As he finished speaking, a gloomy and hoarse voice sounded in his ears that only he could hear. "Just just now, a bald donkey with some knowledge came to Liu's family. The smell of sesame oil was so smelly that I could smell it at the door!"

"Monk?" The boy's face narrowed, and he felt a little uneasy, "Did you notice my strangeness?"

"Hmph, how is that possible?" the ghostly voice continued, with a little disdain, "Although that monk has some Buddhist teachings, he cannot detect your abnormality with my means."

After a pause, he continued, "But you try not to go back in the past few days. After all, just in case, it is hard to say whether the bald donkey has any special means."

The young man vomited a breath of turbid air and nodded indifferently, "Okay."

Over the years, he saved some private money with his frugality. Although it was not much, it was enough to support him until the end of this year's imperial examination.

He didn't have much sense of belonging to the Liu family, and his bloodline was even weaker. If it weren't for his unreliableness and his mother's last wish to see her officially join the Liu family's ancestral home before her death, he even wanted to leave the Liu family immediately as soon as she became an adult and make a living alone.

Especially when he thought that after the so-called "father" died recently, the servants abandoned the respect he had finally disguised, and even deliberately deducted the monthly money this month. There were countless verbal insults and contempts, which made him even more resentful.

"I will not go back to the Liu family until the imperial examination is over! At that time, I will ask them to use the eight-carrying sedan chair to invite me back!"

He stared ahead and gritted his teeth word by word.

"Haha, I have ambition." The voice in my ear smiled and reminded, "But don't forget that you are smart, but your foundation is weak after all. With your current studies, it is still a bit difficult to get into the first exam, especially the famous prodigy I have heard of recently, each of which is threatened..."

Before he finished speaking, the young man flatly refused, "You don't have to say much, I can't harm the prodigy and devour their minds for myself."

He cooperated with the owner of the voice in order to win the head of the case, but it did not mean that he would abandon his bottom line. Previously, this guy had proposed a very cruel suggestion, saying that if he could eat the hearts of those prodigy with secret methods, he would gain the other party's "natural enlightenment" to strengthen himself.

If this continues, it will be no problem to be the top scorer!

But he refused this proposal without considering it at all.

If you wantonly kill or even eat people to satisfy your selfish desires, what is the difference between it and those terrible monsters and ghosts?

He definitely won't do it!

"You listen to me, hehe..."

The voice continued to tempt, "I understand your determination and do not want to kill the same tribe. But I have another way, the effect may be far better than eating the hearts of those prodigy. Are you willing to try it?"

"What?"

The boy frowned slightly. After all, if he had the chance to win the head of the case, he would not give up.

"monster!"

The voice tests indifferently, "The monster is born from the spiritual energy of the world, and its flesh and blood are first-class tonics, much better than those mortal prodigy. Every time you swallow a monster, you will become smarter. Not only can you remember it without a teacher, but you can learn it without a teacher!"

"At that time, even the top scholar is at your fingertips in this small county town!"

The boy was moved and couldn't help but feel excited when he thought of such a scene. Moreover, ghosts are not human race. If he eats those ghosts himself, he might have eliminated the harm for the people. It would be easier to accept this way.

But then I thought about it and couldn't help but wonder, "But how can I, a mortal, fight against those monsters?"

He has been studying poetry and books hard for more than ten years, but has never practiced martial arts at all. He has no power to tie a chicken. How can he subdue those demons?

"Haha, I can help you at that time..." The voice laughed loudly and gradually disappeared, leaving the boy standing alone in the shadows of the bustling street corners, gradually falling into deep thoughts.

In the evening, Su Wanmiao came back earlier than the previous few days, and she had a slight smile on her face, as if she was walking a little lighter. The servant standing beside her could also keenly feel the change of the lady today, as if she had encountered a good thing and was in a very good mood.

Even though the maid accidentally broke the vase, she just reminded her to pay more attention in the future, but she did not blame her too much, which made many people a little curious.

What good thing can make the lady feel happy all day? After all, they have heard that the lady has been like this since she left in the morning.

Du Bai looked at her expression and felt that he had probably guessed a few points.

Perhaps it was because the Liu family had some movement, and it was not in vain that I worked hard to travel to the Liu family last night.

But something unexpected was that when he asked, Wan Miao shook her head slightly, “The craftsmen who were poached by the Liu family have not come back.”

"Um?"

Du Bai's eyes froze.

Could it be that Liu Yiwen didn't take what he said to heart? Or did that guy just think it was just a dream so he left it behind?

My heart is really big!

It seems that I still need to go again tonight...

While he was thinking, Su Wanmiao smiled and continued, "Besides, even if those craftsmen come back today, the construction period that has been delayed for four or five days cannot be made up in one day..."

"Why are you so happy today, madam?" Du Bai couldn't help but be curious.

Su Wanmiao gently covered her cheeks when she heard this, her face turned slightly red, "So it's obvious?"

"I just think that since the matter of porcelain has been lost, there is no need to worry about it anymore. There may be more important things to cherish now..." She smiled, her eyes felt relieved, and she said softly, "When I think about it, I suddenly felt a big stone in my heart fell to the ground, and my shoulders seemed to be much lighter."

As for other unexplained emotions, she couldn't describe them, but she always felt warm in her heart and couldn't express her love, perhaps a very important reason...

After dinner, Su Zhirou was interested in somewhere and suddenly wanted to take her sister out for a walk. Su Wanmiao naturally couldn't stand her and could only agree. Although she seemed to have something to say to him, she probably would have to wait until later.

"Don't follow me!"

Before leaving, Su Zhirou quietly turned around and grimaced at Du Bai, and said with a lip silence.

Du Bai couldn't help laughing and crying, and stood there watching them leave, then returned to his room.
Chapter completed!