He was stalling for time.
The thought flashed through everyone's minds.
Heh... this man still wouldn't give up.
Wasn't she just a woman?
They couldn't understand it. Besides, this disabled woman didn't look breathtakingly beautiful. Other than her snow-white skin, what exactly did he see in her?
If they hadn't needed Qin Manjiang to "find a way," these people would never have had the patience to listen to him. They would have swarmed him and dealt with him already.
Qin Manjiang naturally understood that these people were no saints. To persuade them, he couldn't appeal to things like emotion or humanity.
"If we hand her straight over to these ghosts, we'll all die."
Facing everyone, Qin Manjiang said those words.
The crowd fell silent for a moment, then someone snorted. The laughter gradually grew louder. "Hahaha, young man, that line you made up certainly sounds frightening, but do you have anything to back it up?"
Yi Lianhai stood with his arms folded. After hearing Qin Manjiang's claim, he frowned, seemingly realizing something.
Qin Manjiang suppressed the malice surging wildly within him and explained, "Think carefully, everyone. Why fourteen people?"
Those words cut the laughter short. Then they heard Qin Manjiang continue, "They only need fourteen people. Not thirteen, not fifteen. That means the number fourteen has significance. It corresponds to their numbers."
"As the Guanyin Incarnation, her flesh and blood can indeed replace humans, but... to what extent?"
Qin Manjiang raised a crucial question.
"Bai Gu, can you tell me with certainty whether she alone is exactly equivalent to fourteen people?" Qin Manjiang turned to look at Bai Gu beside him.
Bai Gu fell silent for a moment, then shook his head. "No. It can't be quantified."
These people still trusted what Bai Gu said, and their gazes turned strange