"In that case, what is this?"
After hearing me, the beautiful woman furrowed her brows, looking puzzled. Her eyes were bright and beautiful, yet under her gaze, I felt uncomfortable, as if every cell in my body was being seen through. Being spied on didn't feel good at all.
"Okay, we will talk about this later. What did you mean just now?"
Seeing the change in the beautiful woman's attitude, I gained courage and asked, "What do you mean by 'every crime has a perpetrator, and every debt has an owner'?"
"Hmph! Men, not a single good one among them!"
As they say, a woman's heart is like a deep ocean. I just want to know, who said that?
The words were simply too perfect, truly an eternal truth! It was clear skies just now, but in a blink of an eye, the sky was covered in clouds. I couldn't figure out what was going on in her head.
As soon as she finished speaking, the beautiful woman didn't even look at me and walked into a nearby small grove.
"Hey! Wait for me!"
Hesitating for a moment, I hurried to catch up and shouted, "What's going on?"
"Shut up!"
She stopped abruptly, seemingly worried about being overheard, and glared at me with a stern look.
As she paused, I quickly caught up with her and lowered my voice to ask, "Is it related to Zhang Yao? Could it be that the dead teacher is...?"
Even if the beauty didn't say it, I could guess the general idea, but the only thing I couldn't understand is, hasn't Zhang Yao already been absolved? How could she come back for revenge?
Could it be that the death of that teacher is related to this beauty after all?
After all, she had promised Zhang Yao before, saying that the person who harmed her would ultimately receive the punishment they deserved!
"Where did you come up with all this nonsense? If you want to follow, then shut your mouth!"
"Huh?"
Listening to her words, it seemed that she didn't reject me following her? As long as I didn't speak, could I continue to follow her?
"Okay!"
Thinking of this, I couldn't help but feel delighted, and after responding, I promptly closed my mouth to be tactful.
However, just a few steps later, I couldn't help but suddenly speak again, "By the way, I still don't know your name?"
"You!"
The beauty probably thought that her ears would be completely peaceful from now on. Suddenly hearing me speak again, she was instantly angry, glaring at me fiercely, and said with irritation, "Xia Xiaoyi!"
"Xia Xiaoyi?"
I pronounced it slowly and then with a hint of flattery, said, "Hmm, a very pleasant-sounding name. Xiaoying warbles a thousand times among the roses, the small door opens into the deep shade, Yi..."
"Do you ever stop!"
Before I could finish the improvised "hidden poem," Xia Xiaoyi fiercely interrupted me, "If you dare to say another word, do you believe I'll cut off your tongue!"
"Gulp--"
As soon as I heard this, I was instantly frightened and almost instinctively covered my mouth, while nodding.
With her temper, I had no doubt about the truth of her words.
"Hmph!"
With a cold snort, she walked about fifty meters ahead, then stopped, looking thoughtfully at a large pit in front of her, about three meters square and over a meter deep, surrounded by scorched grass. Almost instinctively, the big words "Maoshan Thunder-summoning Technique" flashed through my mind.
Thinking carefully, wasn't the loud noise last night coming from this direction?
Could it be that the large pit in front of me was created by the "Maoshan Thunder-summoning Technique"?
"Hmm?"
Seeing my thoughtful expression, Xia Xiaoyi couldn't help but glance at me, looking puzzled, "Did you see something?"
I instinctively shook my head like a rattle drum, and then pointed to my mouth, indicating that I really couldn't speak now!
"Heh..."
Seeing my earnest expression, Xia Xiaoyi couldn't help but chuckle, and said impatiently, "Am I that terrifying? Well, tell me, what did you figure out?"
"Hu..."
After she said that, I breathed a sigh of relief, and then said with difficulty, "Maoshan Thunder-summoning Technique!"
"What!"
As soon as she heard this, Xia Xiaoyi's expression also changed, and then she looked around at the scorched vegetation with the same expression of doubt, murmuring in a low voice, "Could it be that there is such a miraculous spell in this world? That can directly summon thunder?"
"There is!"
I nodded affirmatively and said, "Before you woke up last night, I and Lao Zhang saw a flash of light, followed by a rumbling sound!"
"Oh?"
Xia Xiaoyi suddenly became interested and asked eagerly, "With such a commotion, didn't you come to see?"
"I did!"
I nodded, but couldn't help but regretfully say, "But unfortunately, halfway there, Lao Zhang sent me back, so only he went to see."
"Oh..."
Xia Xiaoyi didn't find it strange at all, she asked, "After he came back, did he say anything?"
"Alas, I've been worried about this, but since he left last night, he still hasn't come back! I thought the siren I heard just now was about him having an accident!"
"What! He didn't come back all night?"
Xia Xiaoyi's reaction was much greater than I expected. Her face, which had just improved a bit, became extremely unpleasant almost instantly.
Sigh, could this girl have been an opera actress in the past?
Suddenly, she seemed to remember something, and hurriedly took out a dark blue talisman from a small cloth bag she was carrying. I wasn't unfamiliar with this blue talisman. It seemed to be the same as the one that turned to ashes in Lao Zhang's hands yesterday.
According to my guess, this should be a kind of talisman that can transmit messages to each other. Previously, Lao Zhang was in a hurry to bring me to the back mountain because the blue talisman had burned to ashes.
However, what made me curious was, how could she and Lao Zhang be so closely connected?
The blue talisman quickly turned to ashes in her hand, then my phone rang loudly. I opened it and saw that it was an unfamiliar landline number. I was hesitating whether to answer it or not, Xia Xiaoyi had already snatched my phone, hurriedly answered the call.
Only a dozen seconds later, she hung up the phone and breathed a sigh of relief, saying, "He's fine, just went to get the foundation materials for you!" After that, she threw the phone back to me. "Phew..." Upon hearing that Lao Zhang was okay, I couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. As I put away my phone, my curiosity got the better of me, and I asked, "It seems like you care a lot about Lao Zhang!" "Of course!" Xia Xiaoyi said impatiently, "If he dies, who else will deal with the 'evil spirit mother'?" Alright, so she was just worried that she alone wouldn't be enough to deal with the 'evil spirit mother'? Right! Evil spirit mother! How could I forget about it! Since it's Zhang Yao's child, it will naturally seek revenge for its mother! Now it seems that the teacher who just died was most likely killed by that 'little radish head'! Understanding this, I felt a wave of relief. At first, I thought the teacher's death was related to Xia Xiaoyi! In my opinion, no matter how much the teacher deserved it, even if he was unforgivable, he should have been dealt with by the law, not quietly disposed of by Xia Xiaoyi. "So, you really didn't cultivate the foundation?" While I was secretly relieved, Xia Xiaoyi suddenly turned her gaze to me and asked with interest. "Yeah!" I looked at Xia Xiaoyi with some confusion, thinking, "Didn't I tell you that already?" "But I do feel that you have found the qi sense!" Xia Xiaoyi pursed her lips, looking puzzled. "Not only that, but your whole body also exudes a sense of ethereality, which is clearly the manifestation of having built the foundation." "Well...in this vast world, there are all kinds of geniuses beyond ordinary people, and I just happen to..." I also wanted to show off in front of her, so I deliberately tantalized her with some empty boasting and self-aggrandizing words.