This question seemed to break some unwritten tacit understanding.
The atmosphere in the coffin shop immediately became tense.
Qing Mu looked at Xiang Sheng and smiled slightly: "What do you think, shopkeeper?"
"The celestial demon can only connect with the core of the earth and transform into an earth god to dominate a region, but it will not learn the methods of the human race."
Xiang Sheng's voice was calm, as if he was stating some fact:
“In comparison, the habits of ancient demons are not much different from those of humans. There are very few ancient demons who practice human methods and cultivate the soul path, but there are some.
You are so skilled in the rituals, this must not be your first time. However, judging by your aura, you don't look like a soul-cultivating ancient demon."
Ji Qingya felt much better after hearing this. He glared and said, "You're so good, Qingmu. You kept me surprised for so long. So you already knew how to do this?"
Aoki's smile faded slightly and he didn't respond.
After a long moment, a faint smile returned to his face, and he said frankly, "The shopkeeper is truly knowledgeable. Most of the ancient demon clansmen are unaware of the existence of the Soul Dao Ancient Demon, but the shopkeeper knows it all clearly."
Qingmu said this as a compliment, but it was also a disguised acknowledgement of his identity as an ancient demon.
She naturally heard the hidden meaning and smiled softly, "I never thought that my shabby little temple would one day welcome an ancient demon master. It's truly an honor."
"I'm afraid the shopkeeper doesn't mean what he said."
Qingmu looked at Xiang Sheng with a serious gaze: "Rather than an ancient demon, the shopkeeper probably hopes that I am a celestial demon, right?"
Xiang Sheng raised her eyebrows slightly: "Why do you think so?"
After these four words fell, Qingmu did not speak again, but just looked at Xiang Sheng with a slightly gloomy look in his eyes.
The coffin shop suddenly became quiet, and you could hear a pin drop.
Ji Qingya watched the two of them arguing with each other, with a confused look on his face, feeling that he couldn't get a word in.
Now seeing the two of them stop, I feel suffocated again.
What's going on between Stone Sister and Aoki?
Weren't they so polite just now? Why are things so tense all of a sudden?
He wanted to say a few words to ease the atmosphere, but after opening his mouth for a long time, not a single word came out.
Fortunately, this silence did not last long.
Qingmu suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I was just joking, please don't be offended, boss."
The timing is wrong.
He still had to stay here to recuperate. It would not be wise to speak out now and offend the shopkeeper.
"It's okay, it's just a joke, I won't take it to heart."
Xiang Sheng replied indifferently, which was considered to be the end of the matter.
The two men each took a step back, and the atmosphere in the coffin shop returned to normal.
Ji Qingya breathed a sigh of relief, but then felt confused again.
Why is he worried about Aoki?
Most of the ancient monsters probably don’t know the exact location of the Heavenly Monster Secret Realm, and Qingmu doesn’t respect Sister Stone at all. Wouldn’t it be better for him to be driven out?
Thinking of this, Ji Qingya snorted coldly at Qingmu and turned to go back to work.
Aoki: "..."
Over the next few days, the three of them continued to collect corpses and offer sacrifices, collecting the energy of life and death.
Xiang Sheng and Qing Mu never spoke another word to each other. Even if they had something to say, they asked Ji Qingya to convey it.
After a few more conversations, Ji Qingya finally realized, no matter how slow he was, that the man and the demon were fighting silently again, and it seemed that whoever spoke first would lose.
I don’t know how the two sides reached a tacit understanding without even saying a word to each other.
"Is this what the Fifth Elder said, that the human heart is a den of devils?"
Ji Qingya was shocked, but now only Sister Shitou is human, so Yaoxin has also become a ghost?
He thought about it for a few days until he had a headache. Seeing that the man and the demon seemed to want to maintain this tacit understanding forever, he was too lazy to think about it anymore.
Anyway, Sister Stone's attitude towards him is no different from before, so why should he think so much?
During these days, the three of them had encountered living people, including those from the ancient tribes, the human tribe, and the demon tribe.
Fortunately, the coffin shop was poor and shabby, and not profitable, so no one bothered to mess with it, and life was relatively peaceful.
Aoki also settled down peacefully in the coffin shop. He even found a rare sense of peace in his heart as he collected corpses and held memorial services every day.
He even thought subtly that, putting everything aside, it would be nice if life could continue peacefully like this.
But as soon as this thought came to his mind, he decisively suppressed it, and his face became even colder.
He still has unfinished business, how can he indulge in comfort?
…
One day.
At dawn, Ji Qingya and Qingmu woke up from their meditation, jumped down from the two coffin boards, one in the south and one in the north, and skillfully picked up straw ropes to tie them to the coffins.
As Ji Qingya tied the rope, he muttered, "The straw rope is almost running out. In two days, we can take a break..."
Qingmu was used to Ji Qingya's nagging and tied the straw rope silently.
At this time, Xiang Sheng came down from the second floor and said calmly, "No need to tie it. We won't collect the body today."
Ji Qingya moved his hands, a look of joy in his eyes: "Rest today?"
Xiang Sheng shook his head: "Follow me into the city."
"Enter the city?"
Ji Qingya was surprised to find that although Xiang Sheng was wearing the same plain white as usual, it was not a linen robe, but a cotton robe with a softer texture.
Xiang Sheng said nothing more and turned to walk out the door.
Ji Qingya immediately followed quickly and tactfully didn't ask any more questions.
It’s better to enter the city than to collect corpses.
As for Aoki, he didn't say much.
A stick of incense later, three people appeared on the streets of the small town.
All three of them had cultivation skills, so even though they were around corpses all day, there was no strange smell on their bodies.
But even so, passers-by on the street recognized the identities of the three people and still avoided them with disgust.
Ji Qingya curled his lips when he saw this, but he felt a little curious in his heart.
They are so hateful, what can Sister Stone do in the city?
His doubts continued until he reached a winery.
"Oh! Boss Shi, you finally come to take care of my business!"
The owner of the winery welcomed Xiang Sheng in with extraordinary enthusiasm, and Ji Qingya was stunned.
So Sister Stone came here to buy wine?
How dare this winery owner sell it? And so enthusiastic?
Aren’t you afraid that running a coffin shop will be considered unlucky and you’ll be unable to do business?
Seeing that Aoki had followed him into the winery, he hurriedly caught up with him.
Then he saw the owner of the winery taking them in twists and turns and finally arriving at a wine warehouse.
The warehouse is about a hundred feet in radius, and it is filled with wine jars, no less than a thousand of them.
"Boss Shi, the wine you want is here.
As you instructed, these wines have never been stored in the storage ring for a single day. The oldest is over sixty years old. They are definitely aged and have a first-rate taste."
Xiang Sheng stretched out his hand with five fingers spread out, grabbed a bottle of vintage wine from his mouth out of thin air, reached out to break the mud seal, sniffed it for a moment, and nodded slightly.
"The boss really trusts people."
She directly handed over a storage ring: "This is the reward."
The owner of the winery took the storage ring and looked at it, and immediately smiled so hard that his teeth showed.
This amount of fairy stones is enough to buy his winery three times.
Boss Shi is still as generous as before!
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