"Cough cough, don't you guys feel that discussing this topic is very boring?" Zhao Shanyu also came over to take a look at the name of the post, and like me, was speechless.

  Li Mingyao turned around and saw Zhao Shenyu, hurriedly asking: "Right, you're the daughter of the leader of the Miao Wu Sect? I didn't know that before. Come on, let me do an exclusive interview with you, ask you how you fell in love with this guy, and then post it on the forum, I can gain a lot of experience from it."

  "If you want to die, I don't care." Zhao Shanyu said with a smile, looking at Li Mingyao.

  I hastily whispered in Li Mingyao's ear: "Big brother, don't be impulsive, my wife is extremely violent, if she beats you up later, I won't help you."

  Zhao Shenyu suddenly got close and naturally heard what I said, then she kicked my butt and scolded: "You bastard, who did you say was violent? Can't stand it when I'm a lady for a few days? Always beating you up."

  I rubbed the butt kicked by Zhao Shenyu and said to Li Mingyao: "See, I didn't say wrong, did I?"

  "Are you looking for trouble?"

  Just as Zhao Shenyu was about to rush up and beat me, a peasant-like man walked in. He looked over 50 years old, wearing tattered clothes, with many wrinkles on his face, and a bit hunched back.

  "Stop making noise, wife! Someone's coming." I quickly walked up to the old man and asked: "Sir, do you need something?"

  Zhao Shenyu saw me talking to others and also felt embarrassed to take action.

  The old man looked a bit timid and stuttered: "Y-you, is this the Zhongshan Buddha Statue Museum?"

  "Didn't you see the sign outside? This is indeed the Zhongshan Buddha Statue Gallery, where no one cheats. Li Mingyao walked up to the old man with a smile and said: "Old sir, our Buddha statues have the effect of driving away evil spirits and avoiding disasters. Is something wrong at home that you came to buy a Buddha statue? Coincidentally, we're having a New Year's sale here, I can give you a 30% discount."

  "I was introduced by a friend with the surname Li, he told me to come here and find someone named Li Mingyao for help." This old man seemed to be still a bit shy, which is also normal, many farmers who have been working at home for years are like this, not used to interacting with strangers.

  Li Mingyao, upon hearing that the man was introduced by a friend with the surname Li, slightly changed his expression and hastily pointed to the chairs in the hall, saying: "Old master, please sit down quickly. Xiao Feng, go to the back and bring out a cup of water for the old master."

  I went, how did Li Mingyao hear that it was introduced by a friend with the surname Lei and changed like this?

  There's a code of conduct for every profession, and in our line of work, the rule is to put on airs. No matter who you are, as long as you come to a temple like ours, you're here to ask for something, so you're destined to be subservient. Volunteering to pour water for us? That's treatment reserved for mayors and above.

  I also couldn't figure out what Li Mingyao was thinking, and ran to the water dispenser in the back, poured a cup of white water for the old man outside. After I handed the water to the old man, he seemed embarrassed and said: "Kid, don't be so polite, I'm here to ask for your help. However, our crops didn't do well this year, and we only managed to scrape together 2,000 yuan in our village. I hope you won't look down on us."

  The old man then pulled out a blackened handkerchief from his hand, opened it, and inside were two thousand crumpled yuan, along with some tens, fives, and even some loose change.

  "Old man, don't be like this. We opened the shop to ward off evil spirits, not to make money. You'd better take your money back." Li Mingyao said calmly and pushed the two thousand yuan back.

  The old man's face also looked a bit embarrassed, and he hesitated for a moment, but finally gritted his teeth and said: "No way, you guys have to take this money. Although we made less, what should be given must still be given."

  "Alright, let's do this: I'll take a thousand and you keep a thousand. You can use it to buy some snacks for the kids back home." Li Mingyao said as he took out a thousand yuan, then asked: "Now, sir, tell me what's really going on."

  The old man nodded and began to speak to us.

  It turned out that this old man was from a rural area in Mianyang, Chengdu. He was the head of a village. Half a month ago, one day, a child suddenly disappeared in the village. Everyone searched for him but couldn't find him. Two days later, they found the child's clothes and a small skeleton in the bamboo forest behind the village.

  There is still a lot of green corrosive liquid on the bone, like strong acid.

  At that time, everyone reported the incident, but after investigation, no clue was found. In the end, only a snake's shed skin was found in the bamboo forest behind.

  That piece of skin is very large, over eight meters long. You know, there are no giant pythons in inland China, so at the time someone said, "Is this a ghost or monster?"

  Regardless of whether it's true or not, every place has a ghost-catching shop. At that time, the village found a local yin-yang master to take a look. That night, after the yin-yang master went into the bamboo forest, he disappeared and never appeared again, not even his clothes were found.

  That place also became famous, and later on, several Yin Yang masters were found in a row. Some of them had heard about the notorious place and didn't dare to go, while others thought the price was too low and refused to go.

  The last old man with the surname Li passed by and told them that Mr. Chengdu Zhongshan Buddha Statue Gallery was a real deal, so the old man came over, at first he was a bit timid and afraid of low prices, afraid that we would look down on him.

  After listening to all this, Li Mingyao furrowed his brow and asked me: "Xiaofeng, what do you think?"

  I haven't spoken yet, and Zhao Shenyu beside me said: "It's a snake demon, and it should be an evil demon. The northeastern demons won't kill people like this casually. This demon is unlikely to be born in the wild, and this isn't the northeast. If there are any demons coming out, they should have been eliminated by you Yin-Yang masters as soon as they have a little bit of Tao. This snake demon must have been fed with human three souls and seven spirits by someone from an evil cult."

  "It's no wonder she's the big sister of Miao Shamanism, she's indeed professional. By the way, do you guys often do things like this?" Li Mingyao asked with a smile on his face.

  Zhao Shanyu seemed to dislike hearing others call her the "eldest young lady" of Miao Fu Jiao, and she snorted, not speaking.

  The old man next to us was stunned and didn't dare interrupt our conversation.

  Zhao Shenyu asked the old man, "Sir, is that child's bones black with strange patterns on them? And do those green corrosives have a strong fishy smell that's very pungent?"

  The old man nodded hastily, his face still showing a bit of excitement: "Yes, it's black, I don't dare to look closely if there are any patterns on it, but it looks a bit eerie. However, those green things are indeed very smelly and pungent, just like you said."

  Li Mingyao asked beside Zhao Shenyu: "What's wrong, what's going on?"