Make your ex-boyfriend cry? That's easy!

Jiang Yan walked over to Yun Gui and sat down next to him with ease, and Yun Gui picked up the serving chopsticks and picked up a few dishes for him with ease.

Different from the ancient rule of “not talking while eating”, Yun Gui does not like this kind of restraint and prefers to act spontaneously.

He said, "I heard that demons have been wreaking havoc down the mountain recently. My uncle asked me to find someone to lead my fellow apprentices down the mountain to eliminate the evil tomorrow. However, I have a feeling that something is a little unusual this time. Junior apprentice, do you want to go?"

At this time, Jiang Yan had already cultivated to the middle stage of the Spirit Transformation Realm and his strength was quite impressive. Yun Gui naturally did not need to worry too much about his personal safety.

Hearing Yun Gui's question, Jiang Yan did not answer directly. Instead, he politely returned the favor with a chopstick of food. Then, he supported his chin with his hand and looked up at Yun Gui:

"Is Senior Brother going?"

Facing Jiang's eyes, Yun Gui was a little overwhelmed. After some inner struggle and thinking, he finally couldn't help but nodded and agreed.

After all, he always felt that this matter was not simple.

I'm still a little worried about letting my dear junior brother go. What if he gets hurt?

****

This time we went to a small town a hundred miles away from the mountain.

The scenery along the way is picturesque and beautiful.

But when they arrived in the town, the streets, which should have been bustling with people, were now deserted and seemed particularly deserted. The doors of every house were closed, as if the whole town had fallen into a deep sleep.

If it weren't for the occasional wisps of smoke rising from the roof, people would probably mistakenly think that this place had been massacred.

The disciples who were accompanying him looked at each other, not knowing what had happened. They walked cautiously on the street, their hearts filled with doubt and anxiety.

One of the disciples plucked up the courage to step forward and knock on the door of a house that looked like an inn.

There was a slight sound of footsteps in the house, and then someone asked in a low voice, "Who? What's going on?"

The disciple replied respectfully, "Boss, we are disciples of the Taiheng Sect, and we have come here to exterminate the monsters. I wonder if we can stay in your shop for a few days?"

However, the shopkeeper inside was obviously suspicious of them and was very wary, not willing to open the door easily.

Faced with this situation, Yun Gui had no choice but to go up and knock on the door himself.

He had traveled to this area a few years ago and had some knowledge of the village.

Back then, this place was bustling with activity, and people lived and worked in peace and contentment, a stark contrast to the desertedness of today. This made Yun Gui feel a little strange.

"Shopkeeper, this is me..." Yun Gui thought about it and decided that since he needed help from someone, it would not be nice to talk to him like that, so he quickly changed his name and said:

"I'm from Taiheng Zongyungui. I wonder if I could stay with you for a few days?"

When the people inside heard that it was Yun Gui, they opened the door a crack with half belief and half doubt. After confirming that it was Yun Gui who was speaking, they hurriedly welcomed everyone into the inn.

"I'm so sorry to have kept you waiting outside for so long..."

"That's fine. We all understand that it's important to be on guard against others. Boss, don't blame yourself."

"Thank you for your understanding, Master!" said the shopkeeper, and led them into the lobby.

"Masters, you are tired from the journey. Why don't you rest for a while? I will go and prepare some tea and snacks for you, as well as guest rooms."

"Thank you, boss." Yun Gui nodded with a smile, then led everyone to find a seat in the lobby.

After a while, the shopkeeper brought out several plates of exquisite snacks and a pot of steaming tea.

"Please enjoy your tea. These are our signature snacks. Please enjoy them slowly."

"Thank you." Yun Gui picked up a piece of cake and tasted it. It had a delicate texture and was sweet and delicious.

Everyone asked the shopkeeper about the latest situation in the town.

It turned out that the problem initially occurred with Mingjing Lake in the south of the town. The lake was originally crystal clear, and everyone in the town who did not have a well would fetch water from Mingjing Lake.

But one day, the water in the clear lake suddenly turned turbid, which made people in the whole town anxious. After all, most people depended on the lake water for their livelihood. How could people not be anxious when such good water suddenly turned turbid?

The villagers in the town sent two villagers who were good at swimming into the water, but after waiting for a long time, no one came up. In the end, only two pieces of rags floated up, which were the cloths from the villagers who went into the water.

Now no one dares to approach this lake anymore.

But if this were true, the villagers wouldn't be afraid to go out on the streets now.

So they asked the shopkeeper, "Why is the whole town in such a panic now?"

The shopkeeper sighed and said, "You don't know! Ever since those two villagers went down and never came out again, someone has been missing every night for the next few days."

"They vanished silently and weren't discovered until the next morning. Those missing people were found dead at their doorsteps. Their deaths were extremely horrific, their bodies gnawed beyond recognition, and there was a lot of unknown liquid, as if they had been bitten by some monster."

At this point, the shopkeeper turned pale and said in a trembling voice: "What's even more terrifying is that we have no idea what did it, so no one dares to go out, for fear that they will be the next one."

One person's statement cannot represent the whole, so several more disciples were sent to ask the villagers door to door.