Just as I looked up at the wordless signs, the wind rose in the alley, and the doors of the nearby shops were stirred by the wind, accompanied by a series of shrill "squeak-ah-" long sounds slowly opened.

White and yellow lights cast through the cracks in the door, illuminating the wisps of mist that drifted out of the shop.

I looked into the shop on my left, but all I could see was a thick fog illuminated by the light, and the fog seemed to be alive, beating rapidly and slowly, like a huge heart.

At this time, Li Huaishan patted me on the shoulder, and when I glanced at him, I saw him pointing to the depths of the alley.

In the direction of Li Huaishan's finger, there was a neon tube floating in mid-air, which flickered quickly a few times before becoming brighter and brighter.

The neon signs are arranged in a ghost text for "food", and under the purple-red halo of neon lights, I can see a huge silhouette at the end of the alley, which looks like a building, and the neon tube is embedded in its top.

Li Huaishan asked me in a low voice, "Is that a Chinese character?" ”

"It's a ghost text. food, food of food. ”

As I spoke, the lights came on in the tall building at the end of the alley, and I could vaguely see some gray-brown spirits emerging in an orderly manner through the doors and windows.

The appearance of the spirit also seemed to mean that the back alley was completely presented in front of me and Li Huaishan.

That is, when they entered my pupils, the temperature around them suddenly dropped, and at the same time, a chaotic Qi field mixed with resentment, yin, and anger spread out in the alley at a very fast speed.

Although this Qi field is chaotic, it gives people a very peaceful feeling, even if the yin qi is gone, I really can't understand why such a filthy Qi field as resentment can become so peaceful, as if the spring breeze is blowing on the face.

Li Huaishan shrugged his nose and asked me on the side: "Why is it so fragrant, who is stir-frying?" ”

Needless to say, I can smell it, and there is a very strong aroma that spreads in the old alley along with the chaotic Qi field, which is a mixture of all kinds of boiled meat and barbecue.

It's just that when Li Huaishan spoke, the taste in the air suddenly became a little disgusting - his mouth exuded a strong rancid stench.

I couldn't help frowning: "Did you eat dung early in the morning, why is your mouth so stinky?" ”

It's not just him, it's the rancid smell when I speak.

Li Huaishan immediately pinched his nose: "You just ate dung, your mouth stinks worse than me!" ”

I waved my hand to dispel the stench coming from his mouth, and then turned to look into a nearby shop, where the richest smell of meat wafted out.

By this time, the fog in the door of the store had disappeared, and I saw a row of chest-sized blue and white plates facing the door, filled with all kinds of food.

"Something's coming."

Li Huaishan said a word beside me, and when I looked at him, he raised his chin towards the building at the end of the alley.

A large number of gray-brown spirits poured out of the nest at the end of the alley, and they fluttered and wandered through the alley, and I saw some of them enter the shops on the side of the road, and soon heard a slight chewing sound in the distance.

These spirits seem to be diners who have come to the back alleys to eat.

There were a few spirits walking past us, as if they couldn't detect Li Huaishan's existence, but when they passed by me, they would carefully look at me with those pure white eyes.

They were looking at me, and Li Huaishan was also looking at them, and after a while, he turned his head to me and said, "It's strange, why don't I feel nervous at all when I see them?" And I always feel like I've seen this scene somewhere. ”

These words were said to me, but Li Huaishan's eyes did not fall on me, and I could clearly see the food in the store from his eyes.

I winked at him, "You'd better not think about those things, no one knows what will happen after eating them." ”

Li Huaishan: "Will it become a pig?" ”

I was puzzled: "Turning into a pig?" Why, I just think there's something that might have been injected into those things. ”

Li Huaishan pinched his nose: "Qianhiro, can you stay away from me when you speak, your mouth is the same as a dung pit now." ”

I didn't bother to pay attention to him and walked straight to the end of the alley.

When all the spirits had left the building, several old men dressed in black came out of it and stood outside the door in two columns.

The faces of these people were covered by large cloaks, and I was not sure if they were human or not, but their stubby bodies were indeed indistinguishable from those of old men.

Every time I pass a store, I will look at the door of the store, the second master and the man just said that the civet lives in the back alley, but did not say where it is, I only hope that I can see it intentionally or unintentionally.

Most of these spirits coming out of the end of the alley are diners, and the remaining handful are like the owners of the shop, and whenever I pass by the door of a shop, I can see a relatively brightly colored spirit standing behind the table, holding the blue-gray floating dust in one hand, freeing the other hand, slowly waving in the direction of the door, as if to attract customers.

