The fairy world collapsed, and the down-and-out gods were laid off and re-employed.

"It's still some time before dark, why are you in such a hurry to close the stall?" Liu Mosi was very confused.

"Maybe these people hate working. Me too." Jiang Zhixia looked understanding. "I feel sleepy every time at dusk, so I find a place to hide and not practice."

"You have the nerve to tell me!"

Mo Yanxu wanted to cry when he mentioned this. As a senior brother, his heart was broken for these little brats. Whenever someone disappears, he always wonders if they have had an accident or are in danger, and he can make himself cry every time.

Among them, Jiang Zhixia gave him the least peace of mind, disappearing at dusk every day.

Jiang Zhixia looked at him and smiled sheepishly. Just as she was about to say something, the door behind her opened. A man with a round face and medium build poked out from inside.

He hid behind the door and said to them, "Do you want to stay in a hotel?"

Only then did everyone realize that there was an inn behind them, and they nodded to him and said they wanted to stay.

He looked around and quickly waved for them to come in quickly.

After they came in, he immediately closed the door and urged the clerk to repair the broken red lantern quickly so as not to delay hanging it out at night.

A few people found a place to sit down, and Jiang Zhixia looked around at the inn. Although it's not very luxurious, it's clean and tidy, and it doesn't look like no one is here.

She called the shopkeeper who opened the door just now and asked why it closed so early and why every house still hung red lanterns.

After the shopkeeper saw the waiters hanging the red lanterns out, he felt relieved and told everyone that this had been going on for almost thirty years - the stalls were closed at dusk and red lanterns were hung up in every household.

Thirty years ago, there were goblins here. Every night someone disappears. The man who disappeared the next day was found wearing a red dress hanging on a treetop outside the city.

When I got closer, I found that the man had been skinned and had no breath.

The "red clothes" are his flesh and blood.

At that time, the people were panic-stricken, and the county magistrate invited people from all over to try to catch the monster.

But all the monks and Taoists who caught the demon were skinned and hung on the tree.

When he was helpless, an immortal came here and found out that it was the blood demon who was causing trouble.

The blood magic is so powerful that the immortal struggled for dozens of days but failed to kill it. Finally, he trapped it with a red lantern and suppressed it with his own flesh and blood.

Before his death, he told everyone that he could not completely destroy the Blood Demon. After he suppresses it, the blood demon's soul will still sneak out to cause trouble. Therefore, people who live here must go home before night and light red lanterns at their doorsteps. The blood demon will not dare to hurt anyone when he sees the red lanterns.

People who really have to go out at night should carry a red lantern to save their lives.

"Is it useful?" Jiang Zhixia asked.

"Anyway, not many people have died since the red lanterns were lit."

"Why are there still people dying?"

"There are always some foreign guests like you who don't know the customs of this place and die when they arrive here at night. However, none of the people who died now are from the city. As for where they are, no one knows."

The shopkeeper once again asked everyone not to go out at night, and then went to the front desk to do some work.

"Immortal?" Jiang Zhixia held her chin, looked at Xie Zezhi sitting next to her, and asked, "Who is that person?"

"Yes..." Xie Zezhi frowned, "I lost my memory."

"Amnesia is amazing!?"

"I didn't say I was great. I really don't remember."

Xie Zezhi's tone was easy-going. After he lost his memory, he never opposed Jiang Zhixia and always followed her advice, which was very useful to her.

Seeing how good-natured he was, she pursed her lips and smiled, then took a sip of the tea in front of her.

"Jiang Zhixia!" Lu Chennian couldn't help calling her name. He didn't want to see her smile at Xie Zezhi again, and that smile made him feel sour in his heart.

"what happened?"

"You, you..." He couldn't think of a reason for a while, so he stuttered a little, "You should lock the doors and windows tonight, and be careful."

"Sister Jiang is very skilled in martial arts and will definitely protect herself." Yun Shu said first, her face full of admiration for Jiang Zhixia, but soon she became sad again, "I can't do it anymore. I'm not like Sister Jiang. She can’t even protect herself. Sister Jiang also has people like Brother Lu and Brother Xie around her. It would be great if I had them too..."

"Ah? I also need Zhixia's protection. You don't want to fight with me, do you? I'm injured." Xie Zezhi said such useless words, which made Yun Shu almost lose her breath.

