Granny Jean's hunch made me more determined to take a risk. I left the lobby and went back to my dorm. My old roommate Tian Lao Stove was inside, and he was opening the closet to get a change of clothes and was about to take a shower. I told him that I was going to look for Cao Zhe in a moment, and he just said "oh".

Tian Laolu is really a rare "good roommate". He never asked me anything, and only when I asked him questions, he would be enthusiastic to give answers. He's too old to have any energy left to care about my young man's business, except to settle accounts and serve his newly-bought luminous fish.

I waited for Tian Laolu to leave the dormitory, then took out the armor and weapons I had prepared and began to put them on. The light leather armor is very close-fitting, and it cannot be seen from the outside if you don't look closely at it. The short knife is also easy to hide, and it can be tied to the outside of the thigh with a strap, so it is also easy to use.

In the end, the remaining round shield was a bit troublesome, and it was a little too large. But this didn't bother me, so I put it on my back directly, and then put on a long cloak that I had turned out from the closet of Tian Laolu, and I couldn't see anything.

Dressed up, I glanced out into the courtyard. Most of the other colleagues were taking a shower or chatting in the room at this time, and the ghost guys had already gotten into the jar, and no one was paying attention to me. So, I crept out the door, climbed up the fence from a ladder by the wall, and climbed into the alley behind the Longevity Hotel.

The reason why I didn't go out through the door of the hotel was that I didn't want the people in the store to see my strange dress and know that I had sneaked out; The second is also to avoid possible stalking outside the hotel.

Since I had a shield on my back, I simply hunched over and deliberately pretended to be an old man. I pulled the hood of the cloak very low, and covered my face with a strip of cloth, just as the smell of the old man on the cloak of Tian Laolu was very strong, and no one should notice me.

I've carved the map Cao Zhe drew for me into my mind. Although the simple map is not particularly detailed, especially some complex alleys may be missed, there are still a few main roads that can be wrong. I followed the main road as far as I could, from Eighth Street to the outside of the Left Market, and then from the road next to the Colosseum into the Right Market.

Shops along the way are closing, and passers-by are hurrying back. I looked up at the clock at the top of the cave, well, there were still two quarters of an hour to go, enough for me to move.

The reason why I chose to go out at this time was to find Xiao Jiuhe's ghost refining shop before the curfew period, and then wait until the curfew period began before I started.

In Zuoqiu City, no one cares about ghosts and ghosts, and for the evil act of killing people, the default is to kill people to pay for their lives. But during the curfew, all kinds of chaotic things can happen, and all the rules are basically useless, so it's up to me to make the most of this critical moment in my own way.

Following Cao Zhe's map guidance, I successfully found the street where the ghost refining shops gathered. The shops in the right city closed relatively late, and at this time, there were still a few ghost customers coming in and out of those ghost refining shops.

A bunch of "goths" still stood outside the shop discussing their tattoos and decorations, and I just looked at me nonchalantly as I passed by. Including the fierce ghost gang members I met on the road just now, they only taunted me in disgust when they saw me.

Perhaps they all think that a hunched old man must have old and sour flesh on his body, and it is really not delicious.

I walked straight to the door of the last ghost refining shop at the end of the street, and there was no one in front of it. That advertising ghost is really not there, maybe it is still hiding in front of the Longevity Hotel and squatting in front of me at this time!

Hmph, Xiao Jiuhe wanted to follow me and plot against me, but he ignored the sentry in front of his door, he really deserved to be unlucky tonight!

I looked up at the clock at the top of the cave again, and the ghostly fire that served as the hour hand had just reached the point of the hour. So, I walked into the store with the bell ringing.

The store was cluttered, with shelves piled high with potions and quirky herbs, and bottles and jars in the corners of the floor, almost all of which were in the "Xiao style" that I was familiar with. Two simple curtains divided the store into three compartments, but the first curtain was only halfway drawn, and I could still see a masked figure sitting behind the curtain.

When the masked man heard me coming in, he turned to me and said, "Our shop is closed, please come back tomorrow!" ”

Hey! I can't forget that voice!

If he is not Xiao Jiuhe, who else can he be?

I said, "I can't wait for tomorrow, I have to come to you tonight!" ”

Xiao Jiuhe's whole person seemed to be frozen, holding his breath, and his eyes were staring at me. He should have heard me, too, even though I'd completely changed my outfit now.

Xiao Jiuhe slowly stood up. I noticed that his hands were empty and that he didn't have any weapons around him. But this is his shop, and there may be blades and traps hidden everywhere, so I can't let him make the first attack move!

