God's Gift

When the crowd heard this, they became noisy again. Ali, who had already taken a few steps, stopped and turned to look at Taoist Minghua.

She wanted to see how powerful this Taoist priest was.

Lu Keming's eyes also became cold and he looked straight at the Taoist priest.

Taoist Master Minghua sat down in the crowd, took out a compass from his bag and placed it on the ground, then said to the people around him:

"This is the Demon-Subduing Eight Diagrams Plate. Wherever it points is where the demon is."

After saying that, Taoist Minghua opened the compass. Everyone held their breath and looked at the compass intently.

The compass started to spin. Lu Keming raised his finger and cast a spell, but the compass was not affected at all and continued to spin.

Lu Keming clenched his fingers and looked at Yu Youyou. After thinking for a few seconds, he was about to pull Yu Youyou back, but he saw that the compass needle gradually pointed in their direction and the rotation speed stopped.

Yu Youyou tilted her head, moved her feet calmly, and stood in front of Lu Keming. With her movement, the pointer that was about to stop started moving again.

Seeing this action, Lu Keming suddenly looked at Yu Youyou, but at this time Yu Youyou was standing in front of him, and all he could see was her back.

After turning a few circles, it gradually stopped in front of Ali.

Ali looked at the compass, and the smile on his face gradually froze. The people around him also looked at Ali following the guidance of the compass.

Fang Ling was originally very concerned about this matter, and looked in the direction of the compass needle, and saw a woman with a beautiful face and dressed in red.

His gaze paused, and he noticed a strong gaze next to him. He looked sideways and saw Yu Youyou staring at him furtively with some confusion in her eyes.

"What are you looking at?"

Yu Youyou glanced at Ali and asked in a low voice, "Do you like her?"

Fang Ziang said that he fell in love with Ali at first sight.

But when Fang Ling heard Yu Youyou's words, she rolled her eyes at her and said disdainfully: "What are you thinking? How could I possibly like her?"

Seeing Fang Ling's determined look, Yu Youyou scratched her head, stood up straight, and muttered strangely, "Huh, you don't like it anymore?"

At this time, Taoist Minghua had already looked at Ali following the guidance of the compass, but after his eyes met Ali's, his gaze paused, and his originally indifferent eyes became a little dazed.

Ali crossed his arms and looked down at the compass in front of Shen Minghua. A sneer briefly appeared on the corner of his mouth, and then he quickly pretended to be panicked and said with tears in his eyes:

"Master, is there something wrong with your compass? Why is it pointing to me..."

Minghua looked at the tears on her face, clenched his right hand for a second, then quickly looked away, lowered his head and took back the compass, pressed his fingers on the compass, rubbed it hard, and said softly:

"This compass points to the general direction, not that you are a monster. The monster should have already fled in this direction."

The people who were looking at Ali around also breathed a sigh of relief after hearing Taoist Minghua's explanation. They stopped staring at Ali and crowded in front of Taoist Minghua, saying:

"In that case, Taoist priest, please help us catch that ghost first!"

Seeing that the Taoist priest was so gullible, Ali curled up a scornful smile on his face and retreated against the crowd.

Taoist Master Minghua was surrounded by the crowd. He listened to the noisy sounds around him and looked over the crowd at the woman in red who was walking away from the crowd.

Seeing her walk around the corner and disappear completely, Taoist Minghua raised his hand with some regret, pressed his chest, and said to the people around him:

"Don't worry, everyone. This ghost often appears at night. It's not suitable to catch ghosts now because the sun is shining brightly."

"You are not the target of the evil spirits right now. You just need to return home after the sun sets and stay indoors."

After saying this, Taoist Minghua waved his hand and said to the others:

"It's all gone."

After hearing what Taoist Master Minghua said, the people around gave way and gradually dispersed.

After the crowd dispersed, Taoist Minghua finally breathed a sigh of relief and straightened his messy clothes.

The soldiers had already arrived here. Fang Ling took a look at the corpse on the ground and asked, "Master, do we need to leave the corpse here to lure the tiger back?"

"No need." Taoist Minghua waved his hand gently. "Zhang Zhining was eaten by the tiger and must have turned into a new ghost. His body is useless."

"Then I'll have my men collect his body." Fang Ling responded, turned around and saw Yu Youyou still standing there, walked over and whispered to her:

"Come here first, I have something to give you."

Lu Keming frowned slightly as he looked at Fang Ling's frank expression, but because he and Yu Youyou had only met twice, he just stared at Fang Ling.

"Oh." Yu Youyou followed Fang Ling to the carriage, and Lu Keming followed naturally.

Fang Ling glanced at Lu Keming who had followed him, and recalled what happened on their first day together. He said, "You told me yesterday that someone was killed under the bridge, but when I asked the officers and soldiers to go to the river to salvage the body, they didn't find the body at all."

"But Mr. Ma and his servant in the city are indeed missing, but their bodies are nowhere to be found. It's like they disappeared out of thin air. Don't you think this is strange?"

Lu Keming stood behind Yu Youyou, looking down at Fang Ling, the light in his eyes dim and unclear.

Yu Youyou was not surprised, but asked: "Oh, it's quite strange, have you found out the reason?"

"If I had found out, why would I tell you?" Fang Ling snorted coldly, opened the curtain of the carriage beside him, and said to Youyou:

"In this car are all kinds of books that I have collected in the city, as well as clothes that I asked the embroiderer to make overnight. Please help me deliver them to Ning Jin."

Yu Youyou poked her head out to take a look at the stuffed things in the carriage, then retracted her head, folded her hands and looked at Fang Ling, and asked, "Do you like Ajin?"

Hearing Yu Youyou's question, Fang Ling blushed and immediately denied it: "What nonsense are you talking about? I have never been to the general's mansion, and Ning Jin never wants to see me. How could I like her?!"

"I'm just being polite and looking out for her!"

Yu Youyou looked at Fang Ling's eager explanation, and after a long silence, she said, "So you wanted to see Ajin."

"Who said that? I didn't." Yu Youyou's straightforward words made Fang Ling stunned for a second, and then he quickly denied it.

Yu Youyou waved her hand and said, "Okay, I got it. I'll tell Ajin when I get back."

"I don't want to!" Fang Ling refused immediately.

"Oh, okay." Yu Youyou nodded without hesitation, and waved Fang Ling and said, "Then go back, I'll give it to Ajin."

Fang Ling's mouth twitched, and he hesitated to speak. Before he could think of what to say, he saw Yu Youyou pulling Lu Keming into the carriage and driving away.

The horse slowly walked away. Fang Ziang still stood there, scratching his hair in annoyance.

On the second floor of the teahouse next to him, a bloodless hand was placed on the window sill. In the cold and gloomy room where no sunlight could penetrate, a woman was looking at Fang Ziang below.

She looked at Fang Ziang's annoyed expression, as if she found it somewhat amusing, and a slight smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.