"No, that's not what I meant?"

"Then what do you mean?" He said nonsense nonchalantly and seriously: "You think our Zhixia is beautiful and powerful, so you want to take advantage of your gender and wait for an opportunity to get close to her, right?"

"Thank you, brother, you don't have to be so excited..." The corners of her mouth twitched.

"Don't pretend, I've seen it all." He moved slightly closer to Jiang Zhixia, but looked directly at Yun Shu, as if he wanted to see through her. He changed the subject and asked, "Isn't your father here? Why didn't he tell you this place? Case?"

As soon as she said this, everyone looked at her, waiting for her answer.

"No, he said in the letter that the situation was urgent, but did not describe it in detail." She replied calmly: "Can you please accompany me to find my father tomorrow? He might be trapped by the blood demon. I still don't know. Knowing his safety, I am very worried.”

"Okay." Jiang Zhixia simply agreed to her. At this time, the waiter brought the food. She picked up her chopsticks and comforted Yun Shu while eating the noodles: "Don't worry, your father should be fine, otherwise we would have seen him when we came from outside the city."

Xie Zezhi nodded and added: "Still wearing red clothes."

Yun Shu couldn't help but smile when she heard the two of them singing "comfort".

At night, everyone returned to their rooms to rest.

Lu Chennian stood at the door, his hand on the door lock. He wanted to go find Jiang Zhixia, but didn't know what to say to her. He searched in his mind for all kinds of reasons to talk to her. She couldn't always be with Xie Zezhi, which made him feel empty.

Just as he was lost in thought, there was a knock on the door outside.

It must be Jiang Zhixia, he thought. She must have thought that as a new disciple, she would not dare to deal with such a situation, and she was here to remind him.

He has never been so grateful for his current status.

But even though he was extremely excited, he still waited for the third knock on the door before opening the door.

"Brother Lu, I thought you were asleep."

Outside the door is Yunshu. His heart suddenly fell to the bottom, but he quickly adjusted his mood and asked her what happened.

"Can I come in and sit down?" Yun Shu lowered her eyes and blushed on her face, "If someone passes by, I'm afraid it will cause unnecessary misunderstandings."

He glanced at Jiang Zhixia's room, motioned for her to be quiet, and then let her in.

Yun Shu sat opposite him. Under the candlelight, she looked even more charming and more similar to Ning Shu. This made Lu Chennian dizzy. When he looked at her, his eyes softened unconsciously.

"Brother Lu, I'm a little flustered and can't sleep."

"Because you're worried about your father?"

"Yes, I'm also afraid that the blood demon will find me. My skills are not perfect, so I have to learn to catch monsters to make ends meet, and I almost died a few times. I..." She lowered her head, feeling very depressed, "Am I Very useless?"

She continued to talk to herself: "My mother died because of my dystocia, and my father traveled all over the world to catch monsters to support me. I have not had any relatives to accompany me since I was a child. Sometimes I want to find a shoulder to lean on, but every time I can only Hug myself and cry quietly late at night. Brother Lu..."

She wiped away the tears on her face and looked at him affectionately, "I was ready to die under the monster's knife that day, but you rushed out to save me. In your arms, I felt something I had never experienced before. The peace of mind I have had before. Thanks to your care and attention all the way. I will never forget your great kindness. If you don’t dislike it, I would like to pledge myself to be by your side to serve you and take care of you."

After saying that, she put her hand lightly on the back of his hand.

"Miss Yun, I just see injustice on the road." He spoke hastily, trying to clear up the relationship, "You don't have to be like this. Besides, I am a Qing cultivator and I don't know how to marry."

He hurriedly withdrew his hand, but Yun Shu grabbed it.

She leaned forward to close the distance between the two of them, exhaling like a blue breath, "Brother Lu, don't run away. I know there is someone in your heart. Instead of loving someone without being able to get it, it is better to settle for the next best thing. I don't mind becoming that shadow in your heart. "

Lu Chennian looked at her, his heart beating like a drum, and his Adam's apple rolled unconsciously. His consciousness was screaming to push her away, but his body remained motionless.

He couldn't bear it, he wanted to get closer.

Because the person in front of me is Jiang Zhixia...