My mythology is different from yours

The Xiao family made their fortune at the foot of Shengshan Mountain, and the capital of the country was built on Shengshan Mountain at first, which was called Zhaoyun City.Later, the capital of Daxuan Kingdom moved to the south, and all the dignitaries and dignitaries in Zhaoyun City went south with them. This formerly glorious capital will forever stay in the old days.

Only when the Xuansheng Sect New Year Festival is held, all parties come to congratulate and return to the old capital, this place will flourish briefly for a few months.But now the annual festivals are taking longer and longer, only once every five years.Monarch Daxuan and Xuansheng Sect are at odds. Although the two sides are still friendly on the surface, in fact, the commercial economy of Zhaoyun City has been suppressed by the imperial court, and Xuansheng Sect has long been in decline.

As the former capital of the country, Zhaoyun City is quite large in scale and magnificent in architecture, but its popularity has decreased, and the wind passing through the old pavilions, even the spring breeze, cannot bring back the prosperity of the past, it just adds to the embarrassment.

Xuanzhi was walking on a small street in Zhaoyun City, where people still shy away from trivial matters, and shroud shops are all opened on the outer edge of the main city, which is a rather remote street.

There are shops lined with white sail paper figurines on the street, and occasionally there are a few pieces of yellow paper floating in the wind on the street, which is quite desolate.

Xuanzhi found the largest shroud shop on Baishi Street, and there was a row of paper figurines tied up in that shop, some of them were dressed in bright colors, their faces were painted with makeup and powder, they were as delicate as real people, and some were completely white, with two blobs of red on their faces. The weird blush looks like that of a regular paper figurine.

The paper figurines displayed in the store are of different degrees of fineness, and the prices naturally vary greatly.There are only two pairs of paper figurines that look like real people, one male and one female, and they are also wearing real silk brocade robes.

The owner of the shroud shop is a craftsman of paper figurines. When Xuan Zhi came to the door, he had set up a large booth of props and was sitting in front of the shop to make paper figurines.

The paper figurines that His Majesty Guidi asked for by name must not be fooled by mediocre ones. Xuan Zhi pointed to the most exquisite pair of paper figurines in the shop and asked, "Please trouble the shopkeeper, how long will it take to make a paper figurine like this?"

The shopkeeper took a moment to look back and said loudly: "Girl, that paper figurine is so fine that it will take seven days."

"It's been too long, I'm in a hurry, can the store shorten it by a few days?"

The shopkeeper's subordinates didn't stop moving, and replied: "It will take three days at the shortest."

Xuan Zhi also wanted to shorten it a bit more, it would be best if it could be done today, if not, it could be done tomorrow.

But the storekeeper shook his head and said: "Girl, do you think this paper doll is beautiful? In the whole old city, I am the only one who can make such a fine paper doll. It takes a lot of work to make a paper doll. It will take three days to close my eyes and rush to make it for you, and I can't ruin my reputation for you, can I?"

"Besides, if it doesn't look good when you tie it out in a hurry, the girl will spend the money wrongly."

Xuanzhi hesitated for a moment, and said directly: "Then I'll just buy this paper figurine."

"Girl, these paper figurines are a pair, not just for sale," said the shopkeeper.

In the end Xuanzhi had to pay for the man and woman paper figurines together. The shopkeeper couldn't close his mouth with joy, and finally put down his work and generously gave her a lot of matching gadgets.

Xuanzhi put the paper figurine into a storage bag, walked to a sparsely populated pavilion near the river, and invited His Majesty the Ghost Emperor.

Shen Tutao glanced at the paper figurine, and rarely picked any faults, and directly possessed herself into the paper figurine.As soon as he entered the body of the paper mannequin, the paper mannequin immediately changed. Dark red overflowed from the pupils of the paper mannequin, covering the original black color.The body shape and appearance of the whole person have also changed from paper paste to that of a living person. If you don't distinguish carefully, you will be no different from a real person at a glance.

This paper figurine originally had a pretty face, and the facial features painted on the face were delicate and indistinguishable. Now that the pupils of the eyes have changed into the red pupils of His Majesty the Ghost Emperor, it looks even more strange.

