"Don't get excited. Everything will be fine tomorrow." I comforted her and calmed the woman down.

I asked Ning Xue to chat with the woman, and Hong Yi stayed beside Ning Xue. I sat down on the worn sofa in the corner of the room to rest, while I spoke to Su Xiaoniu in my mind about how to deal with the Myriad Demon Flower King.

Su Xiaoniu said to me nonchalantly, "The Myriad Demon Flower King is difficult to deal with, especially in a place like that with so many trees and bushes. It's even more difficult! The only way to deal with her is to wait until daytime and lure her out of that dry forest. As long as she leaves that place, and it's daytime, then it will be easy to deal with her!"

I nodded. It seems that if I want to deal with the King of All Demons and Flowers, I have to wait until tomorrow and lure the King of All Demons and Flowers out of the dead forest!

"Xu Fei?" Ning Xue suddenly came over and called me softly. Seeing me lying on the sofa with my eyes closed, she thought I was asleep. She actually took off her coat and covered me with it... Oh my god, is this the wrong way around? Shouldn't I take off my coat and cover her with it?

But I didn't open my eyes and continued to doze off. I must take advantage of this rest time to recover my energy and replenish my spirit so that I will have the strength to deal with the King of All Demons and Flowers tomorrow!

Ning Xue sat at the other end of the sofa, leaning against the back, eyes slightly closed, looking very tired. I looked at her for a while, and suddenly she turned her head and found me looking at her. She was stunned for a moment, and I quickly closed my eyes.

Ning Xue smiled and said, "Why are you pretending? Since you're not asleep yet, get up and chat with me for a while."

I sat up awkwardly and changed the subject: "How was your conversation with that auntie?"

Ning Xue shook her head and said helplessly, "I didn't get any useful clues. I only know that the aunt's name is Lv Tingfen. Her family owns a small shop, mainly selling some Jiaxing specialties such as rice dumplings, water chestnuts, pickled duck, roast chicken, etc. But business is not very good, and they can only make ends meet. Not long ago, the child fell seriously ill and urgently needed money. Her husband Chen Weiliang went out to borrow money, but he never came back. No one knows where he went. It's as if he disappeared from the face of the earth..."

"After the child recovered from his illness, they heard that the Seventh Master Temple was very popular recently, and almost every prayer was answered. So the three of them decided to go and see if it would work. They went three times in total. Nothing happened the first two or three times, and there was no sense of "every prayer being answered." It was only on the third visit that what happened tonight occurred. If we hadn't followed them all the way to the Seventh Master Temple, I'm afraid the three of them would have been drained of their vitality and died in that withered forest by now, without anyone noticing."

I opened my mouth in surprise. So there was such a thing... But is this considered a clue? At the moment, I'm not sure.

Ning Xue suddenly frowned again. "But I also heard something. In Xitang, a few days after Chen Weiliang disappeared, many women died nearby. Their deaths looked exactly like the woman in red clothes, their faces scraped off. Investigations revealed they had all used that mask. And so, one after another, these mystical stories began to emerge. Some even claimed to have seen the face-scratcher, but it was incredibly fast, with only a shadow appearing before it vanished in a flash. And so, in Xitang, the strange legend of 'Ancient Town Shadow Play' arose."

"Ancient Town Shadow Play?" I was stunned. It sounded impressive, but it felt like I had so many clues all at once. No, no, I need to analyze and organize this tonight.

Ning Xue turned her head and asked with a smile, "What are you going to do?"

I thought about it, then smiled mysteriously and said, "The hermit has his own clever plan. It's getting late, you should go to bed early. You'll know tomorrow."

Ning Xue glared at me, as if she was a little angry that I hadn't told her what to do. However, I pretended not to notice and lay down on the sofa, closed my eyes and began to rest. After a while, I heard rustling sounds at my feet. It must be Ning Xue getting up and going to the inner room to rest.

I lay flat on the sofa, wondering if there was some connection between "Ancient Town Shadow Play" and Chen Weiliang. If so, then Chen Weiliang and the Flower Fairy must also be involved...

I couldn't figure it out for a moment, and before I knew it, I fell into a deep sleep.

That night, I only knew that I slept very soundly and comfortably. I even seemed to dream of Su Xiaoniu, but she beat me into a pig's head... At this moment, a scream of "Ahhhh" suddenly woke me up from my dream.

"What's going on?" I jumped up from the sofa. The sound came from outside. I hurried outside. The sun was shining brightly, the birds were singing, and the flowers were blooming. It was a beautiful morning. However, the scene before me made me gasp.

Zhuangzhuang is dead!

And her death looked like those women who had used facial masks, with her face covered in blood and flesh, and her skin had been dug out!