You have mastered the art of thunder and you tell me that it is in a strange world?

Chapter 133 Waiting for the Taoist Priest to Come

The traveling merchant stepped into the mansion of the Flower-faced Young Master, looked around, and found that it was filled with various small items used for opera.

There were racks with swords, guns, sticks and clubs, and puppets wearing colorful costumes. In the middle of the courtyard there was a table with seven or eight small jars on it. Each jar contained different oil paints, and there were also a few pens next to them. Obviously, these were props used to put on makeup.

The traveling merchant didn't understand anything about Huamian Langjun. He had heard Huamian Langjun sing twice, and although he sang very well, he always fell asleep halfway through the performance.

It is too elegant, not as good as the storyteller's running words, not as good as the eighteen touches of a beautiful woman, and not as good as the crosstalk performed by the fat and thin duo in the opera theater.

But now is obviously not the time to think about this.

"My dear, my dear, where have you been?"

She took a step and went straight into the guest room where the Flower-faced Young Man was staying.

After entering here, Xingjiao Shang saw at a glance a shadow sitting on the couch not far away with his back to the door. He was wearing a loose nightgown, with a head of slightly gray hair hanging behind his head, and he was dejected and motionless.

"What are you doing? Why don't you move even after I called you for so long?"

The traveling merchant came up and patted the handsome man on the shoulder, but he immediately felt something was wrong.

Very tricky!
This is……!
The traveling merchant's face suddenly changed. He stretched out his hand and grabbed the flower-faced man by the top of his head, then turned him towards himself.

The body's neck twisted half a circle, but there was no sound of broken bones.

What the traveling merchant saw was a face made of straw with a very crudely painted smile on it.

"Damn it!" The traveling merchant couldn't suppress his anger and cursed.

There is no doubt that there are some recipes on this thing. As long as the true form of the straw is not discovered, even a master at the level of a traveling merchant will not be able to find out the trick.

What about the real person?
I don't know where he ran off to!

After discovering this, the traveling merchant was so angry that his lungs almost exploded.

The formation given by the Grand Master requires the gathering of greed, anger, and ignorance to be effective. The three people who died in the gambling village are not of much use. After all, the real greed is the entire village. Whether the three of them are dead or run away, it will not affect the progress of the formation.

Chen Wei is a fool specially sent by the Grand Master. He has crooked eyes and is extremely irritable, but he has natural supernatural powers. After being captured, he needs to be restrained with black steel chains. Now he is being held in the basement of the gambling village, waiting to be used when the formation is opened.

As for this foolish person, he is the Flower-faced Young Man.

When this Taoist priest came, the traveling merchant was worried whether he would obey the instructions obediently. After all, it was easy to damage his vitality if he was in the center of the formation. If the Taoist priest really broke the formation, then the people who formed the formation would surely die.

As Xiao Huanxi's right-hand man, Huamian Langjun is undoubtedly the strongest in the entire village. Although he is unlikely to kill people for the sake of Wu Xiangwang, he is likely to run away.

At that time, the Grand Master promised that You Changqing came here under the orders of Little Huanxi Boss and there was absolutely no way he could run away.

Now it seems like bullshit!

After smashing all the opera equipment in the yard, the traveling merchant calmed down.

You can't just keep this sort of thing to yourself and figure out a solution. If something goes wrong with the task assigned by the Grand Master, you must tell him.

He walked hurriedly towards the house where he lived.

After returning to the mansion, he drove out all the maids who were cleaning the yard, then locked himself in the hall, took out the Thousand Mile Message Incense, and found the incense burner he had used before.

After lighting the incense, silently recite the eight trigrams and eight positions, then insert the incense into the incense burner, close your eyes and wait.

Normally, this kind of Thousand Miles Incense will take effect immediately once it is inserted. A wisp of green smoke will burn from the other party's incense burner, and you only need to make a hand gesture to connect, and you can communicate through a dream-like illusion.

But contacting the Grand Master is somewhat difficult.

As the leader of Wu Xiangwang, almost no one knows the true identity of the Grand Master. If one wants to contact the Archbishop using the Thousand Mile Communication Incense, one must first enter the "branches and leaves", then the "trunk", and finally the "big tree" before reaching the "crown".

It's troublesome, but safe.

After sitting in the chair and waiting for a while, I thought that I might not be able to contact the Grand Master this time, but suddenly I felt a ripple in front of my eyes, and then a gentle voice sounded beside my ear:

"Bai Jun, what's the matter?"

The voice sounded so refreshing that even the irritability in the heart of the traveling merchant was directly smoothed out by it.

He said respectfully:

"Master, there has been a change of plan. I hope you can help me clear up my confusion."

Afterwards, he told the archbishop all the current situation in the village.

