The autumn day in August is still extremely hot, the fiery red sun shines on the earth, and people's sweat is like rain, sliding down from various parts of the face and neck. Now that the heat poisoning has passed, everyone's health has recovered, many people have come from afar and poured into the city, and the imperial capital has returned to its former bustling scene.
"Pase has entered the city." The witch clan responsible for monitoring the gate of the imperial capital immediately returned to the Black Mansion to report to Nu Mu after seeing Pase.
Nu Mu said: "Then the ghost clan will monitor them."
The ghost race can be invisible, so it is not so easy to be discovered.
Wu Ruo said strangely: "It stands to reason that they should have arrived at the imperial capital early in the morning. Why did they delay entering the city until now?"
Nu Mu sneered, "Because of Pase's lustful nature, he must have met a beautiful girl or young man on the way, and then stopped to play with them before leaving. Before that, there was a heat poisoning. How could they wait for this plague to pass?" will go to town.
Wu Ruo: "..."
At this time, Wu Xi, who came back from studying in Wu Chenliu's mansion, ran in, picked up the cup in front of Wu Ruo's table, and gulped the water into his stomach.
Wu Ruo raised her eyebrows: "The tea I drank."
"I don't mind drinking my second brother's saliva." Wu Xi wiped the tea from the corner of his mouth with his hand.
Wu Ruo: "..."
When did his little sister become so rude
It must be because I stayed with Numu and Numu's companions for a long time, my temperament became cheerful, and my manner became less ladylike, but this feeling seems to be good, much better than the shy temperament in the previous life .
Wu Xi put down the teacup and said, "Second brother, I heard from my master before I came back that one month later, it will be the annual competition of the top ten families. He asked me to prepare for the competition. I didn't want to go at first, but he said that as long as I People from the top ten families are in the imperial capital, no matter whether you are direct or collateral, regardless of your ability or lack of spiritual power, and regardless of whether you have been kicked out of the top ten families, as long as you have been in the top ten families, you must participate. "
Wu Ruo frowned, forgetting that there was such a competition. In his previous life, he only participated once, but it was only after participating in the competition that he gradually became famous.
Wu Xi anxiously grabbed Wu Ruo's arm: "Second brother, you don't have spiritual power. If you go to the competition, you will definitely be beaten badly. I heard that the methods of the top ten families are very cruel. After taking the stage, You will do everything you can to torture Shubi who is against their family, Second Brother, I think you should leave the imperial capital for a while and come back after the game is over."
Nu Mu looked at Wu Ruo and took a sip of water calmly.
With his apprentice's current ability, even if he doesn't have spiritual power, he can control second and third spirit-level sorcerers with voodoo.
Wu Ruo pulled Wu Xi's hand away: "You scratched me."
"Sorry, second brother." Wu Xi quickly withdrew his hand.
Wu Ruo poured her a glass of water: "Didn't your master tell you that one month before the competition, members of the top ten families cannot leave the imperial capital to avoid the competition? Otherwise, they will be punished by the family if they are caught. "
"Yes." Wu Xi took a sip of water to calm himself down: "I just want my second brother to try to see if he can leave."
Nu Mu laughed: "Xiaoxi, don't worry about your second brother, even if he has no spiritual power, he can deal with low-level magicians with his medical skills. Besides, the competition between the top ten families is not a battle of life and death. When the time comes, you can directly admit defeat on stage." Just fine."
"That's right." Wu Xi smiled happily: "Look, I was so anxious that I forgot that I can admit defeat on stage."
She put down the teacup: "Second brother, I'll go back to the backyard for a rest first, so I won't bother you to talk about things."
Uxi happily jumped out of the hall.
Nu Mu said with a smile, "Xiaoxi's temperament is very lively."
Wu Ruo smiled.
Picking up the tea that Wu Xi drank just now, he put it to his lips to block the corners of his mouth.
This time, he will not give Pase another chance to escape.
Nu Mu looked at Wu Ruo: "Aren't you going to let your family know about your spiritual power?"
Wu Ruo: "..."
At that time, his mother had reminded him that before he was not strong, he could not tell anyone about the secret art in his head, but she never said that he could not tell about the spiritual power. Now there is a competition between the top ten families. Couldn't he take this opportunity to tell his father and the others about his spiritual power
Now his husband and master know that he has spiritual power, there is no reason not to tell his own father and sister, but in the imperial capital, fifth-level spiritual power coins are everywhere, so the fifth-level spiritual power is still very low Unfortunately, because of the heat poisoning, the emperor had ordered the suspension of the Four Clan Festival, and prohibited opening the passages of the other three clans. He also lost a chance to go to the ghost clan to absorb spiritual power.
What's more, in this competition, should he not expose his spiritual power
Wu Ruo thought about it, and thought it was better to let nature take its course, when it was time to expose, even if she wanted to hide it, she couldn't hide it.
"Hei boy is back." Nu Mu picked up the snack on the table and stuffed it into his mouth: "He seems to be very busy recently, he leaves early and returns late every day, is there any trouble?"
