Duan Qiu vanished soundlessly. On the empty road, Nian Nian was left all alone.
After he left, Nian Nian slapped her forehead, thinking it was bad.
Oh no! How could she forget about her master and senior brother!
Duan Qiu hadn't even told her where her master and senior brother were and when he would release them!
But now that she impatiently wanted to find Duan Qiu, she couldn't. The little girl had no choice but to take the delicious food and fun toys that Tuo Yusheng had bought for her, as well as the remaining auras of the two evil ghosts, and go back to the underworld again to exchange for information with the Diting.
She had executed those two ghosts on the spot. Only a faint aura remained, proving that they had once existed in this world.
The judge took a look, waved his hand, and didn't care anymore.
Anyway, as long as those two ghosts didn't disrupt the human world, it didn't matter whether they were dead or alive.
Evil ghosts like them, even if they went to hell, would be tortured there forever and would never be able to reincarnate.
Since the items had been properly registered, the little girl was in a great mood. She hummed a tune and went to find the Diting.
When she saw the Diting, it was lying limply on the ground, gasping for breath.
When it saw the little girl coming, it just lifted its eyelids.
"What are you doing here? Haven't you already found your senior brother?"
This Diting really knew everything. The situation was so chaotic tonight, and so many things had happened in succession, yet the Diting knew every detail.
"I found him, but not completely. So I still want to ask you for help."
Nian Nian didn't know what was wrong with the Diting. It seemed very unhappy.
But she didn't pay too much attention. After all, they had agreed before that as long as she brought something, the Diting would tell her the information.
The little girl quickly took things out of her small satchel one by one.
They were all the snacks she usually liked.
But as for these toys...
Why were all the toys that Second Brother found for her meant for teasing cats and dogs?!
Would the Diting be angry?
The originally listless Diting's eyes became quite excited when it saw the strawberry cake, durian cheese, colorful lollipops, and other snacks that the little girl took out.
When it saw all kinds of cat teaser wands, flying discs, and catnip, it was obvious that the Diting's eyes had started to sparkle uncontrollably.
The little girl thought for a while. She always felt that it wasn't appropriate to give these things to a divine beast, so she was about to put the toys back into her small satchel.
The Diting was so anxious that it let out a yelp and refused to let go of a cat teaser wand it had in its mouth.
"What's wrong with you, kid? How can you go back on your word? You've already brought the things here, and now you want to take them back. Where's the logic in that?"
"Ah, these toys are not for people to play with. I thought you wouldn't like them."
The little girl looked so innocent that the Diting snorted angrily from its nose.
"I'm not a human in the first place. Why would I like human toys? I like these things the most. Leave them there and don't move them."
Hearing that the Diting liked them, Nian Nian smiled sweetly.
It was good that it liked them. Her trip wasn't in vain.
Seeing that the little girl stopped taking back the gifts she had brought, the Diting sat down on the ground with a thud and grinned happily.
"Heheh, that Duan Qiu has already sent your master and senior brother back. They're at their home now. I thought you had already found them and wouldn't come again. I didn't expect you to really bring me the things you promised before. Heheh, you're really a good person."
The Diting looked so silly and innocent that it seemed even stupider than the Chenghuang at home.
The little girl took two silent steps back.
Well, Third Senior Brother said not to stay with people or spiritual beasts that were too stupid for too long, or else she would become stupid too.
"Since I promised you, I will definitely come. And before you told me, I didn't know that Duan Qiu had already sent my master and senior brother back."
"Now that you know, I didn't help much. Are you still willing to give me these things?"
The Diting blinked its eyes, full of longing.
Actually, after it went back from the judge that day, it was scolded by the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva.
The Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva saw that Nian Nian had good deeds to her name, so he specifically told it to come and help her a little.
But it had a wicked thought and wanted to deceive the little girl.
Although the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's punishment wasn't severe, the usually gentle master's sudden outburst had really scared it.
Even the master had explicitly forbidden it from accepting the little girl's things.
But now that it could actually see the delicious food and fun toys right in front of it, it really couldn't resist!
"Of course I'm willing! Even if you didn't help me, we can still be friends. Friends should give each other gifts and have interactions. Consider these things as gifts from me to my friend!"
The little girl nodded cheerfully and agreed.
How cool would it be to have a divine beast like the Diting as a friend!
This was a great divine beast that even Brother Hei and Brother Bai would bow to when they saw it.
"Really? Then I'll take them. From now on, we're friends. If you have any problems, just tell me. I'll help you as long as I can. But don't ask me where the headquarters of the Holy Cult is. I can only help you with your personal problems. This kind of thing involves the secrets of heaven. Even I can't reveal it casually. You have to find out by yourself slowly."
The Diting knew exactly what Nian Nian was thinking. Everyone in this world had no secrets in front of it. Different from the Bai Ze, it could even see through people's hearts. That was why it didn't like humans very much.
Maybe it was because it had stayed in the underworld for too long. Most of the souls of the people it met were dirty.
They had all kinds of bad thoughts in their minds. Many people would talk to it nicely, but in their minds, they were thinking about how to deceive it.
Nian Nian was one of the few people it had ever met who was true to their words.
The little girl really wanted to be friends with it!
"Yeah, I know. The matter of the Holy Cult is too complicated. Even if you were willing to tell me, God wouldn't allow it. But it's okay. I can investigate it myself. Well, you keep these things. I have to go home first. I'll come to play with you when I'm free later and bring you some more delicious food."
Nian Nian nodded with a smile and was about to leave when the Diting called her back.
"Hey! Wait a minute!"
"What's the matter?" Nian Nian looked back in confusion.
"Didn't you say that friends should have interactions? You've given me gifts, but I haven't given you a return gift yet. But I don't have anything valuable on me. I only have this Mingxin Mirror. This thing can see through people's lies. Some people are good at disguising. With your simple mind, you're easily deceived. Take this."