After hearing the description, the archbishop chuckled:
“You don’t need to worry about this place. People’s minds are scattered, and using such a large formation to deal with a master will definitely lead to some accidents, so I have at least three backups with similar effects in each position.

"There is a small secret room right below the high platform of the village idiot. Inside is a paper figure that is linked to the fate of the next idiot. Once the ritual is started, the paper figure will catch fire and the next idiot will also be in place. So you don't have to worry."

After hearing the explanation from the great leader, the traveling merchant finally breathed a sigh of relief.

As expected, it has to be the leader. Make multiple preparations so you don't have to worry about accidents.

"Mr. Bai, I have high hopes for you. After this operation is over, please come to Kyoto. I will personally treat you to a drink."

The great leader over there recited another sentence, and after hearing his words, the traveling merchant felt an excitement that was difficult to suppress.

If you can meet the Grand Master, you will definitely be entrusted with important tasks!
The illusory dream gradually faded away, and the traveling merchant opened his eyes again.

Now he just feels full of energy and feels incredibly strong!
Since the formation is perfect, all we have to do is wait for that Taoist to come!
He suddenly thought about it again, walked out of the mansion and called the servants over.

"Master, do you have any instructions?"

A beautiful young girl trotted up to the peddler and asked in a flattering tone.

The traveling merchant also snorted coldly:
"The Taoist priest is coming next, so don't lose your cool! The Taoist priest is expected to arrive tonight, so go find a big table in the village and set up food and drinks on it.

"Let's have a banquet and wait for people!"

……

From then on, there was no one blocking the way to the gambling village.

The path is long and we continue to follow it, from the sun hanging on the treetops to the sun setting into the tree trunks.

The originally dense jungle on both sides of the road became increasingly sparse. At the beginning, there were only seventeen or eighteen trees with their roots connected together to absorb nutrients. Later, only an independent tree could be found every two or three meters.

It seems that the Great Forest is not entirely primitive forest.

After walking forward for a while, I suddenly found a small village not far away. I picked up the map and took a look, only to find that I still had to cross a big river to reach the casino.

I patted Donkey's head and pointed in the direction of the village. Donkey started walking and soon arrived at the entrance of the village.

Zuo Chen glanced inside.

Good guy!
It’s quite lively!

Although the village is small, it has everything. There are people transporting goods, selling food at stalls, performing arts, and there are also hotels, restaurants, and brothels. The only thing is that there is no gambling house.

And there were all kinds of people on the street.

There are beggars in tattered clothes and noblemen in luxurious clothes; there are fierce characters who are willing to risk their lives on the edge of a knife, and there are cautious and timid scholars.

Using the Qi-observing technique to look around, about half of the people had very turbid auras and were not good people. Among the remaining half, 30% had a little turbid aura and must have committed some minor crimes. The last 20% were just like ordinary people who came here to do business.

"There are so many people here!" Caiyi was also dumbfounded: "Where did they come from? We didn't meet anyone on the road!"

Zuo Chen looked around and found that in addition to the main road they came from, there were several small paths extending from the village, winding deep into the forest, with no end in sight.

Only then did he react as if he suddenly realized something.

The road they took was the official road opened by King Wei. The Daminlin was a place full of filth and dirt. Under normal circumstances, no one would take the official road unless they came here for official business. So that road was naturally deserted.

It’s a different story if you come in from a small road with less control.

Since there are people in the dense forest, they must have living needs.

In a place like the gambling village, the amount of gold and silver flowing through every day is definitely not small, so naturally, lower-level villages will emerge next to it.

The first is to create a barrier to screen out those "people who should not enter the gambling village", and the second is to provide a place of entertainment so that these gold, silver and valuables have another place to go.

The cancer has also brought in a lot of business, which is quite strange.

Suddenly, I heard some discussion coming from behind:

"Brother Zhou, this is the place you told me I could make money. This place... doesn't look good, right?"

"Hey! Brother Han, what are you afraid of? Just follow me and I'll pay you! You're making a lot of money without any investment."

When he turned his head, he found a young man from a wealthy family and a poor scholar standing together. The former was dressed in an impressive manner, holding a fan in his hand. When he unfolded it, there were big words written on it: "I was born with wealth."

The latter was timid, wearing a long-sleeved suit made of torn linen, carrying a scholar's bamboo bag on his back, and his cloth shoes and clothes were covered in mud.

When Zuo Chen looked at the two of them using the Qi-Observing Technique, he couldn't help but let out a light exclamation subconsciously.

The scholar had a normal aura, just an ordinary good guy, without any karma or merits, the kind that you couldn't even find in a crowd.

But the rich young man is interesting.

He also has no karma, and even has some good fortune.

Coming to this gambling village to play, can you actually get some good fortune?

How did this person do it?
Today's total is 7,000 words, and the betting village will start immediately!
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(End of this chapter)