After a while, Ban Nu suddenly slowed down and stood in front of the door of Xie Maqiao Inn.
Even though it was already dark, the door of this inn was still open.
Ignoring the children with car spokes who were left far behind, Qi Jingzhi turned sideways and looked inside.
I saw that the front yard of the inn was brightly lit by the moonlight, and there was nothing unusual about it.
The door to the lobby was also wide open, but no moonlight could shine in. It looked pitch black, and no sound could be heard.
Qi Jingzhi suddenly raised his head, with fire suddenly rising in his eyes, staring closely at the square wooden plaque hanging on the courtyard door.
Almost at the same time, countless strange white beards suddenly appeared on the originally ordinary door plaque.
These beards grew very fast and fell to the threshold in the blink of an eye, like a furry door curtain.
Immediately afterwards, a face the size of a water tank emerged from the door plaque. It had red skin, thick eyebrows, and sparse teeth.
The old monster looked kind and smiled gently. His eyes fell on Qi Jingzhi, and his sleepy eyes that were still a little sleepy suddenly widened.
It couldn't help but put an old face in front of the young man, stared at the candlelight in the young man's eyes with its big eyes, and sniffed hard with its nose, making a sound like a bellows.
Immediately, a puzzled look appeared on the old monster's face, and he asked slowly: "Is the distinguished guest a wood spirit, a fire demon, or a stranger?"
Qi Jingzhi's eyes flashed, but he didn't expect that the old monster in front of him had mediocre cultivation, and his intelligence didn't seem to be very high, but he was quite accomplished in recognizing people and smells. No wonder he would be arranged to welcome guests.
He immediately asked without answering: "What about wood spirits and fire demons? What about strangers?"
Hearing this, the old monster seemed to have confirmed something. He slowly shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, but our shop will not entertain strangers tonight. Please leave quickly, otherwise it will be too late. Go quickly... go quickly... …”
It urged Qi Jingzhi to leave here quickly, but every word was still slow and the tone was calm, which really made people unable to get anxious.
Just when Qi Jingzhi was about to ask in detail, a gust of mountain wind suddenly blew by, and he saw the old white monster's long white beard rising up and drifting towards him.
As for the old plaque monster's furry beard, Pang Ban had long been keen on it. He immediately spotted the opportunity and stretched out a small paw as fast as lightning, grabbed a strand of long white beard and stroked it down hard.
Not to mention, these beards are obviously well maintained and are really soft and slippery. The little guy couldn't hold it firmly when he stroked it, and the tips of his claws quickly slipped off the long beards, almost causing him to fall over.
At the same time, the long white beard was like a living thing, and it was unknown whether it was because it was afraid of pain or itching, but it suddenly retracted upwards.
Seeing this, Ban Ban immediately stroked his hand again, and saw the long white beard twitching again.
He stroked it and shrank it again and again, and it made the little guy giggle with joy.
"useless!"
The reaction of the old plaque monster was really slow. Only then did he panic and hurriedly shrink his big face and all his long white beard to the door plaque.
Seeing that the other party was about to run away, Panpan was willing to obey. He put the pearl transformed from Yuehua's corpse into his mouth, and then jumped out of Qi Jingzhi's arms without hesitation.
It leapt forward and actually hung its entire body on the old white monster's long white beard. However, it still couldn't catch it and kept slipping downwards.
The little guy screamed in his throat and climbed up with all his strength. His four short legs curled up, stretched out, stretched out and curled up, but he slipped out as soon as he climbed up. The further he slipped out, the more he climbed up. He was having a great time. .
Originally, the old white monster's long white beard had retracted by more than half, but was forced to pull off another section with the help of his own weight and considerable strength.
For a moment, the old man and the young man were in a stalemate. The old man's beard was growing and shortening, and the little guy's body was rising and falling, and he was still swinging like a swing. He couldn't help but giggle with joy. laugh.
