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Chapter 118 Burning Sky Shark Oil and Mirage Beast Mask

"Yesterday, the female fairy Yucheng said that she has almost prepared the amount of shark oil that elder brother wants.

"Now wait for the order of the eldest brother, before the ribbon-cutting ceremony, find an opportunity to transport it into the Di Gong gate without knowing it."

On the second quarter of the first lunar month, when the lanterns first came on, it was the time when Wanjia in Longcheng County was lit up.

In the deep house of the Liu Family on Xiaogu Mountain, in the west hall where the dining table was left unattended, there was a young man in brocade clothes with a sick face narrowing his eyes and whispering, conspiring with his elder brother.

"Brother, this time it will cost thirty barrels at once, which is more than before. Fairy Yucheng also prepared for a long time before getting it all together. Speaking of which, she has worked very hard."

"Hard work? Who doesn't work hard."

Hearing this, Liu Ziwen curled his lips and glanced at the second younger brother who said good things, and frowned slightly:
"However, it didn't hold back at all. After eating the food from Liu's family, it is still useful."

Liu Zian pulled up the corners of his mouth and smiled:
"I called her to ask."

After finishing speaking, the second young master of the Liu family called Liu Fu, the lame butler, and ordered a few words, and the latter was ordered to leave.

Liu Zian turned around and said:
"Brother, Ouyang Lianghan took Xie's daughter around the Di Gong Gate all day long, and sent his subordinates to patrol the gate day and night when he returned home at night. This batch of shark oil may not be easy to send in."

Liu Ziwen nodded, "I'll figure out a way."

"it is good."

Beside the two, Liu Zilin listened honestly for a while, and added with a serious expression:
"Big Brother and Second Brother, we have to pay attention to that little girl named Xie. With her by Ouyang Lianghan's side, Ouyang Lianghan may be rescued when the gate collapses."

"So the amount of shark oil arranged this time is more than before, and it will be more 'grand' than before. Even Qi practitioners can't escape."

Liu Ziwen glanced at the third brother who learned to think, and he nodded slightly:

"However, the third brother's worry is not unreasonable. At that time, we will try our best to lure Ouyang Lianghan and Shen Xisheng to the middle section of the gate. As for Xie Lingjiang...see if we can lure her away then."

"So good!"

Liu Zilin clenched his fist and hammered his palm, looking out the door, a violent look flashed in his eyes:
"It's a grand and splendid ribbon-cutting ceremony. I must be there. Take a good look at how your arrogant face of Ouyang Lianghan's is blown to pieces!"

Just when the voice fell.

Liu Zilin, whose face was flushed with excitement, suddenly widened his eyes. He saw Ouyang Rong, who was dressed in an official uniform, walk straight into the west hall from the night outside the door, came to the dining table where the dishes were already cold, and faced the three of them calmly. Brother sit down.

"Ouyang Lianghan!"

Like a thunderstorm exploding on the ground.

The three brothers of the Liu family exclaimed in surprise, and they reacted differently in an instant.

"Grass!"

Liu Zilin fell to the ground with the stool and hit the old injury on his hip, and let out a miserable howl.

I guess I'll have to sleep on my stomach again for the next few nights.

"you……"

Liu Zian, who was still smiling and plotting a second ago, changed his face instantly, stood up with a "whoosh", took a step back, and knocked down the wooden stool with a "click".

Liu Ziwen was still sitting in his original position, keeping his hands on the edge of the table, stabilizing his figure.

The Young Patriarch of the Liu Clan tilted his head and frowned, his eyes fixed on the familiar young county magistrate opposite who made him want to get rid of him.

Good guy, I was "plotting loudly" just now, but the master just came here directly!

Faced with the violent reactions of the three Liu brothers.

The young county magistrate who suddenly appeared in front of the table had a calm expression, and even raised his hand to support his chin.

His eyes swept over the faces of Liu Ziwen, Liu Zian, and Liu Zilin indifferently.

Liu Zilin climbed up from the fallen stool and looked at Ouyang Rong with an unbelievable expression, as if he had seen a ghost during the day:
"How did you get in here!"

This is the heavily guarded Liu family mansion, which can withstand half a day's siege by three hundred Chongfu iron cavalry equipped with bows and armor.

Liu Zian hurriedly turned his head, looking at the dark night outside the door.

I don't know whether to wait for private slaves and family soldiers, or to look for Xie Lingjiang and the county government officers who may have broken through Liu's house.

Liu Ziwen kept his eyes on the face of the uninvited guest on the opposite side of the table, and when he heard the hurried footsteps of Liu Fu and others outside the door, he suddenly said:
"You... are not Ouyang Lianghan."

Liu Zian and Liu Zilin were both taken aback.

The young county magistrate who came uninvited at the table nodded slightly, and instead of holding his chin, pinched the edges of his face on both sides of his chin, silently taking off a bronze animal mask as if taking off a mask.

There seemed to be a flash of light and shadow in the air.

