The Wind Master once told him,
This person should be Yin Yu. Because of the Heavenly Officials that had been demoted these years,
No matter how he counted, there were only a few of them. Thus, Xie Lian asked, "How should I address you?"
The ghost masked man replied, "I don't dare. I'm just a nobody."
Entering the abandoned dye house, Xie Lian couldn't help but be startled. He saw all kinds of clothes hanging on wooden racks: wedding clothes, official robes, daughter's veil, child's clothes … … there was also a very simple and crude blood-stained hemp garment.
It was as if he was afraid that others wouldn't find these clothes strange. Layer upon layer,
A dense Yin aura,
Heavy evil aura, as if the living dead were standing there. Even if it wasn't the Embroidered Clothes Immortal,
It definitely wasn't a good thing.
Long pieces of colorful cloth hung high on the wooden racks,
Some were deathly pale, some were dirty,
It had been a long time since anyone took care of them. Quan Yizhen squatted at the edge of a black dye vat, his head buried in it.
He was engrossed in studying the strangely colored and odorous liquid inside. Xie Lian was always worried that in the next moment, he would dip his finger into it and lick it.
He hurriedly dragged him down. In the courtyard, a group of demons and ghosts were all strung up by an iron chain.
Holding his head, he squatted down and said, "This is … …?"
The ghost masked man said, "Recently, the Ghost City sold the Embroidered Clothes Immortal,
As well as the demons and ghosts that used the Embroidered Clothes Immortal everywhere,
They're all here. A total of ninety-eight pieces. "
There were actually ninety-eight pieces. Moreover, they should have all been captured in a very short period of time.
Xie Lian was slightly moved. The ghost masked man continued, "If there are any new movements, we will capture them for Your Highness as soon as possible."
Hearing this, Xie Lian couldn't help but say, "No need. Please tell San … … Hua City Lord, there really is no need to go through so much trouble. I can do it myself. "The result would be the same, it would just take a little more time and energy. However, he himself was a Heavenly Official serving in the Heavenly Court. Even if there weren't many people worshiping him, this was the only proper task he had to do.
The ghost masked man said, "City Lord naturally understands that Your Highness can easily do it. But because of this, I hope you don't have to spend your energy on this kind of small matter that anyone can do. Your Highness's time and energy should be used to do more important things. "
"… …"
After pondering for a moment, Xie Lian still said, "May I ask, your City Lord is currently …?"
Lang Ying seemed to be carelessly swaying around Xie Lian. The ghost masked man said, "The City Lord is currently very busy."
Xie Lian hurriedly said, "Oh. That's good. I hope everything goes well on his side. "
He asked this group of demons and ghosts one by one, and every one of them insisted that they bought it from the mysterious masked man. They didn't seem to be lying, but in a place like the Ghost City, wouldn't there be hundreds of mysterious masked men in a day?
Unable to get an answer, the devil-masked man pulled the rope and led the howling ghosts away, saying goodbye. However, the ninety-eight ghost garments were left behind. Xie Lian only felt that even when he was in charge of collecting old and tattered clothes in the past, he had never seen so many clothes. He flipped the clothes over and over again, suspecting that perhaps none of them were genuine. He said to Quan Yizhen, "Qi Ying, take another look."
Quan Yizhen scratched his fluffy curly hair, shook his head and said, "Too much."
There were too many ghost clothes. The evil aura of each piece of clothing interacted with each other, causing people to lose their judgment.
This was like a person with a sensitive sense of taste. Although he could distinguish between pear flavored and apple flavored candies, if ninety-eight different kinds of fruit fillings were mixed together and then let him taste them, he would basically lose his sense of taste. Xie Lian was currently thinking of another method, but when he turned around, he saw Quan Yizhen directly taking a piece of clothing and preparing to put it on. Xie Lian hurriedly stopped him and hung the clothing back, saying, "Stop stop stop. Qi Ying, let me say this first: First, don't eat random things. Second, don't wear random clothes. These are all very dangerous actions. "
Quan Yizhen pointed behind him and said, "Then what about like him?"
