Folk custom: At the beginning of the wedding, the bride takes off her painted skin

Chapter 180 December

Li Daoxuan felt more and more like a real "thief".

Not to mention basic skills such as invisibility, squinting, and stealing, after using it to travel thousands of miles, you can steal unlimited times.

And this was before!

What now?

I saw Li Daoxuan put his left hand on the door of the room and gestured for a while, then tentatively stretched out his left hand... and passed through the door with his left hand.

Then there was a "click", and the originally locked door was opened by him from the inside.

Common art - wall piercing hand.

Looking at his left hand that he had withdrawn, Li Daoxuan shook his head secretly, stealing was something I didn't want to do, and it was so satisfying.

"So sometimes, the key isn't everything...but there's nothing you can't do without the key!"

As soon as Li Daoxuan walked into the house, he took down a bunch of keys from the wall next to the door, which made a "ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding" sound.

He took a cursory glance and found that there were at least eleven or twelve keys here!

And these keys, like the key to the Guimao Room he owned, were the keys to the guest rooms of this ghost inn.

If all these guest rooms were empty... that would be a huge profit.

A Guimaofang and a human-faced ghost have already benefited Li Daoxuan a lot.

If so many ghosts come again, Li Daoxuan feels that as long as he doesn't go to Shenwu City, he can go anywhere else!

"Let's see if there's anything else."

Li Daoxuan warned and looked at everything around him.

This guest room is a little different from the other guest rooms on the second floor. It has no other structure and is just a separate room.

There was no bed in the room, but there was a table next to the door, and opposite the door... there was a wood stove.

What's different about the coffin-burning stove in the kitchen on the first floor is that this stove seems to be just an ordinary wood-burning stove in someone's home.

Even the iron pot is placed on it.

Li Daoxuan walked over and took a look and found that there was no ashes in the stove.

It was as clean as if there had never been a fire.

"Do you know what this is for?"

Li Daoxuan asked the molted ghost.

"I don't know..." The molted ghost finally did not say that he would not be cooking and eating in the room.

"Did it already exist before or was it built together when we asked Shanhehuang City believers to build the fourth floor?"

"This should have been there a long time ago. I didn't see him saying that he wanted to make a stove in the room."

The molting ghost knows this.

"Ah."

Li Daoxuan checked carefully again and found no other filth or clues related to the stove in the room, so he had no choice but to retreat.

There are probably dozens of rooms on the second and third floors of this ghost inn.

But the owner of the ghost inn only has twelve keys, which is normal, after all, he has said it before.

These keys are scattered everywhere and are not in order.

Fortunately, these keys are also marked with numbers, corresponding to their respective rooms. Li Daoxuan first found the key corresponding to the room of the owner of the Ghost Inn.

The house number is [Renchen].

After locking the door, he took the bunch of keys and went to find the door.

It turned out that seven of the remaining eleven guest rooms had locked doors, which meant that there was a ghost inside.

There are only four empty rooms, which means that Li Daoxuan can only control four more ghosts.

But that's pretty good.

After all, the original owner of the Ghost Inn only offered three keys, but he made Li Daoxuan risk his life for him.

"As expected, killing ghosts and setting fire to the golden belt is better than working for others."

Li Daoxuan is already thinking about how to distribute these four keys. First of all, the molted ghost... is too weak to be effective.

The headless bride Zhou Yaya is fine, but now I don’t even know what’s going on with her, let alone send her into the room.

The rest... I can only look at them and send them in if I find the right one.

But what is really most important now is to return to Hand Witch City as soon as possible.

He had been dreaming here for so long, and had been delayed for so long after waking up. If he hadn't felt it... Li Daoxuan would have thought that the second tide was almost over.

Withdrew from the room.

Li Daoxuan looked at the molted ghost following him.

"Uncle, what are your plans next?"

When the shed ghost heard this, he naturally understood that his brother-in-law had probably made arrangements for him, and immediately shook his head and said:

"There are no plans. The wilderness is also dangerous. I don't even know where to go...brother-in-law, do you have any suggestions?"

