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Chapter 86: The Debt of a Ghost and a Dead Person

The team from the Exorcism Bureau headed northeast and entered the mountains by another road.

A captain in the team took a look and quietly reported to Fu Jingyu: "Sir, this doesn't seem to be the mountain road that the townspeople usually take."

The sound was neither too loud nor too soft, just enough for Xu Yuan next to him to hear.

In this team, Fu Jingyu, Old Yan and Lu Zhengyan have absolutely no opinion about Xu Yuan.

But most of these ordinary captains had some competitive spirit in their hearts.

An outsider is giving orders.

And I heard that the old man has already promised me the position of "Inspector".

These ordinary captains have fought for the Quhui Division for several years, and they only have two cloud patterns on their sleeves at most.

They think they are "unconvinced", but in fact they are just jealous.

Xu Yuan, however, seemed unaware and, holding Dafu in his arms, explained, "On the road we often walk on, there are Meirenba and Maoerzhong.

No burials are allowed today. The corpse woman at Mao'er Tomb is extremely dangerous—you can't go down that road."

The captain naturally didn't quite believe it, but then he saw that a few woodcutters and merchants were following the team one after another and entering the mountains along this road, so he didn't say anything more.

Xu Yuan, on the other hand, seemed to be interested and started chatting with the captain, "Are you familiar with this town?"

The captain replied, "I had a chat with the guy from the Liuji Village Winery across the street yesterday afternoon."

Xu Yuan and Fu Jingyu went to see Grandma Ying, and the captains were not idle either.

In that case... After entering the mountain, Xu Yuan said: "Since you are familiar with it, then you can lead the way."

Several captains hesitated for a moment and looked at the man who had just spoken. There were two cloud patterns on his sleeves.

"This... Actually, we have only briefly understood the situation of the town. Of course, we are not as familiar with it as Master Xu. It is better for you to lead the way."

The captains were not convinced, but they were far from being jealous to the point of losing their minds.

How dangerous is a "barbaric place" like Guiwu Mountain?
Just relying on a few words with Ah Guang, you dare to lead the way? That's courting death.

"Oh." Xu Yuan agreed and said, "Then the route I lead may not be the one that the townspeople often take."

The captain's old face turned red and he remained silent.

Xu Yuan stopped talking and didn't say anything more.

But it is impossible to ask him to swallow his anger.

Entering the mountain was a lush forest. Xu Yuan walked in carefully and said, "Every tree here is a debt collector.

Even if you only pluck one leaf from it, it will come to you in your dreams every night to collect the debt. If you can't pay it back, it will be whipped by its branches. By the seventh day, your soul will be completely shattered."

Xu Yuan dodged a twig and warned everyone, "Everyone stay away from me. Follow my example and don't let anything happen to you."

Everyone kept a distance of about two meters from Xu Yuan.

They followed the same path that Xu Yuan took.

Dead leaves on the ground don’t count, but if there is a fallen leaf that is still a little green, you must never step on it.

Xu Yuan was walking when a branch suddenly bounced towards him horizontally.

A few leaves were about to hit Xu Yuan, but Xu Yuan suddenly slid down from the branches, his body close to the ground.

Xu Yuan turned around a dozen feet away, stared at the branch and recognized it: "When did this scammer sneak in?!"

The scam failed, and the leaves on the branch shook and rustled, and the curses were very unpleasant.

"Go around." Xu Yuan said to the people behind him.

It’s not as simple as just saying it. Xu Yuan has to go back first and lead the way for everyone.

This wasted a lot of time.

Finally exiting the forest, Xu Yuan's expression turned grim. The captains smiled faintly, a hint of sarcasm in their laughter.

Xu Yuan was annoyed. If the team went deep into Guiwu Mountain and there was indecision within, the result would be obvious.

He had just subdued those captains, but was ruined by this "scammer".

Suddenly, there was a faint dull sound of tree roots tangling and tree trunks colliding behind me.

It lasted for a long time, and then a tree was squeezed out in a mess.

Xu Yuan mercilessly vented his anger on him.

call!
The whole tree quickly caught fire. In the raging fire, the branches twisted and emitted bursts of squeaking screams.

Xu Yuan stretched out his hand and released the animal tendon rope, which tightly wrapped around the scammer ghost in the fire to prevent it from falling into the woods and being held accountable by the debt collector ghosts.

Xu Yuan was not afraid of a scammer. If they had not been in the woods just now, Xu Yuan would have taught it how to be a tree on the spot.

The captains looked confused: What's going on?

Xu Yuan said, "Other debt collectors also looked down on this kind of stuff and chased it away."

The captains were silent, proving that Xu Yuan had not made a mistake before and there was indeed no such a beast in the forest.

"Let's go." Xu Yuan burned the unruly scammer into ashes and continued his journey with everyone.

There are still several dangers ahead, Xu Yuan knows all of this, as he had just walked this road not long ago.

"The place we're going to pass next is called Guofengguan." Xu Yuan stopped, turned around and said solemnly to everyone, "Remember one thing about this place: don't pick up other people's money!"

"Don't pick it up, no matter if it's a copper coin or gold, silver, pearls or jade, don't pick it up!"

Mr. Yan asked tentatively, "Dead man's money?"

Xu Yuan nodded: "If you pick up money, you owe a debt to the dead, and you have to pay it with your life."

The mountains on both sides of the Fengguan Pass are steep, and the pass in the middle is seven or eight feet wide and five miles long.

The captains walked through the middle and accidentally kicked out a gold ingot from the grass.

But with Xu Yuan's reminder, everyone pretended not to see it.

Seeing that they were about to get out of the pass, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

This level was relatively easy for them. After all, the people from the Exorcism Bureau were not ignorant mountain people who could not move when they saw gold and silver.

A mountain breeze blew, and several objects floated in the sky. One of them stuck to the face of a captain with a snap.

It happened to fall and slipped into the collar of my shirt!

It was the captain who spoke before.

The captain's face turned pale, and his companions subconsciously took a few steps away from him.

Xu Yuan said to the mountain with a stern face: "You are not following the rules!"

Old Yan and Lu Zhengyan came quickly and urged the captain: "Don't try to get it out with your hands. Take off your clothes, quickly!"

The captain hurriedly took off his coat, and a silver note fell out from between his collars, which was worth five thousand taels!
Not long after it hit the ground, it turned into a pile of yellow paper money.

The captain panicked: "This, this, this... I didn't pick it up, it fell down by itself..."

Xu Yuan came over with a frown on his face: "The evil spirit won't reason with you."

"Mr. Xu, please think of a way. I was wrong before. Please don't bear grudges..." The captain bowed and begged. He had doubted Xu Yuan just now, but now he was very clear that only Xu Yuan could find a way to save his life.

Xu Yuan didn't say anything. He looked at the mountains on both sides and whispered in confusion, "Why are these evil spirits so disobedient today?"

Suddenly, a scammer sneaks in from the group of debt collectors in front. Now that no one is picking up the dead person's money, he actually tries to force it on you.

Once may be a coincidence, but twice... in Ghost Witch Mountain, it cannot be explained by coincidence.

(End of this chapter)