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"Master, you finally woke up!"

His body was sucked to the bed like a magnet, he died and came back to life again, Cheng En reluctantly opened his eyelids, everything he listened to had accents, and everything he saw had double images.He twisted his neck, and struggled to recognize the figures beside his bed—Xiao Bai, Master, Da Niu and Xiao Niu were there.

There is a lot of work around.

Cheng En was swallowed by the ancient mirror of nothingness, and then spit out by the ancient mirror of nothingness.It's just that when you swallow it, you are awake, and when you spit it out, you are unconscious.Xiaobai taught Da Niu and Xiao Niu a lesson, and when he came back and searched around, he couldn't find Cheng En, and was shocked.In the end, Cheng Tianci rushed back and found Xiaobai and Cheng En, who was in a nightmare next to the ancient mirror of nothingness.

It was half a day before Cheng En's consciousness returned.Cheng Tianci, who had been nagging for a long time, asked him why he fell asleep for so long for no reason?

"It seems to have been a very long dream." The magic stick was still a little dull at the moment, and he gestured with blunt fingers, "I remember that I became a ghost, passed through a city, and saw an old man who sang shadow puppetry."

"The city and the old man? What else?"

Cheng En nodded and shook his head.

"And rabbits..."

There was a tired and sentimental emotion deep in his body, and Cheng En was a little depressed.He tried hard to think about it, and some fragments that were difficult to distinguish between true and false flashed across his mind, and those fragments flashed faster as they got to the end, but he couldn't remember what the fragments were.

Unreconciled, inexplicable, then indifferent, finally relieved and forgotten, just like a tired bird returning to its nest, Huang Liang wakes up from a dream.What I saw in my dream, when I wake up, it is like taking water to wash sand, and it disappears completely.

It took Cheng Shengun three days to recover his sanity. During these three days, he stayed in the inn without going out, and was in a daze. It was all because Xiaobai ran up and down to serve him tea and water.Xiaobai needs to let the air out every day, and every day he intends to take the sober Cheng En to the air together.

On the fourth day, Shenzhu felt deeply that he felt sorry for Xiaobai, a good boy, and quickly agreed to Xiaobai's request to travel with him.

Xiaobai took Cheng En's hand out of the inn, skipped down the street, and called Cheng En as before: "Master, look at the red windmills for sale there."

I saw a small stall in the corner, with all kinds of swallow-wrapped paper kites and bright hand-held windmills, turning around when the wind passed by, but the stall owner was nowhere to be seen.

This was Cheng En's first time going out of the inn. The inn was called Ruyi Inn, and he had a great rest.The golden lacquered signboard of the inn looked a little old, and I didn't see one or two waiters after walking around.It can't be seen from the inside, the inn stands at the end of the long street, and a large dense green vine grows around it, slowly covering half of it.

Cheng En was curious and pointed to the lush vines.

Xiaobai explained to him: "There is a magic forest in the west. After all these years, the city lord has no intention of taking care of it. It has grown slowly and become what it is today."

"Is there a demon inside?"

"Yes, Wu Tuo still lives there. If the master is curious, I will take the master in to have a look at another day."

"Wu Tuo?"

Xiaobai racked his brains and randomly drew a shadow in the air. He didn't know what he was drawing, "Just an old man."

This magic city is called Di City.When Xiaobai talked about it with Cheng En, Cheng En only felt that the name was very familiar, and he didn't know where he had heard it.The shops facing the street are all very grand, but they have been in disrepair for a long time, and they are more or less run-down.

Dicheng is rather bleak, and there are not many monsters on the road.Xiaobai has been walking by himself these few days, and he is not a road idiot, he has already engraved the streets and alleys of Dicheng in his mind.Cheng En suddenly stopped, pointed in a direction, and asked, "Is there a river at the other end?"

Xiaobai followed Cheng En's direction, "There is a bridge in that direction, it's called Posuo Bridge, and the river is called Badwater River. The water is clear. Master, do you want to take a look?"

Cheng En nodded.

Walking along, the old god Cheng En was there, "I visited this place in my dream."

