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The last morning before the banquet finally arrived.

Except for Mo Zelan who was driven away by Xue Zangxue, everyone in the inn gathered in the lobby and ate breakfast in silence.

Everyone was a little absent-minded, because Xue Zangxue looked very bad after seeing the imprints on their backs yesterday, and left without saying anything.Coupled with the increasing sound of wind and snow, it can be said that several people in the inn were in a state of semi-insomnia all night.

Ling Luoyue raised her head to look at Xue Zangxue from time to time, inserted her chopsticks into the rice and stirred it randomly, and stopped talking.Others also regarded her as a silly girl who was full of lovers, and had no choice but to hold back her dissatisfaction.

Xue Zangxue also looked absent-minded.Except for saying "eat" to everyone at the beginning, he didn't talk anymore.Although he maintained an elegant dining posture, in the eyes of everyone, he looked like he was chewing wax, and he lost his appetite just by looking at him.

Only Ning Changhua drank porridge and ate meat after hearing Xue Zangxue's words.

Xue Zangxue said that it is not poisonous, so it can be eaten.Xue Zangxue said that if you are pregnant with a child, you must have a good pregnancy, so eat well and sleep well!

Ning Changhua trusted Xue Zangxue so much.

Halfway through the meal, three horns sounded at the mountain gate.

This was the first time Xue Zangxue heard such a loud noise in Raging Flame City. Although he had already guessed the reason, he still tried his best to appear puzzled.

Yan Qiubai took the task of explaining just right: "That's the horn for welcoming guests, blowing it once means that another person will come to the Banquet, and the door for welcoming guests will open again."

Gao Sheng, who was watching the excitement from the side, said: "In the situation you mentioned, the guests all took invitations to the Four Elephants Hall, and then they were brought by the guides to eat and drink all the way from the Four Elephants Hall."

During Yan Qiubai's stay here, he tried many ways to test Gao Sheng, and knew that he was taken away by human traffickers in Hanhai Country when he was a child, but he was robbed halfway and sent to Lieyan City.The people in Raging Flame City didn't dislike him as a dwarf, instead they arranged him to learn how to cook in an inn.In short, he is an ordinary person without martial arts, without any threat.

"Another situation is the ostentation of this guest last time."

Gao Sheng pouted towards Xue Zangxue.

"My situation is different?" Xue Zangxue asked.

"Of course, I didn't say it. You have been the most ostentatious person in the past few years. No one has ever found the entrance of Qingfeng Valley directly by himself, and the guides ran to pick them up in panic. The horn of the mountain gate blew seven times that day. !"

Yan Qiubai nodded to Xue Zangxue, the situation at that time was indeed like this, so everyone had high hopes for those who came.

It's a pity that the one who came was Guan Ruoxu, who didn't know how to form a formation. He must have found the entrance by mistake.

Qu Guming didn't think too much about it, and always went straight: "Among the rest, there are only the two young masters of the Hua family and Mr. Dai. No matter which one comes, it is very good."

"Brother Guan, who do you think it should be?"

Yan Ling has always been more restrained than Ling Luoyue, and she is more secure after getting married than before. She saw Ling Luoyue wanted to ask but didn't dare to ask, so she asked her out caringly.

Ling Luoyue glanced at Yan Ling gratefully.

Xue Zangxue said sadly: "Brother Wan Jing and Dai Xing probably won't come."

This is very obvious, the person who will come will only be Hua Lingyu.

The others sighed secretly, Hua Lingyu would not disband.

Yan Qiubai made some calculations in his heart.According to Xue Zangxue, there are at least three masters in the city besides the city lord, Xuan Ju, Lan Shan, and Xiao Zhu. If you count the mantis who ran away from Wuyun City, there are five people.

Hua Lingyu's sound attack will not be weaker than the enemies in this city, he should have no problem against the mantis.

Only Ning Shanghua and Xue Zangxue can keep up with Lan Shan's speed, but Lan Shan is good at poison, and in the end only Xue Zangxue can keep up with him.

Xiaozhu used to be a first-class swordsman in the Jianghu. After joining the Assassin Organization, his Liuguang Yingying can be regarded as a top move.Yanling, Qu Guming and his wife went up together, no matter how bad it was, adding Ling Luoyue should be able to draw with him.

Then there is still Xuanju whose details are unknown.

That Mo Zelan, if he can join Ning Shanghua, his side still has a chance of winning.

Then wait until the formation is broken before summoning Lu Yan or Pavilion Master Yun to deal with the spiders, I don't know if it will be too late.

Several people sat at the table without moving, and Gao Sheng didn't dare to go up to clear the table easily, so he just sat on the wine jar by the counter and watched with his chin propped up.

Not long after, Xuanju led another person into the inn again.

It turned out to be Hua Lingyu and his elder brother Hua Wanjing who had been at odds with him for thousands of years.

Compared with Hua Lingyu, Hua Wanjing is not as strong. He is wrapped in a thick fur cloak, and the neckline reveals a little western style embroidery.Probably because he has been busy with all kinds of business at home all year round, he looks a little tired and thin, but for some reason, everyone feels very at ease when they see him. A domineering man whose status in the arena has risen a bit.

"Brother Evening Mirror!"

"Flower Patriarch!"

"Brother Hua!"

Everyone's eyes lit up the moment they saw Hua Wanjing, completely ignoring Hua Lingyu next to him.

Hua Wanjing greeted the others one by one, and finally stood in front of Xue Zangxue.

"How is your son?"

