midnight.
Pei Qingzhi skillfully drove the car to the woods not far from the construction site to hide.
Tang Xi got out of the car and took a deep breath of the cool night air.
"Put it on." Pei Qingzhi handed her the coat.
Tang Xi took it casually and put it on over a short-sleeved T-shirt. She took out her mobile phone and looked at it. The signal was only poor.
"The signal here was good two days ago." Pei Qingzhi said in surprise, "Isn't it difficult to communicate if you have to enter the rainforest for nearly ten kilometers?"
"Because the ghost market is about to appear." Tang Xi looked at the time at 22:45 and explained, "The ghost market is a huge collection of Yin Qi, which will seriously affect the magnetic field nearby and cause communication interference. Don't forget, A small wolf demon in Luming Mountain can block the positioning."
While talking, two people walked up behind him.
The one in the front is Ouyang Sheng, with a seventeen or eighteen year old boy beside him, with a delicate baby face, smiling, if you don't look at the machete on his back, he looks like a high school student.
"Minister Ouyang, why did you bring a child here? It's too dangerous." Tang Xi disapproved.
"Sorry, I'm twenty-seven this year." The boy gritted his teeth and said with a half-smile, "Besides, you are a minor, what kind of mentality do you have to despise others who are young?"
"Twenty-seven?" Tang Xi was startled.
"That's right, he just has a tender face." Ouyang Sheng smiled wryly, "Gu Ran, the leader of the operation team of Pei's Southern Border Branch, is good at water spells, and his melee combat ability is not weak."
Tang Xi immediately understood that this should be specially prepared by Ouyang Sheng to deal with Miao Hong who controls the fire.
"Around this open space, we have set up a talisman array in advance." Ouyang Sheng said again, "Old Wen's special invention will not have any response until the input of spiritual power is activated. It is most suitable for ambushes, but the range is a bit wide, and it cannot With great fanfare, the two of us rushed to work day and night, and the painting was barely finished half an hour ago."
"Oh." Tang Xi replied, speechless.
This is because she sent out the positioning in advance, so Ouyang Sheng had time to arrange this thing. I hope it is true as he said, and it will not be noticed before it is activated.
"It's you, it's too dangerous to let an ordinary person participate." Gu Ran glanced at Pei Qingzhi, dissatisfied.
"Wait here for me." Tang Xi ignored him, turned her head and said in a low voice.
"Don't worry, I won't cause you any trouble." Pei Qingzhi smiled.
"If..." Tang Xi couldn't help exhorting again.
"You said it several times, I remember." Pei Qingzhi interrupted with a smile.
"En." Tang Xi nodded, and walked towards the open space first.
"Hello!" Gu Ran, who was ignored, became irritable.
"I think the baby face is pretty good." Tang Xi turned her head and said seriously, "At least if the task requires you, you can sneak into college and high school, maybe even junior high school without any sense of disobedience?"
"... Huh?" Gu Ran was in a mess.
"Pfft—" Ouyang Sheng couldn't help laughing, and patted him on the shoulder.
"It's almost time." Tang Xi looked at the phone and said, "We are all living people. If we want to enter the ghost market, we must pretend. Are you two ready?"
"No problem." Ouyang Sheng said immediately, "The sunshade charm can seal the yang energy of a living person within two hours, preventing ghosts from noticing abnormalities. Do you need it?"
"No need." Tang Xi shook his head.
Most celestial masters like to use spells, but not every celestial master can draw those special spells other than combat methods, at least she can't. And she doesn't like entrusting the key to success or failure to others, since she can't solve it with a spell, she should find another way. So no matter in the previous life or this life, the most important thing for her to sign a contract with Li Gui was never combat power, but an irreplaceable special ability.
Yun Qi's requiem, Xie Chang'an's memory overlay, Shaoyao's illusion.
Su Huang is used to make up for her melee ability that has dropped suddenly after changing her body.
While talking, the night began to fog up.
"Here we come." Ouyang Sheng's nerves tensed instantly.
Almost at the same time, both he and Gu Ran patted a paper talisman on themselves.
Indistinctly, the shadow of the market and people walking around appeared in the mist. If it weren't for the eerie and weirdness in the middle of the night, it would look like an ordinary market.
