The freshly melted river still carries a chill.

The cold shone in the slowly flowing river, and the blue-white mist-like cold air slowly rose.

Chen Beibei and they were all standing on the shore, and the big fish that were originally in the river had disappeared.

"Master, what shall we do now?"

The Snow Girl looked at Chen Beibei and asked him.

"Let's go to Grandpa Wenliu's house, since the big fish has disappeared, then we continue to wait here, and it will be useless."

Chen Beibei looked at the Snow Girl and said lightly.

The river flowed silently, and Li Qiqi stood alone on the side, looking at Chen Beibei and them.

The Dream Eater Tapir is the only Shikigami that does not appear in human form.

So before Li Qiqi looked at her, the dream-eating tapir directly turned herself into a cloud of illusory shadows that she couldn't see clearly.

The Dream Eater Tapir can directly pass through the wall, and any physical damage will not cause damage to the Dream Eater Tapir, which is originally a kind of monster with no entity.

Chen Beibei: The reason why they can see the dream-eating tapir is just a false entity deliberately changed by the dream-eating tapir, just the appearance of the dream-eating tapir composed of several different and non-see-through colors.

That's just what it looks like.

You can see it, but if you touch it, you won't feel like you can touch it.

By changing the color to the exact same color as the air, you can completely hide yourself.

Of course, there is another method of stealth.

That is to integrate yourself into the environment, trees, stones, flowers and plants, as long as you can blend in perfectly, you can create an illusion of invisibility.

The Dream Tapir uses the first type.

This is just a very simple thing for the dream tapir.

What Li Qiqi saw was a group of people.

At least that's what she thinks in her own heart.

However, at this time, even if Li Qiqi saw Chen Beibei and them, she didn't dare to come forward.

After all, I just witnessed a boy's head being knocked off by a monk.

That kind of scene, for an ordinary girl, is really a little unacceptable.

Li Qiqi has now slowly recovered.

The mental ability to bear it is actually good.

"Who are you?"

Li Qiqi stood in a position far away from Chen Beibei and asked them.

Obviously, at this time, Li Qiqi didn't dare to fully believe Chen Beibei.

Even if Li Qiqi knows Chen Beibei.

"I am a Taoist priest from Qinghe Town, and several of them are my friends."

Chen Beibei looked at Li Qiqi and said to her.

When Chen Beibei spoke, his eyes kept looking at Li Qiqi's eyes, with a more sincere feeling.

There is only one Taoist priest in Qinghe Town, Chen Beibei, and because he has indeed solved some things, he has been known to everyone for a long time.

Even if you are not from Qinghe Town, people often come to Chen Beibei for help, and Li Qiqi has naturally heard Chen Beibei's name.

After all, Li Qiqi's cousin's son's name was taken by Chen Beibei.

"Just now...... Just now, a man was killed here......"

Li Qiqi said slowly.

I finally calmed down, and I became excited again.

When I spoke, I was so excited that I was a little vague, but I could still hear it clearly.

"Li Qiqi, it's okay now, let's send you home."

Chen Beibei looked at Li Qiqi and said to her.

"How do you know my name?"

Li Qiqi couldn't help but become cautious, and there was a sense of suspicion when she looked at Chen Beibei's gaze.

Li Qiqi took a few steps back, putting herself in a safer position.

"Because, you are also from Qinghe Town. I heard your cousin talk about you before. ”

Chen Beibei said.

Because Chen Beibei talked about her cousin, Li Qiqi was a little relieved.

After all, Li Qiqi also knew Chen Beibei through her cousin.

"So...... And what about the people who died just now? ”

Li Qiqi asked.

The boy obviously came out with Li Qiqi, and the relationship between the two is probably close.

Li Qiqi asked again, which is understandable.

"You've been eaten by that monster, and you can't go out at night, haven't you even forgotten this? Hurry up and get home, it's not safe outside right now. ”

Chen Beibei looked at Li Qiqi and said to her.

The taboo of not going out at night has actually been broken by many people.

Chen Beibei said.

