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Chapter 28 Misleading
There are two reasons why Zhou You chose the left option.

First, the path of the female ghost is the easiest to walk. The path of the eyeball ghost on the right is too dark and the road conditions are too bad. The devout ghost in the middle is at the end of the road, so the distance that needs to be run is almost doubled.

Second, among all ghosts, the eyeball will die as soon as it turns its head, while the devout ghost goes a step further and will be decapitated as soon as it is seen. Only the female ghost's face peeling requires a certain amount of time to activate.

All things considered, this is the best option. The only problem is whether the female ghost will trigger spatial folding after it is activated—but judging from the results, Zhou You made the right bet!

The white-clad figure was no longer in sight, but a furious howl followed behind him, and a chilling aura seemed to seep into his bones. Zhou You did not stop, but sprinted out of the three-way intersection and then turned and ran in another direction without hesitation.

His purpose is simple.

That's the old hag's hometown!

The howling behind him clung to him like a leech, and even though he couldn't see the other's face, judging from the shrill and resentful voice, if Zhou You were caught this time, the fate he would suffer would probably be hundreds of times more terrifying than being skinned alive.

But he wasn't afraid at all. He just used his knife to cut his arm every time he slowed down, until his entire arm was covered in blood, before he finally arrived at the shop.

The shop had an even more eerie atmosphere at night than during the day. Zhou You didn't knock on the door, but kicked it open and then grabbed the doorknob and pulled it tight!

A few seconds later, the lingering chill behind me finally dissipated, and it seemed that the old woman was right; the house did indeed have the effect of shielding monsters from its senses.

However, the enraged creature had no intention of giving up. Even after it had retreated into the house, Zhou You could still hear its persistent wailing.

"Well, at least I can catch my breath now. I've really lost a lot of blood on this journey."

Zhou You shook his head with a wry smile, and just as he raised his head, he suddenly saw a pair of eyes.

A pair of aged, angry eyes that seemed to want to devour him alive.

But looking into those eyes, Zhou You suddenly laughed.

"Oh my, isn't this the proprietress? You're still open so late? You must be working so hard. Oh, by the way, have you eaten yet?"

However, the other person completely ignored his enthusiastic greeting and instead gritted his teeth and said, word by word.

"Didn't I tell you? Don't cause me any trouble, but you actually invited this guy over, and even deliberately led him to my doorstep. What exactly are you trying to do?!"

Zhou You's smile remained unchanged, and his tone even suggested a newfound familiarity in their conversation.

"Boss lady, can you please not be so rude? What do you mean by 'deliberately'? I ran into this guy by accident, and having nowhere else to go, I could only think of coming to your shop to hide. You're so kind, you won't refuse me, will you?"

Hearing this blatant provocation, the witch revealed a sinister smile. Her fingernails twisted and lengthened like withered branches, and she immediately wanted to teach this arrogant brat a lesson—

But upon seeing that still calm face, the person suddenly stopped moving.

—No, this guy's behavior is completely different from during the day. Something's definitely up. So, is this guy setting some kind of trap for me?
The witch quickly went through her list of enemies in her mind, but none of them matched the man in front of her.

In the end, it could only grit its teeth and point to the door.

"Get out of here! This shop isn't serving you anymore. If you know what's good for you and leave, I might not hold this against you!"

who ever thought.

The man grinned and then said slowly, "What if I don't leave?"

The old hag immediately burst into laughter in anger.

Under this series of provocations, it stopped thinking about its enemies—after all, they couldn't cause any trouble just by wandering around its shop. As for the subsequent conspiracies, it would deal with them later—how could a witch like it, a human, ride on its head?

Then he opened his hand, which was now like a sharp dagger, and grinned maliciously.

"Then don't leave. My legs have been a bit injured lately, and I was just thinking of getting new ones. Just leave your body here as compensation!"

Just before it was about to make its move, a clear bell suddenly rang out.

The next moment, it was as if the pause button had been pressed, and all the movements stopped.

The old hag stopped her clawing motion, straightened her body, and stiffly looked outside. Sometime earlier, the wailing had ceased, and now, behind the shop's door, faint sobbing could be heard.

—The 'faceless ghost' is right next to us.

Upon seeing this, the proprietress suddenly raised her head and stared intently at Zhou You.

"What exactly did you do??"

"It's nothing, actually."

Zhou You just smiled, then took the bell that could startle monsters off his wrist and casually twirled it with his index finger.

"This is just a little precaution I'm taking to avoid you, boss, going through a menopausal flare-up. It's really too impulsive of you to act this way. But don't misunderstand, I'm just doing this to protect myself, I really don't mean any harm."

The proprietress didn't reply; it just stared intently at the spinning bell. After a long while, it finally spoke, "What exactly do you want?"

"It's so convenient talking to smart people." Zhou You stopped what he was doing and said with a forced smile. "What I need is very simple. Boss lady, you should have something that can help someone avoid these guys, right? I really don't want to sacrifice my own internal organs or anything like that, so could you please give me some on credit?"

The other party's eyes instantly turned hungry, but looking at the bell that could be shaken at any moment, it could only grit its teeth, take a face mask out of the stall, and throw it to Zhou You.

"Alright, you've got what you wanted. Even with this, that thing outside can't kill you. You can get lost now!"

However, Zhou You did not move.

He casually shoved the face into his pocket and continued speaking.

“I told you, it’s ‘those’ guys, so please give me everything.”

"You fucking...don't go too far!"

"Don't joke around. Even if I were more ruthless, could I compare to you taking advantage of someone in distress and using them as spare parts?" Zhou You shook the bell, and a faint, clear sound rang out. "The remaining two, please hand them over, otherwise I don't care if we die together here—I'm just a nobody, exchanging myself for a cunning old hag like you, isn't that a win-win situation?"

A dozen seconds later, an eyeball and a piece of incense were thrown over.

"Are you satisfied now?"

"Satisfied, of course I'm satisfied. I didn't expect you to be so generous. Thank you so much." Zhou You smiled broadly. Just when the old woman thought he was finally going to leave, he suddenly remembered something and raised his scarred right arm again.

"Oh, by the way, there's one last thing I could ask you. You see, I got so many injuries to my arms while rushing here. Do you have any ointment you could use to help me out?"

This time, the old hag wasn't even bothered to get angry. She looked at Zhou You as if she wanted to memorize his figure, and then casually tossed a few small boxes over.

"That's all. If you make any more demands, I'd rather die with you than not kill you. You can get lost now."

Only then did Zhou You stop smiling. He didn't turn around, but simply backed away until he reached the door, where he straightened up.

then.

Suddenly, he put the bell back on his wrist and shook it vigorously.

The next moment, a scream that didn't sound like a human voice suddenly rang out.

"What are you doing?! I've already fulfilled all your requests, do you really want to die?!"

But Zhou You simply raised the blood-stained knife, pointed it at his heart, and then said with a smile.

“I’m used to death, it’s no big deal to me, but how should I put it, since we’ve already made enemies, I won’t give you any chance to get in my way.”

"Of course, the main reason is..."

Zhou You slowly plunged the blade into his own chest.

"—As someone who just wants to have fun, I genuinely want to smash up your shop."

Immediately afterwards, accompanied by a sharp shriek, the figure in white rushed in!
(End of this chapter)