"Shaoyao." Tang Xi patted the bracelet, letting Shaoyao cast an illusion on her body.
This method is of course more stable than talisman paper, and there is almost no time limit. However, talisman paper is a means of mass circulation after all, and illusion... too few people can use it, so it cannot be popularized.
Ouyang Sheng saw it, and a hint of worry flashed across his face.
"Are you from the lineage of controlling ghosts?" Gu Ran asked bluntly.
"It is." Tang Xi responded lightly, and gave him a sideways look, "Don't worry, I won't be backlashed."
Gu Ran snorted angrily, put his hands in his trouser pockets, and walked towards the ghost market first.
Tang Xi sneered, that's all, seventeen years old, no more!
"Sorry, before you appeared, Gu Ran was also a genius, and it's inevitable to be arrogant and disobedient." Ouyang Sheng whispered, "But don't worry, he has a bad mouth, and his actions can still take care of the overall situation, and his strength is indeed very strong .”
"You are very optimistic about him." Tang Xi was thoughtful.
"There's nothing serious here in Nanjiang. The headquarters has been trying to transfer him to another place, but he doesn't want to leave." Ouyang Sheng said.
Tang Xi raised her eyebrows, but said nothing.
She hasn't seen Gu Ran's battle yet, but based on her first impression, this man is much stronger than Fang Tianyun. As for Fang Tianchen, he is of the supernatural department, so it is not easy to compare.
The ghosts coming and going in the ghost market seem to be really unaware that there are three living people among them, the voices of bargaining and selling are overwhelming, and occasionally a few words of quarrel can be heard.
"Can I buy the things here?" Gu Ran asked.
"Yes. However, most of the ghost markets are barter, after all, money is not accepted." Ouyang Sheng joked.
Gu Ran shrugged helplessly.
Some treasures are really precious to the Celestial Master, and if they can be bartered, he can't think of anything that a living person can exchange with ghosts.
"The ghost market also has a common currency, but the common currency is more difficult to obtain, so barter is more popular instead." Tang Xi said.
"Universal currency? What is it?" Ouyang Sheng asked in surprise.
Tang Xi smiled, picked up an unknown animal's horn from a booth, and held a light blue crystal clear ball in one hand.
The stall owner is a little demon, who can't even completely transform into a human shape, and has a pair of fluffy pointed ears. He was not interested at first, but when he saw the ball, he became excited and snatched it away. His eyes seemed to shine : "Miss, what else do you need? Take another look?"
"No, I just think this horn is white and beautiful, suitable for decoration at home." Tang Xi stuffed the horn into her bag with a smile, and waved goodbye.
"What you gave was spiritual power?" Gu Ran was surprised.
"There are only two ways for demons and ghosts to improve their strength. One is resentment, and the other is spiritual power." Tang Xi explained as he walked, "The former is fast and can reach the sky in one step, but it is easy to lose one's mind and has huge hidden dangers. The latter progress is slow , but also depends on the right time and place and chance, maybe you will not achieve success after thousands of years of cultivation, but the advantage is that you follow the sky, and you won't be struck by lightning someday."
"Humans are the easiest race to cultivate spiritual power, and this is the biggest reason why monsters have to transform into human forms." Gu Ran pondered, "So, the spiritual power of a celestial master is a great supplement to monsters and ghosts."
"Spiritual power is ever-changing. Turning it into a spell can cause great damage to ghosts and monsters. However, the purest spiritual power is still a good thing for them." Tang Xi said, and swept away a lot of good things from the stalls next to him.
Gu Ran looked eager to try, but after thinking about it, he still didn't make a move after all, and the excited eyes gradually settled down.
"Not bad." Tang Xi nodded while holding an amethyst bead, as if she liked the bead very much.
Ouyang Sheng followed behind with a smile.
He finally knew why Wang Ling wanted to train this little girl to be the heir of Pei. Although her personality was a little bit unique, it was not impossible to correct it, not to mention that her original intention was to protect rather than contempt. The most important thing is that even though he is so young, he always plays the role of an elder. He quietly tests, raises points, and investigates, without anyone noticing it. This is an excellent quality for a superior.
Tang Xi and him looked at each other, and quickly looked away.
