Chapter 242 Something is hidden under the water
It was no use for him to be anxious now. The old Taoist seemed to have disappeared from the face of the earth, leaving no trace at all.
The two fell silent again and sat for a while. Bai Qihang came back, greeted them, went to the bathroom to wash up, and then went back to his room to sleep.
Seeing that my sister and Lu Zhiqing didn't say anything, I felt a little uneasy. I didn't know what was wrong with them, but I didn't dare to ask for fear that my sister would be angry.
He walked towards his room, looking back every few steps. After closing the door, he leaned against it and sighed, "I don't know what these two are up to. They haven't spoken for so long. Lu Zhiqing is so useless. He can't even coax my sister."
Lu Jingheng outside the door yawned and looked towards Bai Qihang's room suspiciously. This kid must have said something bad about him behind his back.
Unfortunately, there is no evidence.
"What time is it?"
Bai Yangfan asked suddenly, and Lu Jingheng quickly raised his wrist to check his watch: "11:20."
"That's about it." After saying that, Bai Yangfan stood up and walked out the door, "Let's go find them now."
Lu Jingheng nodded and followed Bai Yangfan. The woman said she was going to find them, as if she was going to find a neighbor.
When they came to the tree next to the land temple, Bai Yangfan made a gesture with his fingers and muttered something. Not long after, Lu Jingheng felt a cold wind blowing towards them.
He was sure that it was the ghost couple coming.
Sure enough, Bai Yangfan asked, "Qinghuai! Bifang! Where did you go?"
The two ghosts looked at each other, and Qinghuai replied, "We're going back to where we came from. We want to look for the scent left by the old Taoist priest. Given his abilities, it might not be easy for you to find him."
Bifang also followed up, "We have no way of repaying your kindness to us, so we wanted to do something for you. We can't hurt the old Taoist priest, so we just want to find his whereabouts and tell you."
What a coincidence. Bai Yangfan had originally thought of a lot of words to persuade this ghost couple to do things for her, but she didn't expect them to do it themselves. This was a good thing, as it saved her a lot of trouble.
"Any clues?" Bai Yangfan asked with interest, "Have you sensed the old Taoist's presence?"
"We've just gotten some clues, but the exact location hasn't been determined yet," Qinghuai said honestly, "and yet you summoned us back. By the way, what do you want from us?"
Bifang also looked at Bai Yangfan eagerly: "Yes! What do you want from us?"
"It's about finding that old Taoist priest." Bai Yangfan was also a straightforward person, never fussy. "You guessed it right. Our people have been searching for that old Taoist priest for a whole day but haven't found any trace of him, so we thought of asking you for help.
Remember, you are no match for that old Taoist priest. If you do find him, don't approach him easily. Just give us a rough location and we will take care of the rest."
Qing Huai was very excited and said several times: "I know, I know. We won't approach him, we can just secretly see where he lives, what he does, and who he interacts with."
"Then I'll come back and report to you." Bifang also became excited. "We've been wandering for so many years, and we've seen too much of the world's joys and sorrows, separations and reunions, and cruelty and brutality. Sometimes we just hate ourselves for not being able to stop it.
Now that you're here, if we see any criminal activity, we'll definitely tell you. Then you can apprehend those despicable individuals, jail those who deserve it, or execute those who deserve it. That way, we can contribute to social peace and harmony."
"Okay! If you really discover something in the future, tell me." Bai Yangfan was very supportive of Bifang's idea.
As long as these two ghosts don't cause any trouble and are willing to do good deeds, it's good. In the future, the worst that can happen is that we can burn more paper money and light more incense and candles for them.
"Then we'll go. When we have good news, we'll come back and tell you." Qinghuai pulled Bifang and prepared to leave. "You go back first! We know where your home is. You just have to wait."
Bai Yangfan glanced at them and said, "Be careful."
Then the two ghosts floated away, and Lu Jingheng felt that the cold aura disappeared in an instant.
"They left?"
"Yes!" Bai Yangfan turned around, "Let's go back! Qinghuai said he would come to my house to inform me if he has any news."
Lu Jingheng didn't say any more nonsense and followed Bai Yangfan back home. He sat in the yard with her, waiting for the two ghosts to bring good news.
The Taoist priest left no trace of his scent; the ones who did were the five ghosts who had carried the safe. More precisely, the five beasts of Hell, who had left a subtle, peculiar scent in the air.
Following the scent, Qinghuai and Bifang came to a dilapidated courtyard. After looking around carefully, they realized that this was East City.
The courtyard house has no house number, but there is a tall camphor tree planted in the yard.
The two ghosts hid on the camphor tree and looked inside.
The lights in the living room were on, and there was a person lying in the rocking chair. They weren't sure if it was the old Taoist priest. They were too far away to see clearly.
My benefactor was right. The old Taoist had extraordinary skills. They had ghostly auras. As long as he could sense it, he could beat them to ashes with just a single finger gesture.
How dare I get close to him?
If we can't find the person, we must find the thing. The Taoist priests can't afford to offend them. Those five prison beasts have probably gone back to hell long ago.
If I can find the safe by following the faint scent they left behind, it would be a good thing. At least the trip was not in vain.
Having made up their minds, the two ghosts left the courtyard and floated forward following the scent.
After drifting for a long distance, I came to a river bank, and the breath disappeared there.
"No way! Could it be that those people have already transported the things across the river?" Qinghuai was a little bit unconvinced. "We came here for nothing and got nothing?"
Bifang looked around and pointed to a shed: "Go over there and take a look. There's light inside, it looks like someone is still awake."
I came to the shed and hid in a corner, away from the light, and heard everyone in the house drinking.
Maybe they drank a little too much, and a few people started chatting, all talking about dirty jokes. A few people laughed out loud, and their laughter was obscene.
Bifang felt uncomfortable after hearing this and thought these people were so boring.
It’s a pity that they don’t have any means, otherwise they really want to teach these people a lesson.
"Okay, drink if you want to, why bother talking about that? You guys better sober up. The fourth one and I will keep watch for a while, and the rest of you go to sleep. Even if you don't go to sleep, it's useless. Look at you all drunk, how can you still keep watch?"
"Boss! There's no need to guard that thing. It's underwater. Who would have thought it would be?"
"That's right. Boss, you're overthinking it. The thing is hidden underwater, so who knows how safe it is? They sent us to guard it just for show. Who would have thought that thing was in the water? No one could find it."
Qinghuai was stunned and felt that what this person said made sense. He was a ghost and he really didn't expect that things would be hidden in the water.
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