After a long time, the sound of clinking bowls and chopsticks gradually subsided. Jiang Li turned around, only to see that the entire Eight Immortals table had been completely eaten.
And in the four directions of the Eight Immortals Table, the southeast, northwest, and I don’t know when eight small shadows sat on it.
They tilted their heads, lying down or sitting down, and fell asleep at the table after being full of food and wine.
"Guys, are you satisfied with your meal?"
As if Jiang Li couldn't smell the stinky smell, he stepped forward and patted the tabletop gently.
But the eight people sitting on the chairs, who had been drinking happily just now, were now extremely drunk, and for a while they didn't even see him.
It wasn't until Jiang Li slapped the table hard a few more times, making a banging sound, that the eight people woke up from their dreams in a daze.
Squeak!
As soon as these eight people woke up and saw Jiang Li standing beside them, they screamed strangely and immediately started to flutter around, trying to escape.
However, Jiang Li had already sealed the doors and windows with talisman paper.
He just pulled up a chair and sat down, watching the eight shadows running around in the guest room.
After a while, these eight guests saw that they were cornered and could not escape, so they tremblingly emerged from the dark corner and stood in front of Jiang Li like eight villains.
"A few friends, I'm having a banquet for you to eat meat and drink wine, and after finishing the meal, some of you want to leave without saying goodbye. This is not good."
Jiang Li looked down at the eight guests standing in a row on the floor in front of him.
I saw those eight guests with sinister features, shiny fur, and no more than three feet in length! But there were four long-bearded weasels and four big black-haired rats!
This is another Yin-attribute spell that Jiang Li acquired after returning to the sect. It was the famous God-seeking spell in the past!
If immortals and Buddhas can use this method, they can easily summon the stars and eight hundred Arhats in the sky!
If a monk with a hairy face and a thunderous mouth performs this method, he can also command the Thunder God and the Lightning Mother to summon the mountain god He Bo!
But later, this world seemed to have experienced a great catastrophe, with both Taoism and Dharma abolished, and the immortals and Buddhas extinct.
The Maoshan Immortal Sect, which used to be orthodox in Taoism and had backgrounds all over the Three Realms, has repeatedly fallen into dust and its population has withered.
The Taoist method of summoning gods is also simple and simple. In the end, it can only communicate with some lonely ghosts, mountain spirits and small monsters, and is even used to summon ghosts.
It almost completely fell into the position of a heretical person.
It was only now that the world of cultivating immortals was once again flourishing, and various Taoist secrets that had been buried among the people were rediscovered, allowing Jiang Li to learn them in the Sutra Pavilion.
Of course, Jiang Li himself didn't have much expectations for this method.
Judging from its introduction, you can tell that the key to practicing this art is not proficiency or proficiency. This magic art is purely about face.
Therefore, Jiang Li used the temptation of a sumptuous banquet and invited a few weasels and rats that could barely be considered "elite".
(There is a saying that those who have not yet been able to transform into human form are called spirits, and those who can already transform into human form are called demons.)
Even though they were standing there with their hands bowed, they looked quite human, as if they had a lot of moral integrity.
In fact, as long as an experienced hunter brings three or five vicious dogs, he can chase them away and howl.
"Zhizhi, thank you so much for your hospitality! The descendants of Lao Huang and Lao Hei are very grateful!"
After the eight little spirits chirped for a while, a rat spirit wearing a red coat came forward and actually spoke human words to Jiang Li.
"Oh? You rat spirit can actually talk?"
Jiang Li was surprised. This rat spirit had just barely opened its spiritual intelligence. The amount of demonic power and aura in its body was almost negligible. How could it still speak like this?
"Zhizhizhi, it's a small blessing. I secretly ate a few drops of lamp oil in a ruined temple outside the city. For some reason, the transverse throat cartilage melted, so I can speak human words."
The rat spirit's voice was a little blurry when he spoke, but the words he wrote were real and not some shady trick.
"Well, this is really interesting. Brother Rat is so lucky."
"Well, friends, since you won't leave, how about you answer a few questions for me?"
Jiang Li prepared a banquet and used his magic to invite them over. He was not just idle and bored, of course he asked them for help if he had something to do.
"Excuse me, Master. We have eaten wine and meat, and naturally we know everything and talk about it."
Little demons of their level, who are capable of escaping, are now trapped in a room and being attacked by others. How dare they not obey.
"The night before yesterday, a spaceship crashed outside the city, and a total of twelve evil cultivators escaped into the city. You are the local snakes here, have you seen those suspicious characters?"
The eight spirits came together again and chattered for a while, and then the mouse in the red coat raised its head again and offered its hand to Jiang Li.
"Master, we have never seen such evil cultivators."
"I saw the crashed boat outside the city, but I didn't dare to step forward."
Jiang Li was slightly disappointed, but this was something that was expected.
If the defecting monks led by Elder Jiedan could be traced by these little demons, they would have been arrested long ago. Jiang Li is not at all like them who can help find them.
He asked a few more questions, and the rat spirit answered them one by one. Jiang Li spread out the map and sketched out a few details in several places.
