Although the little apprentice sister is weak, she can fight

As Shen Qiao listened, he unconsciously picked up the cup and took a sip, only to find that the cold water had turned into warm water.

"People whose names vanished from the Book of Life and Death for no apparent reason usually had their souls scattered. However, these people's life spans were still alive when they died, so we must recover this lost life span."

She thought again of the old man from the Yu family who had brought her longevity. "Tsk... I'm getting more and more curious about who she is."

Wang You closed the booklet and said, "So, we're leaving today."

Shen Qiao drank the remaining water in the cup in one gulp and put the cup on the table. "Okay, let's go."

Seeing her agree so readily, Wang You raised an eyebrow, "Nothing else to prepare?"

"No need. I'll be back anyway."

After saying that, Shen Qiao bared his teeth and revealed a heartless smile, "Besides, you are here, right? It shouldn't be a big problem."

Haha...you're quite carefree.

"I thought about it. You haven't officially practiced it since you got Zui Bu Gui back. It just so happens that you have to pass by a few mission locations on the way there, so just treat it as practice."

"No problem~"

The master and disciple quickly finalized the plan and left at noon without telling anyone, so that when Ze Lan came to look for Wang You the second time, there was not a single living person found in the entire Budu Cliff.

On the way there, Wang You showed Shen Qiao the relevant information about those tasks.

The first task they had to complete was a task that was reported a week ago and was returned overdue.

She sat on her horse, flipping through the scroll in her hand. "I have some impression of this village. In my previous life, it seems that two groups of people went there and neither returned on time. In the end, Gan Su and Senior Sister Gong Yi went together, but I don't know what the solution was."

"The specific situation was reported by an ordinary person who passed by there." Wang You added.

"This place wasn't originally under the jurisdiction of the Tianxing Sect. However, it's too remote, and we've reported the problem to the local sect's outpost several times without success. It just so happened that this passerby had some connection to the Tianxing Sect, so we took over the matter temporarily."

This place seems to be Wenzong's territory.

One is Wen Zong and the other is Shen Xiao Zong. These two major sects have always been close to the human royal family. Five years ago, Wen Zong reached some kind of agreement with the royal family. No one knows what specific agreement was reached, but since then, Wen Zong has stopped recruiting disciples from outside. Several elders of Wen Zong have also been in seclusion and have not been seen for some time.

While thinking, Shen Qiao looked at the task carefully.

The village was called "Daizhuang," and it had about a hundred households. The assignment wasn't very detailed, but it essentially said that this person was passing through the village in the evening and wanted to stay overnight, but after searching the entire village, they couldn't find a single person alive.

At this point, an ordinary person would have simply run away, seeing the situation was not right. But this person, perhaps because he was used to hanging out with these monks, always wanted to see what was going on when encountering such a strange thing, so he bravely stayed until night.

As a result, something strange happened while I was staying.

It is said that they encountered a "ghost" in the village, and the ghost could even imitate human singing songs.

Shen Qiao was about to feel helpless when she saw this, but the following content made her pay more attention.

"A little girl knocking on bones to find someone?" Shen Qiao read out this description unconsciously.

He said earlier that there was no one in the village, but later when it got dark, a little girl appeared.

As for this "bone", the person who recorded it did not specifically ask what kind of bone it was.

Very abstract task description.

Shen Qiao took a deep breath and closed the mission scroll. "If I'm not mistaken, at our current speed, by the time we get there it will be around the evening this person mentioned, right?"

"That's right." Wang You nodded calmly, "I won't take any action unless it's necessary, so you don't have to worry about me."

"Take care of yourself and sort things out. That's what you have to do."

Shen Qiao nodded, "I understand."

The two men did not walk fast. The horses raised in this sect were all spiritual horses that could run for three or four days without getting tired, so there was no need to think about letting them rest. They walked at a steady pace to Daizhuang, and it was exactly the quarter after the hour of You.

However, after arriving at the place, it seemed different from what was described in the mission.

The village was not as dead and deserted as the man had seen. Instead, it was bustling with people. When the master and apprentice arrived at the village entrance, they met an old man who was kind and asked questions.

It was the end of summer. The man was carrying a hoe with his bare arms. Two baskets were hung on both ends of the hoe. The front one contained a water bag and some dry biscuits, and the back basket contained some well-grown cabbages. Judging from the clods of soil on them, they seemed to have just been pulled out of the ground.

He happened to run into the two of them while returning to the village from outside and approached them to talk. "You two don't look like ordinary people. Why are you passing through our little area?"

"Oh, we are from Guyang City. We heard that people there picked vegetables from this field and sold them. Since we also want to do some business, we came here to take a look while we have time." Shen Qiao responded readily.

This is not without basis. Guyang City is the nearest big city to here. Some vegetable merchants in the city like to buy vegetables at low prices from nearby villages and then sell them in Guyang City.

The farmers nearby have to rely on their own two legs to walk, and they can't keep up with the sales of fresh vegetables by running back and forth every day, so they are willing to sell their vegetables to these vegetable collectors. Although the selling price is not higher than what they sell themselves, it saves the energy and time of going back and forth, so it is not a loss.

"Oh, the vegetable vendor?" The man looked the two of them up and down carefully, but after looking at Wang You, he suddenly got goose bumps all over his body, causing him to rub his arms and look away.

"You've come at a bad time. We don't have the habit of selling vegetables in our village. We sell meat."

Meat?

Shen Qiao asked tentatively, "Are you raising livestock?"

This ordinary question made the man stunned for a moment. He looked at Shen Qiao's inquiring expression and laughed foolishly, "Ah... yes, it mainly sells chickens, ducks, geese and other animals."

Are you kidding me? She didn't hear a single rooster or goose caw. Could they be raising a herd of dumb livestock?

As if realizing that this was getting worse, the man quickly changed the subject and said, "Well, it's getting late. If you two don't mind, why don't you stay at my house for one night? Tomorrow morning, I'll take you to see the chicken coop in our village. If you like any of them, we can discuss the price. How about that?"

This is getting more and more interesting. He clearly looks guilty, but he still offers to let them stay overnight.

If I don't stay and take a look, wouldn't it be a waste of this person's "good intentions"?

Thinking of this, Shen Qiao smiled and said, "Okay, I'll bother you then."