Chapter 199: Nightmare Town (3)

Dongfang Qi said: "Of course he wouldn't, he wouldn't even tell me where you went. But I'm not stupid, how could I not guess? Once the silkworm case came out, you left without saying goodbye, it must be to get to the bottom of it."

Lin Qingyue was a bit speechless, remained silent for a while before saying: "I knew I couldn't hide this from you for long, and I didn't intend to hide it forever. So I agreed with your father, only to confine you for half a month, until I left the borders of Qi Guo..."

"So you think that once you leave the borders of Qi Guo, I won't chase after you?"

"Your status is special, and the burden on your shoulders is heavy. I thought you would consider the overall situation. After all, no one is so stupid as to give up a great future and run out to take risks."

"Give up a great future? Are you talking about yourself? I can also be considered someone you taught, so it's hard to avoid learning by example. So, if we are going to be stupid, let's be stupid together!"

"Dongfang Qi!"

"I didn't act impulsively. If the silkworm case cannot be solved from the root, it's hard to guarantee that it won't make a comeback in the future. No, it will definitely make a comeback! The Guiyuan Sect is ambitious and has great plans. Rather than waiting for them to grow big, it's better for us to take the initiative. If we intervene in many things as officials, it's too passive, it's better to visit in disguise like you, perhaps we can dig out big fish. Of course, if you are not willing to go with me. Then let's do our own things, I will definitely not make it difficult for you."

Lin Qingyue sighed, his words were reasonable, and she really couldn't refute them.

"How long did you think about this whole set of rhetoric?"

Dongfang Qi scratched his head, the seriousness just now disappeared, leaving only a bit of embarrassment at being seen through: "Also... about two or three days."

In fact, he had been thinking about it all the way.

Why did Lin Qingyue leave without saying goodbye?

Why could she so easily put down everything?

Even if they had been together for these few months, she didn't have romantic feelings for him. But what about friendship? Was it all worthless?

In order to catch up with Lin Qingyue's footsteps, Dongfang Qi traveled day and night. Finally, three days ago, he caught up with her.

But he caught up, yet didn't appear rashly.

He was afraid she would be angry.

Thus, he rehearsed the conversation when they met over and over again in his heart, using what kind of reason to persuade her.

"Forget it, let's solve the problem in front of us first before talking about other things."

Lin Qingyue's expression was faint, but when she turned around, at an angle Dongfang Qi couldn't see, the corners of her lips couldn't help but curl up.

Seeing that she didn't reject him, Dongfang Qi was overjoyed and hurriedly followed her footsteps: "Be careful, this town is full of weirdness."

Lin Qingyue said domineeringly: "Blocking my way, no matter how weird it is, I have to overturn it!"

The main street of this town was two intersecting large roads, dividing the town into four areas: east, south, west, and north.

The main street should have been very prosperous, with shops lining the street and inns like clouds. Thanks to the prosperous economy, the nearby houses were also brick and tile houses.

Judging from all the above, the people's livelihood here was relatively wealthy.

Shadows were flickering around, each busy. They were clearly ghosts, but they were still repeating everything before they were alive.

During this time, Lin Qingyue tried to talk to them, but no one answered. Whether it was those merchants or passersby, they seemed unable to see Lin Qingyue and Dongfang Qi.

After walking for a while, they met two men and one woman.

One of the men and the woman were the couple Zhou Quan and Shun Niang that Lin Qingyue met just now.

The other was a man in his sixties with gray hair and wearing a Taoist robe.

The white-haired old man should be the old Taoist priest who originally came with them and fell into a dream last night.

The weird thing was that the three of them looked perfectly fine at this moment, walking on the street and looking left and right, seemingly looking for a way out.

The three gradually approached, met Dongfang Qi and Lin Qingyue, but turned a blind eye, and after brushing past, they gradually walked away.

Dongfang Qi frowned and said: "Just now I saw you talking to that couple from afar, why do they seem not to know you now?"

Lin Qingyue looked deeply at the backs of the three people and said:

"According to what Zhou Quan said earlier, the old man who came with them had already fallen asleep. And Zhou Quan's wife, Shun Niang, also couldn't hold on and fell asleep under my eyes, and then her soul left. Now the three of them appear here safe and sound, that can only explain one reason..."

"The three people we met just now, two of them have already fallen asleep. So the ones appearing now are their souls. So, here..."

She looked around: but saw that under the dim night, the surrounding light was covered with a layer of gray fog.

"... Here, we should be in a dream, we have all been pulled into a dream. It's just that I'm not sure whose dream this is? Is it one of the three just now, or is there another mystery?"

Dongfang Qi was slightly surprised: "You mean we entered a dream? When?"

Lin Qingyue asked: "You were behind me just now, what did you see?"

He recalled the scene just now: "Just now, after I walked into this small town, although I felt that it was full of weirdness, I didn't notice any obvious danger."

"Later I saw you talking to that couple, suddenly I felt that the gray fog around you was getting thicker and thicker, as if it was about to swallow you all. So in a hurry, I hurriedly stepped forward and called you. Then I found that the people in this town seemed to have come alive."

Hearing Dongfang Qi's words, Lin Qingyue was even more certain that this was a dream.

She actually walked into a dream unknowingly.

With her vigilance and strength, ordinary evil spirits wouldn't influence her cognition so easily.

And the evil spirit here could actually pull her into a dream.

A bit interesting...

Lin Qingyue curled her lips and smiled: Sure enough, after arriving in Guifang Kingdom, even evil spirits became very powerful.

With a "swish", she opened the oil-paper umbrella, opening up a piece of clarity in the place where evil energy permeated.

The Soul-Guiding Bell rang faintly, singing gently.

The people coming and going on the street stopped their movements the moment the bell rang and looked at Lin Qingyue.

Lin Qingyue turned the red oil-paper umbrella, the sound of the bell became clearer and clearer, drifting to a very, very far place, drifting into the ears of every soul.

"Three souls are faint, seven souls are dim, past events, all become clouds and smoke."

"Homeless wandering souls, do not linger anymore. Save your yin spirits, and get out of the sea of suffering early."

Her voice was cold and faint, but it had a deterrent force of its own.

The golden characters accompanied the mantra and came out, falling into the depths of every lonely ghost's soul, guiding the direction for them to move forward.

Thousands of lonely ghosts trapped in the dream in the town seemed to be enlightened, and they all followed behind Lin Qingyue.

Even the souls of Shun Niang, Zhou Quan, and the old Taoist priest were all queuing up in the crowd obediently.

Lin Qingyue turned to look at Dongfang Qi.

Dongfang Qi understood her eyes and nodded slightly without saying much. ===== CHAPTER 200 =====