Li Daoxuan said bluntly: "I wanted you to watch this ghost inn for me for a while. Now I can't get away from it, and there are so many weird things here..."

But Li Daoxuan didn't know what to do about the ghosts in the guest rooms.

Those doors were locked, and the keys obviously already belonged to their owners, but in this long era, who knows where these keys have been lost?

I don’t even know which era these ghosts are from.

Just trapped in this ghost inn.

Now that the ghost inn has no owner, Li Daoxuan is even worried that they will escape.

"That's not a problem, it's just that I... you know my powerful brother-in-law, it's okay to stay here, but you have to keep an eye on it..."

The molted ghost is in a bit of a dilemma, or to put it more directly.

He is afraid of death.

"You don't have to worry about this. I will come over from time to time to take a look. And if there is something you can't solve, just run away. There is no need to die here." Li Daoxuan had no idea of ​​embarrassing the molting ghost.

"Okay, that's no problem."

The molted ghost nodded, as if breathing a sigh of relief.

"Then I'll be in trouble with my uncle here."

After Li Daoxuan finished speaking, he took out the key to his first room [Guimao], activated it, and a void path appeared in front of him.

He walked into it until he disappeared.

After he left, the molted ghost who had been smiling all the time also put away the smile on his face. But after a while, he looked at the huge ghost inn and the numerous guest rooms.

But he laughed again "hehe".

Immediately, the ghosts living in the guest room seemed to notice Li Daoxuan's departure and began to become restless again.

……

That day, the sky is clear and the air is clear.

The entire Shouwu City was filled with joy. First of all, there was actually a Lord Li in the city. From then on, the people never saw evil spirits in the city again.

Although it was still extremely dangerous outside the city, they finally had a place where they could take refuge.

After the news spread, the people who had survived outside the city also moved into the city one after another.

After the Hemu incident in Hand Witch City, the people suffered heavy casualties. Now, after several months, there is finally a sign of recovery.

The second thing is... the new year is approaching.

The common people who have experienced a turbulent time are also willing to spend money. Anyway, they will not take it with them whether they live or die. Now that they live day by day, they don't save any more.

Therefore, this New Year's Eve in Shouwu City is far more lively than in the previous ten years.

People were coming and going on the street, red lanterns were hung high, and all the people were showing off their crafts.

In front of every house, there are cheerful couplets posted.

The faces of the people were also full of smiles.

But at the same time, the atmosphere in the Lord's Mansion of Hand Witch City was somewhat depressing.

"It's already December 28th. When Brother Li goes..." Fang Jie scratched his hair irritably, "If I had known earlier, I should have gone together!"

"It's too late to say anything now."

Zhou Xu's face was also a little heavy, "Zhu Ye has sent people to search everywhere. At present, there are reports from Baozang City and Ghost Cave City that there is no Smiley Face Inn in the territory."

"I'm afraid that this ghost inn will be moved to Dancing Girl City or Shogunate City, which will be troublesome."

Bai Jun lay aside and stuffed the sweet-scented osmanthus cake into his mouth one by one.

"I said, why are you two so anxious? The fact that I'm still fine means that the master is not dead yet, he just encountered a little trouble."

"We just have to do what we have to do."

Zhou Xu glanced at her and raised his head slightly, "I have already arranged all the secular restrictions in the city. Now even if there are Class A evil spirits from outside the city attacking the city, it will take a lot of effort to break them."

Bai Jun gave a thumbs up.

"Miss Zhou is mighty."

"It's really good." A familiar voice sounded out of thin air, and then a dark corridor appeared.

The three people stood up quickly.

"Brother Li."

"Owner."

"Li Daoxuan!"

A tall figure in black robes walked out of the secluded path, with an uncontrollable smile and joy on his face.

There are dangers in the business of Smiley Face Inn, and they are not small.

There are many changes.

But fortunately, the harvest is also rich. Whether it's the smiling mask in charge of the ghost inn, the fused ghost hand, or the keys to the four empty rooms.

Even the extra headless brides in the field can be counted as part of the harvest.

