Chapter 116: A Disturbing Discovery

As expected, Xia Yubing’s parents had been successfully raised as ghosts, but Bai Yue said they were already in a “usable” state.
However, I had no idea how to command them.

“Mm, the speed is indeed too fast.”
“Yue’er and I might need to research and discuss it to find out the reason.”
“It will be hard to draw a conclusion in a short time,” Mo Qingyan said, adjusting her glasses.

“Does that mean we’re having dinner here tonight?” Xiao Qing asked.
I felt that she was a little eager.
Could it be that she wanted to cook again?

“It seems so.”
“We’ll need to research for at least an hour or two.”
“Why don’t you and Xia Yubing go buy groceries and cook first, while Yue’er and I do some research,” Mo Qingyan said.

“Mm,” Bai Yue just nodded and took out her phone, seemingly sending a text message to her family.

And so, they happily decided that they would have dinner at my house tonight.
Xiao Qing pulled me out to buy groceries.

On the way, she saw my troubled look and comforted me, “Don’t worry, Senior Sister Mo and Xiao Yue are very powerful.”
“She will definitely find a way to prevent Xia Yubing’s parents from affecting you.”
“Didn’t she succeed in sealing them in the paper figures before?”

I sighed.
Actually, I hadn’t told Xiao Qing about my conversation with Mo Qingyan, so as not to shatter the idol in her heart and get her involved.
Right now, Xiao Qing at most knew that I was raising ghosts, but she didn’t know that what Mo Qingyan had taught me was an extremely dangerous black art.

So I made an excuse, “Of course I believe in Senior Sister Mo and Xiao Yue.”
“They will definitely be able to solve the hidden danger.”
“I’m just troubled that we haven’t finished the food you made the day before yesterday, and now we have to buy more groceries today.”

“But that’s not enough for four people.”
“And it’s too rude to serve leftovers to our senior sisters.”
“I’ll just feed those leftovers to the Golden Toad Ghost,” Ou Zhiqin said with a smile.

“That’s true,” I said.
Xiao Qing and I walked into the community wet market together.
This time, Xiao Qing was in charge of buying the groceries, and I was responsible for paying and carrying the bags.

Xiao Qing was much more professional than I was when it came to buying groceries.
For example, she would choose specific cuts when buying lamb, and she could also distinguish the breed and age of chickens and ducks.
Combined with her cooking skills, cooking must be a great hobby of hers.

However, when we passed a stall selling pig’s blood, I suddenly had an inexplicable impulse, just like when I saw the chicken blood soup last time.
I wanted to grab the pig’s blood and swallow it directly.

But the impulse was far less strong than when I faced the chicken blood before.
Why was that?
Was it because most of this pig’s blood was fake and had a very low blood content?

“Brother Xiao, what’s wrong?” Xiao Qing, being very observant, noticed that something was wrong with me.

“It’s nothing, it’s the same reaction as when I saw the chicken blood the day before yesterday.”
“Maybe it’s because I’ve lost too much blood recently, and my body instinctively needs blood,” I said.

Xiao Qing had seen me gobbling down the chicken blood soup before.
She nodded and said, “No problem, Brother Xiao, I’ll buy the pig’s blood.”
“You step aside and don’t look at it, and you probably won’t be affected by the impulse to drink blood.”

After that, Xiao Qing also thoughtfully bought red dates, spinach, liver, and other things, all of which were blood-replenishing foods.
I had lost too much blood before but hadn’t seriously replenished it.
Xiao Qing was indeed much more considerate than I was.

At this moment, I saw the old man with the carrying pole again.
The two baskets were filled with cut pieces of ostrich meat, and many people were still gathered around him buying it.

Remembering that the Golden Bee Gu seemed to really like eating ostrich meat, I planned to buy a few more pieces.
One was to reward the Golden Bee Gu, and the other was because it was a pity I hadn’t been able to cook it the day before yesterday.
Today I would buy a few more pieces to treat my guests and also try it myself.

