The crowd fell silent for a moment. If the person standing here today was just an ordinary person, it would be fine, but they really didn't dare to provoke the cultivators from the immortal world, especially those who could reveal their sects.

In an attempt to ease the tension, someone in the crowd stepped forward and tried to smooth things over, saying, "Master Immortal, there must be some misunderstanding here... What did you just say? Did you accept a commission..."

Shen Qiao stared at the person who had spoken. "Someone who has experienced this has reported that a siren has appeared in your area."

The crowd seemed to breathe a sigh of relief after hearing this, and some quick-witted people even explained, "You misunderstood! That's not a siren! It's the Sea God who brought us wealth!"

This man's ignorant look caused Shen Qiao to sneer. "I've been lucky enough to meet a few gods, but I've never seen a god that would only do something if a human life was sacrificed."

It was hard to refute this statement, and some people, still unconvinced, said, "Maybe... maybe Lord Poseidon is a little special..."

"Yes, no matter what, we did receive a gift from Lord Poseidon...those are real pearls and gems!"

"Yes, yes..."

Shen Qiao: "What about the pearls and gems you mentioned?"

"Of course it's at someone else's house! Hey, what about Old Zhang's?"

"Lao Zhang! Lao Zhang?! He was still here just now..."

"It's okay! The Zhu family kid who went out to sea with the Lu family girl last time also saw those things! Let him come and explain to the Immortal!"

The crowd was in chaos for a moment until a man with a hunched back and messy short hair was pushed out.

The man had a dark area under his eyes and his wheat-yellow skin was tinged with a distinct layer of deathly grey. He was clearly a young man, but he didn't show any of the vitality that a young man should have.

He was half-dragged, half-pulled out. After stumbling a few steps, he unconsciously looked up at Shen Qiao, but soon lowered his head tremblingly. "Yes... I, I have seen those pearls and gems."

Shen Qiao looked at his guilty expression and raised his head slightly. The invisible sense of oppression suddenly made the young man dare not look up.

All I could hear was her sneer, "Have you ever seen pearls and gems, or a sea full of human heads?"

A wave of doubt erupted from the crowd, "Little Immortal! Even if you don't approve of us doing these things, you can't just talk nonsense like that!"

"Yes! You are disrespecting our Sea God!"

"Zhu Zhi! Tell this immortal quickly! What did you see?"

"what!!!"

The noisy crowd was immediately stunned by the shrill scream.

"I don't know! I really don't know!! I didn't mean to do that! We really didn't mean to do that!!"

Zhu Zhi knelt down straight, covered his ears tightly and wailed like he was in collapse, repeating this sentence over and over again.

This scene made all the villagers dumbfounded. A few young men walked over and tried to help the man up, but Zhu Zhi seemed to be frightened. He pushed those people away with great force, staggered to his feet, and rushed directly into the sea.

"Hey!!"

He stumbled over, but Shen Qiao stood still, looking at his bloodshot eyes and chapped lips. Winter was approaching, and the seaside wind was dry. Someone who lived by the sea for a long time must have a different skin than those in the capital.

But the Lu He I met in the hotel before was different.

Shen Qiao sighed inwardly. When Zhu Zhi passed her and was about to rush into the sea, she raised her hand and waved her finger, and an invisible force threw him back.

Zhu Zhi fell to the beach in a mess and rolled around for a few times. This time, he didn't even have time to get up and curled up into a ball. "I didn't mean to... I didn't mean to..."

"Who else went out to sea with Lu He?" Shen Qiao asked.

"This... and his father, his father went with them too!"

"I haven't seen Lao Zhu for several days. I heard that he seems to be sick, right?"

"Aren't there a few other people besides them, father and son?"

"Zhang's second son's daughter also went with us, but why hasn't she been seen recently?"

After counting for a long time, it turned out that only Zhu Zhi was present. Some people in Ye became impatient and shouted at the top of their lungs, "Who else is here?!"

Silence answered him.

Boom——

There was another round of thunder in the sky, and the old woman who was still hanging high in the air was frightened and let out a hoarse scream. The shrill scream contrasted with the silent crowd below, making the atmosphere even more weird.

"Actually... everyone should think about it."

A slightly younger person in the crowd spoke up.

"We only saw Uncle Wang's family take out those jewels and pearls the first time they brought them back, right? That was when they overturned the boat after they came back."

"It seems...right? Then they moved out overnight..."

After all, these people themselves are not confident anymore, but some still don't give up.

"Uncle Wang has moved away, but Old Zhu's family is still here! Why don't we go to his house and ask Aunt Wang to take out those things and see what's going on?"

"Makes sense!"

"Those things can't grow legs and run away on their own. I saw the Zhu family father and son carrying a big box back with my own eyes! The things must still be there!"

"Let's go! Let's go to his house!"

These people left as soon as they said they would, and left the beach in a large group.

Shen Qiao didn't go with them. The situation was already like that, so it didn't matter whether he went or not.

She snapped her fingers and let down the old woman who was hanging in the air and paralyzed with fear.

"There are some things I need you to listen to." Shen Qiao glanced at the man whose legs were too weak to get up, then walked over to Zhu Zhi and squatted down.

"I've met the Lu siblings."

Zhu Zhi, who was originally curled up in a ball, screamed when he heard this, covered his head and shrank even tighter, even his whole body was shaking.

"Do you want to know what she said?" Shen Qiao spoke no matter how resistant he seemed.

"She said that in order to stop you from retrieving the heads floating in the sea, she pushed someone overboard and then hacked you to death with a knife."

"She felt very guilty. If she hadn't been thinking about Lu Yuan, she would have wanted to die with him."

"But you came back to life later."

She looked at the trembling Zhu Zhi coldly, "You also followed him to the hotel last night, but you were hiding at the back and didn't come forward."

"When you opened the door and saw Lu He, your expression was different from others."

"Because the Lu He you see is completely different from the Lu He others see."

These words confused the old woman who was listening nearby. She couldn't help but ask, "What do you mean by these? What do you mean by seeing things differently?"

"that is because……"

"No, don't say that anymore!" Zhu Zhi screamed again.

"It's me... No! It's us! It's us..."

"Kill her."

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