God's Gift

"Give it a name first, then give it some small favors."

"The dog will then regard that person as its master, be completely devoted to him, and even be willing to die for him."

The madam laughed a few times, looked up at Lu Keming, and asked:

"Our Luo Chen is the most noble, he would not be willing to be someone else's dog, right?"

Lu Keming did not answer. He lowered his eyes and stared at the madam motionlessly.

The madam withdrew her gaze from Lu Keming and said, as if giving advice, "Luo Chen, people's minds are full of twists and turns, and it is the most difficult to guess. Don't forget what you should do just because of a mortal woman."

Lu Keming stood there for a few seconds, holding the jar with an indifferent expression, then turned and walked into his room.

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On the other side, as the sun above Gusu City gradually set and hid behind the tall Black Mountain, the sky became completely dark.

Because of what happened with the ghost in the morning, the people in the city returned to their homes after sunset. Every household stayed indoors. The bustling streets in the past were now deserted, with only a few people who were unaware of the situation still wandering around.

In Zhang Zhining's home, several circles of red strings were wrapped around the wooden pillars of the dilapidated old house, with copper coins evenly hung on top, and a bell hung on each string.

The white-haired old mother suddenly learned the news of her son's death, and found out that it was her husband who had turned into a ghost and killed her child with his own hands. She burst into tears immediately, cursed her dead husband, and then fell asleep exhausted.

Taoist Master Minghua was sitting on the roof of the neighboring house. The whistling wind from the roof blew through his green Taoist robe, making him look quite free and easy in the night.

No matter how strong the wind was outside, the red line in Zhang Zhining's house did not make any sound.

Minghua stood on the roof, staring at Zhang Zhining's house motionlessly.

Until the night, a wisp of black smoke gradually formed under the eaves of the courtyard and turned into a huge tiger more than two meters long.

The tiger walked forward but was stopped by the copper coin-shaped red line in the yard. It looked at the red line, took a cautious step back, and bared its teeth towards the direction of the yard.

The tiger was extremely clever. As soon as it appeared, it would hide in the dark place under the eaves, where Taoist Minghua could not see it.

Zhang Zhining's mother, who was sleeping soundly in the house, had a dream. In the dream, Zhang Zhining was standing in the yard of his home, crying and shouting at her.

"Mom, I'm in so much pain, please come and help me."

"Mom, please come here quickly, I'm so scared."

"Mom! Come quickly! My child is in so much pain!"

Hearing the miserable voice of Zhang Zhining, Zhang's mother, who was lying on the bed, gradually sat up and walked out with her eyes closed.

When she walked out of the room and gradually approached the red line, the tiger hiding in the dark finally couldn't hold back and immediately pounced on her.

As it moved, the bells in the yard began to ring. However, Taoist Minghua, who was standing on the roof, was not in a hurry. He waited quietly for the tiger to pounce on Zhang's mother.

While Taoist Minghua was waiting, a red figure climbed over the wall and quickly pounced towards the tiger, apparently intending to catch it.

But before she could touch it, the tiger's body jumped up and entered a Bagua formation. Before it landed, the formation on the ground lit up with golden light and turned into a net, covering it from above.

After the tiger was covered by the golden net, it subconsciously wanted to turn into black smoke and escape, but it found that it could not change its shape no matter what.

As the golden light continued to burn, a ghost figure covered in tiger skin gradually appeared in its body, and its face was exactly the same as the dead Zhang Zhining.

Ali's movements were blocked by the Bagua Formation. Her expression became more serious and she quickly took a step back.

At this time, Taoist Minghua looked at the red figure in the courtyard, his expression darkened, he flew to the ground, looked at Ali who was standing outside the Bagua formation, and said:

"Since I've let you go, you shouldn't come back."

"Let me go?" Ali looked at the Taoist priest in front of him who was keeping a low profile, chuckled, and said, "Do you really think you can catch me?"

Minghua listened to Ali's rebellious words, but he did not get angry or scold her. There was a sense of calmness and stability in his attitude.

But he lowered his eyebrows, not looking at A-li, and just said softly:

"You are too arrogant."

Ah Li looked at the Taoist priest in front of him who was not angered at all, with a hint of irony on his beautiful face. He said with a smile: "You can try to see whether you can catch me faster or I can kill the humans around me faster."

She said these cruel words in such a frivolous and casual voice. Minghua raised his eyes and finally looked Ali in the eye.

When Ali saw him looking at him, he curled his eyes and gave a provocative smile.

Minghua's eyes darkened, he pursed his lips, and before Ali could react, he was in front of her, pressed her against the tree in the yard, and asked in a cold voice:

"Do you still think that I let you go because I didn't dare to catch you?"

His strength was so great that Ali struggled for a few times but was unable to escape. When she wanted to cast a spell, she found that he had pasted a yellow talisman on her body, which prevented her from even using any spells.

Seeing that he couldn't move, Ah Li gritted his teeth, stared at Minghua, and said, "I didn't expect that you, a little Taoist priest, are so capable."

Minghua didn't say much after hearing her words, but just looked at Ali quietly.

The two were so close that in the moonlight, Ali could directly see the fuzz on his face.

Ah Li raised his head and looked at Minghua's absent-minded gaze. He frowned slightly and shouted, "What are you looking at?"

After being called out by Ali, Minghua finally came to his senses and noticed his own loss of composure. He immediately retracted his gaze and turned his head away from Ali.

But this action made Ali notice his Adam's apple rolling.

Ah Li narrowed his eyes and saw that Minghua didn't dare to look directly at him. He seemed to have thought of something interesting and asked:

"Master Minghua, you still haven't told me why you didn't catch me during the day?"

When Minghua was suddenly asked this question, his expression froze for a few seconds and he didn't know how to answer for a moment.

Ah Li laughed again, leaned close to Minghua's ear and asked:

"You don't have a crush on me, do you?"