It's obviously a life skill, but you developed it into a magical skill

Looking at the two letters in front of him, Zhou An took them in his hands first.

There was no mark on the letter as to who sent it. The cover was clean and not a single word was left.

The two of them were just here to deliver the message, but after seeing Zhou An accept it, they didn't stay long and left one after another.

At this moment, the street was dark. Except for the moonlight with a hint of light, there was no other light source, and it was not the occasion to read letters.

Zhou An thought for a while, put the letter away, pushed the door open and entered. After closing the door, he lit the oil lamp on the table.

The flame grew from small to large, lighting up the room.

Zhou An took out two letters and put them on the table. After thinking for a moment, he opened one of them.

No matter what it is, let’s read the content first.

The letter was opened, and inside was a piece of letter paper with dense small words on it.

This was sent by the Hengtong Chamber of Commerce. Zhou An recognized the handwriting on it as a letter written by Yu Hang.

"Yu Hang should be studying in the capital now. I am asking someone to deliver a letter at this time. Could it be related to me?"

He knew his brother best, so after having an idea in his mind, he immediately read the contents of the letter.

After he finished reading the contents of the letter, he placed the letter on the table, looked at the flickering flame of the oil lamp on the table, and fell into deep thought.

A middle-aged man in white?

Don't know your identity?

Are you still asking for news about me?

Zhou An pondered secretly.

The content of the letter was very simple. It said that a middle-aged man in white was inquiring about his information, and also talked about character issues.

Yu Hang didn't explain too much, but added a few words later. The general meaning was that he wanted to ask someone to check it out. If he could find useful information, he would write a letter to himself.

Apart from the reminder, there are not many clues in the letter.

Zhou An couldn't figure out the identity of the so-called middle-aged man in white. He thought for a while and opened another letter.

This letter is different, it's from Zhenli Si.

The envelope also contained no clues.

When Zhou An took out the letter paper inside and saw the content on it, he frowned slightly.

There are only four words at the beginning of the letter.

——Cinderella.

If other people see these four words, they may feel confused.

But after Zhou An saw it, he felt inexplicably familiar.

"Isn't this the girl Ye Shuang?"

It is estimated that in the Great Chu Kingdom, only a few people can see Ye Shuang in gray clothes.

Zhou An is one of them, and Ye Shuang in gray clothes left a deep impression on him, and he still thinks about it when he eats.

Zhou An will naturally not forget it.

"Ye Shuang is writing to me at this time. There must be something urgent."

With this thought in mind, Zhou An began to read it word by word.

It didn't take long, after he read the contents of the letter, he put the two letters together, compared them, and then patted his head.

"I see, I know who he is!"

Ye Shuang's letter was about a middle-aged man in white, named Yuan Qingyi, who was the junior disciple of the national master, and he also told him some of this man's experiences.

In fact, I didn’t say anything superfluous. I just said that this person suddenly disappeared and reappeared suddenly, and it seemed that he was no longer a Taoist.

Zhou Chai slightly compared the two letters and came up with the answer.

"This middle-aged man in white should be Ye Shuang's uncle Yuan Qingyi, but why does Yuan Qingyi want to come to me?" Zhou An touched his chin and fell into confusion.

At this moment, Zhou An read the two letters again, and finally focused on Ye Shuang's letter.

The letter said that Yuan Qingyi disappeared for a while and then reappeared.

Zhou An grasped the key points and thought quickly in his mind.

After a moment, a light flashed in his mind.

Zhou An thought of something.

"Is it the male corpse?" Zhou An was thinking.

If someone disappeared for a while and then reappeared, it would match the male corpse very well.

Think about it carefully, if Yuan Qingyi turned into a male corpse, would he disappear?

In addition, not long after Yao Wanggu left, Yuan Qingyi appeared, which probably meant that Yuan Qingyi was cured by Zhou An.

This idea is very possible.

Zhou An tried his best to make a bold guess, and increasingly felt that this guess was very reliable.

After all, this time point is completely suitable.

Zhou An took the oil lamp over, found a brazier, burned the two letters and put them into the brazier.

When the letter in the brazier turned into ashes, Zhou An kicked the brazier under the table.

