"Why are you leaving in such a hurry?"
Zhang ShiTong frowned and said, "There will be a banquet later, so I can introduce you to some people..."
"Thank you, Senior Brother Zhang, for your kindness." Li Yan shook his head and said, "I have something to do and I have to go out of the city tonight, so I have to go back and prepare as soon as possible."
This Year-End Conference lasted for two hours.
At first Li Yan was still interested, mainly those Pellet Strength experts. He ran Divine Ability to explore, and it was as expected.
Pellet Strength's whole body smells restrained. If these people change their clothes and take a shower or something, the smell on their bodies will probably be very weak.
Moreover, a master of this level must have deep contact with Xuanmen. If there is a protective magic weapon like Xiong BaoDong, ordinary warlocks will probably run away after seeing it.
Of course, these people are just showing up.
After the president of the Shaanzhou Shenquan Association expressed a few words of gratitude and exchanged some pleasantries, these people left one after another, obviously there was something else going on.
The remaining time is for reporting from various places.
Li Yan Listening is getting more and more boring and I can't sit still.
I finally waited until it was over and wanted to leave immediately.
Zhang ShiTong tried to persuade him for a while, but when he saw that he was out of luck, he was a little angry, "The old man said, you just came to Chang'an and you caused so many troubles. You will probably die young. Let me find a way to help you settle down."
"Do you really not understand, or are you just pretending to be stupid?"
Li Yan raised his eyebrows, "You must be pretending to be stupid?"
"You?!"
Zhang ShiTong suddenly became furious.
"Senior Brother Zhang, don't be angry."
Li Yan laughed dumbly, and said sternly, "I thank the old man for me, but I am not a peaceful person."
"I really like my life now."
He can naturally understand what Zhang ShiTong means.
But to be honest, he had never thought about the path arranged by the other party.
"That's all."
Zhang ShiTong waved his hand and said, "The world is in turmoil and the situation is precarious. Living in the world is just for food. You will regret it sooner or later."
"Hahaha, let's talk about it later if we regret it."
Li Yan laughed, waved his hands, turned around and left.
Seeing his figure leaving quickly, Zhang ShiTong shook his head and sighed, then turned and walked towards the main hall.
"Senior Liu, please drink more later."
"Brother Wu, I heard that you took another concubine..."
Unconsciously, heavy snow fell from the sky again.
"Auspicious snow heralds a good harvest, what a good omen!"
Wang Dao Xuan stood in the courtyard, looking at the flying snow in the sky and feeling happy, and said with a smile, "Dipper Mother Palace's wise words say there will be a drought next year, but no matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like it."
"That's right."
Sha LiFei also said happily, "This year there will be heavy snow and water, and next year the wheat will be good. I am right what the old man said. Maybe people have made a miscalculation."
With a creak, the door opened.
Li Yan had already packed it up, carrying large and small bags on his back, looking at the flying snow in the sky, frowning and said, "The snow is so heavy, the night must be difficult, I can go alone, why do you have to suffer along with me?"
When he came back from Divine Fist Society, he began to prepare to go to Mass Burial Grounds in the south of the city to try to practice cultivation at night.
Unexpectedly, Wang Dao Xuan and Sha LiFei also asked to go.
Wang Dao Xuan heard this and stroked his beard and smiled, "I am exhausted from dealing with those gentlemen these days. Traveling far away on a snowy night is a different experience."
Sha LiFei curled his lips and said, "It's snowing so hard. If we go alone Mass Burial Grounds, we won't be able to sleep at home."
Li Yan Hearing this, a warm current arose in his heart.
Although there are many storms in the world, it is not happiness to have friends who have passed away, have a glass of old wine, and laugh together.
"Okay, let's go for a walk. Have you brought enough wine?"
"Don't worry, there will be wine and meat in the long cold night!"
Having made the decision, the three of them stopped delaying, locked the door and left, rushing into the wind and snow wearing Straw Cape bamboo hats.
As soon as I stepped out of the street, "fairies and ghosts" came towards me.
I saw a group of people beating gongs, rolling, and wandering along the street.
There was a person in front wearing a ghost mask and wearing linen clothes, jumping around in the snow carrying Mourning Stick.
Followed by "Fang Xiang", who also wore Nuo noodles on his head and beat gongs and drums in his hands, as if he was exorcising evil spirits and driving "ghosts" here and there.
This group of people was making messy gongs and drums and shouting indiscriminately. Every time they went to someone else's shop, the shop owner would always throw out coins with a look of disgust on his face.
The "Fang Xiang" didn't care, picked up the copper plate, put it in his pocket, and drove the ghosts away to another house.
"I almost forgot, today is the day of 'Hitting the Night Fox'."
Sha LiFei stroked his beard and said with a smile, "This thing is called exorcism. Anyone who comes to your door must be sent away to avoid causing bad luck."
"I'm afraid it will be busy along the way."
As Sha LiFei said, this journey is very noisy.
In the streets and alleys, wherever businesses gather, there is a team of "Hitting the Night Fox", wandering around disguised as various ghosts and gods.
Many of them are beggars, shabby people, and various street gangsters, and their methods are different.
Some are lucky enough to say that they perform at door-to-door and create a lively atmosphere. The merchants are happy and not only give money but also some food.
Some guys are very mean.
For example, there was a person dressed as the God of Wealth. He was holding a statue of the God of Wealth in his hand. It was very rough and he didn't know where he got it. He beat the gongs and drums and gave it to the shopkeeper.
This is called "Sending the God of Wealth".
Okay, if you don't accept it, you are chasing away the God of Wealth.
But if you accept it, you won't be able to spend it with just a few copper coins.
