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"Ziyu, stop for a moment," Zhao Jingyan stopped Zhao Ziyu and took off his mask. "Let me show you."

Li Ping'an took a look in the light of the fire and realized why Zhao Jingyu said he was not her brother.

Although the person in front of him looked rather heroic, his smooth throat showed that Zhao Ziyu was a girl.

Li Pingan was a little embarrassed, but fortunately, Zhao Jingyan and her sister didn't care. "You insisted on pretending to be a man."

Zhao Ziyu waited patiently for everyone to finish watching, then pulled the mask up again and continued cooking. Zhao Jingyan watched from behind for a while.

Then, Zhao Jingyan took off his outer layer of clothes, took off the bracelet on his hand, and stuffed it into Li Ping'an's hand, "Here, try it."

Something was suddenly stuffed into Li Ping'an's hand. He didn't react for a moment. He looked up at Zhao Jingyan and was immediately shocked by her beauty. Her small face was the size of a palm, and her features were slightly deeper than those of ordinary people, but not abrupt. She had a small nose and cherry pink diamond-shaped lips. She was 50% similar to Zhao Ziyu just now, but she was more beautiful and more aggressive.

Li Ping'an stared at it for a while, and before he was discovered, he shifted his gaze to his hands.

Li Ping'an took a look at the crimson bracelet in her hand in the light of the campfire. From her ordinary citizen's perspective, this bracelet must be not cheap.

After reading it, Li Pingan turned the bracelet over and over in her hand for a long time. She felt embarrassed. She didn't know how to use it. "How do I use this?"

To ease the embarrassment, Li Pingan scratched his head.

Zhao Jingyan didn't think much about it and put the bracelet on Li Ping'an's hand. "Close your eyes and feel it."

Li Ping'an did as he was told. At first, he closed his eyes and everything in front of him was black. Then a white space slowly appeared. It was not big, about ten square meters.

Li Pingan opened his eyes and touched the bracelet on his hand, with shock and surprise flashing in his eyes, "Is this too expensive?"

"No, just take it." Zhao Jingyan knew that he was very poor now, but he was not so poor that he could not afford even the smallest space storage device. "The space storage devices in the hands of those who are powerful or rich are really powerful."

As he said that, Zhao Jingyan glanced at Li Pingan. He didn't expect that she was even poorer than him.

"Not only can a space be as large as a city, but even living things can be placed inside it."

Li Ping'an nodded as she listened. She knew that it was all written in the novel.

Under Zhao Jingyan's guidance, Li Ping'an put his backpack in.

Seeing the half-person-high backpack disappear in an instant, Annie exclaimed "Wow".

Li Pingan then remembered that he had not yet introduced them to Zhao Jingyan, and quickly pulled the three ghosts over, "This is Annie, this is Anding, and this is Wu Ya."

"This is Zhao Jingyan, whom I just met."

When Zhao Jingyan heard Li Ping'an's introduction, a trace of sympathy flashed in his eyes, and he asked in a low voice, "Are they yours?"

Li Pingan was afraid that others would mistake the three ghosts for wild ghosts and capture them again, so he quickly said, "This is my eldest brother, this is my second sister, and this is my third sister."

After hearing this, Zhao Jingyan's eyes showed even more sympathy. He patted Li Ping'an on the shoulder and comforted her, saying, "It's all in the past. Fortunately, they are still with you now."

Li Pingan didn't react for a moment. Just then, Zhao Ziyu came over and called them to dinner. Zhao Jingyan, thinking he was considerate, changed the subject and said, "Let's go eat. It's a good opportunity to try Ziyu's cooking skills."

Li Ping'an held the bowl in his hand and used a wooden spoon to scoop the broth in the bowl and eat it. He didn't know what kind of meat was in the bowl, but the meat was delicate and melted in his mouth with a hint of sweetness. Li Ping'an was holding it at first, but then he ate faster and faster.

The bowl of broth was finished in a blink of an eye. Seeing this, Zhao Jingyan served her another bowl. Li Ping'an was a little slower with the second bowl, and they were able to chat for a while.

"We are from the east. Where are you from?" When you are out, you should not reveal too much about your origins. Just give a general idea.

Li Pingan thought for a moment and said, "We are from the north."

"In the north, I heard that snow beasts appear there in winter."

"But I heard the scenery is extremely beautiful in winter." Zhao Jingyan took a sip of soup, looked at the starry sky and said with emotion: "When I save enough money, I will go traveling."

Li Ping'an nodded. She thought so too. After finishing this order, she would take Annie and the others out to play. They were ghosts, so they didn't need to buy tickets when they went out to take the bus, which saved a lot of money.

As they chatted, Li Pingan noticed something was wrong. Their voices had changed. They were no longer hoarse and became clearer.

"Your voices?" Li Pingan asked.

Hearing Li Pingan's question, Zhao Jingyan laughed, "Zi Yu was afraid that we would be bullied, so she found some medicine, and after taking it, she became like this."

"What about them..." Li Ping'an remembered that when he first met these five people, their voices were low and hoarse.

