When Wei Wuxian traveled back in time

Looking at Xue Yang who was sitting there doing nothing, Wei WuXian tapped the table with his fingertips and asked, “Did you guys notice?”

Lan Wangji and Xue Yang looked at him.

Wei WuXian said: “That person just now was able to tell our identities at a glance. What does this mean? Think about it before you answer.”

Lan Wangji realized that he was teaching Xue Yang, so he didn't reply.

Xue Yang blurted out, "He has a problem. Do you want me to catch him?"

Wei WuXian sighed and shook his head.

Seeing that he seemed to have said something wrong, Xue Yang asked: "Does he have any problems?"

Wei WuXian said, “There is a problem, but it shouldn’t be a big deal.”

Xue Yang said "Oh".

Wei WuXian explained, “The owner of this shop speaks normally and behaves in a relaxed manner. If he is not from an aristocratic family, then he must be a fellow trader.”

He has the same purpose as them, or he is that purpose.

There were no other customers in the restaurant and there was no need to wait in line for a long time. Soon, the home-cooked dishes that Wei Wuxian ordered were served.

The shop owner shook the rag off his shoulder and said, "Dear guests, please enjoy your meal. I will leave first."

“Wait a minute.” Wei WuXian said, “Boss, this dish is delicious and tasty. Just smelling it makes me hungry.”

The shop owner said modestly, "Thank you for the compliment, sir."

Wei WuXian said, “This is also our first time in Yicheng. The fog here is so thick and different from other places we’ve been to. I have something I’d like to ask you.”

The shop owner asked, "What are you curious about?"

Wei WuXian said, “Boss, your store looks quite old. It must be quite a few years old, right?”

The shop owner said, "This shop has been here for a long time, but I just moved here last month."

This statement further confirmed my guess.

"Last month?" Xue Yang asked in surprise, "The city is filled with thick fog, and there is a bad atmosphere everywhere. It's not an exaggeration to say that it's a ghost town. How could anyone want to settle here?"

The shop owner was also a down-to-earth person, and he said what he wanted to say: "This young man, you don't know, this city is really not that great, but some time ago, some ghost cultivator appeared, I forgot who it was, and since then, many people have regarded this place as a Feng Shui treasure land and settled here to practice."

"So Yicheng gradually became lively during that period."

Wei WuXian said, “But we just walked around the city and there aren’t many people here.”

At this point, the shop owner became excited: "It's much better than before, so this is the reason why I came here to open a restaurant and inn."

Wei WuXian asked: “What’s the purpose?”

The shop owner rolled his eyes, looked at the three of them, and said with a vigilant look: "Why are you asking about this? Are you trying to steal my business?"

Xue Yang was about to reply, but Wei Wuxian spoke before him, “Of course not. Didn’t you just say that there are so many ghost practitioners here, so we are definitely one of them who want to find another way.”

The shop owner still didn't believe it. He especially didn't believe that someone as awe-inspiring as Lan Wangji would practice this eerie ghost path.

Seeing this, Wei WuXian nodded towards Xue Yang and said, “Come and show this boss some of your skills.”

Hearing this, Xue Yang's eyes lit up a little, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, finally there was a place for him to be useful.

Xue Yang took out a talisman from his sleeve, put something on it, and then stuck it on the table in front of everyone.

The next second, the talisman ignited on its own, and the flame burned in progressively orange and yellow colors.

The talisman burned out, leaving the table intact with only a pile of ash.

There was silence in the air for a long time.

This technique was like a magic trick on the street. The shop owner was also a man who had seen the world. He touched his table to see if it was burned. After confirming that it was fine, he said:

"Sir, you are kidding me. Although I don't know these tricks, I can tell that burning fire has nothing to do with ghosts."

Xue Yang smiled slightly, revealing a pair of fangs: "Really? Then please look back."

The shop owner looked back with doubt, but it was no big deal. When he looked carefully, he saw three balls of fire floating in front of him, and the flames were a faint green color.

It's very similar to the legendary ghost fire in the underworld.

The shop owner stared at the flames motionlessly. The three green flames formed an inverted triangle in a regular pattern.

A sudden and scary ghost face suddenly appeared in the middle of the triangle.

I don’t know if it’s an illusion.

The will-o'-the-wisp suddenly flew in front of the shop owner, scaring him so much that he staggered and squatted on the ground. When he carefully raised his head to look again, the will-o'-the-wisp had disappeared.

Before the shop owner could put his mind at ease, Xue Yang said, "Look at your feet."

The shop owner lowered his head and looked down, only to see that the three ghostly shadows had transformed into a ghost, and that the ghost was climbing up along his ankle. He was so scared that he immediately went into a manic mode, kicking the ground repeatedly regardless of the pain.

I almost kicked the floor to pieces.

Xue Yang laughed loudly.

Wei WuXian coughed: “Okay, don’t scare him for now.”

Xue Yang put away the will-o'-the-wisp with a smile.

The shop owner was still in shock and gasping for breath. He looked left and right, front and back to check if the will-o'-the-wisp was hidden anywhere else on his body.

After carefully checking everything and making sure it was not there, the shop owner wiped the sweat off his forehead and said:

"Great, so this is the way of ghosts. I thought there was nothing else to do in the way of ghosts except studying corpses and staring blankly all day long."

Wei WuXian took a sip of tea calmly: "So now the boss should be able to believe that we are not here to steal your business."

The shop owner said, "Believe me, believe me. It's my fault that I didn't recognize you. You are really different. You are truly capable."

Wei WuXian asked, “There are so few people coming and going in Yicheng every day. How are you going to run such a large inn without any customers?”

Although the shop owner already believed that the three of them were not here to steal his business, he was still a little hesitant when talking about this.

Lan Wangji took out some silver and placed it in front of him. The shop owner paused and said, "It's not about the money."

He said with embarrassment that it was not about the money, but he took the money in his hand and shook it sincerely.

Lan Wangji took out some more silver, and this time the shop owner's eyes widened, looking like a typical money-grubber.

And ever since Lan Wangji learned from Wei Wuxian how to solve some problems with silver, he has become more and more adept at doing these things.