She was just testing the credibility of Ouyang Sheng's words "Gu Ran will take care of the overall situation".
They didn't come here on a special trip to visit the ghost market. They knew that there might be a big battle in a while, and if they were still expending spiritual power here for no reason, she would put a question mark on the word "considering the overall situation". After all, no one is like her. The spiritual power is unimaginably huge, and he doesn't care about such a small amount of consumption.
"I saw Miao Hong!" Gu Ran said suddenly.
When Tang Xi turned her head, she saw a red figure flashing past among the ghostly shadows not far away.
"Chasing?" Ouyang Sheng's voice was dry.
Of course he wasn't afraid of Miao Hong, but this was a ghost market, and the surroundings were either fierce ghosts or monsters. Once they made a move, their identities as living people would not be able to hide. It would not be fun to be besieged by monsters and ghosts.
"Wait a minute, today's harvest is good, I will withdraw the ghost market first." Tang Xi said.
"Withdrawn? How to withdraw?" Ouyang Sheng glared at her.
"Simple." Tang Xi smiled and snapped his fingers, "Yun Qi, come out."
The next moment, Yun Qi appeared behind her, startling Ouyang Sheng and Gu Ran, and the hairs on their backs danced wildly.
This ghost... is under too much pressure!
Yun Qi closed his eyes, and then opened them again. His long black hair and snow-white robes moved without wind, and the evil spirit and oppressive force belonging to the thousand-year-old ghost were released without reservation.
In an instant, the entire ghost market was in chaos. If I had to describe it, it was like a city management officer walking into a gathering place of unlicensed vendors to enforce the law.
"This..." Ouyang Sheng opened his mouth wide and couldn't speak.
"The ghosts these days can be great after a hundred years. Even a little monster can't transform into a human form. Who dares to take Yun Qi head-on." Tang Xi looked calm.
"So why is there a thousand-year-old ghost by your side!" Gu Ran collapsed.
Bullying him for his lack of knowledge? It's not like he hasn't seen a celestial master who controls ghosts! It is very powerful to be able to control a hundred-year-old ghost, and a thousand-year-old ghost only exists in legends.
Tang Xi blinked, thought for a while, but still didn't tell him that there was more than one thousand-year-old ghost beside him.
Xie Chang'an, as Bai Wuchang of the underworld, has definitely existed for more than a thousand years.
Miao Hong really came to find Yaoxue. She finally found out that there might be a ghost market in Nanjiang City. She lurked here for more than a year before finding the ghost market. Who knew that the ghost market that should have existed for an hour actually dissipated just at the beginning sign up.
At the same time, she also felt the familiar coercion in the air, just like that in the bar box that day.
"There!" someone yelled.
Startled, Miao Hong snatched a glazed bottle from the stall, which contained three drops of demon blood, which was exactly her target.
With the things in hand, she doesn't need to fight desperately with that little girl who is not easy to mess with. As long as she can escape, she wins!
"Gu Ran, stop her for three minutes!" Tang Xi shouted.
"Understood!" Gu Ran grabbed a handful of hair irritably, although she was very displeased with the tone of her order, but she rushed over, drew the scimitar on her back, and slashed at it, blocking Miao Hong's way.
Miao Hong made a "cut" sound, waved her hand, and a long stick formed by flames held the knife.
However, what she didn't expect was that when the blade touched the flame, it made a "sizzling" sound, and the flame was suppressed in the white mist.
"Water?" Miao Hong let go and stepped back, almost having a finger cut off, only then did she see the knife in Gu Ran's hand.
Although the sharp blade is not very conspicuous in the night, you can still faintly see the traces of running water on it. This is... the person specially sent to target her!
For a moment, she wished she could go back to two days ago and kill that smelly girl!
No, let's kill Zhuang Shijie, he actually attracted such a troublesome enemy. waste!
"Minister Ouyang, wait for the ghost city to completely evacuate, and activate the talisman array to keep Miao Hong behind." Tang Xi said calmly.
"Don't worry." Ouyang Sheng said, but took a few steps back.
"Su Huang." Tang Xi simply withdrew the illusion on her body, and threw the most convenient thunder curse towards Miao Hong.