In the next breath, the three brothers Liu Ziwen, Liu Zian, and Liu Zilin looked intently again. Sitting in front of the table was a slender young county magistrate, who was clearly a middle-aged priestess in a dark robe.

The face of the priestess was a little fleshy, covered with colorful paints, she couldn't see her true face clearly, only a pair of gloomy eyes could be seen.

Her hair was tied into dirty braids with colored ribbons, and her jet-black sacrificial attire was decorated with cumbersome and jingling ornaments, including small bells, bones, and precious stones.

"Jade Goddess?"

Liu Zilin said in surprise, the nervousness and haste on his face gradually subsided, and he stood up.

Liu Ziwen and Liu Zi'an either frowned or looked sideways.

Liu Ziwen looked at his second younger brother, who shrugged and shook his head, indicating that he didn't even know that Fairy Yucheng could use such an evil technique of disguise.

Fairy Yucheng held the newly cast bronze animal face with one hand, and said lightly:

"The shark oil is ready, thirty barrels, all in the yard."

After finishing speaking, she gestured to the three Liu brothers again with the bronze animal face in her hand:

"It's a little repayment for you to help me recast the mask of the new mirage beast."

"The mirage mask?" Liu Zilin couldn't help but take a second look.

Fairy Yucheng nodded and said briefly:
"Same as Burning Sky Shark Oil, all of them are the immortal skills obtained by the seniors of this line of immortals when they were looking for immortals overseas.

"Accidentally fit my sect's qi-training fairy art, as long as the 'sacrifice' sacrificed by this immortal with that ritual, a mirage mask will be cast, and this immortal will be able to temporarily change into a 'sacrifice' when I put it on The sacrificial offering' appearance has the fairy charm of reincarnation and rebirth."

Seemingly aware of the different gazes of the three Liu brothers, Fairy Yucheng frowned slightly, put away the mirage mask with her hands, and said coldly:

"This technique is an untold secret of our sect, and it can only be used by this immortal."

Liu Ziwen looked away, didn't pay attention anymore, looked at Liu Fu, and ordered:
"The burning sky shark oil in the yard is packed away, it will be used soon."

"Yes, sir."

Liu Fu took the order to retreat, and before he left, he couldn't help but take a look at that weird and weird female fairy Yujin.

"Scared me to death, idiot!"

Liu Zilin breathed a sigh of relief, supported his buttocks, stood up, and kicked the wooden stool away as if discouraged.

In fact, I couldn't sit down anymore, and I touched the old wound of my rotten ass.

Liu Zian looked at Fairy Yucheng, and asked thoughtfully:

"This is the proof you said that day for us to see?"

Liu Ziwen and Liu Zilin looked around in confusion.

Fairy Yucheng nodded, and said with a cold snort:

"That person must have died in the sunset, otherwise, how did I get promoted to the eighth rank, and how did I collect spirituality to cast this mirage mask? I will believe it this time, right?"

Liu Zian couldn't help but said:
"Then who is still alive and kicking in the county government office, causing us all trouble?"

Fairy Yucheng said with a cold face, stubbornly:

"Anyway, this immortal succeeded, and now this person is definitely not the original person."

Liu Zilin's face was pensive, and he couldn't help inferring and asking:

"Could it be that like you, the fairy Yucheng, you also know the technique of masking mirages and wearing a mask to replace Ouyang Lianghan as the county magistrate?"

Fairy Yucheng frowned, thought for a while, then shook her head:
"For the mirage technique that can last for such a long time, if there is no precious qi-invigorating elixir, then this kind of aura cultivation must at least be a top-rank Qi trainer, or even a rank higher than the top-rank, such as Shenzhou Tianren.

"If that's the case, you Liu family should surrender directly and offer up your sword, and see if you can save your life by begging for your life before the playfulness of others decreases."

The hall fell silent for an instant.

The three Liu brothers were silent.

"What divine beings, don't make jokes."

Liu Ziwen suddenly scolded, and said with a stern face to Fairy Yuji:

"Whether Ouyang Lianghan is dead or not, whether he is real or not, is there any use for you to prove these things to me?"

With a calm face, he scanned the crowd around the table and said firmly:
"Now the arrow is on the string, and we have to send it out. The person who should be invited has already arrived, the things to be prepared have been prepared, and the person to be killed is already in place. The last step is just around the corner. What kind of monster is that Ouyang Lianghan? Try it!" You'll know once you try it."

Everyone's expressions softened a little.

At this time, Liu Fu limped into the hall again, holding a small bowl steadily in his hand, which contained a strange liquid mixed with ointment oil and black powder.

There was a faint smell of sulfur and fat in the air.

Liu Ziwen took the bowl containing shark oil, leaned against the candlelight in the hall, squinted his eyes at the liquid with amber luster in the blackness, and sighed softly:

"This thing is more expensive than the weight of gold. This time... it must be clean and tidy, so that it is worth our high price."

