"Rumble! Rumble!"
With a loud thunder, Zhang Yang turned over in the broken temple as he was thinking about his future.
As a transmigrator, he had yet to receive a cheat like the system.
Fortunately, the original body was still quite capable and had passed the scholar examination a month ago.
However, perhaps due to overwork, the original body fell seriously ill and died on the way back home, which benefited Zhang Yang who had transmigrated here.
From the current situation, this world was a fictional era, somewhat similar to the ancient Blue Star.
The original owner's parents had passed away long ago, and there was only an old servant named Zhang Xing left in the family. He was a refugee taken in by the original owner's grandfather when he was young. He grew up in the Zhang family and was loyal to the Zhang family.
On the way back, the two of them ran out of money. When they arrived at Tiger Subdue Mountain, they encountered continuous torrential rain. They could only temporarily stay in this dilapidated small temple and prepared to continue their journey when the weather improved.
However, the thunderstorm tonight was a bit abnormal. The constant thunderclaps made Zhang Yang's heart palpitate. Zhang Yang was a bit worried about whether the old temple would collapse and bury the two people alive.
Zhang Yang slowly fell asleep in a daze.
After a long while, Zhang Yang suddenly woke up as he heard a great commotion outside the broken temple.
It was never too much to be careful outside, especially in the wilderness. One had to be vigilant at all times. Otherwise, one day, one would fail miserably.
Zhang Xing, who was beside him, was also woken up. He turned over and sat up straight.
"Young Master!"
"Don't make a sound. Let's pack up and hide behind the statue.”
Zhang Yang said decisively after being silent for a few seconds.
"Oh, I know, Young Master."
Zhang Xing immediately came to his senses and quickly packed up their bags. Then, he followed behind his young master and hid behind the statue.
The two of them held their breaths and tried not to make a sound.
"Aiyo, this rain is so cold. It won't stop.”
"Hurry up and hide in the broken temple.”
"Tie the horse well. Don't lose it!”
A clamor came from outside the temple. Not long after, seven or eight men dressed as merchants walked into the temple.
After observing them for a long time, Zhang Yang felt that these people were not robbers. Therefore, he pulled Zhang Xing out from behind the joss.
"Hey, there's someone here."
The sudden appearance of the two shocked the merchants in the temple.
"I'm sorry for scaring you! We came here to hide from the rain. We heard a lot of noise outside and were afraid that there would be bandits, so we hid.”
Zhang Yang cupped his hands towards them and explained the whole story.
"So that's how it is. You have to be careful when you're out.”
The few merchants nodded in unison. Clearly, they were often outside and had encountered such situations before.
After exchanging greetings with them, Zhang Yang confirmed their identities.
They were all merchants who traveled the world to sell some things to earn some hard-earned money to support their families.
The merchant took out some firewood and lit a fire to bake the bread.
"Scholar Zhang, I'll give you these pancakes. It's hot, and the taste is not bad."
A merchant named Zhang Cheng enthusiastically brought over a few pieces of flatbread.
"Hey, thank you."
Zhang Yang slightly declined it as he accepted it.
It just so happened that he and Zhang Xing had not eaten much for two days, and their stomachs were already hungry.
It was late at night. Zhang Yang and Zhang Xing fell asleep again.
Other than one of the merchants who stayed on guard, the rest also went to sleep.
…………
In the dark forest outside the small temple, a dim light suddenly appeared in the air more than ten meters high.
Then, the dim light slowly expanded, and gradually, a hideous face appeared. Then, the neck, upper body, legs, feet, and other parts appeared one after another.
Not long after, an ugly and terrifying female ghost let out a hoarse howl.
"Woo…"
Zhang Yang who was taking a rest near the wall suddenly sat up straight.
"What's that sound? How terrifying!"
Zhang Yang threw a glance at the gate of the broken temple out of instinct.
The merchants on night duty were leaning against the wall and dozing off. The rest of the merchants were lying not far from the bonfire, sleeping soundly.
As Zhang Xing was old, he was a light sleeper. Therefore, Zhang Yang woke him up.
"Young Master, what's wrong?"
"Uncle Xing, did you hear a strange sound?”
"No, I didn't." Zhang Xing frowned." Did Young Master have a nightmare?”
"Nightmare? It's possible!" Zhang Yang nodded.
Perhaps, it was really just a nightmare!
It was easy for people to have some terrifying associations in the wilderness.
"Uncle Xing, go to sleep!"
"Oh, there's still some time before dawn. Young Master, you should sleep a little longer.”
"Alright."
The two people lay down again; however, Zhang Yang couldn't fall asleep no matter how hard he tried.
He could only lie quietly on the hay and count the stars.
A long shadow suddenly appeared at the entrance of the ruined temple.
Except for Zhang Yang, all the others in the temple had fallen asleep. Nobody noticed this weird shadow.
The shadow slowly extended into the temple, like a viscous black spring, slowly flowing into the temple.
Zhang Yang slightly turned over at the corner of the small temple as he threw a glance at the distance.
"Hmm?"
There seemed to be a strange black shadow lying on top of a merchant.
Zhang Yang quivered as he widely opened his eyes.
"What is this? Could it be…"
The black shadow had the outline of a human, floating about ten centimeters above the merchant.
Mouth to mouth, sucking something.
"Female ghost? Absorb Yang Qi?"
Zhang Yang's worldview which he had formed in his previous life completely collapsed. He was so scared that he dared not move at all. Only after a few seconds, he had been drenched in cold sweat all over.
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