Chapter 144 Banquet Hall Backstage
These four flags are of great significance.

With them, the survival rate of Wu Xian and others in the next grave will be greatly improved.

This is also good for Hu Yunkuan.

In order to ensure that they can get the buff, no one will let Hu Yunkuan die before the four flags are used up, so when he is in danger, everyone will lend a hand if they are able.

Although he knew that these four flags were of great significance, Hu Yunkuan still looked funny carrying the flags!
Laughed harder than Hu Yunkuan.

It was the turn of the last one, Wu Xian, to enter the tomb and worship the gods.

Just like last time, it was a statue that turned around, and this time it was the deity in charge of "magic instruments".

Water Official-the Great Lord of Xuanming!
Wu Xian didn't think too much about it. He left the Guangde Dragon King statue hanging there, and then inserted the two incense sticks in his hand into the incense burner in front of the statue of Xuanming Lord.

A cloud of steam rose, and the outlines of six magical instruments emerged.

The three items shown by the first incense stick are the soul-soothing wooden fish, the magic mirror, and the ghost-torturing stick.

The three items that emerged from the second incense stick were the golden file, the golden lightning mirror, and the sword case.

Among the magical instruments this time, Wu Xian had never seen them before.

The magic mirror is in the shape of a blue crystal stone, and its ability is to allow people to see scenes at any location.

The ghost-torturing stick looks like a rolling pin with the words "Executioner and Ghost-torturing Marshal Meng" engraved on it. Its effect is to drive away evil spirits.

The golden file is gilded all over and gleams with a faint light. It is one foot and three inches long. To use it, just throw it out and hit someone. It is a purely lethal weapon.

The Golden Lightning Mirror is an imitation of the twenty-one lightning mirrors held by the Mother of Lightning. It looks like a golden disc with the middle polished to a mirror-like finish. It can release three golden lightning bolts and can be released again after replenishing its spiritual power.

The descriptions of these instruments are very tempting.

But Wu Xian has to decide which magic weapon to choose based on the situation he might encounter next.

The final mourning hall easily reminds people of concepts such as "keeping vigil" and "resurrection". In this case, a wooden fish that can soothe the soul may be a good choice.

After choosing the wooden fish, you cannot choose the other two instruments for the first incense stick.

However, the magic mirror and the ghost-torturing stick are of little use. The ghost-torturing stick is used to drive away ghosts rather than to kill them. The magic mirror can obtain intelligence, which is very important in the early stages. But now there are only two dangerous graves left, and no one went to the mourning hall when they went to the banquet hall, so they could not see anything at all.

The following three instruments.

They were all offensive magical weapons, which made Wu Xian very conflicted because he wanted them all.

But in the end he chose the Golden Lightning Mirror.

Because using lightning-related props for worshiping gods can accumulate favorability with Thunder God, and obtain blessings related to thunder and lightning sooner.

Wow!

The mist dissipated, and two magical weapons appeared in front of Wu Xianshen.

Wu Xian sighed, then walked out of the temple tomb with the magic weapon.

As soon as he went out.

Then I heard some crazy laughter.

The golden lightning mirror was okay, not very big, and there was a handle on the back for holding it, but the wooden fish was a bit funny. The wooden fish was a full foot long and wide, and Wu Xian had to hold it in his hands to take it out of the temple tomb.

Wu Xian, dressed in tattered clothes and holding a wooden fish, is only a little funny.

But Guan Daorong and Hu Yunkuan had been ridiculed by Wu Xian before, so they laughed very exaggeratedly, causing others to laugh along, which made Wu Xian very embarrassed.

Let them laugh.

There will be another life-and-death situation in the evening, so it is a good thing to be able to smile now. All of them are forcing themselves to smile to adjust their mood.

After worshiping God.

Everyone started to take a break.

Soon they discovered another problem that was not fatal but very serious.

No one went to the banquet hall last night!

