Pei Ji glanced at him indifferently. Although his eyes were indifferent, the dissatisfaction revealed in them made Wang Yan frightened and a drop of cold sweat fell on his forehead.
It's bad. The master asked him to atone for his sins with merits, but now he has no merits and his sins are probably even more serious.
The whip on my back started to hurt again.
Pei Ji ignored him and walked up to the stall owner. His voice was cold and charming: "Raise your head."
The stall owner did as he was told subconsciously. When he looked up, he met a pair of eyes that were as dark and deep as a whirlpool on the seabed. His mind was instantly sucked in and his consciousness became blurred.
"Who is the master behind you?"
The stall owner heard himself say: "Guo, Guo——"
The next moment, the stall owner's eyes bulged out, and his body exploded like a human bomb, with blood and flesh splattering everywhere.
Pei Ji quickly retreated, grabbed Wang Yan who failed to react in time and threw him out. At the same time, a black mist-like evil spirit suddenly emerged from his body. The evil spirit seemed to have substance. All the flesh and blood that entered Pei Ji's body were corroded by the evil spirit, leaving nothing behind.
Anything that came into contact with it, whether it was the ground or the pillars, was corroded with holes.
It is conceivable that if the human body is contaminated, it will probably die on the spot.
Looking at the spot again, the stall owner had been completely destroyed, leaving only a pile of blurry flesh and blood.
A black shadow attacked Pei Ji as fast as lightning. He raised his hand to pinch it, but it turned out to be a black flesh-worm. Densely packed flesh-colored tentacles protruded from its tube-like mouthparts. It was disgusting and terrifying, and it made people's scalp tingle just by looking at it.
Wang Yan stumbled a few steps after landing, then steadied himself and ran over. Seeing this scene, he blurted out, "Master, kill it! This is a Soul Devouring Gu!"
The fleshy whiskers in the Soul-Eating Gu's mouthparts stretched out and tried to invade Pei Ji's skin. The next moment, Pei Ji's body was covered with a layer of frost. Realizing that this cold air was not to be trifled with, the Gu quickly retracted its fleshy whiskers, trying to break free from Pei Ji's hand and escape.
Unfortunately, it's too late.
The cold air had spread to the insect, and in just one second, the entire body was frozen.
Pei Ji exerted a little force and the poisonous insect was crushed into pieces, turning into ice crystals that scattered on the ground. He stepped on it and the ice crystals turned into powder.
Wang Yan walked over with lingering fear, "Master, the Soul Devouring Gu must have been placed in his body by the person behind the scenes. He just revealed the key information, so the person behind the scenes activated the Gu in his body and killed him."
Not only that, the person behind the scenes wanted to make use of the stall owner's death to cause an explosion and kill everyone around him!
Pei Ji only said: "Continue to investigate. If you fail to do your job well again this time——"
"I will die as an apology!" Wang Yan knelt down.
Pei Ji chuckled, "Why do I want you to die? If you fail to do your job well again, go to the northwest to mine."
Thinking of the harsh environment in the northwest, Wang Yan shuddered. Comparing the two, he would rather his master give him a quick death when the time comes.
Bah, bah, bah, he will definitely complete the task assigned by his master this time! Mining and the like don't exist at all.
Pei Ji left quietly and came back without disturbing anyone. However, as soon as he stepped into the house, he noticed that there was an extra person in the room!
But before he could raise his guard, he discovered that the person was Xue Huan!
Why was Huanhuan in his room? How long had she been there? Had she noticed he'd been gone for quite some time? How would he explain his absence so late at night? Would Huanhuan discover he'd been lying to her?
Pei Ji, who had never blinked in the face of thousands of troops, was now panicking.
When Xue Huan looked over, Pei Ji suddenly had an idea. He closed his eyes and walked towards the bed with stiff limbs, like a mindless puppet.
He mechanically took off his shoes and coat and lay straight on the bed.
Xue Huan stared at him blankly. When she found that he had come back, she was suddenly filled with surprise. It turned out that he had not left!
She immediately thought, since he didn't leave, why did he go out at night?
Then she saw him walking over with his eyes closed, not noticing she was there at all. His movements were so methodical and strange, like—
Like sleepwalking!
Could it be that he was actually sleepwalking? Did he actually have this disease?
It is said that you should not wake up a sleepwalker while he is sleepwalking, otherwise he will be greatly frightened and either die or be injured. However, this is nonsense.
In fact, waking up a sleepwalker will not harm him, but may also treat and protect his sleepwalking.
Moreover, when a sleepwalker is woken up, his reaction is the same as that of a normal person who is woken up from sleep. He will feel a little confused and puzzled.
However, Xue Huan was too surprised at first and didn't react at all. By the time she realized what was happening, Pei Ji had already lay down. It was useless to wake him up at this time.
Just let him sleep.
Xue Huan sat down beside the bed and looked at him for a while, then leaned over and kissed him on the face, covered him with the quilt, and when she got up to leave, Pei Ji "woke up".
"Huanhuan? Why are you in my room?" Pei Ji said with a confused voice as he pulled her hand.
Xue Huan's heart skipped a beat, and she felt guilty for a moment, but when she thought that he had just fallen asleep and didn't know what he had done, she calmed down.
How could she know that Pei Ji not only knew about it, but his heart was also beating wildly because of her kiss on the cheek. He subconsciously didn't want her to leave, so he immediately stopped pretending to be asleep.
"I came to see if you kicked the quilt while sleeping." Xue Huan made an excuse, "You continue to sleep, I'm going back to the room."
Hurry to leave.
Pei Ji hugged her from behind and said, "Hanhan, don't leave. Stay with me, okay? I just had a nightmare. I dreamed that I fell off a cliff and woke up in shock."
Xue Huan was caught in a dilemma. Her feelings for him were obviously no longer pure, and she could no longer completely regard him as a child. She even despised herself for sleeping with him under such circumstances.
But she simply couldn't bear to refuse.
He just had a nightmare and must be very scared now. If she left like that, he might not dare to sleep again.
"Hanhuan~" Pei Ji called her again, and at the same time tightened his arms, as if afraid that she would run away.
Xue Huan sighed inwardly, "Okay, I'll stay with you."
Noticing that he wasn't wearing shoes and was stepping directly on the ground, she quickly pushed him onto the bed, pulled the quilt over and wrapped him in it, and said a little fiercely: "Sleep."
She didn't go into bed, but just sat on the headboard, letting him hold her hand.
Pei Ji moved inside and looked at her eagerly, "Hanhuan, come up too. I won't sleep if you don't come up."
Xue Huan didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She pinched his face and said, "You've learned to threaten me, haven't you?"
This time Pei Ji didn't say anything, but took action directly and lifted a corner of the quilt.
Xue Huan really couldn't do anything with him, so she had to take off her shoes and coat and lie down in bed.
Pei Ji came over, locked his limbs around her, and wrapped her with his body temperature.
Being held in his arms, with his clean and refreshing scent filling her nostrils, Xue Huan felt particularly at ease.
She unconsciously rubbed against his arms, closed her eyes and fell asleep.
When her breathing became steady, Pei Ji opened his eyes, gently traced her eyebrows with his fingers, stole a kiss at the corner of her lips, and then closed his eyes again.
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