“Where? Where is he?” 

I felt 

inspired and jolted 

up immediately. 

I followed Chuyi’s line of sight and saw a short, bony old man leaving that house. He 

had

 a bucket on his back

 as he 

sneakily 

moved

 toward the river. When he came to the riverbank, he put the bucket 

in

 the water and got in

to it. He

 slowly 

paddled

 away. He looked like a child playing in a water park. 

I didn’t know what he was doing, so I asked Chuyi. 

He

 thought then answered, “Perhaps he’s trying to sense the Dragon Eye’s aura.” 

Chuyi 

grabbed his eight-faceted Han sword

,

 climbed off the water tower, 

and headed

 toward the riverbank. 

At this

 moment, the old man had paddled around a hundred meters away. Chuyi followed him alongside the riverbank. The old man suddenly took a turn

. However, a

simple

 structure obstructed our sight. 

W

hen we crossed those obstacles, the old man had already disappeared! 

“What should we do now?” I was a little flustered. 

Chuyi shot me a glance then jumped directly into the river. I wasn’t good at swimming, so I had to wait here. 

H

alf an hour later, Chuyi 

hadn’t

 returned. I had to walk on 

the 

small path alone. After a few steps, I saw Chuyi swimming toward me. I hurried to pull him up. He had blood all over his body

, and his

 face was strangely pale. 

“Hurry, carry me back.” Chuyi fainted after saying that. I didn’t know what had happened, but if the 

man

 could hurt him like this, he wasn’t weak at all. I clenched my jaw and picked him up

 before putting 

him on my back. I started to run towards our car. 

I had run for quite a long time, but I hadn’t gotten out of the place yet. Then, I realized the strange situation. When I came here, it didn’t take such a long time! I now knew I was in 

an

 illusion! 

Chuyi was right. This shabby, calm-looking village did 

hide a murderous

 aura! I stopped and took out the 

Illusory Mind Bell

. I wanted to use the bell 

to

 see if I could find the way out. But before I could shake it, Chuyi grabbed my hand. 

“Oh, you’re awake. What happened back there?” 

I cheered

 up

 and put 

him dow

n

. As long as he was with me, no matter what happened, I could feel at ease. 

However, Chuyi didn’t use the 

Illusory Mind Bell

. He put on a cold smirk and threw it far away. He turned to me

 and said in 

an amused ton

e,

 “Oh, with 

these

 mediocre 

skills

, you dare come to Dragon King Village?” 

“You… Who are you?” 

When the man spoke, it wasn’t Chuyi’s voice. Instinctively, I retreated

 and panicked

. 

He sneered and pulled 

off

 his facial skin, which revealed a withered, wrinkled face. 

“It’s you!” I looked at the old man in front of me

. I took 

a deep breath

 and said, 

“What did you do to 

my friend

?” 

“You should worry about yourself.” 

The old man retreated a few steps. All of a sudden, he disappeared into thin air. Then, I heard an incoming noise. I frowned

 and clutched 

the Holy Mother Scepter tightly. 

As the noise came closer, I saw numerous ghosts. 

T

his time, their target was me! They didn’t beset me or swarm over me at once. 

T

hey came 

orderly

 in groups from all directions. 

“

Screw

 you!” I couldn’t hel

p but curse

. Then, I hit the nearest ghost with the Emei Piercer. I now regretted 

not

bringing

 the Yin and Yang Umbrella. 

As they were coming in groups, I couldn’t capture them at once even if I used the 

Big

 Dipper Sirius Spell. Moreover, I was still in an 

illusion

. I 

c

ouldn’t waste a lot of strength on them. 

I was lucky that the withered, old man didn’t take my 

Illusory Mind Bell

. Wielding the Holy Mother Scepter and the Emei Piercer, I moved toward the 

Illusory Mind Bell

. When the 

Illusory Mind Bell

 was finally in my sight, I felt 

relieved

. I swept the Holy Mother Scepter 

a

round to force the approaching ghosts to back off. Then, I jumped and grabbed the 

Illusory Mind Bell. I shook 

it hard. 

However, the 

Illusory Mind Bell

 didn’t work. It didn’t affect those ghosts at all. 

On the contrary

, 

it seemed

 to make the ghosts more excited. It looked like the old man had deliberately left 

behind

 the bell. 

He was afraid of the 

Illusory Mind Bell

, but the ghosts weren’t! I didn’t have time to figure out 

the reason when

 a sharp pain hit my shoulder. I turned my head aside and saw a ghost tearing my shoulder! 

“Damn you! Get off me!” 

I stabbed the Emei Pierce into the soil and quickly took out a talisman

 before palming 

it on the ghost’s forehead. The ghost screeched and 

vanished into a

 wisp of smoke. The other ghost

s

 that were watching me halted at the scene. Their eyes moved

, looking 

here and there. I knew they were scared. 

It seemed they were afraid of spiritual talismans. I 

had

 finally found 

their weakness

. I took out a few talismans

 then 

proactively approac

hed

 the ghosts. 

They dispersed

 immediatel

y. However, 

the nearest ghosts weren’t that lucky. 

They vanished after being hit.

After confirming that they were scared of spirit talismans, I didn’t use the

m anymore

. With the Holy Mother Scepter in hand, I moved forward. Whenever they wanted to jump toward me, I would put my hand into my pocket as though I was about to take out the talismans. The ghost would freeze at that move. 

However, I was just pulling back and forth with the ghosts. As I didn’t have time to think abou

t

 how to escape th

e

 illusion

,

 I became 

restless. M

y movements were

n’t

 coordinated, either. 

The ghosts seemed to recognize my weakness. They started to swarm toward me like bees taking revenge for their broken hive. I had to quit my conservative 

tactic

 and use the talisman. 

However, there were so many of them. When they came near, I

subconsciously put my hand into my pocket and realized that I had used up my talismans! 

The ghosts halted. But then, 

seeing that

 I couldn’t take out more talismans, they became excited

. They shrilled and shrieked as they stormed 

toward me. 

A

s I was in this situation, I had no other choice. I read the 

Big

 Dipper Sirius Spell. The Holy Mother Scepter immediately radiated a gold light

 that expanded from 

me. The ghosts around me were smashed. 

Since the

re were too many of them

, the pressure the Holy Mother Scepter had to bear was getting bigger and bigger. I could feel my strength draining.

I decided to make the last bet

. I kept reading 

the spell to maximize my control 

of 

the scepter. 

After I had finished reading the spell, the Holy Mother Scepter floated 

up and hovered

 in the air while the gold light endlessly 

expanded. This move ended 

all the ghosts in this 

illusory

space

. 

I exhaled and squatted, gasping for my breath. I had to rub my belly in order not to vomit. 

“

D

ie!” 

Right 

at 

this moment, I heard the 

angry

 voice of the old man behind me. Immediately, cold energy ambushed me from behind. I knew it was a deadly attack, but I didn’t have enough strength to avoid

 it. 

It felt like I was 

hit 

by a train

. I was sent flying

 a few meters backward

 and 

vomited blood

. W

hen I fell, I didn’t even feel 

any

 pain

, but m

y limbs 

shook

 uncontrollably.