A mildly anxious voice caused Gregory Xander’s expression to suddenly darken.
Without any hesitation, he directly signaled to the driver in front who was preparing to hit the highway,
"Driver, please turn around, we’re not going to the train station anymore."
The driver also heard the urgent plea for help just now, he didn’t ask more and quickly responded, changing lanes and turning around.
Following the synchronized address from the assistant, the car quickly arrived at the foot of a mountain.
Due to plot requirents, today’s filming location was set in a mountain not far from the film city.
There were quite a few costu dramas fild nearby in the past, but Director Ian didn’t want to duplicate scenes with other crews, so this ti, they chose a spot further into the mountains.
Unexpectedly, sothing went wrong.
The car drove up to the mid-mountain parking area designated for the crew and couldn’t go any further. The driver was about to ask Gregory Xander if he needed help, but when he turned his head, he saw Gregory Xander clutching a Yellow Talisman, rapidly chanting, his entire person seeming to speed up and quickly vanish down the mountain path.
The driver was dumbfounded, taking a mont to recover, he quickly clasped his hands and offered a swift prayer.
anwhile, the assistant was stationed at the mountain path entrance, looking anxious.
Until Gregory Xander suddenly appeared before her, she first froze, and the next mont, she seed to have seen a savior.
"Xander! You’re here!"
Gregory Xander gestured for her to lead the way, while asking, "What happened?"
In the voice ssage, the assistant only ntioned that sothing happened, but didn’t explain clearly. Now seeing Gregory Xander, she cald down and finally began to talk about today’s filming incident.
"Everything was normal initially, the mountain was checked by the staff ahead with no issues found, but during filming, Ariel said she wanted to take a walk nearby...
Then, suddenly, a fog rose in the mountain, blocking the view, by the ti I realized, Ariel was already missing.
Now the director and the crew are inside searching, Xander, are there mountain ghosts here? Ariel won’t be in trouble, will she?"
The assistant’s tone was anxious.
Gregory Xander’s expression was equally tense.
Because while following the assistant deeper into the mountain, he indeed sensed sothing odd.
It wasn’t Shadow Energy, but... Demon Energy.
Demon Energy with natural intimidation, sowhat familiar, but Gregory Xander couldn’t pinpoint it.
He had little contact with the Demon Clan, unlike Scarlett who could directly see the source of Demon Energy, even identify who it belonged to from the Demon Energy.
He could only use Spirit Talismans to identify the source of the Demon Energy, but one thing was sure, a special being indeed ca into this mountain.
After a brief assessnt, Gregory Xander directly indicated to the assistant,
"Contact the film crew and have them retreat from the mountain first."
If there’s danger in the mountain, then sending more people from the crew would only be like offering food to a beast.
Hearing Gregory’s words, the assistant’s expression changed,
"Are there really ghosts? What about Ariel? She cannot be hard..."
"Don’t worry. I will find her."
Gregory Xander spoke, glancing at the cute phone charm she was holding, knowing it belonged to Ariel, he decisively took it from her hand.
The assistant watched as he drew out a Spirit Talisman, attaching it to the phone, then quickly began chanting a spell,
"Right Southern Dipper, Left Seven Stars, Search and Track, Seek!"
With his final word of command, the Spirit Talisman adhered to the phone quickly ignited and burned.
The Talisman Paper instantly burned into ashes, and the resulting blue smoke ford a line, faintly extending toward a certain direction.
The assistant was left in awe, but Gregory Xander didn’t mind her anymore, taking the phone and following the direction pointed by the smoke line swiftly.
The smoke line was ford based on the aura of Ariel lingering on the phone, once the aura dissipates, the smoke line would vanish too.
This thod usually only works within a limited range for searching, going further would require close blood relations as guidance to find soone.
Gregory Xander adhered a Hastening Talisman, swiftly moving through the mountain.
Encountering bushes or thickets, he traversed them without hesitation.
However, upon entering the mountain, the smoke line was clearly disrupted by the forest fog.
The smoke that was initially clear began dispersing.
Even for a cultivator susceptible to interference, let alone Ariel, an ordinary person.
Though aware she had an Amulet, he was just worried...
Suddenly, he rembered—Amulet!
The Amulet contained Scarlett Jennings’ Spiritual Power, she should be able to sense the bearer’s location.
But she was in Sea City, too far away, even rushing here would take ti.
Gregory Xander forced himself to calm down, paused to think, finally he thought of another item.
"I just wonder... whether she’s carrying it."
Considering it was a filming session, she didn’t even carry her phone, the probability of carrying that item was very low, but... just in case?
Gregory Xander decided to give it a try.
Storing the phone away, he pricked his finger, gathering a drop of Energy Blood at the fingertip, using blood as a guide, he quickly cast a mantra, attempting to reconnect with the lost little paperman fragnt.
The paperman carried his Spiritual Power, deeply linked to him, if she carried the paperman, perhaps he could locate her position.
Witnessing the Blood Pearl falling, it quickly transford into a point of spiritual light flying into the mist.
And the next mont, Gregory Xander successfully reestablished a connection with the little paperman.
He tried locating the position of the little paperman, soon his eyes brightened.
His fragnt little paperman was also in the mountain, and was with Ariel Zimrman!
...
Elsewhere, within the mountain.
Ariel Zimrman had been wandering alone in the mountain for nearly half an hour.
Initially thinking it was a simple fog occurrence, but no matter how she walked, she seed unable to reach the crew’s location.
"Sister Ian! Where are you guys?!"
Ariel slumped despondently against a tree, looking at the woods nearly engulfed in the mist, she subconsciously gripped the Blessing Bag at her chest, her voice carrying a hint of grievance,
"I knew I was being watched again."
Since last night, when the room inexplicably felt like soone entered, covering her with a blanket and turning off the lights, she should have realized she was being observed.
As expected, trouble happened just as filming started today.
Could she possibly have entered a Ghost Realm?
Like the ga Ghost Realm Scarlett and others were dragged into back then.
"I should have sought help from Gregory Xander earlier."
Last night, stubbornly refusing to ssage him for help, today she found she couldn’t even send a ssage.
Ariel pondered with frustration, just feeling an unexpected heat at her chest.
Lowering her head, she intended to open her collar to see what was happening, the next second, found herself locking eyes with the little paperman’s head poking from her neckline.
Indeed, despite the paperman lacking eyes, she felt an unmistakable gaze.
Her water-like eyes gradually widened, watching the little paperman swiftly climbing out from her garnt, her voice a mixture of surprise and delight,
"You can still move?!"
She thought it beca a re paper figurine after delivering the dicine!
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