Just ask if you want to, why are there so many whys?
——Of course he could only think about this sentence in his mind.
Jing Cheng felt that he had just acted out of control, which was why Qin Yan had found a way to tease him.
He is now a Taoist textbook-level figure, how could he ask such a naive question?
However, facing Qin Yan's ambiguous eyes, Jing Cheng felt his ears getting hot. He was a person who would never let himself get into an awkward situation. Based on the principle of "as long as I am not embarrassed, others will be embarrassed", he asked more "righteously" than the other party: "What's the matter? Is there a problem?"
——Why do you ask this question?
——What’s the matter? Is there a problem?
Qin Yan stared at him for a long time, speechless.
Someone always says that he is thick-skinned, but is it so difficult to admit that he is jealous at the critical moment?
Seeing that he didn't say anything, Jing Qingqing cleared his throat and said, "Alright, why are there so many questions? It's important to get down to business!"
...
...
Having said that, without waiting for Qin Yan to react, he pulled everyone towards the scene of the accident.
Qin Yan: “…”
*
When Jing Cheng and Qin Yan arrived, there were already quite a few people gathered, and most of them were there to watch the fun. There were flashes from various brands of mobile phones, clicking non-stop, almost making the place look like a press conference.
Someone even started a live broadcast, explaining on the spot: "Why did the woman scream in the middle of the night? Let's interview the person involved, this beautiful lady... No, lady, please don't cry first!"
Shu Ran lowered her head and covered her face: "Wuwuwuwu... Jiang Cong, where have you been? Wuwuwuwu..."
"Beauty, are you filming a TV series? Who is Jiang Cong? Is he the male lead?"
"Girl, what is this pool of black ash on the ground? Were you burning paper just now?"
"Who said someone was dead just now? Why didn't I see the body?"
"Beauty, did a relative of yours pass away? Today is his death anniversary, so you are burning paper here?"
"Hi? Hello? Beautiful, why don't you say anything?"
…
It's simply a mess.
Jing Cheng frowned and finally squeezed out of the encirclement, only to see a wretched man making physical advances towards the heroine of the accident under the pretext of comforting her.
The girl just lowered her head, covered her mouth and cried. I don’t know if she was confused or for some other reason, but she didn’t react at all.
The few people who were approaching were also there to watch the fun, and some were even secretly recording the video with their cell phones. Jing Cheng was totally baffled by what he saw. What kind of people were these?
Unable to bear the sight, Jing Cheng quickly took a few steps forward and kicked the man in the back: "Trash! Get out of here!"
The man was kicked unexpectedly, and his body arched forward involuntarily, falling flat on his face. He didn't care about the pain from the fall, and immediately got angry and yelled, "Fuck! Who kicked me?"
Just as he finished speaking, he was kicked on the back of the head again. With a "bang", the man fell face first to the ground with a mouth full of mud.
The wretched man: "… Bah! Who the hell did this?"
"Me! What?"
Qin Yan hated such filth the most. He followed behind Jing Cheng and saw the man's actions clearly. His disgust for this man almost became real. After Jing Cheng kicked him for the first time, he immediately gave him a second kick and confessed his actions.
Seeing that things were about to get out of hand, several young men who were watching quietly stepped back and left.
The man who was kicked to the ground was thin, with a rabbit head and a weasel head. He was lying on the ground with a hunched back, and looked very wretched no matter how you looked at him. Qin Yan stood behind him with his hands in his pockets, and for some reason a word suddenly popped up in his mind - appearance reflects the heart.
Jing Cheng squatted on the ground, gently pinched the black ash on the ground with his fingers, and his expression was very ugly.
Qin Yan caught a glimpse of his movements and asked curiously, "What is this?"
Jing Cheng took a deep breath and stood up. He looked back at the woman who was still crying, then turned around and walked up to him, saying in a low voice, "Those are ashes."
Qin Yan: "..." Could it be that the urn was broken? No wonder she was crying so sadly.
Shu Ran was close by, so she could hear it clearly. She paused for a moment, then started crying even louder, as if she wanted to shed all her tears in this life. This was the best way to mourn for one's dearest relative.
Jing Cheng: “…” It seems that this person is an insider.
