After traveling through the book, I conquered the male protagonist Long Aotian!

Suddenly, a sinister voice quietly emerged from the surroundings. The voice was like a ghost humming in the dark night. It seemed like crying but not crying, laughing but not laughing, happy but not happy, sad but not sad.

The sound seemed to come from the underworld, so ethereal that it made people's backs chill, and as strange as a ghost floating in the middle of the night.

It was like an invisible silk thread, spreading rapidly in all directions, as if enveloping the entire space in this mysterious and terrifying atmosphere.

However, the bearers carrying the sedan seemed to be unaffected at all, and continued to move forward steadily at the original speed.

They looked calm and focused on the road beneath their feet, as if the strange sound did not exist at all.

Even Gu Qingze did not say anything. He looked calm and did not seem to notice anything unusual.

Everything around seemed so quiet, as if time had stopped at this moment.

"Qingze." Chu Lingxiao's voice instantly broke the silence. There was a hint of nervousness in his voice, and his vigilance was at its highest at this moment.

Chu Lingxiao sat in the beautifully decorated sedan, his body slightly sideways, his eyes revealing a thoughtful look.

Gu Qingze asked quickly: "What's wrong? Is there anything unusual?"

Chu Lingxiao warned in a low voice: "It seems that a ghost cultivator has come. I heard a strange voice that is hard to tell whether it is male or female. The voice is sometimes sharp like a woman's cry, and sometimes low like a man's roar. It is impossible to tell."

Gu Qingze was slightly stunned, then said: "I didn't hear any movement."

He tilted his ear slightly to listen, and all he could hear was the slight sound of the wind and the steady footsteps of the sedan bearers.

As a cultivator with keen perception, he could not hear this strange sound, let alone the other ordinary sedan bearers.

"That's strange." Chu Lingxiao slightly raised the corners of his mouth and revealed a faint smile.

There was a hint of helplessness and doubt in his smile. "It seems that the ghost cultivator deliberately let only me hear it, or in other words, only the bride sitting in the sedan chair could hear it. Perhaps, this ghost cultivator has some special purpose, or is testing something."

Gu Qingze asked: "Then how dangerous do you feel it is?"

There was a hint of worry in his eyes. After all, facing an unknown ghost cultivator, no one knew what dangers might occur.

Chu Lingxiao thought for a moment, but did not directly answer his question. He just said:

"It's probably just in the testing phase now. It hasn't shown up yet and could escape at any time. So we should pretend we don't know and not act rashly. The best strategy is to keep moving. This way we can lure it out completely. We need to stay alert and wait for the right opportunity to defeat it in one fell swoop."

Gu Qingze nodded: "If Ling Xiao hears any other noise, remember to report to me at any time."

Chu Lingxiao replied: "I understand."

However, after walking for a while, the sedan bearers slowed down.

Although they still didn't hear any sound, a gloomy atmosphere quietly enveloped them.

An inexplicable fear surged in their hearts, as if a pair of invisible eyes were watching them in the darkness.

This fear made their steps heavy, and their premonition told them that if they continued to move forward, they might encounter an accident.

After Gu Qingze noticed it, he immediately reminded them: "Don't stop. If you don't want to die too quickly, just pretend nothing happened and keep moving forward."

There was a kind of majesty in his voice that made people dare not disobey.

When the sedan bearers heard his words, they all obeyed and resumed their previous speed.

There was no other reason. Gu Qingze was an immortal cultivator sent by Qingyun Sect to complete a mission, and he had proved his identity to them, otherwise he would not have been able to sneak into the wedding procession.

In the eyes of those who cannot practice cultivation, Gu Qingze is an immortal with great magical powers. When faced with danger, they naturally have to listen to the immortal's words.

Chu Lingxiao reported calmly: "Qingze, that voice seems to be speaking."

Gu Qingze asked, "What did you say?" There was a hint of expectation in his eyes, hoping to get some useful information from Chu Lingxiao.

Chu Lingxiao described it this way: "I can't hear it clearly for now, it's vague, as if my tongue has been cut off and I can only whimper. The sound is vague and seems to come from a faraway place, making it hard to grasp."

Gu Qingze commented: "Although I can't hear it, Ling Xiao's description is really a bit creepy."

Although he said this, his words were extremely calm, and nothing else could be said except that he deepened his vigilance.

The voice gradually became clearer. Chu Lingxiao distinguished it carefully and repeated it to Gu Qingze bit by bit:

"...Why...the bride...get on the sedan...hate...jealousy...cry...laugh...die...corpse...grave..."

Gu Qingze asked in confusion: "Ling Xiao, why are you retelling it so disjointedly? It feels like these words can form many stories."

Chu Lingxiao explained: "Because this sound is sometimes clear and sometimes still fuzzy, it is not easy for me to distinguish these."

As he was talking, he seemed to have thought of something and suddenly said, "Wait a minute, I think I know what it wants me to do."

There was a hint of excitement in his eyes, as if he had found a key to solve the puzzle.

Gu Qingze was a little confused: "What does it want you to do?"

"As Qingze said before, there are very few brides who don't cry when they get into the bridal sedan. I wonder if it's because those brides cried that they died."

"But then I thought about it and I heard the word 'laugh'. I thought that if the bride married a good man, she would also feel happy."

"These two emotions intertwined, leaving the bride at a loss as to what to do... Having said so much, I actually just wanted to try to see what the ghost cultivator could do to me if I cried and laughed at the same time."

Gu Qingze was a little confused: "Crying and laughing at the same time? I've only heard of not being able to laugh or cry at the same time." There was a hint of doubt in his voice, and he still didn't understand Chu Lingxiao's thoughts.

Chu Lingxiao explained: "This is very simple. She was crying but she was smiling with the corners of her mouth raised, as if she was very happy."

"Hmm... It's similar to crying with joy, but different. It's like being extremely sad and then happy again, but not quite the same either. They are in perfect harmony, with a hint of harmony in the contradiction, and contradiction in the harmony."

After listening to this, Gu Qingze exclaimed: "Wow, if it is really as Ling Xiao described, it would require very high acting skills."

Chu Lingxiao said modestly: "It's not that difficult actually. Thanks to Mr. Qingze's personal instruction, I can't say I've mastered it, but I can say I've learned a little bit."

There is a big difference between the two...they are almost worlds apart.

Gu Qingze couldn't help but silently complain in his heart.

"In fact, it's not just because of these that I thought of this possibility. More importantly, when that voice just came, it was full of contradictory feelings, like joy and sorrow, like crying and laughing, like a man and a woman. So I think this kind of contradictory feeling is also needed to break the deadlock."

After Chu Lingxiao finished speaking, he suddenly fell into a brief silence, and then suddenly spoke:

"Qingze, be prepared. I have already done this. I cried and laughed at the same time. The voice became noticeably more urgent. I have a feeling that it will come soon."

There was a hint of nervousness in his voice, as if he was anticipating an impending battle.