I am a fairy

Chapter 83: Fire Festival
Just like the previous box and the previous paper, Wen Funu had never seen such a lamp before.

But, he was sure of one thing.

"These must have been made by the same craftsman. But where did Xihe County get so many rare treasures? They must have been left behind by the ancients."

Wen Fonu became more and more certain that there might be some huge tomb in Xihe County.

Or maybe the ancients left some treasures underground, which were found by these people and then taken out and pretended to be relics of gods to play tricks.

Wen Funu fiddled with the Buddhist beads in his hand, and his eyes changed.

seem.

Once again saw the opponent's flaw.

He was just about to step forward when a small door on the left opened and a group of shamans and witches walked out of the side room.

Some were dressed like ghosts, and some were dressed in flowing white clothes.

among them.

A masked figure walked in front.

Wen Fonu knew at a glance that this was the divine witch that the Yin-Yang Taoists talked about.

Wen Funu immediately straightened his chest and back to support his slightly short stature, showing his innate nobility, waiting for the wizard to come over and salute him.

However, the tall wizard passed in front of him and his shadow rolled over him.

She didn't even look at him from beginning to end. She just walked through a door behind the altar and headed towards the depths of the bamboo forest and the cloud wall of Shou Palace.

And behind him.

Wen Funu's face showed a look of surprise at first, and then turned pale and blue.

When the figure walked past and disappeared at the other end, Wen Funu finally squeezed out a sentence.

"It's really different from ordinary people. What a grand show."

Wen Fonu's blood boiled, but he warned himself in his heart.

"Be magnanimous, be magnanimous."

"Don't bother with these country folk and witches."

Sacrifice witch: "Today is the Cold Food Festival, the gods and witches are all focused on the sacrifice."

Wen Fu Nu said in his heart: "Pretend."

But he said, "It's okay, it's okay."

Of course, he would not admit it in his heart.

As the son of the Prince of Lucheng, he was born with a noble and proud status, but some congenital defects made him feel inferior.

Normally, he hated to see tall people holding their heads high in front of him, so he always stood in a high place and used his authority to force others to bow and salute, making everyone bow to him.

But now, this wizard is the kind of person he dislikes very much, and his attitude is so "arrogant".

If it weren't for the curiosity in my heart, I would want to know where these strange things came from.

According to his usual temper.

He will just walk away now and then deal with those who dare to put on airs in front of him.

But at this moment he still stayed, but he couldn't help but burst out with something.

Wen Fu Nu looked around and said, "It's dark, why don't you light more lights?"

The witch started to speak, and the Yin-Yang Taoist replied: "During the Cold Food Festival, fire is forbidden, so you can't light lamps."

Wen Fu Nu knew this, of course, but he deliberately asked: "Then why is there only one lamp lit?"

The witch said, "There is no fire in this lamp."

Wen Fu Nu laughed: "How can the lamp be lit without fire?"

The witch's next answer was even stranger: "Because this lamp is filled with moonlight from the sky."

Wen Funu laughed even harder. He was irritated by the continuous rebuttals. He was already fed up with these people's pretense and trickery.

Wen Fu Nu: "Oh, so this is another gift from the gods?"

Priest: “Yes.”

Wen Funu: "Then I have to take a good look."

Witch: "This..."

Wen Fu Nu: "Can't you see it?"

The witch said: "If you just want to take a look, it's fine, but the witch will hold the lantern to lead away the ghosts. Sima Wen, please don't touch it with your hands."

Wen Fu Nu: "What if it touches me?"

Shaman: "I am afraid that the ghosts and gods will target me."

Also mentioned ghosts and gods.

Wen Fu Nu raised the corner of his mouth, and his sneering attitude could be said to be no longer so secretive.

Wen Funu walked forward, raised his head and looked at the lamp carefully.

Wen Fonu: "This lamp feels a little warm when I get close to it. There must be a candle inside. Are you deceiving me?"

The witch said: "Sir Wen, please take a closer look."

At this moment, a gust of wind blew and the lamp swayed.

