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Sensing Zi Sang Ming's strangeness, I hastily extended my arms to hug him. Behind me, I heard Shen Tuo suddenly shout: "Be careful!"

It was only then that I realized that we had accidentally let these peach trees take advantage of us again. However, the peach trees should have attacked me, but due to my carelessness, they injured Zishan Ming. He was already very weak, and now that we had experienced another attack, I was very worried that he wouldn't be able to hold on.

At this moment, Shen Tuo, who was still a distance away from us, sat cross-legged on the ground while enduring the pain. He pulled out a few talismans from somewhere and threw them towards the talismans that were attacking us.

My heart ached as I looked back at my backpack. On one side, I was hugging Yin Shu while on the other hand, I was holding Zishan Ming. I staggered forward, one step at a time. Shen Tuo seemed to be unable to hold on any longer. Fortunately, Zishan Ming did not have a physical body. Otherwise, given his size, there was nothing I could do about it.

He originally wanted to find a random hotel nearby to rest for a while and listen to Sang Ming's words before coming out at night. At that time, Zishan Ming's strength would be slightly stronger.

However, after I had gone almost all over the commercial street here, there wasn't even a hotel, not even a place for us to rest. Even if it was a snack seller, it was only a hawker, and the kind that had to leave immediately after buying it didn't even provide a seat.

It wasn't until I couldn't understand and pulled a peddler to ask, did I understand the reason.

"Little girl, are you here for a vacation? We don't accept outsiders to live here, over there, "the peddler pointed mysteriously towards the dead peach forest," It's very evil, how good was it when you opened that large peach forest, it was so easy to get rid of it all in one fell swoop.

At this point, the hawker seemed to realize that he had said too much. He hurriedly covered his mouth and gave me an embarrassed smile. I also understood that if I were to continue wasting time with him, I wouldn't be able to get anything out of him. Thus, I decided to just return to that empty alley.

Shen Tuo and Zi Sang Ming were sitting against a wall. I finally found Zhao Xue from the book and handed the umbrella to Zi Sang Ming. Without the sunlight, his wounds seemed to have healed quite a bit.

Since I couldn't find a place to rest, I dejectedly sat down next to Zishan Ming. I didn't know what to do next, so Zishan Ming moved his body a little. It wasn't until I found a comfortable position to lean on that he calmed down.

The three of them were at a loss as to what to say. In addition, Shen Ta was unable to see Zishan Ming. Thus, the atmosphere became awkward for a moment.

We once again arrived at the peach forest, and as we stepped on the soft soil under our feet, I knew that the peddler had something that he had not told me. It was likely that after the death of the peach forest, no one that came here was still alive.

They were all turned into rotten meat, and buried within this piece of soil to nourish these seemingly refined peach trees.

"Normally, the peach tree branches are used to exorcise ghosts. How could a ghost use this peach forest for revenge?" Shen Tuo vigilantly looked around as he asked.

Compared to Shen Ta, Zi Sang Ming was much calmer. He was expressionless as he extended a hand to protect me behind his back. "Falling into the demonic path will only make you stronger than an immortal path."

He couldn't help but think of the fairy tales he had read before. Indeed, every deity that had fallen from the Immortal World to the Devil Dao had their magic greatly increased. However, the plots in novels were always evil, but in reality, only those who meet the strong won. Therefore, we must be able to guarantee the strong side.

Just as we were chatting, a "ge ge" sound suddenly came from behind us. Zi Sang Ming seemed to have sensed the danger and turned around to stand in front of me.

"I didn't expect that the dignified Sang Ming would be someone of love."

I stuck my head out from behind Zi Sang Ming and saw Zhao Xue's alluring red clothes and pale face.

"How was it? Did you have a good time today?"

Zhao Xue seems to know about our encounter during the day and also seemed to have predicted that we wouldn't dare to do anything to her. She unrestrainedly provoked us.

Zishan Ming was so angry that his arms were trembling. However, he did his best to suppress it. If he couldn't do anything, then he wouldn't do anything. I don't know what he would face if he tried to meddle in other people's business. But I have a feeling it's not going to be easy.

Seeing that we didn't say anything, Zhao Xue continued, "I didn't come here today to fight with you guys. I just wanted to remind you guys to leave Bai Weiwei alone at home. Should I praise you guys for your boldness, or blame you for underestimating my ability?"