Shen Tutao blinked, stood up straight from the pavilion pillar she leaned on, and moved her stiff limbs, looking quite satisfied, "Not bad."

Finally made this ancestor happy, Xuanzhi heaved a sigh of relief, she could tell that Shen Tutao obviously wanted to come out to play by himself, but he didn't say it directly, he wanted others to figure out the holy intention, and then take the initiative to invite him.

Maybe all those who are monarchs have such a stinky problem.What else can I do?It's not just coaxing him.

"It's great, with His Majesty by my side, I feel much more at ease." Xuan Zhi flattered her.

Shen Tutao straightened his cuffs, his eyes fell on her from the end of his eyes, "Let's go."

"Okay!" Xuan Zhi called out the somersault cloud, rubbed the cloud as if showing off his baby, and introduced to him, "Does your majesty want to ride the somersault cloud with me? The somersault cloud is white and soft, and the speed is amazing Hurry up, a tumble is a hundred and eight thousand miles, it is the cloud that our great king soars."

Somersault Yun complacently circled around the two of them, obviously very happy to be praised.

"Let me tell Somersault Cloud, it will definitely agree with His Majesty."

monkey cloud.

Shen Tutao glanced at the snow-white cloud in front of him, "Can you tell the direction? Don't fall into Beiming again."

Xuanzhi: "..." She immediately pulled out the map, and leaned in front of Somersault Cloud. After searching for a long time on the map, she couldn't find Xiye Town, which was the size of a dot. Daxuan's territory is too big. For the unimportant places, there is not even a sign on the map. I knew that I would need a complete map from Mrs. Xuancheng.

Shen Tutao passed her from behind and glanced at the map, snorted, and suddenly reached out to wrap her arms around her waist, and grabbed somersaulting cloud's ear with the other hand, and stepped out of the pavilion leading one person and one cloud, lightly touching the water surface, There was a wave of fluctuations in the space, and an illusory path appeared out of thin air.

Before Xuanzhi could react, he was dragged up the path and flew forward. The sky light in front of her eyes was passing quickly. in view.

When she looked again, the scene in front of her eyes had changed drastically. They were in a swamp, and there were low trees growing in the water, connected into pieces, and through the gaps in the leaves, the embankment not far away could be seen.

"What was that just now? Where is this place?" Xuan Zhi stepped on the root of a tree protruding from the water, covered with moss, almost slipped and stepped into the water.

Shen Tutao supported her waist again, and replied in a good mood: "The ghost road of Yin Road, this is the entrance and exit of a Yin Road in Xiye Town."

Water belongs to Yin, and most of the ghost paths are in watery places or dark places in mountains and forests.

"Have we arrived in Xiye Town?" Xuanzhi asked in surprise.

Somersault Cloud, who was robbed of his job, squeezed out from the gloomy path, shook the cloud, very unhappy, the white cloud instantly turned cloudy, and before breaking free from Shen Tutao's hand, he sprayed his hand with a puff. rainwater.

Shen Tutao's papery wrist was immediately soaked, and his fingers drooped limply.He didn't care, he shook his palm, forced the moisture out of his palm, reshaped his limp fingers, and formed a round water ball above his palm, which was wrapped in Yin Qi and bounced back to Somersault Yun with his fingers.

The cloud group of somersault cloud was pierced by the cold Yin Qi, and the whole cloud group was so angry that it swelled and blackened, and sank into the water with a whimper, and when it emerged again, it was already Niu Hulu·somersault cloud.

Somersault clouds were overcast, thunder and lightning flashed in his stomach, and there was a loud crash in the cloud. The water sprayed out was like a high-pressure water gun, and it rushed towards Shen Tutao.

"Hehe." Shen Tutao sneered provocatively, retracted his arms from Xuanzhi's waist, and disappeared from the roots of the tree, disappearing into the woods.

The water from somersaulting clouds sprayed onto the tree, causing the tree to shake violently. The splashed water rippled across Xuanzhi's face. There were dripping drops of water on her chin. She blinked away the mist in her eyes and hugged the tree trunk. Shouted: "Hey, Your Majesty..."

