172: Chapter 172: The Black Cat's Blessing (Thirteen)

"Xiaohua!"

Qian Ye's body tilted; her arm was being pulled by someone. She turned her head and saw the Little Girl's unfriendly gaze.

"What are you doing!"

"This is disrespectful to Lord Black Cat!"

"Disrespect must be punished."

As the words fell, the candlelight inside the entire stone temple began to flicker.

The Little Girl's eyes became eerie; she stared fixedly at Qian Ye without speaking.

Qian Ye remained motionless, staring at her quietly.

Seeing that she hadn't moved for a long time, the Little Girl shifted her gaze and collapsed back onto the prayer mat.

Qian Ye crouched down, wanting to see what had happened to her.

The moment she got close, the Little Girl suddenly opened her eyes, a flash of green light passing through them, before closing them again the next second.

Qian Ye closed her eyes, then opened them again, red light flickering in her eyes. Looking at the Little Girl's body again, she saw it was permeated by a layer of black mist.

Following the source of the mist, Qian Ye turned her head and discovered that the black mist was still continuously approaching the Little Girl.

And that source came from the black cat stone statue above them.

"So it really was you causing trouble."

Qian Ye stood up, and the hong ling umbrella appeared in her hand. Just as she took a step forward, everything went black before her eyes.

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Her vision recovered, and after Qian Ye adjusted to the light and opened her eyes again, the scene before her had changed.

"Patriarch, Patriarch!"

"Lord Curtain Shadow!"

"Lord Curtain Shadow!"

Qian Ye checked her body again; at this moment, she appeared to be about fifteen or sixteen years old.

"This time, Lord Curtain Shadow has chosen my family."

"That's great, that's great!"

"Ho ho ho!"

"Ah, why wasn't it my family?"

"Lord Curtain Shadow!"

"Lord Curtain Shadow, look at our family!"

"We have children in our family too!"

There was another burst of noisy exclamations from the crowd.

Qian Ye looked around.

Before her was a plaza, surrounded by people.

Qian Ye's height was not enough for her to see what was happening within the crowd.

She could only listen quietly first.

"Alright, quiet, quiet."

"Since Lord Curtain Shadow has chosen your family, you should prepare."

"Tonight, Lord Curtain Shadow will descend upon your home."

"That's great, that's great."

"Hahaha..."

There were cheers and sighs; everything was still related to the Curtain Shadow they spoke of.

The crowd slowly dispersed. Qian Ye walked forward, wanting to get closer to the plaza, when suddenly, the surrounding air stagnated for a moment.

When she came to her senses, Qian Ye locked eyes with a pair of eerie green eyes.

Those eyes were like exquisite emeralds.

It was that oil painting.

The black cat she had just been staring at.

Were those scenes just now its doing?

Or was it its memory?

"Boss?"

Tai You came to Qian Ye's side, looking worried.

Meeting Qian Ye's clear gaze, well, he had overthought it; a boss is a boss.

He didn't dare to look up at the painting again at all.

Qian Ye was staring at the black cat's eyes at this moment. After a while, the surrounding scene remained unchanged.

Qian Ye was now certain that she would not enter another illusion for the time being.

Random?

Or was this controlled by it?

And what about that Little Girl?

What happened afterwards?

She hadn't forgotten the black mist continuously thickening on the Little Girl.

Suddenly, eerie music echoed throughout the hall.

The surrounding candlelight began to flicker along with it.

"This is really messing with people's minds."

Tai You couldn't help but complain. It was always doing such eerie things; if it wanted to be quick about it, it should just get on with it.

As the music played, those oil paintings of the black cat on the wall disappeared.