Langfei: I am the younger brother of the Fudi demons

It was a ferocious-looking thing, like the God of Death in Death Note, with a mouth full of fangs, a stooped body over two meters tall, and its back covered with white bone spurs like fish fins...

Its entire body is translucent.

At this moment, he was standing behind Wang Xue, greedily sucking the essence and blood of the small plate of fried pork, and even absorbed the rays of light escaping from Wang Xue's body.

The whole person felt a little more depressed.

Wang Xue just rubbed his brow, thinking it was because he drank too much.

And Lin Fan felt like he was going crazy.

What the hell kind of monster is this.

Goblin?

As if sensing Lin Fan's gaze, the monster that sucked the glow suddenly turned to look at Lin Fan, its eyes pale and hollow.

Lin Fan instinctively shifted his gaze, and at the same time restrained his breath, his eyes fell on the already silent street outside the house.

Just at this glance, Lin Fan almost jumped up.

On the deserted streets with no one outside, similar translucent creatures were wandering around in groups like ghosts.

There is even a ghost holding a chain with a 'pet' on one end.

That's not a cat or a dog.

It's ferocious and huge, much like those in Chinese legends.

And some of these ghosts were attracted by their own milk tea shops and wandered here.

Want to enter a milk tea shop.

But what makes Lin Fan weird is that the fiery red couplet window grilles outside the milk tea shop, the left and right door gods bloomed with a red light.

Those things make a hissing and melting sound when touched, making it impossible to enter.

Only one particularly powerful monster ignored those 'talismans', walked straight through the wall, entered the milk tea shop, and then set his sights on the table full of food.

Then he passed directly through everyone's bodies and devoured the glow emanating from the monster meat on the dining table.

There is no one else around.

Looking at this scene, Lin Fan couldn't help but think of a folk legend about New Year's Eve.

Legend has it that in ancient times, there was a ferocious monster called Xi, also known as Nian and Sui. It was ferocious in appearance and would come out to harm people every year.

Later, people learned that this ferocious monster was most afraid of the color red and noise, so every year on the [-]th night, every household would put up red Spring Festival couplets and light fireworks and firecrackers to drive away the monster.

This is where New Year's Eve comes from.

This custom has been passed down since then.

But before, Lin Fan only listened to it as a story.

Unexpectedly, he saw a monster that looked like 'Xi' today.

But now, it seems that the couplet can't stop these powerful monsters.

As for the firecrackers... Damn it, Mingzhu has already banned the setting off of fireworks.

Sure enough, folk customs still need to be passed down...

Lin Fan felt uneasy in his heart, but he didn't show it at all on his face, trying to act natural.

When his eyes fell on the dining table again, he saw the steaming plates of delicacies. The heat and glow on them disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Others around the dinner table obviously haven't noticed these changes yet, and it's still lively at the moment.

Xiao Cunhua beside Lin Fan stretched out her chopsticks to pick up the plate of stewed monster meat in front of her.

Lin Fan could clearly see the chopsticks passing through the ghost's transparent body and landing on the stewed meat that had lost all activity.

Just as she was about to pick it up, Lin Fan pretended to be careless and knocked off her chopsticks.

At this time, Wang Xue, who had just finished a glass of white wine, picked up the plate of fried pork that had lost its glow with chopsticks and put it into his mouth.

As a result, he vomited it out quickly: "Bah, bah, bah, why does it taste so bad?"

Peng Rui was originally a little dissatisfied with Wang Xue's gesture, but when he took a bite, he frowned and spat it out.

What's going on? How come the originally delicious dishes suddenly taste like crap?

Qiyaoyao on the other side of Lin Fan was also ready to grab a piece with her chopsticks to taste, but under the table, Lin Fan kicked her without leaving any trace.

Although Qi Yaoyao was usually unruly and willful, she was not stupid and she immediately sensed that something was wrong with Lin Fan.

However, she didn't say anything, but took back her chopsticks without leaving a trace, and at the same time touched Qin Ran who was holding out her chopsticks next to her.

This scene made other people at the wine table finally notice the abnormality.

And they saw the changes in the dishes on the table more intuitively.

Originally, those dishes were all made of high-grade monster meat. Even after cooking and frying, it still glowed with sunshine, gushed out, and carried a strange fragrance.

But at this moment, those visions are disappearing, and the glow is dissipating strangely.

Even the colors of the dishes were dimming, as if something had sucked the energy out of thin air.

Lin Fan began to adjust the atmosphere and asked everyone not to show their nervousness on their faces.

Try to stay natural.

After more than ten minutes passed like this, Lin Fan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Because after the thing at the dinner table absorbed the essence, it turned around and left.

When Lin Fan breathed a sigh of relief, everyone present relaxed inexplicably.

Peng Rui, who had sobered up, looked at Lin Fan, and then, using the toast, he leaned forward slightly and rolled his eyes to signal: "Leaving?"

They have followed Lin Fan for so long, and he can be considered a experienced and experienced practitioner.

They guessed that something they couldn't see must have come just now.

Maybe it's a ghost...

Seeing everyone's eyes on him, Lin Fan nodded: "Let's go."

"What is that?" Qin Shou couldn't help but said nervously, "Ghost... ghost?"

"Probably not." Lin Fan looked strange, "It should be called 'Xi', or Nian or Sui!"

Everyone was stunned.

They have all heard the legend of Xi, but the legend is just a legend, and they just listen to it.

Never thought such a thing would actually exist.

And just now he was beside them, in front of them, absorbing the essence of those dishes.

On the table full of dishes, only the ordinary dishes remained the same.

They suddenly remembered that during the Chinese New Year at home in previous years, the elders in the family would burn incense and offer food to the immortal tablets before eating.

The offerings of food will not be put away until the incense burns out.

At that time, they thought it was foolish. After all, gods can't eat. The food they enshrine will remain the same when it is put away.

Now they suddenly feel.

It doesn’t necessarily mean that the gods really didn’t eat it.

Perhaps what people absorb is just the essence that ordinary people cannot see...

Lin Fan looked towards the street, his thoughts changing.

As the dishes on this table lost their spirituality, no more monsters rushed into the milk tea shop, and even the ghosts gathered outside the shop, blocked by the red couplet door god window grilles, began to disperse.

Obviously, these guys were attracted by the monster meat and strange juices on the table that were full of essence and blood and came from the ruins.

Feed on essence!

At the subsequent New Year's Eve dinner, although the thing had left, everyone obviously couldn't let go, and there was no excitement as before.

Even watching TV shows seems bland and has lost its festive flavor.

wine table,

Only Wang Xue was obviously drunk. He kept pouring himself wine, and the wine was a bit bad, so he started to go crazy.

Hao Jiandong couldn't hold it down, and his face was scratched into stains.

Naturally, this dinner party cannot continue.

The dinner lasted until past eleven o'clock, and the New Year's Eve bell rang even before twelve o'clock, so Hao Jiandong pulled Wang Xue away with an embarrassed look on his face.

Although Peng Rui also had some objections to Hao Jiandong because of Wang Xue, he rolled his eyes maliciously as he watched the two leave, and then followed out after giving Qin Shou and Lin Fan a look.

Lin Fan felt helpless.

He clearly saw that after this guy left, he gave Hao Jiandong a room card for his long-term hotel rental.

Needless to say, it was clear that this guy wanted Hao Jiandong to cook Wang Xue's raw rice.

Lin Fan felt that Peng Rui was just too lazy to worry about things.