The wretched man lying on the ground stood up and wanted to see who was doing this to him, but when he turned around, he met Qin Yan's cold gaze and couldn't help shaking his legs. He shifted his gaze and met Jing Cheng's disgusted eyes as if he was looking at a maggot, and he couldn't help but shrink his shoulders again.
Jing Cheng and Qin Yan were taller than him, more handsome, and more upright. Perhaps it touched his inferiority complex, the man lowered his head with a depressed look and said quickly: "Sorry, I'm mean, I'm impatient, I'm leaving now."
After saying that, he didn't dare to look up at anyone again, and ran away with his body hunched.
Qin Yan opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but Jing Cheng stopped him: "Don't bother with irrelevant people."
Jing Cheng flicked his fingers to get rid of the dust on them, then he turned to Shu Ran and said gently: "Don't be afraid, you can tell me what you just saw."
Shu Ran raised her head when she heard that. Her makeup was all smudged due to crying. Half of her false eyelashes had fallen off, and the other half was hanging on her eyelids, about to fall off. The black eyeliner left two winding grooves on her face, and her lipstick was smudged around her lips, deep red like blood... She looked like a ghost. She didn't know how the man could have such dirty thoughts about this face.
It can be seen that what is said on the Internet that "it is dangerous for girls to go out at night because of their appearance and the clothes they wear" is pure nonsense. Most bad people in this world want to do bad things for no reason, and the so-called reasons are nothing but "people's prejudice" disguised as such.
When the others saw Jing Cheng and Qin Yan acting like masters, they thought they knew Shu Ran. Seeing that there was no excitement, they left one after another. Only a few people looked back from time to time.
After hearing Jing Cheng's question, she looked at him with confused eyes, sobbing softly and asked: "Who are you? Why are you asking this?"
Jing Cheng raised his eyebrows and looked at Qin Yan. Qin Yan understood his thoughts and took a few steps back to make way for him.
Shu Ran stopped crying. After a moment of silence, she reacted and asked defensively, "What do you want to do?"
Just now she was on the verge of a mental breakdown and didn't notice that someone was taking advantage of her. Now that she had calmed down and saw these two strange boys approaching her for no apparent reason, she would be lying if she said she wasn't nervous.
Although both of them have rare good looks, these days, you can only judge a person by their appearance, not their heart. Who knows what kind of soul is hidden under the beautiful appearance?
What's more, she was the only woman here alone at night, and her boyfriend was not around... Thinking of this, Shu Ran became even more panicked. Why did Jiang Cong disappear without anyone noticing? Did something happen to him too?
Seeing Jing Cheng still approaching her, Shu Ran's stiff body involuntarily took a few steps back, and she raised her head pretending to be calm: "Little brat! Are you an adult? I'm telling you my boyfriend is nearby, you better behave yourself!"
Little brat...
Jing Cheng could tell what she was thinking from her expression, and felt a little amused. When he heard this name, he felt sick all over.
He looks young now, but he shouldn't be called a "little brat", right? What's the look in this woman's eyes!
Shu Ran had no idea where her boyfriend had gone, and it was obvious that she was bluffing. Jing Cheng didn't bother to explain anything to her, and simply stretched out his hand and waved it in front of her: "Look here."
Shu Ran couldn't help but look over there.
Jing Cheng twisted his fingers, where there was still a little grayish-white stain, as well as a thick black foul smell that was invisible to the naked eye.
He whispered a few rhythmic spells, then snapped his fingers, and a cluster of flames suddenly shot out from his fingertips.
That flame was completely different from the Samadhi Fire that Jing Cheng had summoned in the past. The Samadhi Fire looked like an ordinary bright yellow in appearance, but it was actually a glass color, which means clarity and purity. It could remove foul air and clear away evil spirits. In modern terms, it was full of positive energy (……).
However, the flames summoned by Jing Cheng this time were of a dark blue color, flickering like ghosts. Just looking at them gave people a chilling and eerie feeling, making people feel very uncomfortable.
Qin Yan was shocked and couldn't help asking, "What kind of fire is this?" Why did it give him such an evil feeling?
