I was a little embarrassed when he said that.

Speaking of which, I didn't stay in the old alley for a long time, I took over the thrift store business for more than nine months, of which eight months were confined to the West Hall, and during the month I stayed in the thrift store, I really should have walked around the shops from time to time, and the reason why I never did this was because I usually had to practice and the time was tight, and on the other hand, it was because I was ...... I'm troublesome.

Mainly because it's too much trouble.

But in the eyes of the neighbors, the laziness in me turned into kindness.

Alas, I'm pretty ashamed.

Boss Liu has been looking at me with very expectant eyes, and I have no choice but to promise him: "Don't worry, I won't let the old alley fall into the hands of Yu Rus." ”

Boss Liu smiled: "That's good, with the words of the big shopkeeper, I feel a lot more at ease." But I've heard that the guy is going to participate in this competition, and he's a well-known strongman in your industry, so be careful when you run into him. ”

I nodded, "I will." ”

Boss Liu still didn't seem to be at ease, and asked me again: "Big shopkeeper, do you know how to use my family's golden wood silk?" ”

I followed his words and said, "Isn't the golden silk used to make ritual vessels?" What other uses does it have? ”

"There are many uses for golden silk," Boss Liu looked at both ends of the alley to make sure that there was no one else around, so he leaned towards me, lowered his voice and said, "The biggest use of this thing is to consume energy." ”

I gave him a puzzled look, and I heard him add: "Because the spirit on the golden wood silk is mellow, as long as it is pierced into the human body, it can quickly consume the opponent's physical strength." Ordinary people can't absorb the spiritual charm of Jin Musi, their own breath will be chaotic, and a chaotic breath will lead to insufficient oxygen supply, and if you exercise vigorously, you will fall into a coma within two minutes. As for the cultivators, once they let the golden wood silk into their body, their own spiritual charm will be disrupted by the golden wood silk, and then it will also cause internal chaos, which will be chaotic, and if the other party wants to cast a spell, they will consume double the physical strength and energy. ”

Hearing him say this, I couldn't help laughing: "It seems that Boss Liu knows the servant very well." ”

Boss Liu also smiled: "Everyone in the alley knows about his little problem." ”

I hugged my fist at him, "Thank you." ”

"Thank you," Boss Liu said, and walked towards the door of the store: "It's all a little bit of everyone's heart." ”

When saying the word "everyone", Boss Liu also deliberately raised the volume.

It wasn't until he entered the door of the store that I took Li Huaishan and continued to walk towards the mouth of the alley, but I didn't go far before the two of us lowered our steps and turned back, seeing that there was no one around, and quickly climbed into the gray wall between the tobacco shop and the wood carving shop.

The gap between the two shops was overgrown with weeds, and the soil on the ground was extremely moist and soft, so it was a little difficult to walk.

More than 30 meters ahead, is a small courtyard built up with stone bricks, this place should have a temple or ancestral hall in the early years, I saw that not far away there are several stone piers with lotus bottoms, and there is a half-foot deep round hole on the top surface of the pier.

This type of pier is used to hold stone pillars and is very common in temple-type buildings.

But apart from these stone piers, all that was left was weeds and rough stone walls on three sides.

Could it be that this place is the legendary back alley? No matter how you look at it, it doesn't feel like it!

Li Huaishan was also confused: "This place is the back alley?" ”

I shook my head: "Probably not, look to see if there are any holes or secret passages or something." ”

Li Huaishan didn't say a word of nonsense this time, and immediately bent down and looked for it in the grass.

I was not idle, seeing that Li Huaishan had been looking near the cracks, so I walked quickly to the depths of the yard, when Li Huaishan was looking for a hole, he needed to pick up the grass on the surface, and in the eight months of grounding, I had mastered a lot of knowledge related to feng shui, but looking at the growth of the grass, I could know whether the weeds were empty or not.

As far as the eye could see, all the grass grew irregularly, even the direction of the slope was chaotic, and the small tufts of grass in front of me alone were dumped in eight completely different directions, if it weren't for the chaotic strong winds that often appeared in the stone courtyard, it was that there was something wrong with these seemingly ordinary weeds themselves.

After a cursory glance, I can roughly determine that there are no holes in the ground at all, and the ground is completely solid.

Could it be that this small yard in front of you, which is only the size of a palm, is really a back alley?

No, it's definitely not!

With that in mind, I paced through the grass.

From time to time, there was a crushing sound from Li Huaishan's side, and he was still turning the turf, which I knew might be pointless, but it didn't stop him.

Even if there were no holes in the ground, he might be able to find other clues.

As I approached the east wall, I noticed that a tuft of weeds not far away was growing abnormally.

Elsewhere, the weeds were disheveled, tilting in an irregular direction, except for the one that swirled in a regular spiral in all directions, looking like a turquoise whirlpool from a distance.

