"Boom—Boom—" A huge explosion suddenly came from afar, and soon after, a pungent smell of gunpowder mixed with the aroma of roasted meat entered the noses of the two people.
Yan Qing sniffed, "It smells so good, I'm getting hungry."
Yue Qi didn't give her a chance to continue fantasizing. "Don't smell it anymore. That's the smell of human bodies being roasted by high temperatures. There's been an explosion outside. If I'm not mistaken, it's related to Wen Jiajia and the others."
Yan Qing also remembered how those two people had been sneaking around among the men in white. It was obvious that they had some kind of plan.
Yue Qi looked up at the sky. "Look, the blood moon is about to fade away. We can't waste time here. We have to get out."
Yan Qing sighed, "What's meant to happen will happen, there's no use hiding from it."
The two went to say goodbye to the couple. After learning that the couple had agreed to exchange daughters, the young wife unexpectedly revealed some news to them.
"Inside the main hall of the temple, the true form of the Underworld Messenger Child is enshrined—the Lotus Child. There's a Seven Star Demon-Subduing Formation at the entrance of the hall, but remember, that's fake. The real Seven Star Demon-Subduing Formation is hidden among the white flowers. Remember, remember!"
Upon hearing this news, Yan Qing broke out in a cold sweat. Her original plan was to use the "passing rules".
To clear the A-level stage, all they needed to do was destroy the core of the formation. However, they had no choice but to accept a mission to deliver someone, which gave them a new way out.
Therefore, all they needed to do was figure out how to survive until tomorrow night. As for the secret in the main hall, she was still hesitant.
After hearing this, she completely abandoned the idea. It seems that she can only start with the B-level clearing rules.
Category B: Secretly hide it on the garbage truck, being careful not to be discovered by the driver.
Suddenly, Yue Qi's voice came from beside her ear, "Did you bring your dagger?"
"Huh? I brought it." Yan Qing quickly took out the dagger she always carried with her and gripped it tightly in her hand.
With Yue Qi's longsword clearing the way, the two slowly retraced their steps. As they emerged from the flowerbed, the scene before them stunned them.
The temple now resembles a battlefield, as if it had witnessed a horrific war, with shattered human limbs scattered everywhere.
The closest thing to them lay a round human head. The head looked as if it had been smoked, with most of the hair burned away.
However, judging from the remaining traces, she still recognized the head as belonging to the innkeeper. He was one of the NPCs Yan Qing was most familiar with, so even though the head was already mangled and bloody, she still recognized him.
However, something is quite strange. The innkeeper, like the owners of the other shops, was not drained of his life essence by that fake little monk, so how did he end up in the temple? And how did he die there?
Yue Qi discovered it a little earlier than she did. He tugged at Yan Qing's hand, his expression extremely grave.
"Yan Qing, it looks like we probably won't be able to get back tonight. Look over there—"
Following the direction of his finger, she saw the familiar figure of the delicatessen owner, still wearing the pink paper flower in her hair. And next to her lay the couple who owned the grocery store.
—They had been blown to pieces. Yan Qing was able to recognize them thanks to the meticulously styled hair of the grocery store owner and the purple paper flower.
In that case, the others must have been trapped here as well. Because there were so many broken limbs, most of them were unrecognizable. Yan Qing could only guess.
Yue Qi seemed oblivious to the nauseating scene. He took his longsword and searched around, as if trying to confirm something.
"Hey? Yan Qing, come here and take a look!"
Yan Qing ran over and found that Yue Qi had found a piece of red clothing with bits of flesh attached to it from somewhere. She felt like she had seen it somewhere before.
"Could this be the clothes worn by the owner of the clothing store?" Yan Qing suppressed her discomfort and reached out to touch the fabric of the clothes. She felt that something was not quite right.
"It's mermaid cloud gauze, the fabric of this dress is mermaid cloud gauze." Unexpectedly, Yue Qi actually knew about fabrics. Yan Qing finally realized what was wrong.
"I remember the clothes the clothing store owner wore tonight weren't that expensive, were they?" Yan Qing asked uncertainly. "They looked like silk?"
Yue Qi nodded. "You're right. This kind of fabric, Jiaoyun yarn, has been extinct for at least a hundred years. How could someone wear such a precious garment? Moreover, this red cloth looks like it's worn close to the skin, so this person is definitely not the owner of the clothing store."
The longsword was a bit dirty, so Yue Qi took out a fine cotton cloth from his pocket and wiped it clean before continuing.
"I've been wondering what's strange. Although most of the bodies here were blown to pieces, you can still make out who they are if you look closely. But I've found everyone else except the two people from the clothing store."
He wasn't overthinking it; the couple who ran the clothing store definitely had problems.
Actually, he was very curious from the very first day. According to Yan Qing's description, there were no rooms in the backyard, only a coffin. That left only one explanation.
—The woman who owns the clothing store, the one in the red dress and white flower, must be living in the coffin.
The secrets of Yongning Lane are definitely related to them.
Suddenly, the sound of arguing came from the main hall not far away, and it was particularly clear in the quiet night.
"Shh-"
Yue Qi gestured for her to follow him. Then he quickly sheathed his sword and moved to the right corner of the hall.
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