Jing Cheng stared thoughtfully at the flame dancing on the white ash at his fingertips, and said softly: "It is not a flame in essence, but an evil force. You may call it - will-o'-the-wisp."
Shu Ran, who was standing aside, looked at the magical scene in front of her, covered her mouth, and was so shocked that she couldn't speak.
The ghostly blue fire only burned for a moment before being extinguished by Jing Cheng. He discovered that this ghostly fire was extremely corrosive and even had the power to engulf the soul. He used the remaining foul air on the ashes to "reignite" it for a while, but it made him feel very uncomfortable.
From this, it can be seen that the evil god is probably unable to wait any longer and has begun to attack innocent people unscrupulously.
Shu Ran had her worldview shattered and reconstructed in a short period of time, and she thought she had seen the world. When she looked at Jing Cheng again, her eyes were already wearing a "master filter". His slightly chubby face had a "fairy temperament". She felt that the "fairy" was generous and would not mind her previous doubts about him, so she carefully approached him, stopped less than half a meter away from him, blinked her eyes, and asked softly: "Excuse me, are you the legendary Heavenly Master?"
Jing Cheng looked at her speechlessly and said seriously: "The Heavenly Master is also a normal person, there is no need to say anything like 'legendary'."
It makes him sound like he's some big shot, or like he's living in ancient history...
Shu Ran knew that he admitted it, and she breathed a sigh of relief. She wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, forced a stiff smile on her face, and her tone became more literary: "It's not that I have never seen a Taoist priest before. I hope you can forgive me if I offended you."
"No need, business is more important." Jing Cheng pointed at the messy ashes on the ground and said bluntly, "What is your relationship with the person on the ground?"
Shu Ran didn't expect him to be so straightforward. She was so shocked that her lips trembled uncontrollably and her face turned even paler. Facing Jing Cheng's seemingly gentle but actually indifferent eyes, she panicked and said incoherently, "I'm not sure if what I saw before was true... Her name is Zhang Xinyi, and she's our companion. About half an hour ago, we checked out together, and she suddenly had a quarrel with her boyfriend and ran out. My boyfriend and I came out to look for her... It was too dark, and there was no light here. We got separated somehow, and when I turned around, I saw her lying on the ground..."
At this point, Shu Ran collapsed and covered her face. She didn't want to recall the horrific scene she had just seen. Her voice became hoarse: "I didn't mean to do that. I thought she was just lying on the ground and playing a prank to scare me like before, so I didn't call anyone... But she didn't speak, and I was scared, I swear! I really just wanted to see if she was still alive! But I didn't expect that as soon as I touched her, she, she would spontaneously combust... Yes! It was that scary fire that suddenly appeared... I don't know why, woooo..."
Unfortunately, the two men in front of her were not the kind of people who would show sympathy to women. They just stood there and watched her cry calmly, unmoved.
At this time, a person who had come later came over and heard her crying and talking. He roughly understood what was going on and couldn't help but interrupt her: "Girl, don't cry first. What you mean is that the fire was burning for less than half an hour and your friend turned into ashes?"
Even if it is cremated in a crematorium, it takes two hours. It takes only half an hour to burn a person to ashes, and no one else even notices it. This is too unscientific! He was supposed to believe that the pile of ashes on the ground were fresh? No! This must be a prank!
Shu Ran: "Wuwuwu, I didn't lie..."
Jing Cheng then realized that a group of people had gathered around them. He also noticed that some people were holding up their phones and taking pictures of them excitedly.
He stared over with an unchanging expression, but unexpectedly a few girls in the crowd became even more excited, screaming "Ahhhh" non-stop in a small area, with a few words mixed in.
"Wow, that's so cool!"
"You look so cute when you're puffed up!"
"The one next to him is more handsome. I prefer the cool one."
"The handsome boy is angry. I really want to pinch his face."
"Wow, he found out we were filming, let's go!"
"Wait, it's rare to see such a great product, and I don't know if I'll be able to see it again in the future. Let me get your WeChat first before you leave!"
Several fashionably dressed girls pushed each other and hid behind the crowd, pointing in the direction of Jing Cheng and the others and laughing.
Jing Cheng: “…” I was speechless.
Qin Yan also noticed this and raised his hands to cover his face, frowning: "Oh no, they are going to post it online."
