The three of them chased the demonic energy all the way out of the city.
Around every city, there are a considerable number of fertile farms scattered around to support the huge population, and Qingyun City is no exception.
They followed the stone lantern to a farm and were startled when they heard the joyful music coming from inside.
Is this a happy event?
"Senior brother, is this the source of the demonic energy?" Yue Yunqiao asked.
Huo Chongxiao looked down at the stone lantern: "Yes, you see the light is brighter than before."
Originally, they didn't find much demonic energy. If they burned it all the way, they would only burn less and less. There is only one reason why it is more prosperous than before, and that is that the stronger demonic energy hidden here has been sensed.
"What should we do?" Bai Mengjin asked "ignorantly".
"Let's go in and take a look." Huo Chongxiao sighed, "There are many people in Zhuangzi. If something happens, it will be a tragedy."
Yue Yunqiao fully supported: "Senior brother is right, we can't just sit idly by."
Of course Bai Mengjin has no objection.
So Huo Chongxiao blew on the stone lamp, packed up his things, suppressed his cultivation, and pretended to be a casual cultivator in the countryside.
"Junior sister, do you have the jade talisman with you?" he asked.
Yue Yunqiao responded, took out a jade pendant and shook it: "I'll take it with me!"
Huo Chongxiao thought for a while, took out three copper coins that were strung together, and handed them to Bai Mengjin: "Miss Bai, I don't know what the situation is here yet. This is an evil-proof thing made by my master. Before I left the village, I had to give it to Bai Mengjin." Don’t leave me, okay?”
Bai Mengjin took it and felt quite emotional. She was the first person Huo Chongxiao fell in love with in the past, but she didn't expect to enjoy his protection now. It's so unreal.
The three of them finished packing and walked towards the farm.
The people inside quickly discovered them, and an old man came up to them with a few young people: "You three, stay here."
Huo Chongxiao smiled and stepped forward to salute: "I'm polite, father-in-law."
He is upright and polite, and he easily wins people's favor. But the old man was serious about his words and asked solemnly: "I wonder where the immortal guest came from? What is the purpose of being here?"
Huo Chongxiao replied: "Our senior brothers and sisters came from Yongzhou and traveled around the world under the orders of our master. By fate, we came to a treasured place. I accidentally missed my accommodation today, so I wanted to stay here for one night."
"This is not appropriate." Before the old man spoke, the young man behind him couldn't wait to refuse. "Xianke saw it. There is a happy event in our village tonight and it is not easy to receive guests. You go ahead and go to other places. Zhuangzi, go."
Huo Chongxiao looked embarrassed: "This..."
Bai Mengjin suddenly staggered, as if he was about to fall.
Yue Yunqiao hurriedly supported her: "Junior Sister Bai!"
Huo Chongxiao's thoughts raced in his mind and he blurted out: "My junior sister is sick and I'm afraid she won't be able to walk that far. Please make it easier."
Bai Meng is still young now, with a porcelain-white complexion, and looks particularly fragile under the dim light.
These people exchanged glances, and finally reluctantly agreed: "Okay, let's vacate a room, and please don't go out casually, so as not to bump into the bride."
Huo Chongxiao said happily: "Thank you very much."
The three of them entered Zhuangzi, took several detours, and were finally placed in a remote courtyard. There was an old couple living in the yard. The old man explained a few words to them and left.
The old woman led them into an empty room and said, "This is my son's room. He is not at home, so the cyclists can just spend the night."
Then hot water and meals were delivered.
After the door was closed, Huo Chongxiao immediately checked to make sure there was nothing abnormal. He placed the formation flag to isolate possible prying eyes and exhaled: "It's okay for now."
Yue Yunqiao praised: "Junior sister Bai, you are so alert. If you hadn't reacted quickly, we wouldn't have been able to get in."
Bai Mengjin smiled shyly: "Actually, I was hungry and couldn't stand still for a while..."
"No matter what, just come in." Yue Yunqiao turned around and asked, "Senior brother, what should I do next?"
The joy comes intermittently, presumably far away. The old couple's window faced this side, and they were being monitored all the time. Zhuangzi was very hostile to them.
"Let's eat first." Huo Chongxiao looked over and said, "You haven't eaten yet, so you can't go hungry."
There was food in Yue Yunqiao's Qiankun bag, and it was still steaming hot when she took it out. She and Bai Mengjin ate this. The food brought by the old woman was fed to the spirit birds raised by Huo Chongxiao.
The three of them took a short rest, and Huo Chongxiao took out a few puppets: "Let's go and visit the wedding."
He blew a breath, and the puppets transformed into three people, sitting or leaning in the room. Then he drew a hole in the wall to create a passage.
Huo Chongxiao took the lead, stepped out of the passage, and then picked up Yue Yunqiao and Bai Mengjin.
He also took paper figures with different decorations and gave each of them one. The three of them each used their magic power to trigger and turned into paper figures.
"This is very useful." Bai Mengjin looked like he had never seen the world.
Yue Yunqiao said: "This is puppetry. You can learn it as soon as you get started."
Huo Chongxiao's transformed appearance was that of an ordinary-looking man, Yue Yunqiao was a handsome young man, and Bai Mengjin turned into a girl in a red coat, looking like a father and his son.
Huo Chongxiao casually folded a branch and transformed it into a gift box. He smiled narrowly and said, "Let's go, daddy will take you to have a drink."
Yue Yunqiao said angrily: "Senior brother, take advantage of us!"
Huo Chongxiao laughed and went to the music place first.
Bai Mengjin followed behind, sighing slightly in his heart. Yue Yunqiao had been dead for so long that she had almost forgotten Huo Chongxiao's happy appearance. In her memory, he was either out hunting demons or in seclusion in the martial arts hall. When they met occasionally, he always had a bitter and hateful look on his face.
Huo Chongxiao was not involved in her feud with Ning Yanzhi. There was no friendship between the two, and she later betrayed her school, so naturally she wouldn't explain anything to him. So they met and started fighting, and they became enemies.
Seeing Huo Chongxiao like this now, she felt a little sympathetic. Will he be disappointed when they get out of this illusion?
Losing is already a profound pain, but coming back briefly and losing again will make the pain even deeper, right?
This thought flashed past, and Bai Mengjin chuckled in his heart.
She's really idle, isn't she the one who should sympathize the most?
The three of them arrived at the front. The farmyard was decorated with lights, gongs and drums were beating loudly, and there were twenty or thirty tables of banquets. It was very lively.
Huo Chongxiao took them to the gift receiving office and presented them with gift boxes.
The accountant looked at them doubtfully: "The three of them are..."
"Distant relative." Huo Chongxiao said with a simple smile and a thick accent, "We are far away, but we just arrived."
"Really?" The accountant turned to ask, Huo Chongxiao always looked magnanimous.
The accountant didn't ask, but the auspicious time was coming, so he had to collect the gift box in a hurry: "There are too many people today, and the reception is not good. Please come over there to watch the ceremony."
"Thank you!" Huo Chongxiao smiled and squeezed into the crowd with his "children".