Wen Funu's eyes immediately focused and he stared at the lamp, but he found that no matter how much the lamp shook, the flame inside remained motionless.

Wen Fu Nu finally couldn't help it and reached out to touch it.

The hand brushed across the lamp handle and bumped into something, making a crisp sound, and then the lamp went out immediately.

Wen Funu was overjoyed and said loudly.

"It's out, it's out, and you still say it's not a fire?"

At this time, the priest stretched out his hand.

Place it lightly on the handle.

Pressed it.

"Click."

Immediately, you can see that the beautiful lantern lights up again.

"Uh?"

This moment made Wen Fu Nu a little confused and he was stunned for a while.

The witch said: "Sir Wen, this lamp is filled with moonlight, it can light up by itself without the need for candles."

Wen Fu Nu: "It must be a flint hidden inside."

After hearing Wen Funu's stubborn guess, the witch and the Yin-Yang Taoist looked at each other and shook their heads.

Finally, after listening to the witch talk about some secrets of this natural object called the Moon Shadow Glass Lamp, the Yin-Yang Taoist raised his hand again.

"No, no."

The old Taoist pointed at the moon-shadow glass lamp and told Wen Fo Nu on behalf of the witch.

"There is no oil in this lamp, and there is no need for oil."

Wen Funu: "No lamp oil?"

The priest took down the lamp and carried it in front of Wen Funu.

The moon-like warm light was projected onto their faces, illuminating the outlines of the three people.

Beautiful, colorful patterns emerge on the lampshade.

Through the crystal lampshade, they can clearly see the structure inside.

You can see that there is nothing else inside except a round, golden ball of light.

There was indeed no lamp oil inside.

Not only that, there is not even a vent for air to vent. If there really is a fire inside, it would be impossible for it to burn if it is sealed.

No matter how Wen Funu looked at it, he couldn't understand what the principle was.

but.

He was completely rebellious and obsessed with the idea. He firmly believed that this was a scam perpetrated by everyone in Xihe County to create an auspicious omen.

These people made all kinds of schemes in order to get promoted and make money, and to fool the people.

"Perhaps the oil is hidden in the handle, or perhaps the light is a ball of ointment that burns out."

"Perhaps the outlet is some kind of trick, hidden somewhere that's hard to spot at first glance."

He kept thinking, pointing out one possibility after another.

However, what he got was just the old man's move.

"No, no."

"No, no..."

Reject all his guesses.

Under the light of the moonlit glass lamp.

Wen Fonu's face looked very bad. His face turned as red as pig liver, and his Buddhist beads were about to break. In the end, he could no longer say anything.

However, being unable to speak does not mean that he has believed it. Instead, it means that he has become more persistent.

"This must be a group of people pretending to be ghosts."

"I just don't know where they got these tools made by skilled craftsmen, but I can't even figure out the hidden mechanism in them."

But having already come here, Wen Funu began to hesitate, whether to turn around and leave, or to play with this group of mysterious people to the end and then completely expose their tricks.

At this moment, the sound of a witch striking a bronze bell was heard from the darkness.

"Den!"

"Three quarters past the hour of You."

After hearing the sound of the chimes, the priest immediately spoke to the Yin-Yang Taoist priest and Wen Fonu beside him.

"I have to follow the shaman to preside over the grand ceremony of changing the fire. Excuse me."

The Yin-Yang Taoist priest also immediately became excited and said while looking at the top of the sacred peak.

"Is it going to start now?"

"Finally, I can see the wonders of the cloud wall again."

The Yin-Yang Taoist couldn't wait to chase after him, and even forgot about Wen Fonu for a moment. It was only after a while that he came back to greet him.

"Sima Wen, come with me quickly, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!"

Wen Fonu finally suppressed the urge to turn around and leave, and followed the Yin-Yang Taoist to a higher place.

"It's all here."

"Let's see what tricks these people are using to create this cloud wall." "You can pretend to be the others, but I want to see how you can create this ghost and god."

The more absurd and bizarre something is, the easier it is to reveal flaws.

He wanted to see how these people would end up with all this boasting and posturing.

