Chapter 22: A Song of Wind and Fire
The door to the hall on the first floor was violently pushed open, and a group of young men in dark trench coats rushed in with a mist of water, their clothes stained with dots of water.
They came very suddenly, and everyone's figure was as sharp as a knife, as if the leader would pull out his gun and fire into the sky in the next second.
In the face of this group of thug-like men, all the men and women present were not surprised, on the contrary, many women shouted and raised their glasses to them, welcoming them with a grand ceremony.
"Damn, what are these people going to do?" In the surrounding sounds, Gu Fangyan craned his neck and stared at the group of men with hurried expressions, and their identities changed from thugs to stars in an instant.
Cheng Xinuo raised his hand at him and signaled him to be quiet.
"Could it be that they are ...... Lost?" The last three words, Gu Fangyan said very carefully.
"Pay attention to what they have in their hands. Cheng Xinuo glanced in one direction, and Gu Fangyan found that a man led by him was carrying a silver suitcase in his hand, and at the same time, he also found that the man was so hot that a touch of darkness faintly flickered under the cuffs.
"They have a black elk tattoo on their left wrist, a ghost man. Cheng Xinuo winked at him.
"What's in that box? To be honest, I don't believe it's an enchanted thing anymore. Gu Fangyan said.
"I'll know what I'm pretending to be for a while. Cheng Xinuo had a wicked smile on his face, like a cat who had only done a prank.
"Isn't it...... What do you want to do?" Gu Fangyan suddenly felt a chill, and he found that he really didn't feel safe at all when he stayed around this group of exorcists.
The men crowded through the emotional crowd, and it was obvious that they were trying to keep a low profile, and even in the tide of enthusiasm, they all kept their heads down and hurried.
Gu Fangyan wondered if it was because Cheng Xinuo was nearby, and when he turned his head again, he found Cheng Xinuo standing still not far away, with a smile in his eyes, and a ...... in each hand Talismans.
It was the third time he had seen this mysterious talisman, the first time in Rain Alley, the second time in the leather case on the first floor, and every time he saw it, he shuddered inexplicably, as if there was some unknown curse in it.
The patterns of the two runes are different, and the only thing in common is that the brushstrokes outlined are equally hideous, like countless dried poplars circling and intertwining towards the sky.
As soon as Gu Fangyan wanted to open her mouth, Cheng Xinuo had already thrown out one of the spirit runes, and the spirit runes flashed with a trace of orange light in her hand, and the trajectory drawn in the next moment seemed to be burning, and even the air shook slightly.
It was the first time he had seen how the spirit rune was used so closely, Cheng Xinuo's fingertips bloomed with a round of golden light patterns, and the bronze bell rang with it, and as the spirit rune gradually faded away from his fingers, the light lines flashed and disappeared silently in the air.
The man at the head raised his head in amazement, and subconsciously looked in the direction where the spirit rune was flying, only to see the thin spirit rune breaking through the crowd and approaching him without hindrance, without making a sound during the whole process.
Time seemed to stand still for a moment, everything around him vanished, and only the trajectory of the spirit rune locked itself in a straight line.
The next moment, the spirit rune that was originally floating in mid-air suddenly dissolved like a thick mist, like a drop of ink injected with clear water, and like a flower blooming and withering again, the process was so fast that it even made him wonder if he was dazzled just now.
But the spiritual perception that was like being pointed at a gun could not be wrong, and he suddenly smelled the smell of danger, the feeling of being wrapped around his heart by black thorns...... The feeling of facing an exorcist.
The unknown wind swept in an instant, without warning, everyone was stunned by this sudden hurricane, many people suddenly screamed, for a time the eyes were full of women's hair and skirts dancing wildly, the invisible wind surging wantonly in the closed space, countless bright red banknotes, red wine flying all over the sky, blocking everyone's sight.
Wind Charm.
There was a violent element surging in the air, and it was unbelievable that the scene in front of him was only caused by a small spirit rune, Gu Fangyan covered his head and bent down, the crowd around him pushed and scrambled into a mess, and the banknotes scratched his cheeks and made his face hurt.
Fortunately, most of the people who can come to this kind of occasion are some middle-aged uncles who are entangled in careers and indulgent and uninhibited, and they don't like children's affection, even if they look at the red banknotes flying in their eyes, they don't have the slightest idea of reaching out to grab them, so the scene is not chaotic to the extreme.
Gu Fangyan reluctantly opened his eyes to find Cheng Xinuo's location, but the next moment he was stunned.
Cheng Xinuo casually tapped her steps towards the crowd, her steps were agile and elegant, and her fingertips pinched a touch of crimson...... Another talisman in his hand burst into flames.
It's not quite appropriate to say burning, to be precise...... Melting, the spirit rune opened countless cracks from the center like a glacial crack, but what emerged from the cracks was a blazing red floating light, like a volcano silently cracking.
