Although the little apprentice sister is weak, she can fight

No matter how Zhu Jiu screamed and howled, he was eventually forced onto the boat.

They said that when Zhu Jiu's father was found, his body was already stiff, and he was holding a bloody machete in his hand. It was not known whether he committed suicide or was done by Zhu Jiu.

But one thing is certain, Zhu Jiu's mental state had collapsed long ago.

"We will also investigate all the other villagers who have returned from the sea. If there is anything wrong, I will take timely measures."

The old woman leaned on her cane and looked at the three people boarding the boat. She bent down slightly and trembled. "I'll ask you to take care of the Lu family's daughter."

Shen Qiao nodded, "As I should."

After a slight delay, it was already three quarters past three in the evening when we set off.

Shen Qiao calmed Zhu Jiu down, helping him maintain a steady state for the time being. Ever since boarding the ship, he seemed to have given up hope, his face pale as he huddled in a corner. But at least he wasn't as devastated as before, unable to speak.

Shen Qiao didn't let him search her soul, and now she had to save her spiritual energy to deal with the monster in the sea.

Wang You stood at the bow of the boat and looked at the endless sea.

About five minutes ago, the sea water suddenly turned black and gray as if there was a dividing line. The seemingly calm sea surface also had many waves with "white flowers" at the head. The wind gradually became faster, and now it was to the point where no other sounds could be heard.

He cast a spell to stabilize the boat and turned back to the cabin.

Shen Qiao was sitting inside looking through a sea route map that the old woman had brought with her.

"According to their markings, we are now close to the place where the water monster was first discovered."

As she spoke, she spread the entire map out on the table and drew an area on it with her hand. "After that, most of the ships that went out to sea and successfully returned said they encountered those 'jewel waves' in this area. This means that the water monster's range of activity is also in this area."

Wang You took a look at the area and thought for a moment, "You want to..."

“‘Cast a wide net.’

These words made Wang You frown, but he did not rush to speak. Instead, he waited for Shen Qiao to continue.

"I combined the mission list with Lu He's description: The first time, they only saw a giant human face. But just over ten days later, Lu He, who went back, said she saw a complete 'plaster woman'."

“Although it’s a little unbelievable, I have to admit that this monster has grown even faster in this life.”

Wang You stared at Shen Qiao's expression. For the first time, he did not directly approve of her actions, and even had a hint of anger in his eyes.

The cabin suddenly became quiet. After a long while, Wang You spoke in a low voice.

"Are you really not going to go back alive?"

Shen Qiao smiled, "This is the fastest way."

"Stupid." Wang You cursed directly without any politeness.

"You've never been so reckless before. Why did you have to fight so hard these two times?"

For the first time, he made a clear assessment, "You're losing the big picture for the small."

"You said you wouldn't interfere with my decisions along the way." This was the first time Shen Qiao argued with someone.

"Besides, after all, this is my business, isn't it?"

The air in the cabin suddenly became heavy.

Wang You looked into her eyes, and felt strange towards them.

The more I watched, the angrier I became.

"up to you."

After saying these three words, he turned around and left the cabin. When he left the cabin, there was a "bang" as if he was going to slam the cabin door down.

This time I was really angry.

Shen Qiao took a deep breath. She knew that he was angry the last time they were in Beijing, and this time he finally let it out.

After Wang You left, Chi Musheng, who had listened to a few words in his sea of ​​consciousness, also revealed his physical form and asked in confusion, "Why did you deliberately anger him?"

"Huh? Do I have it?" Shen Qiao took out a stack of yellow paper talismans and began to write and draw on them.

The boat remained stable. Although Wang You was angry, he did not delay doing what he had to do.

Chi Musheng looked at her state and felt a cold sweat on her back. She took a deep breath and analyzed the pros and cons. "Although your realm has dropped, it is definitely more than enough to deal with a monster that has only learned to transform less than a month ago. We are not in a hurry. Why not slowly find it and kill it later?"

"Such a large-scale purification would consume exponentially more spiritual energy and cultivation. We only have less than two months left. By doing this today, you've practically given up your last chance to recover to peak condition. Do you really intend to fight her with a fourth-stage realm?"

Shen Qiao still looked calm. Chi Musheng said a lot of earnest words beside her, but she continued to write her own words stroke by stroke.

Chi Musheng was not a person with a good temper. She put her hands on the table and said, "Shen Qiao!"

The entire cabin trembled three times after this shock. Shen Qiao finally stopped writing, but only paused for a moment before looking up at Chi Musheng, who looked puzzled. "You're wrong about one thing."

She wrote a talisman and waved her sleeves to pick up the paper talismans that had just been scattered on the ground.

"Why do you think the siren ate some people and let others go?"

"Isn't that just to lay bait and give them hope?"

"Since we want to give them hope, why don't we use real gold, silver and jewelry? Instead, we use some corpses and human heads disguised as treasures to trick them into taking them back?" Shen Qiao spread out a new piece of talisman paper and used his spiritual energy to draw talismans on it.

"Among water monsters, sea monsters are the most abundant in treasures. They can grab handfuls of deep-sea pearls like these. Could it be that he really can't bear to part with them?"

Chi Musheng was reminded by her words and calmed down a little. "You mean... the sea monster deliberately let the survivors bring these corpses to the shore?"

Shen Qiao lowered his eyes and busied himself with his own thoughts. "Do you know why I discovered this sea monster a year later than now in my previous life?"

"what?"

"In a year, the location of Yujia Village will be completely submerged by the sea. Even the existence of Yujia Village was discovered by us in our previous life."

"Not only the people of Yujia Village, but everyone who knew about this from the beginning has died inexplicably within the past six months. Furthermore, this mission is just a humble exploratory one, so no one paid any attention to it. This is why no one knew that things here had developed to such a terrifying level."

As she spoke, Shen Qiao had already collected more than ten yellow talismans, but she continued to repeat the task of drawing them. "If it weren't for the accidental death of an important figure a year later, this incident wouldn't have appeared on the Baiyi Ranking. Gong Yihua and I only found out about it after we killed that evil creature."

"The corpses that left here were stained with its resentment. Anyone who came into contact with it would be bound by it and eventually die from overdrawn lifespans."