The name "Wutongshen" has at least seven or eight origins in Huaguo's chaotic, diverse and cumbersome legend system.
In the writings of literati and inkmen of different dynasties, different regions, and different identities, the symbolic meaning of this title is different.
However, in the description of the mouse spirit, the Wutongshen in this "world" has a very important characteristic, that is, he is very lustful.
During the more than 20 days of preparation, when Ji Thrush and Mo Tiangen were obsessed with training, Ren Jianmo didn't waste any time.
In Liange's library, he flipped through all the strange stories and novels he could find, and firmly imprinted the contents almost word for word in his mind.
So now he followed the key word "lusty" to search in the information database he just wrote down, and he remembered the Wutongshen written by Pu Songling.
The so-called "there are five connections in the south, just as there are foxes in the north".
It is talking about the five evil gods named "Wu Tong". They call each other brothers, and they are all very lustful. They do their best to bully men and women in Jiangnan area. The scourge was not light.
Later, a ruthless man named Wan Sheng came out of one of the victims' families. He beheaded three of the "five links" with his own strength, and cut off the foot of the fourth one.
Then Layman Liuquan wrote an additional "you", saying that a person in Wutong was slaughtered by the river god because he offended the goddess of the Dragon King.
At the end, he also analyzed: These two stories both happened at the end of Ming Dynasty, I just don't know who came first and who came later. If the story in "You" happened after Wan Sheng killed the Wutong God, then "Wutong" only The remaining "half-pass" is less to be feared.
However, although the Wutongshen in "Liao Zhai" is so weak that even a commoner who can kung fu can kill three people in one go, the participants present will not be so naive as to think that they can hold back all kinds of people, big and small. The "King" of Fairy Hundred is really like in the novel, so frustrated that he can't look directly at it.
On the contrary, as the ultimate boss-like existence in this "world", the one in Zhilan Immortal Mansion must have the strength to match the title of "God".
Ren Jianmo briefly told Ji Thrush and Fan's siblings about his guess about the identity of the Wutong God. Mouse Jing was shocked when he heard it. Mouth shut.
"So, did the story mention the weakness of the Wutong God?"
After the elder sister Fan Hemian finished listening, she raised the question she was most concerned about.
Ren Jianmo shook his head.
In fact, Mr. Liao Zhai never described any more clues about Wutongshen in detail, except for "lusty and sexual obscenity" and the fact that the main body is some kind of animal.
"Hey."
Seeing that Ren Jianmo couldn't find any weaknesses, Fan Hemian turned his attention to the poor mouse spirit again.
"Where is your Wutong king now?"
"Your Majesty has a bad temper, and he usually devotes himself to cultivating... Those of us who are serving now, have hardly seen him."
With a high-pitched voice, the rat stammered and replied:
"As far as I know, the king usually stays in the Tsutenkaku in the backyard..."
When answering Fan Hemian's question, his pair of small eyes rolled around, and his eyes wandered on the faces of the four people, his heart was like fifteen buckets fetching water, up and down.
On the one hand, the mouse spirit felt that they were just a few human beings, so they shouldn't be so bold as to directly attack the Wutong King, right? On the other hand, I thought that they are indeed very powerful, maybe there is nothing they dare not do...
Fan Hemian frowned, and asked:
"Since your king doesn't like to show his face, who usually takes care of the affairs in this house?"
The mouse spirit shuddered and quickly regained consciousness.
"On weekdays, Manager Yan is in charge of managing the Zhilan Immortal Mansion."
For some reason, upon hearing this name, an image of a person immediately appeared in Ji Thrush's mind:
"The Manager Yan you're talking about, is that middle-aged man wearing an embroidered turban, white and clean, with a long beard?"
"Yes, yes, that's him!"
Anyway, that's the end of the story, the fat man just came to a bamboo tube to pour beans, and recruited everything he knew.
"When I first arrived here, I was taken to see Manager Yan. Also, when the king wants all the ladies to sleep, Manager Yan usually leads them to the Tongtian Pavilion..."
He thought for a while, then went on to say:
"Only when something important happens in the Immortal Mansion, Director Yan will go to the Tongtian Pavilion to find the King, and then listen to his instructions..."
Fan Luming couldn't help but sigh:
"This Manager Yan, isn't he the same as the Chief Manager next to the emperor!"
"That's right, that's right!"
The gray-haired mouse immediately nodded doggedly:
"I, I also heard that Mr. Yan is in charge of him. He is a close friend of the king. It is said that he has followed the king since he opened the mansion!"
"Since it is the old department that has been with Wutongshen from the beginning, it may know something."
Ren Jianmo suddenly said:
"It seems that we need to meet this Manager Yan for a while..."
