The two of them trotted all the way to the bottom of the city wall, and when they ran to the bottom of the city wall, they were already in a mess.

At this hour, the city gate has long been closed, and there is no suspense. There were a few dim paper lanterns hanging on the high gate building, and the guards of the city gate probably had already found a place to sleep.

It's obviously only April and May, and the strength of this miserable wind and rain actually makes people feel like late autumn.

"Tell me about you, you can tell fortunes to people well, and you haven't calculated it accurately! Every time the crow's mouth is extremely accurate!" Shen Li's whole body was almost soaked, he was so cold that he hugged his arms, and complained in his mouth: "Aren't you a broom cultivator?"

"Do you mean broom star?" Mu Bai corrected.

"I'm going to chop you up right now and use it as firewood. ”

"It's easy to cut down with a little common sense? Wet firewood is not easy to burn, and it's all smoke when it's lit! When you hear it, you know that you can't cook on a fire." Mu Bai said, took out the oiled paper bag from his waist, opened it, and pulled out a yellow paper charm:

"Cheap charms. ”

It's a good thing to be serious.

I saw him turn around, paste the talisman paper on the city wall that had not yet been wet in the leeward, pull Shen Li's arm with one hand, and the two of them passed directly through the wall.

Unexpectedly, the city was a beautiful scene.

The streets and alleys were full of red curtains, and countless red oil-paper umbrellas hung in the air, which were stacked on top of each other, so that the sky above them was tightly obscured; the streets were very clean, and although they were empty at this time, there were big red lanterns hanging in front of every house, illuminating the town at night as bright as day.

"Wow, it's beautiful!"

After walking for a long time on the boring night road, as the eyes suddenly lit up, Shen Li's frustration and bad mood were swept away in an instant, and he ran to the street excitedly, looking up at the beautiful red umbrella above.

The umbrellas were brand new, the oiled paper was beaten by the rain, and it was lit up in the light, and you could even smell the lacquer and paint on the handles.

The eyes above his head are full of dazzling red, and the heavy colors are festive and warm, making people feel that their whole heart is happy.

"What kind of custom is this? Is it still a big family marrying?" Shen Li asked excitedly while watching, "In our hometown, we have never seen such a big scene!"

Mu Bai looked very cautious, and said lightly: "The Dragon King marries a wife." ”

Shen Li didn't care about his words, he was still happily jumping around among the red lanterns, like a little girl who had seen the world for the first time: "Tsk, when I get married, I can make it like this!"

Mu Bai sighed and said weakly, "Don't you think it's weird?"

"Huh?"

"Isn't it strange that the streets are brightly lit, but the whole city is silent, like a dead city?"

Shen Li grabbed his hair and thought for a while: "In the middle of the night, they all went home to sleep? forgot to turn off the lights? ”

"Fox Fourteen, you are also a fox fairy for more than a thousand years—that's it?"

Shen Li raised his eyebrows: "Otherwise?"

"If something goes wrong, there must be a demon. ”

"If there is, there will be it! What's so great about the demon, who hasn't cultivated from the time of the demon?" Shen Li still didn't think so, and reached out to touch the delicate palace lamp made of big red silk.

"Don't touch it!"

Mu Bai was startled and hurriedly stopped.

Shen Li subconsciously retracted his hand, and said with a sense of concern: "The demon is on the lantern?"

"There is a charm on the lantern. ”

Shen Li "cut", and then breathed a sigh of relief: "There are many terrible things in the world, but the charm can't scare me!"

As he spoke, he actually flew up and kicked the big red palace lamp down, and watched it bounce a few times on the street like a ball, rolling out of the distance, and the candle inside was extinguished.

Mu Bai shrank his neck in shock, his face was pale, and his liver was so frightened that his liver was about to be cold.

Shen Li walked over, picked up the lantern, held it in his hand and shook it vigorously, half of the candle fell out of it, and there was really a yellow paper charm stuck to it.

"What's this drawing?"

Shen Li took the charm painted with cinnabar, and after looking upside down for a long time, he couldn't see anything, so he asked, "Come, the expert came to take a look?"

As she spoke, there was a sudden crisp sound of brass bells in the silent street, from far to near, as if plucked by an invisible hand, one after another, and finally, the sound stopped in the lantern in her hand.

"Huh?"

Shen Li shook the lantern again, but there was no sound. She poked her head in and looked closely, but there was nothing in the lantern, and she didn't know where it was coming from.

Shen Li put his whole head in the lantern, looking very funny, and it seemed very out of tune with this weird and terrifying street.

"Have you had enough?!"

Mu Bai gritted his teeth angrily, stepped forward and ripped off the lantern, and said angrily: "It's really a big deal!" This is obviously a magic circle set up by someone, and it will affect the whole body...... You don't even know how to die!"

"Then you can see, what is this charm for?"

Shen Li held the talisman in his hand and shook it in front of his eyes.

At this time, the red lacquered wooden door of a house on the street gradually opened, and the two couldn't help but be stunned. This is probably a very wealthy family, a tall vermilion lacquer gatehouse, a pair of stone drums in front of the door, and a horse stone under the steps - what is more special is that there is only a pair of big red lanterns hanging in front of ordinary people's homes, but their house is actually hung with four pairs, a total of eight huge red silk palace lamps, reflecting even the blue bricks on the ground are red.

The heavy door slowly opened, and a man who looked like a family man poked his head out, staring straight at the two people in front of him, and the expression was indescribable whether it was fear or shock.

Three people, you look at me, I look at you, but no one speaks.

