"Mr. Judge, Night Street is an underground street, but its existence is not a secret to Jizhou City. Any entrance that can lead to the underground can connect to Night Street that extends in all directions."

"It can be said that the layout of the night street is more like a spider web. Except that the main part is the commercial street, it is more like a convenient corridor."

That's why the group of people who kidnapped the fake Li Puer fled into the night streets... because that was the most suitable place for hiding and escaping.

In this case, the group of people who fled to the night street may have left by now.

"Sir, one of the entrances is here." The owner of the blacksmith shop led Zhou Xinyi to a restaurant. This restaurant often sells some home-brewed drinks. In order to store these drinks, the restaurant specially built a cellar.

Naturally, the owner of Night Street did not let go of this cellar, and connected an entrance and exit of Night Street here.

"We're just going to go in with masks on?"

The blacksmith shop owner said, "Don't worry, no one will mind."

He strode into the restaurant, came to the front desk, jumped in the queue openly, and stuffed a wad of kunlang into the cashier's hand. Zhou Xinyi took a cursory glance and saw that there were about fifty kunlang.

"Take us to smell the new wine?"

This is a common saying used by people who enter and leave the night streets through this entrance.

The cashier immediately understood and called another clerk next to him to take over, and he led the two of them to open the cellar door.

"The owner of the night street and this restaurant have a mutually beneficial relationship," said the owner of the blacksmith shop. "The restaurant provides the entrance to the night street, and 70% of the entrance fee for people entering and exiting the night street is shared with the restaurant owner."

The cellar was cold and dim, and the blacksmith shop owner's voice formed a hollow echo, "So some people even take the initiative to build cellars. Unfortunately, not everyone likes the owner of the night street."

Passing through the cold wine cellar, pushing open the heavy iron door, the two of them stepped into a threshold.

A noisy and prosperous street suddenly came into view.

Zhou Xinyi was in the alley behind the iron gate at this time. The night street lights, red wine and greenery were like an oil painting, reflected from the square exit of the alley.

"Welcome to Night Street!"

Across the alley, an enthusiastic boss shouted to Zhou Xinyi. He didn't seem to be trying to sell anything, he was just saying hello to the neighbors he passed by in the morning.

"There is a saying that it is better to watch a boat landing on Jizhou than to be buried in the ground at night."

"It means that we would rather the central commercial street of Jizhou City close down than the night street, a good place like this, disappear."

The owner of the blacksmith shop pointed at the owner who greeted him and said, "Look at that guy, he is just like some people. He can't sell a few goods, so he likes to rush to the entrance to watch the first-time visitors being amazed."

The boss wore a mask and was not upset even after being exposed. "You know I can't sell it, but why don't you show people my goods?"

"Go, go, do you know who I am receiving today?" The owner of the blacksmith shop waved his hand, "Don't delay me from doing my business!"

"Mr. Judge, where do you want to go?"

When asked like this, Zhou Xinyi didn't know what he needed.

"Are there any items related to occultism?" He decided to first understand the characteristics of this era.

"Are you talking about runes, or techniques?" The blacksmith shop owner pondered for a moment, "Or are you talking about ritual items and materials?"

Zhou Xinyi naturally knows what the runes refer to.

Techniques are two types of development corresponding to skills.

Skill refers to mastering a martial art or the use of weapons to an extremely superb level.

Techniques, on the other hand, refer to magic schools created using mysticism, nature and other aspects.

In layman's terms, it's the difference between a warrior and a mage.

Among the successors, there are also skills and techniques. Jiang Yi is a typical skill school, and the white-faced man Zhou Xinyi met at the mayor of the town before, the "clone" he used was a certain skill ability.

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The definition of ritual items and materials in this era is obviously closer to modern people's impression of occultism.

There are all kinds of prophecies, divination, ritual magic, etc.

Thinking of this, Zhou Xinyi suddenly had a question.

What kind of school does he belong to?

He is a hammer user, which is considered a skill in normal terms, but he relies on the enchantment on the hammer to cause "magic damage"...

But he felt that he was not considered a technique, but he could not explain the principle of the black lines in the notebook.

After some hesitation, Zhou Xinyi said, "Go and look at the ritual materials." He was more interested in this aspect.

Arriving at the stalls related to occultism, there were obviously far fewer people shopping.

After all, there is a threshold for occultism. Even if ordinary occultists learn relevant knowledge, they only need to buy relevant books. Their own abilities are limited and they are far from being able to use occult materials.

The first thing Zhou Xinyi saw was a string of wax products sold on the upper bunk, including standard red candles, white candles carved into the shape of skulls, and various waxes with different shapes.