There was a person who harshly yelled, "Get away", but the "God of Wealth" didn't waste any time and smashed the statue of the God of Wealth to pieces in front of the store.
That's bad luck!
In the same way, there are also "Sending the God of Plague", "Sending the God of Fortune", and "Sending Children and Grandchildren Pictures", it depends on whether you accept it or not.
After all, it is the Chinese New Year, so most people will hold their noses and accept it for a good omen, then spend some money to get rid of the problem.
But there are also people who can no longer hold back their anger.
After being patronized several times in a row, a merchant immediately dumped several basins of sewage. The smell was so bad that anyone who dared to come to the door would be splashed with it...
Some merchants were so angry that they directly got into a fight with the "God of Wealth", "God of Fortune", and "The God of Longevity" and rolled around in the snow, causing constant cheers from those nearby...
In short, today's Chang'an City is extremely lively.
The streets were blocked at every turn, and by the time the Li Yan three arrived at the gate of the South City, the sky was already dark.
At this time, the city gate was almost closed, and they did not delay. They walked out of the city gate and headed towards the snowy wilderness in the south...
Wow!
The wind and snow howled, and the clothes of the three people were flying.
It was pitch black all around and the north wind was blowing hard. Even if we lighted a torch, the visibility was extremely low and almost useless.
After several hours of trekking, they arrived at a Mass Burial Grounds. The wind and snow became even stronger at night, making the three of them feel numb.
Sha LiFei was in a trance, suddenly looked to the left, and murmured, "Yan XiaoGe, why did I see a woman in white under the tree over there, is it also through Eye Mystical Power..."
He followed Li Yan and Wang Dao Xuan, and he was well-informed. He was no longer afraid of any evil things, and only suspected that he had Divine Ability.
"Don't talk nonsense, I think you are confused from the cold..."
Li Yan teased, but even so, he still held Divine Tiger Token, Pacing the Gang and Stepping the Dipper, and chanted a curse, "Nogao, the only great-grandson Wang Jia, Six Jia Azure Dragon, Six Yi Meeting Star... as urgent as the law!"
"Ouch!"
As soon as Northern Emperor Mountain Climbing Art came out, the sound of Tiger's Roar rang in the ears of three people.
Li Yan obtained the more authentic Northern Emperor Mountain Climbing Art, and as the Daoist practice became increasingly sophisticated, the power of Divine Tiger Token naturally improved.
Sha LiFei clearly felt that the surrounding Yin Wind was weakened.
"This is..."
"There is a lot of gloom on the post, and there are a lot of those things gathering together. They want to freeze us to death. Let's go. There is a shelter from the wind in front of us!"
Li Yan held down his bamboo hat to say hello, and the three of them turned to the left of the mountain road despite the wind and snow.
Squeak~
The rotten door was pushed open, and the wind and snow suddenly poured in.
Sha LiFei quickly turned around, closed the door tightly, and blocked it with wooden stakes to block out the violent wind and snow.
This is an abandoned Mountain God Temple, hidden in the col on the left side of the mountain road. The road is blocked by wind and snow, and the vision is dim. If it were not for Li Yan Divine Ability, this place would not have been discovered at all.
Sha LiFei Lighted the torch again, and the decaying coffins in the ruined temple suddenly came into view.
"Bad luck!"
He looked ugly and looked to the side Li Yan.
"It's okay, they are all empty coffins." Wang Dao Xuan shook his body Straw Cape from the snow and said with a smile, "These are ordinary dog coffins. They are not worth much. I guess they were thrown here by the beggars in the city who 'picked up Roadside Corpse' for convenience when working."
"Roadside Corpse" is the person who died suddenly on the road.
Some were from poor families, seriously ill and helpless, some were drunk and froze to death on the street, and some died in fights in the street...
Generally speaking, these "Roadside Corpse" are handled by the beggar gangs in the city. When the government releases the list, if no one claims them, they are directly taken to Mass Burial Grounds for burial.
Hearing that it was an empty coffin, Sha LiFei immediately became bold and stepped forward to open it one by one. As expected, there was no owner, and he immediately became happy, "Okay, scare me."
Although they were worthless coffins, after all, they might be the shelter of some unlucky ghost in the future, and destroying them would be immoral, so the three of them ran outside the temple and gathered dry wood to light a bonfire.
After heating up two pots of wine, grilling dry flour cakes and braised pork, and devouring them, the three of them finally came back to their senses.
"Yan XiaoGe, what's the schedule tonight?"
Sha LiFei asked, wiping his mouth.
Li Yan looked outside, shook his head and said, "Don't worry, wait until the wind and snow calm down, we will find a Yin Fiend Land, the Daoist priest will accompany me to set up the mandala, and when Yin Energy is attracted, you should stay away to avoid being hit by evil objects."
"If this happens tonight, my Daoism will definitely improve faster."
"Okay!"
Sha LiFei was immediately happy when he heard that it could improve his moral conduct.
After waiting for a while, the wind and snow finally subsided. Wang Dao Xuan immediately picked up the compass and walked out with Li Yan.
Yin Fiend Land was not difficult to find. It didn't take long for them to find a cave, which should be a half-drilled tomb. They found something wrong and immediately abandoned it.
At this moment, the cave was covered with thick frost.
Killing Intent gathers together, which is perfect for Li Yan's practice.
The three of them immediately started to decorate. Sha LiFei moved a few large logs to block the wind and snow to prevent the candles from blowing out, while Wang Dao Xuan accompanied Li Yan to decorate the altar.
After finishing, the two nodded and left quickly.
After a while, Killing Intent will gather here, and they will be tricked if they are not careful.
Li Yan opened the package, took out Soul-Guiding Incense from inside, looked solemn, and lit it on fire.
This thing cost a lot of money, just because it is made of rhino horn...