"No matter what the reason is, it's far away from my place, so it's not within the scope of consideration for the time being. I just have to be a little more vigilant." Zhou An had an idea in his mind. Currently, liver proficiency is better.

Let’s upgrade the Eye of Deception to the next level as soon as possible.

After figuring it out, Zhou An stopped thinking about it and took a rest early.

After getting up the next morning, Zhou An simply washed up, had breakfast, and went to the street again.

As usual, he looked around, mainly observing the expressions and movements of passers-by.

This kind of observation has transformed from the initial surface level to a more detailed one.

Proficiency is also increasing in an orderly manner.

Time passed, and in a blink of an eye, it was noon.

After looking at this position all morning, Zhou An felt that he had to change places, otherwise there would always be someone squatting on the street and looking at it, which would always feel weird.

After going to a nearby stall to have some lunch, Zhou An walked around the street and finally came to another street.

He found a clean threshold, sat on it, and observed patiently.

Time is passing, and proficiency is still increasing rapidly.

Just when Zhou An thought everything would be fine tonight, a person suddenly appeared on the street.

Along with this person's appearance, there was also a loud noise.

Zhou An was also disturbed and looked towards the source of the sound.

He saw a young man dressed as a Taoist priest rushing towards the end of the street.

The Taoist priest holds a mahogany sword in his hand and an old Bagua mirror in his other hand.

As for the Taoist priest, he was wearing an ordinary Taoist robe. Other than that, there was nothing unusual about him.

Beside the Taoist priest, there were several common people chasing him.

While chasing, they made noisy noises.

With Zhou An's current strength, he can hear clearly no matter how noisy it is.

"Please give me some space. I'm really sorry. Please give me some space. I have something urgent!"

"Taoist Master, it's right in front. Just go into the room in front!"

"You must save my daughter. I only have such a daughter at my age!"

The voices of these common people were filled with anxiety and panic.

The Taoist priest walking in front held up the hem of his robe and walked straight to a house without saying a word.

Soon, the Taoist priest arrived in front of the house.

Looking at the open door in front of him, he stepped in.

Several common people behind him also followed in.

Zhou An wondered what was going on in this scene.

He wondered if he should change places and continue his liver proficiency.

But at this moment, the noise came from that room again.

The Taoist priest walked out of the house first, and the remaining common people carried out a twenty-eight-year-old girl.

The girl was pretty, wearing ordinary clothes, her eyes were closed, but her face was as pale as paper.

Zhou An now has the eyes to break delusion, so he can naturally see clearly.

He found that the girl's hands were flat on both sides of her thighs, but she had a weird posture.

The thumb of the left hand clasps the ring finger, and the four fingers of the right hand wrap the thumb.

Zhou An had never seen this weird posture before.

After the young Taoist priest came out, he shouted: "Everyone, give way, no onlookers, please don't onlookers!"

The people around him were quite interested, but after hearing this, they took a step back silently.

Discussions spread immediately.

"What's going on? Isn't this a girl from the Liu family? Why did she suddenly fall into a coma?"

"I don't know. She must have been possessed by evil spirits. It is said that the Liu family girl fell ill after going to the mountains to collect medicine some time ago. She fainted in bed not long after."

"It shouldn't be. The Liu family makes a living by collecting herbs. How could something happen suddenly? Is it possible that they are possessed by evil spirits?"

There was a steady stream of discussions from the people.

Zhou An heard this and frowned.

While the people were not looking this way, he circulated the Qi in his body and his eyes turned golden.

The Eye of Deception has the effect of detecting and breaking illusions. He wanted to try to see if he could see any secrets.

Immediately afterwards, Zhou An discovered something was wrong.

There were streaks of black energy filling the position of the lying girl's hands, which was caused by the detection effect.

Zhou An took one look at this thing and saw something unusual.

When it comes to this black energy, he is very familiar with it.

It had appeared on Yuejiang Yiyi, and it had also appeared on her aunt a long time ago.

This is a strange smell.

And it remains.

Zhou An frowned and thought in his mind: "A girl went out to collect medicine and came back with something weird and something."

Just as he was thinking this, the Taoist finally began to take action.

He took out two talismans from his sleeves, placed one between the girl's eyebrows, and held the other in his hand.

