The only tavern in Amaki is located in the center of the city, with a humble liquor flag on it, and you can't see it unless you look closely.

The reason why he is so capricious is because this is a small place, the goblins in the city are very familiar with each other, and they don't see each other when they look down, and there are not many outsiders who come to eat and drink, so the restaurant is too lazy to spend money on signboards.

After thinking about it, Shi Yuanjith finally came to this only tavern in Amyoshi under the guidance of a well-wisher on the side of the road.

If you want to inquire about the news, it's better to find a guy with eight faces, and there will be such people in the restaurant. It's just that he has been in the valley for a long time, and he didn't think of this in the first place.

He stood at the door of the restaurant, looked into the door, and then walked in.

This restaurant is not large, there are only two floors in total, and you can see the kitchen of the restaurant and the owner's family residence at a glance.

There are several tables and chairs on the first floor, and there is not a single customer. The owner of the restaurant had a pair of orange drooping ears, sitting at the counter, his eyes squinted, his head kept pecking, and he was about to fall asleep.

"Boss, do you have anything to eat or drink?"

Shi Yuanji said hello with a smile and sat down in a position where he could see the four directions.

The boss was woken up by this call, rubbed his eyes, and was surprised for a moment when he saw Shi Yuanji's kind smiling face. However, he quickly came back to his senses, took out a professional smile, and started his work.

"Where did the guest officer come from, weren't the roads of Dayu and Xiniu Hezhou sealed by the White Dragon Prince?"

He waved his hand and walked up to Shi Yuanji with a smile: "We have home-brewed rice wine here, which is a must in our local area." There are also all kinds of side dishes, especially braised local chicken, which are even more delicious. ”

Shi Yuanji took out a silver ingot from the seed bag and put it on the table: "I was brought here by the war in Jicheng, I am hungry, and good wine and good food are served." ”

The boss looked at the ingots and was overjoyed, so he smiled sincerely, accepted the ingots, and got busy while saying good things.

It didn't take long for a few plates of side dishes, a small bottle of rice wine, and a large plate of chicken nuggets that looked delicious on the table.

The boss took the change he found and put it on the table, but Shi Yuanji refused. The boss looked stunned, knowing that this guest official who claimed to be from Jicheng was probably not an ordinary person.

"Boss, you take all this money as a reward for several questions. Shi Yuanji said kindly. "Don't get me wrong, I'm a student of Chengyun Pavilion. ”

After hearing this, the boss suddenly realized, happily put away the change, took out a stool and sat on it, and sat face to face with Shi Yuanji, it seems that he often encounters such a scene.

"I understand that in the past, there were also scholars from the Jixia School Palace, who came to my store to talk to me, asking this and that, and never giving money like you. ”

"Don't say it, the questions they ask are very strange, I don't know much literacy, I can't figure it out, is it necessary to study and learn like this?"

Shi Yuanji smiled heartily and said, "Don't worry, you can understand my questions." For example, do you have any local beliefs or legends about Shuozhen?"

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a sudden sound on the second floor of the hotel, which sounded like the sound of a stool moving. When the boss heard this, he didn't care, and began to answer with a smile.

"Shuozhen? If you want to say that we are in the local area of Xiancheng, there is an altar on the east mountain to worship Xihe, Nuwa and Fuxi, but we have never worshiped Shuozhen. ”

"As for the legends...... I've never heard of it, and the old man in town has never said that. ”

Shi Yuanji pretended to take a sip of wine, and said seductively: "Then I don't know when the festival will be held in the town, can I watch from the sidelines." ”

The boss's kind expression gradually solidified, and then said unnaturally: "Of course, our Amaki is not a xenophobic place, that is, there are temple fairs during the New Year's Festival, you can go to join in the fun, eat, drink and have fun." ”

"It's just not recently, it's summer, and everyone is busy working. ”

There is really something wrong with this place, could it be that Shuozhen asked me to come here just for this matter, Shi Yuanji muttered in his heart.

"The altar of Higashiyama?" he said, making a look like he had found a treasure. "It must be an ancient ruin, very valuable for research, can the boss show me the way? I want to visit. ”

The boss took out a professional smile, but a pair of cat ears were upturned, which was very funny: "That place, in the depths of the mountains, there are poisonous snakes and beasts, it's too dangerous." Even if I tell you, you can't go. ”

His tone was cautious, as if he was trying to persuade Shi Yuanji. However, in Shi Yuanji's eyes, he could only see that there was a ghost in his heart.

Shi Yuanji became serious and said in a low voice: "Poisonous snake beast, how did I hear, what kind of divine envoy or something?"

The boss suddenly became nervous, and a cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

Shi Yuanji put down his wine glass and said expressionlessly: "Is it too dangerous, or are you afraid that I will see you taking virgins as sacrifices?"