This meant that they had no food at the moment. As time went by, everyone was thirsty and hungry. Fortunately, the six people who decided to go to the banquet hall tomb could at least have something to eat at night. Aunt He and Su Mi would have to wait until tomorrow morning to get the food that everyone brought from the banquet hall.

Also, it’s windy today.

It was really cold for them to rest on the flat ground without any shelter, so the eight of them could only huddle together to keep each other warm.

Wu Xian was pressed against Du E on his left side, which made him feel very comfortable, but on his right side, he was pressed against the cold armor of the big man Su Mi, which made him feel a little painful...

The time of safety is always short.

Night soon fell, and everyone who had been prepared entered two rooms respectively.

……

Go down the stairs.

Instead of the grandeur they had imagined, everyone saw a dark and gloomy place.

There were lamps hanging on the walls. Each of these lamps had a brass stand and two candles. The candles were burning with a faint magenta flame, which made the surroundings look blood-red, making people feel uneasy.

Wu Xian suddenly missed Wen Chao a little.

If it were that old man, he should be able to explain why the flame is red.

A pair of yellow eyes lit up in the red light, and the figure of the owner of the eyes gradually became clear, with a mustache, a melon-shaped hat, and a dark yellow satin short coat.

He is the Butler Hu that everyone has seen!
Compared with the last time, Butler Hu looked more like a human and more lively, no longer as creepy as before.

Butler Hu came up to them warmly: "Oh, you are finally here, follow me."

He took Wu Xian and others and walked a short distance to a somewhat dark room to wait.

The door was open, with a red cloth hanging on it, and a warm light shining through. They could hear the voices outside clearly; it was Young Master Liu Baoyu who was speaking.

"The young master is holding a banquet, but it has just begun. You are important figures in this banquet, so please wait here for a moment."

Butler Hu gave the six people some instructions, then lifted the curtain and walked out.

Du E looked around the room and said, "This is a bit like the backstage of a school stage. So the door behind the curtain should be a stage... Considering the background of this blessed land, the front should be a stage."

Wei Dian smiled: "Last time they asked us to walk on the stage, this time they asked us to sing, I sound good when I smile."

Guan Daorong was eavesdropping behind the curtain. Weird music was coming from outside and there were noisy sounds everywhere. It was very difficult for him to control his emotions in such a lively place. His expression gradually became ferocious. There were really a lot of ghosts outside. It would be so cool if he could kill a few of them secretly!

Liang Fang cleared her throat.

She has to prepare for possible singing.

Wu Xianze turned to look at Hu Yunkuan: "This place is really suitable for you."

Hu Yunkuan turned his head and ignored Wu Xian's teasing.

After simply adjusting to the environment, they all stood in front of the door, listening to the voice at the front desk, which was basically Liu Baoyu talking alone.

The first sentence Wu Xian heard was an explosion of information.

"Gentlemen, celebrate! My grandmother, that old woman, has finally passed away!"

　Let’s talk about the origins of the four new magical weapons in this chapter.

Golden File: From the 75th chapter of Investiture of the Gods.

Yu Yuan sat on the Wuyun Camel and threw a one-foot-three-inch golden file into the air to hit Zi Ya. Zi Ya quickly spread out his apricot-yellow flag, and a thousand golden lotuses appeared to protect his body. Yu Yuan quickly put away the golden file and threw it again to hit Li Jing.

The golden lightning mirror is inspired by the lightning mirror of the Mother of Lightning. According to legend, the Mother of Lightning is the Golden Light Holy Mother, so I also incorporated the twenty-one golden mirrors of the Golden Light Holy Mother.

Ghost torture stick: Taoist magic weapon. It is engraved with "Fighting evil and destroying witches Zhu Yuanshuai" or "Executing and torture ghosts Meng Yuanshuai", these two are two of the thirty-six generals of the Thunder Department.

Magic mirror.

Inspired by...well, Calabash Brothers.

　
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