After the Taoist priest finished this action, he shouted: "Everyone turn your back, there are some things you cannot see!"

But no one responded to his words.

The people around looked at each other, but they looked more enthusiastically.

This is a normal situation. Who can watch the excitement and care so much?

Especially in the Chu Kingdom, which does not have many entertainment activities, this excitement is the first-class entertainment.

No one wants to have nothing to see.

When the Taoist priest saw this scene, he was a little anxious and wanted to say a few more words.

But the people around him still didn't listen.

At this moment, a burst of footsteps sounded again.

Zhou An looked along and saw a group of members of the Suppression Division coming quickly, and at the same time dispersed the surrounding people.

"Don't look at it anymore. Go and do whatever you need to do. Leave immediately. As for you, don't look at it anymore. If you look at it again, I will take you away. Let's go, let's go! Let's go!"

The members of the Suppression Division were driving away while talking.

When the common people saw that the officials had arrived, they did not dare to look any further. For fear of causing trouble, they left one after another.

Zhou An was still sitting on the threshold, watching with interest.

At this time, a member of the Zhensi looked at the young Taoist priest and said, "Taoist Master Deng, this matter will trouble you."

The young Taoist priest nodded and was ready to continue.

But at this time, he subconsciously looked into the distance and happened to see Zhou An sitting on the threshold.

Zhou An observed with interest.

This scene made the young Taoist priest slightly stunned, and then he said to the members of the Zhenshisi next to him: "Trouble, sir, there is a commoner there, let him leave."

The members of the Zhenshisi nodded and followed the young Taoist priest's gaze, and then they were all stunned on the spot.

The young Taoist priest didn't know what happened, so he continued: "Sir, what's wrong?"

He was a little surprised. In this situation, the people had to be evacuated first, but why did the members of the Suppression and Rebellion have such expressions.

The doubts in his heart made the young Taoist priest look at Zhou An again.

Only then did he realize that Zhou An was walking towards this side.

"Hey, does this person have any special identity?" the young Taoist priest thought to himself.

Before he could figure it out, the members of the Zhenshisi next to him finally came to their senses and quickly raised their hands and said: "I have seen Mr. Zhou, but I didn't expect Mr. Zhou to be here."

Zhou An nodded, looked at the girl lying down, and asked, "What happened?"

The members of the Zhenshisi looked left and right, then moved closer to Zhou An and whispered: "There was a little problem, something strange happened. This Taoist priest is from Qingyun Temple of Taoism. We happened to meet him, and when he came back , stopped by our town to report the case, so I just came over to handle it."

Zhou An finally understood and waved his hand, saying that he just happened to meet him and didn't need to worry about him, just deal with it.

The young Taoist priest Deng Song was confused, but saving people was more important now, so he didn't ask more about Zhou An's identity.

At this moment, a piece of talisman paper was pasted on the girl's forehead, and the other piece was held by Deng Song in his hand, held between his index and middle fingers.

Deng Song placed the talisman between his eyebrows, closed his eyes, and the energy in his body began to circulate.

Immediately afterwards, the talisman burned without fire.

Zhou An saw a line connecting the two talisman papers. From the girl's hands, the black air was sucked into the other talisman paper along the line connecting the talisman papers.

The special posture of the girl's hands also disappeared.

As the flames rose, the talisman was completely reduced to ashes.

Seeing this scene, Deng Song breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's okay, it was just a little bit of trouble, and it has been completely resolved."

By this time, even the girl’s family members were driven back into the house.

As Deng Song finished speaking, the girl who had been unconscious opened her eyes and looked around in confusion, as if she didn't know what was happening.

The members of the Zhenshisi quickly squatted down and asked: "Girl, do you know what happened on the way to collect medicine?"

When asked, the girl became even more confused and shook her head to express that she didn't know.

"Sir, I really don't know what happened. When I went up the mountain to collect herbs, I suddenly found a cave. When I entered, I saw a market behind the cave. Then I walked around and walked to I saw a lot of herbs displayed in front of a stall, and the prices were very cheap, so I bought a few and planned to sell them back."

As the girl spoke, she wanted to hold up the ground next to her, but she just stood up and lay back down heavily on the ground, feeling weak all over.