In this era of live streaming for all, those beautiful girls also have their own short video accounts, with a total of hundreds of thousands of fans.
They quickly processed the videos and posted them online one after another, which soon attracted a lot of attention.
@xx takes you to see handsome guys: I was at a popular inn in Dian County and accidentally found two handsome guys. Are you in love with their looks? I am in love with them anyway [drooling] #Bao Zang Boy #Handsome Guy # #Good looks mean you can do whatever you want #
Less than two minutes after the video was released, a group of people crowded below and shouted "The screen is dirty, lick it."
"To be honest, I love both of them. Please write your contact information on the public screen. Thank you."
"Is the skin real? How can a boy's skin be so good? Wuwuwu biting the handkerchief..."
"Fuck, that look from the short guy was simply insane. My heartbeat wasn't even that fast when I was getting an injection!"
"Boys don't show off their height. Besides, he's not short. He's more than half a head taller than the girl next to him."
"Ah, this is the appearance of my dream lover..."
"Let me tell you a secret, the comment above was made by a man."
"The tall one is also good, with phoenix eyes and a cool look, which is my type. But it's a pity that it's just a short shot, and it's hard to take a screenshot."
"The queen is here, why don't you leave quickly!"
"What a bunch of superficial people upstairs! PS: Crowdfunding! Blogger, give me a location, I'll get everyone's phone number, no need to thank me, it's my duty [dog head]."
"Secretly filmed? Did the blogger get the person's consent before posting it online? Doesn't he know that invading someone's privacy is illegal?"
"Am I the only one who cares about what they are doing? What are all these people doing there? Why is the girl next to him crying? Scumbag?"
"After counting on my fingers, this matter is extraordinary."
…
Most netizens nowadays are all concerned about appearance. When they hear words like "handsome guy" and "beautiful girl", their sense of smell is as sensitive as a fly. Soon, a large number of marketing accounts got wind of the news, and countless people forwarded it, making this video a hot topic.
Half an hour later, someone suddenly left a message online: "Fuck! Why does he look so familiar? Isn't this the Second Young Master Jing?"
"Who is the Second Young Master Jing? I'm in Xiacun Netcom, can anyone tell me about it?"
"He looks familiar to me too. Isn't he the handsome boy from the haunted building incident at Nanming Middle School?"
"What's the matter with the ghost building? Isn't Nanming Middle School the aristocratic school that is said to have extremely expensive tuition?"
"About two months ago, a group of rich second-generations from Nanming Middle School staged a live prank, apparently intending to play a trick on Young Master Jing. Unexpectedly, they were taught a lesson instead. It is said that one of them ended up kneeling down and crying, calling him daddy."
"Oh, now I remember. That live video was later spoofed into a ghost video on C Station and went viral. It was so funny. I also know that the rich second-generation's surname was Sun. I heard that he felt ashamed and spent money everywhere to ask the blogger to delete the video, but was rejected by the blogger in a righteous manner. I almost died of laughter."
"It's time to update the information above. The protagonist in the video is not the Second Young Master Jing, but the Third Young Master Jing. It is said that he is the twin brother. He just came back from abroad last year. He is a very good kid."
"Now that you mention it, I remember that Young Master Jing was the one who was always on the news and was the cancer in the rich second generation circle? How could his twin brother be so handsome?"
"Am I the only one who is concerned about why there is no news about the Second Young Master Jing all of a sudden? Could it be that he has turned over a new leaf and turned into the Third Young Master Jing? [Funny]"
"I want to say something to the above: If I can't adapt to the local climate, I will adapt to you. [Bow]"
"This is a wild idea, but it's not impossible. What can't rich people do? As we all know, the national father is the most face-conscious. It's scary to think about it. [horrified]"
"So, the handsome guy next to him is not an ordinary person either, right? It's a pity that the camera is a bit blurry and I can't see it clearly."
Just as everyone was arguing, a big V suddenly came over to join in the fun: "I'll say this quietly: Auntie is in the entertainment industry, and now it's all over the circle. It is said that this newly returned Master Jing is a person in the metaphysics circle, and he is a big shot."