This time, the little ghost next to him who had no time to escape was even more frightened.
Tianlei, for ghosts, is the nemesis!
Even Yun Qi, looking at the lightning that illuminated the night sky, didn't look too good.
Not to be afraid and to hate are two different things.
"Tang Xi! Are you going to kill me!" Gu Ran jumped.
"I forgot." Tang Xi's expression was innocent.
She really forgot that Gu Ran's knife was covered with water, and the water conducts electricity. Part of the thunder and lightning struck down along the water traces passed to Gu Ran, but fortunately not much. However, this is also the fact that she has almost never teamed up with other celestial masters to fight against the enemy. The only few times she has been with the Fang Tianchen brothers and sisters, but the Fang family brothers and sisters' wind and fire are quite compatible with the thunder attribute.
Miao Hong was still holding the glass bottle in one hand and didn't have time to put it away. She only had one hand to fight against the enemy and had to protect the glass bottle, so she was in a hurry.
Gu Ran was also tricky, and when he saw this, he attacked the fragile glass bottle with knives.
"Despicable and shameless!" Miao Hong panicked.
"I am a member of the country, and I want to arrest you and bring you to justice, not to discuss with you, so there is nothing despicable." Gu Ran rolled her eyes and said sarcastically.
Miao Hong gritted her teeth, a burst of flame forced him back temporarily, and then lowered her head to avoid Su Huang's claws, but a few blood marks were still caught on her face.
"How many ghosts have you brought with you?" Gu Ran subconsciously moved away from Su Huang.
It should be another one that cast the illusion on her just now!
"Who knows." Tang Xi shrugged, took the last triangle position, and surrounded Miao Hong in the middle.
To be honest, if it wasn't for wanting to live, there would be no need for such trouble.
"Did you forget something?" The flames burning all over Miao Hong's body suddenly went out.
"Huh?" Tang Xi tilted her head, dazed.
"She's a Miao girl!" Ouyang Sheng shouted from afar.
"Well, what about the Miao people... you are a Gu master!" Tang Xi's face suddenly changed in the middle of speaking.
"How is it possible?" Gu Ran retorted subconsciously, "She is a fire controler! Isn't the Gu raised by the Gu master afraid of fire?"
"So to deal with a celestial master who controls fire, no one will send another one to control fire." Tang Xi said.
Gu Ran is of water attribute, but against Gu masters, even though Fang Tianyun is much weaker than Gu Ran, she is still more effective!
"Yes, although it can't be used at the same time, it's best to use it at critical moments." Miao Hong showed a strange smile on her face, "Although the price is a bit high, but... all of you, just bury your bones here!"
While speaking, there was only a burst of "buzzing" sound from all directions.
"Amulet!" Tang Xi yelled, "Don't let the Gu worms fly out, otherwise Nanjiang City will become a dead city!"
Ouyang Sheng knew the seriousness, and regardless of the fact that the ghost market had not completely dissipated, he immediately activated the talisman array. Suddenly, a burst of golden threads flickered in the air, connecting them into a semicircular cover at a very fast speed, covering the entire open space.
Miao Hong froze for a moment, bit her lip firmly, but soon relaxed again.
Even if it is a talisman, it still depends on people to maintain it. As long as these three people are killed, the unmanned talisman will dissipate after the original spiritual power is exhausted.
Ouyang squatted deeply on the ground, pressing the ground with one hand to transmit spiritual power, a thin trace of cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
He knows better than Miao Hong that the reason why this talisman will not be detected in advance is because it does not contain any spiritual power and is completely activated by humans. In other words, if he dies or passes out, the talisman will be activated immediately. invalidated.
Gu Ran swung his knife until he could only see an afterimage. A lot of things fell from the sky like rain, but even if they fell on his body, he didn’t have time to shoot them. Using cold weapons to deal with extremely thin flying insects was too inefficient. . What's more, the fog was heavy in the night, and he couldn't see the trajectory of the insects at all, and he could kill one of them with a single knife because there were too many.
Tang Xi didn't make a move, but stood beside Ouyang Sheng, protecting them with spiritual power.
"Xiao Xi, there are too many bugs here, and they can't be killed." Su Huang said urgently, "It's okay for us, but if a living person is parasitized, it will be eaten clean from the inside, leaving a pile of bones in the end!"