Xiaobai didn't refute him at all, and also echoed: "I also feel that Dicheng looks familiar. I heard from other monsters that Dicheng imitated the imperial city in the mortal world."

Cheng En: "No wonder."

The two of them crossed the Posuo Bridge, the street was empty, they turned three turns and five turns, and arrived at an ordinary shop with a dark stone staircase in between.

Cheng En thumped in his heart, glanced at the plaque hanging on the pen shop, followed Xiao Bai's line of sight, and saw two old demons talking about something not far away, aware of the existence of Cheng En and Xiao Bai , glanced at each other, then walked straight over.

One of the visitors was a thin old man, and the other was invisible, wearing a big black robe.

Cheng En whispered from behind: "Who are these two?"

When Mo Qianshou approached, he opened his mouth, not hiding his naked gaze: "You two, why haven't I seen it before?"

Xiaobai didn't regard them as enemies that needed to be guarded against, and he didn't give them a good face.Turning his head to Cheng En, he said, "Master, don't worry about them. One is the old goat demon and the other is the candle yin demon. They are both very old."

Cheng En gently pushed Xiaobai's elbow, and said quietly: "That Xiaobai, how do you distinguish between demons and demons here? I'm a little confused."

Xiaobai eagerly answered Cheng En's questions, hugged Cheng En's arm, and said, "The term "monster" is more popular in the east, while the term "magic" is in the west. Afterwards, they are used interchangeably. In fact, they have the same meaning." Then he pulled Cheng En Just walk back, "Master, let's go back, I'm hungry."

Mo Qianshou and Wu Tuo settled there, their faces so dark that they could pry out the black charcoal, "Come back to me, dare you put the city lord in your eyes?! I know, you are—"

The old goat with his hips on his hips didn't scold Cheng En and the others back, but was kicked horizontally by Cheng Tianci from heaven and rushed to the street.

Cheng Tianci: "He is my apprentice, do you have an opinion?"

Mo Qianshou, who was facing the ground, stood with one hand trembling, "Old Cheng, you are not kind."

Wu Tuo patted the dust on his robe, stared at Cheng En and Xiao Bai who were standing in the distance, then looked at Cheng Tianci and said, "Didn't you stay at Chenyongguan all the time, why did you come back suddenly?"

Cheng Tianci was very upset when this matter was brought up, "What kind of monster you raise is not civilized at all, and it disabled my apprentice, which is considered light."

Wu Tuo's voice sounded very enthusiastic: "It so happens that you are back, playing mahjong?"

Cheng Tianci: "Three missing one."

Wu Tuo nuzzled: "Isn't there a ready-made one?"

Cheng En: "???"

Outside the arcade at the corner of Dicheng Street, there is a tall luminous pearl street lamp, the night is dense and dark.Under the arcade, there was a square table that had been unused for a long time. Mahjong was dumped on the table after a long time of dust, and there was a crackling sound.

Xiaobai had a dark face, holding a shaking oil lamp.

Surrounding the square table, from left to right, are: Cheng En, who is wrapped in a black cloak; Lighthouse Xiaobai; Cheng Tianci, who is short and plump with messy hair on his head; Wrapped in a black cloak, Wu Tuo couldn't see his face.

The world is amazing.Looking around, the three old men and a strange magic stick are actually somewhat harmonious.

Cheng Tianci: "Scale, it's your turn."

Cheng En: "Eight barrels."

Mo Qianshou: "Touch."

Cheng Tianci: "One."

Mo Qianshou: "Chrysanthemum."

Wu Tuo: "Eat."

Cheng En: "Three cylinders, listen to the cards."

Cheng Tianci pushed the mahjong tiles forward, swept the tiles with his little hand, and said: "Big Sixi! Give me money!"

Mo Qianshou: "Chrysanthemum."

Wu Tuo: "Nine Articles."

Cheng En also followed his little hand and said with the card: "Actually, I'm pretty good, but thirteen."

Mo Qianshou straightened his clothes: "A straight flush in one color."

Wu Tuo: "..."

Mo Qianshou: "The old witch will record the account first, and then come to another game."

Crackling - crackling -

Cheng En: "Dong."

