Chapter 197 I am waiting for a girl named Mei

In addition to the smell of blood, there is also a rotten stench, like the smell of a rotting corpse, or like foul water and mud, the smell is extremely unpleasant.

The moment Meng Zhi smelled the fishy odor, he became extremely alert.

The evil monsters sealed by Dongyin Kingdom also have this smell. The black sticky insects parasitic on the monsters' skin will devour spiritual energy.

It is the breath of immortality.

The source of the smell was accompanied by a strange wave, which continuously absorbed the spiritual power.

Judging from the direction in which the spiritual power was absorbed, the evil creature sealed in Xicheng is most likely hidden in the statue of fertility.

"Please make way and stop standing at the bridgehead blocking the way. I'm waiting to worship the statue of fertility." The aunt behind me urged.

"Get out of the way quickly, my daughter-in-law is waiting for me to send her blessings back."

A middle-aged woman with her hair tied up in a bun appeared, holding a vegetable basket on her wrist. The corner of the cloth covering the basket was lifted up, and Ye Xingzhou vaguely saw that there were chickens inside for offering as sacrifices.

"No."

Meng Zhi stood still with her arms around her, not moving to give way. "It's such a wide bridge. You don't want to go east or west, but you have to come to me."

"Hey, young man, how can you talk like that? Can't I just walk in the middle for good luck?"

The aunt's tone just got louder and she didn't have time to vent her anger when Ye Xingzhou called her and she calmed down.

"Sister, who did you say you wanted to send blessings to?"

My aunt choked, her angry words stuck in her throat, and her attention was immediately diverted. "What did you call me?"

"Sister." Ye Xingzhou blinked, "Is there anything wrong with calling me that?"

Meng Zhi blocked his ears and couldn't hear anything.

Having never heard such a sweet word "sister" in her life, the auntie immediately laughed and said, "Why call me sister? My son is the same age as you. Call me auntie."

Isn’t this a good thing? It’s just a ready-made connection for gathering information.

Ye Xingzhou looked at his aunt carefully, his eyes full of admiration, "I still call you sister, you are too young, I can't call you aunt."

My aunt covered her mouth and laughed for a long time, her cheeks turned red, and the winter chill was mostly gone.

"This kid has a really sweet mouth." After her aunt had finished laughing, she answered Ye Xingzhou's question, "My daughter-in-law got pregnant last month. She's been vomiting a lot these days and can't eat anything."

"The Li family's wife said that if we go to worship the statue of fertility, this won't happen. I was thinking of coming here to worship it."

When talking about her daughter-in-law, the aunt's face showed worry, and she reached out and touched the chicken in the basket.

"This chicken would be great for my daughter-in-law's health, but it's a shame to offer it as a sacrifice and not be able to eat it."

"I didn't believe in these things originally. My daughter-in-law got pregnant without even praying to the fertility statue. But she's been feeling unwell these days and can't take her medicine. My heart aches, so I decided to come and pray."

The aunt hesitated, looked towards the other end of the bridge, and when she saw the tall stone statue, she was obviously hesitant to speak.

Ye Xingzhou rolled his eyes and said, "Auntie, have you ever seen a child born by Baisongzi?"

"I've seen it. It's the Li family's wife. She gave birth to a white and chubby boy, but..."

Before she finished speaking, my aunt gripped the basket tightly, and suddenly her face looked conflicted.

She raised her eyes and glanced at the statue of childbearing, and goose bumps appeared on the back of her hands again. She called Ye Xingzhou to walk to the alley where the stone statue was carried.

"Since you are stopping me here today, I won't go to pay my respects." The first thing my aunt said when she reached the alley was that she would not go to pay her respects.

Ye Xingzhou was a little surprised. What changed his mind? His aunt's next words answered his doubts.

"We had the hundred-day banquet yesterday. I felt terrified the moment I looked at that child. His eyes were pitch black, with no white visible. When he stared at people, it was inexplicably unsettling."

My aunt murmured softly, "It just feels a little lacking in vitality."

After that, she advised, "My son, I think you are from another place, so don't go to look at it. I get scared when I see the stone statue."

