"Nothing. Please help me look after the Dwarf Village. I'm going to go out for a while."
After Luo Mingyue hurriedly left a few words, her body disappeared from the spot.
She and Qianxue have a contractual connection, which allows them to sense each other's positions and teleport directly to each other's side.
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The human world, the woods outside the city.
Qianxue ran in panic.
Run and look back.
A young man dressed as a scholar and in white followed her.
The scholar in white had a handsome face and a smile on his lips. He seemed to be strolling in his own yard, with a leisurely pace and a calm expression.
Qianxue infused her legs with demonic power and moved quickly.
But the strange thing is that no matter how fast Qianxue ran, the scholar in white always kept a distance of five meters from her, following her at a leisurely pace.
"Qianxue, don't run away. Didn't you agree to go home with me?"
Qianxue turned around and shouted, "You're dreaming! I won't go with you, you monster!"
Hearing this, the scholar in white was silent for a moment, then slowly said, "You are the demon, right?"
Qianxue asked: "Aren't you?"
The scholar in white smiled slightly, "No, I am a human."
"You are a human...how come you are stronger than me?" Qianxue had been running for such a long time but still could not get out of the forest. She did not want to ask for help at first, but when she turned around and saw the white-clothed scholar with a cat-playing-with-a-mouse smile, Qianxue was so angry that her teeth itched, "Just wait, when my sister comes, I will definitely beat you up!"
The scholar in white clothes said "Oh?" and said with a smile, "Then hurry up and call your sister over. I was just staying here with you just now, waiting for you to find helpers so that I can wipe you out at once."
Qianxue stopped and asked Luo Mingyue for help.
Luo Mingyue was very fast and appeared in an instant with the help of contract sensing.
Qianxue held Luo Mingyue's arm and complained, "Sister, he is the one who has been chasing me!"
Luo Mingyue looked up and saw that the scholar in white had fair skin, delicate eyebrows and eyes, and a warm smile on his face.
The scholar in white said, "Another person with great skills has come? He has even covered up the fox smell on his body..."
As soon as these words came out, Qianxue was instantly angry, "So you already knew that I was a fox, so you deliberately met and got to know me?"
The scholar in white said, "I am doing this to prevent you from harming people. I can see that you have no sins, which means you have never eaten anyone, but you are suspicious, transforming into a beautiful woman and encountering scholars everywhere... It seems like you are looking for prey. In order to prevent innocent people from being harmed, I can only dress up as a scholar and become your prey."
At this point, the scholar in white sighed and said, "Who would have thought that you didn't like me, but instead liked a rich kid..."
Qianxue said, "Nonsense! You are just a poor scholar, and you ask me for money. I don't even have enough money for myself, so where can I get the money to support you in studying for the imperial examination? I must find a rich scholar! He is generous and will buy me whatever I want..."
The scholar in white said with a disappointed look, "I thought you would be attracted by my talent and not care about the money."
Qianxue looked confused, "Why shouldn't I care about money and property? Your talent is yours, and you can't give it to me to spend, but the money and property are definitely mine!"
"puff..."
Luo Mingyue couldn't help laughing out loud.
The scholar in white couldn't argue with her, so he simply stopped talking. He raised his hand and pulled his hair...
Take it off.
Revealing a bald head.
The white-robed scholar... no, the white-robed monk's temperament became compassionate.
Qianxue was stunned, "Your hair... is fake?"
Luo Mingyue was also a little surprised.
The monk in white had a gentle expression. He clasped his hands together, chanted a Buddhist name, then turned his hand over and took out a golden bowl from his sleeve.
"You... you are not a scholar, you are a monk!" Qianxue felt that she was fooled. She was a principled fox. She was only interested in scholars and would not approach monks!
The white-robed monk said calmly, "Donor, I see that you have a pure aura and are full of spirituality. I can't bear to see you go astray. As long as I am here, I will never allow you to eat people..."
Qianxue was so angry that she wanted to beat him up, "Who wants to eat people? Don't spit blood on me!"
At this time, Luo Mingyue stepped forward and said, "Qianxue is kind by nature and never eats people. Moreover, she signed a contract with me, so I will restrain her. You don't need to worry about it."
The white-robed monk was slightly stunned, "You are not a fox?"
Because Luo Mingyue was extremely beautiful and had a cold temperament, and Qianxue called her sister, the white-robed monk mistakenly thought that Luo Mingyue was also a fox.
Luo Mingyue said: "No, I am a human."
"I'm sorry, I offended you."
