Although the little apprentice sister is weak, she can fight

"Take me to see the mural."

"Ah?" Mo Qi looked up at her, "Now? Isn't it too late? Your current level of cultivation doesn't seem to allow you to completely rest?"

Shen Qiao smiled and said, "You think I'm just here for fun? I don't know when I'll be back next time. Besides, your clan leader Jiang is so foresighted. Maybe there are other surprises in this mural."

Mo Qi didn't understand what she meant, but Cui Hongjin had once told him: Shen Qiao can enter and leave Bishui City at will, and no one is allowed to stop him.

"It's certainly okay to go. However, because the original location is no longer suitable for storage, the entire stone wall has been moved out. The restorers are repairing the dried and faded areas. It's still nighttime, so the appearance will probably be poor."

Shen Qiao jumped down from the roof and landed lightly on the ground. "It's okay, let's go."

Mo Qi had no choice but to follow closely, and the two of them left the courtyard one after the other.

On the way there, Shen Qiao discovered that the entire street where the Fenyan Restaurant was located was pitch black. There was clearly a bustling night market with bright lights next door, but all the shops here had their doors closed and not even a single light was on.

"The Chang family's businesses aren't limited to the Fenyan Restaurant. They've built up the entire area. Although the City Lord is in charge of all matters in Bishui City, the Chang family is still the wealthiest family here. Even if Chang Xu hadn't caused this incident, their family would have been bankrupt."

Shen Qiao had heard a lot of stories that day, and when he heard there was something more to this story, he immediately became interested. "Why do you say that?"

Mo Qi considered his words and said, "Chang Xu is not capable of this."

Shen Qiao was silent for a moment.

Seeing that she didn't understand, Mo Qi explained tactfully, "He's just incapable of doing things. He's the only one in the Chang family this generation, and a few years ago when they were choosing a head of the family, Chang Xu used a lot of shady tricks to cause chaos. Now, if you really count the entire Chang family, there are only a few side branches left, and no one from the main line is left. Isn't this considered a collapse?"

The cool autumn breeze blew the dead leaves from the ground into a twirl. Shen Qiao caught a glimpse of the bare branches on the roadside and couldn't help but kick his hands and sigh, "That's really a sin."

The two were almost there when they were bumped into by an old man in a hurry before they even entered the door.

Mo Qi frowned and helped the man up, "Why are you so panicked?"

The old man rubbed his forehead and looked up, stamping his feet anxiously. "Master Mo, please go and take a look! The mural left by the clan leader...it's cracked!"

"What?!" Mo Qi was shocked and didn't bother to support him and hurried in first.

Seeing the old man's frightened look, Shen Qiao went over to comfort him and asked, "Uncle, what exactly is going on?"

There was no light at the door, so the old man realized that there was someone following Mo Qi.

Destroying a mural is a serious crime, and he happened to be the only one in the restaurant just now. He was now feeling very upset. He held the glass mirror on his nose and complained excitedly, "I don't know! It really wasn't me who broke it! I was coloring it, but before I could even start, I turned around and it... Hey? Who... Who are you? Outsiders are not allowed in here!"

Shen Qiao thought it would be troublesome to introduce himself, so he simply said, "Oh, I came to see the murals with your Lord Mo Qi."

The old man had just adjusted his lenses, but when he saw the person in front of him clearly, he gasped. Shen Qiao only heard him say "ouch" and then "bang" he fell backwards and hit the door behind him, almost falling.

Shen Qiao was startled by his reaction and hurried to help him, but the old man was even more frightened and raised his hands to block him.

“What the hell! What the hell! I summoned the clan leader’s spirit! Clan leader! I really didn’t destroy the mural!!”

Shen Qiao felt powerless, and happened to hear Mo Qi yelling from inside, as if he had encountered some situation.

"Don't panic, just stay here for now." Shen Qiao said, leaving a protective paper talisman for the old man, and then walked into the building.

The old man took the light paper talisman in his hand and took a closer look at it in the moonlight. He was so frightened that he cried and laughed at the same time, "Oh my! The clan leader has appeared! The clan leader has appeared!!"

When entering the building, Mo Qi had already chased to the backyard. Shen Qiao couldn't help but take a look at the broken fragments of the mural as he passed by, but then his footsteps suddenly stopped.

There was a clear light blue light source among the rubble, different from the candlelight. Looking closely, it seemed to be a bead.

Perhaps because she herself had water spiritual roots, Shen Qiao clearly sensed that this bead seemed to have the same attributes as her.

She raised her hand, put two fingers together and waved, summoning the glowing stone slab into her hand. She saw that there was indeed a round glass bead the size of a thumb embedded in it, and the light blue light came from it.

"It's a vengeful spirit that escaped. It seems to have deliberately destroyed things out of hatred, and now it has dissipated on its own." Mo Qi just came back from the backyard and saw Shen Qiao standing there stupidly, so he walked over and asked, "What's wrong?"

Shen Qiao didn't say anything and directly handed him the shining piece of stone wall.

As soon as Mo Qi touched the stone slab, he saw a pure white light flowing along his hand and quickly wrapped around his arm. This sudden change caused neither of them to react until Shen Qiao felt the demonic aura gradually growing from Mo Qi.

"You concentrate on the fusion, I will set up a barrier for you outside." After she finished speaking, she raised her hand to cast the spell, but Mo Qi, who had just come to his senses, grabbed her hand. Shen Qiao saw that he was full of panic, surprise and joy.

"But, if I take out this bead, this mural will really be beyond repair..."

"You are going to stay in Bishui City, so why do you still need this mural?!" Shen Qiao couldn't help but ask a soul-searching question.

"Hurry up! If you dawdle any longer, the bead will turn white!"

After saying that, Shen Qiao set up a barrier and turned to leave. Before leaving, he took the old man who was kneeling at the door and praying to the heaven and earth with him.

Now that the mural has been shattered, all the remaining doubts have been resolved.

This bead is a genuine dragon's inner elixir! With this thing, why would Bishui City be afraid of drought?

And according to Mo Qi, Chang Xu had long been restless in Bishui City, and now he had finally caused trouble, causing the water in the mural to dry up. Mo Qi happened to be released from the seal because of this, and at this critical moment he became Cui Hongjin's right-hand man, and Cui Hongjin's soul technique...

Are all the things that are happening now just coincidences, or is it all planned by Jiang Quechen?

Shen Qiao didn't dare to think about it too much, but no matter what, Jiang Quechen seemed to have achieved his goal.

She was only a teenager at the time...

"Genius." Shen Qiao muttered to himself involuntarily.

A true genius.