Chapter 310 - Move Faster (1/2)

Translator: Lonelytree  Editor: Millman97

“Chen Ge, should we wait for Captain Yan’s support team to come before we head into the mountain together?” Ol’ Wei looked at his phone that had no signal—the time shown was 00:50 am.

“It takes at least one hour to come from Jiujiang to Lin Guan Village. If we need to wait for them to enter the mountain, the sun will have already risen.” Chen Ge’s group had been walking through the forest for almost two hours, but there was still no sign of any village. All they could see were mountains and mountains.

“But can we do this with just the three of us?” Ol’ Wei was worried that if there was a real altercation, they probably still needed to worry about Master Bai.

“That shouldn’t be a problem.” Chen Ge had initially been worried about Master Bai’s physical condition, but after one hour of trekking, he realized that his worry was unfounded. Master Bai was healthy since he had grown up in the mountain and knew the local geography very well.

“What are you two mumbling about?” Master Bai walked in front with a branch. “A few more steps, and we’ll reach a fork in the fork. If we take the road going over the mountain top, we’ll need to walk for another two hours, but if we take the shortcut that crosses through the mountain valley, we’ll only need thirty minutes before we reach Coffin Village. Which one should we take?”

“Is the shortcut not an easy path to trek?” Chen Ge clearly understood that since Master Bai had brought it up, something had to be wrong with that path.

“Yes.” Master Bai’s face was serious. “The mountain valley is haunted.”

“Hauntings are fine. I thought you’re going to say that it is home to wolf dens.” Chen Ge patted his backpack, and the white cat poked its head out with dissatisfaction.

“Now, I’m curious. In your world, why are wolves more terrifying than ghosts?” Master Bai leaned against the branch. He could not understand Chen Ge’s way of thinking.

“Ghost are immaterial, but wolves are real.” Ol’ Wei did not believe in the talk of ghosts.

Chen Ge rolled his eyes but did not argue. “We’ll trek through the valley.”

“Are you sure? There are things in this world that can’t be explained.” Master Bai once again asked for their opinion.

“Master Bai, did something happen to you before?” Chen Ge saw the unnatural expression on the old man’s face. He was really reluctant to go through the valley. “You are very familiar with this path, so you must have taken it more than once already. We’re doing this to save the children, so I hope you won’t purposely hide something from us.”

“I’m not trying to, but I’m afraid you won’t believe me even if I tell you.” Master Bai shared the events from his youth. “My father knew a thing or two about medicine. In the forties, when there was an epidemic of the measles, he trekked through the mountains to help all the nearby villages, and it was then that he discovered Coffin Village.

“This village is isolated from the world, and there weren’t many who even knew how to read. They depended on folk remedy for their sickness, and when my father arrived, the condition of the village was very serious. To save the villagers of Coffin Village, my father paid the place several visits.

“At the time, I was still young, and my father wanted me to take over his practice. After all, a doctor is more respected than a farmer, so he would bring me on these visits. Everything was fine the first few times, but there was that one time my father got into an argument with one of the villagers. I’m not sure what the cause was.