The sacrificial shaman held the Moon Shadow Glass Lamp, and the group of shamans followed him to the Shou Palace. When they arrived at the square in front of the Shou Palace, the sacrificial shaman personally returned the lamp to its owner, the divine shaman.

At this moment, there was a bonfire burning in front of the Shou Palace, which was also the only fire on the mountain.

This is the old fire from last year.

The witches have already made preparations, waiting for the right time to extinguish the old fire, and then reignite it at dawn. This is what it means to change the fire.
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In front of Shou Palace.

A group of witches dressed in different clothes transformed into ghosts and danced around the bonfire.

The witch shadow went wild, accompanied by music and ancient poems sung by the mountain voice.

Some people watched with great interest, some waited with great anticipation, and some looked impatiently into the Shou Palace.

The one who was impatient was Wen Fu Nu. He was not here to watch the shaman dance.

Quarter after quarter passed, hour after hour disappeared under the bonfire and the witch's shadow, and Wen Funu became more and more irritated.

"Where's this ghost?"

"What about the Yin and Yang worlds?"

"What if something unexpected happens?"

"When exactly does it start?"

Wen Funu looked at the Yin-Yang Taoist priest beside him with dissatisfaction, but found that the Taoist priest's eyes were bloodshot and he was extremely excited, as if he had taken drugs.

Wen Fu Nu was shocked, not knowing what the old Taoist was so excited about. However, looking at his crazy look, he began to murmur.

Could it be?

And so we waited until midnight.

Wen Funu's eyes were bloodshot, his neck and the back of his head were blown like a piece of wood by the cold wind, and his head was about to explode from the shaking of the witch shadow and the flames, when he finally heard the sound of a chime.

The witch struck the bronze bell: "Ding!"

The witch with the straw crown: "Turn off the fire!"

Then, the witch rang the bell again.

"Den!"

"It's midnight."

“Change the old fire and welcome the new fire.”

With the first sound of the bronze chime, Wen Fonu stood up suddenly, his bloodshot eyes looking at the Shou Palace in the depths of the flames.

like.

He is about to turn into a demon.

Wen Funu turned the Buddhist beads violently, only in this way could he suppress the "evil spirit" surging in his chest, but he had already started cursing in his heart.

"Your mother and servant, you better make a big scene for me."

"You've been tossing me around all night. Even if you want to fool me, you have to fool me well."

"Even if you are afraid of something bad happening, you'd better bring me some evil ghosts."

Otherwise, he would transform into a demon and eat all of these guys.

At this point, only the remaining firewood was left of the originally tall bonfire.

And as the remaining firewood was completely extinguished artificially, everything around fell into complete darkness.

And in folk rumors.

The old fire of last year is extinguished during the Cold Food Festival, and all the evil spirits in the dark will come out.

But at this time, the masked wizard holding a lamp turned into the brightest light source under the night sky.

It even obscured the stars and the moon above.

It also enveloped everyone present.

With the dull sound of the door being pushed open, the gate of the Shou Palace finally opened. The divine wizard stepped in holding the Moon Shadow Glass Lamp high, and the group of wizards followed closely.

Wen Fo Nu followed the Yin-Yang Taoist into the Longevity Palace, and he finally saw the jade disk clearly under the moonlight of the glass lamp.

Everyone stood in a neat row under the jade disk and looked up.

Wen Fonu: "Is this the cloud wall?"

His eyes widened even more, and he stared at the jade disc, as if he was possessed.

But the fire had gone out, the door had opened, and the jade wall appeared before his eyes.

Waited for a long time.

There was no movement at all.

There was nothing else except the cold wind at night that made my neck sore.

The scene was deathly silent.

This time.

After squatting in the cold wind for a whole night, Wen Funu was filled with anger, which suddenly rose from his stomach to his head.

That's it?

That's it?

That's it!!!!
Wen Fonu felt that even an angry Vajra was coming and he couldn't suppress the evil spirit in his stomach. He turned the Buddhist beads in his hand violently, as if he wanted to rub them out of fire.

