"Tell me... your wish."
The instant "Chen Ping" appeared, Qin Manjiang pressed send on the message on his phone.
He didn't know whether He Jian would believe him, but for now, that was all he could do.
"Tell me... your wish."
"Chen Ping" repeated himself. This was a very dangerous sign. Ghosts had never been patient creatures.
Yet Qin Manjiang still refused to speak.
He was deeply reluctant to make a wish.
It wasn't that he had no wishes, but rather... he believed that even if a wish came true this way, he would ultimately pay for it in some other way.
Besides, Qin Manjiang had been paying attention to something all along.
According to this village's traditions, not everyone was entitled to make a wish.
Three ghosts had appeared now: the Immortal Sheep, "Chen Ping," and "Li Rong." Only Chen Ping demanded that humans make wishes, but only the person chosen to become the Immortal Sheep, and the lucky person chosen by whoever became the Immortal Sheep, could make a wish...
That was where the inconsistency lay.
If "Chen Ping" frightened someone into making a wish, then no matter what they wished for, it would not meet the ritual's requirements.
This was not how the process was supposed to work.
That was why, earlier in the Village Chief's courtyard, he had waited until the very last moment, when "Li Rong" attacked, before considering using a wish to escape the danger temporarily.
And this was also one of the reasons Qin Manjiang planned to resolve everything within thirty minutes.
Shi Lianshan was already dead.
He Jian had wished for the Vengeful Ghosts to stop all activity for fifteen minutes. That meant He Jian's life might very well end within the fifteen minutes that followed, because that was not a wish,