Two old nannies exchanged a knowing look, and Gu Shi Yi could not help but twitch at the corner of her mouth.
"What, just because I'm not married by thirty, it's as if I'm sentenced to death or it's only reasonable if I'm impotent?"
It's truly a sore point for older singles!
She quickly tried to clear her name,
"My family is poor, can't afford to take a wife..."
"Oh..."
The two old nannies suddenly realized, about to say something, but then the noise above grew louder, so loud that the two nannies, focused on serving food, stopped their tasks. One of them asked Gu Shi Yi,
"You came from outside, do you know what the fuss upstairs is about?"
Gu Shi Yi said,
"They say five people boarded the ship, looking for someone..."
"Looking for someone... Who are they looking for? Aside from the escorts and the patrons, who else is here to find..."
Before the old nanny could finish speaking, a cold snort was heard,
"Hmph!"
Though not loud, the cold snort inexplicably reached the ears of everyone on the ship. The mortals felt as if they were struck hard in the head,
"Buzz..."
and their minds went blank. Gu Shi Yi, having some knowledge of Taoist magic, only felt a painful ringing in her ears, but the two old nannies in front of her suddenly rolled their eyes back, their bodies went limp and they thumped to the ground. Their bodies twitched, foam spilling from the corners of their mouths. Gu Shi Yi inwardly cursed,
"This disregard for mortal lives, this is surely the work of an evil cultivator!"
This must be the same person who killed Niu Da and his family in the town. What now?
Are they here in Xuancheng City to kill a shipload of people? Aren't they afraid of the Spirit Clearing Guard's pursuit?
Gu Shi Yi felt a chill running down her spine,
What kind of grudge is this, all for a mere mirror? Is it worth it? Is it truly worth it?
She often heard the Old Taoist Priest talk about the treacherous Itinerant World. The path of Great Cultivation defies the heavens; without natural justice, humanity is extinguished. Some evil cultivators, let alone strangers, would even use their own kin as sacrifices for their Cultivation Techniques!
Caught by the right path cultivators, at worst, they would have to hand over the items, but if captured by evil cultivators, not only would belongings be taken, but one's life could also be light spared. Later used as sacrificial offerings for their obscene powers, one wouldn't even be able to become a ghost!
Gu Shi Yi turned pale with fright, instinctively planning to get up, run away, and escape by jumping into the water. However, she heard the sound of splashes and thumps outside, the sound of the servants walking on the deck falling to the ground, the sound of shattering trays and bowls. She immediately felt a jolt,
"No good, if everyone on this ship has collapsed and only I can run, doesn't that just scream suspicion?"
Realizing this, she rolled her eyes back, frothed at the mouth, and collapsed in front of the kitchen door...
At this moment, the three onlookers on the shore all furrowed their brows, the middle-aged cultivator with the surname Qi glanced at the young man,
"Lord Baiwei, they dare to harm the lives of mortals within the city; shall we not intervene?"
The young man laughed,
"It doesn't matter, they're just unconscious. Later, we can cast spells to make everyone on this ship forget tonight's events. It seems they're determined to find the person on this ship, set on searching one by one. Let's wait a bit longer..."
We've waited this long, isn't it just to see them find the person?
Meanwhile, the five people began searching the ship. As the spiritual energy was tainted, the treasure-seeking disk was useless. They had scanned over the people on the ship with their Divine Sense and found nothing abnormal. The eldest brother deduced that the Old Taoist Priest must have hidden his aura and disguised himself to hide aboard. Therefore, they had to infuse Spiritual Energy into each mortal one by one to observe the reaction, this most rudimentary method of finding someone!
"There are around a hundred people on this ship. Let's split up and search. We must find the person before the Spiritual Guard arrives!"
Then, they could use the Blood Escape Technique to flee as far as possible!
At this time, the flower boat eerily fell into silence. Among all the people on the ship, only the five moved around. Gu Shi Yi lay there, listening to the snap and crackle of the wood in the stove and the occasional sounds of furniture being knocked over above her, along with the loud curses of someone—it was the fifth among those five people,
"Pah... Filthy mortals, dirtied my hands!"
Gu Shi Yi sensed that the others had begun to move down from the third floor,
"This won't do! They can't be allowed to search down here..."
Though she didn't know what methods these cultivators used to search for people, she didn't believe her mediocre Taoist skills could hide her identity. Without figuring out something soon, she would truly be caught!