Netizens were so shocked that their melons dropped from their hands, because this big V had previously officially certified that the blogger's aunt was not some unknown person, but a movie queen with a considerable status in the entertainment industry, Mao Rongyan. She also always posted some gossip in the entertainment industry, which was later confirmed to be true, so what he said still had a certain degree of credibility.
"??? So why did Master Jing appear in Dian County? Is he going to slay demons and monsters?"
"What happened in Dian County recently? I know there's a famous B&B there."
"Don't you read social news? Wasn't the 'God's Wrath' that was making a lot of noise online a while ago spread from that inn?"
"Fuck, if you hadn't told me I would have forgotten about it. So there are other details about 'God's Wrath'?"
"Who knows? Anyway, I don't believe in the wrath of God."
…
…
When the other members of the program crew arrived, Jing Cheng and Qin Yan were surrounded by a lot of people, and they couldn't get in.
The cameraman was holding the equipment in his hands and was afraid of damaging the video recorder, so he had to stand outside to film the scene.
Jing Cheng squatted on the ground, thinking about a pool of dust on the ground.
Qin Yan stood beside him, and with a stern expression he stopped the people around him who wanted to come over.
At this time, the room service and B&B security also came over to disperse the crowd.
Director Zhao, along with several tall and strong bodyguards, squeezed his way into the encirclement.
Here, Shu Ran saw Sang Qing following behind Director Zhao. She cried out, "Sang Qing! Sang Qing! Wuuuuuuuu!"
Sang Qing was at a loss, "...What's wrong? What happened? Where's Jiang Cong? Why isn't he with you?"
"Xinyi! Zhang Xinyi is dead!"
"What--?"
"She was right in front of me... she was burned to death..." Shu Ran cried out of breath, her hair was messy, her eyes were swollen beyond recognition, and she sobbed, "The ashes on the ground are hers."
Sang Qing seemed to be struck by lightning and was stunned. She couldn't utter a word.
Although Zhang Xinyi usually targeted her, it was just the jealousy of a little girl. She was never vague about big things, so she never took it to heart. So when she heard that the other party had died suddenly, and disappeared in such a tragic way, her first reaction was "Fake!"
After a long while, she came back to her senses and saw Jing Cheng squatting on the ground. She quickly pushed the person in her arms away, rushed to him, and said anxiously: "Master Jing! Is what she said true? It must be false, right?"
Jing Cheng pursed his lips tightly, raised his eyes to meet her panicked gaze, shook his head gently and said: "Someone did die here just now, but I'm not sure if the dead person is your companion."
After a pause, he added: "If it is really her, the dead cannot be resurrected, please accept my condolences."
Sang Qing opened her mouth and wanted to say something, but she looked down at the handful of messy dust that was said to be Zhang Xinyi's ashes. All the words in her heart were stuck in her throat like a fishbone and she couldn't utter them.
Shu Ran's personal witness and Master Jing's inference actually confirmed one thing - Zhang Xinyi was dead.
Her companion died in less than an hour.
An hour ago, everyone was still discussing where to shoot footage. Zhang Xinyi said excitedly that a big star might have come to the inn, and she wanted to dress up beautifully and prepare to go over to get an autograph.
But now he died inexplicably, and there is no body left, only a pool of ashes.
She was silent.
Although Jing Cheng's voice was not loud, with so many people gathered close together, everyone who should have heard it heard it.
Everyone was horrified by what they heard, and considering the information revealed by the screaming heroine before, they finally believed it. Could it be that someone really died in this inn in the middle of the night without anyone noticing?
Or was he burned alive...
Someone immediately thought of the previous hot search news and asked anxiously: "Is it the wrath of the gods?"
The people around were shocked when they heard the words, and immediately started talking about it in an uproar.
"Is it possible that the wrath of the gods is happening here again?"
"Holy shit! Someone actually died! Where's the room service? I want to check out!"
"No, my girlfriend is still in the room. I have to go back and check on her."
"Oh my God, I originally thought that the wrath of the gods was fake, but now it seems to be true? No, I can't be the only one to know about this..."
Director Zhao had a feeling that something serious had happened, so he quickly asked his bodyguards to stop the crowd from taking pictures.
