𝓑𝓵𝓸𝓼𝓼𝓸𝓶 𝓛𝓲𝓴𝓮 𝓪 𝓕𝓵𝓸𝔀𝓮𝓻 (MDZS fanfic) ||COMPLETE||

Chapter 27 - Grasses part 2

The sudden peculiar noises of a bamboo pole knocking on the ground sounded loud then soft, far than 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?"

Hearing that, whatever creature it was, has been following them for a while now, Lan Mingyu asked her 2 junior brothers, her cousin, and OuYang ZiZhen, "why didn't you send out the flares I gave to the four of you?" Lan JingYi looked down, "we didn't want to bother you."

Lan Mingyu took a deep breath and exhaled to calm her temper, seeing this, Lan SiZhui, Lan JingYi, Jin Ling, and OuYang ZiZhen knew they were going to get an earful after this.

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 the three 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."

Lan Mingyu, "then why didn't you bring Kirara? Since she is familiar with you and you're basically her third master."

Jin Ling, "Uncle borrowed her to track you down since the only thing you left is a note saying 'I have to cut my visit short, I'm going with uncle WangJi with Senior Mo.'"