, in the middle of the night, she got up once. At that time, I was very nervous and stared at her tightly. The woman sneaked out of the room quickly. After a while, the woman finally came back. When she came back, I saw that her hands were covered with blood.