The driver, upon hearing Gu Zhiqi speak, immediately replied cheerfully, "We’ll be there in half an hour."
Gu Zhiqi, upon hearing this, clicked her tongue silently, confirming that the driver had indeed fallen for an Illusion Technique.
Gu Zhiqi slightly lowered her eyes, her fingers subtly moving, forming hand seals, and quickly producing an invisible hand seal.
She sent the hand seal into the driver’s body.
No sooner had the hand seal entered the driver’s body than the car suddenly came to a screeching halt.
With the ear-piercing sound of tires skidding across the pavement, the car stopped.
The driver wore a look of both terror and relief, gasping for air.
"Young lady, did you... did you see that person by the roadside?" The driver’s voice trembled slightly as he stared intently at the figure standing by the road.
Dressed in a white robe, with hair of black and white twisted into a bun, secured at the back of the head, the figure stood with their back to them by the roadside.
At first glance, it was indeed quite frightening.
Gu Zhiqi’s words allowed the driver to breathe a sigh of relief—it wasn’t just him who could see, so... it probably wasn’t anything filthy.
The driver rolled down the window and shouted at the figure, "Miss, going into the city? It’s quite late, and it’s hard to find a ride around here..."
The driver originally intended to give the person by the roadside a lift, but as he spoke, he abruptly fell silent.
Hadn’t they already entered the city?
Why were they still at Shadow Mountain?
The realization suddenly dawned on the driver, and he stopped talking abruptly. Then, his face turned pale in an instant, and he sat rigidly, staring fixedly at the scene outside the window.
In the driver’s terrified gaze, the figure standing by the roadside finally turned its head.
As soon as the driver got a clear view of the person at roadside, his eyes widened, and then he closed them, frightened unconscious.
Seeing that the driver had fainted, Gu Zhiqi no longer needed to knock him out herself, and she simply got out of the car.
The person standing by the roadside actually wasn’t too scary-looking; they merely dressed a bit oddly, with hair and beard of black and white, and a horsetail whisk under their arm.
When Gu Zhiqi got out of the car, the elderly figure spoke in a deep voice, "So you are Gu Zhiqi?"
Feeling the strong hostility emanating from the old man, Gu Zhiqi gently raised her eyebrows but did not speak.
Seeing Gu Zhiqi silent, the old man sneered coldly and continued with a darkened face, "Do you know Qiu Mingzi?"
Gu Zhiqi heard this and understood.
This was someone seeking revenge.
As Gu Zhiqi remained silent, the old man’s face darkened further, and he continued, "Did you kill Qiu Mingzi?"
Although he was asking, the tone was pretty certain.
Hearing Gu Zhiqi’s affirmative response, the old man’s face suddenly turned even uglier, his gaze filling swiftly with murderous intent.
His presence surged, the overwhelming pressure bearing down on Gu Zhiqi.
Gu Zhiqi showed no reaction, simply leaning lazily against the car door, watching the old man, and asked, "Who are you to him?"
"I am his elder brother, Qiu Yangzi." Qiu Yangzi’s eyes were filled with murderous and chilling intent, looking at Gu Zhiqi as if looking at a dead person.
Hearing his answer, Gu Zhiqi slightly curved her lips in a lazy smirk, half-closing her eyes as she asked Qiu Yangzi, "Do you know Wu Minfen?"
As soon as Gu Zhiqi asked the question, Qiu Yangzi’s expression flickered, a flash of astonishment quickly crossing the depths of his eyes, before his gaze returned to its cold demeanor, like a venomous snake staring at Gu Zhiqi, "What are you trying to do?"