Chapter 18: Weird
After saying goodbye to Zimei, Zhou Changqing really started his journey of travel, Zhou Changqing set his first stop in the Dali Palace, after all, Zimei's affairs still have to touch the way and understand the specific situation of the year.
Zhou Changqing did not choose to use mana to hurry, and he walked on foot, the speed was not very fast, except for the necessary cultivation and alchemy, it was to travel the mountains and rivers along the way. The environment of this world is really very good, with green mountains and green waters, and endless good scenery along the way. Zhou Changqing occasionally stayed in the villages and towns he passed by, and occasionally changed his body to take root on a certain mountain cliff, and he also saw a lot of the customs of this world.
In the evening of this day, the sky was getting dark, Zhou Changqing, who had walked for a day, did not find villages and towns, so he decided to take root here for a night, just about to prepare for the change to take root, but suddenly found that the road was not far in front of the light of a little light, Zhou Changqing was overjoyed, a few flashes came to the front, and he saw an inn, the scale was not small, there was a big red lantern hanging on both sides of the inn door, exuding a hazy red light, and the plaque on the gate said "Famous Inn" , Zhou Changqing couldn't help but smile when he saw this name, this name still has a bit of the style of his previous life, but the door of the inn is closed.
Zhou Changqing stepped forward and knocked on the door, the door was quickly opened by a junior second, there were still a lot of people inside, the table in the hall was basically full of people, but Zhou Changqing's face was a little weird, and after glancing around, Zhou Changqing came to a table of three people, and the food of the three seemed to have just been served.
"It's all full, do you mind if I share a table with you?" Zhou Changqing said with a smile.
The three people at this table were all dressed as warriors, with strong muscles, and swords on the table. One had a scar on his face and looked slightly ugly, one was blind in one eye and looked vicious, and the last man was normal, with the same appearance as an ordinary person, except for the missing palm.
"Boy, you're not too daring! dare to come to the table when you see us?" Scarface and the three of them all turned their heads to look at Zhou Changqing, and a fierce aura came to their faces, if ordinary people would have been scared away.
"I'm very timid, don't scare the little brother three big brothers!" Zhou Changqing pretended to be timid, but he still sat down at this table.
"Hahaha...... Bad seeds!" the three men laughed.
"Boy, when you eat at our table, you have to be responsible for pouring us wine, otherwise you can go to another table to fight!" Scarface said to Zhou Changqing with a fierce appearance.
"Yes, yes, yes! I'll pour wine for the three eldest brothers. Zhou Changqing was submissive, while picking up the wine jar on the table and pouring wine for the three men.
"Eh, you're full of it yourself, this meal is a few of us who invited you kid, you kid is lucky!" Scarface was obviously the leader of the three, and he laughed and teased Zhou Changqing.
"That is, looking at your kid's body, you should drink more wine, and drink more alcohol to grow stronger. The blind man also laughed and teased Zhou Changqing, and reached over and patted Zhou Changqing's shoulder. The last man, who was missing a palm, was a little taciturn.
"Thank you, three big brothers!" Zhou Changqing's eyes flashed, and he glanced at the food on the table. The original steaming, colorful, and fragrant meals changed in his eyes, the vegetarian dishes became dead branches and rotten leaves, and the meat became some meat that I didn't know what it was, and there was blood on it, and the wine in the cup was even more muddy from nowhere.
"Don't be in a hurry to drink, I just found a strange problem, I found that there are only a few of us in this hall, why don't they have a shadow!?" Zhou Changqing said pretending to be puzzled.
The three big men on the opposite side were obviously stiff when they heard this, and several of them glanced around without a trace, and suddenly their faces turned pale and pale, sweat continued to ooze out of their foreheads, and their bodies were still trembling.
"Little ...... Brother, this time we are afraid ...... I'm afraid it's miserable, this is running to the ghost...... It's a hell of a den!" Scarface turned blue, and his right hand took the long sword on the edge of the table in his hand without a trace, and whispered.
"Boss, what are we going to do?" the blind man couldn't sit still at this time.
"Let's not be far from the gate, I'll count one, two, three, and we'll rush out together!" Scarface took a deep breath.
"One!"
"Two!"
"Three!"
The three of them instantly burst into flames and rushed to the door, but the moment they rushed to the door, the door suddenly turned into a bloody mouth, and the three big men fell to the ground in fright, kept kowtowing, and shouted.
The lively atmosphere in the hall just now suddenly quieted down, and even the entire inn became cold, except for Zhou Changqing, everyone surrounded the three of them.
Zhou Changqing This is the first time in his two lives that he has seen such a legendary thing as a ghost, and he feels very fresh.
Suddenly, two eyes like substance stared at Zhou Changqing, Zhou Changqing followed this gaze, and the owner of the gaze was the shopkeeper of this inn, a middle-aged fat man about thirty years old. There was no aura fluctuation in this person's body, but it faintly brought a hint of threat to Zhou Changqing, which made Zhou Changqing very curious.
The man smiled strangely at Zhou Changqing, and then turned into a cloud of black gas and rushed towards Zhou Changqing, Zhou Changqing only felt the fishy wind blowing in his face, the mana in his body surged, and the palm of his hand ignited a raging fire, grabbing towards this black mist.
