Fatty seemed to suddenly remember something upon hearing this and quickly said, "Do you guys remember? In the local legends, when the Saintess appears, her head is covered with a wooden box."

"It seems her appearance changed back then. And in the battle with the Hungry Ghost, she overused the power of the Gate, causing the Gate within her to completely lose control, which ultimately transformed her into this." Huai Yi looked at the head behind Shang Zuo, his tone inevitably tinged with sorrow. As a fellow Disciple of the Gate, he knew that from the moment the contract was made, their lives were no longer their own to control.

"What happened to your face?" Gongsun Zhi Ruo turned her head to look at Shang Zuo's face. Everyone remained quite wary of what Shang Zuo was saying.

Shang Zuo raised his hand and touched the wrinkles on his face. He looked old, like a man in his sixties. "Ever since the head grew on my body, I've been aging faster every day. It… it's like it's sucking my blood. This is my punishment for releasing the Hungry Ghost!" Shang Zuo cried, his face miserable, "This is a curse from the Saintess!"

"Only by returning to this snow mountain can my aging be slowed down. And if we want to completely get rid of the curse and reseal the Hungry Ghost, we must return to the Saintess's tomb!"

Although they disliked Shang Zuo, the mission had to be completed; everyone knew what was more important.

After a brief discussion, Jiang Chengzi and his group believed that Shang Zuo's words were credible. After all, judging by his appearance, he really wouldn't last much longer.

"But we're trapped, truly stuck in this lost land," Lu Yu said worriedly.

Hearing this, Jiang Cheng looked at Gongsun Zhi Ruo and asked, "You said you encountered a blizzard earlier?"

Gongsun Zhi Ruo nodded, her expression serious. "That's right. The blizzard came shortly after you left, and the Hungry Ghost even disguised itself as Zi Gui during the blizzard."

Recalling the previous scene, Shang Zuo was so frightened that the wrinkles on his face deepened. If he hadn't been careful, he would have died just now.

"But that's not what we saw. We didn't see a blizzard. The weather was always fine. It's just that the camp, and you, had disappeared," Jiang Cheng said.

Han Juanjuan was shocked by this news. "You didn't see the blizzard? Why?"

After a moment of silence, Bai Xi said thoughtfully, "That means the Hungry Ghost was targeting us last time and gave up on Mr. Jiang and the others." After all, everyone knew that a blizzard always preceded the Hungry Ghost's appearance.

"If Mr. Jiang and the others had left immediately after discovering the camp's disappearance last time, what would have happened?" Gongsun Zhi Ruo asked, looking up.

"While the Hungry Ghost's attention was focused on you, we might have left this place, broken through the ghost wall, and found the real path to the summit!" Fatty said excitedly.

"That's right, that's how it is!" Han Juanjuan also understood.

After some discussion, everyone agreed that the key to survival in this mission was to divide the team into two parts. One part would act as bait, attracting the Hungry Ghost's attention, while the other team would leave quietly, taking the Saintess's head straight to the Saintess's tomb on the summit of Gaa Ujangde Peak.

"But there's a flaw in this plan." Huai Yi's expression wasn't as optimistic as the others. He looked at Gongsun Zhi Ruo's group and said, "Have you considered which team Shang Zuo will follow?"

"We need the Saintess's head on him to complete the seal, so he must follow the climbing team. But once he leaves, the bait team left behind won't be able to attract the Hungry Ghost's attention at all."

Judging from the Hungry Ghost's actions, it could probably vaguely sense the location of the Saintess's head, so a bait team without Shang Zuo would be meaningless.

This was an unsolvable problem.

Huai Yi and Bai Xi, one on the left and one on the right, were both giving Shang Zuo strange looks, causing him to tremble.

But the two gazes were different. The former was malicious, and the latter was deranged, as if they wanted to cut him open vertically.

Just as everyone was at a loss, Shang Mo, who was curled up in the middle of the tent, raised his hand and said tremblingly, "You… you don't have to let your imagination run wild. I have a solution that might work."

Huai Yi sneered, "It better work, or you know the consequences."

Shang Zuo swallowed and said softly, "When I was being chased the worst by the Hungry Ghost, I once tried to take a part of the Saintess's head and hide it in a place. The Hungry Ghost would be attracted to it."

"Of course, the prerequisite is that I carefully wrap the head on my back with this golden scripture to prevent the aura from leaking out," Shang Zuo emphasized.

"That's possible?" Fatty's expression was a little unsightly. The idea of taking a part of the Saintess's head seemed a little too terrifying to him. God knows what Shang Zuo had been forced into.

"Are you telling the truth?" Zi Gui asked, "Since you said you took a part of it, why isn't there a wound on the Saintess's head?"

"I only took a small part each time, and this… this head is alive! After being injured, the wound heals quickly, it only takes one night." Speaking of this, cold sweat appeared on Shang Zuo's forehead, clearly recalling something unpleasant.

Bai Xi pulled out the signal gun in his hand and pointed it a few times over Shang Zuo's head, threatening in a cold tone, "Don't even think about lying to us, or I'll treat you to a signal flare."

Shang Zuo couldn't help but dodge, "No, I definitely wouldn't dare to lie to you. You are all good people who voluntarily came to help me, you are my benefactors."

"Let's hope so." Jiang Cheng nodded, then looked at the others and said calmly, "Now that the bait has been set up, someone needs to take the bait to lure away the Hungry Ghost." He paused before saying, "Who's willing to go?"

The atmosphere cooled down. The person carrying the bait would inevitably be attacked madly by the Hungry Ghost, which was almost a suicide mission with an extremely low chance of survival.

After a moment…

"I'll go," Gongsun Zhi Ruo said.

Everyone looked at Gongsun Zhi Ruo with different expressions. Lu Yu's face turned anxious, and she blurted out subconsciously, "Teacher Gongsun!"

Gongsun Zhi Ruo tilted her head to look at Lu Yu, who was worried about her, reached out, rubbed her head, and said softly, "Don't worry, your teacher is very capable. When you reach the summit and complete the mission, your teacher will be fine."

After speaking, Gongsun Zhi Ruo turned around and looked at the three of Jiang Cheng. Before she could speak, Jiang Cheng nodded and said, "I'll go with you. I won't let you suffer."

These words made Gongsun Zhi Ruo, who was originally quite serious, feel a little embarrassed.

"Doctor, I'll go with you." Fatty came over without explanation. His large frame made him look very capable, and Han Juanjuan, who was closest to him, was squeezed to the side.