Verse 170
Zhao Ning no longer followed the street procession, she walked in the direction of the flow of the crowd, and after a distance from the street procession, the street became lively again, not far away there were vendors selling masks, and the wooden shelves that were one foot high were full of many masks, some ordinary, some demons and monsters, and some flowers.
The vendor handed a fox mask in his hand to a little girl, and hurriedly came to greet Zhao Ning, "This girl, whatever mask you want, I'll take it off and give it to you." ”
Zhao Ning casually pointed to the dragon pattern mask on the elevated shelf, and Zhao Ning saw it at a glance.
The vendor handed the mask to Zhao Ning, and the lines on the mask were a whole, consisting of a long dragon stepping on the clouds, and the lower part was an auspicious cloud.
Zhao Ning paid the money and put the mask on his face.
In the ordinary world of Kyushu, the dragon pattern represents the royal family, and it is impossible to appear in this kind of temple fair, but the Yang God Realm is different, the most noble pattern in the Yang God Realm is the Taiji pattern in the sky, and the Yang God Realm does not have the imperial power and the country, although the dragon pattern is rare, but it will not be so taboo.
The mask is attached to the face, covering half of the face.
Zhao Ning walked around the temple fair again, and saw some cultivators, they mixed in the crowd, some of them also looked at the new and interesting things at the temple fair like Zhao Ning, and some even directly participated in the temple fair and became a juggler in the temple fair.
Zhao Ning saw a sixth-level Qi cultivator, dressed in a simple robe, with only a wooden stool in the crowd, and then holding a cup in his hand, asking the mortals around him what was so special about this cup.
The cup is just an ordinary white glazed porcelain cup, and the inside is empty.
The children standing in the front row were very cheerful, saying that there was nothing inside.
The cultivator smiled, handed the cup to the most active child, and let the child throw the cup on the ground, the child was puzzled but listened to his words, and the adults around were curious about what kind of trick this was, but saw the child throw the cup on the ground, and the moment the cup broke, it turned into a bird and flew directly into the sky.
The child was so surprised that he couldn't speak, and even the adults who were watching said that they were godly, and shouted that the immortal master would come again.
The cultivator was very easy-going, and seeing that the people around him were so enthusiastic, he took out a bamboo pole from behind him, this bamboo pole was not long, less than two zhang, and the tip was tied with a thin rope and a bait hook, which was a simple fishing tool.
The cultivator then asked the people around him what they wanted
The children's enthusiasm was even higher when they had the novel experience of turning into a bird in an empty cup, and they raised their hands and said the names of various fish they only knew.
The cultivator smiled slightly, and then threw the hook directly, and the hook fell into the crowd like this, and the eyes of the people near the hook stared at the fish hook without blinking, not wanting to miss some magical things at all, but they didn't want them to catch it.
The hook dives slightly into the shadows, as if it were poking down in the water, and then lifts it up a moment, and a huge red carp hangs on the hook.
The red carp jumped into the air and flew in a beautiful arc, stunned the people around it, and the red carp jumped to the highest air, suddenly aimed at the cultivator, spit out the hook in his mouth directly, and followed with a mouthful of river water.
The cultivator fell into the shape of a soup chicken in an instant, and the stunned onlookers burst into laughter.
The red carp flicked its tail arrogantly, and then jumped high into the river not far away, which was already full of lanterns, like red lotus in full bloom.
The cultivator didn't get angry because of this, wiped the water stains on his face, and looked at the people around him with a smile.
When he saw Zhao Ning, he slightly sensed the aura of heaven and earth spontaneously gathered around Zhao Ning, so he naturally arched his hand towards Zhao Ning, and Zhao Ning bowed his head according to the salute, and the mortals around him did not feel strange when they saw it, but they were still looking forward to asking the cultivator if he had other magical spells.
The cultivator smiled and said yes, and then generously displayed other spells.
Zhao Ning slowly withdrew from the circle, this is the first time Zhao Ning has seen cultivators and mortals get along so well, in a town where there are both cultivators and mortals, mortals are not distressed that their lives are short, and cultivators are not consciously high because of their own practice, everyone seems to only have a common identity - the human race, living in this peaceful Yueling City.
