The tea shop owner had already served three buckets of tea to this table of guests. The two of them just sat there and chatted, without ordering any side dishes. They even brought their own melon seeds and peanuts, which almost made people roll their eyes.
The two people were Yun Xian and Qiao Lingshan.
In fact, Yun Xian had no interest in this altar at first. She just wanted to return to Jiange immediately as planned. But after Su Chi said that he could sense the altar, she temporarily changed her mind.
Being able to resonate with the ancient sword must be related to antiquity. Judging from the story, the Xingyan Sect's missing piece is incredibly strange. Whether it's never existed, or clearly existed but was erased, there must be a lot of secrets hidden within.
Of course, she could ask the Sword God, but she didn't know whether the Sword God was annoyed with her or his power in the lower world was limited. Even after she lit the incense into a lollipop cone, there was no reaction... Never mind, just do your own thing. Yun Xian believed that she could do it.
"I've asked so many people, and they all say the same thing as the previous person." Qiao Lingshan frowned. "The items were stolen, and there was no one around. It's like they disappeared into thin air... What on earth could have done this?"
It sounds very weird. As usual, the range of movement of spirits is not that large. The demons should not bother to steal the shiny toilet door. This sounds more like some kind of animal, or a child with a naughty personality.
"If I can't think of anything, then forget it." Yun Xian crushed the peanuts with his teeth and said with renewed energy, "How about trying some fishing therapy?"
Qiao Lingshan: "What fishing..."
After resting enough, Yun Xian paid for three buckets of tea, jumped down, and said, "Let's go buy some clothes."
The two of them had stumbled upon the right place. Tianyi Town earned its name because of the dazzling, dazzling silk garments that captivated everyone. However, Yun Xian passed by ten shops and realized that all the best-selling items hanging in front were "Yun Xian's Style." The soft, colorful silks of the past had been replaced by sharp, tight-fitting clothing. Most of the people walking around the street had a sense of leisure, which was quite disorienting.
Yun Xian was speechless and choked: "...Is there any way to make this thing stop? If I go out without clothes in the future, will everyone run naked?"
"What are you talking about? Isn't this great?" Qiao Lingshan said, "Now you can blend in and be completely invisible. You don't have to worry about infiltration missions anymore."
Yun Xian didn't grieve for a moment, and quickly accepted the fact. He began to enthusiastically choose clothes for everyone, "One for Senior Brother, one for me, one for Senior Brother, one for you..."
As night fell, the two finally found their destination.
It was a robe inlaid with fluorescent beads. It had been kept in the bottom of the box for a long time and finally found its destined buyer.
The bigger the fluorescent beads are, the more valuable they are, and the smaller they are, the cheaper they are. These small fluorescent beads are densely embedded on it, and the cost is actually not as expensive as a large one, but they are extremely shiny, like the brightest star in the night sky.
When someone buys it, the owner is puzzled: "Excuse me, sir...are you buying this to wear? Or is it for some other purpose?"
"The boss is indeed a smart kid with a lot of cleverness." Yun Xian lied, "Actually, I'm afraid of death. Wearing this will make it harder for me to get hit by a carriage when I walk at night."
boss:"……"
Qiao Lingshan was really impressed by her ability to talk nonsense casually: "Let's go, go back!"
The two returned with a full load and found a random place to stay. The whereabouts of the other three were unknown, but they would be notified if there was any emergency. For now, everything was calm. Yun Xian folded his Yingzhu robe and placed it beside the bed. He and Qiao Lingshan exchanged a glance and nodded.
Isn't it weird? Isn't it deserted? She wants to see who dares to steal things under her nose!
The other end.
"Do you really think this matter is related to the Altar of Joy and Sorrow?"
The night was deep, the streets deserted, doors and windows shut, and only two figures roamed the muddy road. As night fell, the weather took a sharp turn for the worse, with a cold wind howling like a sob.
Xue Lingxiu frowned slightly, trying to keep the back of her shoe as far away from the ground as possible. She said nonchalantly, "Many people claim to have been robbed, but they might just have heard others say it and thought it was funny. Word of mouth spreads, and the real incidents are definitely not as numerous as they seem."
Qi Zhiye stepped down hard, accidentally splashing mud and water on Xue Lingxiu's trouser leg. "I said, that's my intuition. Intuition is intuition without evidence. With evidence, it's just speculation."
Xue Lingxiu: “?”
"Ah." Qi Zhiye glanced down with his golden eyes and said insincerely, "I didn't notice."
"It's okay." Xue Lingxiu smiled and said, "I suddenly remembered that the tofu we had at Miaoshoumen before was actually in chicken soup. I didn't notice it. You don't mind, right?"
