Who You Are

Chapter 119 - Oooh, Juniors!

The sudden peculiar noises of a bamboo pole knocking on the ground sounded loud then soft, far then near, making it so that it was impossible to determine where or what exactly was making it.

Wei Wuxian, "All of you, come over. Huddle close. Don't move and don't attack."

Amid the fog, if the juniors all withdrew their swords and attempted to attack, it'd be possible for them to hurt themselves instead of the enemy. After a moment, the noise stopped.

Having waited in silence for a few seconds, one disciple spoke under his breath, "It's that again... Just how long is it going to follow us for?!"

Wei Wuxian, "It's been following you?"

Lan Sizhui, "After we entered the city, because the fog was too thick and it would be easy to wander off, we decided to walk closely together. Then, we suddenly heard the noise. At the time, it was not as fast. It went quite slowly, one knock at a time. Through the fog, we also managed to see a short shadow walk past, right in front of us. But when we chased over, it disappeared. The noise has been following us ever since."

Wei Wuxian, "How short?"

Lan Sizhui gestured at his chest, "Very short. Very small."

Wei Wuxian, "How long have you been here for?"

Lan Sizhui, "Around fifteen minutes."

"Fifteen minutes?" Wei Wuxian asked, "Hanguang Jun, how long have we been here for?"

Lan Wangji's voice sounded from behind the hazy fog, "Around thirty minutes."

"Look," Wei Wuxian continued, "We've been here for longer than you did. How is it possible that you ended up in front of us, and only ran into us after you turned around?"

Jin Ling couldn't help but replied, "We never turned around. We've always been walking forward, following this path."

If both of them were walking forward, then would it be possible that someone jinxed the path and made it into a cyclic maze array?

Wei Wuxian asked again, "Have you tried using your swords to fly up and see?"

Lan Sizhui, "Yes. I thought that I flew a long distance upward, but it was actually not that high. And there were also some fuzzy shadows darting here and there. I did not know what they were and was afraid that I could not deal with them, so I came down."

Hearing this, everyone was silent for a while. Since the Shudong area was foggy anyway, they never thought too much about the fog in the city. Now, it seemed that the fog didn't form naturally and really was a ghostly mist.

Lan Jingyi was shocked, "The fog wouldn't be poisonous, would it?!"

Wei Wuxian, "It probably isn't. We've been in here for quite a while, and we're still alive."

Jin Ling, "I should've brought Fairy with me. It's all because of your damned donkey."

Hearing the dog's name, goosebumps climbed all over Wei Wuxian's back. He then heard Lan Jingyi shout, "We have not even blamed your dog yet! It opened its mouth to bite first, and then it ended up with Lil' Apple's hoove. Whose fault was that? Anyhow, neither of them can move at this point."

Wei Wuxian, "What?! My Lil' Apple was bitten by a dog?!"

Jin Ling, "How can that donkey be more important than my spiritual dog? Fairy was given to me by my youngest uncle. If something happened to it, not even ten thousand donkeys could pay for it!"