This is unimaginable in Kyushu, every mortal feels that only by becoming an immortal can he fight against fate, and every cultivator carries more or less condescension, thinking that ordinary people are just ants and do not deserve to be with them.
And here, maybe it's because the Yang God Realm has only existed for three thousand years, they don't know much about cultivation, and they don't have any powerful Dao methods, or the Yang God Realm cultivation ability is only in the middle stage of foundation building, which makes the mortals here not think too highly of the immortals, just when they have some magical power on their bodies, thinking that they are just ordinary people, just know some juggling-like tricks, and can fly around in the air.
It is undeniable that such a life is extremely ideal, and it is what all mortals and some cultivators in Kyushu are looking forward to.
Zhao Ning walked to the river, looked at the lotus lanterns flowing down the river, and didn't know what he was thinking.
At this time, there was a noise of children in the ears, but the sound was familiar, it turned out to be Xingxing, the youngest son of the Liu family, Xingxing followed his brother to play with the lanterns by the river, but the brother lit the red candle in the center of the lantern and put it in the river, Xingxing followed to put down his lantern, but he didn't want the lantern to be lit.
The Liu family and his wife were selling pastries at a nearby stall, chatting with the vendors, and did not notice such a situation.
The eldest son of the Liu family was also a little distressed, Zhao Ning walked over, and the eldest son of the Liu family was brightly lit up, crying and mourning, and said, "Sister fairy, I want to play with lanterns, I want to make a wish, but I can't light it." ”
Zhao Ning squatted down and said with a smile, "Then you put it in the river first, and my sister will help you light it." ”
Xingxing tilted his head puzzled, but he still obediently put the lantern in the river, and then looked at Zhao Ning expectantly, only to see Zhao Ning's finger raised, and his fingertips were wrapped in a small spiritual light, and then his finger was a little bit, and the spiritual light moved, and the lantern in the river was lit.
"Wow! That's great! The lanterns are on! Xingxing clapped his hands excitedly, and then ran downstream after the lanterns, like everyone else on the street, he was not very surprised by the "fairy traces" shown by Zhao Ning, and his eyes were full of his own toys.
The eldest son of the Liu family chased his younger brother downstream, and the older and younger children ran away after a while.
Zhao Ning stood on the shore and scattered the aura in his hand, the idealized city where mortals and cultivators coexisted made Zhao Ning a little disagreeable.
But I have to say that Zhao Ning enjoys such an environment very much.
She raised her head slightly, looking at the Tai Chi Moon in the sky, the Tai Chi Yin Fish was rotating in the sky, slowly, she slowly closed her eyes, her consciousness spread outward, perceiving this rare joy and peace, if there is no intensification of the growth rate of living beings, there is no crisis that is gradually oppressed in the dark, this must be the most beautiful world.
But at this time, Zhao Ning's consciousness caught a trace of crying, Xingxing, who was still chasing the lantern downstream just now, didn't know when he cried again, it may be that Zhao Ning's attention to this child at the beginning caused Zhao Ning to be quite concerned about this child's reaction, she slowly opened her eyes, her figure flashed, and appeared beside Xingxing.
As soon as Xingxing saw Zhao Ning appear, he ran over, hugged Zhao Ning's calf, and cried to Zhao Ning, "Sister Fairy, look, the lanterns in the river are gone." ”
These two little guys ran a lot of way, this place has reached the catchment bay of the small river in the city, not along the main street, only the lantern in the hand of the eldest son of the Liu family can illuminate this dark place, the eldest son of the Liu family is also very puzzled, do not understand why they chased the lantern, but the lantern suddenly all went out, and the lantern looked for it again but saw a terrible white shadow.
"Sister Fairy, or let's go back." The ten-year-old had already heard some terrible rumors of ghosts, and thought that they might have met ghosts, so he dragged his brother away, but he kept holding on to Zhao Ning's calf.
Zhao Ning patted the little guy's head, "Where is there a ghost, it's just a naughty little guy." ”
"Look." Zhao Ning's hand moved, and a little light flew into the darkness, and then created a phantom of a white tiger pulling lanterns under the bridge.
"It's a tiger!" The two children were terrified when they landed, why did there still be a tiger in the city.
