After Swapping Identities With My Archenemy - Chapter 23

Chapter 23: Seeing a Ghost Again

Those two icy hands came at the right time to cover Jiang Huaiyi’s eyes. Her stomach churned violently, to the point where she would vomit if she looked at it any longer.

The teeth-grinding chewing sound echoed in her ears. Jiang Huaiyi could even imagine how those people were eating.

She spoke with some difficulty and asked, “Is this what you meant by fear?”

Her voice was trembling. Shen Wensi thought she was terrified and said, “Regret it now?”

Jiang Huaiyi took two deep breaths and struggled to utter a few words: “No regrets.”

The person next to her gasped slightly, as if a little surprised.

She had thought that Jiang Huaiyi would be as scared as she was before, but she didn’t expect this reaction.

She wondered if she was just being stubborn.

“The people in the enchantment can’t eat, but eating things from the outside will accelerate the changes in their bodies.”

The change was right in front of them. She saw the tense jawline of Jiang Huaiyi from clenching her back teeth. She reached out her hand and slowly lowered her own hand.

Jiang Huaiyi still didn’t dare to open her eyes, but she tried her best to control her tone and said, “I have more here, sister. Eat more.”

Her nose was filled with the smell of rot, but she wasn’t as scared as she was before. A good person, no matter what they turned into, would not harm her.

The fear of their physical form was suppressed by other emotions in her heart at this moment. Although she still didn’t dare to look at the thing in front of her, this was the first time since the “Ten-Mile Wasteland Cemetery” that she had other emotions besides fear when she saw a ghost.

Jiang Huaiyi chewed on this emotion and felt that it was actually quite good.

She acknowledged Shen Wensi’s words and continued to look at the words on the wall. She hadn’t looked at them carefully after being interrupted by that child just now.

She figured they were left behind by the people who were trapped inside.

The handwriting on it was clear and didn’t look like it had been there for a long time.

If this place was really an air-raid shelter, it should have been bombed and collapsed. There should have been no empty space. After so many years, these shallow marks would have been eroded and become blurry.

If they found the scroll on the fine silk cloth, the “Enchantment” would likely be broken.

At that time, this small world below would also cease to exist, and it would be very difficult for them to get out.

Finding the scroll was important, but thinking of a way to get out beforehand was even more important.

Jiang Huaiyi told Shen Wensi about her speculations and thoughts. The other person listened, lowered her head, and thought for a long time.

Just as Jiang Huaiyi thought she wouldn’t speak, she slowly leaned closer to her ear and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear:

“Doesn’t the ‘Xuanmen’ school have a wall-passing spell? Did you learn it?”

Jiang Huaiyi’s eyes lit up immediately. It was true that they had a wall-passing spell. Her chaotic memory began to return.

Ever since their identities were swapped by a twist of fate, the memories in her mind were as if they were missing a piece.

She couldn’t remember many of the Daoist spells from before. With this reminder, she immediately remembered.

Jiang Huaiyi nodded affirmatively: “It’s usable, but I don’t know how thick the wall is.”

Shen Wensi looked up at the outside: “I remember there was a door by the pond before. That side should be easier to get through.”

Jiang Huaiyi was a little speechless. She was pulled into the water by the little ghost before she even got to that door.

Logically, going down from that door should be the same. It was just her bad luck that she suffered for nothing.

She almost drowned in this pond. After she got out, she had to properly send off the souls trapped here.

Otherwise, more people would be caught here in the future. Now that this area was developed, this was definitely a big hidden danger for the surrounding residents.

She turned her head slightly and also leaned into her ear: “Then let’s go out this way first, find the location of that door, and then see where the scroll is.”

Shen Wensi grabbed her and pressed her back to her original spot: “There’s no rush now. Let’s first determine the location of the scroll. We’ll go out and find the door later.”

As she spoke, she paused and looked at Jiang Huaiyi with a somewhat complex expression. She might have been injured somewhere. Her expression was not very good.

“My ears hurt a little. Let’s wait a bit longer before we go.”

Jiang Huaiyi suddenly realized. They hadn’t rested for long. After they got out, she had to find a hospital to get her checked.

She didn’t know if it was because of the magical array inside the “Enchantment” or if she was truly injured, but Shen Wensi looked extremely weak now.

Jiang Huaiyi had never seen her like this before. When she was at the main house, she was always very capable. These two times, she also looked like she was in control of everything.

Now, her face was pale, and a thin layer of sweat even oozed from her forehead. The corners of her eyes were even stained with a light red from the unbearable pain.

Her whole body was leaning to the side, looking incredibly fragile.

She silently sat back next to Shen Wensi. The two of them were a little closer. She took out the fine silk cloth from her pocket.

The candlelight flickered. They could only barely see the shape of the scroll on it. Their location was marked with two light blue dots.

Jiang Huaiyi took a look. The scroll’s location was a little different from before. It seemed to be a little closer to them. Their two heads were close together.

Jiang Huaiyi suddenly remembered a folk spell, “Incense for Asking Directions.” You would pour incense ash into a sandbox and perform a ritual to invite a deity.

The person holding the incense would swallow a talisman and could draw a route on the incense ash to achieve a tracking effect.

However, this method had a condition: you had to get a personal item from the person you were tracking beforehand.

So this idea just passed through her mind and was immediately rejected.

Jiang Huaiyi was in thought and didn’t put all her attention on the fine silk cloth. Shen Wensi’s soft “huh” came from her ear. Only then did she put her gaze back.

“Why does the scroll on it seem to be moving?”

Her voice was very light, but it was like a thunderclap to Jiang Huaiyi. She rushed to stare at the scroll.

The flickering position just now was enough to make her feel startled and something was wrong. Now she was even more shocked.

She stared at the scroll symbol on the fine silk cloth without blinking and found that the scroll seemed to have moved.

She gasped for air and didn’t dare to move a muscle. The candlelight cast a long shadow of her finger. The scroll was slowly moving toward their direction.

It was outside the shadow just now. In just a few breaths, it was already in the shadow.

Why was the scroll running? Where was it going to run?

Was the reason they couldn’t find it just now because the scroll had run away?

Looking at the scroll that was getting closer and closer, both of them couldn’t sit still anymore.

Jiang Huaiyi stood up first, gathering her courage to look at the people in front of her.

She found that they were the same as before, with no changes. The food was also long gone.

The faces of the few people looked a little better. They all looked at her with confusion as she stood bent over in the short cave.

She got up and started digging the dirt that had collapsed. The entrance was covered a lot, blocking their way out.

Shen Wensi also wanted to help, but seeing that she was not in a good condition, Jiang Huaiyi just told her to sit on the side.

Watching her dig.

The scroll on the fine silk cloth was getting closer and closer. Jiang Huaiyi was a little excited, and she dug faster.

As she dug, a faint light came from outside. She looked down at the fine silk cloth and found that the scroll was already close to them at some point.

It had overlapped with their location. She excitedly looked up and saw a pale face appear at the entrance of the cave that had just been dug out, trying its best to squeeze inside.

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