"What makes it so hard to deal with?" Jiang Qiao glanced at her.
"Uh—"
Xie Feifei faltered.
But she quickly said, "This water should be from the pool outside the ruined temple. As you just saw, there are plenty of ghosts and monsters hiding in it. Not one of the survivors who came running here escaped after being swept into the water."
"The people from Red High Heels also arrived in a small boat."
"The nun needed a small boat to escape, too."
"Since Bella had no means of transport, she could only stay put when she reached the bottom of the steps. She didn't dare risk wading through the water..."
She recounted what had just happened, then offered her analysis:
"So this water is dangerous. There are evil spirits lurking in it."
"But the water level is rising. If it keeps going, sooner or later it'll reach our platform and even flood the Divine Temple. We might have nowhere left to hide."
At its current rate,
the water would reach the platform above the steps in twenty minutes at most.
"You're right."
Jiang Qiao nodded. "But that doesn't mean it's hard to deal with. Quite the opposite, actually. It's very easy to deal with."
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Xie Feifei opened her mouth, then paused for several seconds before asking:
"Well..."
"What would you suggest, Mr. Jiang?"
"I wouldn't call it anything special." Jiang Qiao turned to look at the Mountain God Temple. "The root of all these problems is that you've only been looking at the surface from the very beginning. You haven't seen what lies beneath."
"Why did those people come to the Supernatural Space?"
"Because they wanted to take control of the Mountain God Temple."
"If they can take control of the Mountain God Temple, why can't you? If