I originally planned to give her a random name to deal with it, but at this moment, I changed my mind.
He Baobao didn't notice that the moment she agreed, a unique six-pointed star quietly disappeared under her feet.
She bit her spoon and looked at him expectantly.
The masked man stared at her, moved his lips, and seemed to be ready to speak out.
The next moment, time seemed to be stagnant, and everything around him stopped flowing, including time.
The fine dust in the air, the walking waiters, and the noisy diners were all still in place at this moment, like some kind of sculpture, and the entire inn was like a static box.
Except for the masked man in front of him, he had his hands clasped by his side, and his calm eyes were so deep that they revealed a slightly eerie light.
He Baobao opened his eyes wide, and suddenly felt a sense of danger in his heart.
She called out to the system in her heart: "System, system."
The voice was like a stone sinking into the sea, and there was no response.
Not only that, even the spiritual consciousness planted by Tantai on her body did not move at all.
Although He Baobao was a little panicked, he still maintained a confused expression on his face.
A gust of wind suddenly blew into the box, blowing up the corners of the masked man's clothes. His lips moved and he slowly uttered two words: "My name is Yunting."
The word "Yunting" magnified in my ears, but gradually became blurred, like a Sanskrit sound coming from the sky, ethereal and mysterious, but quickly dissipated.
He Baobao's smart eyes gradually became stagnant, and his eyeballs could not move.
In the hazy state of consciousness, He Baobao noticed that in the next cubicle, the man with dark hair and white clothes was still drinking wine slowly and slowly, but the white jade wine glass in his hand was replaced by a porcelain white wine bottle.
The wine that spilled out made his chin wet his clothes. The man didn't pay attention. Instead, he stroked the black cat in his arms and never looked at her from the beginning to the end.
The cubicle was separated by a screen, and with the dim light of the lamp, the figures were blurry on it, making He Baobao even more unclear.
"Looking at the fate between you and me, I have a gift to give you."
The ethereal and illusory sounds continued to pour into his ears. In the blur, He Baobao seemed to see the figure on the screen move.
"Meow meow meow~"
Suddenly, a cat meowed in my ears.
Baby He woke up instantly and came to his senses, his forehead covered with fine cold sweat.
The figure of the masked man was no longer in front of him, let alone the cat's meow.
He Baobao stood up and got off the table, walking step by step towards the private room separated by many screens.
With a "swish" sound, a screen was pushed open.
There's no one inside.
There are no cats either.
He Baobao's eyes fell on the wine table in front of the window, and his eyes widened.
There was a white jade wine glass placed there, but there was no trace of the bottle.
The wine glass stood there alone, as if waiting for her intruding guest.
He Baobao felt a little unreal and wondered if all this was just her imagination.
[Didi didi...]
It is the sound of system startup.
"Crack, click..." Something seemed to be cracked, invisible and intangible.
He Baobao turned around suddenly and looked outside. She was short, but she could vaguely see and hear the movement outside.
"Guest, please use it with ease."
"Waiter, bring me a bottle of wine."
"..."
There was another noisy sound in his ears, He Baobao twisted his head, everyone in the inn became alive, and even the dust in the air was floating lightly under the light.
The scene just now seemed to be just an illusion, or just a temporary dazzle on her part.
"By the way, a gift."
He Baobao lowered his head and glanced at the table, but there was nothing there.
As if she thought of something, she put her hand into the small bag and took out the obvious foreign object inside.
It is a green bead.
It's very beautiful, a green color is flowing inside as if there is life, and even the little arms are stretched out.
What on earth is this, and who is that masked man?
【Host, are you okay?】
The system suddenly made a sound, interrupting He Baobao's thoughts.
"Why do you ask that?"
Could it be that the system just detected that the masked man was malicious towards him?
[Just now, I was suddenly affected by a similar force, and the system activated the defense mode. 】
It can make the system turn on the defense mode, which surprised He Baobao: "That masked man is very powerful?"
[His cultivation is indeed at the Golden Core stage.] It will not detect this incorrectly.
Since his cultivation level is at the Golden Core stage, how could the system be so scrupulous about it?
"What do you mean?" He Baobao's eyelids twitched and he had a bad idea.
[There is another power hidden in him, and that power is very similar to mine.]
And it makes it extremely repulsive, and even subconsciously does not want to face it.
"It's very similar to you. Could it be that the masked man also has a system?" This seems to be the only reasonable explanation.
The system did not deny: [There are all kinds of wonders in the world, maybe there are other time travelers who have come to the book. 】
This made He Baobao even more surprised: "This is unreasonable!"
"There can only be one executor in a book." Otherwise it will affect the progress of the task.
This is something that people like He Baobao understand very well.
The system was silent for a rare moment: [So this system feels something is wrong.]
[Maybe there was a mistake and another executor was misinformed.]
If this is true, this mistake is not as big as usual, and He Baobao is a little worried whether her mission will be affected by this.
[Host, don’t worry, all this is just our guess, and it cannot 100% prove the existence of another executor. 】
He Baobao squeezed the bead tightly and said thoughtfully: "Maybe we thought wrong."
"What if the power hidden in him is not because of the system?"
system:【……】
He Baobao: [It may also be man-made. 】
It is easy for a person with a high level of cultivation to control a person with a low level of cultivation. This is just He Baobao's guess.
That vague figure appeared in He Baobao's mind, and he always felt that everything was his fault.
She asked the system about the bead in her hand: "This bead was left by the masked man. Can you see if there is anything wrong with it?"
The system was scanned: [No problems.]
"What's in there?"
He Baobao pointed to a green mass flowing inside, like ink, but it had no tendency to spread.
【That is the essence of Bodhi】
【It is the sap of the Bodhi tree.】
It turned out to be a Bodhi tree, which really surprised He Baobao. She thought it was some kind of small insect.
[Now within the six realms, the shadow of the Bodhi tree has disappeared.]
He Baobao: "No more?"
Is that what she meant?
[Yes, since the ancient war, the bodhi tree in the six realms has rapidly dried up and lost its trace. For thousands of years, its shadow has not been seen. 】
It disappeared again. What exactly happened to the six realms before that caused turmoil one after another.
"Since it has been exhausted, why did the masked man have this and gave it to me?"
He Baobao suddenly felt that the thing in her hand was a hot potato, and she had a hunch that if she really wanted it, there would be no peace in the future. This chapter has been completed!