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"How do you know that the sacrificial stone is on the top floor of the wooden pagoda?" Fang Xia followed Fu Jin's line of sight, glanced at the octagonal wooden pagoda not far from the window, and asked suspiciously.

"It's just a guess now." Fu Jin paused and explained, "The proprietress of the inn said that every year after the Ghost Festival, you can see the light from the window on the top floor of the wooden pagoda. Stone sacrifice itself is a way to suppress Yin Qi Generally, it needs to be placed in the correct magic circle to show its effect, but the sacrificial stone made of sky stone is different. When it is not used, as long as the Yin Qi accumulates to a certain level, even if it is not used, It can also produce visions. In addition, Zou Wumang will appear here, probably because he has already learned that the sacrificial stone is in this area, but he does not know where it is located, so he will enter the ghost market to inquire."

"Then Su Wen appeared here, is it also because of the sacrificial stone?" Fang Xia asked.

"I don't know." Fu Jin shook his head.

After Fang Xia finished eating the cold noodles in the bowl, she wiped her mouth and said to Fu Jin, "Let's go to the Octagonal Wooden Pagoda first."

"It's just my speculation that the sacrificial stone is on the top floor of the wooden tower..."

"I think your speculation is very reasonable." Fang Xia said, getting up to pull Fu Jin, "Go and have a look first!"

Fu Jin had no choice but to stand up and let Fang Xia lead her outside.

The octagonal wooden pagoda is not far from the noodle restaurant where Fang Xia and the others had dinner. After crossing a street, they came to a square. The octagonal wooden pagoda stood in the center of the square.

Fang Xia got up late today, and after eating that early lunch, it was already past ten o'clock, the sun was high in the sky, and there were no other shaded places in the square except for some street trees planted along the road.Therefore, except for those passing by by chance, there are basically no people in the square.

Fang Xia led Fu Jin across the square illuminated by the sun, and came to the octagonal wooden pagoda.The wooden tower is old, and peeling paint and peeling lime can be seen everywhere, full of old mottled.

The octagonal wooden pagoda is built on a stone base, surrounded by a circle of stone railings, and there are two passages left in the stone railings.Walking into the aisle and going up the steps of the stone seat is the first floor of the wooden tower.

Taking a look at most of the ancient wooden pagodas, there are two doors on the bottom floor of the pagoda, one in front and one in the back. Fang Xia walked around the pagoda to look at the two doors.The two-leaf wooden doors with peeling paint were locked with chain locks.Judging by the rust on the chain lock, the tower door should have not been opened for a long time.

The sacrificial stone is for suppressing Yin, if Fu Jin is allowed to do it, either Fu Jin will be suppressed by the sacrificial stone, or the sacrificial stone will be directly destroyed by Fu Jin's yin energy.Therefore, if he wanted to take the sacrificial stone, he had to go up and get it himself.Fang Xia checked the chain lock, it was a very common kind, and it was not difficult for him to open it.However, before that, there is another particularly important question——

"What's the matter?" Fu Jin approached Fang Xia, helping him to shield him from the sun, looking down at his frowning brows, and asked in a low voice.

"I suddenly thought, if the sacrificial stone is in this pagoda, it is considered an antique, right? We can't take it away at will." Fang Xia turned her head and said to Fu Jin.

Fu Jin was silent, he didn't know how to answer these words for a while.

Fang Xia stroked his chin and thought for a while, then said: "Assuming that the sacrificial stone is really in this tower, if you really want to use the sacrificial stone to lure those people out, you can only wait here. However, you must find a way to enter the tower first. Make sure there is really a sacrificial stone in it..."

"Hey, are you traveling from other places?" Just as Fang Xia was talking to Fu Jin, a white-haired old man in a cultural shirt passed by and stopped. Fang Xia and the others shouted, "This tower can't be entered. Just look outside."

Fang Xia turned around, descended from the steps of the wooden pagoda's stone seat, and ran to the old man in a cultural shirt.

"Master, I heard that there is a watchman in this tower?" Grandpa Fang Xia stood still in front of him and asked with a smile.

"Yes!"

"Do you know where he lives? I want to go up to the tower and ask him if he can accommodate me."

"Go up the tower? No, no." The old man waved his hands again and again, "You really want to go into the tower and have a look, then you can talk to old man Xu, but going up the tower is definitely not possible. This tower has been around for a long time, and it hasn't been repaired much. However, the wooden stairs going up inside the tower are not strong anymore, it’s too dangerous for people to go up!”

Fang Xiasheng listened to the warm advice from the elder, and watched him go away under the repeated emphasis of the other party.

According to the old man, he just hired a watchman to watch the door, so he can only look at it on the first floor of the wooden tower, not the top of the tower.

"I can only unlock it at night when no one is around, and sneak up to see it." Fang Xia rubbed her nose, then turned her head and said to Fu Jin who was standing on top of her.

Fu Jin raised her hand and rubbed the curled hairs on Fang Xia's head—since she cut her hair short, there were always a few hairs on the top of Fang Xia's head that curled up disobediently, but it felt soft and smooth to the touch, and it felt good.

"If you just look at it, I can go up."

"Then I'll wait for you under the pagoda." Fang Xia grabbed Fu Jin's hand on top of her head, and interlocked his fingers with his palm.

"it is good."

