On the third day of the first lunar month of the Daxuan Qingping year, the Tianxing Prefecture God Parade Festival was officially held.

Just as the sky was getting light, the ancestral temple outside the city was already lit up by the sound of firecrackers and the shouts of young people, marking the beginning of the festival.

The temple keeper, Lord Li, took the lead and was the first to burn incense to the gods, praying for good weather, peace and prosperity in the coming year. After he finished burning the incense, everyone inserted the incense belonging to their own family into the incense burner in turn according to their seniority, put their hands together, and prayed silently.

After the worship ceremony was completed, a huge gong sounded, clear and crisp, which lifted the spirits of everyone present!

"Please—invite—the gods—" Grandpa Li shouted, and personally lit up two large strings of firecrackers placed in front of the ancestral temple. He raised the five-colored paper in his hand high up. Smoke and confetti filled the open space in front of the ancestral temple. The young men shouted in unison. The deafening roar, the roar of firecrackers and the shouts of "Hey yo hey yo" combined into one, pushing the atmosphere of inviting the gods to the highest point!

"Lift the sedan chair!" The gods were invited out of the ancestral temple and sat on specially made sedan chairs. Accompanied by the shouts of the crowd and the sound of firecrackers, they will move to the temple in Tianxing City. When night falls, they will circle the city and bestow blessings and health to the people of the city.

Watching the team going away, Lin Mu lit a string of firecrackers next to Qi Yunlu, which scared him. Before Qi Yunlu could curse, he said cheerfully, "It's so lively. I like festivals. Alas, fortunately, An Xianchang was here before, otherwise, once that thing sneaked into the city, it would be very difficult for us to catch it."

Qi Yunlu rolled his eyes at Lin Mu and said, "Then why are you still staying here? People and gods have all entered the city, why don't you go in to strengthen the defense?"

"Since you're so bored here in the wilderness, I'll play with you." Lin Mu appears cold on the outside, but at heart he is still the same wandering knight.

"Get lost, I'll just watch over here. Hurry up and take your people back to the city to watch over it. If anything happens to any civilian tonight, I'll hold you accountable."

Except for the Weiyuan Army who are still doing their duty, all the Tianxing people have entered the holiday mode. For example, the noodle stall owner who had spoken to An Ling had already packed up his shop last night and was going to spend the whole day celebrating the holiday with his family. Even if something big happened, it couldn't disturb his mood.

There are many people in Tianxing who have such an idea. For this reason, the God-Worshipping Festival has become an annual reunion festival in Tianxing. Even those who are doing business away from home will choose to return to Tianxing during these days to celebrate the festival with their relatives and friends and enjoy the bustle and beauty of their hometown.

Qi Zhankou gave his officers one last instruction, took a deep breath, and said in a deep voice: "Everyone, although today is a festive day, we in the Weiyuan Army must not slack off. I hope you will win the first battle!" He pressed the hilt of the sword at his waist and shouted: "Go forward courageously and swear to destroy the enemy!"

Everyone stood up instantly, clasped their fists and shouted in unison: "Go forward courageously and swear to destroy the enemy!"

……

An Ling stood in a very dilapidated house, holding a mop in her hand, and looked at Qin Lanzhi speechlessly, who was still talking loudly with a spider web on her head.

"Here, I'm going to clear away all this garbage, and then put a pot of flowers by the window! Um... I'm going to plant balsams, and then put a big table here..."

An Ling leaned the mop against the door and said faintly, "Is this what you call 'moving into a new house'?"

Yesterday, An Ling was captured by Qin Lanzhi and taken to her so-called "new house". She was forced to help her clean the whole night. It was not until dawn that the two of them barely cleaned up their sleeping place.

"Where did you get this shabby house? Why is it so rotten?" An Ling complained, but still took the garbage Qin Lanzhi handed over without complaint and threw it at the door, waiting to throw away all the garbage together after collecting enough.

Qin Lanzhi waved the dust in front of her and said cheerfully, "It's cheap here. My mother just gave me some money to rent a house on my own. This place will be my territory from now on!"

Qin Lanzhi's shabby house was in a very good location, right in the alley next to Central Street, but for some reason it had been abandoned here for a long time and no one came to clean it up.

An Ling thought of Lan Xing's trick and asked worriedly, "Zhi, did you buy it or rent it? Did you pay the landlord in full?"

"Yes, I bought the whole house and I will live here from now on!" Qin Lanzhi still looked very proud, completely unaware that she had been cheated.

An Ling was instantly furious. How could this naughty child be so naughty! It would be fine if he didn't know how to do it himself, but he didn't even come to ask her!

Although An Ling herself had nothing worth asking for advice on, she was still very confident that she would be smarter than Qin Lanzhi.

"Shh, listen!" Qin Lanzhi pricked up her ears, listened for a while, and said in surprise, "Someone is beating drums and gongs!" Then she ran out like a rabbit, and An Ling couldn't catch her.

In fact, An Ling had heard it a long time ago. She also knew that those were the teams that were going to invite gods. They were preparing to put the statues of gods and other things in a temple next to the archway at the intersection for worship, and then carry them out for the procession at night.

When she saw Qin Lanzhi go out, she stopped working and sat at the door in a very ungraceful manner. After washing her hands, she took out a compass from her storage ring, pointed at the needle on it with her sword finger, and muttered something.

After reciting a long spell, An Ling shouted in a low voice: "Search for the monster!"

The needle was spinning, just like the first day An Ling came to Tianxing. She sighed and put the compass away. There were many reasons why the needle was spinning, such as poor local magnetic field, compass error, etc., but in Tianxing, the only possible reason was that this was the territory of a big monster.

The so-called big monsters are the "Green Ivy Ancestor" and "Tree Ancestor" known to everyone in Tianxing. No one knows how long they have existed in this area, but based on the basic characteristics of plants, An Ling estimates that after such a long time, they must have become very powerful.

Seeing Qin Lanzhi excitedly looking at the back of the team, An Ling remembered the small vine she had seen at the city gate before. She couldn't help but squat down, gently patted the soft sand, and said, "Grandmaster Qingteng? Are you there? Can you come out and see me?"

"..."

All she got was silence.

An Ling smiled and shook her head, saying, "I'm really crazy. I just acted like a middle school girl."

Just as she was about to get up and leave, a young vine gently grasped An Ling's little finger. The green color and soft appearance were really the same small vine she had seen before!

An Ling shook the vine in her hand in surprise and said, "Hello, Ancestor. I didn't expect you could actually hear me!"

The little vine shook its leaves shyly, climbed from An Ling's little finger to her ring finger, and then circled around it a few times, seeming to like An Ling very much.

Oh so cute!

An Ling looked at the soft and tender vine in her hand, which was completely unrelated to the words "big monster" or "ancestor". When she came to this, she thought of a black cat on Yunwu Mountain and couldn't help laughing softly.

She smiled for a while, stroked the vines, and asked, "Grandpa, since you can hear me, do you know where the bad guys are lurking? We are going to catch the bad guys who are causing trouble today." An Ling was deceived by the appearance of the Green Ivy Grandpa. What he said was like coaxing a kindergarten child, but she didn't expect that the Green Ivy Grandpa was very happy to hear it. He pestered An Ling and twisted for a long time, and then weakly pointed in a direction for An Ling. Before An Ling could react, he quickly pointed in several directions for her.

An Ling was silent for a while, then said, "You mean, there are... bad people in these places?"

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