Listening to the three of them talk, I became interested.
After all, this was my line of work. Any evil spirit or strange entity fell within the scope of my "business."
If it really was an evil spirit, killing it and absorbing its qi would be good too.
Since Zhao Liansheng had not come over, I could use a northeastern evil spirit for some practice!
So I spoke up directly.
"Brothers, where exactly is this Peace Road you were talking about?"
The three locals looked me over when they heard me join the conversation.
"What, buddy? You want to go over and join the excitement?"
"Buddy, that's not the kind of excitement you should be joining!"
"..."
I smiled.
"It's my first time in Qi City. I just planned to walk around and take a look."
"Oh! You're here sightseeing? That's great."
"There's a barbecue place and a roast chicken shop on Peace Road that are pretty good. Go out, turn left, and it's about a half-hour walk."
"..."
Seeing that I was from out of town, the three of them were quite friendly.
I did not specifically ask about the fires. I had already heard enough just now; it was all speculation and guesswork on their part.
Whether there were evil spirits over there or not, I would have to see for myself.
I thanked them, then headed out.
I did not tell my master about it either. He had pulled two all-nighters and had only slept a little on the plane yesterday.
Now he was arguing with Uncle Yu again. He would probably be exhausted after they were done arguing.
With my current abilities, unless it was something particularly troublesome, there was no need for my master to intervene at all.
After heading out, I did not take