After saying that, Zhao Xue didn't seem to have any intentions of fighting with us. She waved her long sleeves and slowly disappeared.

Shen Ta and I looked at each other. That's right, we just unilaterally feel that one of the reasons is that Bai Weiwei is very weak and doesn't have much guts. Second, he felt that Zhao Xue didn't dare to enter Shen Tuo's house, and Bai Weiwei should be relatively safe inside.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. Could it be that Zhao Xue's previous act of not daring to enter the old mansion was all an act? Was she going back to take revenge?

I quickly took out my cell phone to call Bai Weiwei, but after a whole day of running around, my phone had already shut down.

Seeing my worry, Shen Ta forcefully comforted me, "No matter how worried we are, we have already reached this step. We definitely cannot leave everything here and rush back. Therefore, the only thing we can do now is to quickly find that well and fish out Zhao Xue's corpse. Only then can we completely subdue Zhao Xue."

Although it was comforting, what Shen Tuo said made sense. Zi Sang Ming's cold hands tightly held onto mine, and only then did I feel slightly relieved. Thus, I followed them forward.

However, it was strange that the tree branches here all quieted down at night, one after another as if they had never rampaged before.

We searched every inch of land in the north, but there was nothing to be found, so we had to make our way to Peach Blossom Bridge by moonlight.

At a close distance, the Peach Blossom Bridge seemed to have spanned longer than when he had seen it from afar. He hadn't expected that there would be such a wide stone bridge in this small countryside.

From the map, this place seemed to be the widest part of the entire river, but this was also the strangest part. The moat should have been dug by hand, but in order to avoid the trouble of construction, it should have been constructed with the same width. Why was it so wide here? Was it just because a bridge had to be built here?

I really did not understand, so I had to ask the question in my mind.

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I had known for a long time how many people had died on this land under my feet, but I shuddered at the thought of it on both sides of the river. I could not imagine that the water that flowed through it every day was deliberately or unintentionally washing the bones on either side of the river.

Just as I was thinking this, Zishan Ming, who was holding my hand, suddenly pulled back my thoughts. He turned around and gave me a firm look before pulling me to the Peach Blossom Bridge.

As for Shen Tuo who was behind us, I actually momentarily forgot about his existence. Anxiously, he shouted from behind us: "Hey, you two, wait for the bachelor!"

After saying that, I heard Shen Tuo's hurried footsteps.

However, just as Zishan Ming and I were walking to the middle of the Peach Blossom Bridge and just as Shen Tuo stepped onto the bridge, he suddenly heard a stone breaking at the bottom of the bridge. Shen Tuo reacted quickly and shouted, "Not good, that fast, the bridge seems to be collapsing!"

I can't believe that with our weight, we can crush a bridge

Just as I was wondering, I heard, from where we were standing, the sound of cracking stones and the splash of stones as they fell into the water.

I couldn't help looking down, and I didn't think that this gaze would scare me out of my wits! I cried out in alarm and immediately laid down on Zishan Ming's body. I saw that on the black river surface, a huge human face had actually appeared!

Following that, all kinds of sounds came from the river, like the moans of countless resentful ghosts. Following that, countless black and white hands stretched out from the river, as if trying to pull us into the river.

This was the first time I saw such a scene. My legs went soft from fright. I only tried my best to hold onto Zishan Ming's arm so that I wouldn't collapse onto the ground.

Suddenly, a loud noise came from under the bridge, followed by the excited howls of the wraiths from the depths of the water, as if they were happy that they could finally have a good meal.

Afterwards, my legs relaxed and the entire stone bridge turns into fist-sized stones that fall into the river. Some of the stones fall onto the extended ghost hand and the arm suddenly breaks. The hand falls into the river while the arm continues to stretch forward.

Beside me, Zi Sang Ming seemed to have lost all his strength as he stood there motionlessly. Then, he lost weight under my feet and Zi Sang Ming and I fell into the river together.

Just when I was feeling happy that I managed to preserve my life, Shen Tuo's voice suddenly came from above my head: "Are you guys alright?"

I gradually regained my consciousness. Why were we stopped in mid-air?