Wu Ruo looked at Hei Xuanyi and the others who came in from the gate, stood up and said, "Several ghost clansmen died under his command. He guessed that the enemies in his clan did it, so he went to investigate it."
He walked out of the hall, greeted him, and asked Hei Xuanyi, "Have you found out who killed you?"
Hei Xuantang beside him said: "No, but it must be done by people from our clan. It seems that this time, quite a few people sneaked out of the clan."
Wu Ruo asked: "Is it difficult?"
Hei Xuantang said depressedly: "The main reason is that we are in the light and they are in the dark, so it is more disadvantaged."
Hei Xuanyi squinted his eyes: "They should be watching us nearby."
Hei Xuantang said: "Sister-in-law, you must let your elder brother accompany you when you go out in the future."
Wu Ruo frowned: "They will deal with me?"
"Well, they..."
Before Hei Xuanchang finished speaking, Hei Xuanyi interrupted aloud: "When I came back, I bought a black market access pass, are you interested in visiting the black market.
Hei Xuantang excitedly said: "I'm interested."
Hei Xuanyi glanced at him: "I didn't ask you."
"Brother, you are biased."
Wu Ruo looked at Hei Xuantang, then at Hei Xuanyi, and saw that they had something to hide from him, but she probably didn't want him to worry, so she nodded and said, "I haven't been out for a long time, so I can just go out for a stroll. Go ask my parents if they will go."
"I'll go too." Nu Mu came out of the hall and said: "There are many things that can't be bought in the imperial capital in the black market, I need to bring more money in, and sell some things by the way.
He turned and went back to the yard to pack his bags.
Wu Ruo also went back to the backyard to find Wu Qianqing and the others, but only Wu Xi and Dandan were willing to go to the black market.
When they came to the front yard, Heixin and Heigan had already arranged the formation, and then put the entry token of the black market on the entrance of the formation, everyone walked into the formation, activated the formation, and the next moment, people disappeared into the formation .
The black market is being built in the partition, in the middle of the passage of the four clans. Only by purchasing the black market entry token and activating the formation can one be sent to the black market. The black market is divided into four areas, namely the human race, the demon race, the ghost race, and the demon race. However, those who come from the human race can only stay in the human race area, and cannot cross the border to other areas to buy and sell things. Only the owner of the black market announces that the four races The passages of the four races will only be opened for traffic, but such opportunities are rare, maybe only once a year, or only once every two years.
When Wu Ruo and the others came to the black market, Heigan first bought several hats for everyone to wear at the stall selling veiled hats at the gate of the black market to cover their faces. Even Eggy had a small hat. After entering the black market, he You will see people wearing veiled hats all over the street.
Wu Xi asked curiously, "Why do you all wear veiled hats?"
Hei Xuantang explained: "This is a rule set by the black market owner, which can avoid many unnecessary troubles, such as two enemies walking by face to face, but because they are wearing veiled hats, they cannot recognize each other, so they will not fight. gone."
"So that's the case."
"I shop around by myself to see if anyone wants my stuff," Numu said.
Hei Xuanyi raised his forehead slightly: "Wei Shi, see you at the gate."
"Father, I want to eat that pancake..." Eggy pointed excitedly at the stall next to her.
Hei Xuantang pinched his little nose amusedly: "No matter where I go, I want to eat."
Seeing how delicious the pancake looked, Wu Xi was also very greedy: "I want to eat it too."
Wu Ruo said: "Then buy it."
Heixin took out the silver to the peddler and bought two flatbreads.
When the peddler got the money, he re-fried a hot pancake for them.
Wu Ruo and Hei Xuanyi were waiting by the side, taking a look around to see if there was anything they wanted to buy. Suddenly, Wu Ruo was slammed into someone. If Hei Xuanyi hadn't supported her, she would have fallen to the ground.
The person who hit Wuruo was a man, and he quickly apologized: "Sorry, I didn't notice anyone beside me, are you okay?"
Wu Ruo heard that the voice was a little familiar, so she didn't make a sound, but just waved her hand to show that she was fine.
The man seemed to be in a hurry, looked at Wu Ruo, then at the person in front of him: "Sorry, I have something to do."
He hurriedly turned around and left, at that moment, the black veil of the veiled hat floated up, and Wu Ruo saw the other party's face through the gap.
Usha
Wu Ruo was slightly taken aback.
I haven't seen this man since what happened in Pakse.
Why did he come here, and who did he come here for
"Second brother, I seem to have heard that person's voice just now." Wu Xi said while eating the hot pancake.
"Well, it sounds familiar." Wu Ruo didn't want to remind Wu Xi of the dirty scene, so he didn't say that person was Wu Xia.
"Second brother, this pancake is delicious, do you want to have a bite?"
Wu Ruo refused: "It's inconvenient to eat with a veiled hat, you can eat by yourself."
Immediately afterwards, there was a commotion in the house not far away. It seemed that someone was fighting.
Wu Ruo saw that the noise was coming from the direction where Wu Xia was leaving, so she couldn't help pulling Hei Xuanyi over to have a look.