The white tiger was surrounded by the aura, the curtain had to look up, realizing that he had been discovered, and as soon as he showed his fierce face, he sensed the extraordinary coercion of Zhao Condensation, and the white tiger phantom was extremely spiritual, and turned his head away, but the back was blocked by stone bricks, and it was impossible to rush out directly, so he suddenly transformed into the image of the ancient dragon and rose into the air.
"Dragon! It's a dragon! The two children were not afraid, and even cried out in surprise.
Zhao Ning was slightly stunned, this dragon was like the ancient dragon seen in the picture of the Dragon Palace of the Qingmo River.
The eyes were slightly condensed, and I saw the dragon shadow in the air, as if it was caught by something, but the second half of the dragon shadow was steeply dispersed, and the dragon head took the upper half of the body directly into the darkness.
Zhao Ning stared at the direction of the dragon shadow's departure, the child couldn't see that far away, only knew that the white tiger turned into a dragon and flew away, such a magical scene made him afraid and didn't remember being afraid, only excitedly describing his excitement in a few words that he could only know.
The Liu family and his wife found that the child was missing, and searched along the river in panic, and finally found the bridge.
Seeing Zhao Ning, the husband and wife immediately saluted, "Immortal Master, it's good that you are here, otherwise if something happens to these two little guys, we don't know what to do." ”
Xingxing saw his parents coming, and happily shared what he had just seen with his parents, and he was shocked.
Zhao Ning smiled, "It's okay." It's just that the lanterns have been destroyed by that little thing. ”
She looked down at Xingxing and said with a smile, "Xingxing, Sister Fairy will show you bigger flowers, okay?" ”
Xingxing stared at Zhao Ning with curiosity on his face, and even the Liu family and his wife had some expectations.
But when he saw the light of Zhao Ning's fingertips, the destroyed lanterns suddenly turned into several fireworks seeds, soared into the sky, and suddenly bloomed in the sky, one after another, and the layers of fireworks covered half of the sky, and the colors were brilliant and dazzling.
The people of the entire Yueling City stopped what they were doing, looked up at the grand fireworks in the sky, and gathered in groups of three or five, discussing excitedly.
I don't know who in the crowd shouted, "Pray quickly, the gods will definitely hear it." ”
So, everyone folded their hands and prayed silently.
Even the Liu family and their two children are not surprised.
Zhao Ning raised his eyes to look at the fireworks that were about to disperse in the sky, and his fingertips were a little far away to the sky, only to see the last fireworks bloom, outlining a strange circle of ancient cloud patterns, and then the cloud patterns spread out, turning into countless stars scattered to the people of the entire Yueling City.
After praying, people couldn't help but reach out to pick up the star, which quickly melted like a snowflake, but felt a trace of warmth in their bodies.
There was another excited and trembling sigh, "This is a blessing from the immortals." ”
This fireworks pushed the entire temple fair to a lively climax, and Zhao Ning handed over the two children to the Liu family and his wife, and no longer entered the excitement.
The figure drifted apart, and then reunited, but it was outside a deserted mansion in the southeast of Yueling City.
The strange phantom just now fled here.
The location of this mansion is not remote, and it is even said to be a relatively central area, and the mansions next to it are all high-rise households, and you can feel the wealth and strength from a distance, and it seems that the thick dust accumulated from the steps to the doorknob of this mansion seems so out of place.
Zhao Ning walked to the gate of the mansion, the plaque with the word Luo Fu written on the door was crumbling, the door opened silently, the smoke and dust splashed up for three points, half a zhang away from Zhao Ning and dispersed, Zhao Ning walked to the mansion, bypassing the shadow wall, you can roughly see the current situation of the mansion, countless furniture are thrown on the ground, and the spider webs are layered layer after layer.
It's been uninhabited for a long time.
Since Zhao Ning came in, there was no movement in this mansion, the phantom seemed to be hidden, and Zhao Ning was not in a hurry to pull it out, walking around the mansion like a walk, looking at the original landscape courtyard of the mansion, carved beams and paintings.
Until Zhao Ning walked into a room, he saw countless shiny things piled up in the room, from gold, silver, jewelry, treasure hairpins, and hostas to lanterns, everything that could emit light seemed to be collected here.
But after a long period of accumulation, there is a strong musty smell in it.