However, it didn’t take long for the news that “the internet-famous inn in Dian County has been angered by the gods again” to quickly ferment on the Internet, and countless short videos and reposts went viral in the circle of friends.
＃Hundreds of tourists witnessed the wrath of the gods (fire) with their own eyes. It turns out that there are really gods in this world? [Funny]＃
#People are at the scene, playing with fire, getting burned, what is wrong with this world [horror] #
#That internet-famous inn in Dian County caught fire again. Which damn couple is on the blacklist of the gods? #
Sensational news spread quickly, causing an uproar on the Internet.
The netizens who were watching the videos and reading the news from marketing accounts were all shocked!
What day is today? Why are there so many melons?
The one with the most likes was: "Purely out of curiosity, I opened it unintentionally, bad luck goes away, good luck and peace."
"I've never seen such a thing before."
"In half an hour, the person was burned to ashes. Are you kidding me?"
"But I am uneducated, so I can only say 'wow'."
"Can any news be published now? There is no review in the background of short videos?"
"Repeat after me: Spreading rumors is against the law."
"How can the hotel still be open despite repeated fires? Does the boss have any backers that the relevant departments don't care?"
"No, am I dazzled? How come the male protagonist who was on a trending search appears in this video?"
"I think I saw the director of a reality show I'm a fan of. Is it Zhao Yi? Or do they look alike?"
"Are you filming a TV series? I saw someone holding a camera in the back."
…
Jing Rong, who was far away in Beijing, was sitting in his office, browsing his mobile phone. Special Assistant Wang, who was standing next to him, was slightly hunched over, a layer of cold sweat on his forehead, and he dared not breathe.
No one expected that the boss suddenly decided to work overtime tonight. An employee was slacking off and watching videos, and was caught by the boss!
After finding out that the male protagonist in the video was Young Master Jing, Boss's face became sullen, as if he was owed millions and was not being paid back.
Special Assistant Wang was previously given the important task of "keeping an eye on Jing Cheng". He was responsible for taking care of all the trivial matters concerning Jing Cheng after he was discharged from the hospital. However, this young master seemed to have become a different person after he was discharged from the hospital. He transformed himself from an unlearned playboy into a big shot in the circle of metaphysics. After going to the ancient city with his classmates, he became a wild horse that ran farther and farther, and the troubles he caused became bigger and bigger, even more troublesome than the previous second young master.
In the afternoon, his boss asked him to investigate the missing persons in Dian County in recent years, and he had a bad feeling.
Seeing him put down his phone and pinching his brows in annoyance, Special Assistant Wang looked at Jing Rong's expression and said cautiously: "With the ability of the Third Young Master, nothing should go wrong."
"You'd better pray that he's okay." Jing Rong glanced at him and snorted coldly, "Otherwise... humph!"
“…”
Special Assistant Wang wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, thinking that being a boss was indeed extraordinary and he knew very well the danger of leaving blank space.
He now prayed from the bottom of his heart: No matter you are the second young master or the third young master, you must return safely.
*
The onlookers took videos, but they were still very uneasy. The rational ones chose to call the police to solve the problem, while the irrational ones were afraid that someone would be burned to death again. The brave ones returned to their rooms, while the timid ones decided to go to the front desk to check out.
There were some people who wanted to watch the fun, but were driven away by the bodyguards. Faced with the tall and strong bodyguards with ferocious looks, they could only leave reluctantly.
The girl at the front desk was extremely busy. She didn't expect that so many people would check out in such a short time.
Some of them were even tourists who had just arrived to check in, and when they saw everyone was in a hurry to check out, they decided not to stay there anymore.
She didn't know how much revenue the inn would lose tonight, but she had a feeling that the job she had worked so hard to find might be over.
She also knew that something happened outside. After hearing the screams, she called her boss, but she couldn't get through to her boss's phone.
After hesitating for a moment, she called the proprietress who seldom came to the inn. Such a big thing happened in the inn, and it would not do without someone in charge.
Little did she know that the "boss" whom she could not contact was standing at the scene of the incident.
…
Director Zhao took a deep breath after learning the cause and effect of the incident and asked quickly, "Has Wang Ningning been found? Who else is missing? I don't think they are all in trouble, right?"