Hearing this, Gu Ran's hand trembled, revealing a flaw in an instant.
Tang Xi gave a "tsk", and a sky fire talisman hit him to burn off a piece of Gu worms for him. The fire light scared away the Gu worms that were too close, and made Gu Ran take a breath.
"Xiao Tang, what should we do?" Ouyang Sheng asked subconsciously.
"I can burn these bugs, but the sky is too dark and the area is too large. If the burning is not clean, it will be a disaster if only one remains." Tang Xi looked up at the dark night sky and said calmly.
"Then you can't just watch it, burn it first and then say no!" Gu Ran rushed over, a little frustrated.
In fact, I was desperately slashing the knife at the insects, but the two of them seemed to be standing and watching the fun, always feeling that their behavior was stupid.
"Yunqi, I need help." Tang Xi asked, "The targets are too dense, can you guide them?"
"Should I say no?" Yun Qi asked coldly.
"Then I can only... keep burning until it is sure that not a single larva will be left behind." Tang Xi smiled helplessly, flipped her hand, and held a bright flame in her palm, which reflected her face beautifully. Extra gentle.
"Finally it's not 'do your best and obey the fate'?" Yun Qi's tone seemed sarcastic, "You really have been deeply influenced by Chu Li."
"Ah, he taught me. There is no destiny in this world. There are always things you have to do even if you risk your life." Tang Xi flickered, her eyes calmed down, and she seemed to be shining brightly under the firelight.
"Yes." Yun Qi said two words with a cold face.
"Since you can, let's talk about it sooner." Tang Xi sighed and complained.
Yun Qi snorted coldly, holding the guqin in his hand, and plucked the body with his fingertips. For the first time, seven strings emerged from the guqin.
"Clank clang clang!" A rapid single sound rang out, and the golden threads stretched out into the air with his piano as the center. The lines are full, and there are tens of thousands or even hundreds of millions of them. It looks so spectacular that it doesn't seem like a scene in the world.
"You..." Miao Hong had a terrified look on her face.
"Now." Yun Qi looked up, and the naked eye could see that his originally handsome face was covered with black lines, resembling a ghost—although he was a ghost in the first place.
Without hesitation, Tang Xi stretched out his hand to press the guqin.
Immediately, the flames spread along all the golden threads, and when each thread burned to the end, a ball of sparks exploded, and finally even the talisman array arranged by Ouyang Sheng burned.
In an instant, countless sparks fell from the sky, like a brilliant meteor shower, shocking people's hearts.
As the last golden thread burns out, the sky returns to darkness.
Yun Qi turned into a ball of light and quickly returned to the bracelet, leaving only one sentence: "Don't call me recently."
"Got it." Tang Xi pressed the bracelet.
Yun Qi's strength is only half of what it was in its heyday. It is really not easy to force such a complicated spiritual power guidance, and I am afraid that it will not be slowed down in a few months.
"Where's Miao Hong?" Gu Ran asked immediately.
The talisman was also burned, so Miao Hong could escape.
However, before he finished speaking, he heard a bright blue light not far away—
"Ah~~~" Miao Hong let out a shrill scream, half kneeling on the ground, the precious glass bottle fell to the ground, rolled around twice, and stopped in front of a pair of leather shoes.
Pei Qingzhi bent down to pick up the glass bottle, her right hand holding the gun was steady without any trembling, and the silver muzzle was pointed at her forehead.
Miao Hong's chest was smoking. It was not a bullet, but spiritual power with water attributes. For her who was in control of the fire, the damage was no less than being shot.
"You..." Gu Ran who rushed over was dumbfounded.
"She is human and injured. If she wants to escape, the most convenient way is to grab the car, and she will not run in other directions." Pei Qingzhi said calmly, "So, is there any problem?"
"..." Gu Ran raised his forehead, well, Tang Xi is a monster, and if he treats the monster's companions as ordinary people, then there is something really wrong with him!
"It went according to plan and went well." Pei Qingzhi smiled at Tang Xi who came over.
Tang Xi had a look of tiredness on his face, but he still raised his hand and gave him a light blow: "It's a pleasant cooperation."
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