Li Daoxuan walked out of it, and the path behind him disappeared.

"Brother Li, what exactly did you go through at the Smiley Face Inn? Why did it take you so long?" Fang Jie was really frightened.

Now the entire team, including Zhu Ye and Hu Yue, has Li Daoxuan as the backbone.

Whatever he says, do it.

So Fang Jie couldn't imagine what the team would do without Li Daoxuan... But fortunately, Li Daoxuan came back safely.

Zhou Xu's frowning eyebrows relaxed unconsciously, but she didn't say anything. She looked at Bai Jun with a relaxed look.

But it turned out that Bai Jun had already approached Li Daoxuan and sniffed with the tip of his nose.

"Master, you smell like other ghosts. Do you have other female ghosts outside?" Bai Jun frowned and said, seeming to be unhappy.

Fang Jie, who was still beside Li Daoxuan, took a step back instantly and looked at Zhou Xu again.

He was wondering whether to leave, because the content of the conversation seemed to have changed from business matters to... family matters?

"On you..."

Zhou Xu seemed to have noticed something wrong, and the brows that he had just relaxed furrowed again.

"It's not that there are other female ghosts outside, it's that there are other female ghosts in me."

Li Daoxuan looked determined, and what he said made Bai Jun even a little surprised.

Li Daoxuan did not explain too much, but immediately opened the field, and black mist poured out from his body and filled the room.

"Your field seems to have an extra layer of effects."

This was said by Zhou Xu.

"Master, there is... something in your domain, please come out!"

Bai Jun said and pushed out with a palm, and then the headless bride was pushed out of Li Daoxuan's domain.

Now that Zhou Yaya has come out, Li Daoxuan has closed down his territory.

But he never thought that as his domain closed, a strange voice sounded in the room.

"Is it you? Official Dongchun...Master Bai!"

A clear voice sounded in the room.

Li Daoxuan immediately looked at the headless bride in front of him, because she was the only one speaking.

So she can talk?

And you know Bai Jun?

Li Daoxuan was surprised and turned his attention to Bai Jun, only to find that she also had a surprised look on her face.

But despite this, she still glanced at Li Daoxuan first, and then asked tentatively: "Are you... from the wedding official Zhou's family, Miss Zhou?"

"It's me! It's me."

The headless bride's voice sounded a little excited, "Why are you here too? I heard my father say that you had become an immortal."

"It's a long story, but it's pretty much the same as Yuhua. I just came to this ninth-rate world. What about you? I remember when I saw you, you were still a little girl. How do you look at you now..."

What Bai Jun didn't say was that she felt that Miss Zhou in front of her had a story.

Especially that head of hers.

Judging from the wound on the neck, it was definitely not cut with one knife, but with many knives, one by one, before it was successfully cut off.

When Zhou Yaya heard this, her neck, which was originally bloody, now started to gush out a pile of blood.

Fang Jie and Zhou Xu subconsciously took a few steps back.

The blood flowed to her body, turning the white dress stained red by the blood a little red again, and a few drops of blood fell on the ground.

In just an instant, a large piece of the surrounding floor tiles were corroded and melted by the blood.

The smell of blood floated in the living room. Li Daoxuan just smelled a little smell of blood and felt the blood in his body boiling, and there was a hint of violence in his heart.

This blood is weird!

And the problem is not small.

Zhou Yaya naturally knew that the sweep of her domain instantly swept away the smell of blood in the room.

"I later severed ties with my family." Zhou Yaya said in pain, seeing blood pouring out of her neck again.

Bai Jun immediately said: "Then let's not talk about it for now. Don't talk about it yet."

Only then did Zhou Yaya suppress her emotions.

She slowly turned her body and looked at the people around her. Even though she had no head or eyes, Li Daoxuan and the others could still feel her questioning gaze.

Bai Jun glanced at Li Daoxuan again.

The latter nodded slightly.

After getting Li Daoxuan's approval, she introduced her: "This is my current master, Li Daoxuan, who is also the reincarnation of the middle-9 world."

"This is Zhou Xu, who is also a reincarnation, but he belongs to Wei State."