Cheng Tianci: "Seventy thousand."

Mo Qianshou: "Chrysanthemum."

Wu Tuo: "Six, listen to the card."

Cheng En: "Eat, ten thousand."

Cheng Tianci touched his stomach, and said complacently, "Little Sanyuan."

Mo Qianshou: "Touch——fuzzy hahahahaha"

Wu Tuo: "...six."

Cheng En looked at Wu Tuo's hat that covered half of his face, took off a card, and continued: "Big Four."

Wu Tuo: "..."

Mo Qianshou was very happy, put his legs on the chair, and said to Wu Tuo: "Old witch who lost money!"

The three old men started to quarrel again, and Cheng En poked Xiao Bai who was concentrating on being a lighthouse, "Who was the city owner they were talking about just now?"

Xiaobai held the waiter in one hand, pointed at Mo Qianshou, "That sheep."

Cheng En: "Okay, I understand."

Xiaobai pointed to Cheng Tianci again: "There is also Shizu."

Cheng En: "???"

"Mo Qianshou is the lord of Dicheng, and the ancestor is the lord of Chenyongguan." Xiaobai said.

"What about the demon king? Didn't you hear that the demon pill was born a few days ago?" Cheng En was puzzled. The title of demon king of the demon clan was so honorable, why he was never mentioned.Cheng En wanted to ask where the little demon prince was now, but felt that it might not be good to peep at his rival like this, so at least he held back.

"There is no demon king in the demon world anymore." It was not Xiaobai who answered, but Mo Qianshou who had stopped fighting at some point.Cheng En turned his head and looked at the thin and shrewd old man.

Mo Qianshou continued to say to Cheng En: "I have admired the great name of Huang Daxian for a long time, and Yueqian mentioned to me a mortal named Lao Huang." He glanced at Cheng Tianci again, "I didn't expect it to be you. Since you are here, I don't want to tell you." get in the way."

In the third battle between immortals and demons, the demons suffered a crushing defeat. Since then, the demons have returned to the section of the gap between other worlds, and have no power to counterattack.After disappearing for a while, the elusive Yaodan only reappeared recently.The demons have not yet selected a new demon king. In the end, only Dicheng and Chenyongguan, a post station, remain in the 32 cities of the demon world.Mo Qianshou took part-time job as the city lord of Di City, and began to deal with some big and small matters.

"Then what happened to Master's Chen Yongguan?"

Cheng Tianci did not continue to hide it from him.Long before the battle between immortals and demons, Cheng Tianci himself opened up a checkpoint to communicate with the mortal world and become king himself.Some monsters come here just because of the fame, and they all pick a day to play around in human skins as a holiday.

"So that's it, what about the puppet?" Cheng En broke the casserole and asked.

Cheng Tianci complained: "Scale, you have so many problems."

Regarding the puppet demon, Wu Tuo has the most right to speak, "There is a legend that the puppet demon is a curse cast by the immortals on the demons. To untie the bell, you have to tie the bell. They thought you were a real fairy, so they took you back."

"Other things, if you really want to help, let Yue Qianyun return and they will take them to Mokanlin to find me tomorrow."

Cheng En scratched his face, "Who are Yueqian and Yungui?"

"Don't you recognize the two bull demons who caught you?" Mo Qianshou asked in surprise.

"Isn't one of them called Da Niu and the other Xiao Niu?"

"Who would give such uneducated names as Da Niu and Xiao Niu? You should be your master?"

So Mo Qianshou was kicked to the ground by Cheng Tianci, making a big hole.

On the way back, Mo Qianshou and Wu Tuo insisted on taking Xiaobai away for a secret chat. Xiaobai picked out his ears, unable to hold back Mo Qianshou's thoughts, and then went to talk in the grove.

Only Cheng En and Cheng Tianci were left to go back to the inn together.Along the way, he never encountered any other monsters, and Cheng Tianci's ability to speak out should not be underestimated.

Cheng Tianci: "You are really mad at your master, you ran out of the inn by yourself and didn't say a word, and you came here in Dicheng by yourself. It's more dangerous here than you think. Heaven is different."