Of course, there are two definitions of candles in this era.

One is a candle used to melt and light a flame, called fire wax.

One is a special soap... called Secret Wax.

This kind of soap, oh no, the concentration of secret wax is much higher than that of modern soap, so it is expensive and not suitable as a cleaning product. It is only indispensable for scrubbing runes, cleaning ritual materials, etc.

As for the common soap locust in this era, it was made from diluted secret wax and essence.

Zhou Xinyi picked up a piece of secret wax and asked about the price, and learned that the price of a soap-sized piece of secret wax was around several hundred kunlang.

There is a profession among the successors called reciters, which specializes in mysticism and techniques. They have a very high purchase demand for such mystical materials.

In addition to mystical craft products such as secret wax, more materials are special tools and materials left after processing the body parts of monsters outside the city.

In this era, the definition of occultism is: connecting with the energy in nature or the power given by the gods, so as to achieve the purpose required by the ritual.

But as a foreigner, Zhou Xinyi never understood whether gods really existed. Do these beliefs that people talk about refer to a common idea, or do they really exist as human beings?

But Zhou Xinyi never dared to ask this question to the aborigines. Once raised, his identity would be doubted.

Zhou Xinyi also saw a bookstore. Judging from the cover, the content of the book was probably friendly to beginners.

He is very interested in the literature of this era.

The light curtain helped the successors translate all aboriginal languages ​​in the most popular way, but what about the books? Can books also be translated? If so, can the books of this era bring out the light curtain and come to reality?

With such doubts in mind, Zhou Xinyi placed his eyes on the cover of the book.

The cover has indeed been replaced with Chinese characters.

""How to plastic seal prostitution with wood for nothing", "Can the Historia be a mate", "How to cover a washboard with soft gel without being discovered"...?"

Zhou Xinyi suspected for a moment that there was something wrong with his brain in receiving text.

When he asked the blacksmith shop owner and learned that these were indeed the titles of the books, Zhou Xinyi breathed a sigh of relief.

It turned out that it wasn't his brain that was short-circuited, but the stall owner's brain.

Although the content of the book looked extremely funny, it was indeed from his nearest bookstore. Zhou Xinyi thought about it for a while and decisively decided to buy one.

He picked up "Ten Weird Legends of Jizhou" and asked, "How can I sell this book?"

The stall owner raised his head, revealing a face wearing a black gold mask, "6 Kunlang."

Zhou Xinyi paused, not because of the price, but because he recognized the stall owner's identity from the buttons on his clothes.

The golden buttons of the stall owner were engraved with fine patterns. Because they had been given as gifts, Zhou Xinyi recognized them at a glance. They were the "logo" symbolizing the officials of Maile!

Why would Official Mailer set up a stall here to sell books?

The books are still selling like crazy.

After Zhou Xinyi carefully inquired and made sure that Officer Mailer had no doubts about his identity, he lowered his voice and asked, "Where did you collect such interesting books? Don't mind, I'm just curious.

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Official Miles did not recognize his voice, "My wife is a writer. She likes to write some special books in her spare time, but after she finishes writing, she is too embarrassed to sell them herself."

So let the famous Mile official come to set up a stall in the night street? The relationship between the couple is really good.

Official Mile's fiancee, Ji Lin, the city lord's youngest daughter, turned out to be such a personable person...

It is said that Official Maile dotes on his fiancée very much. Apart from being interested in the position of city lord, he is also the most qualified son-in-law. But when Zhou Xinyi met Official Maile, this official was dangerous and cunning, and he also liked to give other officials a bad name.

The stumbling block is that he doesn't look like someone who would pamper his wife at all.

However, this was a night street rather than an officialdom, and everyone wore masks. Naturally, Zhou Xinyi did not need to exchange greetings with the Mailer official. After paying the money, he turned around and left with the book.

"Let's go check out other areas," Zhou Xinyi said, "By the way, is there anything interesting here, or a place where you can make money quickly?"

He didn't want to hang around in front of Official Myler.

The owner of the blacksmith shop understood everything, "Night streets are naturally full of fun. Sir, if you are interested in techniques, why don't we go to Lingzhimu to have a look?"

Lingzhi wood is a huge shrub that grows underground in Jizhou. It is said that the mouth wood is dug from the branches of the central tree. The owner of the night street likes to be lively and has built several fun places around Lingzhi wood.

Zhou Xinyi nodded, "Then let's go."

After returning from this tour, Zhou Xinyi quickly browsed the entire "Top Ten Weird Legends of Jizhou" in half a day, and he was shocked to discover:

Although the book does describe ten strange legends, none of them actually happened in Jizhou City.
Chapter completed!