The boy understood, and slowly hugged the snowball—it was not light, and when he looked at it again, he found that the front end of the thing's body (for the time being, the front end) had two dark eyes—like a fawn.

"What is this?" The boy asked.

"Just keep it your pet." Hua Jiuxi said, "You know that there are many exotic creatures living around Shaoguang City—this is one of them. Because it looked cute, I invited it. ”

Xiang Ling also went over and touched the creature, and it purred like a cat, and its eyes narrowed.

"Sir, you're talking very light, but it's also a mythical beast—even if it looks funny." Xiang Ling pushed his glasses and said, "In ancient times, human beings were shaped from red clay - while birds and beasts were created by different gods. The Queen Mother of the West was tasked with designing most of the four-legged beasts – the material she used was felt. ”

Speaking of which, most of the people here understood what Xiang Ling was going to say.

"So this creature is the leftover material left over from the Queen Mother of the West after she made the beasts? Got this ball? Leech asked.

"It's basically what Xiang Ling said." Hua Jiuxi said, "So this hair ball itself is also the kind of initial existence that does not need to eat, has a long lifespan, and is powerful. ”

"I'm just like you." The boy lifted the little creature above his head and said happily.

"So, does this thing have any combat power?" Leeches are more concerned about this.

"You can give it a try." Hua Jiuxi's words were a little ill-intentioned.

"Cut." The leech snorted and said, "Put him on the ground—"

The boy obediently placed the ball on the ground, and the ball twisted for a moment, and began to crawl slowly—but apparently there was nowhere to go, so it remained still.

The leech's tongue sword was already revealed, and it stabbed at it rapidly.

Rhya and Laxmi couldn't help but close their eyes slightly—for fear of imagining flesh and blood.

And yet nothing happened.

The tongue sword of the leech is not iron, and it can also convey pain. The leech's palm hurt a little at that time, and it couldn't pierce the body of the hair ball at all—not hard, but flexible.

Mao Tuan turned around and looked at him with a pair of puzzled eyes.

"This magical creature can detect the kindness and hostility of others, and therefore automatically chooses its owner." Hua Jiuxi said, "It's strange that the leech itself is not hostile, so why should it attack it." ”

"Will the hair ball fight back?" Ligia asked.

"No, it doesn't have that concept." "But throw it as a weapon — it will automatically impact the most hostile people on the scene." Of course, it has many more uses. ”

"Still, let's just think of it as a pet." Hua Jiuxi retrieved the hair ball, slapped the dust around it, and handed it back to the boy. The boy stroked the little thing with joy, and almost didn't bother with anyone anymore.

"It's not nice to call it a hair ball." "Actually," said the leech, "I have a very casual name—" and sighed, which was one of his regrets.

"Well, then I'll give it a name as well." Xiang Ling thought for a while and said, "It's a pure white ball, and it's called Dui Qiong." ”

"Good name." Hua Jiuxi said with a smile, "It's neither too vulgar nor too elegant." ”

Xiang Ling got this praise and shook the hem of his skirt: "You praised it falsely." ”

Hua Jiuxi saw that the gifts were all distributed, and immediately opened up the meal - after all, there were still some important things to do after the meal.

The time for Yan Yan passed quickly, and everyone had food in their stomachs, and they were groggy for a while. Because Laxmi also had to preside over the ceremony, he ate the least.

The boy is a child, so he naturally goes to bed early, and the rest of the people take turns telling ghost stories and waiting for midnight to come.

Hua Jiuxi saw that everyone was talking, and the leech's body was getting closer and closer to him, touched the kid's hair, and said, "As a monster, you are too timid?" ”

"Monsters don't have to be afraid of heaven and earth?" Leech sneered, "There is a good thing about being timid—" and as for what the good it was, he couldn't say.

After Xiang Ling finished telling the story of the last water monkey killing people and sucking blood, the midnight bell finally rang. In the evening, the white wax on the candlestick emitted a dim light—dragging the shadows of men and women long and distorted.

And because it was late at night, the sound of people and horses stopped, and everything was silent—some sounds that were not known could startle people.

"Okay, can we prepare more than two dressing mirrors in our room?" Laxmi clapped her hands and said, "It's a big mirror that reflects the whole person." ”

"Who would have prepared so many mirrors if they have nothing to do......," muttered Leech, just in time to hear a gothic tale from Lygia, which contained castles and mirrors......

Hua Jiuxi ran up and down alone, and finally brought two mirrors, which were spliced together like screens.

Xiang Ling saw that Hua Jiuxi and the two couldn't conjure up a third mirror no matter what, so he didn't say a word, and took out a large mirror with an ancient style from his room - there were some reliefs on it.

Hua Jiuxi was so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth: "If this thing is taken to the glass factory to sell~"

"I'm afraid I won't be able to sell it for a few bucks." Xiang Ling said, "Because I wipe it often, I can't tell the specific year at all." ”

"Yes." Hua Jiuxi saw that there was indeed no rust in this mirror.

Immediately, three mirrors were gathered to form a "several" shape, Hua Jiuxi and others consciously retreated, and the space in front of the mirrors was left to Laxmi.

Laxmi had been back and forth several times since the last battle in Shaoguang City, each time having to undergo some training in witchcraft - because she was so talented that she was now a witch in her own right.

"Sister Ligia, you can come here." Laxmi said softly to Ricia.