Fairy Yucheng shook her head and said regretfully:
"Thirty barrels of shark oil are enough to make a thousand Burning Thunders, more than enough to blow up a sluice... In fact, it is not necessary to use so much, just like the previous few times, fifteen barrels are enough, Master Liu really Violence."

Liu Ziwen said calmly: "The lion is fighting the rabbit with all its strength."

Fairy Yucheng snorted coldly:
"Then remember to seal it better. Even if you are a top-rank Qi practitioner, within a hundred feet, as long as you don't fly into the air for the first time, at least half of your life will be saved."

"So good."

Liu Ziwen paused, and asked again just to be on the safe side:
"After confirming the function of this thing, everyone can hear the sound of the dragon roar?"

"Patriarch Liu forgot the previous few times? Could it be that the rumors of those fools can be wrong? Heh."

Fairy Yucheng nodded, then shook her head again:

"However, when the Burning Sky Shark Oil is ignited, it will make a strange howling sound, but it is not a dragon howling, but like a dragon but not a dragon, like a beast but not a beast...

"It's enough to fool those foolish people. Anyone who doubted it is dead anyway, and Di Gong's gate has collapsed. The rest of the idiots will only think that it is the dragon king from the bottom of the water, and he will appear in the daytime."

She sneered: "After this incident, we can build a few more Dragon King Temples in the county."

Liu Ziwen made no objection, suddenly turned his head and said:
"Don't you suspect that Ouyang Lianghan is someone else?

"As for the escort of the shark oil tomorrow, you will go there together, and our people will meet you. In addition, you can also take a close look at him at that time, and confirm in advance whether he is a monstrous Qi practitioner."

"Humph."

After Liu Ziwen finished speaking, he went outside the door, poured a small bowl of shark oil into the courtyard, and threw out a candle.

In an instant, there was a strange fire in the courtyard.

……

Ouyang Rong woke up this morning and found that the soreness on his face and mouth was almost gone.

"It seems that I have eaten too much spicy food. I haven't eaten it for two days, and finally the fire has subsided."

When being dressed by the white-haired maidservant, Ouyang Rong muttered softly.

But these days, he doesn't know why, he often dreams.

He dreamed that someone was touching his face in the middle of the night.

It's just that when I wake up, I feel refreshed, and I have forgotten the specific things in the dream. Could it be that the dream is not coming true... A certain gentleman sighed.

Today was the same as usual. After breakfast in Meilu Garden, Ouyang Rong and Xie Lingjiang met and went to the soon-to-be-completed Digong Gate upstream of Butterfly Creek.

As soon as he arrived at Yuenu Gorge, Ouyang Rong immediately received a message.

"Master Chen, are you sure it can be completed by this date? Then I have set the ribbon-cutting meeting for the afternoon of the [-]th of this month, so I will notify the Liu family and invite guests from all parties."

Mr. Chen patted the ashes on his hands, smiled at Ouyang Rong and said sincerely.

"Master County Magistrate, this old man and his colleagues are sure."

"That's fine."

Ouyang Rong glanced at the old craftsman, then turned his head, and looked at the junior sister behind him, with a little helplessness in his eyes.

This collided with the marriage temple fair at Donglin Temple that he had promised his younger junior sister.

Xie Lingjiang shook his head lightly, indicating that there is no serious problem, and he can proceed according to what was discussed that day.

That's right... Ouyang Rong nodded and turned around, ready to take his junior sister away to have a look at Mr. Diao and the scribes.

But at this moment, the voice of Mr. Fang Chen came from behind him again:
"Master County Magistrate, there is actually one more trivial matter, I would like to ask you for instructions."

"Oh? Small matter? Please tell me, sir." The young county magistrate turned around.

Mr. Chen smiled as if a little embarrassed, rubbed his hands and said:

"It's like this. Among the craftsmen in our Dragon City, there are some old rules and customs that we must abide by... I don't know if I should say it. The county magistrate is a scholar, so I don't believe it."

"Let's talk about it first."

The old craftsman seemed relieved, and said sincerely with an old face:
"It's like this. In the past, when we were casting swords in the sword shop, before every important sword was released, we would invite some temple priests to hold a sword washing ceremony.

"Isn't the Digong Gate just about to be completed in a few days now? Everyone is discussing with the old man, or we should also invite a temple priest to come over, and hold a gate-cleaning ceremony in these two days... Maybe the newly built Digong The weather at the public gate is smooth and safe.”

"..." Ouyang Rong was a little speechless: "Do you still have this custom?"

"Yes, Mr. County Magistrate, how about..."

Ouyang Rong suddenly asked: "Is it the same with Di Gongzha before?"

"Yes."

Hearing this, Ouyang Rong didn't seem to think much, waved his big hand and said heartily:

"That's fine, you go and invite people, what you did before, you can do now, we also invite people to consecrate and baptize, well, Mr. Chen and the seniors are really professional, and they are really thoughtful."

"The county magistrate is wise!"

The well-spoken young county magistrate smiled and waved his hands.

(End of this chapter)