"They probably have their own concerns." After all, when you're out there, you're bound to have some enemies you don't want to deal with. Not to mention changing your voice, even changing your face is common.

"You've just been out for a short time, right?" Zhao Jingyan could feel Li Ping'an's innocence from her words and actions.

Li Ping'an nodded, otherwise she couldn't explain why she knew nothing.

Seeing Li Pingan admit it so straightforwardly, Zhao Jingyan put down the bowl in his hand, moved closer to Li Pingan, and said to the three ghosts who were also holding bowls next to him: "Come and listen too."

"If you don't want to be fooled by others, you must first pretend to be a veteran. No matter whether you know how to do it or not, you must not lose in terms of aura."

"It's not okay to do what you just did."

Li Pingan nodded as if he had learned something. "But what if someone asks me and I really don't understand?"

"Nonsense, just make up some stuff,"

"What if he finds out?"

"Then just say you misremembered it. You can't deny that you didn't know, even if you're beaten to death. Once you say it, you'll be at a disadvantage."

Looking at Li Ping'an's still ignorant face and the three equally young and ignorant ghosts beside him, Zhao Jingyan remembered the scene two years ago when she took Zhao Ziyu with her.

Zhao Jingyan recalled his experiences over the past two years and couldn't help but shed tears. Anyone who saw them thought they were fat sheep to be slaughtered, but they were still young and naive at the time, and they ended up owing a lot of debts even though they were penniless, so they are still selling their bodies to pay off their debts.

"Listen to my advice, if you meet someone who is sincere to you and treats you like a sister, run as far away as you can." Zhao Jingyan almost told several people about his miserable experience, but was pinched by Zhao Ziyu next to him and stopped.

Although Li Ping'an didn't know what the two sisters in front of him had experienced, looking at Zhao Jingyan's appearance, he was afraid that she had suffered a lot. But thinking about what she had just said, he sighed and still hadn't learned much. On the contrary, Zhao Ziyu, who was silent on the side, looked much more stable.

"How long does it take to walk from here to Heimu City?" Li Ping'an still didn't know how far the distance between Yacheng and Heimu City was.

"I don't know," Zhao Jingyan shook his head. "It depends on how we get through." As he said that, Zhao Jingyan glanced at the leading man.

Li Pingan looked around and found that he was the only one who had not taken off his mask and didn't know how to eat.

As if he noticed Li Ping'an's gaze, the man raised his head and met her eyes. Li Ping'an lowered her eyes and looked at the slowly cooling soup in her hands. She felt that the man seemed somewhat familiar, but she could not remember where she had seen him.

"How can we get there?" is simply walking, riding a horse, or taking a boat.

Hearing Li Ping'an's words, Zhao Jingyan became excited, "If the employer is rich enough, we can take an aircraft to go there." If he could get there once this time, Zhao Jingyan would probably talk about it for three years.

"Are flying vehicles flying like swords?" Annie suddenly interrupted.

"Almost, but in addition to the sword, it could also be a compass, a gourd, or a jade pendant," Zhao Jingyan listed all the flying vehicles she had seen.

Li Pingan always felt that something was strange when he heard it. The flying vehicle sounded too modern.

Then, Zhao Jingyan sighed, "We are just escorting a Thousand Spider Cicada, the employer will not be so generous."

"Is the Thousand Spider Cicada common?" Li Ping'an asked.

"It's not very common. It's only found in Yacheng. However, the Thousand Spider Cicada is just a low-level insect with limited uses. And the effect of living insects is the same as that of dead insects, so the price is very low."

"It's so strange, why does this employer insist on having live insects?" Zhao Jingyan held his chin and frowned.

Li Ping'an finally understood. Although Zhao Jingyan looked very aggressive and smart, he was actually not very cunning. He said whatever he thought in his heart. If Zhao Ziyu hadn't kicked her lightly from time to time, she would have told him everything about her life experience.

"Maybe he has other uses." Li Ping'an touched his chin and guessed.

"But, fortunately, our Thousand Spider Cicada is not pregnant. If it were pregnant, I wouldn't dare to catch it."

Because Zhao Jingyan was deceived, he was forced to take Zhao Ziyu to Yacheng to practice and work to pay off his debts. He witnessed many tragic cases where pregnant Thousand Spider Cicadas were mistakenly captured, resulting in the destruction of the entire team. If the reward this time was not high and the introducer had not repeatedly guaranteed that the Thousand Spider Cicada was not pregnant, Zhao Jingyan would not have taken the risk.

"What will happen if you get pregnant?" Li Ping'an was not particularly curious about the Thousand Spider Cicada, but he was just bored and just treated it as a story.

"If you're pregnant, it will lay eggs on your body without you noticing. These eggs will hatch in about three days. After hatching, the larvae will suck your brain dry and then crawl out of your head."

Li Pingan felt his scalp tingling after hearing this, "This only confirms that she is not pregnant."

"Probably not." Zhao Jingyan was a little unsure about what Li Ping'an asked. "It's okay, as long as we don't get close to it."

Anyway, it wasn't them who caught it, so the only thing to do was to make sure they didn't touch it during transportation.