Ning Xue and I exchanged a glance. Her beautiful eyes flickered, and she smiled softly. "Before we came here, we bought some rice dumplings at Lv Tingfen's shop. I heard her son died last night after someone dug out his face. It's not easy for her, a woman, to support her family... So, if you run into her husband, Chen Weiliang, tell each other. I hope he can go back and visit."
When Ning Xue said this, the boatman's face suddenly turned gloomy. I saw it clearly.
As we were talking, the black-sailed boat had arrived at the pier on the other side. After paying the fare and getting ashore, the boatman left.
I called Hongyi over and told her to follow the boat owner. If she got any news, she must not act rashly and return to me immediately. Hongyi didn't understand what I was trying to do, but she nodded and quietly followed the boat owner. Given her ghostly nature and the killer's stealthy nature, tracking an old man was clearly the best option.
"Have you also noticed that there is something strange about the boat owner? Otherwise, you wouldn't have asked Hongyi to follow the boat owner." Ning Xue looked at me with interest.
"Well... I guess so, but I'm not sure yet. We'll know when Hongyi comes." I shrugged my shoulders and then entered the Seven Lords Temple with Ning Xue.
Today, the Qilaoye Temple is still bustling with incense, but the keeper is gone. However, the uncles and aunts who come to make wishes still put their incense money into the incense pot in a proper manner, and don't secretly withhold it because the keeper is away. What makes me curious is that the one who helps them fulfill their wishes is the flower demon who pretends to be the temple demon, but now that the flower demon is not here, these people are still foolishly making wishes and putting incense money...
Should I remind them? I shook my head and decided not to. If they didn't believe me and it caused public outrage, I'd be in big trouble.
At this time, Su Xiaoniu said in disbelief: "I am really surprised that you have such self-awareness!"
I rolled my eyes and spoke as if I had been a stubborn person before!
Su Xiaoniu continued, "I didn't pay much attention to it before, but now it seems that the demonic mist above the temple can sense people's deepest desires and wants, that is, the wishes they most want to fulfill. So, even if the flower demon isn't here, as long as it's within the temple, the desires in people's hearts will be sensed by the flower demon."
I was stunned. So, what am I thinking? The flower demon knows it too. If that's the case, then wouldn't my plan be ruined?
Su Xiaoniu said angrily, "It's not that she can sense everything you're thinking, but rather that the flower demon can sense the desire you're longing for when you pray in front of the Seventh Master's statue. Besides, you're a masculine man radiating strong yang energy, so what do you have to worry about? This demonic mist can't read your thoughts at all, and Ning Xue next to you has the amulet you gave her last night, so it can't read her thoughts either. But when you first came here yesterday, perhaps the flower demon knew Ning Xue's inner wishes."
I thought about it, and it seemed to be true. When Ning Xue first arrived at the Seventh Master Temple yesterday, she had made a wish. I vaguely remembered the flower demon in disguise as the temple keeper saying solemnly, "Lady donor, the Seventh Master already knows your wish. It won't be long before you get it."
It seems that the flower demon knew all the wishes Ning Xue made at that time.
I really want to know what wish Ning Xue made!
"Xu Fei, what are you thinking about?" Suddenly, Ning Xue pushed me from behind.
"Nothing... nothing." I shook my head and said nonchalantly, "Originally, we were going to the withered forest to lure the flower demon out, but now the plan has changed. Let's wait and make plans after Hongyi comes back."
Ning Xue's pretty face darkened slightly, and she said softly, "I hope Hong Yi is okay."
I patted her on the shoulder to reassure her.
We waited until noon, and just as we were getting more and more anxious, someone in red hurried in. Ning Xue and I both breathed a sigh of relief. As she approached us, her bloodied face etched with panic, she said anxiously, "Ship, Ship Master... Ship Master..."
"What happened to the captain?" Ning Xue and I asked almost at the same time.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