At the same time, he turned his head and looked viciously at the Yin-Yang Taoist priest beside him.

"Is this the place where gods and humans meet, where the gates of yin and yang open wide?"

"Is this the door that can open the heavens and lead to the underworld?"

"Are you still worried about something unexpected happening?"

"return……"

Then after entering the Shou Palace, the Yin-Yang Taoist's expression had become more and more excited, because he had just secretly swallowed a pill. At this moment, he stood on tiptoe with an almost crazy expression, and his eyes were filled with desire for matters of life and death.

When Wen Funu heard this question, he immediately put his fingers to cover his lips.

"Shh!"

Then he raised his hand again and spoke softly to Wen Funu.

"No, no."

"This is just..."

But at this moment, he didn't know that he could no longer say the word "non" anymore.

Sima Wen, a sturdy man from a noble family, who was already on the verge of exploding, was suddenly stressed out by the word "fei", as if these two words were an evil curse that incarnated as an evil ghost.

Wen Funu's face immediately turned red, and his hair exploded, almost pushing his hat up.

He raised his hand high, and even the Buddhist beads in his hand fell to the ground with a crisp sound.

Precious Buddhist beads scattered and spread out along the stone slabs.

And a sentence roared out from Wen Funu's mouth.

"I am not your mother."

At this time, everyone in the Shou Palace looked at him, and their eyes were cast on Wen Fonu, but no one said a word.

But Wen Fonu had decided that he could no longer endure it, nor did he care about the dignity of a noble family. The son of a prince was fooled like a fool, and then left out in the cold for a whole night, waiting for such a thing to appear.

I can no longer bear it. I don't need to endure it anymore.

Wen Funu rushed to the front in an instant, passed through the slightly fluttering translucent gauze, and came directly to the cloud wall.

Then he looked at everyone in front of the cloud wall and said while panting.

"One by one they pretended to be one."

"I know that you are all under the instruction of Xihe County Magistrate Jia Gui, and you are lying about the auspiciousness and playing tricks here."

"Everyone is in collusion with each other and pretending here. I have seen through it. Stop pretending."

Wen Funu waved his hand with great power, and his aura seemed to suppress the entire scene.

He said very firmly.

"When I learned about the deeds of Taoist Jin'ao in Lucheng County, I started to set up this trap. I was led to Ziyun Peak, and then some villagers and mountain people were arranged to perform in front of me along the way."

"Each one of them is really painstaking!"

"You even took out a lot of treasures that were made with strange techniques and ingenuity from who knows where you got them. Do you think you can deceive me like this?"

"Tell you."

"I am the son of the Prince of Lucheng, a member of the royal family. How can I be deceived by you scoundrels?"

"I had already guessed your tricks before I came here, but I couldn't bear to let Xihe County Magistrate Jia Gui's greedy actions implicate so many people, so I wanted to give you a chance."

"Now it seems that you are stubborn and unrepentant."

Wen Funu glared at everyone, took a deep breath, and then spoke with his cheeks stiff and chest puffed out.

"Now, I will give you one last chance. If you tell the truth, I can still plead for you."

"Otherwise, you will die."

After saying these words, he finally vented most of the anger in his chest.

He said a lot, each one of his words full of energy.

Looking at everyone present in complete silence, with dumbfounded expressions, I couldn't help but feel a sense of pride and comfort in my heart.

"I guess you were shocked by my righteous words!"

At this moment, a buzzing sound like the sound of the sea waves suddenly came from behind Wen Funu.

"Buzz!"

In an instant, brilliant light spread out.

Wen Funu stood in front of the cloud wall. The light carried his tall, righteous, and awe-inspiring figure from behind him forward, passing through the hall with layers of gauze and pouring into the mountains and fields.

In an instant, day and night were reversed.

Wen Funu's expression was frozen for a moment.

There was a look of confusion in his eyes.

Although he couldn't see the scene behind him, he knew that this was definitely not something that could be accomplished by any tricks.

Because behind him.

It was like a huge, scorching sun rising.

(End of this chapter)