"Is everything the same as usual?"

The two nodded each other as a greeting.

Hua Lingyu didn't seem to deal with anyone, she just exchanged a glance with Xue Zangxue before turning her head away, and finally chose to sit next to Gao Sheng and watch them exchange hypocritical greetings.

The corners of Xue Zangxue's mouth rose quietly.

The good show finally begins.

Xuanju, who had been ignored for a long time, said to Xue Zangxue and the Hua family brothers: "You three take a rest, I will come again tonight, and take the three of you to wash away the dust."

"Why should I be with them?" Hua Lingyu said the first sentence after arriving at the inn.

Xuanju explained patiently: "The guest came in a hurry before, and we didn't prepare for the bathing. We happened to know that you two are coming today, so we happened to be together."

"Your hospitality is really unbearable." Hua Lingyu said coldly, "I don't need to go to a separate place to take a bath, just send me a bathtub in the room."

"It is the rule of the Eight Party Banquet to accept the wind and wash away the dust."

Xuanju firmly rejected Hua Lingyu's request without further explanation.

Ning Changhua said to Xue Zangxue in a low voice: "Except for you, each of us went to take a bath, I'm afraid that's when the mark was left."

Xue Zangxue immediately understood that the so-called Bafang Banquet was just a launching ceremony of the puppet imprint.

At present, Ning Shanghua and the others were hit with the puppet mark and did not respond, but because their people did not come together, the puppet mark was not activated.Once Xue Zangxue and the brothers in the field of flowers finished bathing and the puppet imprint was activated at the Bafang Banquet, all the secrets in their hearts, whether it was power, wealth, weapons, or skills, would all be seen by the person who imprinted them!

"Heh." Xue Zangxue's sneer echoed in the lobby of the inn.

Xuanju stepped back suddenly, took a strange step upwards and happened to be standing in the courtyard of the inn, a pot of green radishes in the courtyard withered instantly, and a large amount of dirty green water gushed out from the basin, wet the floor of the courtyard, and then went along The strange lines on the floor spread to Xuan Ju's feet.

This is the mystery of the stacked array. People are the eyes of the array. Wherever there are people, the array can extend.

A new formation has been launched.

People like Xuan Ju, who have been on the verge of life and death countless times, are much more sensitive to murderous intent than ordinary people.The smile on Xue Zangxue's face and the sneer without emotion made his hairs stand on end.Before his brain could analyze whether the sound was murderous or not, his body had already retreated to a safe area.

"Tomorrow is the Octagon Banquet, please don't make trouble."

"Do you threaten me?"

With a wave of Xue Zangxue's long sleeves, he directly overturned the table and stepped on the edge of the table.

Xuan Ju looked back without timidity.

"What are you going to do, Guan Ruoxu?" Ning Changhua timely reminded Xue Zangxue to be careful not to pierce Guan Ruoxu's disguise.

Xue Zangxue had no choice but to suppress his anger, and gave Xuan Ju a hard look, signaling him not to act rashly.

"Everyone here, please look at the back of your necks. Is the thing on it exactly the same as the seal on the Bafang card?"

"We saw each other last night, what is that?" Yan Ling asked.

"A very ancient sorcery called the Puppet Imprint. Simply put, someone puts it on you. Once activated, you will lose your self and become someone else's puppet. The body is still there, but the brain does not know whose. "

Everyone's movements stopped, as if they didn't know how to react.After all, this kind of statement is simply unheard of, and no one can quickly accept it for a while.

"Don't believe me?" Xue Zangxue raised his eyebrows, "Okay, let me ask you guys, this city lord is holding your lifeline, threatening you to come here, or maybe offering you benefits to lure you to come here, the purpose is really just to cooperate with you ?”

"Of course not." Hua Wanjing smiled faintly.

"Leaving aside the despicable invitation methods. A person who wants to invite other people to dinner for no reason, or a powerful and powerful person in the martial arts, does this person really have nothing else to ask for?"

"Don't talk nonsense! What do our city want your things for! The city owner took in us poor homeless people, as well as those who were driven to the bottom of the rivers and lakes, so that we can start a family and start a business here, this kind of righteous people You know shit!" Gao Sheng jumped up and pointed at Xue Zangxue's nose and yelled, "I knew you had a problem, and your feelings are here to frame our city lord! What kind of gentleman, I'm pissed!"

Hua Wanjing's face was a little gloomy, and Hua Lingyu had already quickly picked up Gao Sheng's clothes.

"Really? So righteous?" Xue Zangxue didn't care. After all, he was not a gentleman of Qingzhu. He waved his hand at Hua Lingyu: "Let him go, Xiaohua. Beauty is in the eye of a beholder. For people in the city, he It can be a bodhisattva god, but for those of us outside the city, we rely on our eyes to see, our ears to hear, and our brains to analyze. Since he doesn’t believe it, let’s let him see clearly.”

Xue Zangxue looked at everyone's faces one by one, and there was still distrust and hesitation.

He pressed his index finger between his eyebrows, trying to lower his voice to control his emotions: "I will leave my words here, everyone can wait for the banquet tomorrow, and see that special banquet, after all, the two sides made friends and each got what he wanted The feast of friendship that is needed is the feast of life and death in which the city lord of Lie Yan squeezes everyone to death with one person. If I were the lord of the city, I would really look forward to the scene where the mainstay of the entire rivers and lakes will be controlled by me after this banquet. This kind of pleasure, I feel happy just thinking about it.”

"Guan Ruoxu!"