Chapter 1: The Strange Occurrence on Guard Spirit Night

  Tonight I was really scared to death, and in this yard, I didn't dare stay for another second. I turned around and ran towards the door, but just as I opened it, a faint cry echoed from behind me.

  "Xiao Xian, what did your dad say when he called you just now?"

  I turned around and didn't know when, Uncle Wang was already standing one meter behind me, with a gloomy smile on his face.

  "No, nothing..." I pushed open the door of the shop, and plopped myself down on the stone floor.

  Mr. Wang stood in front of me with his hands behind his back, I don't know what he was hiding.

  "What's wrong with you? You're as white as a sheet! Little fairy, tell me the truth, did you see something you shouldn't have?"

  I sat on the ground staring at him, what I saw was something that shouldn't be seen, isn't it you, Uncle Wang?

  You're dead and gone, yet still so enthusiastic, how can I bear it? How can I bear it?!

  "Quickly get up, little fairy, the ground is cold!" said Wang Da Shu.

  He said it in his usual tone of an elder caring for a younger one, with a completely serious face.

  After finishing speaking, he finally took his hand out from behind and pulled me, he came to pull me!

  I was so scared that I went crazy, got up and ran as if my body was on fire.

  It's not because he pulled me with his action, but I saw that he had no palm, his entire arm was cut off, bones connected to flesh, everything looked so real.

  This guy ran wildly in the deserted ancient town and suddenly fell into a pit. Everything went black before his eyes, and he lost all consciousness.

  When I woke up, it was daylight!

  There were three strangers standing in front of me, two men and one woman.

  The girl was holding a bottle of mineral water, as if she was feeding me water. When I opened my eyes, she smiled.

  "Miss, have you got heatstroke?"

  I pushed her away abruptly, what kind of place is this?

  The woman's companion, a fat man, seeing my reaction, advised in his mouth: "Yuyu, don't bother with her, one look and you can tell she's a silly girl, this kind of remote town, this kind of silly girl is the most!"

  I gave him a glance, you're the foolish girl, your whole family is foolish girls.

  That fat guy looked at me like that, and he came with interest. "Well, this silly girl's appearance is quite pretty!"

  The woman patted him on the back and smiled warmly at me, asking: "Miss, why are you sleeping under this Huang Ge tree? This tree is a divine spirit, ordinary people shouldn't come here to play, be careful not to offend the divine spirit!"

  I took a quick look and I was indeed sitting at the root of the yellow hemp tree in the town head. My grandmother used to tell me that this tree is the guardian deity of this town, also guarding me. Every time I got sick and took medicine, my grandmother would take me to worship under this tree. It's not just my grandmother, many people in this town come to worship this hundred-year-old ancient tree during festivals and holidays.

  Now that I think about it, I must have run out of Uncle Wang's house last night and fainted here.

  No, I clearly remember falling into a big pit, how could I wake up under the yellow jute tree? And when I was running away at that time, although I was in a panic, there is one thing I remember very clearly, which is that I absolutely did not run towards the yellow jute tree.

  Could it be that I crawled here myself after fainting?

  I looked up at this ancient tree, Grandma used to say it was very efficacious, I didn't believe it before, but now thinking about it, I have no choice but to believe.

  After I fainted, it must have been protecting me, so I slept under its roots.

  Right away, I walked up to the tree and gave it three solemn bows.

  Three people stared blankly at me as I finished the process, even the gaze of that silent man shifted over, I suppose they really think I'm a foolish girl now!

  "Miss, I'd like to ask, do you know if there's an old lady official in this town?" The woman asked me politely.

  I immediately became vigilant and sized up the three of them, with my gaze finally falling on the one who had remained silent.

  "You..."

  Isn't this man the one nailed to the ceiling in my dream?

  It turns out that this person actually exists in this world!

  But before this, I had absolutely never seen this person, so why would he appear out of the blue in my dream?

  Is this some kind of omen or has it already happened?