In the end, it was Mu Bai who broke the deadlock, snatched the charm from her hand, and quickly stuffed it into the red lantern, swinging the lantern back into its place. However, the lantern was covered with dust by her toss, and its original round and full shape was half flattened by her kick, and the candle flame was extinguished, and even if it was put back in its place, it looked out of place with the other new and bright red lanterns.

Mu Bai obviously also discovered this, and his movements flicked the dust on it a little stiffly. I don't know if its skeleton had already been broken, or if he used too much force, and this beat deflated half of the side, making it even uglier than just now.

"I'm sorry. ”

Mu Bai's face was full of embarrassment, and he hung the broken lantern back in its original place: "My sister is stupid, I accidentally touched your lantern ......"

Before the words fell, the broken lantern fell directly to the ground, completely flattened.

Mu Bai sighed in his heart: Fortunately, it's just a lantern, no matter how expensive it is, it's only a few dozen dollars, and it's a big deal to pay them one.

However, as soon as he looked up, he saw that the family Ding still had the same expression as just now, straightened his neck, and stared at Shen Li with wide eyes.

"What?!It's just a broken lantern!It's a big deal, I'll pay you money!" Shen Li has always been domineering, how could he be afraid of him?

When she roared, the family suddenly came back to his senses and said to the two:

"Two nobles stay! Please come into the mansion for a while. ”

It turned out that the owner of this house was surnamed Ye, and he was one of the largest families in Wuling County.

Mu Bai and Shen Li were invited into the mansion in a daze, and saw that the family Ding ran all the way to the inner courtyard, shouting as he ran, "Master!

Shen Li blinked in confusion, looked at the man's back, and muttered, "It's a little ...... Something isn't right. ”

"You finally see something is wrong?"

Mu Bai didn't care at this moment, picked up the teacup and took a sip of hot tea: "Well, the tea is good, it's actually better than yours." ”

"Out of breath!"

Shen Li rolled his eyes, and also picked up the teacup and took a sip - the entrance is mellow and refreshing, which is indeed good. Then look at the teacup, the porcelain is delicate, the pattern is exquisite, gilt edging, it looks expensive, it is more exquisite than its own hospitality, it seems that the family is quite solid.

- It doesn't make sense, it's clear that I'm the first to come back to Wuling County, why does that guy open his mouth and shout "distinguished guest"?

Shen Li looked down at himself, he was drenched by the rain like a chicken in soup, he didn't need to look in the mirror to know that he must have been burned with sideburns and rouge, this dress can barely see that he is from a rich family, but he will not be able to accept this courtesy, right?

None of that matters!

Shen Li drank the cup of tea in front of him: "Mu Bai, hurry up and draw a talisman for me! I want to go home quickly and take a hot bath and sleep immediately! Just as if none of this happened! Hurry up, I don't want to wait for a moment!"

"Okay, got it. ”

Mu Bai took out the rune paper and pen and ink from the oilcloth bag, moistened the tip of the pen with tea, and quickly drew five pieces of rune paper with ease.

However, when he set up the talisman array and recited the spell like last time, it was quiet and nothing happened.

"What's the situation?"

"Ugh. Mu Bai was slightly embarrassed: "Probably maybe I guess...... It's out of order. ”

"Five Spirit Patriarchs, huh?" Shen Li said with an expressionless expression.

That's his nickname. Because Mu Bai is proficient in the art of charms, he has created a lot of new charms, with a variety of functions, most of which are simple and easy to make, very practical and very effective, so he is well received by the majority of budding new demons and low-level monks. The first pot of gold in Mu Bai's life was earned by selling yellow paper charms.

Over time, the name of "Five Spirit Patriarch" spread in the circle of cultivating immortals.

Mu Bai ignored her teasing, took out the compass again and put it in the center of the talisman array, looked at the shaking magnetic needle with a frown, and silently put away the talismans one by one.

"Hey. ”

Shen Li looked at him as if nothing had happened, and said dissatisfiedly, "Aren't you going to explain?"

Mu Bai sat down again, picked up the teacup again, and said unhurriedly: "We are still in that thing's sphere of influence, and the disturbance of spiritual power is too great for the spell to take effect. ”

"So what?"

"Let's try again tomorrow. ”

"Which one is waiting for you until tomorrow?!Are we going to spend the night in this hellish place?"

Mu Bai said: "During the day, the yang energy is heavy, and theoretically the disturbance of spiritual power will be weakened, and the success rate of the spell will be higher." Moreover, we are probably in some kind of formation set up by someone at the moment, and if we forcibly activate the spell technique, there may be unpredictable results. ”

"What if it doesn't work tomorrow?"

"Then ...... Let's try the traditional way again! The simplest way is often the most effective! Like finding a carriage or something......

Before Mu Bai finished speaking, she saw her grab the teapot and see that she was about to smash it down in her face, and hurriedly said, "Don't be so pessimistic! Maybe it's not that bad?"

"yes, maybe it could be worse?!"

Mu Bai shook his head: "Fourteen, I think, everything has a cause and effect! We must not have been teleported here for no reason, and the spell does not fail for no reason—you have to let me find out first, right? ”

Shen Li hooked the corners of his mouth: "You actually have a cause and effect with me?" Okay, then let me ask you, you have been practicing for so many years, and you haven't seen any progress in your cultivation - have you found the reason?"

"Ahem. ”

Mu Bai looked away in embarrassment: "It's time like this, let's stop hurting each other! Since we've been trapped, let's find a way to get out! Right now, it's useless for you to be in a hurry." ”