"Thank you, sister." Ye Xingzhou nodded.

"What are you thanking me for?" Auntie waved her hand and said kindly, "I just thought you were such a sweet talker that I wanted to chat with you. If it were someone else, I wouldn't be willing to waste my breath."

After saying that, she glanced at Meng Zhi, who had a stern face, and almost called him out by name.

Meng Zhi was speechless.

The aunt looked at the sky and immediately picked up the basket and went back.

"It's getting late. I have to go back and make some chicken soup for my daughter-in-law. It's a pity that this chicken can't be eaten by humans, so I have to feed it to Da Huang. Oh, there are still a few chickens."

The aunt scratched her head, moved her slightly plump body, and walked nimbly in the snow. There was a patch on one corner of her coarse cotton jacket, and her muttering drifted away with the wind.

Ye Xingzhou: "Junior brother, it's getting dark, let's find an inn to stay for the night."

"Um."

Meng Zhi walked side by side with Ye Xingzhou, holding hands, leaving two long footprints on the snow, which were soon covered by snow again.

The inn is not far from the Statue of Child-Giving, located on the second floor. As soon as you open the window, you can see the Statue of Child-Giving and the Moon-Watching Tower on the opposite bank.

The statue of the child-giving god stands on the river bank. Surprisingly, the stone statue is not in the shape of a monster as imagined, but a human figure.

It is a statue of a deity with eyes closed, hands folded on chest, indistinguishable between male and female, with a kind and sad expression.

On the left side of the stone statue is a seven-story spiral tower, which is the Moon-Watching Tower.

The cold and hard texture of the stone was mixed with the wind and snow, and I felt shivering with cold at just a quick glance.

Ye Xingzhou looked away and said to Meng Zhi, "Junior brother, don't look into the statue's eyes."

"knew."

Meng Zhi stuffed the warm hand warmer into Ye Xingzhou's arms, and Ye Xingzhou tilted his head.

"Junior brother, won't you ask me why?"

Meng Zhi: "It's not like you can't speak."

"Okay." Ye Xingzhou closed the window and sat back down by the brazier.

"My second brother saw the stone statue with its eyes open and developed a desire to kill, so he went to the ghost market to find a solution."

Ye Xingzhou recounted everything Mu Liushui had told him, "The stone statue emerged from the center of the formation because the Moon-Watching Tower was loose during construction."

Meng Zhi: "Oh, so this time we're dealing with the stone statue?"

Meng Zhi picked up the fire tongs and dug out the burnt firewood, then threw two potatoes into the firewood sparks to roast.

Not to mention, Meng Zhi doesn't know how to cook in a pot, but she has learned how to roast with firewood from Ye Xingzhou.

Ye Xingzhou supported his chin and looked at Meng Zhi's face which was flushed by the firelight.

"Not really. I'm waiting for a girl named Mei."

Meng Zhi stopped flipping the roasted meat. He instantly raised his eyelids and stared at Ye Xingzhou with a look of gnashing teeth.

"Ye Xingzhou, who have you provoked again?"

Ye Xingzhou was unwilling to say that he had tolerated the poem about the two fish playing in the water, but now another person came and caused trouble.

"Junior brother, I haven't incurred any emotional debt. Just listen to me first." Ye Xingzhou instantly raised his hands. "When I went to Chaoxi Mountain, I was entrusted by a senior on his deathbed. His Red Tassel Spear Society recognized Miss Mei as its master. The senior asked me to bring Miss Mei back to the sect."

Only then did Meng Zhi retract his gaze towards the knife-wielding man.

Ye Xingzhou touched his chin and said, "It might be Miss Mei who will take action to deal with the stone statue."

He had seen the Red Tassel Spear spirit in action when he was in Chaoxi Mountain. Yue Qianpan's Red Tassel Spear, like the Cangqing Sword and the Zhumie Sword, could restrain the Immortal.

Yue Qianpan is also a fortune teller. He was asked to come to Xicheng and wait for others. He must have planned to find the person who would find the Red Tassel Spear in order to solve the problem of the stone statue.

Once Miss Mei hears what he says, we will solve it together.