Xiao Ran was gone.
Only after Qin Manjiang mentioned it did Liu Jingqing realize this.
"Miss... Xiao Ran might have gone to help prepare the Hundred-Meter Banquet?" Liu Jingqing said. "She showed us most of the places in the village. Her work was done, wasn't it?"
"Maybe."
Although Qin Manjiang said that, he clearly had other thoughts.
However, he did not seem particularly concerned about Xiao Ran's whereabouts. Instead, he told Liu Jingqing, "We need to update our information."
"Huh?" Liu Jingqing's verbal habits seemed to be heading in Li Xijiu's direction.
Leading the way, Qin Manjiang said as he walked, "The Sheep Immortal probably kills by possessing people and then making them kill themselves."
"There are two ways it can do that."
"When I saw it last night, it used Instant Teleportation in the darkness to approach me quickly. That was so it could possess me. That's the first way."
Liu Jingqing was puzzled. "But... it was daytime... and we were in the village's central square, where there were the most people. Nobody saw it..."
"That's why there's a second way."
Qin Manjiang kept walking. Judging by how directly he headed toward his destination, he had clearly intended to go there all along.
"A mirror, or anything that reflects your face clearly enough for you to meet your own eyes."
Qin Manjiang explained.
"When I stood on that slab of marble, my face in the reflection beneath my feet turned into a black sheep."
His account was casual, but it gave Liu Jingqing a fright.
"Are you... all right? Classmate Qin, will that Sheep Ghost come after you...?"
Qin Manjiang shook his head. Only after walking for about ten minutes did he finally stop and say, "Even if it has already marked me, it won't be my turn for