The black mist obviously paused for a moment, as if he didn't think that Zhou Changqing was a monk. was caught, and a terrible howl came from the black fog, which scattered in all directions, and slowly converged into a whole far away from Zhou Changqing, and turned into the appearance of the middle-aged fat man again. It's just that there is still some black mist on the condensed body that is constantly surging, and the illusion is not complete, obviously injured.
"Kill him!" the fat man screamed.
Suddenly, the ghosts in the entire hall turned into large or small black mist and surged towards Zhou Changqing, and the roaring and screaming made people's bodies proud.
Zhou Changqing's palms surged with flames, waving like lightning, constantly dispersing the black mist, and soon emptied the entire room, leaving only the middle-aged shopkeeper.
"Your Excellency is strong, but don't make a mistake about yourself! Leave now, I won't pursue it!" the fat man said sharply.
"There is a saying in my hometown, called ghost talk, so you should go wherever you want!" Zhou Changqing said lightly.
With a violent explosion, the middle-aged man was blown up into a black mist and scattered, Zhou Changqing raised his eyebrows when he saw this, the spiritual power of his right hand surged, and the palm was facing the scattered black mist, and the flames gushed out, accompanied by a screaming scream, the black mist completely dissipated, but a wooden card fell.
Zhou Changqing walked over and picked up the wooden sign to observe carefully, the material of this wooden sign does not seem to be wood, otherwise Zhou Changqing would definitely be able to see that it is the wood of that kind of tree, with the word "soldier" engraved on one side and the word "nether" engraved on the other. Zhou Changqing has also read a lot of classics in Xuanqingmen these days, but he can't figure out the origin of this brand, he only knows that maybe something is going on again, Zhou Changqing couldn't help but shake his head.
With the death of these ghosts, the inn slowly returned to its original appearance, it turned out to be an inn that had been abandoned for a long time, the hall of the inn was full of dust and leaves, the roof was also broken with several large holes, and cobwebs were everywhere, almost obscuring people's vision. It's just that after the explosion of the fireball just now, the inn is now crumbling.
Zhou Changqing turned around and saw the three big men huddled in a corner, and couldn't help laughing.
"What's the matter, the goblin has been killed!
The three of them slowly walked out of the corner, looked around, and found that there was really no more, so they ran to Zhou Changqing's side.
"Immortal Elder is really powerful, so many ghosts, all of them can be destroyed in just a few strokes!" Scarface had a flattering expression.
"Come on, let's go! it's going to collapse!"
The four of them left the inn, and Zhou Changqing didn't have the heart to rest, so he continued to hurry, and walked for about three hours, and the three big men behind him were reluctant to follow, and Zhou Changqing was a little helpless.
"Why do you keep following me!"
"Immortal Chief, you are a good person to the end! This place is haunted! If a few more ghosts pop up, won't our three brothers be finished!" Scarface said with a bitter face.
"Where are you going?"
"Our three brothers are all members of the Giant Whale Gang in Wuyuan City, and this time we came out to go to Tianyuan City to find the Tiger Gang to collect debts on the order of the gang leader, but we didn't want to be driven out of Tianyuan City without even seeing the face of the other gang leader, so we had no choice but to rush back, because we didn't get the money, we even sold the horse along the way!" Scarface said with a look of resentment.
Zhou Changqing thought about it, it would be good to go to this Wuyuan City to take a look, so he let the three of them lead the way all the way in the direction of Wuyuan City. Along the way, these three people no longer lost their previous arrogance, they were respectful to Zhou Changqing, Zhou Changqing went to find a way to get food when he was hungry, and when he was thirsty, he went to find water, and he almost didn't call his father.
With these three guys in company, it's a little more fun along the way. After walking for more than ten days, the four of them finally came to this Wuyuan City, a few people found a restaurant, and couldn't wait to start eating and drinking, because of the previous things on the way, the three men no longer dared to go to those wild roadside restaurants to eat, and after eating wild meat and wild fruits for more than ten days, several people almost didn't know what the food in the restaurant tasted like.
"Zhou Xianchang, come and I'll pour you wine!" Scarface kept staring at Zhou Changqing's wine bowl, and when he saw Zhou Changqing finish drinking, he immediately filled it up.
"Immortal Zhou Chang, I see that you have just arrived in this Wuyuan City, you must not have left the place to settle yet, I will take you to our gang to have a look after dinner, and there is a place to stay!" Scarface said as he poured wine.
Zhou Changqing nodded in agreement, and the three of Scarface were overjoyed.
There is a river flowing through the city in this Wuyuan City, the river water is clear and bright, there is a brightly lit building boat on the river surface in the middle of the city, the whole building boat is shrouded in red lights, it is particularly eye-catching, the building boat comes from time to time The sound of women's playing, here is the most famous green building in Wuyuan City, drunken Huan Building!
In the cabin at the bottom of the ship, an old woman who was covered in black mist frowned.
"Go and find out who did it, it should have been done in the last month, it is very likely that someone has already come to Wuyuan City!"
"Yes!" a few black mist floated behind the old woman and left the boat.