The monk in white clothes apologized and said, "I am a disciple of the Shanxing Sect."
Shanxing Sect?
Luo Mingyue seemed to have heard of this sect. Shanxing Sect advocated accumulating virtue and doing good deeds to enlighten the world.
Luo Mingyue also introduced himself, "We are from Mingyue Sect."
Mingyue Sect is one of the three major sects in the world of immortal cultivation. The white-robed monk has heard of this sect, but the Mingyue Sect is very mysterious and rarely communicates with the outside world. He has never met anyone from the Mingyue Sect.
The monk in white robes continued, "My name is Di Jingchen. I recently saw Miss Qianxue hanging out with the scholars. She attracted many of them to fall in love with her. I thought she wanted to absorb the Yang energy of mortals, so I chased her out. I hope you two won't blame me."
Qianxue glared at him unhappily and said, "Why do I need Yang Qi? I want love."
Di Jingchen: "…"
To be honest, it was the first time he heard a fox demon say so confidently that he came to the human world to find love.
It sounds really ridiculous and outrageous.
If you have this time, wouldn't it be nice to find a place to meditate and practice?
What's the point of love in the world?
People's hearts are changeable, and love will shift. Only practice is the most important.
Di Jingchen said, "Humans and demons have different paths. Miss Qianxue should find someone of the same kind, or a cultivator as a partner. Mortal lives are short, and even if Miss Qianxue doesn't want to harm anyone, there will always be some demonic energy in her. If she lives with a mortal for a long time, it will shorten the mortal's lifespan."
Qianxue didn't want to listen to his nagging, and said impatiently: "I know, I won't stay with mortals all year round, at most half a month, and then I will return to the sect."
Having said that, Di Jingchen didn't say much. He nodded politely and turned to leave.
Luo Mingyue did not try to persuade Qianxue to stay, but asked: "Do you want to continue to stay in the human world, or go back with me?"
Qianxue said: "Of course I will stay. I want to leave my own legend in the mortal world, write my story into a storybook, and then go back."
Luo Mingyue warned: "Be careful... don't play with too many people."
Qianxue said: "Don't worry, although they all love me. But I am a more loyal fox. I only go boating and flower viewing with Master Lan."
Luo Mingyue nodded, "Okay, if there is any danger, call me at any time."
Qianxue nodded and said, "Also, I have already taken all the pots from Wu's store. Young Master Lan learned that I like all kinds of miniature items, so he not only had miniature brushes and desks made for me, but also had miniature cloth bags and handkerchiefs made for me, and miniature gold bracelets, silver bracelets, and hairpins made for me... I feel like he is treating me like a child and coaxing me."
Luo Mingyue said: "It seems that he likes you very much."
Qianxue laughed, "Of course, I am a fox, how can a mortal scholar resist my charm?"
Qianxue handed all the items she had collected during this period to Luo Mingyue, and then said, "Sister, do you need anything else?"
The title of "sister" sounded much more intimate than "master", so Luo Mingyue acquiesced to her title and said, "Not yet."
"good."
Qianxue asked again: "When I was away, sister looked after the village alone. Was it very hard?"
Luo Mingyue said: "Fortunately, I found another little helper."
"Like This..."
Qianxue felt relieved but also a little jealous. How long had she been away and her master had contracted a new spirit beast?
Thinking of this, Qianxue couldn't help but turn back into a fox and nestled in Luo Mingyue's arms.
Luo Mingyue stroked her soft fur and said, "Also, the four fox cubs have eaten the fasting pills and are very lively every day. You can rest assured."
The man and the fox talked for a while before they separated.
Luo Mingyue was not in a hurry to go back. She bought a lot of food in the human world. She even weighed a pound of walnuts, peeled the walnuts, crushed the walnut kernels into powder, and bought mung bean cakes and so on.
After the purchase, Luo Mingyue returned to the sect.
As luck would have it, just as Luo Mingyue stepped into the mountain gate, Mu Lingyan touched the puppet paper man.
"What's wrong?"
Luo Mingyue teleported to the side of the paper puppet and asked.
Mu Lingyan bowed his head and said respectfully: "Master, my realm has reached the foundation-building stage... I want to take my fellow disciples down the mountain."
Luo Mingyue was surprised, "Going out so late? Can't you wait until daytime?"
Mu Lingyan said vaguely: "We want to go outside to see the night view..."
In fact, it was because Mu Lingyan had lived in the mountains for too long and was longing for the outside world. Therefore, as soon as he broke through the foundation, he couldn't wait to leave.
