Chapter 174 — The Man in Black
The Sword Questions the Heavens · Page 6 of 6
After a long while, he sighed once in the darkness and walked on. Whatever the future held, for now one had to keep moving forward.
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At the other end of that unknown forest, deep in the darkness, another strange black figure stood gazing from afar at Zeng Shuchang and his party. It was none other than Mr. Ghost.
Even now his eyes seemed uncertain, startled and doubtful, and his look was one of deep puzzlement; he thought long and hard, yet could not fathom it. After a long while, he saw that the Qingyun disciples' search was ranging wider and wider—yet any discerning eye could tell at a glance that this was already the prelude to giving up. Searching in such a manner, in a forest so vast, how could they ever find anyone?
Sure enough, after a short while Zeng Shuchang's voice rang out again: "Enough. All of you, come back."
The Qingyun disciples were plainly only too glad to hear these words, and all came filing back. Mr. Ghost watched from afar as Zeng Shuchang counted his people, then turned and led the disciples away in the direction of Canglan Mountain, gradually vanishing into the dense forest.
Slowly he emerged from the darkness and stepped forth, but his gaze drifted far away, toward the direction those mysterious men in black had taken, and he gazed long and deeply.
In the wind and rain, a voice seemed to murmur low: "So there are others who take an interest in him after all..."