The Lord of Void and Real

Chapter 266: Companionship (Five more completed)

The gray-robed figure suddenly stopped, his eyes beneath the mask shooting cold and sharp beams towards Shen Luo. His voice was deep and hoarse, articulating the words of a man.

Shen Luo was startled. Before his arrival, he had smeared a scent-eliminating potion over himself and held his breath well in advance. Despite being more than a dozen feet away from each other, he was still detected by the other party.

If their positions were reversed, he believed he might not have noticed the other party.

“No, I’m not up to any mischief. I just arrived here earlier,” Shen Luo said in a hoarse voice, his thoughts turning quickly as he walked out nonchalantly.

The man was wearing a ghost face mask, likely headed for the Ghost Market, they were bound to meet sooner or later, so there was no point in hiding.

“Are you going to the Ghost Market too?” The gray-robed figure looked a bit surprised seeing the mask on Shen Luo’s face.

“Indeed, it appears to be the case for you as well, Your Excellency. Since we are all on the same path, there is no need for such a tense atmosphere,” Shen Luo said, laughing, and sat down again.

The gray-robed figure slowly nodded, his gaze no longer as sharp as before, he walked into the pine forest and like Shen Luo, he began to look around.

“It seems that this person is also a newcomer, entering the Ghost Market for the first time,” Shen Luo muttered to himself.

The gray-robed figure

“Daoist friend, forgive my approach. I have no malicious intentions. This place appears to be strange, and since we both came from the same place, we can consider ourselves half fellow townsmen. Shall we work together? By doing so, if any accident occurs, we can take care of each other,” he suggested, stopping at a distance of a foot, and in a polite gesture.

The man in the gray robe looked around and, after hesitating for a moment, he nodded. “Okay.”

A smile crept onto Shen Luo’s face, and the mouth corners of the transformed ghost also turned upward, oddly mirroring his actual expression.

“Since we’ll be working together, we should share our names for ease of reference. I am Tian Tiesheng.” He ‘borrowed’ his Senior Brother’s name.

“My surname is Hong,” replied the gray-robed man after a moment of silence.

After exchanging names, the atmosphere between the two men relaxed somewhat.

“I see, so you’re Daoist Hong. Have you visited the Ghost Market in the past?” inquired Shen Luo.

“Never,” shook the man in the gray robe.

“I haven’t either. Given the circumstances, we should explore the place,” suggested Shen Luo.

“Hmm,” replied Daoist Hong, his words as precious as gold.

Shen Luo looked around, trying to choose a direction to move ahead. But the view was the same in all directions, leaving him clueless.

“Let’s go this way,” said the gray-robed man suddenly, striding in a direction.

Shen Luo, remembering how the man had noticed him from a great distance back in the Green Pine Forest, assumed that the man must have powerful detection abilities. Without any objection, he followed suit.

However, to prevent getting lost, he quietly marked the ground every few steps.

The black desert was covered in mist, eerily silent save for the two men’s footsteps echoing in the void.

Shen Luo could initially keep calm, but as time passed without any change in the surroundings, he began to feel restless.

After they had walked a certain distance, the surroundings still remained the same. Getting a little impatient, Shen Luo was about to ask the man in gray robe when his gaze was suddenly drawn to the front.

From afar, the shadows of something huge, which seemed like a mountain peak, emerged in the mist.

Shen Luo squinted at the sight, then glanced over at the man in the gray robe. However, the man seemed undisturbed, showing no signs of surprise.

His heart gave a start. Could the man have spotted the mountainous shadows from afar earlier?

Shen Luo was somewhat shocked inside but showed nothing externally. He was about to speed up when suddenly he turned to look to his left.

A gusty sound came from that direction, its volume fluctuating irregularly, making it difficult to understand.

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