Little Taotie was extremely anxious, her small brows furrowed tightly with a serious look on her face.

But as time slowly passed, the little girl still couldn’t pinpoint an exact direction.

A gust of wind blew by, causing the Horse-Faced Bell hanging at her waist to sway.

Little Taotie immediately realized that since she couldn’t discern the direction, perhaps she could find some outside help!

Little Taotie shook the Horse-Faced Bell vigorously, calling out to Feng Qi and Feng Qi’s two apprentices. Anyone could come out, as long as they knew which direction to go.

Feng Qi flew out of the Horse-Faced Bell, lazily stretching her tail, which brushed against Little Taotie’s little ears.

Feng Qi chuckled and asked, "Do you want big sister to help?"

Little Taotie tilted her head to look at her, obediently and sweetly nodding.

"Let me see, oh, the aura is quite strong, it must be a thousand-year-old ghost." Feng Qi hopped from one intersection to another, her cute little nose twitching, her pointed ears flicking, before her spirited tail pointed in a direction: "The aura is most intense and has lasted the longest in this direction."

Little Taotie’s furrowed brows relaxed, and she grinned broadly.

"Don’t smile with that face, you don’t have dimples, it makes you look like a fool," Feng Qi quipped.

Little Taotie shyly scratched the corner of her mouth where the dimples used to be, her cheeks slightly red. "Thank you, Sister Feng Qi～"

Feng Qi clicked her tongue twice internally: You’re still so sweet, once you recover all your memories, you’ll surely regret calling me big sister every day!

"Alright, if there’s nothing else, I’m going back to sleep." 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

"Okay!"

Feng Qi returned to the Horse-Faced Bell, and Little Taotie pointed in the direction Feng Qi indicated, full of confidence. "Sister Yuanyuan, Brother Jiang Si, Ghost ran this way, let’s hurry and chase!"

Yuanyuan and Jiang Si exchanged a glance, with a hint of confusion in their eyes.

Because from their perspective, Little Taotie had just shaken the soundless Horse-Faced Bell, then started muttering to herself, mumbling indistinctly, and then was able to point out the direction effortlessly.

Yuanyuan had a suspicion that there was... a ghost in this Horse-Faced Bell?

Actually, Jiang Si had heard some rumors, the captain had mentioned before that Little Taotie’s Horse-Faced Bell was quite special and housed a powerful presence.

At that time, when the captain said "powerful," his gaze was meaningful.

Obviously, this "powerful presence" was extraordinary, perhaps... a ghost!

Yuanyuan and Jiang Si exchanged another glance, understanding flashing in their eyes, and they chose to trust Little Taotie, abandoning the other two directions and only pursued the direction Little Taotie pointed out.

Jiang Si found Little Taotie’s short legs cumbersome, so he hoisted her onto his shoulder, running swiftly.

Little Taotie, a bit unstable, directly grabbed Jiang Si’s hair.

Her small hand clutched his not-so-long hair, Jiang Si’s brow twitched, but he said nothing.

After chasing for two kilometers, they arrived at a stretch of wasteland.

This was a long-abandoned farm, where no one had cultivated for ages.

"The Yin Qi here is dense," Little Taotie wrinkled her nose.

Jiang Si put her down, rubbed his head, feeling that if Little Taotie kept clutching it, he would skip twenty years and end up in the Mediterranean.

Feng Qi drifted out of the Horse-Faced Bell again, squinting her fox eyes, surveying the desolate area before her.

At this moment, in Feng Qi and Little Taotie’s vision, the desolate scene transformed, with Yin Qi becoming visible blue-green smoke rising from the ground, turning the landscape into a cluster of ancient brick and tile houses.