Before he finished speaking, somersaulting cloud had already chased behind Shen Tutao, sparks and lightning spraying water guns along the way and followed into the depths of the dense forest.

Xuanzhi quickly wiped his face, and stretched out his hand in vain to hold him back: "Hey, somersaulting cloud..."

However, their speed was too fast, and they disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Xuan Zhi who was thrown away on the spot wanted to cry but had no tears: "..." What is this called?

She didn't bother to care about those two childish guys, she came out of the water forest and flew up to the embankment.When she got to the shore, she saw a wooden stake erected at intervals of two or three steps along the shoreline. Runes were engraved on the wooden stake, and the stakes were connected with finger-thick red ropes. Yellow paper with cinnabar painted deities.

The portraits are drawn with simple strokes, one depicts Xuancheng Yuanjun, and the other depicts an old man with a long beard, presumably he should be an immortal here.At a glance, there are such red strings and yellow papers on the entire waterfront.

When Xuan Zhi entered the inside of the red rope, he could feel a faint wave of divine power.

Before coming here, Xuanzhi had heard from Mr. Xuancheng Yuan that Xiye Town was divided into fragments by the river due to the large flow of water. There are three earth immortals in this place, a mountain god, a river god, and an earth king and earth dragon believed by the local people.

Xuan Zhi took a closer look at the yellow talisman, and guessed that this area should be under the jurisdiction of the Tujun.

Not far from the water's edge, there are rows of residential houses. The walls are made of irregular bluestones, the gaps are filled with straw and loess, and the roofs are covered with black tiles.

It is now evening, seeing the sun was about to set, there were voices on the street, Xuanzhi walked in quickly, and as soon as he entered, he saw that the ground in front of a small temple was full of offerings, and a group of people were kneeling Worshiping on the ground, they muttered in their mouths, hoping that Lord Ruan Shantu would bless them to spend the night safely.

There were two monks standing in front of the Tujun Temple, a man and a woman, who were from the Xuansheng Sect by their attire.

The appearance of a stranger like Xuan Zhi immediately caught their attention, and the two of them stepped forward and asked very vigilantly, "Who is the girl, and where did she come here?"

"I came here under the guidance of Lord Xuancheng Yuan." Xuan Zhi spread out his palm, and an orchid totem outlined by white light emerged from his palm.

When the two monks saw this, the guard in their eyes disappeared, and they bowed their hands and said: "I think the girl is the talisman master who came to support?"

"Exactly." Xuanzhi returned the salute.

As soon as the two parties met, Xuanzhi was about to ask about the current situation in Xiye Town, when he heard a sharp sound from the bank of the water, and then a transparent barrier floated over the area, and the barrier was followed by a sound. There was a sharp sound, and it was constantly fluctuating.

All the people in front of the temple exclaimed, "Here it comes! The evil spirit is coming again!" They kept kowtowing to the temple while talking, "Mrs. Xuancheng, Lord Ruan Shantu bless—"

"How could there be such a big commotion? Why did the demon come out before it was dark?"

The two Xuansheng Cult monks looked solemn, and they jumped up to the tallest building on the street, looking around, they all showed horror.

Xuanzhi flew up to the roof following the two monks of the Xuansheng Cult. This piece of land surrounded by water is not too big. With the eyesight of a monk, you can look around. There are about fifty households on this land, all of which are stream leaves. It is a medium-sized village in the town. Most of the mountain peach blossoms in the village have withered, and only sporadic pink remains.

On the outskirts of the village, there are wooden stakes carved with runes, surrounded by red rope and yellow paper to protect the whole village.

As for the dense mangroves growing in the water outside the village, the mangroves on all sides were shaking at this time, and the countless demons seemed to be disturbed by something, ignoring the annoying sunlight, from He rushed out from the depths of the mangrove forest and bumped into the barrier formed by the red rope.

"What's going on with these demons?!"

Xuan Zhi: "..." She probably knew what was going on.

Somersault cloud, Shentu Tao, what the hell are you two doing!