Jing Cheng shook his head and said, "If she still had the amulet with her, nothing serious would have happened."
Director Zhao turned around and asked Zhou Xiaowen: "You have been living with her. Does she have any amulets with her?"
Zhou Xiaowen said nervously: "Ningning took a bath in the hotel the night before coming to Dian County because of her menstrual period. I don't know if she was wearing a talisman."
Girls' menstrual periods are an awkward topic, but at a time when human lives are at stake, no one cares about anything else. Xiao Qu reacted quickly and said, "She must be wearing an amulet. I noticed the red string around her neck last night."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and then someone asked, "Aren't amulets not allowed to get wet? Could it be that Wang Ningning's amulet became ineffective after getting wet, which is why she behaved so strangely today?"
"Yes, isn't there a saying that girls can't worship Buddha during their period? It's said that it will pollute the temple. Will the Taoist amulets also be polluted and lose their effectiveness?"
When these words were spoken, the female staff present were unhappy.
"What do you mean by pollution or no pollution? Are you prejudiced against girls?"
"That's not what I meant, just talk about the facts!"
"What do you mean by discussing the matter objectively? I think you are discriminating?!"
Jing Cheng frowned when he heard this. In ancient times, people believed that women's menstrual blood was unclean and could easily attract evil spirits, so women were not allowed to participate in sacrificial activities during their menstrual period. This custom seemed to be a prejudice against women, but in fact it was because women's menstrual blood had different properties from normal blood. Women were yin, and menstrual blood was extremely yin. If one went to a place where yin gathered, it would be easy to attract unclean things.
The sacrificial activity itself is a ritual to attract Yin, which is actually for the purpose of protecting women. However, as the oppression of women in later feudal society became more and more severe, many customs that have been passed down have changed.
As for the idea of contaminating the amulet? That's even more ridiculous.
After Jing Cheng finished explaining it to them, everyone looked as if they had suddenly understood.
The man who had just raised the question was surrounded and attacked by the women around him. He begged for mercy again and again: "I was wrong, ladies. I won't dare to do it again next time."
Fu Le approached Jing Cheng nervously and said, "Chengzi, do you think we can catch the evil god this time? This thing is so powerful that it can actually set fire from a distance and has such great lethality. But we don't even know what this guy looks like. I can't let go of the worry in my heart."
Qin Yan: "You haven't seen him? Didn't we see him when we came here last night?"
"Are you talking about that furry mandrill with a human face?" Fu Le smacked his lips. "That's impossible. Is such a powerful creature really just an animal? I feel a little disillusioned all of a sudden."
Jing Cheng touched his chin and said, "The birth of the evil god originated from the evil thoughts of the people of Dian County. Its essence should be an evil energy. Unless it possesses a body, it is difficult to form a physical entity. If my previous plan was correct, judging from the current results, it should possess a certain person."
Fu Le was surprised: "Energy... cannot be seen or touched. Isn't it as elusive as air? Then how can we catch it?"
Sang Qing had recovered by now. She had been paying attention to the conversation between Jing Cheng and the others, and she interrupted, "Who will it possess?"
Jing Cheng asked her, "Who else from your team is missing?"
Sang Qing glanced at Shu Ran who was still immersed in her own emotions, and said hesitantly, "Except for Shu Ran and me, no one else is here. I just sent them a message, but no one has replied to me yet."
After saying this, she didn't know what she was thinking of, her face turned pale and she asked, "Could it be that the evil god will possess one of them?"
"That won't happen." Jing Cheng saw that she looked nervous and didn't seem to believe it, so he explained, "Generally speaking, possession is another form of 'inviting a spirit to possess'. Although an evil spirit is just a collection of evil thoughts, it is the same as a spirit to some extent. It can't possess a body without someone summoning it, so it will only possess the body of a believer. The more devout, the easier it is to possess."
Sang Qing murmured, "We are all outsiders. We have never heard of this thing before, let alone devoutly believe in the evil god, so we..."
Jing Cheng nodded, took out a few more amulets from his pocket and handed them to her, saying seriously: "Your companions should not be possessed by it, but I'm not sure if they are still safe now, so I suggest you find them quickly."