Soon the spiritual power emitted by the spirit rune ignited the surging oxygen in the air, Cheng Xinuo pinched the spirit rune and moved quickly, the flames were dragged into a violent fire snake, and the diffuse flames danced wildly with the help of the power of the wind, and the narrow fire snake was like a trajectory drawn by a meteorite.
It's violent...... If the Wind Talisman just now only caused a lot of commotion, then at this moment, the Fire Talisman in Cheng Xinuo's hand has completely detonated everything around!
Gu Fangyan was once again convinced that no matter how harmless the exorcists seemed, they would become the creators of all chaos the moment they let go of themselves.
The flames were infinitely elongated, and from a distance, it seemed that Cheng Xinuo was like driving this angry fire snake to walk in the burning hall, at this moment she was the only dancer here, no element could touch it, she danced in the extreme chaos, and every strand of hair that flew up was reflected red by the firelight.
Gu Fangyan suddenly forgot about the danger around him, because he saw that the girl in front of him was actually laughing, she was smiling so happily and elegantly, it really seemed to light up the world.
The countless banknotes flying in the air were burning, Cheng Xinuo didn't expect anyone to grab the half-empty banknotes from the beginning, these banknotes were all the premise for her to create chaos, and she just needed to get close to the target like a walk.
There were people in the hall whose hair was set on fire, screaming loudly and scurrying around with their heads in their hands, and more people just fell down on the spot, the scene was completely out of control, and no one knew what was going on.
The group of men who were surrounded by the crowd also squatted on the ground with their heads covered at a loss, and the oxygen in the air in the hall was drastically decreasing, and the dry and hot air caused many people's brains to start starving of oxygen, and people rushed towards the gate like crazy, but this only caused a more serious blockage, and the screams and screams mixed with the scorching wind, playing a symphony of frenzy beyond measure.
Gu Fangyan felt that the moisture in the air around him was squeezed out, and every breath felt like he had swallowed a stone, and he pushed away the crowd like crazy and approached Cheng Xinuo, his mind being illuminated by the fire.
The man with the suitcase in his hand subconsciously turned around and ran, but more and more people scrambled towards the gate, and in this case he could not take a step forward.
The Grim Reaper, clad in flames, was approaching him, and the increasingly dense Yang energy magnetic field was so suppressed that he couldn't breathe.
Cheng Xinuo stole through the crowd, her fingertips holding the flames, and at the same time pulled out a folding knife from her waist, it was a silver-gray dagger with a jagged barb on it, which could tear a large piece of flesh and blood the moment the knife went in and out.
The dagger flashed with a terrifying silver light in the sea of fire, popping out in Cheng Xinuo's hand, her figure disappeared into a firelight, and the next moment a wisp of pitch-black flowers flew in the air!
The man didn't even realize what was happening, only to feel a sudden and astonishing pain in his shoulder, fluid gushing out of the back of his neck, and the speed of life passing like the wind.
He clutched the back of his neck and turned his head in horror, the faint blue flame in his eyes flickered, the wound quickly repaired, and black smoke rose from it.
Cheng Xinuo directly stabbed the dagger into the man's elbow, the man's hand holding the suitcase suddenly let go, she snatched the box and turned away, she didn't make even a single superfluous action from beginning to end, but it was quite Ling Chenxuan's posture.
But even if she snatched the box, she couldn't leave here, the door was completely blocked by the crazy crowd, so Cheng Xinuo walked against the crowd, and when she arrived in the center of the hall, she happened to meet Gu Fangyan who was rushing towards her, Gu Fangyan looked at her with an embarrassed face, and couldn't stop coughing violently.
"It's going to attract the police!" he shouted through the smoke.
"Run, run, they are coming after you. Cheng Xinuo took Gu Fangyan's hand and ran with him, and they ran through the crowd and directly towards the corridor leading to the staircase.
That being said, Cheng Xinuo didn't look like he was running away at all, but like he was playing an interesting game.
The lost people behind him really rushed towards them like a lightning speed, and Gu Fangyan vaguely saw a trace of coldness flashing in their hands...... Like a pistol.
"Holy!" he blurted out.
Those lost people already understood who attacked them, since they found the target, they had to be erased no matter what, he didn't know if a lively exorcist like Cheng Xinuo was afraid of bullets, but he knew very well that if he was hit like that, it would probably be a burp.
At that moment, he ran faster than Cheng Xinuo.
The long corridor was lit red by the red lights of the siren, the fire prevention device overhead lowered the mist of water, behind him was the burning hall, and Haydn's classic Symphony No. 94 was echoing in his ears, Gu Fangyan was dragged by Cheng Xinuo's hand and ran forward lifelessly...... Everything was like a dream, a crazy, grand dream.
He turned his head to look at Cheng Xinuo, the girl's side face was as smooth and warm as jade under the embellishment of the surrounding lights, and it was so beautiful that it made him frightened.
Everything today is so unreal, including the girl in front of her, so out of reach, like a flower blooming in the fog.
Suddenly, a question exploded in his mind, and his mood melted away.
"That's not right, we're robbing the demons with the ghosts here, so what is Ling Chenxuan doing!?"