Cheng Tianci: "If you want to see what's going on with the puppet, that's all. Just take a look, and don't get involved too much."

Seeing that he was back at the inn, Cheng Tianci was still talking endlessly.

"Master, I have something to tell you."

Cheng Tianci took a sip of tea, and had been cheerful since Cheng En woke up, "What's the matter, scale?"

After taking a few deep breaths, Cheng En made up his mind and said, "Master, I'm going to heaven, and I'm falling in love with a fairy."

Cheng Tianci's face was flushed from choking, and he sprayed out a mouthful of hot tea, looking at Cheng En with a face of righteousness with a look of seeing a ghost. "Scale, aren't you? What kind? You haven't been cheated, have you?"

Cheng En pursed his lips, "I didn't want to, who knows..." He fell into deep thought, and the more he spoke, the softer he said, "I'm not deceived. If I really want to say it, it's my own head that got hot."

Cheng Tianci was completely taken aback.In his impoverished love life, he never mentioned the word liking, and he never knew what was the point of being so coy.However, it was the first time I saw the sour smell of vinegar from my apprentice's Jiuli Piaoxiang, which overwhelmed the blow of "his apprentice is a fairy".

Being a teacher for a day and a father for life, Cheng Tianci rang the alarm and asked: "What does it look like? It's a donkey or a horse out for a walk. If it doesn't work, I'll send you away quickly." His tone was filled with disgust from the bottom of his heart.

Cheng En didn't know why he suddenly mentioned Yanshu to his master, it didn't matter if the master knew about it or not.But he suddenly had the desire to talk, maybe it was just because of his anxious thoughts, he didn't want only himself to know, but only himself to remember that he once had a relationship with Immortal Yuheng in the sky that came and went quickly. dewy marriage.

It was only later that he realized that his own selfishness hoped that Yanshu would choose him.Although he knew from the conversation that he was no match for anything, he also hoped that Yanshu could keep him, comfort him, and assure him that he was unique in his heart, just like ordinary quarrelsome sipping old vinegar and insisting on pretending to be magnanimous little daughter-in-law.

But neither.Yan Shumu was there, didn't say anything, didn't do anything.

And the magic stick gives and takes, rubs and rubs—very humble.But I can't help but want to treat him well, even better.

Cheng En scratched his face, and said calmly: "He is usually dressed in white, has good mana, is stunned, and looks good. He also has a sweetheart that I don't know."

Cheng Tianci: "..."

"Scale smasher, aren't you? How dare you run to post it?" Cheng Tianci was furious, "My apprentice still can't grab it, I'm really going to cry!" As he spoke, he ran out, looking like he wanted to copy guys and gather the crowd The appearance of a fight.

Cheng En stood up and bound Cheng Tianci's arms, "Master, what are you doing?"

"Why go? What else can I do, you lead the way quickly. Jiji, since you like it, I will help you catch that beauty and make you your wife. If you threaten me, you will be honest!"

"What can I do? They got to know each other first, I—" Cheng Enhuo pulled his master back, and slipped his tongue for a while, "Oh, it's not a female fairy, it's a male fairy."

"..."

With a plop, Cheng Tianci sat back on the stool.After petrifying for a long time, he moved his lips, "Male fairy?"

Cheng En nodded.

Cheng Tianci crackled: "A man dressed in white, with average magic power, and stupefied--a male fairy?"

That's not what he said. Cheng En glanced at Cheng Tianci, puffed up his cheeks and said nothing.

Cheng Tianci spread his hands: "Does your master look good?"

Cheng En glanced at Cheng Tianci's appearance of scavengers with greasy faces and continued to remain silent.

"Hey." Since his apprentice disappeared for more than 40 years, Cheng Tianci has no principle in front of his apprentice, Cheng Tianci said, "If you are a man, you should be a man. Just don't be taken advantage of."

Cheng En: "..."

"It's useless even if you send it up. I like him, but he doesn't like me that much." Cheng En said sadly.

"Fart, if you don't like you, you won't snatch it?" Cheng Tianci crossed his arms, with a look of hating iron but not steel. "Pull it out, your master will grab it for you!"