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"": "Luo Bin reached out to help Zhang Yunxi ashore.
From this angle, the dock beside the town looked deserted.
"Come with me." Li Zi seemed to breathe a sigh of relief. She turned and continued forward, still holding Luo Bin's hand.
As they walked, Luo Bin glanced at the Passing Ship by the water.
The paper figure with its unpainted eyes was still trembling.
The red candles at the bow were still burning.
Luo Bin followed Li Zi for twenty or thirty meters. Zhang Yunxi stayed close behind, his brow slightly furrowed.
"Qushui Village is up ahead?" Luo Bin asked.
"Yes." Li Zi nodded.
"Turn around and look at me," Luo Bin suddenly added.
"What is it?" Li Zi turned, puzzled.
Luo Bin pulled his other hand from his pocket and unfurled a small banner right in front of her.
The Evil-Breaking Banner!
Even Zhang Yunxi failed to react in time!
His thinking had been much the same as Luo Bin's: they could get some information out of this woman.
Li Zi's pretty face suddenly changed.
Bright patches appeared across what had been a perfectly normal woman's face!
No, not patches. Scales.
Luo Bin's scalp prickled!
The Evil-Breaking Banner struck the top of Li Zi's head!
With a hiss, white smoke erupted!
Her scales curled, and water instantly spilled from her eyes. White smoke rose not only from where the Evil-Breaking Banner touched her head, but in even greater quantities from her mouth, nose, eyes, and ears!
The hand gripping Luo Bin's wrist loosened.
Li Zi... collapsed heavily to the ground.
"There are... Carp Wraiths here..."
Luo Bin's breathing was heavy and strained.
Zhang Yunxi stood motionless, his pupils still contracting.
"When did you notice?"
"You've seen these things before?"
Luo Bin explained gravely, "I