The grey-robed figure suddenly stopped in his tracks. His eyes under the mask emitted a cold light that was as sharp as a blade. He looked towards Shen Luo and shouted in a deep voice. It was a hoarse male voice.
Shen Luo was secretly alarmed. Before he came here, he had already smeared his body with a potion that could eliminate his scent. Moreover, he had held his breath. The distance between the two was more than ten zhang, but he was still discovered by the other party.
If the two were in different places, he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to discover the other party.
"I'm not being sneaky. I just arrived here a little earlier." Shen Luo thought for a while and walked out calmly. He then said in a hoarse voice.
The other party was wearing a ghost mask, so he was most likely going to the Ghost City. Sooner or later, they would meet, so there was no need to hide.
"You're also going to the Ghost City?" The grey-robed figure saw the mask on Shen Luo's face, and his tone was slightly surprised.
"That's right, Your Excellency's appearance is also the same. Since we're all traveling together, there's no need to make the atmosphere so tense." Shen Luo said with a smile, and sat down again.
The grey-robed figure slowly nodded, his gaze no longer sharp. He stepped into the pine forest, and just like Shen Luo, he began to look around.
"It seems that this person is also a novice, and it's his first time entering the Ghost City." Shen Luo secretly thought as he saw this scene.
The grey-robed figure looked around, but also found nothing. He didn't continue to search in vain, and also found a place more than ten zhang away from Shen Luo and sat down cross-legged.
The two sat in silence. Time passed little by little, and the night gradually deepened.
But in this wilderness, there was no night watchman to announce the time, nor was there the sound of roosters crowing. It was very difficult to grasp the time.
Shen Luo's lowered gaze suddenly lifted, and he stood up.
Calculating the time, this kind of thing, may be difficult for others, but he didn't have the least bit of effort. He had studied medicine since he was a child, and had once read a medical formula called "Meridian Flow". It said that the human body's twelve meridians corresponded to the twelve hours of the day. At different times, the flow of blood and qi in the twelve meridians would be slightly different. For example, at midnight, blood and qi would flow into the gallbladder meridian, and at midnight, blood and qi would flow into the liver meridian.
Over the years, he had been experimenting with the Meridian Flow and had completely mastered it. Based on the flow of his Qi and blood, he was able to reverse time.
Just now, his Qi and blood had begun to flow into the acupoints in his gallbladder meridian, which meant that it was almost midnight.
A trace of astonishment flashed through the grey-robed man's eyes as he noticed Shen Luo's actions. He also stood up.
At this moment, a bone-chilling coldness suddenly appeared in the nearby air. The mask on Shen Luo's face suddenly became ice-cold, and a faint black gas surged out from it, quickly enveloping his body, and then sticking close to his skin.
In just a few breaths, he had transformed into a brown-haired, black-skinned ghost. The aura he exuded instantly became cold and gloomy, no different from the other ghosts.
It was the same for the gray-robed man not far away. He had turned into a dark red ghost.
The two of them looked at each other with surprise in their eyes.
At the same time, the nearby void suddenly darkened, and countless gray mists appeared out of thin air, instantly drowning everything in the surroundings.
Shen Luo felt a chill in his heart, and turned his hand to take out the Ghost Howl Bracelet.
A yellow shadow flashed in his other hand, and two small thunder talismans appeared, ready to be used.
However, the gray mist only shrouded the surrounding void, and didn't have any other abnormalities.
The gray mist surged like flowing water for a moment, and then quickly dispersed. The surrounding scenery changed greatly, and was no longer the pine forest, but a desolate desert.
The ground was covered with black gravel, and there was no other sign of life except for a little moss growing in the crevices of the stones.
Moreover, there was a wisp of gray mist floating in this desolate desert, and one could only see up to twenty or thirty feet in front of them. Anything further than that would be shrouded by the gray mist, and nothing could be seen.
"Is this the Ghost City? How can it be so desolate? Let alone a market, there isn't even a shadow of a ghost. "Shen Luo's face revealed a look of astonishment as he saw this scene.
The grey-robed man stood less than five feet away from Shen Luo, and a gray ghost head blade appeared in his hand. He also looked around with a surprised face.
Shen Luo didn't immediately move, and looked around. He pondered for a moment, and then walked towards the grey-robed man.
When the man heard the sound, he immediately looked over with vigilance, and was very careful.
When Shen Luo saw him like this, he felt relieved.
"Fellow Daoist, I don't have any bad intentions. This place looks very strange, and we came from the same place, so we can be considered half of the same hometown. Why don't we work together? In case of an accident, we can take care of each other. "He didn't continue to approach, and stood a few feet away, and said with cupped hands.
The grey-robed man looked around, and after a moment of hesitation, nodded: "Okay."
Shen Luo's face showed a smile, and the ghost's mouth also drew back, maintaining the same expression as the main body.
"Since we're traveling together, let's exchange our names, so it's easier to call each other. I'm Tian Tiesheng." He borrowed the title of Senior Brother.
"My surname is Hong." The grey-robed man was silent for a moment, and then spoke.
After exchanging names, the atmosphere between the two eased a lot.
"So it's fellow Daoist Hong. I don't know if fellow Daoist has been to the Ghost City before?" Shen Luo asked.
"Never." The grey-robed man shook his head.
"I haven't either. With the current situation, let's look around." Shen Luo suggested.
"Mm." The other party grunted, and his words were as precious as gold.
Shen Luo looked around, and chose a direction to go. But the scenery in all directions was almost the same, and there was no difference, so he didn't pay attention to it for a while.
"Let's go this way." The grey-robed man suddenly spoke, and stepped in a direction.
Shen Luo recalled that the other party had discovered him from far away in the pine forest, so he should have a powerful detection technique. He didn't say anything, and stepped forward to follow.
However, in order to avoid getting lost, he would quietly make a mark on the ground after walking for a short distance.
The black desert was shrouded in fog, and everywhere was deathly silent. Only the sound of the two people's footsteps softly echoed in the air.
Shen Luo was able to keep his cool at first, but as time went by, there was no change in the surrounding situation, and he couldn't help but mutter in his heart.
After walking for a while, the surroundings were still the same. He couldn't help but open his mouth to ask the grey-robed man. His footsteps suddenly stopped, and he looked forward.
He saw a tall shadow emerge from the fog in the distance, and it seemed to be a mountain peak.
Shen Luo narrowed his eyes, and looked at the grey-robed man beside him. He saw that the other party's expression was calm, as if he wasn't surprised at all.
He couldn't help but be a little shocked. Could it be that the other party had already seen the shadow of the mountain from far away?
Shen Luo was a little surprised, but he didn't show it on his face. Just as he was about to speed up, he suddenly turned his head to look to the left.
A strange whistling sound came from there, sometimes high and sometimes low, and he couldn't hear what it was.
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