"That shepherd can turn elderly women and men into old sheep. I suspect that all the sheep monks in Qiye Temple must be the handiwork of this shepherd. First, we need to find out where the shepherd lives!"
Zhou Xuan decided to focus his investigation of Qiye Temple on the shepherd. Si Ming said: "There's no need to search; he lives at the foot of the southwest mountain near Qiye Temple, in Litian Village."
"How do you know that?"
"People from our Tangkou often visit Qiye Temple to pray… Some disciples have always told me they encountered a shepherd along the Mountain Gate Road, who then led them to Litian Village for lamb dishes, saying the sheep there had an extraordinarily fresh taste. Thinking about it now..."
Si Ming felt increasingly uneasy as he spoke.
The disciples from his Tangkou had most likely eaten sheep that were originally "elderly women and men."
"Then we'll head to Litian Village," Zhou Xuan said.
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