Chapter 417: The remaining ink of agarwood
Chapter 417: The remaining ink of agarwood
In his heart, Yu Mo thought of the caterpillar as a good monster, but Ying Yuan was different. Although Ying Yuan had recovered his memory, he was still a mortal Tang Zhou. The master in Tang Zhou's sect hated monsters, and would kill them when they saw them, no matter whether they were good or bad.
From Chen Yuanwai's exaggerated narration, Lu Ming and Ying Yuan both felt that it was not a monster causing trouble. How could a monster not hurt or kill people? It was just destroying crops and pretending to be a ghost to scare people in people's homes.
It's highly likely that this was man-made.
Lu Ming expressed his doubts, and Chen Yuanwai also looked embarrassed. "I also know that this may be man-made, but I sent my men to guard the fields all day, and the crops still suffered."
Yu Mo and Lu Ming looked at Mr. Chen and asked in unison, "Is there a thief inside?"
Mr. Chen also thought of this at the time and said that the people guarding the fields that night were in teams of three. Those people were all Mr. Chen's family sons and were absolutely loyal to their family.
Yu Mo thought about it and asked the system: "What does that caterpillar look like?"
System: "It is a black caterpillar. If you don't look carefully at night, you can't see it at all."
Yu Mo suddenly realized, no wonder the culprit was not found, the person's protective color was black, under the cover of night, so he could definitely do bad things under the person's nose.
Yu Mo looked at Mr. Chen with sympathy. He had heard from the system that the ultimate goal of the caterpillar's revenge was to make this family bankrupt.
Ying Yuan asked Mr. Chen if there were any witnesses. Mr. Chen looked embarrassed and shook his head, saying, "No, even the ghost at home was not seen by anyone."
After asking for a lot of possible reasons, Ying Yuan found out that Mr. Chen knew nothing about anything. He got angry and thought that this person might have done it on purpose. He didn't find anything, so how could he say it was done by a monster?
When he took orders in the past, were there any clients who had witnessed monsters killing people?
In addition to his own memories, Ying Yuan also has Tang Zhou's memories. In his memory, all monsters were reported to the sect only because they had done evil things. Who knew that the monsters here had never hurt anyone and no one had ever seen him.
That monster is so cautious. No, which monster is so idle? He doesn’t kill or eat people. He just causes destruction and pretends to be a ghost to scare people.
Ying Yuan wanted to turn around and leave, but was stopped by Lu Ming.
It was getting late and there was no inn nearby for them to stay, so they decided to stay at Mr. Chen's house and help find the troublemaker. The ultimate goal of their trip was not to find the monster, but to find the trace of the artifact.
Lu Ming’s calculations were very good.
At this time, he thought the same as Ying Yuan. What happened to Mr. Chen's family was most likely man-made rather than caused by monsters. They moved into Mr. Chen's house under the pretext of helping him catch monsters. It was like having a free residence. They took this opportunity to find the whereabouts of the artifact.
Yu Mo was wondering whether he should collect the caterpillar before it came to his door.
The caterpillar didn't do anything harmful, so it would be a pity if it was killed by Ying Yuan just like that.
After all, the caterpillar had never hurt anyone before it became a spirit. It just practiced hard in its own cave. Before it started fasting, it only ate young grass shoots and nectar near its home and did not harm the interests of others.
The system also thinks that this caterpillar can be captured, or the person can be thrown into the demon world. The human world is not a good place to go.
The demon world is the right place for it to live.
That night, the system guarding the gate saw the caterpillar and without saying a word, put the person into a crystal ball.
Before Maomao could react, he found himself trapped in a transparent round container, and no matter how much he complained, nothing was done.
After the system finished its task, it ran to tell Yu Mo that it was done.
Yu Mo breathed a sigh of relief, glanced at Chen Yuanwai who was hiding behind him, and said, "Don't be nervous."
Chen Yuanwai grabbed the corner of Yu Mo's clothes, looked at the closed window, and said stubbornly: "I... I'm not nervous."
Yu Mo reluctantly rescued his wrinkled clothes from Chen Yuanwai's hands and consoled him: "Maybe the monster doesn't dare to come because of the three of us. Relax. If you hold me like this, I won't be able to act if a monster really comes later."
Only then did Mr. Chen notice that he had wrinkled other people's clothes. He apologized repeatedly and stood half a meter away from the three people.
The three of them are now in Mr. Chen's bedroom. After experiencing several ghost experiences, Mr. Chen's wife is unwilling to continue living here, so she went back to her parents' home for safety, and took her children with her.
It was difficult for Mr. Chen to stop his wife from leaving. Knowing that the people at her mother's house were not in danger, Mr. Chen breathed a sigh of relief but also cursed his mother. He wondered what sin he had committed to deserve being caught by that monster.
At five o'clock in the morning, rosy clouds began to appear in the sky. Mr. Chen fell asleep with his head tilted back in the chair. Ying Yuan and the other two were guarding by the window, but they did not see anyone enter the Chen Mansion.
Lu Ming looked at Ying Yuan and whispered, "Did that person hear the news and stop?"
Ying Yuan frowned, "It's very likely."
Yu Mo scratched his chin secretly and looked at Chen Yuanwai who was sleeping soundly with his head tilted embarrassedly. Oh~ his saliva was all over the floor, so disgusting.
The caterpillar came at the second watch last night, but was captured by the system before it entered the door. Yu Mo couldn't tell Ying Yuan and the others that the monster had been captured by him, so he could only stay here with Ying Yuan and the others to keep watch for Mr. Chen.
The sun rose, Ying Yuan and the others opened the door, and Lu Ming woke up Chen Yuanwai.
Mr. Chen was sleeping soundly when he was suddenly woken up. He collapsed and kept saying, "The monster is coming!"
The three of them twitched their lips. Ying Yuan didn't look at him, but turned and left Chen's house. Yu Mo followed him, and Lu Ming stayed and told Mr. Chen what happened last night.
Mr. Chen breathed a sigh of relief when he knew that the thing didn't come last night, but his heart started beating in his throat again when Lu Ming asked him questions.
That thing will come again, is it possible?
Mr. Chen immediately pulled Lu Ming aside and talked to him for a long time, asking Lu Ming and the other two to stay in the Chen Mansion for a month or so until they caught that thing.
Lu Ming achieved his goal, and after several refusals, he finally agreed to Chen Yuanwai's request. After comforting the man, Lu Ming hurried out of the house to find Ying Yuan and Yu Mo.
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