Being contaminated by weirdness, it would be nice to be alive, and the current weakness is normal.

When the young Taoist priest Deng Song heard what the girl said, his face became serious. He waved his sleeves and robes, inserted the peach wood sword into his waist, and put another bronze Bagua mirror into his chest: "Girl, can you take a look at those herbs?" ?"

The girl didn't understand, but seeing the seriousness of the scene, she took out a few things from her arms.

While digging out, he said: ""This is it. These herbs are sold very cheaply, so I just bought... bought... ah! ! ! "

Halfway through her words, the girl screamed and threw the things in her hands to the ground.

These are not just a few herbs, but human finger bones.

The finger bones were yellow, looking extremely scary, and were stained with a little bit of mud.

After the girl screamed, she fell directly to the ground and fainted.

In a house not far away, the girl's family members heard the screams and wanted to come out, but were stopped by members of the Zhengui.

The leading member winked: "Take the girl back, tell her family that everything is fine, and then we go to suppress the evil spirits."

The two members of the Suppression Division nodded and sent the girl over as the leader said.

At this time, the leading member of the Suppression Division turned around and asked, "Mr. Zhou, do you want to go and have a look together?"

Zhou An thought for a while, then shook his head: "I won't go, I have to go back, I have something to do."

For these things, hire a professional.

Zhou An found it troublesome and wanted to return to liver proficiency.

Otherwise, if everything will fall on you, why bother suppressing the traitors?

When the members of the Zhenshisi heard what Zhou An said, they didn't dare to talk more.

Zhou An turned around and left, leaving only a few of them in place.

The young Taoist priest Deng Song looked left and right and asked cautiously: "Sir, who was that master just now?"

He could feel that the members of the Suppression Division seemed to respect the person just now.

Hearing this, the members of the Suppression Division shook their heads: "It's not your place to ask. Stop asking, otherwise you will get into trouble and it will be difficult to deal with. Although Qingyun Temple is also a first-class force, it is best not to get involved in these matters. .”

Deng Song nodded, indicating that he did not want to get involved.

"Let's go, come with me to Suppress the Slayers. It seems that the girl's description just now is a bit similar to that of the Slayers." said the member of the Suppression Slayers.

Deng Song said quickly: "No problem, sir, let's leave now."

At this time, the members of the Zhenguisi who went to appease the people also came out.

Several people left the street and walked towards Zhen Guisi.

…

Zhou An didn't care about these things. At this time, he had already gone to another street.

To him, this was just an interlude.

The most important thing now is to continue to improve the proficiency of the Eye of Delusion.

For a whole afternoon, Zhou An sat on the threshold of the street, observing the pedestrians passing by.

After the sun set and the people on the street left, Zhou An lost his temper, so he went to a restaurant that had no stall and had some food.

After eating, he walked home.

The sky has turned dark, and the streets are gloomy. From time to time, two dogs bark, and watchmen begin to appear.

Zhou An walked on the street, his voice being stretched infinitely by the moonlight.

It's not that far from the place where you eat to your home.

Zhou An had already walked halfway through the streets.

Today, I have gained a lot from Eye of Delusion, and I am almost ready to reach the next level.

As Zhou An walked, he was also thinking about how to improve next.

He is already envisioning what will happen after Level 4.

Maybe there will be a new trick when the time comes, so think about it in advance.

On the way back, it was quiet.

But as he walked further forward, Zhou An's pace became slower and slower.

He stopped suddenly, turned his head, and looked behind him.

The Qi in his body changed for a while, and then his eyes became golden, like two suns, emitting a dazzling light.

Especially in this dark night, it is even more difficult to look directly at.

A cold aura emerged from Zhou An, spreading on the street.

Through the Eye of Delirium, he saw a group of cold aura approaching in the corner of the street not far behind him.

The speed was not fast, but as the aura approached, the cold feeling became more obvious.

The Eye of Deception made him discover it early. At the same time, Zhou An reached into his arms and pulled out the cold crystal knife from the pink purse.

Under the illumination of the moonlight, the cold crystal knife shone with light.

Zhou An inserted the cold crystal knife into the ground, faced the end of the street, and waited patiently.