In this way, the gentle old monster finally accepted his fate, let his beard hang down, and let the little guy climb up and down.
Qi Jingzhi couldn't help but chuckle: "You're such a bad shopkeeper. You'll kick out customers if you don't see clearly. If you take a closer look, how can I be a stranger?"
After saying that, he raised his hand and wiped it on his face, which immediately changed into a red ghost face.
Previously, when he was in the cave of Xianyu Xuandu, the soul corpse was sacrificed and its color was completely lost, almost transparent. Now this red ghost face was remade by Qi Jingzhi on the road.
The old monster's eyes flashed, and he saw that the appearance of the young man who seemed to be a stranger had changed drastically. His facial features did not seem to have changed much, but he turned into a ferocious look with a red face and a beard, and a longer one appeared between his eyebrows. Fierce eyes, three eyes glaring in unison, as if they would spit out fire at any moment.
This kind of appearance is very similar to that of the Dutian Great Spirit Official in the front hall of Xuandu Temple, like twin brothers.
However, Lao Biangui lives in a rural inn, and his knowledge is really limited. He does not recognize the face of the great spiritual official of Daomen Zhenshan, let alone what is the heart candle Dinghuo and what Ruomu Chilu is.
It faintly sensed the pure fire contained in the mask. Not only did it not know how to be awe, it also dared to comment: "It turns out that the distinguished guest is a fire demon. He is really handsome!"
"Look, he has a fair complexion and bright eyes, but his face is a little too small and he doesn't look powerful enough. If he had a face as big as mine..."
It suddenly paused, as if it had finally realized something was wrong, or perhaps it had finally remembered its own duty: "Ahem, your distinguished guest looks so real. I wonder where he practiced high-level practice in the fairy mountain cave? Here? Fan was invited by the god from which way and the king from which mountain?"
"Which way is the god?"
Qi Jingzhi's heart was moved when he heard it, but there was no trace of it on his face. He just said vaguely: "I'm just a guest from Linshan. I don't dare to claim to be lofty. Well, my Taoist friends from Budaijian and Niutouya are quite good. friendship."
"Linshan? This is a rare visitor!"
Having said this, Old Bianguai had some doubts on his face: "An accident happened to the two road gods of Budai Stream. The road under their jurisdiction is without the chief official, and it is inevitable that there will be a fight. In order to track down the murderer and calm down the road, Master Daochenghuang Because of the incident, we have booked a small shop tonight, arranged a banquet, and invited all the nearby gods and kings of the mountains to come and have a banquet and discuss matters."
"All of this happened in the past day or two. Your honorable guest is far away in Linshan, so this is coming too soon..."
"Daocheng Huang?"
Qi Jingzhi went through these three words in his mind, and couldn't help but frown. The three-eyed spirit official's faceplate showed a fierce and ferocious look on his face.
"I have never heard that even a mere road would be closed to the City God. Moreover, the behavior of monsters and monsters in such a banquet is obviously very different from that of the Daqi Yinsi. Is this Dao City God a fake?"
"As for tracking down the murderer, isn't it going to be detrimental to me? No wonder those seven spoke boys want to stop me from coming."
Thinking of this, the scowl on Qi Jingzhi's face grew even brighter, and his tone became a few points higher: "Lu happened to be passing through Meizhou on business this time. By chance, he first went to Budai Stream, and then to Niutou Cliff, and the two roads The Taoist friends hit it off immediately and became very happy with each other."
"Unexpectedly, only two days later, I was shocked to hear that the two Taoist friends from Budai Stream had suffered a terrible misfortune. I felt really angry!"
"Niutou Cliff is quite close to here. The two fellow Taoists are taking care of a few unsighted travelers at the moment. They will arrive for the banquet later. However, Mr. Lu couldn't bear his temper and ran over first to stand in front of them. "
Hearing this, Old Bianguai immediately stood in awe: "I didn't expect Linshan's friends to be so loyal!"
(End of chapter)