But just as I was about to go over, I suddenly remembered what Mo Qingyan and Bai Yue had told me in front of the rose bushes.
There might be a body buried under that garden.
Then I remembered what Bai Yue had once said: the Golden Bee Gu’s favorite food was human flesh!

I had never thought in this direction before, but as soon as that layer of paper was pierced and I connected a few things, I realized it.
The mysteriously disappeared resident, the body buried in the garden, and the “ostrich meat” that the Golden Bee Gu had actively snatched and eaten.

“Brother Xiao, why are you standing still?”
“Hmm, is that the ostrich meat Brother Xiao mentioned before?”
“Business is really good.”
“Let’s buy a piece for them to try too,” Ou Zhiqin asked, looking at the old man’s stall.

“Xiao Qing, wait a minute.”
“Do you think it’s possible that the ostrich meat… is actually human flesh?” I lowered my voice and whispered in Xiao Qing’s ear.

Xiao Qing immediately covered her mouth.
Obviously, she had also thought of the incident where the Golden Bee Gu had snatched the ostrich meat.
After a while, she said in a low voice, “No way?”
“The plainclothes police are even here to investigate now, he can’t be so blatant, can he?”

“It’s hard to say,” I moved closer to the old man’s stall.
As expected, the Golden Bee Gu started to stir again.
I said to Xiao Qing in a low voice, “It seems it still is.”
“He’s really audacious.”

“It’s hard to say for sure.”
“Why don’t we buy a piece and take it back for Xiao Yue to identify?” Xiao Qing suggested.
I agreed, but since Xiao Qing knew that it might be human flesh, she was a bit hesitant to go and buy it.
So I went over and bought a piece of the so-called ostrich meat.

After buying the “ostrich meat,” we were in no mood to continue browsing the wet market and immediately rushed home.
Mo Qingyan and Bai Yue were gathered around the incense holder, studying it.

“You’re back so soon.”
“But we’re not done with our research here.”
“Once you start researching, it’s endless.”
“I really wish I had more hands to help you guys,” Mo Qingyan said, already having a bit of a headache.
“Why don’t you go and cook first, it should be ready soon.”

“Let’s pause for a moment, Senior Sister Mo, Xiao Yue.”
“This is what we just bought from the wet market.”
“We suspect it’s human flesh,” Ou Zhiqin called out.

Mo Qingyan’s train of thought was interrupted, and she was a bit impatient.
But when she heard that it might be human flesh, she was stunned for a moment and came out with Bai Yue.

I quickly told them about how the Golden Bee Gu had devoured the ostrich meat.
Bai Yue just moved closer to take a look and nodded directly, “It’s human flesh.”
“The Gu insects inside my body are already restless.”

“Tsk! This residential complex has a lot of problems.”
“A body buried under the flowers, human flesh being sold in the wet market, and someone mysteriously missing.”
“There must be something fishy going on,” Mo Qingyan exclaimed.

“Where is the stall selling human flesh?” Bai Yue asked.
Although her tone was still calm, I could vaguely feel that she was a little excited.

“Yue’er, you’re not thinking of buying human flesh to feed your Gu insects, are you?” Mo Qingyan asked.

“Mm, a stall that sells human flesh, isn’t that a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity?”
“You have no idea how much trouble it is to buy a corpse now.”
“How can I miss this opportunity?” Bai Yue said, about to pull me out the door.

“Yue’er, don’t go.”
“There are still plainclothes police investigating nearby.”
“This person dares to commit a crime in broad daylight, he could be caught at any time.”
“Don’t cause any extra trouble,” Mo Qingyan said.

I also quickly said, “It’s probably too late to go now.”
“That stall’s business is very good, this is all that was left.”
“I estimate he’s already sold out by now.”

“What a pity,” Bai Yue finally stopped.
I had a feeling that she was thinking of coming to take a look earlier tomorrow.