Fang Xia stuffed a warning talisman between the two wooden doors on the first floor of the wooden tower, so that as long as someone entered the tower, he would know in time.Although it is not clear whether the sacrificial stone is in the tower, it is always right to prevent the other party from rushing ahead of them to take the sacrificial stone.

After putting in the warning sign, Fang Xia and Fu Jin left the square.On the way back to the hotel, Fang Xia received a call from Geng Shudan, saying that he had arrived in Xushui Town, and asked where Fang Xia lived.

While Fang Xia was surprised, he told Geng Shudan the address of the hotel where he was staying.

Fang Xia and Fu Jin returned to the hotel, and waited for a while in the rest room on the first floor of the hotel, when they saw Geng Shudan coming in dragging his suitcase.

Fang Xia got up to meet him.

"Hey, cut your hair short?" When Geng Shudan saw Fang Xia, his eyes fell on his hair, and he said with a smile, "The middle ones are still warped, yes, they look very energetic."

Fang Xia raised his hand and pressed some of his raised hair, and gave Geng Shudan a white look, "Can't you pay attention to other things?"

Geng Shudan pretended to look at Fang Xia seriously, but there was something else in this look.There are two obvious red spots on Fang Xia's neck, Geng Shudan is not a stupefied young man, so he can tell what kind of marks they are at a glance.

However, at Fang Xia's age, it's not unusual to have a girlfriend or something.

Geng Shudan thought so, and was about to tease a few words, but just raised his hand to pat Fang Xia's shoulder, but his eyes met Fu Jin who was standing behind Fang Xia.

Fu Jin's expression was as cold as ever, and he looked at him indifferently, causing Geng Shudan to raise half of his hand, and paused slightly in mid-air, inexplicably feeling that he couldn't pat Fang Xia.

Geng Shudan withdrew his hand, greeted Fu Jin sternly, and said a few words to Fang Xia, then dragged his suitcase and went to the front desk to check in.

Geng Shudan took the room key given by the proprietress and asked Fang Xia and the others to wait downstairs. He went upstairs to put his luggage and then came down.

"You can think about it by the way, where should we go for lunch? I'll treat you." Geng Shudan finished talking to Fang Xia, and walked upstairs with his suitcase.

Turning into the corner of the stairs, after he couldn't see Fang Xia and the others, Geng Shudan stopped, his face was still calm, but his heart was full of fear.

Seeing Fang Xia again this time, he felt that there seemed to be something more between Fang Xia and Fu Jin.Fu Jin was very close to Fang Xia, and he knew it. Ever since Fang Xia's master passed away, there was a faint sense of intimacy between them that no one could intervene.But people and ghosts have different paths, that is not a boundary that can be easily crossed, and he has never thought in that direction before.But seeing the hickey on Fang Xia's neck today and Fu Jin's silent possessive attitude, Geng Shudan couldn't stop thinking in that direction no matter what.

A living person, a ghost, a love affair between yin and yang, it is not unheard of in the mystical circle, but in the end, no couple can end well.Li Gui has a deep obsession, once a desire arises, it is difficult to let him go, and living people are always fickle, especially in terms of emotions, as long as the initial belief is shaken, the ending of this shocking feeling can only be... It ended in the tragedy of life and death.

He had told Fang Xia about this before, it's impossible that Fang Xia didn't know about it, what was he thinking?And Fu Jin... Why did this thousand-year-old ghost who had no interest in the human world become interested in Fang Xia?

After putting his luggage in the room, Geng Shudan went downstairs, and followed Fang Xia to a restaurant closer to the hotel.

Along the way, seeing Fang Xia's slightly awkward walking posture and Fu Jin's careful guarding movements, Geng Shudan was completely sure that his guess was right.

Geng Shudan wanted to ask Fang Xia what he was thinking.But Fu Jin was present, and he felt that what he heard sounded like sowing discord, he would probably be killed immediately if he uttered it. It was an easy matter for a thousand-year-old ghost with a physical body to kill a living person.

He has a somewhat nosy personality, but it is very disrespectful to meddle in other people's feelings. If possible, he is not willing to do such a thing, but, watching Fang Xia and Fu Jin helplessly, step into the He also does not want to see the footsteps of his predecessors.

"What are you thinking about? Are you listening to me?" Fang Xia held the spoon of tofu soup and shook it in front of Geng Shudan's eyes, "You frowning face, have you been caught by your family again?"

Fang Xia was talking about Geng Shudan's homosexual, Chu Ji. During the two months he had been studying with Geng Shudan, that boss Chu had come to him a lot. Every time Geng Shudan hid from him, it was like hiding from debts. .

"What about my family? I broke up with Chu Ji a long time ago." Geng Shudan took his chopsticks and tapped the empty plate in front of him, and returned to the topic, "You mean to meet Zou Wumang of the Xuanyong Sect here, and with him. Su Wen about the ghost sect?"

"Yes." Fang Xia filled a bowl of tofu soup and placed it in front of Fu Jin, and then started serving it to herself.

"That means the news received by the Geng Family Intelligence Network is correct." Geng Shudan said, "The Geng Family Intelligence Network received the news that the sect has made a small move here. I came here first to check the situation."

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Fang Xia (holding tofu soup): Fu Jin, eat tofu.

Fu Jin (looking at Fang Xia): Good.