Chapter 502: Blood Star Region (2/2)

The middle-aged ghost also went on to tell them that they were not in danger when staying in the ghost realm.

While they too had souls, these souls were within their bodies, and could not be consumed by a Ghost.

While the ghosts were somewhat envious of their life force, and the fact that they were alive, they would not feel any greed towards them. They knew their position well and understood that they were already another being than living humans.

Xue Wei found it extremely comfortable to speak with the middle-aged ghost, and even Lan was finding it fortunate that they had encountered this caravan on the way.

While they were very grateful, they never lowered their vigilance. They understood that although this ghost was telling them many things, they had no way of knowing if he was telling them the truth or not.

However, as their journey advanced, their connection grew closer.

The caravan would not stop, apart from when it reached villages. They did not need to pause at night as there was no need to eat. They did also not need to be careful of beasts attacking their caravan after twilight.

The only thing they had to watch out for was bandits. Bandits existed everywhere, especially in the Ghost Realm, where cannibalism was the only way to advance.

The middle-aged man was always keeping an eye on the display that showed the outside, even when speaking with Xue Wei and Lan. He was never tired, nor was he unhappy.

They had traveled for a few days, and up until now, Lan and Xue Wei had still not met anyone else in the caravan apart from the middle-aged ghost. However, a village was appearing in front of them.

It was not a big village, but it still housed around five hundred ghosts.

Xue Wei was shocked to see that although it was a small village, a giant wall had been erected around it, and one needed to enter through a small gate to visit the village.

The middle-aged ghost looked at the puzzled expression of Xue Wei and chuckled.

”This is literally a man eat man world,” he began to explain. ”Merchants such as myself are very suspicious. We need to accept a seal when we enter the city, making it so that we cannot attack their villagers, apart from self-defense.

”The seal only lasts for a week, and after that week, we will have left the village again. Each village and city has its own seal, and the seal they draw on your hand will only work for you, and only within the confines of that city.”

Xue Wei frowned. They had a lot of technology he had never seen or heard of before.