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I surveyed the entire Seven Lords Temple with my discerning eye and, as expected, discovered a thick layer of purple mist entwined around the temple beams, even spreading throughout the temple halls. This purple mist, it seemed, was the "evil spirit" Su Xiaoniu had mentioned.

If these are really demonic auras rising into the sky, it is conceivable that there must be a powerful monster causing trouble here!

"Okay, I'll wait then." Ning Xue finished talking to the old temple keeper, then walked over to me, glanced at me, and whispered in my ear, "This old temple keeper is the man in the suit from before. What are you going to do next?"

It seems Ning Xue has also discovered the old temple keeper's face-changing trick. So, after a moment's thought, I said, "Let's not alert the enemy for now. Let's wait and see what happens."

As they spoke, I saw the three members of the family stand up and walk over to the old temple keeper. The haggard woman stuffed a hundred-yuan bill into the incense jar, while the old woman on crutches said in a hoarse voice, "Master Temple Keeper, this is the third time our family has come here to burn incense and pray. Why haven't any of our wishes been granted? Can't Master Seven hear us?"

The old temple keeper said noncommittally, "When your incense money reaches a certain amount, the Seventh Master will naturally sense your piety, and then your wish will be fulfilled."

The old woman exchanged a glance with the woman, who spoke with a look of sorrow, "Temple Keeper, to be honest, my husband went out to borrow money and never returned. Now, our family of three relies on me, a single woman, selling rice dumplings for a living. I have a ninety-year-old mother to support and an eight-year-old child to attend school. We're not well off financially, and we don't know how much incense money we need to offer to have the Seventh Lord hear our wishes... Could you please be flexible?"

The old temple keeper said without blinking, "That depends on whether Seventh Master agrees. I don't have the right to make the decision. How about this? Come to the temple tonight at 12:00 PM and follow me to see Seventh Master. You can talk to him yourself."

The woman was overjoyed and thanked him repeatedly, then left happily with the old woman and the child.

Su Xiaoniu said mischievously: "Come here to catch monsters at 11:00 tonight!"

Catch monsters?

Oh my god, I don’t even know what kind of monster it is!

But since Su Xiaoniu said to catch monsters, there must be monsters to catch! The time of Xu is around 7 o'clock in the evening.

After we discussed it, I pulled Ning Xue along and prepared to leave when the old temple keeper suddenly called out, "Since you've already worshipped the gods and made your wishes, why don't you come and offer some money for the incense?"

I paused, turned around and laughed, then replied, "I'm sorry, my girlfriend and I are together, and we have the same wish, so there's no need to pay double the incense money, right?" As I spoke, I put my arm around Ning Xue's shoulders, looking calm.

Ning Xue didn't react at first, seemingly stunned by my calling her "girlfriend." But she quickly recovered, stretched out her arms, and put them around my waist, saying with a smile, "She's my boyfriend. If you want double the incense money, it won't be too late to give it to you after my wish is fulfilled."

The old temple keeper's eyes twitched, and he couldn't utter a word.

However, at the moment when Ning Xue and I turned around and left sweetly, I clearly saw a creepy and sinister look flashing from the pupils of the old temple keeper, which frightened my scalp to the point of tingling.

As we walked out of the Jingong Palace, someone suddenly ran up to us and called out, "Miss, wait a minute!"

Looking back, I was startled. Wasn't this the man in the suit from before? The "old temple keeper" from the Seventh Master Temple. Why had he come out looking for us? Furthermore, this guy's face had changed into a red-shirted one, and now he was wearing a suit. From a distance, he looked like a beautiful, capable female bodyguard!

Ning Xue trembled when she saw this face. She hugged my arm tightly, and I could feel a hint of anxiety and anger coming from her. I whispered to her that she must not show her true colors at this time and must suppress her restless heart!

"Brother...beauty, what's wrong with calling my girlfriend?" I almost called him "brother", because in my subconscious, this guy was either a middle-aged man or a wrinkled old man, but now he had the face of a beauty in red, and I had to call her "beauty".

For now, I could only call her "the beautiful woman in a suit." She walked up to us and wasn't surprised that Ning Xue and I were a couple. Instead, she smiled familiarly and said, "I'm the sales manager for a facial mask company. Because this is a new product we've only recently developed, it hasn't been widely marketed yet. However, the effects are amazing. Look, I have a flawless face thanks to this mask. If you, your already young and beautiful girlfriend, use this product, you'll definitely be the most beautiful woman in the world within a month!"

A face mask? His beautiful face?

Oh shit, that’s how it is!

I suddenly remembered why the woman in red had her face dug out and died. It's likely because she tried this mask, and then, without anyone noticing, someone dug out her face. Thinking back to the many other faces the woman in the suit had, it seems like she wasn't the only one who was fooled by this mask. There were several others, including men, women, and children!

Now this guy is using Hong Yi's beautiful face to deceive Ning Xue and me again. Damn, does he think I'm stupid?

But now wasn't the time to expose this guy. I hesitated for a moment, then forced a smile and said, "Really? It's so effective? My girlfriend is already a beautiful woman. If she uses this mask, won't she be as beautiful as a fairy?"

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