Chapter 3

After the email was sent, there was no response for several days. Xu Xin'an didn't care.

A week later, Xu Xin'an had just finished wrapping a set of wedding candles for customers who had ordered online, and the phone in the store rang. As soon as I picked it up, I heard Xu De'an's super loud voice: "Daughter! Daughter! Did you say Bi Fang? Is it really Bi Fang? ”

Xu Xin'an said lightly: "Why did my father contact me once for so long, and when he opened his mouth, he didn't ask me if I was okay but asked about the guests?" ”

"Ahh Daughter, how are you? Then tell me, what does Bi Fang look like? ”

"It's just the appearance of ordinary people, no arms and no legs. It's very rude, and the words spoken are strange. I think he probably had some mental problems. Also, what kind of tone do you have, you're a strange guest, why are you acting like I've met a youkai. ”

"No, no, he's not insane, he's really a monster." Xu Dean was still excited, "Ah, no, no, he's not a monster, he should belong to the god level." ”

"Really? What is the difference between a fairy and a youkai? Why is he not a monster but an immortal? ”

"......" Xu Dean choked, but couldn't help but say, "Gods and immortals are also different. ”

"Oh." Xu Xin'an was not interested in these, "So you plan to discuss with me the difference between demons and monsters, gods and immortals with expensive international calls?" ”

"No, no." Xu Dean waved his hand violently, unable to discuss, because he couldn't say clearly, "The point is that that Bi Fang may really be Bi Fang." ”

"Oh."

"You don't. I mean it. Dad Xu was very excited, "Because our store is really a death-seeking store!" ”

Xu Xin'an: "......"

"Really!" Dad Xu also accentuated his tone, "It's really a death shop, a death shop with a special mission!" ”

Xu Xin'an was speechless, the pride in her father's tone was really worrying.

"It's a long story. Let me tell you briefly, anyway, our Xu family has been running this candle shop for generations, and we actually have a mission, that is, to be in charge of the 'soul candle'. You know, if the fairy monster is not beaten to pieces, then it is not really dead......"

"I don't know."

"Don't interrupt. Let me say well, phone bills are expensive. In short, if they don't have a soul, they just sleep in a certain space. I'm using an analogy for this place, don't ask me what space I am. ”

"Oh." She was indeed about to ask.

"Then when they are well rested, or they are healed from their injuries, anyway, after certain conditions are met, they will re-enter the WTO and come back to life. Some of them carry all the memories of the past, and some of them only have some of them. That's not the point, anyway. The point is that it is very difficult to beat the gods and monsters to the soul, of course, we ignore the little monsters. ”

"Talk like you can fight." Xu Xin'an couldn't help but interject. I also dislike other people's little monsters.

"Don't interrupt. I'm talking about how difficult it is for the gods and demons to really die. So a long, long time ago - don't ask me how long I have been because I don't know, there is some great god - and don't ask me who I am, I don't know...... In short, he handed over a few candles with the ability to kill gods and demons to the human world, and distributed them to several demon slaying families for safekeeping. After lighting the candle and reciting the incantation, the gods and demons who have been enchanted will be scattered and truly die. This is to warn the gods and demons not to do evil in the world, so that the world also has a magic weapon to deal with them. At the same time, he also thinks that the years are eternal, and it is not painful torture for the gods and demons, lighting the soul candle can make them die without pain, and it is also a way out for them. ”

"It's the euthanasia of the fairy and monster world."

"That's right. In short, those few soul candles are kept by various demon slaying families, and everyone has set a rule to run a candle shop for generations, so that the soul candle can be hidden, and it can be regarded as a sign. Later, I heard that the gods and demons called our shops 'death shops'. ”

"So our Xu family is a demon slaying family?"

"That's right."

"Who will slay demons?"

"Uh...... I have studied the books left by my ancestors. ”

"What demons have you descended?"

"Uh...... That's because there's not much chance of encountering youkai. Xu De'an defended himself, "But I can draw charms, this is the proof." Didn't I draw all the charms on those special candles in the store? ”

"I've been drawing all since I was in junior high school, remember?" Xu Xin'an reminded coolly.

"It's right for a child to do some work for his father."

"The point of what I'm saying is that I can draw some charms, it's not a big deal, okay." Xu Xin'an is really angry. Even what she would do, her dad had something to show off.

"No, no, you can't be presumptuous. You see, ordinary people don't know how to draw talismans, we will, so we are a demon subduing family, and the whole thing is held high. Xu Dean said while really raising his head and putting on a proud posture, although his daughter couldn't see it, but the posture still had to be there.

"Really? It's really amazing! Xu Xin'an dragged out her voice and pretended to be amazed, her tone was so fake that she couldn't do it, and then her voice sank and asked, "Then may I ask this demon subduing master, where is the soul candle?" ”

"Uh...... You know, this store has been around for so many years, and the warehouse has moved several times, which is a bit messy. ”

"And what does it look like?"

"Well, we'll know when we see it."

"Who's going to recite that candle spell?"

"Uh...... I haven't been taught this by my elders in the family, maybe it's in a book. ”

"Can the soul candle still be used after so long? Is there an expiration date? ”

“……”

"Do you have any contact with several other demon slaying families?"

“……”

Xu De'an was completely unable to answer the question.

"Alright, Dad. Every family has some traditional family legends. Death shop or something, sounds pretty cool. But none of our family really knows how to subdue demons, second, we haven't seen any soul candles, and third, we don't know what spells they are. You will be left behind, and the technology will be lost. We children and grandchildren can't help it. “

Xu Dean was silent for two seconds, and sighed: "Speaking of which, it's really a family downfall, I heard my grandfather say that his grandfather once caught monsters." The demon sword was placed on the offering table, but my grandfather didn't see it with his own eyes, but he only heard from his grandfather. ”

"Alright, alright." Like a tongue twister, Xu Xin'an comforted him, "It's been so long, it's all heard and heard." Let's just live a good life, and we don't have to think too much about the rest. ”

"Wait a minute." Xu Dean suddenly reacted, "How big are your nerves?" Now the point is, Bi Fang has come to the door, and there are immortals who have come to the door! ”

"I don't know if he is Bi Fang or not, you can't just listen to him, right?"

"But he knows the death shop, and he knows the soul candle."

"So what? There was no soul candle, and he was gone. And he also said that with the soul candle, you can't chant mantras. Xu Xin'an imitated Bi Fang's tone at that time, "So he said that he went to another death shop." Dad, don't worry. There's nothing to do with our family. ”

"Ah......" Xu's father said in a pitiful tone, "That's actually the case." ”

"And that bird spirit is not a great immortal, it doesn't matter. Next time, when Zhu Rongchi You Jade Emperor Erlang God Nezha Sun Wukong or something comes, we will be too late to deal with it carefully. ”

"......" Xu's father felt that his daughter made sense, "Okay, then I'll continue to explore the world." Write to me again if there is anything. Phone bills are expensive. I hung up first. ”

"Hey......" Xu Xin'an didn't have time to say more, and the phone really hung up.

"Really, you also said that my nerves are big, and your nerves are really big. Changed to someone else's father, and when he heard that the monster was coming, he quickly put on his wings and flew home to protect the child. Xu Xin'an muttered and complained, hung up the phone, and left the matter behind.