Xie Lian suddenly smelled a faint burning smell. Turning around to look in the direction Quan Yizhen pointed, he saw Lang Ying had found a match from an unknown corner and lit it. She was currently holding it, calmly and skillfully burning the lower hem of a ghost garment.
Xie Lian: "… … Also … … Don't play with fire???"
That ghost garment seemed to be in pain from being burned by Lang Ying. The hem of the garment curled up, crazily twisting, and kept dodging. It didn't look like a piece of clothing, but more like a live fish. This scene actually looked a bit cruel. However, although there was a burning smell, there were no burn marks on the fabric. It seemed that the Yin aura of these ghost clothes was already abundant enough to prevent them from being burned.
Hearing Xie Lian telling him not to play with fire, Lang Ying casually threw away the match and stepped on the ground to extinguish it. She looked very obedient again. Xie Lian didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He went over and said, "Why are you today …"
Speaking up to this point, the expression on his face suddenly froze.
Because he saw, not far from him, a long white cloth hung on a tall wooden frame, slightly swaying in the night wind. A black silhouette was reflected on the cloth, walking slowly. And this figure, had no head.
Xie Lian pulled Lang Ying behind him, and with a sword in his hand, he said, "Be careful!"
This sword cut the cloth and the figure into two. However, when the cloth fell to the ground, there was no one behind it. The headless figure just now had disappeared without a trace. Before Xie Lian had time to go forward to check, he felt a slight chill on his back. He quickly turned around, and his pupils shrank. He saw a woman dressed in gorgeous clothes standing behind him without him noticing.
No! It was not a woman, it was just a piece of clothing!
The piece of clothing that he had cut into two was also a piece of clothing. It fell to the ground and was covered by the cloth. From all directions, a group of shadows swayed and gathered towards the three of them. It turned out that unknowingly, the 98 ghost garments hanging in the courtyard, the corridor, and the dye house had all broken free from the shelves!
Xie Lian was shocked. "Why are they all like this all of a sudden?"
A low voice came from beside him. "Ten thousand ghosts are restless."
Xie Lian turned around and saw that it was Lang Ying who spoke. Although he did not show any signs of uneasiness, the veins on the back of his pale hands were slightly bulging. It was obvious that he was also affected by something.
Ten thousand ghosts were restless again! The closer it was to the opening of Mount Bronze Cauldron, the more deafening its warning to the ghosts. Xie Lian's first thought was, "How is San Lang now???"
However, the situation did not give him much time to think. His thoughts turned quickly, and more than 20 ghost garments had already stuck to him. Quan Yizhen did not hesitate and punched out. If this punch hit the wall or the ground, it would definitely cause the earth to shake and the earth to crack. However, this heavy punch actually hit a few pieces of clothing. Just think about it, even children knew about 'rock, scissors, paper'. Cloth wrapped around a hammer. That light and soft material just happened to be the bane of fists! No matter how strong the wind from his punch was, the soft cloth wrapped around them would not be injured at all. Xie Lian could only raise his sword and attack. However, the ghost garments' dodging was extremely light and nimble. Every time they moved, they could cover a distance of four to five feet. Moreover, because they were almost weightless, they did not make any sound. It was much more difficult to catch their movements and guard against their sneak attacks than to guard against people.
Normally, it was people who picked their clothes. But this time, it was the clothes that picked the people. Ninety-eight ghost garments could not wait to find someone who matched their body and eyes. Among people, women loved to pick their clothes the most. Among ghost garments, women loved to pick their people the most. Dozens of women's long dresses of different colors and styles crazily stuck to Xie Lian's body. Even his sword could not force them away. The situation was even more intense than a group of women who saw beautiful clothes to their liking. For a moment, Xie Lian seemed to be surrounded by a circle of women's clothes. Quan Yizhen pulled off a few children's clothes that were stubbornly trying to put on his head and threw them to the side. He curiously asked, "Why do these women like you so much?"
Xie Lian replied, "Maybe it's because they think I'm more intimate???"