Rikia swallowed, after all, in this mysterious and strange situation, anyone would be afraid.

"Let's start with the purpose of our ritual." Laxmi changed into a tattered dress with many pieces of iron and copper bells hanging from it, not at all*, but a little funny, but Hua Jiuxi did her best to stop laughing.

"It was to forcibly drive out the Zashiki boy who was attached to Rikia - and then question her." Laxmi said, "That is, the two steps of expulsion and captivity, which require two spells, of course, not too difficult. ”

She explained as she acted, and gently led Rígia to stand in front of the three mirrors—there were three more "Rígia" in an instant.

"Next, I infuse spiritual power into these three ordinary mirrors." Laxmi said, a golden glint in her eyes.

"Demon power...... It's so strong. Xiang Ling said silently in her heart, there are very few people who can make her so impressed - although Laxmi also borrows other people's spiritual power.

In addition to the sparkle in her eyes, two more diamond-shaped symbols representing the Queen Mother of the West appeared on Laxmi's forehead, and she gently touched the mirror on the right side.

The mirror seemed to be covered with a golden mist, and the fog disappeared immediately.

In the mirror, Lygia makes a different movement from the real person.

Hua Jiuxi and Leech hugged each other - after all, this is one of the classic episodes of ghost stories.

Side 2, side 3.

"These three Lekia represent her three personalities—" Laxmi whispered as she put her hand on Rhya's shoulder, "Don't worry, I'm ......"

"And the youkai called Himiko is hiding behind one of the Richias." Laxmi said again.

Hua Jiuxi didn't know if the three girls in the mirror were the so-called "three souls" - after all, Laxmi was practicing a kind of witchcraft that was self-contained.

"So, how do you get her out?" Hua Jiuxi hesitated for a long time before asking, because he knew that any sudden behavior might interfere with the ceremony.

"Himiko is ......sleeping," Laxmi said, "and I can feel an extra breath—in the mirror on the left, so I'm going to wake her up." ”

As he spoke, Laxmi brought a candlestick and said, "Does anyone have a little piece of paper or something?" ”

"Oh, I have—I have it with me." Ricia turned around as she handed a small red notebook to Laxmi.

Anyone who takes a notebook with words on it will "accidentally" see the contents of it, but Ligia's notes, which are all black dots and white dots, or ciphers or illogical words, always Laxmi knows so many languages that he can't understand at all.

She carefully tore off the page and gave it back to Ligia.

Origami cranes, Laxmi's delicate hands quickly finished one.

She put the crane on the candle flame, lit it, shook it, and left her hand.

Recite the mantra silently. The crane flew and burned—and it was reduced to ashes—but it was all over, and the crane was left with a body made of fire.

The flaming crane plunged headlong into the mirrored glass – like a gull and heron into the surface of a lake.

The flaming crane flew around Ligia, and Lygia slapped the thing in a panic and ran left and right—finally leaving the space where the mirror was revealed.

As soon as "Regia" left, he could see a small shadow, like a red dot, dotted in the depths of darkness.

"It's going to be a fire." Laxmi rested her hand on the mirror—and the spiritual power was instilled into it.

Her own spiritual power was limited, and the world in the mirror was swallowing up like a bottomless pit—so Laxmi had to draw further into the power of the Queen Mother of the West—and right now, her canines were protruding......

"It's miserable." Hua Jiuxi was nervous for a while, "If you call her old man out again, I don't know what kind of mess will happen again." ”

Fortunately, Laximi was still able to control himself, and the mirror instantly became a sea of fire.

Himiko in the dark void panicked, seeing that the spiritual power brought by the fire crane was about to burn her all - she could only walk out with her head down.

I watched Himiko's figure get bigger and closer, and finally opened her eyes wide to look at this Western woman she had never seen before.

"Alright." Laxmi dug her hand into the mirror and grabbed Himiko's wrist, which was thinner than hers—she was somewhat embarrassed, "Does anyone want to help?" ”

"Yes, ma'am."

Xiang Ling saw that Himiko's hand had already detached from the mirror, so he jumped over with agility and pulled Himiko out in an instant.

Himiko sat down on the ground: "You-"

The ritual just now was a big test for Laxmi, and she only now felt sweat on her forehead, and she felt dizzy: "Stop—"

Seeing Lakshmi's weak appearance, Hua Jiuxi hurriedly stepped forward to hold it and took out the potion in the gourd for her to take.

Xiang Ling was facing Himiko one step at a time.

Himiko felt the oppression of a powerful demonic force, and even the girl in front of her did nothing—she couldn't move.

But she was still very calm, knelt on the ground, looked around for a moment, and then asked, "Are you Leech's family?" ”

"It's not very cute~" Hua Jiuxi glanced at the thin girl who was half-squatting on the floor and thought, of course, it was not as unbearable as described in the leech's mouth.

Himiko saw a lot of suspicion and hostility in the eyes of the people around her, she wanted to smile and release some kindness, but at this moment she felt that her facial nerves had frozen, and the corners of her mouth could not move a bit.

"We're not going to hurt you." Laxmi leaned down and whispered to her.

"Of course, with your cooperation—" Xiang Ling still maintained the language style that drips into ice.

Listening to the two singing and harmonizing, Himiko finally squeezed out an expression on her face.

She smiled.

Xiang Ling thought to himself that he didn't scare this little girl this time, it seems that this person is not ordinary.