My heart sank when I suddenly heard Mo Ting speak like that.
Were all the ghosts in the room?
My face turned a little pale with shock.
Curiously, I looked back at the empty room again.
Only patches of light from the window illuminated the room.
I squinted to look, but I really didn't see many ghosts.
I rubbed my eyes and opened them again.
But strangely, after I rubbed my eyes and looked again.
The room that had seemed empty moments ago was now filled with figures.
In grey clothes, black clothes, white clothes, they were all standing on tiptoe, their backs to the door.
It was just as Old Mo had said.
The room in the earth temple was filled with ghosts.
I was utterly terrified, what was going on?
Why hadn't I seen them before?
It couldn't have been my eyes playing tricks on me. The only explanation was.
My luck had improved, and the yang fire in my eyes had risen.
With high yang fire, my eyes could no longer see Yin entities.
I frowned, it seemed I'd have to carry eye-opening medicine whenever I went out from now on.
At the same time, a low male voice suddenly spoke from inside the room:
"The woman you're looking for isn't here.
She was scared away by a strange child.
Don't disturb our peace!"
The voice wasn't loud, but Mo Ting and I both heard it clearly.
And as soon as the voice finished, the door I had pushed open slammed shut with a bang.
Mo Ting and I exchanged a look and couldn't help but gasp.
Scared away by a strange child?
My brow furrowed, and I asked the voice in the room again:
"Big brother, can you tell us which direction that woman ran?"
"South."
The low male voice replied impatiently.
At the same time, waves of icy Yin energy emanated from the gap in the door.
Clearly, they wanted to drive Mo Ting and me away.
They clearly didn't want us there.
Mo Ting and I were in a hurry to save someone, so we didn't bother arguing with these wandering souls.
"Let's go!"
I said urgently.
If we didn't find Uncle Wang's daughter quickly, she might lose her life.
Mo Ting nodded.
The next second, we both turned and left the earth temple.
We didn't know where Uncle Wang's daughter had gone now, so we could only follow the direction the male ghost indicated, searching south of the park.
We walked and scanned our surroundings.
At the same time, Mo Ting asked:
"Brother Qin, what was going on just now?
How come you didn't see all those ghosts in the room?"
I rubbed my eyes and replied truthfully:
"My luck has been improving recently, and my eye fire has also risen. Sometimes I can't see Yin entities clearly."
"What about now? I left in a hurry and didn't bring any Seven Star Leaves or cow's eye tears after opening my eyes."
Mo Ting asked me worriedly.
We were dealing with Yin entities.
If we couldn't even see them, what was the point of fighting?
I shook my head:
"It's fine, I've come into contact with some Yin energy just now.
My eye fire has dropped back down, and it's recovered now."
Mo Ting breathed a sigh of relief, his mind finally at ease.
After that, we continued to search the park.
We were very anxious, truly afraid that Uncle Wang's daughter had already met with misfortune.
But just then, I suddenly heard the sound of water not far away.
"Splash, splash, splash..."
The sound wasn't very loud, but in the quiet park, it was quite abrupt.
Hearing the sound of water, I immediately looked over.
I noticed ripples in the lake under the willow trees not far away.
The distance was a bit far, so I couldn't see clearly what was happening in the water.
But I made a judgment immediately:
"Old Mo, let's go check that out!"
Saying that, I ran forward.
Mo Ting quickly followed.
As we ran closer, the sound of splashing water grew louder.
Gradually, we saw.
In the lake, someone had fallen in and was struggling.
Their body bobbed up and down, and the splashing sound was made by their hands flailing.
Someone had fallen into the water...
Besides the person struggling in the water, I also noticed a child in a red bellyband standing by the willow tree.
Judging by its figure, it looked about four or five years old.
It stood by the lake, jumping and looking very happy.
Making "hee hee ha ha" sounds.
Seeing this situation, Mo Ting and I both raised our eyebrows.
The person who fell into the water was likely Wang Shu's daughter, Wang Qin, whom we were looking for.
The child on the shore was probably the ghost child who wanted to harm her.
"Damn it, finally found her."
Old Mo said, drawing his peach wood sword from his sword bag.
I didn't hesitate either and drew my peach wood sword.
We both rushed forward. The ghost child, who was jumping and skipping, saw us charging with peach wood swords.
It got scared, turned around, and began to run away quickly on all fours towards the other side.
Since Mo Ting was injured, I said to him as I ran forward:
"Old Mo, you go save her. I'll chase the ghost child."
But Mo Ting quickly said:
"No, no, I can't swim. I'll chase the ghost child."
Hearing Mo Ting say he couldn't swim, I was a little surprised.
Mo Ting was actually afraid of water.
This was the south, a riverside city with a well-developed water system.
In our village, there wasn't a single boy who couldn't swim.
But there was no time for nonsense, so I nodded:
"Alright, I'll pull the person up and then I'll meet you..."