Chapter 20: The Banquet and the Temptation
"Brother Wang came back very early today, have you got enough wood?"
Seeing that Wang Lin was intimidated by the nocturnal diagram of a hundred ghosts he had drawn, Lin Xi put away the scroll, this painting is also a terrifying picture scroll in the eyes of mortals, but if it falls into the hands of the monks, driven by mana, it can instantly turn the area within a radius of 100 miles into ghosts in the world, and hundreds of evil ghosts with the combat power of the god transformation period will get out of trouble, and this planet will definitely be devastated. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Enough is enough, Brother Lin's painting seems to be a little special!" Wang Lin's eyes instantly sharpened, and for the first time he had an elusive feeling for this Brother Lin in front of him.
"Is it special? It may be the first time I have drawn a ghost to scare Brother Wang, since Brother Wang thinks it is special, then this painting will be given to you, Brother Wang will look at it a few more times, and he will not feel scared!" Lin Xi chuckled, handed the scroll to Wang Lin's body casually, and then walked towards the door.
"By the way, the grocery store opposite me was taken down by someone else and turned into a bookstore, tonight I am in the tavern for the owner of the bookstore, if Brother Wang is in a hurry, let's have a drink together?"
Holding the picture scroll of a hundred ghosts walking at night in his hand, Wang Lin pondered slightly, then nodded and agreed to Lin Xi's invitation.
Seeing Lin Xi leaving, Da Niu also hurriedly said goodbye to Wang Lin and then left, for some reason, he always felt that this store was particularly gloomy today.
Seeing the two leave, Wang Lin's eyes were once again on the scroll in his hand, and when he saw the hideous-looking ghosts in the painting, he wanted to scan it with his divine sense, but his intuition told him that if he really did this, something extremely dangerous might happen.
Putting down the wood he was carrying behind him, Wang Lin rarely carved a wood carving today, so quietly looked at the scroll in his hand, in this scroll he felt the threat of death, but for some reason, it was obviously a terrifying picture, and he even felt the incomparable vitality from it, this vitality seemed to be able to give life to the evil ghosts in the painting, and it seemed that they could get out of trouble at any time.
He looked at the image in the painting until Wang Lin felt a little dizzy, then he put away the scroll, raised his head, and found that the sun had set outside the store, and it was time to go to the appointment.
"I thought it was just an ordinary martial arts master, but now it seems that this Brother Lin seems to be a hermit master who far surpasses me in Dao comprehension, but I don't know if his contact with me is really just a fate, or does it have other purposes?"
Muttering to himself, the light in his eyes flickered and flickered, Wang Lin pondered for a moment, then casually took a long time ago carved dragon wood carving from the wooden frame, and then walked out of the door, he wanted to see what was so special about this bookstore owner who could be invited by the mysterious Brother Lin.
At this time, it was late autumn, the weather had gradually become colder, and in the evening there were basically no pedestrians on the street.
After all, it was the first day of opening, and both literate and illiterate people liked to come to the bookstore to hang out, as if this would make their status more expensive, but at the end of the day, there were not a few books sold in the entire bookstore, which made the owner of the bookstore, a very pretty-looking girl, have a faint look of discouragement on her face.
Sending off the last batch of customers, the girl closed the shop to death, then straightened the folds on her sleeves, and took small steps to walk towards the tavern opposite, but just after taking two steps, she looked up and saw Wang Lin who was standing not far away, and said slightly tiredly: "The shop has closed today, if the guests like it, they can hurry up early tomorrow!"
Wang Lin carefully looked at the girl opposite, then nodded, and walked into the tavern without looking back.
Following Wang Lin's steps into the tavern, the girl saw at a glance the white-robed man who was sitting on the edge of the square table with warm wine, his lips curled slightly, and then he took out a book out of nowhere, and handed it to Lin Xi with both hands half-raised.
"Thank you eldest brother for your hospitality, Wan'er doesn't have anything to get her hands on, and there are only a few books that can be seen, please don't dislike it!"
Lin Xi is not polite, although this girl is a shop owner, but it seems to be quite poor, if she doesn't accept it, it will definitely hurt her little self-esteem, for this girl who is somewhat similar to her old friend, Lin Xi still has a good impression of her.
After a brief glance at the title of the book, Lin Xi was very embarrassed to find that he didn't know some words, although the words in this world were somewhat similar to the Fengtian World, but they were not exactly the same, and the handwriting on this book was a little sloppy, and Lin Xi couldn't recognize it for a while.
"This is an ancient seal, in fact, I don't know the text on it, but my father has always regarded it as a treasure before his death, it should be an ancient book with great research value!" The girl who called herself Wan'er looked a little embarrassed at Lin Xi, and explained very understandingly at the moment.
Lin Xi coughed lightly, put away the book, and then took out a portrait of the golden armor god he had drawn and handed it to the woman, and smiled lightly: "This is Lin Mou's painting in his spare time, it is not a masterpiece, just take it as a gift to congratulate the girl on her opening, and invite the girl, don't dislike it!"
Handing the portrait to the girl, Lin Xi turned his head to look at Wang Lin, who had been looking at him, and asked with a smile: "Brother Wang Lin should have brought a gift too, right?"
Wang Lin nodded, took out the dragon-shaped wood carving from his sleeve, and didn't care whether the girl liked it or not, he put it directly into the girl's hand, and said expressionlessly: "I'm just a wood carving, there are no good things, and I don't want to be surprised by Miss Wan'er!"
The girl glanced at Wang Lin blankly, then carefully looked at the wood carving in her hand thoughtfully, carefully put it together with Lin Xi's painting, and then sat down in turn under Lin Xi's arrangement.
This time, Lin Xi entertained these two people, in addition to a whim, he also wanted to test the reaction of the killing ink, if he matched this girl with Wang Lin, would it cause the forced interference of killing ink?
However, after a while, Lin Xi regretted it, compared to the taciturn Wang Lin, the girl seemed to be more interested in him who was dressed in a white robe and had a Confucian temperament, and the whole dinner table was asking about his situation, such as whether his parents were at home, whether they were married, whether they had a marriage contract, etc., which made Lin Xi slightly embarrassed, and even Wang Lin, who didn't talk much, echoed from time to time, as if waiting to see his jokes.