"And this is Fang Jie, the disciple I took in from the lower world."

After Zhou Yaya "looked" at several people, she finally turned back to Li Daoxuan, as if she was looking at him.

If there was a head, she would have just glanced at it and then looked at Bai Jun again.

"Master Bai, a being like you... actually recognizes the master, I, I can't even think of it."

"uh-huh."

Bai Jun didn't explain much, and the more he explained, the more confused he became.

Then Zhou Yaya looked at Zhou Xu again, "Your Kingdom of Wei and our Kingdom of Chu are old enemies... But in this world, we don't care so much."

As for Fang Jie, she ignored it.

But it was okay, she ignored Fang Jie, and Fang Jie would talk to her on his own.

"Wei State, Chu State...what is that?"

This is a title that Fang Jie has never heard before, "Is it the same as our lower-class world, the name of the city?"

Zhou Xu explained coldly: "That is a country. You can understand it as dozens or hundreds of cities, all ruled by a country, and the one who rules these cities is the country, and Wei and Chu are the country names. "

"Oh, it's the same as the Divine Witch City, right?"

With limited knowledge, Fang Jie could only replace it with something he could understand.

Zhou Xu did not explain the difference between the two.

"This...Brother Li, which country are you from?" Fang Jie has always been curious about Li Daoxuan's identity.

The information revealed by Zhou Xu and Bai Jun today also shocked Li Daoxuan.

He always thought that there was no such thing as a country in this world, but he didn't expect that it existed in a middle-to-nine-level world.

The lower-nine-level world is a separate city, while the middle-nine-level world has a country-like structure.

So can it be understood that the middle and ninth-level world has developed into a feudal society?

So what about the more distant upper-nine world?

Li Daoxuan felt that he would only know if he went up and had a look in person.

It's just that the ninth-rate world includes Chu and Wei, and whether there are other countries... Li Daoxuan doesn't know.

So he could only say: "I am also from Wei."

Anyway, I don’t know and I’m not sure, so just choose any country.

"What? Are you also from our Wei country?"

Zhou Xu, who had always been calm and indifferent, now exclaimed like a young girl, and the look she looked at Li Daoxuan was much warmer and more cordial.

"Ah."

Li Daoxuan's heart skipped a beat, but on the surface he was calm as usual.

"Which city in Wei State are you from? I am from Weiyang City in Wei State, not far from the imperial city."

After receiving Li Daoxuan's confirmation, Zhou Xu felt like meeting an old friend in a foreign land.

"Let's talk about this later."

Li Daoxuan didn't get any more information, so he could only put off answering the question.

Bai Jun took the opportunity to say to Li Daoxuan: "Master, should I take her to the next door to chat first?"

"it is good."

Zhou Yaya didn't want to say something in front of everyone, but she should be able to say it to Bai Jun.

And Li Daoxuan also wanted to know what was going on with her and why she could always exist in his field.

Bai Junxuan even led the headless bride to the living room next door.

Li Daoxuan finally sat down and asked: "Okay, you two tell me what is going on in Shouwu City now."

"Also, what day is it today?"

In the past, it was Fang Jie who answered Li Daoxuan's questions, but today Zhou Xu was uncharacteristically quick to answer:

"I have arranged secular restrictions for our Shou Wu City, which can stop Class A evil spirits and cover the whole city. In addition, Hu Yue is in charge, so the current Shou Wu City can be said to be stable. Like a mountain.”

"As for the date, today is already December 28th."

"What? So soon? Then the day when the second tide arrives...isn't it the day after tomorrow?"

Li Daoxuan said, stroking the stubble on his chin, "I actually stayed at the Ghost Inn for so long."

Fang Jie looked at Zhou Xu next to him in astonishment.

He just felt that Sister Zhou made him feel good today.

Very strange.

　Spoilers for the title of the next chapter: "The Second Tide Finally Arrives"

　　Nearly 600,000 words have been written about Second Tide, which is exactly the same as the setting in the outline!

　　The control is still very stable~

　　

　

(End of this chapter)