Although there is a hint of blaming Li Qiqi on the surface, in fact, it is to make Li Qiqi believe that what happened just now was actually done by a monster.

In this way, Li Qiqi can easily accept what happened just now.

Only accepted.

The impact of that incident on her will be minimized.

Youkai are a kind of thing that can kill people, and in the impression of humans, it has always been like this.

Not long ago, many people died at the hands of ghosts.

Chen Beibei is saying this now, in fact, it can still be easily believed.

The goblins have come to the world.

This has been accepted by everyone, and it is not surprising that ghosts kill.

"I see......"

Li Qiqi said softly, her voice was so small that she was almost completely inaudible.

After Li Qiqi finished speaking, she squatted on the ground and cried.

Lying on her knees, she looked very helpless, Li Qiqi was just a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl.

"Li Qiqi, go home."

Chen Beibei walked behind Li Qiqi and said to her.

That big fish has disappeared now, and it has not been subdued by Chen Beibei, so it is still more dangerous to stay here now.

Chen Beibei naturally didn't worry about leaving Li Qiqi here alone.

"Sister, let's go, that monster doesn't know where to hide now, if you continue to stay here, if you encounter that monster, it will be very dangerous."

Zashiki walked up to Li Qiqi, squatted up, and said to her.

When Zashiki spoke, his voice carried a healing power.

And when you hear it, it's the kind that is full of kindness.

Hearing Zashiki Boy's words, Li Qiqi slowly raised her head, her face covered with tears.

And his face was a little pale, probably because he was scared.

Zashiki boy took out a very soft handkerchief from his arms and wiped Li Qiqi's face: "Sister, let's go." ”

"Hmm."

Li Qiqi nodded slightly, and then stood up from the ground.

After sending Li Qiqi home.

The night was already deep.

Walking on the streets of Qinghe Town, everything is so familiar.

It's just that this familiarity makes people can't help but have some worries.

If it's just a strange place, if it's just a stranger.

Then even if it was destroyed.

Even if it's completely gone.

It won't be particularly uncomfortable, but this place, these people, are all valued in their hearts.

……

Late at night, I visited Grandpa Wenliu's house again.

When people get old.

The quality of sleep has deteriorated, and even if you have fallen asleep, as long as there is a little wind and grass, you will still wake up easily.

Chen Beibei just knocked lightly on the door a few times.

Footsteps rang out from inside.

"Chen Beibei, have you encountered that big fish?"

Grandpa Wen Liu looked at Chen Beibei and asked him.

It seems that Grandpa Wenliu also cares about big fish, probably after Chen Beibei left, he has been thinking about big fish.

"I met, but let it run."

Chen Beibei told the truth.

"Come in."

Grandpa Wen Liu let Chen Beibei and them in, and then closed the door.

The moonlight fell in the courtyard.

Vegetables and the like, with a faint green glow.

A butterfly lands on a cabbage leaf and slowly flapps its wings.

The butterfly seems to have a dull white glow, perhaps because the moonlight falls on the butterfly, which always gives people a sense of unreality.

"Sister Zashiki Boy, look...... That's the butterfly during the day. ”

The bride pointed to the butterfly standing on the cabbage leaf and said to the Zashiki boy.

"Hmm."

It seems that it is really the butterfly during the day, at least it looks exactly the same.

However, it is also possible that it is just a butterfly that looks similar.

There's still no way to tell the difference.

Ordinary butterflies rest at night, which can also be said to be sleeping.

After all, flowers in general bloom during the day.

Butterflies are a species of animal that feeds on nectar, so when they forage for food, it is usually during the day.

"The butterfly hasn't slept yet, it won't ...... It's fake. It doesn't seem so real. ”

Guan Hu whispered in Chen Beibei's ear.

Chen Beibei looked at the butterfly, the faint light, the butterfly has been flapping its wings, at a fixed frequency, very leisurely.

"Perhaps, it's just the spirit of the dead butterfly."

Chen Beibei glanced at Grandpa Wen Liu, and then said softly.