I lifted off my long cloak, unfastened the clasp of the round shield on my back, and grabbed the shield in my hand first. This is a principle that Wei Dahu taught me to fight the enemy: the sword and shield technique must first shield and then sword, first defend and then attack.

It turns out that this principle is absolutely correct!

Xiao Jiuji had no intention of looking for a weapon, but as soon as he reached out, he grabbed a bottle from the table at hand and threw it at me!

It was a potion bottle, filled with an unknown clear potion. But no matter what's inside, I can't let it spill on me, not even a drop!

I changed my mind on the spot, threw out the shield in my hand, and put the potion on the half of the curtain. The shield and the potion bottle collide in midair, and the bottle bursts, sending the potion splashing everywhere!

"Shhh

Most of the potion spilled onto the curtain. The originally intact curtain was burned through several large holes, and the potion "sizzled" on it, and a pungent smoke came out. It was a highly corrosive potion of strong acid!

Xiao Jiuhe saw that the sneak attack failed, and he took another step to the shelf on the other side, stretched out his hand and swept it violently, sweeping the entire row of clay pots to the ground. The crackling sound of shattering came one after another, and bursts of black smoke filled the air, and then turned into ghosts one by one!

There was a ghost in a clay pot, and there were at least a dozen jars in that row, and a dozen ghosts came out of nowhere, all of them waving their teeth and claws at me. However, instead of panicking, I laughed in my heart.

Those ghosts are all small ghosts, although they all look fierce and vicious, but they are all small in size, and their grievances are very ordinary. It seems that these are all semi-finished products that Xiao Jiuhe has recently refined, and none of them can be beaten!

My round shield is still lying in strong acid, and it must not be used anymore. Besides, there are many ghosts on the other side, and what is needed at this time is a weapon that opens and closes. I took out the Ruyi chopsticks from my bosom, shook them in the wind, and turned them into two short sticks, one end of the stick became thinner and sharper, extremely sharp, it should be called a short spear more appropriately.

Xiao Jiuhe's shop has a lot of miscellaneous items, and the place is narrow, and the short spear is more suitable for playing here. I was finally able to practice the long and short stick method that Wei Dahu helped me adapt in actual combat.

"Wow!"

Those dozen little ghosts had already been erased by Xiao Jiuhe, and they only listened to his orders, and they all roared and rushed towards me!

I sneered, and the two short spears drew two circles in the air, first splitting the heads of the two imps running in front of the left and right, and then striking the "Double Dragon Out of the Water", and the two short spears on the left and right each poked the four imps that came one after another, just like a meat skewer during a barbecue!

Ruyi chopsticks are a unique yin instrument passed down to me by my master, and they are particularly effective against ghosts. In addition, I am an enemy, so naturally I will no longer show mercy to my subordinates, and my moves are all fatal and ruthless. The six ghosts whose heads had been chopped off or pierced through their chests immediately dissipated with a scream!

With a single look, I eliminated the six imps, and my confidence suddenly increased, and the two short spears in my hands danced and flew. All the ghosts I struck and pierced were immediately cut off and wiped out. In an instant, I wiped out a dozen imps.

But Xiao Jiuhe is not so easy to recognize. He summoned these little devils in the first place, just to harass and hinder me. Just as I was dealing with the imps with all my might, he had already found a large clay pot from behind, cut his wrist and sprinkled a few drops of blood into it, while muttering words in his mouth.

I hurried forward to stop him. But it's too late!

"Eat him!" Xiao Jiuhe shouted.

With this crazy command, a huge black shadow suddenly sprang out of the large jar on the ground and rushed towards me. I secretly screamed that it was not good, and immediately improved to retreat. That black shadow was full of resentment, far from being comparable to those little ghosts just now, this must be a vicious big ghost!

Sure enough, after the black shadow transformed, it immediately turned into a beast ghost with a lion's head, and opened its bloody mouth to bite it. I couldn't take it off, and I didn't have a shield in my hand, so I had to put two short spears transformed into Ruyi chopsticks horizontally, just on the ghost's mouth. But the beast was so fierce that I staggered and retreated.

I've heard Master mention that ghosts are made by ghost keepers by combining the souls of humans with the souls of animals. This kind of ghost has the body of both humans and animals, half ghost and half beast, and is extremely violent because of its beastly nature.

As soon as the thought in my heart turned, I saw that the huge mouth of the lion beast ghost had already pounced in front of me, and it was less than ten centimeters away from my face. At this time, I was hit by it and kept retreating, once it pounced or forced into a corner, I guess I could only be eaten alive by it!