However, none of the ghost garments bothered Lang Ying. Perhaps it was because he was a ghost and they knew they could not get any benefits from him, so they did not approach him. Xie Lian slashed his sword at the waist and cut a few women's dresses. The ghost garments that were cut into two pieces could still move freely. Moreover, they dodged even faster and more swiftly. From the corner of his eyes, Xie Lian saw a few ghost garments sneakily fumbling around the window. He shouted, "Close the door! Don't let them go out! "
The two gods and one ghost could still deal with them, but if these ghost garments slipped out to look for other people, then it would be troublesome. However, his shout was still too late. The courtyard of the dye house was open-air. There was already a long robe fluttering its wide sleeves a few times as it soared into the sky. Like a giant bat, it flew into the night sky. Xie Lian complained incessantly and said, "Qiying! I'll leave the dye house to you! "After he finished speaking, he tapped the ground with his feet and flew over the wall. He then grabbed onto the hem of that ghost's long robe.
With the added weight of a person, the long robe no matter how hard it fluttered, its sleeves couldn't fly up. When it fell to the ground, Xie Lian still held onto its collar tightly. However, it was actually very cunning. With a 'chi la' sound, it tore off a corner of its own robe. Like a warrior who had just cut off his own wrist, it hurriedly slipped away from Xie Lian's grasp. Coincidentally, a passerby who had just finished drinking some wine and was heading home saw a strange headless person dashing towards him. The passerby was so frightened that he screamed, "Ahhhhh, headless ghost! It doesn't have a head! "
Xie Lian hurriedly rushed over and grabbed the robe to show it to the person. He comforted, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid! Look! It's not that it doesn't have a head, it's that it's all gone. "
That person took a look. Sure enough, the collar was empty. There was nothing there! This was even more frightening than a headless ghost. His eyes immediately rolled back and he fainted. Xie Lian hurriedly caught him and gently placed him on the ground. He said, "I'm sorry! I'll take care of it right away. I'll take care of it right away. "
After this bout of panic passed, Xie Lian finally managed to catch all of the ghost clothes that had flown out of the dye house. After counting them once and confirming that not a single piece was missing, he finally let out a sigh of relief.
Since things had already developed to this point, Xie Lian said, "We can only use Qiying's simplest and crudest method. Let's try them on one by one."
He was actually willing to try them on himself, but right now, it was a bit hard to say for his other two partners. He was afraid that if he happened to wear the Embroidered Clothes Immortal and something unexpected happened, he wouldn't be able to deal with it. Thus, he decided to let Xie Lian control the situation and watch the other two try them on.
Thus, Lang Ying and Quan Yizhen both took off their coats and tried them on one by one. Every time they tried on a piece of clothing, Xie Lian would issue simple commands such as' jump twice 'or' turn in a circle 'to see if they would obey.
However, after trying on all ninety-eight pieces of clothing, the two of them each wore forty to fifty pieces each, yet there wasn't any abnormal reaction. It seemed that among these ghost clothes, not a single one belonged to the Embroidered Clothes Immortal. They had worked for half the night for nothing.
Lang Ying and Quan Yizhen wore only unlined clothing as they squatted on the ground. Xie Lian, on the other hand, sat in the mess of clothes on the ground. Holding his forehead, he said, "Selling fake goods really isn't advisable ah … …"
After supporting them for a while, he went to find Ling Wen. Using his spirit, he said, "Ling Wen, I've collected some ghost clothes. Although there probably aren't any genuine Embroidered Clothes Immortal items among them, they are all quite strange and a bit troublesome. Can you send someone over to collect them?"
Ling Wen said, "Alright, I'll immediately arrange it. How many pieces did you collect? "
Xie Lian replied, "Ninety-eight pieces."
"… …" Ling Wen said, "Your Highness the Crown Prince is truly capable. You actually collected more than what I reported to you."
Xie Lian lightly coughed and said, "Actually, it wasn't me … …"
Before he could finish speaking, he felt a familiar chill run down his spine. Slightly startled, Xie Lian raised his head to look.
In front of him, he saw a black silhouette of a person reflected on several pieces of deathly white cloth.