Chapter 197: Nightmare Town (1)

The waiter couldn't help but be angry when he said this: "Don't you think the monster is extremely hateful? It deliberately caused such a disaster just to fill its own pockets!"

Lin Qingyue asked: "And then?"

The waiter curled his lips: "It was too greedy, it must have been exposed! People from above came, found out its identity as a monster, and captured and beheaded it."

"But after the monster died, it still wanted to make trouble, and actually ate all the people in Ping'an Town, it was truly terrifying!"

"And those innocent people who died unjustly, because their grievances are so overwhelming, linger in the town and refuse to leave. A perfectly good Ping'an Town has become a ghost town! Anyone who knows the inside story dares not set foot here, preferring to take a two-day detour on mountain roads rather than pass through Ping'an Town."

"However, there are also some people who don't believe in evil, and in order to save trouble, they take the route through Ping'an Town. Then... they never return."

"I heard that anyone who steps into that place will feel sleepy. Once they fall asleep, they will never wake up again. Therefore, Ping'an Town was later jokingly called Nightmare Town."

"Because the town is too evil, more than ten years have passed, and now it has become a place that no one cares about. Last year, a Feng Kingdom merchant team disappeared inside, and the matter was quite big."

"Several nearby countries, including Feng Kingdom, Guifang Kingdom, and Wan Kingdom, have all issued notices, recruiting capable people to drive away evil and solve this matter. Unfortunately, several batches of people have gone, and they have all gone and never returned. It's truly evil!"

"Oh right, three days ago, a few daring demon catchers went to Ping'an Town, and there has been no news since. I guess they also suffered."

"So that's how it is." Lin Qingyue nodded, and under the cover of the veil, the expression on her face could not be seen, but the waiter felt that she must have been scared too.

Thus, the waiter continued to promote his own inn: "Our guest rooms are clean and the price is affordable. Looking at the entire Wu'an county town, you definitely won't find one as good as ours."

Lin Qingyue said: "No need. I have a strange temper, and I don't like taking detours the most. Since no one walks there, I'll just have some peace and quiet."

The waiter was ready to help her check in, but didn't expect her to be so stubborn and not listen to advice.

The waiter snorted in disappointment: "Fine, then I wish Miss a smooth journey. Remember to buy more evil-avoiding items, so you don't go and never return."

Lin Qingyue didn't care, and after eating, she strolled around the county town, bought some things, and sat in the carriage, leaving Wu'an County.

Outside the county town, there were indeed two roads, one extending to the heavy mountains, which looked difficult to walk. The other was a flat path, winding forward.

At the entrance of the city, there was a soldier guarding.

At this moment, the sun was setting, and only people coming from the other side of the mountain were seen going to the county town.

And from the county town, only Lin Qingyue and her carriage came out.

The soldier guarding the road checked her customs clearance document and reminded: "The sun is about to set, the mountain road is difficult to walk, with many cliffs. It's better to leave the city tomorrow."

Lin Qingyue said: "It doesn't matter, I'm not taking the mountain road."

The soldier reacted and exclaimed: "Miss, you wouldn't be going to that Nightmare Town, would you?"

Another soldier on the side said: "It's normal for outsiders not to understand, and let me tell you, that town is strange, and it has been sealed..."

Lin Qingyue was not in a hurry, listening to him finish quietly, and it was indeed consistent with what the waiter said before.

Nightmare Town, no return.

"Thank you, soldiers, for telling me."

After speaking, Lin Qingyue lowered the curtain and sat back in the carriage, but still insisted on leaving.

"Hey, hey, I said you can't go, why don't you listen to advice?"

The soldier was a bit annoyed and stopped Lin Qingyue's carriage: "There is an order from above to prevent any further accidents, and no one is allowed to enter Nightmare Town."

Lin Qingyue smiled slightly: "Thank you both for your kindness, but I am not just a traveler. I happen to have some skills in subduing demons and driving away evil, and since I have to pass through here, I might as well help you solve this disaster."

As she said this, she lifted her sleeve and waved a force, easily sweeping away the two soldiers who were blocking the road.

And the carriage stepped on the afterglow of the sunset and went toward Nightmare Town without hesitation.

By the time the two soldiers came back to their senses, the carriage had already gone far.

"Hey, hey, come back! You really can't go!"

"Did you see that? The carriage had no driver but could walk by itself? Could it really be a capable person?"

"If she can really solve the problem, that would be good, I'm just afraid she won't return. Didn't the three people who went three days ago also claim to be capable, and they didn't return?"

The carriage traveled for about an hour, and the outline of a row of houses appeared in the distance, looking inexplicably desolate in the afterglow of the sunset.

The carriage stopped, Lin Qingyue lifted the curtain, and saw the road ahead blocked by wooden stakes and large stones, but one of the large stones had been moved away, and faint footprints could be seen on the desolate path.

Lin Qingyue didn't care about those details, but cast her gaze on a wooden sign standing beside it, only to see a line of small characters carved on it:

【Nightmare Town, no return, please do not enter!】

Lin Qingyue jumped off the carriage and patted the horse: "You don't go in, wait for me outside. After I deal with the evil spirits inside, you come in to pick me up."

The horse didn't know if it understood or not, lowering its head to gnaw on the wild grass by the roadside.

Lin Qingyue only took a crimson oil-paper umbrella and stepped into Nightmare Town with one foot.

The main road of the town was two long streets intersecting into a cross, which had cracked due to lack of repair.

The door panels of the shops along the street had long since rotted, and were groaning with creaks. The banners of "Wine Shop" and "Food Restaurant" had faded to gray-white, swaying in the wind.

The sun completely slipped into the embrace of the distant mountains, and the sky darkened suddenly. A cold chill rose, and pale gray thick fog drifted out from the streets and alleys, wrapping the houses, leaving only some blurred shadows.

Suddenly, a dragging sound came from the thick fog, and then two figures walked out from the gray fog, stumbling.

"It's already the third day, and we just can't walk out of this strange place!"

"Husband, I can't hold on anymore, are we really going to die here?"

"Wife, you hold on a little longer, there is a way, there must be a way out!"

The man comforted his wife in his mouth, but his voice was floating and panicked.

"Husband, look, there is a woman in black clothes ahead, she... is she human or ghost?"

Lin Qingyue looked at the two people, and saw that they were a couple in their twenties. The woman had a Bagua compass hanging from her waist. The man was holding a peach wood sword in one hand and supporting the woman beside him with the other.

They looked like people from the Jianghu.

The woman took out a compass and looked at it, saying: "The magic treasure has no abnormality, it's human, not a demon!"

Lin Qingyue said: "I am a passerby, passing through here. You... it looks like you are not doing well?" ===== CHAPTER 198 =====