The young couple is having a conflict
Several people were skeptical.
"You are really a young lady. You are so pretentious even when you go out on a mission." Yan Yuan began to speak sarcastically.
"What, you are not convinced? If you are not convinced, just keep it to yourself!" Qin Baoyao was already unhappy. Who knew whether the man in front of her was a human or a ghost? If Shi Yue had not said not to alert the enemy, she would have taken action long ago. If she couldn't beat him, she couldn't beat him either.
"Brother Yan, please say less and complete the mission." Jiang Lan tried to stop the fight.
When they got downstairs, Qin Baoyao saw that the other people were about to walk out of the store without saying a word. She didn't care. She found a seat, sat down, and asked the waiter to bring some food.
After walking out of the store, the few people who were about to ask her to assign tasks turned around and found that her husband had not followed them out, so they had to go back.
"You still have the mind to eat? Besides, you're already in the foundation-building stage, so just take some fasting pills."
Qin Baoyao stared at them up and down and shook her head: "That won't do. As a young lady, what's wrong with eating a meal?"
"You..." Yan Yuan was so angry that he couldn't speak.
The shopkeeper was happy to see all this happen. While watching them quarrel, he secretly sent messages to someone. When Qin Baoyao looked at him, he acted as if he had done nothing.
[Shi Yue, how long are we going to have to deal with them? Their acting is terrible!] Qin Baoyao whispered to Shi Yue secretly.
"We need to hold on a little longer and investigate the specific cause. After all, there are so many ordinary people in the city. I have a feeling that it's unlikely that all of them have been harmed." Shi Yue comforted her: "If you really don't want to deal with it, just let me do it."
"It's alright. I haven't been a savage, unreasonable young lady in ages. I'll just play along with them."
[Okay, be careful not to push them too far.]
[Hmm. Hmm.]
Seeing Qin Baoyao start to stare blankly after she retorted to him, Yan Yuan was furious: "I shouldn't have teamed up with you earlier."
"Then you quit, you quit, quit." Qin Baoyao was fearless, but she was more curious about what these people's purpose was. Unfortunately, she couldn't ask for the time being.
She finished her breakfast slowly before starting to assign tasks.
When they heard Qin Baoyao asking them to ask the common people and that she would go to the City Lord's Mansion again, their eyes flashed, as if they were dozing off when someone brought them pillows.
Qin Baoyao and Shi Yue, carrying the information books, walked towards the City Lord's Mansion.
As soon as he left Yan Yuan and the others' sight, someone sent a message to the people in the City Lord's Mansion.
Guan Sha, who had received the news in the mansion, laughed heartily and said to the housekeeper, "Look, your worries are completely unnecessary. You ignorant child, you walked into a trap yourself, and now you've delivered yourself to the door!"
The butler didn't expect this. He was worried all night, thinking that the two people must know something, but it turned out that his worry was in vain.
"The city lord is truly wise," he flattered. "So, shall we begin our plan today?"
"Let's observe and see if they can call a few more people like them." Guan Sha coveted the spiritual energy on the two people, but the great cause was more important, so he had to give priority to the master. If there were more people like them, he could get a bigger share.
"yes."
"Let's prepare that thing today."
When Qin Baoyao and the others arrived, Qin Baoyao looked at the array they had set up, and then looked inside the array, and found that the trapped demonic energy was already faintly visible.
But when he came yesterday, Shi Yue didn't even feel it.
She and Shi Yue looked at each other. Fortunately, they both tacitly changed into unusual clothes before going out. Otherwise, there was no guarantee that they would not be invaded by evil spirits after entering.
Just as Shi Yue was about to knock on the door, it opened from the inside. The housekeeper said with a flattering look on his face, "You are here, Taoist priests! The city lord is waiting for you."
Why is this guy even more fawning than yesterday? And the way he looks at us is like a starving ghost staring at food.
The housekeeper thought he had concealed it well, but he didn't know that Qin Baoyao and the others could see through him.
Shi Yue was particularly alert. While someone was leading the way in front, he touched the back of Qin Baoyao's hand. Qin Baoyao immediately understood what he meant. She looked at the person leading the way, rolled up her sleeves, and silently moved closer to Shi Yue. After feeling something tied around her wrist, she quickly lowered her hand and covered it with her sleeve.
"What's going on, you two? What do you think after reading the information?" Guan Sha asked with a smile, his eyes shining with gold: It would be better if these two could call a few more people like them.
Shi Yue shook his head. "The records contain a lot of information, but very little crucial information. My junior sister and I plan to talk to the families of the victims in the next few days and then make a plan."
"Why don't you go out of the city to check?" Guan Sha asked after hearing their plan.
"Not yet." Shi Yue asked, "Or, does the City Lord have any advice? Do you think we should leave the city and investigate first?"
"That's not the case. It will naturally follow the plans of fellow Taoists."
"In that case, we two won't bother you any more. We still have to find those people to find out the details. We'll take our leave first." Shi Yue bowed, and Qin Baoyao followed behind him, looking reluctant.
