"Those unreliable guys have finally found the master!"
"Mine have found the master too! I even sent them a dream on purpose to praise them."
"I wonder how much money those unfilial descendants of mine have given to the master."
"Alas, mine haven't found the master yet. I must send them another dream to give them a good prod."
Rong Lan rested her chin on her hand and listened to the little ghosts chattering away. She planned to sum things up after they had discussed enough.
But Si Mo didn't have that much patience. Hearing the intense discussion, he closed his folding fan and gently tapped the table.
Seeing the Dragon God's action, the little ghosts fell silent and all turned to look at Si Mo, waiting for their respected Dragon God to speak.
Si Mo cleared his throat. Just when Rong Lan was happily thinking that Si Mo was going to sum things up for her, Si Mo turned to look at her and said, "You speak."
Rong Lan: "..." She knew it would be like this...
She rolled her eyes at Si Mo, picked up the teacup and took a sip of the hot tea. "Let me sum up what we've gained in the past two days."
The little ghosts all looked at Rong Lan in unison.
"In the past few days, Si Mo and I have received a total of eight payments, with the total amount exceeding 300,000. Si Mo must have told you which family's descendants sent the money. It's good that you know your family's descendants have come with good intentions. I won't go into details about how much each family's descendants sent." She didn't even give the total amount in detail, so naturally she wouldn't be too detailed about how much each family sent.
After all, these little ghosts seemed to be quite concerned about their dignity. They all said that their descendants were from well - off families, but among those who came in the past few days, there were some who were relatively wealthy and some who were living in poverty.
So among the things she received in the past few days, there were bank cards with balances ranging from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands. There were also those who came with two red envelopes and stuffed one for her and one for Si Mo. She and Si Mo had opened the red envelopes. The amount of cash in the red envelopes was very auspicious, either 688 or 888. Although the amount of money wasn't much, the intention was there.
"Si Mo and I can feel the intention of each family, so you can rest assured. Si Mo and I won't be partial to anyone, oops, I mean any ghost, just because a family gives us more money." Rong Lan was afraid that they might have a competitive mentality, so she gave them a preventive shot first.
"We understand. It's good that the master can feel the intention of those unfilial descendants of our families."
"Yeah, yeah!"
The little ghosts all chimed in.
Rong Lan heaved a sigh of relief. "It's good that you understand. Also, if you have any problems that you can't solve, you can come to Si Mo and me for help. Since we've received money from your descendants, we should take better care of you on their behalf."
This was something she and Si Mo had discussed in advance and reached a consensus.
Neither of them wanted to owe these little ghosts favors.
"Your Excellency the Dragon God and the master can rest assured. This is the money you deserve. We all thought we took a big advantage when you opened the ghost gate for 200,000 before, and we felt uneasy. Now that our family's descendants have found Your Excellency the Dragon God and the master and made up for your losses, we can really feel at ease." The little ghost who spoke clasped his fists and bowed to Si Mo and Rong Lan.
The other little ghosts all nodded in agreement.
Even Si Mo was touched by the understanding of these little ghosts.
Not to mention the soft - hearted little fox. She secretly made a note in her heart that if the little ghosts came to her for help, she must do her best, because such understanding ghosts were rare.
"Let's give the master the photos we've taken recently related to Mr. Chu Chuan, and then we should continue to look for good deeds." The little ghosts said.
Rong Lan nodded, swept the papers on the table to one side to make room for the photos. "Thank you for your hard work."
Ten minutes later, six sets of photos were placed on the sandalwood table, and the little ghosts left the fortune - telling shop.
The little fox propped her cheeks with both hands, lowered her head slightly. Her gaze seemed to be on the photos, but in fact, her mind was elsewhere.
She was full of the words the little ghosts had said before they left.
They said that they had accidentally wandered into the forest park in Kyoto and found something very strange. All the men who appeared in the forest park had suffered damage to their essence and blood, even the little boys of just a few years old were no exception.
It wasn't a big deal for adult men to suffer damage to their essence and blood. They could recover after some rest, but it was a serious matter for little boys. They might easily develop incurable root diseases for life.
"Little fox, you're not available this weekend, right?" Si Mo was also thinking about what the little ghosts had said about the forest park.
Rong Lan came back to her senses, nodded, and her fox ears moved accordingly. "Right!"
She had to go back to the Bai family this weekend to have a chat with Bai Rongran about life.
But—
"If you plan to take action this weekend, I can be available." She could chat with Bai Rongran about life at any time, but if she didn't stop that strange fox that had come from nowhere, God knows what great disaster might happen.
Si Mo slowly shook his head, his face solemn. "It's okay. Let her act recklessly for two more days. I'm going to set up a few formations near the forest park."
This time, they had to make full preparations before taking action.
"Okay. If you need my help, you can call me at any time." Rong Lan knew that Si Mo's cultivation hadn't fully recovered yet. She was afraid that he might get into trouble if he faced that fox of unknown strength alone.
"Don't worry. She's definitely no match for me!" Si Mo said firmly.
In fact, it was really the case.
At half - past ten at night, Si Mo, who had wandered from the fortune - telling shop to the forest park, had just set up a formation in the forest park when that strange fox spirit that had been hiding all along appeared behind him.
He turned around and saw the fox spirit, who was also using the invisibility spell and standing under a street lamp three meters away from him. A cold light flashed in his eyes.
Sure enough, this fox spirit couldn't hold back. He had thought she would only show up after he and Rong Lan took compulsory measures.
"My lord." Qing Zhi wore a gentle smile and curtsied to Si Mo.
Si Mo frowned and didn't respond to her address of "my lord".
"Although I don't know your name, my lord, nor what kind of demon you are, I know that you must be a great demon who has cultivated for thousands of years." Qing Zhi said as she tentatively took a few steps in Si Mo's direction, getting closer to him. "I admire your cultivation, my lord. I wonder if you'd like to have a chat with me?"
Only when the fox spirit got closer did Si Mo see that there was a ghost following behind her. The ghost looked six or seven parts similar to the little fox's current appearance.
Could this ghost be the original owner of the body the little fox was using now?
Did this fox spirit control this ghost?
What did she want to do?
"Tell me who you are and where you come from first, and then I'll consider whether to chat with you." Si Mo said expressionlessly.