Before he could finish his words, Ji Thrush and the Fan family siblings had already turned their heads together, and the three of them stared at him with six eyes:
"What do you mean by that?"
Ji Thrush asked:
"Could it be...'these things', there is something else inside?"
Although Ji Xiaoniao's reference is vague, except for the big mouse who is still in the fog, the other three understand that he refers to the hide-and-seek game that is still going on among the participants.
Ren Jianmo smiled, looked at Ji Thrush, and asked without answering, "What do you think?"
"exactly."
Ji Thrush and the Fan family siblings exchanged glances, feeling that Ren Jianmo's suspicion was too reasonable.
If everything was done by Wutongshen, he could have directly ordered the house full of monsters to chase and intercept the group of humans who had sneaked in, instead of letting them secretly play that shitty battle royale in private.
On the contrary, it seems that whether it is Wutongshen, Manager Yan, or even the monsters in the whole house, it seems that they still don't know the existence of these participants. This proves that there is obviously someone else behind the scenes...
"I actually think that the five-handed king should be about the same as this mouse spirit."
Ren Jianmo pointed to the gray-haired mouse spirit who was sitting on the floor with a dazed expression, "He is probably one of the monsters trapped in this house."
"So that's why you said you wanted to find Director Yan!"
Ji Thrush and the Fan family siblings immediately understood.
"I want to find out from him where this mansion is, and why it turned into a monster cage, right?"
Ren Jianmo nodded with a smile.
"Ok!"
Fan Hemian tugged at her sleeve irritably, "It should be easier to deal with a monster manager than that Wutongshen, right?"
As she spoke, she turned her head, stared at the frog's eyes with a snake, and looked fiercely at the poor mouse spirit:
"Is that Manager Yan good?"
The fat man in gray shuddered from the girl's sharp stare.
"I, I've never seen Boss Yan take charge of his old man..."
He swallowed:
"However, I heard that he has the blood of Yan. This, this... We, the little supernatural powers cultivated by eating and worshiping, really dare not compare with the ancient monster!"
—Oh, this is already the second time he heard about blood tonight.
Ji Thrush complained in his heart:
It seems that in the world of monsters, not only the strong are respected, but bloodlines are also used to judge status.
"Also, Mr. Yan always takes four nurses with him wherever he goes..."
The big mouse said, then glanced at a few humans, and continued in a sly way:
"The cultivation bases of those four people are also quite impressive!"
"Tsk, from this point of view, that Manager Yan is not easy to deal with!"
Fan Hemian clicked his tongue, reached out and touched his chin:
"Besides, if he stays in the monster pile all the time, we can't do anything."
"Hey!"
Ji Thrush suddenly had an idea, thinking of the information he had heard just now under the wall of the wisteria garden, "I have an idea about this..."
...
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So after a few chattering discussions, they finally finalized a "battle plan", and the mouse spirit who had been listening to the whole process had a dull expression on his face, and didn't know what expression to make.
"Okay, now there is only one last question left."
Ji Thrush pointed to a floor plan of the mansion that had just been hand-painted by Ren Jianmo, and said:
"How to ensure that when we deal with Manager Yan, other monsters will not come to disrupt the situation?"
"This is easy to handle."
Fan Hemian smiled slightly, looked at his younger brother, "Lu Ming, take out 'that thing'."
Fan Luming understood what his sister meant tacitly, and took out a transparent glass ball the size of a ping-pong ball from his bosom.
"This is the B-level collection we got in the last world, called 'Absolute Different Space'."
The boy carefully and solemnly placed the glass ball in the middle of the small circle of four sitting around, and explained to Ji Thrush and Ren Jianmo:
"It can create an invisible barrier that covers a circular space with a diameter of 30 meters. During the duration of the barrier, no one outside can see or hear anything that happens in the space."
Ji Thrush thought for a while: "That is to say, it is equivalent to the fact that everyone in the barrier has its own invisibility effect. Is that what it means?"
"More than that."
Fan Luming thought of a more specific description:
"For example, if I expand the barrier here, even if we open the door and smash everything in the house to pieces, when the monsters pass by outside, they will still see a complete, empty room. Room."
He paused, and added:
"But if the goblin outside the door just wants to come in and take a look and step over the barrier, then he will see that we are wreaking havoc."
"I see."
Ji Thrush understood, "How long can this barrier last?"
"five minutes."
The younger brother of the Fan family stretched out five fingers, "When using it, smash the glass ball, and with the broken point as the center, it will open a barrier that can isolate the outside world from sight and hearing—this collection can only be used once. , smashed and it’s gone.”
"enough."
Ren Jianmo glanced at the ink circle drawn on the floor plan, nodded, and said in a very firm tone:
"Five minutes is enough to take down Manager Yan."