After pondering for a long while, Lin Qiye's body became tinged with a trace of night. Countless insects crawled out of the earth and circled around him for a moment before burrowing back into the ground in an orderly fashion.
Since they had found no clues near the Fishing Village, perhaps he could use the Starry Night Dancer to communicate with the nearby Night Creatures and see whether he could find anything different elsewhere.
After an unknown amount of time, Lin Qiye seemed to sense something. He stared intently at the ground beneath his feet and let out a soft sound of surprise...
Fishing Village.
An Qingyu held the cigarette between his fingers. After hesitating for a moment, he tentatively took a puff.
"Cough, cough, cough..."
He broke into a violent coughing fit.
"What? You don't know how to smoke?" Seeing An Qingyu in such a sorry state, Chen Gou's lips curled upward uncontrollably, and the last trace of wariness in his heart faded.
He really was just an innocent kid!
"My first time." An Qingyu coughed for a long while before slowly lowering the cigarette and smiling helplessly.
"If you can't smoke, you shouldn't smoke. This stuff damages your lungs."
"By the way, Uncle Chen." An Qingyu asked as if casually, "Do you smoke every day?"
"More or less. I'm an old smoker. If I don't smoke half a pack a day, I feel uncomfortable all over."
"Then where do you usually get your cigarettes?"
"There's a little shop at the west end of the village. I usually buy cigarettes there. Why?"
"Oh, nothing. I was just thinking that if there's a little shop, I could buy something to drink while I'm there... Uncle Chen, do you have any change you could exchange for me?"
"Sure. Wait a