I walked over quickly, peeled the grass away, and saw a stone slab the size of a palm on the ground, and on top of the slab there was a relief that looked like a vertebrae.

I tried to touch the relief, and it felt as rough as an ordinary stone, and when I shrugged my nose, I could smell a faint smell of blood.

In addition, the relief also faintly exudes the unique evil aura of the family.

I stood up and beckoned to Li Huaishan, who immediately ran over, he looked at the stone slab on the ground, frowned and asked me, "What is this?" ”

I said, "Maybe it's a mechanism." ”

As soon as the words fell, Li Huaishan reached out and pressed it, but the stone slab was firmly embedded in the ground, and he couldn't make the slate sink or move even a few times.

I stared at the dark red spine-shaped relief, pondered for a moment, and then pulled my teeth out of my pocket.

Li Huaishan saw the teeth in my hand and asked again, "Why did you take out the scalpel again?" ”

I smiled at him, "Are you nervous again?" ”

Li Huaishan stiffened: "Nervous? What do I have to be nervous about? ”

I said, "The kang field in this small courtyard is not normal, and you will be nervous as soon as you get to such a place, and when you are nervous, you will become verbose. ”

Li Huaishan told the truth: "I don't know what's going on, anyway, when I get to such a place, I panic, if I don't say a few words, the whole person will be uncomfortable." I'm not like you, you're a master of art and bold, of course I'm not afraid of anything. ”

"Actually, you're much better than I used to be," I said, "and I think you could be alone in the ice room for so long when I was so scared that I almost peed my pants when I saw a hell of a thing." ”

Li Huaishan: "I had no choice at the time, I couldn't get out anyway, so I could only stay there, and besides, there was food and drink in that place, and I wouldn't starve to death." Hey, seriously, the first time you saw the hell, you really almost scared the pee? ”

I said, "No, it's pretty much." ”

Li Huaishan immediately became confident: "Then I am indeed stronger than you." ”

I picked up my teeth, pierced my wrist, and said to Li Huaishan: "Your cultivation is too low, and you are not like me, you have evil qi to protect yourself." Later, when you come to such a place, try not to talk as much as possible, so as not to enter the body. ”

Li Huaishan smiled at me: "Listen to you!" ”

I've been with Li Huaishan for so long, and I can figure out his character, he's just a donkey, you make him happy, he can listen to everything, but if you drive him away with a whip behind, he will kick and raise the bar with you.

I squeezed hard at the wound on my wrist, letting the blood fall on the slate.

I saw that the blood first dripped irregularly on the corners of the stone slab, and then merged into a strand, and all disappeared into the spine-like relief.

Sure enough, as I thought, this stone slab is the door lock in the back alley, and the blood of the family is the key to open the door.

When my blood was completely submerged in the relief, a mist gradually rose in the stone courtyard.

Li Huaishan immediately stood up straight, turned around and looked around a few times, and gave me another inquiring look.

He wanted to ask why the fog was back up.

I didn't speak, just made a silencing gesture to him.

Next, it's just a matter of waiting patiently.

The fog was getting thicker and thicker at a very slow pace, and after twenty minutes, we could no longer see the surrounding stone walls, and the weeds on the ground had thinned out.

The weeds were quickly removed at a speed that was visible to the naked eye, and soon the ground paved with black stone bricks was revealed under our feet.

Just as the first stone brick appeared in front of our eyes, the sky gradually darkened.

The white fog and the dimmer light make the world in front of you take on a depressing gray.

Li Huaishan subconsciously leaned towards me, and I patted him on the shoulder, signaling him not to be nervous.

When the light was completely dimmed, I could still see Li Huaishan, he seemed to bypass my vision and appeared directly in my consciousness, Li Huaishan could also see me, he kept moving slowly and leaning towards me.

Time was still passing and the scene around me had not changed in any way, and I looked up at my watch, only to find that the time on it had been stuck at 7:10, and the second hand had stopped moving.

I took out my phone again and looked at it, and like my watch, the time on my phone was stagnant.

In this place, time seems to be non-existent.

After I put my phone away, I don't know how long it took, suddenly some sporadic lights appeared in my sight, and soon, the lights became more and more numerous and brighter, and when these lights completely illuminated the neighborhood, I realized that I was standing in a deep alley.

Like the old alley where the thrift store is located, this alley is lined with all kinds of shops, and the light is projected from the windows of the shops.

It's just that the shops in the old alley are all old-fashioned bungalows, and the buildings in this alley are all small wooden buildings.

With the feng shui classics I had read in the West Hall and the fragrance wafting through the air, I could immediately recognize that these flashy and small buildings in front of me were all Tang Dynasty buildings.

Each wooden building is a two-story structure, with lights on the ground floor and no windows on the second floor, and at the top of each building, there is an unwritten signboard.

I worked an extra day and almost forgot that it was Sunday.

(End of chapter)