Qi Zhiye: “?!”
Only after two people have gone through the process of hurting each other can they talk properly.
"Besides," Xue Lingxiu said thoughtfully, "it's not just humans who like shiny things; crows like them too. But a crow certainly wouldn't be able to take the medicine cauldron out of thin air from the storage ring, and even if it did, it wouldn't be able to carry it in its mouth."
Qi Zhiye was still frantically trying to figure out whether the tofu was chicken soup base and whether Xue Lingxiu was lying to him. He said absentmindedly, "I like it too."
Xue Lingxiu: “…”
Who asked you if you liked it? Did he ask?
No one spoke again, so Xue Lingxiu, in order to ease the awkwardness, said gracefully, "The only thing to be thankful for is that your fellow disciples didn't come here, otherwise the entire Buddhist sect would have been emptied out."
Qi Zhiye: "...Who are you calling shiny?"
The two were just trying to find a place to stay, waiting until dawn to contact the other three. Qi Zhiye didn't really care if he stayed in a dilapidated temple or even just a tent on the ground, as long as Yun Xian and the others weren't with him. Xue Lingxiu was a bit more particular, and his minimum standard was a bed.
Halfway through the walk, Qi Zhiye made a "tsk" sound and suddenly asked, "How high are your heels?"
"What do you mean by 'how high are my heels?'" Xue Lingxiu asked in confusion, "My soles are flat, okay? There's nothing padding inside them!"
Qi Xingye: "Then why is the sound so..."
He was halfway through his words when his handsome features suddenly grew serious. Xue Lingxiu also noticed it immediately and touched the folding fan in her arms with her fingertips.
There was no one in front of them just a moment ago, but now a black-haired woman appeared with her back to them!
"No." Qi Zhiye said sternly, "If it's a demon, I can definitely sense it!"
Xue Lingxiu smiled bitterly and said, "What can I say? Actually, judging from her joints and the color of her skin, she's not a demon, but she's not human either..."
Just three steps away, the atmosphere was tense. The two men, with their cultivation, were naturally not afraid, but simply watched intently.
But the woman kept her back to him and kept moving backwards.
No, not backwards!
Xue Lingxiu's pupils shrank as she unexpectedly saw a face facing her amidst the long, silky black hair behind "her" back!
The night wind blew again, blowing her hair away. The woman had her back to the two men, but her face was facing them. On her pale neck was a very distorted crying face.
The legend was indeed exaggerated. There was no bloody head or face covered in tears, just a woman's face, utterly ugly, weeping profusely. She didn't extend her claws to kill the two men, but with this sorrowful face, she danced joyfully around them!
“…”
Yun Xian and Qiao Lingshan almost fell asleep twice while waiting for the opportunity. They mistakenly thought they were staying up all night. When they woke up the second time, Yun Xian rubbed his face and said to Qiao Lingshan, "It's okay, Lingshan, why don't you go to sleep first. One person is enough to keep watch. I'll call you if there's anything."
Qiao Lingshan was so sleepy that she banged her head against the bed: "No, what if..."
"You go to sleep first, and we can take turns guarding later, so that both of you can get some sleep." Yun Xian said.
Qiao Lingshan: "...Okay."
She hadn't responded for long when Yun Xian heard a familiar breathing sound beside him, and he fell asleep very quickly.
The window was not closed, and moonlight poured in. Yun Xian was half sitting on the bed, listening to the sound of the wind, which grew louder and louder, blowing the door latch.
The bright fluorescent robe at hand was covered by a black cloth, but it still emitted a faint glow.
Yun Xian assured her that as soon as she rubbed her eyes slightly, the thing suddenly disappeared.
"..." What the hell! Her muscles tensed instantly. She didn't rush to wake Qiao Lingshan, but first looked around the room. Under the bed, next to the door, under the cabinet, any place that looked like a place where someone could hide was empty.
From beginning to end, there were only the sounds of his breathing and Qiao Lingshan's breathing in the room, and there was absolutely no third person.
Time passed slowly in silence, and it seemed like only a moment. The moonlight was blocked by clouds for an instant. Yun Xian sharpened his sight and found a strange gap somewhere.
...No way. How is that possible?
She gritted her teeth, slowly lifted the quilt, and leaned over to look at the edge of the bed -
In the blind spot beside the bed, under the pale moonlight, a woman was holding a robe in her hands, forcing a smile on her stiff face, her black and white eyes motionless, as if waiting for her gaze to look over.
Yun Xian: “…”
At that moment, many thoughts flashed through her mind, but in the end, she only had time to say one sentence: "Luckily, I brought two pairs of pants today, otherwise, you would have been blackmailed by me for at least three thousand spirit stones."
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