Outside Ning'an County, on a deserted country road, two black-clad runners wearing special official robes were looking around. One of them was half-crouching on the ground, slightly fanning the air around him with his right hand, as if he was sniffing something.
"Strange, he has no breath at all?"
"Even you can't smell it?"
The companion next to him frowned, and the one who was squatting looked up at him with a frown on his face.
"I really can't smell it. There's no obvious demonic aura, nor is there a strong yin aura. If it weren't for the fact that the other party's aura-hiding technique is so advanced, then we must have been chasing in the wrong direction."
"Could it be a trick?"
"This is not impossible."
The so-called sleight of hand cannot be just a means of deceiving the eyes, but an illusion involving hearing, smell, vision and even thinking. Even if the night-wandering god is extremely sensitive to evil spirits, he cannot guarantee that he will not fall into the trap. After all, there are always mountains outside the mountains.
“I don’t know if other colleagues have gained anything.”
As they talked, they looked around again, then turned and left. It seemed that they were just walking slowly, but their figures became more and more blurred. If viewed from their original position, they had become two small dots in the distance in a moment.
About a quarter of an hour later, the two night wanderers suddenly appeared at the original point again and looked around carefully again.
After confirming it again and again, one of them shook his head.
"Look, it's definitely not here."
"Oh! I lost him. What bad luck!"
"Why!"
The two ghosts sighed and left.
About half an hour later, a stream of green smoke slowly emerged from a dead tree stump a hundred meters away, and finally transformed into three human figures made of smoke around the stump.
"It was a close call. Thanks to Mr. Gao's quick thinking, otherwise they would have caught us red-handed!"
The three people were the three "outsiders" who had left before.
Mr. Gao, who was eating noodles, smiled.
"You have had little contact with them. Among the ghosts and gods in the underworld, the wandering gods are the most difficult to deal with. They have sharp senses and are proficient in various tracking techniques. They can also figure out the hearts of people, ghosts, and monsters. If you are not absolutely sure, it is best not to confront them."
"Humph, so what if we meet? If you don't want to make things worse, do you think you are great gods, just two ghosts from the underworld?"
A man in gray made a sarcastic remark. Mr. Gao glanced at him from the side and did not speak immediately. Instead, he walked away. After the two men had followed him for dozens of steps, he slowly spoke.
"Don't be in awe. You must know that the inconspicuous little county is Ning'an County, the place that gave birth to the most holy saint of literature and Taoism. It is the source of the world's literary tradition. The ghosts and gods here also enjoy the fortune of the literary tradition, which is by no means ordinary."
Another man in gray also said with a smile.
"Mr. Gao is right. Regardless of their cultivation level, I heard that several generations of city gods in Ning'an County have been able to rise to high positions. This is definitely not ordinary. However, we don't need to fight against the ghosts and gods of Ning'an County. We are just doing them a favor."
Mr. Gao smiled and left quickly with the two of them.
... ...
Two months passed and everything in Ning'an County was peaceful. There were no evil spirits causing trouble, and not even any criminals committing crimes.
The ghosts and gods in Ning'an County, who had been investigating with all their might, gradually calmed down. Some of them were still a little lost, but their duty was to protect the country and it would be best if nothing happened.
That morning, before daybreak, Sun Yiqiu quietly came out of the room and glanced at the light in the direction of the kitchen. That was where his parents were preparing ingredients to sell today. He tiptoed to scoop a basin of water from the water tank outside and quietly brought it back into the house.
“Hua La La…”
The sound of water was heard, and Sun Yiqiu dipped his underpants into the basin and scrubbed them, frowning as he scrubbed.
"Hey, how could that be..."
After washing for a while, wringing out the water, and hanging the pants at the door, Sun Yiqiu lay back on the bed and took a nap. He cooked noodles late last night, so he could sleep a little longer.
After opening the stall during the day, Sun Yiqiu would occasionally yawn, and sometimes be distracted for a while, but after seeing Li Dongdong coming, he instantly focused his attention on the other person, invited the other person to eat noodles, and at his father's deliberate reminder, took the other person out for a walk.
After closing the stall and dealing with trivial matters, Sun Yiqiu dragged his slightly tired body and lay down on the bed in his own cabin.
"Hey, I'll take Dongdong to the temple fair later. Hmm, what should I buy her..."
Sun Yiqiu didn't have much expenses on weekdays, and he saved a lot of private money. He planned to perform well in front of the girl he liked in a while. With such thoughts in mind, he gradually fell asleep.
In a daze, Sun Yiqiu opened his eyes. It was bright around him, but the light was soft and not dazzling. He scratched his head and looked around.
His vision was still unclear, but he seemed to see someone squatting in front of him and looking at him.
"Um?"
After looking at the other person carefully for a while, Sun Yiqiu seemed to wake up. He sat up suddenly, and the person who was looking at him also raised his eyes as Sun Yiqiu stood up.
"Are you awake? Aren't you afraid of catching a cold sleeping here?"
"I, I, why am I here, girl, you..."