After about a few breaths, the cold aura finally revealed the true face of Lushan.

A salesman carrying a load gradually came from the end.

The salesman was dressed in ordinary clothes and brought a rag to wrap his hair.

In the right hand of the salesman, there is a bell. As the salesman moves, the bell shakes from time to time.

Shaking and shouting at the same time.

The sound of hawking sounds particularly clear and harsh on this street.

It stands to reason that even if the people were sleeping at this time, they would not be too sleepy, but no one came out to take a look.

"Weird!"

Zhou An's golden pupils were shining.

The cold aura came from the salesman, and it was still surrounding him and getting deeper.

This familiar aura is indistinguishable from the weird.

Through the moonlight, you can see the salesman's face.

It was a purple face.

His facial features were ordinary, but his eyes were pale, especially his purple face, which looked even more eerie in the moonlight.

The hand that shook the bell had black nails, like ink.

The exposed skin, except for the face, neck and arms, was covered with large areas of corpse spots.

"Do you want goods? Do you want goods? Do you want goods?"

The salesman rang the bell and muttered quietly as he approached Zhou An.

Those pale eyes stared at Zhou An, without any humanity at all, full of cruelty and coldness.

"Why did Weird find me?" Zhou An stood with a knife in his hand, his face calm.

His thought went unanswered, because the salesman was already ringing the bell and walked five meters away.

"Do you want goods? Do you want goods? Do you want goods?" the salesman kept repeating strangely.

At this time, layers of yin energy emerged from the burden he was carrying, turning into terrifying faces.

With a heart-wrenching roar, Ghostface bit Zhou An's limbs.

Judging from this rhythm, it seems that he wants to cut Zhou An into pieces alive.

However, these ghost faces did not come close. They just appeared and froze in mid-air.

The poisonous sword light flashed away, and the salesman in front of him was evenly cut into countless equal parts.

After the Yin Qi dissipated and the grimace disappeared, the peddler who was cut into equal parts turned into a pile of ashes.

The surrounding streets were quiet again, and everything was as usual.

"Weak, pretending to be a ghost." Zhou An said calmly.

At this time, besides ashes, there was another object on the ground.

It was a finger bone, about the length of an index finger, glowing with the yellow color inherent in the bone.

Seeing this scene, Zhou An touched his chin and remembered the girl he met on the street in the morning.

"Isn't this finger bone taken out by the girl before?"

"The herb picking girl, Wei Wei, and the salesman, what's going on?" Zhou An touched his chin and thought.

Originally, he didn't want to pay attention to this matter, but it seemed that he was approached again?

Weird has no humanity. It only knows how to kill strangers and has a natural aversion to strangers.

Zhou An felt that he didn't need to go back now.

It's better to fix this weird thing by gluing it on, and looking at this finger bone, it's not that simple.

He thought about it, checked it, and found that there was no abnormality in the phalanges.

After putting it away, Zhou An walked towards Zhengui Si.

…

At this time, the Suppression Division was busy, and there were many Suppression Division members coming and going.

When Zhou An arrived, he immediately discovered that today's Suppressor was much busier than before.

Many members didn't even notice that he was here.

Fortunately, some members had brighter eyes and immediately spotted Zhou An and walked up with doubts.

"Master Zhou, are you looking for Master Yan again?"

Zhou An nodded: "Something happened, so I came here to ask, is it still the same room?"

The members of the Suppression Division nodded: "Master Zhou, we are a little busy now. You can just go up by yourself. Master Yan is in his room."

Zhou An didn't let the members of the Zhenguisi lead the way. He followed the stairs to the second floor with familiarity.

Just in time, I saw Yan Si's Mansion talking to several members of the Zhensi Si in the room with the door wide open.

In addition to the members of the Zhensi, there was also a young Taoist priest standing there.

As if sensing Zhou An's gaze, Yan Sifu subconsciously raised his head and happened to see Zhou An.

"Brother Zhou, you're here. Something happened." Yan Sifu seemed to have expected it.

Zhou An walked over without any ink marks and recounted what happened to him tonight.

After he said it, everyone looked at each other with expressions that showed that it was true.

This expression was seen by Zhou An.

"What do you mean by that expression?"