Sang Qing didn't expect Jing Cheng to suddenly give her so many talismans. She was stunned by his sudden generosity. She quickly took them with excitement and carefully put them in her pocket: "Thank you, I'll go find someone right away!"
Jing Cheng said seriously: "You're welcome. Remember to give me money when you find me."
Sang Qing: “…” Why do you always pour cold water on her when she is touched?
Seeing Sang Qing pulling Shu Ran away, Fu Le couldn't help but ask the question that had been pent up in his heart: "Why did the evil god choose them? There must be a reason to kill people, right? Why do I feel like that guy is specifically targeting them?"
Qin Yan looked at Jing Cheng and asked, "Did you hide something just now?"
Jing Cheng looked at the two girls' hurried backs. He saw Shu Ran tripped over a stone and almost fell, but Sang Qing quickly pulled her up. The two girls held hands and slowed down their pace.
He did not answer their questions, but suddenly said out of nowhere: "Girls' friendship is really strange."
Qin Yan, Fu Le: “?”
"Yes, I did hide part of it just now." Jing Cheng turned around to look at the two of them, and said with a strange look, "The evil god will not stare at someone for no reason. It survives on evil thoughts. As long as evil thoughts exist, it will continue to grow. Similarly, it will only appear when there are evil thoughts. Zhang Xinyi's death must have been partly due to her own reasons, but the reason she died in front of Shu Ran was because Shu Ran had evil thoughts about Zhang Xinyi before, such as 'I hope she dies' and 'I really want to see her get into trouble'."
Qin Yan thought for a moment and said, "I just heard her say that their original plan was to come out for filming, but Zhang Xinyi suddenly had a quarrel with her boyfriend, which disrupted their plan. So it's not surprising that Shu Ran had evil thoughts about Zhang Xinyi."
Fu Le: "...No wonder you say that girls' friendship is strange. But how can one control one's thoughts? Sometimes it's just the subconscious mind that's at work, and the thoughts that come out of one's mind at this moment may not be the real thoughts?"
Jing Cheng: "Indeed, evil thoughts only last for a moment, so I think the evil god has her own reasons for choosing Zhang Xinyi."
Fu Le asked curiously, "Is there anything wrong with Zhang Xinyi?"
Jing Cheng shrugged his shoulders shamelessly: "I haven't even seen her, how can I know what's wrong with her?"
"Could it be that she has Mercury retrograde?" Fu Le was still dwelling on the issue.
"No, Taoist Xiao Jing, what are you discussing?" Zhao Yi suddenly came closer to interrupt them, "I just heard you talking about possession. Who is possessed?"
But Jing Cheng and Qin Yan said in unison: "Boss Lu."
"What?" Zhao Yi was confused, "Why is Boss Lu possessed?"
Jing Cheng looked at Qin Yan in surprise: "How did you know?"
Qin Yan said: "I'm just guessing that in terms of the devotion to the evil god among the believers in the entire inn, I'm afraid no one can compare to him."
As soon as he finished speaking, a young man in a Tang suit suddenly appeared in front of everyone from nowhere.
Zhao Yi hadn't recovered yet. He was stunned the moment he saw him: "Boss Lu? Why are you here... No, why are you here just now?"
Boss Lu looked the same as before. He still looked very haggard. He said to everyone with an apologetic look on his face, "I am the owner of this inn. I really didn't expect something like this tonight. I would like to apologize to everyone for bringing you an unpleasant experience."
Fu Le muttered quietly: "He looks like a decent person, but he doesn't look like he's possessed."
Qin Yan's lips moved slightly: "Shut up."
Among the remaining onlookers, a young man in a suit said, "Ignorance is not a crime. We have called the police and I believe they will arrive in a while. I suggest that the boss close the inn first to prevent anyone from escaping and then open the door after the police arrive."
Boss Lu said gently, "You are right. I have already closed the door of the inn. No one can escape tonight."
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The author has something to say:
Evil God: Once the door of the inn is closed, no one can escape!
Taoist Jing nodded: You are right, no one can escape!
The evil god inexplicably felt that something was wrong.
Hint: Queen Mao was the guest of the previous episode in Chapter 72. The haunted building incident at Nanming Middle School was in Chapter 31.
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