Sun Yiqiu's throat moved, he spoke hesitantly, his eyes were a little vague, he wanted to look away but seemed reluctant.
The person squatting in front of him was a fair-skinned woman wearing somewhat scanty clothes. Although she was squatting, her figure was absolutely hot, with the surging waves squeezed below her slightly visible collarbone. Her short sleeves revealed her smooth forearms. She rested her chin on her knees, and her legs of moderate size revealed her smooth skin from the slit of her gauze skirt. On her delicate and beautiful face, a pair of big eyes with rippling water were looking at Sun Yiqiu.
Sun Yiqiu's eyes were a little flustered. He looked around awkwardly and pretended to observe, but his eyes always passed over the woman in front of him.
"I clearly, I clearly slept at home, aunt, girl, I..."
"I don't know either. I'm just afraid that a wild animal will take you away, so I'm watching you here. Don't you want to thank me?"
It turned out that Sun Yiqiu was lying in the wilderness, surrounded by dead branches, weeds, and hills and trees.
"Thank you, thank you aunt..."
"You're welcome!"
The woman stood up with a smile, her upper body trembling slightly. Her legs, which were not hidden by the gauze skirt, looked even healthier and longer, and her well-proportioned legs were full of collagen. Sun Yiqiu's eyes widened and he couldn't speak smoothly.
"Hahaha, hahahaha, you, have you never seen a woman?"
The woman laughed so hard that her body shook. The combined effect of her words and her shaking body made Sun Yiqiu's face turn red, but he could speak more fluently.
"What are you making fun of? I'm a country bumpkin from a small town. It's not that I haven't seen women before, but I just haven't seen the world..."
If I walk outside dressed like this, I don't know how many times I will be taken advantage of by lechers...
Sun Yiqiu patted his butt and stood up. While thinking this, he couldn't help but glance at the woman. Although he tried his best to keep his vision normal, his eyes always stubbornly "overcome" his will and glance at those attractive places.
"Where is this? Is this Ning'an County? Oh, I'm, ahem, Sun Yiqiu, from Ning'an County... And you, girl, what's your name? Are you alone?"
Sun Yiqiu looked around and saw no other people in the desolate area.
"Oh, Ning'an County? This isn't it. You can call me Youyou. I passed by here and saw someone lying on the ground. I was curious and wanted to protect you, so I stayed here with you until you woke up."
"Thank you, girl!"
Sun Yiqiu thanked him again, and the woman smiled, ignored the previous question, and reached out to grab Sun Yiqiu's hand.
"Come on, I'll take you out. It's not easy for you to walk here."
In this kind of environment and atmosphere, if it were someone else, Sun Yiqiu would definitely not dare to follow, but feeling the delicate and soft touch in his hands, he couldn't help but follow.
They walked for quite a while until they reached a rocky area beside a stream, where they stopped to chat and rest.
The woman knelt by the stream, scooped up a mouthful of clear water, drank it, and then scooped up another hand to splash it on her face. The water splashed on her face, some of the water droplets splashed, and some flowed down her neck... ...
"So, your family has always been making noodles in Ning'an County?"
There were still tears on the woman's face. She smiled and turned to look at Sun Yiqiu, who had stopped talking because of her actions just now. Seeing Sun Yiqiu staring at her blankly, she couldn't help but smile again.
"Hey, don't look silly!"
"Well."
Sun Yiqiu quickly shook his head and looked away.
"My family has been making noodles for generations, and I don't have any distinguished background..."
Having said that, Sun Yiqiu glanced at him again, then looked away again.
The woman was slightly speechless. This silly boy actually became clear-headed immediately. In terms of concentration, he was just like an ordinary person, but he was really clear-headed. Thinking of this, she glanced at Sun Yiqiu and then moved her eyes slightly downwards. She couldn't help but chuckle again.
Sun Yiqiu's face turned red instantly, and he bent his back slightly and turned sideways.
"Hahahaha, you are really cute like this, young master."
The woman wiped the water droplets off her face, stood up and walked over, her voice sounding very gentle.
"Don't be ashamed, young master. You are at the age of puberty, and it is normal for you to have such a situation. If it weren't for this, I would have doubted whether I was too ugly to be seen in public!"
"Girl, stop joking. If you are still ugly, how can you be good-looking in the world..."
Sun Yiqiu looked up and added sincerely.
"I'm afraid there's nothing in heaven... I, I'm not a playboy!"
The woman hugged her chest and looked at Sun Yiqiu with a bright smile.
... ...
“Boom boom boom, boom boom boom…”
"Don't sleep anymore, get up and help."
The knock on the door and his father's voice woke up Sun Yiqiu who was sleeping soundly. He groggily said, "I know."
It was still dark, and the footsteps outside the door faded away. Sun Yiqiu woke up, his face suddenly looked a little ugly. He reached down and carefully lifted the quilt...
"This, eh!"
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It’s the new year, and Lu Shanjun wishes everyone good luck in the Year of the Tiger. He will definitely help you bring good luck!
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