The young Taoist priest Deng Song quickly explained: "Master Zhou, we have just confirmed that this time's strangeness seems to be a gathering of ghosts. This gathering of ghosts is different from other weirdnesses, and it happened to appear in our Tingyun Mansion."

"As long as people in the industry are attached to them, it will be difficult to get rid of them."

A gathering of conspirators?

It was the first time Zhou An heard this thing. Just like not long ago, he learned that the so-called weirdness actually has a broad positioning.

Every flower, every grass, every tree, every tree can become strange.

As long as there is enough resentment, even the moon river like before may turn into something strange.

But now I heard a new term.

Zhou An thought back and forth for a while and asked, "You just said people in the industry, but you didn't say ordinary people. Why?"

After he asked this question, Yan Sifu opened his mouth to explain before Deng Song could explain.

"The so-called gathering of ghosts is a very special kind of weirdness. It not only hides dangers, but also has great opportunities. This kind of weirdness has evolved from gatherings. It is different in every place. As long as there is a gathering of ghosts, it will It will attract many people in the industry.”

"Danger, I understand, but what about this opportunity?" Zhou An asked.

Weird and dangerous, this thing has long been established.

But where does this thing of opportunity come from?

He was a little confused.

Yan Sifu explained: "The so-called opportunity actually lies in the fact that the strange things in the Fair are all made by people in the industry, and the goods sold there are also all kinds of strange. If they are selling some elixirs and herbs, etc., Those are all fake, but if you are selling exercises, you can write them down in them and bring them out, then they are genuine things."

When Zhou An heard this, he roughly understood that this thing was like watching a movie.

You can’t take food out of the movie, but if there are text-type things in the movie, you can write it down.

Seeing that Zhou An seemed to understand, Yan Sifu continued: "Before Mr. Zhou came, these subordinates and Daoist Deng had already encountered the strangeness of the spooky gathering. Anyone who has interacted with this spooky gathering will be tricked. If you kill Wei Yi when you are targeted by the gathering, you will have the qualifications to enter the Gui Wei gathering. This thing is the qualification."

Master Yan took out two finger bones.

Zhou An touched his chin and took out one as well.

This was left over from killing Weiwei earlier. He had also seen it. There was nothing unusual about it, just a very ordinary finger bone.

"If I don't go in, weird things will keep coming?" Zhou An asked.

Yan Sifu shook his head: "I won't come here again, because when the guild meeting starts, those with qualifications will automatically enter. The girl this morning should be just a coincidence. After all, the guild meeting targets people in the industry, and once it starts, People from nearby industries will be attracted.”

This thing is profitable, and it is possible to discover many techniques. For those in the industry, it is a huge opportunity.

Zhou An thought for a while and said, "Won't you block the news and prevent everyone in the industry from coming?"

If the news is blocked, fewer people from the industry will come, which will cause less confusion.

After all, there are many people, and with more people, the complexity increases.

Yan Sifu smiled bitterly and said: "Brother Zhou, do you think we can't think of it? But there is no way. After the guild gathering appears, people in the nearby trades will be affected. This kind of induction will spread like an epidemic, and it will be impossible to stop it. "

"For this reason, not only the Great Chu Kingdom, but also other countries have regulations. After the appearance of the Guild, everyone can enter, depending on their abilities and opportunities. Of course, after entering, you will make your own decisions about life and death."

Zhou An raised his eyebrows.

If that's the case, there's really nothing we can do about it.

He feels like this thing is like a secret realm. Although there are dangers, it can obtain the skills that people in the industry need most.

Yan Sifu changed the subject: "By the way, Brother Zhou needs to be more careful recently. Before the secret gathering starts, all kinds of strange things may happen in our Tingyun Mansion."

"These strange things are very random, almost never the same. Brother Zhou, you have to be careful, especially if you are involved in the Guild, it is easy to encounter them."

Zhou An nodded, indicating that he understood.

Next, he did not stay in Zhenguisi and thought of going back first.

It's of no use keeping it here anyway, as long as you know what it is.

Unexpectedly, before he took two steps, he seemed to sense something.

Zhou An turned around and looked at Deng Song.

Deng Song suddenly vomited blood and pointed at Zhou An, his face full of shock.

"You...have no form!"