Chapter 66.1 (2/2)

Everyone was stunned. Kisaragi paused before continuing to say with a solemn expression, “To be precise, there should have been a bridge. It was an old bridge that has been built for many years, the exact age of the bridge can’t be counted. The residents of Hundred Ghost Village have cherished and protected this bridge for generations, and this bridge was also an important passage for Hundred Ghost Village to the outside world… Until a rare flood broke the bridge a few years ago and the bridge was broken.”

Xiao Tangqiu followed Kisaragi’s line of sight, and there were indeed a few bluestone slabs marking the broken bridge not far away. It looked like the bridge was broken completely back then.

After Xiao Tangqiu calmed down from his near-death experience, he remembered something, “The woman in the red kimono… is it Hashihime?”

Xue Junli pushed his glasses, “It does sound a bit like it. Hovering on a bridge, dragging pedestrians across the bridge to drown…”

Tang Mianmian asked, “What is Hashihime? Is it also in the Hundred Ghost Night Parade?”

Xiao Tangqiu nodded, “It is said that after a prostitute who was unable to stay with her lover fell into the water and drowned, she turned into a ghost and wandered on the bridge she drowned from.”

Tang Mianmian murmured, “The bridge is already broken and she has nothing and no one left. Why is she still so restless?”

Xiao Tangqiu smiled and didn’t know what to say. If Shen Yuan hadn’t come to rescue him just now, he’s afraid he would have become one of the countless drowned ghosts at the bottom of the river.

Duan Hongzhen cut in, not feeling any pressure from adding oil to the fire as a bystander, “You really have a trouble-attracting body. Why are you always entangled by beautiful women? I really couldn’t tell that your luck in romance is pretty good.”

Xiao Tangqiu silently glanced at Shen Yuan’s dark expression and said quietly, “They are obviously picking on soft persimmons. Who made me the weakest among us?”

Shen Yuan’s complexion looked better but he was still unhappy, “With me around, they better not even think about it!”

Xiao Tangqiu quickly changed the subject, “Alright, let’s hurry and change clothes! Aren’t you cold?”

In consideration of the presence of ladies, the two of them went off a ways before they changed their clothes.

After Xiao Tangqiu quickly changed, he turned around and saw that Shen Yuan had already finished changing and was staring at him.

Even though Xiao Tangqiu’s heart was steady, he became embarrassed being stared at by Shen Yuan. “…What’s there to look at, is it good looking?”

Shen Yuan nodded, “Looks good.”

Xiao Tangqiu was speechless, “…We are all the same, what’s there to see.”

Shen Yuan thought for a while and answered the question seriously, “You’re a size smaller, very cute, small everywhere.”

Xiao Tangqiu blushed, “Don’t go too far! Our height is not that different!”

Shen Yuan was about to explain with a serious look, “It’s there…”

Xiao Tangqiu quickly covered his mouth with and exclaimed sternly, “Alright! We still have important things to do! Let’s go!”

As soon as he released his hand, Shen Yuan continued and said, “Everywhere is cute.”

Xiao Tangqiu quickly peeled a piece of candy, threw it into Shen Yuan’s mouth to block it, “Eat candy!”

Seeing that Shen Yuan finally stopped teasing him, Xiao Tangqiu said quietly, “You little rascal, learning bad things.”

Shen Yuan cheeks were filled with candy and mumbled, “…I’m telling the truth.”

Xiao Tangqiu glared at Shen Yuan, turned his head, and returned to the group.

“Okay, let’s go quickly, otherwise, we’ll likely be back in the tunnel again soon.” Xue Junli glanced at Xiao Tangqiu, then at the Shen Yuan who followed as he spoke gravely.

Watches from the City of the Abyss could not be brought into instances. They didn’t have any timing tools so they could only rely on their internal clocks and estimations. People who were not sensitive to time might be out of luck in this instance and completely blindsided. Fortunately, they could still judge an approximate time based on the level of brightness in the sky.

Although there should still be some time before dawn, they did not dare to delay and soon continued on the journey.

This time they did not encounter any more incidents and were able to smoothly follow Kisaragi to a building.

Xiao Tangqiu looked up and saw that it was clearly a school. The front building was a teaching building and each floor of the building were classrooms.

A school? What did the Miko bring them to this place for?