The boss suddenly turned cold, stood up, returned to the counter, took out the ingot, and slapped it on the table mountain where Shi Yuanji was sitting.

"You are really vexatious, I won't entertain you, your silver, take it quickly, you can also go, you are not welcome in my store!"

Shi Yuanji sighed silently, with some regret in his heart. I still haven't learned the ability to shoot the eight exquisite, and I will collapse in three or two sentences.

He stood up, gave up helplessly, and took the right to apologize, and walked out of the hotel quickly, the boss still wanted to return the silver, but he couldn't keep up with Shi Yuanji's footsteps, so he had to come back.

On the second floor of the hotel, a tall and sturdy male demon walked down and asked anxiously, "Uncle Bao, where is the person from Jicheng just now?"

The boss sighed and said, "Let's go, you have fast legs, take this silver, and give it back to him, I won't earn his money." ”

The demon took the silver, agreed to come down, and without saying a word, chased out with the silver.

Shi Yuanji walked aimlessly, and at the same time thought in his heart, why did Shuozhen have to let him come to Amcheng? Could it be that it was to manage this injustice?

Judging from the altar murals in Blackwater, Shuozhen likes to meddle in the affairs of mortals. But he knew about it, why didn't he go out in person, he had to do it with Shi Yuanji, could it be that he was really so weak that even mortals couldn't beat him.

Thinking of the remains of Shuozhen that once leaned on the snow-capped mountain and now turned to dust, Shi Yuanji knew that this possibility was too great.

"If I think about it secretly, will Shuo Zhen also want a good body, so he tricked me?"

Just as he was thinking wildly, a loud voice came, accompanied by a gentle tap on the shoulder.

"Uncle Bao asked me to return this silver to you. ”

Shi Yuanji looked back and saw a tall and strong goblin with gray hair standing behind him, holding a silver ingot in his hand, and he was about to hand it over to Shi Yuanji.

He couldn't help but be shocked, and said in his heart: Because he has no malice, I didn't even notice it on this bustling street?

"This money is not only the money for the wine, but also the money for me to buy the news, why should I pay it back? Unfortunately, the wine and food in that hotel are not bad, and I want to enjoy it a little longer, but he actually kicked me out. ”

When he said this, his tone was sincere, and the male demon had been observing, and handed over the silver to Shi Yuanji.

The banshee said, "You want to know about Shuozhen?"

"Oh, you actually know the great god of Shuozhen?" Shi Yuanji was holding the silver, and he was in trouble, and when he heard the male demon say this, he immediately became curious.

"I don't know what Your Excellency is called, how can I get this news?" he suddenly felt that the silver in his hand had a new use.

The male demon's expression was a little gloomy, and he said solemnly: "My name is Du Liebai, I don't want money, and you don't want to buy me with anything else, you just need to prove your ability, otherwise, you'd better not ask." ”

"Or, you just go and ask Ye Changwen, although he is a coward, he will still tell you something. ”

I am a natural disaster, is this enough, Shi Yuanji said with a smile in his heart.

He thought of the sacrifice of boys and girls in Amaki, and he couldn't help but feel a little angry and a little funny, and said mockingly: "Are you threatening me?

When Du Liebai heard this, he said angrily: "How could I have been that kind of cold-blooded and ignorant fellow! That goblin is also worthy of being called a divine envoy? But I have enshrined a false god to use it as a blessing, and I can't wait to cut him with a thousand knives!"

Shi Yuanji looked at Du Liebai's indignant appearance, and the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, because he found that things were becoming more and more interesting.

What the hell does Shuozhen want me to do here?

However, it was certain that Du Yebaku was not a fool who defended the festival, so he received the silver in the seed bag so as not to tarnish the fairy's strong heart.

"Looks like you've seen him, the guy you call a false god?" asked Shi Yuanji cautiously.

He had already been kicked out by the tavern owner for asking questions, and he was quite distressed, but he finally made progress, and he didn't want to be rejected by the goblin again.

Du Liebai's angry expression gradually dimmed, he sighed, and said depressedly: "You come with me, I will tell you everything I know." ”

One man and one demon went around and came to a blacksmith shop. Shi Yuanji fixed his eyes and saw that this blacksmith shop was simple but not simple, with all kinds of farm tools, firewood knives, horseshoes and other things hanging in front of the shop, the shape was rough, but the texture was very detailed, obviously very attentive.

"This is my home, and I'm the only blacksmith in Amagi. Du Liebai said directly, then opened the door and invited Shi Yuanji to enter.

The furnishings in the room are extremely simple, with a table, a wooden bed, a wooden box, and a long hammer made of wrought iron hanging on the wall.

What attracted Shi Yuanji's attention the most was a table with three spiritual seats placed on it. Shi Yuanji's heart sank, knowing that he had met a bitter master.