Zhao Ning raised his hand, and a trace of fire ignited in his fingertips, as if he was going to throw it into these piles of debris and burn all the moldy things.
At this moment, Zhao Ning felt something peeking at her, and it quickly dissipated, but this glance was enough, only to see the flames flickering, and slammed outward, until they ran to a wall, there seemed to be something on the wall in the dark, the moment they touched the flames, the things on the wall immediately fell to the ground, and then transformed into the original white tiger and tiger shadow and ran away.
Zhao Ning followed slowly behind, the white tiger and tiger shadow disappeared in a turn, Zhao Ning walked to the corner, there was no trace of the white tiger around, but she didn't seem to care, and continued to walk towards the main house, the carved top pattern not far from the corner protruded out at some point, and drilled out a small dragon head, and tentatively looked at Zhao Ning's back.
At this moment, the wind that didn't know where it came from, suddenly rolled up the little dragon and dragged it to the ground, the dragon shadow struggled and writhed, as if it was afraid of alarming Zhao Ning and didn't dare to make any sound, and finally the wind dispersed a little, and the dragon shadow suddenly dispersed again, completely disappeared.
Zhao Ning, who was walking in front, was slightly sideways, and the afterglow seemed to have already watched all this.
Then continue along the verandah to the main house, a shadow suddenly appeared on the white wall of the verandah, the shadow could not be seen clearly in the dark, but a scarlet long tongue suddenly stretched out to Zhao Ning's back and sneak attacked, but just two feet or so behind Zhao Ning, the lantern on the verandah suddenly smashed down, the lantern is the palace lamp shape is quite cumbersome, instantly smashed the long tongue on the ground, the pain made the shadow on the white wall agitated.
disappeared immediately, and appeared on the white wall closer to Zhao Ning, and sneaked up on Zhao Ning's back again, but he didn't want Zhao Ning to turn a corner this time, and his long tongue fluttered into the air.
The thing continued to squirm forward until it moved to the white wall within two feet of Zhao Ning, and once again broke out of the wall, transforming into a dragon more than a foot thick and rushing towards Zhao Ning.
Until the dragon's head and Zhao Ning's head were less than half a foot, it seemed to be about to swallow Zhao Ning's head.
Zhao Ning suddenly turned his head and looked directly at the dragon shadow, "Okay, your body has also been found, don't be naughty anymore." ”
The dragon shadow was stunned for a moment, and then felt that Zhao Ning was bluffing the monster, so he opened his mouth wide again, and his breath blew Zhao Ning into a mess.
At this moment, Zhao Ning's hand had already grabbed the tongue of the dragon shadow at some point, and then dragged and threw it back, directly smashing the dragon shadow into the shadow wall.
A shadow appeared on the shadow wall, and the shadow twitched and wriggled until it formed a terrifying human face.
Zhao Ning was not frightened, and slowly gathered water from his fingertips, washing away the saliva that had been contaminated by dragging the dragon shadow just now.
After a long while, Zhao Ning raised his eyes, "A monster like you, I have only seen it in the Kyushu Alien Beast Codex, and the most bizarre ghost recorded in the book - the human face wall!" ”
People face the wall, people are unwilling to die after death, resentment and blood on the stone wall show the most terrible face before death, more than long, with a long tongue attack, after breaking away from the wall will become a tiger or dragon, appearing someone will die.
The human face was hideous, and the long tongue attacked Zhao Ning, Zhao Ning twisted two fingers, and the long tongue was broken inch by inch, until it broke to the root of the long tongue.
The man screamed silently and painfully against the wall, and then it seemed as if the whole monster was dripping like wax melting.
Chapter 162
"Don't kill me, don't kill me! Immortals spare their lives! ”
This is not a sound coming from the mouth of a human face wall, but a sound transmitted by the vibrations of the wind, which is inaudible with the ears.
"Don't! I didn't kill anyone! The man screamed in panic, "I'm just collecting some shiny things."
Zhao Ning knew that this thing did not kill people, and he did not gather blood on his body, not to mention that it was also said in the book, If the human face wall is killed, a blood streak will be added to his distorted face, Zhao Ning moved his fingertips, and the melting power gradually weakened on the human face wall, although his face still looked so distorted, but there was no longer the previous state of pain.