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The Return of Spring to City was a neither big nor small city in the western border of the Cold Forest Country. Every year, after the snow melts, the flowers of the Return of Spring to City would definitely bloom first, and so the name would return home in the spring.

However, in the Return of Spring to City, people were panicking. During the day, the people who were passing by were all in a hurry, as if there was a heavy boulder pressing down on their hearts. In the evening, every house had their own candles, but they had all closed their doors and windows, making them seem very strange.

"Ye Zhifa, what's going on?"

Chu Qianwei was only a child, she wouldn't lower herself to her level.

After he rummaged through his body along the way and told Chu Qianwei countless of jokes that he had seen online in his previous life, the little girl no longer treated him coldly anymore. Of course, it wasn't that close.

Looking at the human figures and voices coming out of the window, Ye Zhifa could not help but feel his scalp go numb. There were countless people awake, yet there were no pedestrians on the streets. The sight of the entire city as a city of death was truly frightening.

Unexpectedly, the two of them found a few inns and knocked on the door. However, not a single inn was willing to open the door for them, and they didn't even hear a single reply.

In these past few days, due to the tragic deaths of several people caught by the ghosts, the rumors had spread throughout the Return of Spring to City. One of the rumours was that ghosts would knock on the door when it was night time. As long as they knew that there was someone inside, they would grab them and eat them.

After all this, the sun had already set. If they couldn't find a place to stay, Ye Zhifa and Chu Qianwei would have to sleep on the streets.

How could a dignified disciple of the Sword Palace sleep on the road?

After repeatedly knocking on the door but it did not open, Ye Zhifa was finally infuriated. After knocking on the door of the fifth inn a few times and seeing that no one replied, he directly called out to the inside: "Boss, if there really is no one calling for me, I'll smash your inn's door!"

It was unknown if this shop owner did not believe the rumors or if he was more protective of his life, but he actually replied Ye Zhifa, "Customer, it's not that I do not greet you, I really do not dare to open the door, and do not know if you are a human or a ghost."

"Two living people standing here. How could it be ghosts? You'll know once you open the door."

This shop owner was bold, upon hearing Ye Zhifa's words, he actually opened the door a crack, and peeked outside.

However, just as he looked out, he saw a few white shadows standing outside. He let out a strange cry and sat down on the ground in fright.

Ye Zhifa did not care about his reaction as he pushed the door open and walked in. Chu Qianwei and Chao Guang followed closely behind her.

Only then did the fat shop owner see that the person who entered was actually two people. Both Ye Zhifa and Chu Qianwei were born white, and Chao Guang was even more so, a white horse whose body did not have a single trace of different colors.

Ye Zhifa and the others had shadows under their feet, so they were naturally human and not ghosts. After confirming this, the shop owner heaved a sigh of relief. He quickly got up and closed the door, and called out: "Guest, do you want to stay here? "However, this horse must go out and live in the stable. It cannot stay in the store."

"Three top rooms, one for each person, one for the horses, do you have one?"

The shop owner originally wanted to say that there was no rule for horses to stay in the upper rooms, but before Ye Zhifa passed over the gold leaf, he could only nod his head to indicate that he had plenty of rooms, and that Master Ma could also get one. In any case, business had not been doing well during this period of time, so why not sell an extra room?

Hearing Ye Zhifa's arrangements, Chao Guang snorted at him, expressing his satisfaction.

Following which, under the lead of the still fearful waiter, the three of them walked up to the second floor of the inn.

When he saw Chao Guang walk up the stairs with even more agility than a human, the waiter couldn't help but click his tongue in wonder, thinking that this horse was really a strange beast.

When Ye Zhifa sat down in the guest room and drank two mouthfuls of tea, there was a knock on the door. When he opened the door to take a look, he discovered that the person who had come was not the waiter who had delivered the food, but Chu Qianwei who lived next door.

"Junior Chu, what's the matter?"

Chu Qianwei hesitated for a while, then asked: "Ye Zhifa, we are already at Return of Spring to City, what should we do next?"

It turned out that Huang Xi had warned Chu Qianwei before they left that she should discuss many matters with Ye Zhifa on their way here and not make any decisions.

Chu Qianwei originally scoffed at this suggestion, but after today's journey, she discovered that Ye Zhifa really had an even better idea than her. In the end, she couldn't help but come to ask for guidance.

Hearing that she had come for that reason, Ye Zhifa couldn't help but laugh.

"What are you laughing for!" I... I'm leaving! "

Seeing that Chu Qianwei was about to leave, Ye Zhifa immediately pulled her back and said: "I am not teasing you, it is just that I had originally planned to discuss tomorrow's plans with you. I only smiled when I found out that you think the same as me. "

After he finished speaking, Ye Zhifa pulled Chu Qianwei inside the room, only to discover that she was looking at him with a flushed face.

"What's wrong?"

"You … Let go! "

Only now did Ye Zhifa realize that he had been holding Chu Qianwei's hand, and immediately let go in embarrassment. In his heart, he had always treated Chu Qianwei as his junior, but he had actually forgotten that the difference in age between his physical body and hers wasn't that great.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to."

After Chu Qianwei heard the apology, she stared at Ye Zhifa for a while before turning her head to the side. After snorting, she asked: "Tell me, what do you plan to do?"

"I plan to go to the City Lord's Mansion tomorrow to have a look, there should be records of these events there. I think there should be a reason even if it's a ghost. As long as we can find that reason, we can solve this problem. "

"Alright, let's do that. "I'm sleepy, I'm going back to sleep."

Who would have thought that after Chu Qianwei finished listening, she would actually express that she did not have any other opinions, and directly returned to her own room.

Looking at her departing figure, Ye Zhifa could not help but laugh bitterly. It looks like he had to rack his brains getting along with this little girl.

However, since Chu Qianwei had accepted his plan, Ye Zhifa felt that it was a piece of cake.

This time, it was only Chao Guang who ran from Qinxi Mountain to Return of Spring to City in a single day. However, Ye Zhifa also felt rather tired and went to sleep early.

However, just as Ye Zhifa was sleeping soundly, he suddenly heard some rustling noises coming from outside the window. Pushing the window open to take a look, he saw a few skinny long figures wearing black robes walking on the road, borrowing the moonlight.

Ye Zhifa took a closer look and noticed that something was amiss. These things had no legs and directly slid on the ground. Those rustling sounds were the result of their clothes rubbing against the ground. Just what was this thing?

Just at this time, the few figures seemed to have discovered Ye Zhifa and turned their heads over.

Ye Zhifa saw a few human faces, but these human faces were at least two feet long, their faces were distorted and covered in blood, they looked to be in a miserable state!

Ye Zhifa who was frightened could not hold back and let out an "ah", he saw the few things flying on the ground without any resistance, floating towards Ye Zhifa's window …