"Wait a minute, why don't you two stay for dinner? It's almost lunchtime anyway." Qin Baoyao looked at the sky. It was still gray and she couldn't tell whether it was day or night. Thinking about the so-called breakfast she had just had not long ago, she shook her head and refused.
"We two just need to take the fasting pills. We appreciate the city lord's kindness." Shi Yue acted as a spokesperson for refusal.
"You two should have a cup of tea before leaving." Guan Sha pointed at the steaming teacup on the table and looked at the two of them.
Although she still had a smiling face, Qin Baoyao inexplicably felt a sense of pressure, as if she couldn't leave without drinking tea.
She stared at the man above her for a while, and when he thought she had discovered something, she complained to Shi Yue in a bad tone: "I told you I wouldn't come, but you still forced me to come. Now I have to drink this crappy tea." She picked up the tea, looked at it for a while, then drank it in one gulp. She turned around and said, "I'm done, let's go."
Shi Yue looked embarrassed and prepared to follow her.
"Friend Shi, you haven't had your tea yet." Guan Sha said, and the butler brought the tea directly to him.
Qin Baoyao paused and turned around: "Are you guys done yet? Drink, drink, drink. What's so good about this crappy tea? I even dislike it, but you still force Shi Yue to drink it?"
After saying that, he snatched it away angrily and took another gulp: "I'll drink it for him, is that okay?" After saying that, he pulled Shi Yue and prepared to leave.
But he found that he couldn't pull it, and Shi Yue's other hand was grabbed by someone: "Fellow Daoist Qin is too overbearing. He even snatched Fellow Daoist Shi's tea. Don't you think he is a human being?"
Qin Baoyao was stunned. What the hell? Drinking a cup of tea means you don’t treat him as a human being. Do you want to see what nonsense you are talking about?
Shi Yue grabbed Qin Baoyao's hand and patted it lightly, then took the tea that the housekeeper handed over again and drank it under their gaze.
Qin Baoyao stepped forward and slapped Guan Sha, who was still holding Shi Yue's hand, away with a look of dissatisfaction: "Is this finally okay? What a crappy tea! It's so unpalatable!"
Then he pointed at Guan Sha and said, "What the hell is this? You force others to drink even though they don't want to. You act like you have a mental illness. You won't let them leave if they don't want to drink."
When Guan Sha heard this, he was not angry. He just looked at the two of them and made a "please" gesture.
After the two of them left, Guan Sha looked meaningful and said, "You said, they really didn't notice?"
The butler shook his head. "City Lord, this joke isn't funny. If they were really discovered, would they still dare to drink tea? Not to mention that girl, she drank two cups of tea in a row. They are so courageous, it can only mean that they are fearless."
After thinking for a while, he continued, "But I think it's unlikely. Doesn't the City Lord think that those two people are just having a quarrel like a couple? Is the Qin one throwing a tantrum, and the Shi one trying to comfort her?"
"Really? Is this how humans feel?" Guan Sha didn't say whether he believed it or not, but the housekeeper was right. If the two men found something wrong with the tea and still dared to drink it, it only proved that they were not afraid of death.
That thing, wow!
Qin Baoyao certainly knew that there was something wrong with the tea. She even knew what was in it when she picked up the tea. But for her, it was not a big problem. She had eaten poisonous plants and flowers directly without any problems. It was just a Heart-Eating Pill, not something addictive like the Spiritual Charm Pill, so she just ate it.
But Shi Yue is different. Shi Yue's spiritual roots are defective. Although he is considered a relatively strong swordsman, the tendons and veins in his body cannot withstand the damage of the Heart-Eating Pill.
Sure enough, as soon as he left the house, Shi Yue spat out a mouthful of blood.
Normally, the Heart-Eating Pill would only take effect when activated by the owner, but Shi Yue had a special physique, and any poison he took would almost immediately take effect.
Qin Baoyao slapped him, then put her palm closer: "Your face hurts my hand, blow on it for me."
In fact, there was already a small cut on her palm. When Shi Yue pulled her hand, she secretly whispered, "Quick, eat the blood from my palm."
Shi Yue was puzzled. He looked up at her, then held her hand and brought it to his mouth, seemingly blowing on it, but actually licking the obvious bloodstains on her palm clean.
To the guards at the gate of the City Lord's Mansion and the common people not far away, this was just a young couple where the girl was unreasonable and hit the other person at will, while the boy was coaxing the other person without any complaints or regrets.
When he licked her, Qin Baoyao couldn't help but shudder: Why are you licking my palm? Can't you just suck it?
"Does it still hurt?" After Shi Yue licked the blood clean, he looked at her lovingly. To outsiders, it seemed that he was willing to be beaten.
Tsk~ young man!
The man who looked at them gave an expression of "I understand, I understand" and turned back to work.
Qin Baoyao was stunned for a moment. After hearing Shi Yue's words, she hurriedly withdrew her hand and found that the blood had been eaten clean. She sighed deeply.
I was careless and only remembered to defend my whole body, but forgot about eating.
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