When Grandpa Wenliu heard Chen Beibei's words, he didn't look back, but just walked towards the room.

"Grandpa Wenliu, do you know anything about that big fish?"

Chen Beibei looked at Grandpa Wenliu and said to him.

"I know, it's the same thing you know......"

Grandpa Wenliu replied.

For that big fish, although Grandpa Wenliu has heard some stories, he has even seen them with his own eyes.

But that's about it.

Sitting in the courtyard, there was a small table between Chen Beibei and Grandpa Wen Liu.

On the table was a pot of tea and two teacups.

For those people around Chen Beibei, Grandpa Wen Liu already knew what it was.

So there's no need to prepare a teacup for them.

The moonlight fell in the courtyard.

The heat of the fragrant tea slowly rose, quiet, serene, and everything slowed down.

"Just when I thought I had caught it, it suddenly disappeared......"

Chen Beibei said.

When Chen Beibei spoke, he looked at the butterfly standing on the cabbage leaf.

"Haha."

Grandpa Wenliu laughed softly, as if he had heard something interesting.

The disappearance of the big fish.

For Chen Beibei, it is not a good thing, when Grandpa Wenliu laughed, Chen Beibei was a little puzzled.

"Why are you laughing?"

Chen Beibei asked.

"Because it's funny......"

Grandpa Wenliu said while drinking fragrant tea.

"Interesting?"

"Well, isn't it?"

Gu Shouniao and Inushen stood quietly beside Chen Beibei, while the Snow Girl leaned against the door frame, staring at a crescent moon in the sky.

White, bright.

"Grandpa Wenliu, do you know anything?"

Chen Beibei picked up the teapot and added a new cup of tea to Grandpa Wenliu: "If yes, please tell me." ”

"Actually, what we know is the same, it's just that you haven't analyzed it yet. From the information he has gotten, he analyzes the true identity of the monster. ”

Grandpa Wen Liu looked at Chen Beibei and said to him.

"Analysis?"

"yes, think about it, why did that big fish suddenly disappear?"

"Because it's a youkai, it has this ability......"

Chen Beibei replied.

"Youkai are generally corporeal, and if they suddenly disappear, they usually leave something behind. It can be its original form, or it can be something it possesses. Anyway, there's usually something left. ”

Grandpa Wen Liu looked at Chen Beibei and said to him.

After the big fish disappeared, Chen Beibei and the gods carefully checked the river.

There's nothing strange in there.

The big fish seems to have disappeared out of thin air in an instant, leaving no trace.

"That big fish, there's nothing left."

Chen Beibei said.

"So what the hell is that big fish?"

When Grandpa Wenliu spoke, he looked at the moon in the sky, and then stretched out his hand.

The moon cast the shadow of Grandpa Wenliu's hand onto the wall in the distance.

Grandpa Wen Liu's hand moved slightly.

The shadows on the walls moved with it, almost identical.

"Haha......"

Old man Wen Liu withdrew his hand with a smile, then picked up the teacup and continued to drink tea.

The shadow that had been cast on the wall before also disappeared.

Not a trace was left.

Chen Beibei supported his head with his hand and fell into deep thought, Grandpa Wenliu was hinting at something by doing this.

"The hand is taken back, and the shadow is gone......"

Chen Beibei secretly thought in his heart.

"Could it be that big fish...... And so it is? ”

Chen Beibei said softly.

Grandpa Wenliu didn't speak, still drinking tea, with a faint smile on his face.

The butterfly that landed on the cabbage leaf suddenly disappeared without knowing when.

I guess I flew away.

"That big fish, is it also an illusion? Like a shadow, projected by something? So can it disappear in an instant? ”

Chen Beibei looked at Grandpa Wenliu and said slowly.

"Hmm."

"But that's not right. The big fish turned into a monk and killed the boy. ”

"Killing people doesn't necessarily need to be physical. As long as the illusion is strong enough to have power, it can create a special kind of youkai. This kind of monster and air, fragrance, and language in general, are nothing. But it's a real ......."

(End of chapter)