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"": "On the southeastern outskirts of Beiwei City, at the City God Temple.
The sun blazed overhead, and incense burned even more abundantly inside the City God Temple.
Straight through the main gate stood a raised stage, with a horizontal plaque at its top bearing two words: "Dare to Enter"!
Someone was performing opera on the stage. As the lilting notes rose and fell, the performer deftly twisted their waist, executing one graceful or difficult move after another.
Beside the stage, someone played a flute, someone struck a gong, and someone else beat a drum.
People sat below the stage.
One of them was Qian Tongbao, sitting upright and proper.
Pastries and tea sat on the tea table to his right.
But the most eye-catching thing was a turtle with Red-Shelled Azure Markings and a toad's head.
Qian Tongbao rested a hand on its shell, tapping it lightly.
Another man sat beside him: Zhu Youming.
A strip of red cloth lay over Zhu Youming's shoulder, bulging slightly.
He held a pastry in one hand and chewed, while his other hand lingered by his lips, continually twirling a thin strand of whiskers. He looked utterly at ease.
"Now this is the life! The City God sure lives in luxury!"
Zhu Youming voiced his admiration.
Of course, his mannerisms and tone had changed. He no longer looked as shifty and ratlike as before.
Fourth Master Gray merely had a slightly smaller brain and couldn't think as quickly as a Fox Immortal. Immortal Creatures weren't stupid by nature; Gray Immortals were shrewd and cunning too.
Qian Tongbao didn't answer. He merely watched the stage in silence.
When the Golden Silkworm Gu possessed someone, it usually managed only simple, mechanical movements and could barely utter a coherent sentence.
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