"Is there an underground river under Yunxi City?"
Amid the chirping commands of those mice, Jiang Li drew a crooked curve that ran through the entire city.
This rat is good at swimming, and they have already explored this underground river.
"Yes, Master, that's why Yunxi City got its name."
Jiang Li studied the curve of the underground river. It started from the river in the east of the city and sank under the city. After passing through the city, it directly merged with the river outside the city and turned from dark to light. In fact, the part buried underground
Not much.
As long as the sect elders are not stupid, they will definitely squat by the entrance and exit of the underground river. Elder Duan Shuang and Yu Banxia are unlikely to escape through the underground river.
This news doesn't seem to make much sense.
Jiang Li put away the map and looked at the eight spirits again.
"Several friends, thank you very much for your news."
"The food and drinks this time were prepared in a hurry and the hospitality was not good. It may not be to your liking. If you appreciate it, you can come again tomorrow."
"The whole chicken feast that Lao Huang's family loves to eat, and the tofu soaked in lard that Lao Hei's family loves to eat, will all be prepared properly."
After asking, Jiang Li invited again with a smile on his face. To show his sincerity, he even tore up a talisman to leave a way out for them.
However, after hearing the words "whole chicken feast" and "tofu soaked in lard", the eight monsters could not move.
Even though their bellies were as big as rubber balls at this time, they still couldn't help but drool drooling from the corners of their mouths.
"Zhizhi, master, are you serious about this?"
The mouse in the red coat excitedly asked his companion what he was thinking.
"Of course it's true. I just like to make friends. Whenever I go to a place, I will hold a flowing banquet for three days to entertain the guests on the road."
"I am not afraid that the guests will eat too much, but I am afraid that the guests will eat less. Don't believe me. You can come here again tomorrow. I must have prepared wine and food to welcome you."
"Not only that, you can also bring your own family and friends. Anyone who comes is welcome. The more people come, the happier I will be!"
Jiang Li and other immortals came here, and the sect endorsed them. He had privileges in the city, so he was naturally generous to others.
"Zhizhi, my master is very righteous! Highly righteous! Zhizhi! We will definitely spread the word about your master's banquet, and we will bring the whole family to the banquet."
The excitement was clearly visible on the faces of the eight little demons, and they were about to leave chattering.
"Guys, wait a minute, everybody, wait a moment, I have something to say."
Jiang Li quickly stopped them.
"Zhizhi, master, please just tell me whatever you want."
These little demons are short-tongued and have a big dinner waiting for them tomorrow, so there is no reason to be disrespectful.
"It's like this. I have encountered some difficulties recently and am in urgent need of some souls. I am very urgent but I am afraid of spoiling the fun of the guests."
Jiang Li was afraid that they would not dare to come tomorrow, so he spoke very politely, almost coaxing them like a child.
And this so-called living ghost is the lowest and weakest kind of ghost.
They can't fly, run, or even walk. They can't speak or have any consciousness. They can only float in the place where they died. A strong wind can blow them away like garbage.
Even a few little demons who have just opened their spiritual intelligence can be easily caught.
"Zhizhi, master, where are you? Even though we are monsters, we are also monsters who respect etiquette. Zhizhi, when guests come to have a banquet, how can they come empty-handed? Tomorrow we will capture a few souls each.
Don’t worry, Master.”
The mouse spoke more and more politely. Jiang Li didn't believe it knew how to be polite, but the old fox next to him probably did have some culture.
It should be teaching from the sidelines, and this mouse is now learning and selling.
"No, no, no, it can't be like this. This matter is so rude to me, so how dare you ask for the guest's things in vain."
Jiang Li put on a troubled look, and after thinking for a moment, he suddenly said with great joy.
"Yes! I don't want this soul in vain. Tomorrow at the banquet, I will place millions of yellow and white things beside it. If the guests bring souls, they will be given gold and silver as gifts!"
As soon as Jiang Li said this, the little demons were even more overjoyed.
The rat spirit Huangpijing is different from other mountain spirits. The little monsters of these two races live near humans almost all their lives and interact with humans directly or indirectly.
They are tainted with the most worldly atmosphere. They have learned all kinds of evil ways in the mortal market, and they are as obsessed with gold and silver as ordinary people.
Although their strength is completely worth mentioning, ordinary monks simply look down upon them.
But Jiang Li doesn't dislike them. After all, their cost is low, so mortal money can be spent.
"The master's righteousness! The master's righteousness!"
"May I ask my master, is there any limit to the needs of this life?"
The mouse in the red coat had just barked twice, and the old weasel was squawking in its ears again, and then asked the second question.
As expected of the old yellow skin, this immediately changed his mind. If there were really restrictions, they would definitely not call other little monsters, but would keep it to themselves.
"Haha, if you call me "Master," how dare I disappoint my guests? Don't worry, I won't refuse anyone who comes!"
"And if there are many guests, I will give generous gifts to eight friends!"
“Thank you master!!!”
This time, they finally felt relieved. After posing toward Jiang Li again, they lined up and walked out through the open door.