"Duan Mu." Wang Qian's voice came suddenly, pulling me back from my thoughts. "What should we do now? You said this filthy Yin is toxic, will the people in town be affected too?"
"Yes," I said decisively. "If the filthy Yin is released in the town, at least half of the people in this town will die."
"Ah," Wang Qian said fearfully. "Are you not fooling me? How can we get rid of this filthy Yin?"
Although she looked skeptical, Wang Qian was getting nervous. Seeing the anxious look on Wang Qian's face, I couldn't help but be curious. This young girl doesn't know anything, but in the past few days, she dared to accompany me into the Yin realm and the haunted house. In a certain sense, she is stronger than many grown men.
"Yes," seeing how concerned Wang Qian was, I decided not to hide it. "There is only one way to get rid of this filthy Yin, and that is to find the person who set up the filthy Yin formation. Because we don't know what exactly released the filthy Yin, and we don't know the method of this formation. It would be unimaginable consequences if we barge in recklessly."
Wang Qian became even more nervous. "Where can we find this person? What about Long Lanxiang's body?"
"We can't move Long Lanxiang's body. If we do, the filthy Yin formation will immediately collapse, and the filthy Yin will spread throughout the entire town," I said, pondering. I've been practicing Taoism in Laowa Town for ten years, but other than my second uncle, I really didn't know that there are other Taoist practitioners in this town.
Who could it be?
"Let's go, to the riverside," I said, taking Wang Qian's hand.
Honestly, holding Wang Qian's hand did feel nice. Many boys dreamt of holding these hands, but Wang Qian never gave them the chance, and I unintentionally held them several times. If the boys at school found out, they would have made quite a fuss.
At this moment, while I was holding her hand, Wang Qian didn't struggle, but rather obediently walked with me to the street. It was at this time that many people who knew me on the street cast strange glances at us, and I suddenly came to my senses and stopped.
Wang Qian also suddenly stopped, looking down at the hand I was holding, then Wang Qian's imposing manner came out again, "Duan Mu..."
I quickly let go of her hand, feeling a bit embarrassed, "Wang, even though holding your hand is comfortable, I really didn't mean to."
Hearing this, Wang Qian blushed, and her imposing manner came out again, "Take advantage of me, and you say you won't get away with it."
"Help!" Seeing Wang Qian's angry look, I hurriedly ran away, and Wang Qian chased after me, shouting, "Duan Mu, stop right there."
After this wild run, we finally arrived at the riverside. Wang Qian was really persistent, and despite appearing frail, she surprisingly had good stamina and kept up with me all the way.
Finally, at the riverside, I saw several people sitting on the bank, leisurely chatting. There were also some clothes laid out on the bank, and a few people were swimming in the shallow river. It seemed like they were all good swimmers.
Although the weather was not particularly hot on this clear morning, it was still decent for swimming in the river. Seeing Wang Qian still persistently chasing after me, I felt helpless and prepared to continue running.
However, at that moment, my attention was suddenly drawn to the water, where one of the persons was swimming. I saw two hands sticking straight out of the water, approaching the swimmer slowly.
"Not good," I muttered to myself. How could there be evil spirits appearing in broad daylight, and I feared it might be Long Lanxiang's doing.
"Duanmu, why aren't you running anymore?" Just then, Wang Qian came up and grabbed my clothes, then hit my chest with a series of punches. Although Wang Qian was weak and thin, the punches really hurt.
I quickly grabbed Wang Qian's hand and said seriously, "Senior, stop messing around, someone's about to die."
"Huh?" Wang Qian blushed when I grabbed her hand, but she calmed down when she heard me: "Where is someone about to die?"
I pointed to the three people in the river and said, "Who else could it be? Come on, let's go save them."
As I spoke, I let go of Wang Qian's hand and quickly walked towards the three people on the riverbank.
They were three young men who didn't look like they were from our school, probably in their twenties, and looked quite refined, almost like college students.
When I reached them, I shouted, "Hey, are the swimmers in the river your friends?"
All three of them turned to look at me with puzzled expressions, and one of them replied, "Yes, why?"
I said, "Hurry up and get them out of the water, someone's going to drown."
"What?" All three of them were incredulous, and then suddenly burst out laughing. One of them looked at me as if I were an idiot and said, "Hey, little brother, what are you blabbering about? If we were a bit more hot-tempered, we'd think you were cursing our friend."
Seeing their incredulous looks, I felt a bit helpless. I wanted to continue to persuade them, but in the end, I held back the words I was about to say.
At this point, seeing me not saying anything, Wang Qian became anxious and quickly said to the three people, "Hey, what we're saying is true, you'd better get them out of the water."
"Huh?" When I heard this, I couldn't help but turn to look at Wang Qian.
The three men, upon hearing Wang Qian's words, turned to look at her. They suddenly perked up and exposed a foolish expression, almost drooling.
"Little sister is so pretty, want to give me your number?"
Hearing the three men's words, I felt helpless and suddenly reached out and grabbed Wang Qian's hand and said, "Let's go, they can believe it or not."
With that, I pulled Wang Qian and turned to leave.
As we left, we heard the three men angrily shouting, "Kid, it's not that we don't believe you, but you're completely spouting nonsense. Let me tell you, the three people swimming in the river are all members of our school's swimming team. They came here today to train in the river specifically. You're telling me they're going to drown?"
As we left, Wang Qian, looking aggrieved, said to me, "Are you stupid? Why didn't you argue with them?"
"Is it necessary?" I suddenly took out a big bun that Wang Qian had bought and took a bite, saying as I ate, "I've already said what I needed to say. If they don't believe it, let them be. Do I need to beg them?"
Wang Qian pouted and didn't say anything. I looked at Wang Qian and felt somewhat grateful; this little girl clearly believed me. When I said someone was going to drown, she didn't even ask for the reason, but she helped me plead my case.
As we spoke, Wang Qian and I sat by the river in silence, watching the water. At that point, the three people were still swimming in the river. But at one point, one of them started to move in a strange way, looking very uncoordinated.
Then, this person suddenly started to struggle and shouted, "Help, help!"