That night, both of them fell asleep due to chaotic thoughts.
Xiaolan was okay, after all, she had rested for a while. When Jasmine sat up with a dejected look on her face with two deep dark circles under her eyes, Xiaolan was actually startled.
"How about you take some rest?" Xiaolan looked at the listless Jasmine.
"No need," Jasmine waved her hands slowly and yawned, "Aren't we going to do some exercises tonight? There are too many things to know."
When the two of them simply washed themselves with water from the small well in the courtyard, Lao Liu kept his promise and looked outside the courtyard gate with a hot breakfast in his arms.
Jasmine was embarrassed to let Lao Liu see how dirty the room was, so she shook off the water drops on her face and ran out.
"Are you leaving, Lao Liu?"
"Have you two masters eaten?" Lao Liu opened the large wooden lunch box in his hand, "Why don't you eat some steamed buns before setting off."
Xiaolan wiped her face clean and walked over.
"Let's eat while walking, Liu. Time is tight. Let's go to Huo Simao's house and ask about it."
The steamed buns were very fragrant. The three of them ate the steamed buns without slowing down. Soon they arrived at the small courtyard of Huo Simao's family on the edge of the village.
"Not here yet?!"
After listening to his wife's words, the sixth child turned to look at Xiaolan and Jasmine.
"Did he stay away all night, or..." Xiaolan asked the kind-faced woman.
"He went out early in the morning," the 40-year-old daughter-in-law waved her hand with disgust, "He didn't get home until after dark last night, didn't say anything, and ran out again early in the morning."
"Did he say where he was going?"
"I don't know about him..." Si Mao's wife was obviously a little angry with Si Mao, "Why don't you go to Huo Xu's house and have a look? It's best to teach them a lesson for fooling around all day long!"
Xiaolan rolled her eyes. The name Huo Xu was very familiar, as if he was someone on the list.
"Then let's go find him first," Xiaolan promised with a polite smile, "Thank you."
The moment Xiaolan lowered his head to the woman, he noticed from the corner of his eye that the woman seemed to be panicking for half a second, her uneasy eyes quickly looking away from him. Before they could figure out the reason behind it, the three of them were already preparing for the next stage of their rampage.
"You two may not be familiar with Huo Xu."
"Oh?" Xiaolan looked surprised, but she was thinking in her heart that she finally met someone she didn't have to bother pretending to know.
"Actually, there are quite a lot of people in the village. If I haven't visited you two before, you probably aren't very familiar with them."
Xiaolan nodded quickly, "Then I'll have to ask you, Lao Liu, to help introduce me."
Lao Liu lowered his head and smiled, and the three of them continued walking forward. They met several unfamiliar faces on the road. When they saw Xiaolan and Jasmine, they were all respectful.
It seems that for Huo Huo Village, the "masters" played by the two really have a high status.
After turning a corner, the small courtyard surrounded by a short fence on the right is Huo Xu's home. Lao Liu rang the metal bell hanging on the top of the fence door. The small bell made a clear and loud sound, matching Lao Liu's call.
After a while, the bamboo door of the yard next door opened.
"Hey, Sixth... there are two more masters," the man stood in his yard, leaning his upper body over the short fence and said to the three of them, "Huo Xu is not here, and he hasn't come back all night, what do you want to do with him?
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"Huo Xu isn't here either?" Lao Liu grabbed the door frame and asked, "Where has he gone? Brother, do you know?"
"I don't know where he went," the man curled his lips, "Since his wife died, with his character... no one dares to interfere with his affairs."
"Brother, has anyone come to see Huo Xu?" Xiaolan asked, imitating Lao Liu's tone.
"Master is so polite, so polite," the man quickly waved his hand after hearing Xiaolan's words, "I don't think anyone has looked for him. What...has he done?"
Lao Liu looked back at Xiaolan and Jasmine. They nodded and decided to go to the next house.
"He's not in now……"
"Yes, I went out early in the morning..."
"He didn't come back last night, and he told me not to prepare his meal..."
I walked back and forth around the village, but no one I was looking for was there.
It wasn't until the last house that the hostess of that house revealed some clues.
"I heard that there is a Buddhist ceremony tonight," the woman folded her arms and looked at Xiaolan and Jasmine curiously, "I didn't quite hear what he said to me before he left... It seems to have something to do with the Buddhist ceremony.
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Legal affairs.
Xiaolan frowned and started thinking.
It seems that everything will have to wait until the ceremony starts in the evening to see the outcome.
"Sister, will everyone attend tonight's ceremony?" Xiaolan raised her eyes and asked with a smile.
"Renunciation ceremonies usually only go to the relatives and friends of the deceased," the woman blinked, "but if it's the village chief's ceremony, I guess a lot of people in the village will go to see it."
The three of them thanked the woman and walked back dejectedly.
"Why don't you two masters go back and have a rest?" Lao Liu wiped the sweat from his forehead, "The rituals are quite laborious. You two have been tired for a day, so I will take you back."
Yes, Xiaolan looked at Jasmine. Their eyes were full of guilt, and they thought to themselves, they still don’t know how to perform this ritual at night.
The village still has a quiet and peaceful living atmosphere, full of vitality and fireworks.
There is no hint that anyone died yesterday, nor is there any hint that any weird ritual will be started tonight.
When the two of them sat back on the bed in the old house after a busy morning, they felt a strong sense of uneasiness.
"I always feel that something will happen at night." Jasmine's eyes were blank and she sighed softly.
Xiaolan glanced at Jasmine and didn't answer. She stood up and walked towards the wooden boxes stacked in the corner.
"What do you want to do?"
"We have to find something to do something to do," Xiaolan said, forcefully opening the heavy wooden cover, "see if there are any props or anything else, otherwise the night will be awkward."
Jasmine swung her legs on the bed a few times and felt that it made sense.
The two of them rummaged around in the smelly wooden box, which was full of strange things with no apparent purpose. Xiaolan combined her lack of knowledge and imagination to pick out a few things and put them on the table.
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Jasmine also ran over with a lot of dark objects in her arms, and spread them out on the table.
"I can still figure out what these things are."
Jasmine said, picking up a small wooden stick with a white strip of cloth tied at the end, and continued, "This is a bit like the Tianzuo flag at the fifth watch of the day, except it is smaller than the Tianzuo flag. It also has twelve flags like this."
, you can form a formation and send out the immortal soldiers."
"Fifth watch?"
"Oh, yes, you weren't here at that time," Jasmine lowered her head and pulled other objects, "Wu Geng Tian and I, Jiu Tan, are both from a relatively prestigious alien clan, as are Uncle Luo and the Ba Liang Shui where Jiu Tian is.
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Xiaolan nodded and moved her eyes to another magic weapon raised by Jasmine.
I've been trying to make something new this past weekend, so I can only update it individually. If there are any results, I'll let you know! Thank you.