Luo Mingyue waved her hand and said, "Go ahead. If your life is threatened, you can use the paper man, but if it's something else, don't bother me. Do you hear me?"
Mu Lingyan said: "Yes, Master."
Luo Mingyue felt more at ease with him. After all, he was the one who had been whipped the most in the past, and he was also the male protagonist in the book. He would definitely not die easily, and maybe he could even pick up some good things. After all, the male protagonist's luck was not something that ordinary people could compare to.
However, Mu Lingyan did not take all of his fellow disciples with him, because some of them did not like to go out and just wanted to practice in the mountains by themselves, so he only had four people with him.
After watching his disciples go down the mountain, Luo Mingyue returned to his room.
She found that Qingrui had turned into a green snake, flying around outside the cardboard box, looking very anxious.
Seeing Luo Mingyue coming back, Qingrui shouted: "You are finally back, I am so bored."
Luo Mingyue said: "If you are bored, why don't you walk around the mountain by yourself?"
Qingrui shook his head and stopped talking. He felt good staying with Luo Mingyue and was too lazy to go out.
Luo Mingyue came and sat down next to the cardboard box and found that most of the little people had fallen asleep.
Mojia Village and Tianliu Village both became quiet, and nothing seemed unusual.
Only in the town, lights were on in every household's room and the doors were closed.
"It's really strange. Are all the people in this town night owls? They're still not asleep at this late hour."
Luo Mingyue muttered.
She came to the sky above the town and saw that some people's water tanks were empty.
The water in the water was not drunk up, but simply transferred to the room. People in the town were accustomed to keeping the water tank in the yard empty at all times, so that they could collect more rainwater when it rained.
When Luo Mingyue had nothing to do, she started to sprinkle water in the yards of the people's homes and fill up everyone's water tanks.
She took care of every family and every household.
"Squeak—"
At this moment, in a large house in the west, a shadow pushed open the door of the woodshed and slowly crawled out.
There were no servants on duty in the mansion. Everyone stayed in their rooms. The yard was empty, with no one in sight.
Luo Mingyue was puzzled. "For a wealthy family like this, shouldn't there be people taking turns to keep watch at night?"
Maybe this is the custom in the town?
But it always feels eerie, as if something is wrong.
At this moment, after the door of the woodshed was pushed open, the person who came out was not a human being, but a half-human, half-insect creature.
To be precise, it's like a giant insect that has grown a human face.
You can also think of it as a human head with a bug's body attached to the back...
Under the moonlight, the white worms squirmed.
It seemed to be afraid of light. After leaving the woodshed, it crawled in remote and dark places.
Not only it, but also in some empty rooms in the town, the sound of doors being pushed open could be heard, and worms with human faces crawled out one after another.
Luo Mingyue: "…"
What the hell is this?
If they were just bugs, Luo Mingyue could smash them all to death without any psychological burden.
But the brains of these insects are the same as those of humans.
Moreover, there are men, women, young and old.
This made Luo Mingyue feel a little hesitant.
"Huh?" Qingrui also noticed the movement here. His body fell on Luo Mingyue's shoulder and he stared at the town with Luo Mingyue.
Qingrui said: "What kind of monsters are these? They are so ugly."
Luo Mingyue said: "I don't know either. I have never seen it."
Qingrui said: "Then just kill them all, out of sight and out of mind."
Luo Mingyue said: "Okay, then you do it?"
Qingrui said: "No, I don't. I think it's dirty."
Luo Mingyue said faintly: "Me too."
"Wait, we can't kill them." Qingrui observed for a while and changed his words. He found that this group of insects were like a patrol team, crawling around on the street, and they would say hello when they met each other.
"You're coming out too?"
"Yeah, I'm hungry, so I came out to find some food."
"I'm hungry, too."
"Did you find anything to eat?"
"I can't find it. I don't know where the food has gone. I'm so thirsty and hungry..."
This group of insects spoke human language and crawled around.
Among them, there was a bug with a little girl's face, and it shed two tears, "Mom, I'm hungry. I haven't eaten for a long time..."
Next to the little girl, there was a bug with its head on top of the woman's. The woman said distressedly, "Don't cry. I'll find you something to eat."
The little girl's eyes were filled with tears.
The woman gritted her teeth and slammed into the door of a nearby house.
There were candles lit in the room of this family. The woman endured the discomfort and banged on the door again and again, shouting, "Is there anyone there? Is there anyone there..."