Li Qingxian looked toward the merchant in brocade robes, memorizing his appearance, and said slowly, "I am the Chief Director of the Night Guard Patrol Bureau. Protecting the nation and its people, upholding righteousness—those are my basic duties. If anyone stirs up internal strife again, don't blame me for showing no mercy."
"Yes, yes, yes. This little one was presumptuous. This little one deserves to die!" The brocade-robed merchant viciously slapped himself twice, then retreated two steps and hid in a corner.
The group discussed matters quickly but discovered nothing new.
Knock, knock, knock!
The knocking sounded again.
After pondering for a moment, Li Qingxian took out Fate Materials such as a trip rope, Dog Tian Gui urine, wild donkey hooves, and spiderwebs. He performed Fate Arts and chanted an incantation, then tossed the yellow talisman packet wrapped around the Fate Materials forward.
Pfft...
The yellow talisman landed on the ground and turned into a faint white line before the door. More than a foot high, it drifted hazily like white mist, as though a gust of wind could scatter it at any moment.
Li Qingxian considered it, then tossed a Fortune Fish into the white line and cast another spell, chanting an incantation.
The Fortune Fish burrowed into the white line, and the line abruptly split in two with a burst.
Everyone inwardly cried that things were bad, only to see the two masses of white line fall to either side of the doorway. One transformed into a black cricket standing upright in iron armor, while the other became a green katydid standing upright in bronze armor. Both were around three inches tall, holding long spears with dark eyes.
Everyone's eyes widened as they saw the two antennae atop the cricket's and katydid's heads slowly lengthen, until all four