When we were about to reach the end of the alley, the three "old men" who were guarding nearby quickly surrounded me and blocked the way for Li Huaishan and me.

The three of them lowered their heads so low that I couldn't see them at all, only heard one of them say, "This restaurant is the residence of the tiger master, please go back." ”

The sound sounded unusually hollow, not like a human mouth, but like the wind coming from a cave.

I didn't reveal the Nether Treasure at all, he even knew who I was.

Li Huaishan and I glanced at each other, and then said to the old man in front of me, "We came here to find a civet cat, do you know where it is?" ”

After a long time, he responded to me: "It's not so easy to see Master Hu. ”

Master Tiger, is that the cat you referring to?

At this time, Li Huaishan interjected and asked, "What do you call it?" ”

I glanced at Li Huaishan, and Li Huaishan gave me a meaningful smile.

I knew what he was trying to do, but now that we're in the back alley, we don't know what's going on here, what the three old men are doing, and what they're doing...... What are they, Li Huaishan diverted the topic, probably just to delay time and take the opportunity to figure out our situation.

It's a pity that tomorrow is the 10th Festival, and I don't have much time to waste.

Li Huaishan's question was not answered for a long time, and just as I was about to ask about the whereabouts of the civet cat, the three old men who stopped in front of us spoke at the same time: "I'm Ah Da." ”

I heard you right, they just spoke in unison, and they all said the exact same answer.

And after saying these four words, they fell silent again.

I'm Ah Da, why is it "me", are the three of them actually the same person?

Li Huaishan was about to open his mouth to say something, but I waved my hand to stop him, and then asked, "How can I meet that tiger master?" ”

The old man standing directly across from me raised an arm and pointed to a few nearby shops, but he didn't answer my question directly: "This street is called Shiling Street, and the people who can come here are either the Dingmen of the family, or the Shiling who comes to beg for food." You two are neither food eaters nor servants, and you supposedly should not have come here. ”

As he spoke, he raised his hand and lowered his head stiffly, looking very strange.

Li Huaishan asked, "Then can we meet the tiger master you said?" ”

I first heard a burst of empty laughter, like mockery, and then I heard the old man say, "Master Tiger only sees the spirit of eating, and he only sees the spirit of eating the same identity as him." ”

After talking for a long time, I still didn't tell us how to meet the cat.

I put my hand in my pocket and felt the Netherworld Treasure, and my eyes kept looking up and down the restaurant.

If they force me out, I'll have to push me out.

Of course, I'm not 100% sure that I'll be able to break in, but there are some things that I don't know if I don't try.

The competition is imminent, and you can only gamble.

While he was thinking about this, the old man spoke again: "First of all, you must prove that you have the stomach to eat spirits. ”

I shook my head for a moment, and Li Huaishan had already opened his mouth to ask: "How to prove it?" ”

I saw three old men raise their hands at the same time and clap their hands three times in the air.

Immediately, a brightly colored spirit came out of the nearby shop, holding a large plate full of various foods, and the turquoise dust was caught under its armpit.

I forgot to mention the appearance of these spirits before, their bodies are not divided into torsos, legs and feet, they are a lump wide at the bottom and narrow at the top, they have no nose or mouth, only a pair of pure white eyes near the top of their heads, and a pair of slender arms on both sides of their bodies.

This thing looks like an oil lump rising from the ground.

Waiting for the food spirit to put the plate at the feet of me and Li Huaishan, the three old men raised their hands in unison and pointed to the food on the plate: "If you can eat the food on the plate cleanly, it means that you have the stomach of the food spirit." ”

The "belly" in their mouths originally meant the amount of food.

I made a rough estimate, the food on the plate is estimated to weigh more than fifty pounds, and my amount of food can indeed be regarded as a large amount compared to normal people, but it is impossible for me to eat so many things at one time.

Li Huaishan also kept frowning at this time: "Can you eat so many things?" ”

I held the Netherworld Pass Treasure in my hand and smiled at Li Huaishan: "Isn't this still you?" ”

Li Huaishan waved his hand: "Don't count on me, you don't know the amount of food I have." Hey, I remember one time after you exchanged the spirit rhyme with the Nether Tongbao......"

Before he could finish, I immediately glanced at him.

Li Huaishan understood, nodded at me, and closed his mouth.

(End of chapter)