At the end of the corridor of Spring, the aisle gradually became spacious.
The light around also began to turn slightly yellow from pale white, and some abstract reliefs gradually appeared on the walls on both sides, which seemed to describe the scene of ancestors hunting monsters. Every stroke was filled with the ancient wilderness.
Zheng Qing vaguely judges the identity of those monsters through certain characteristics of the statue - such as fangs, bat wings, exaggerated skulls, charcoal and fire feces, etc.
But that's all.
He could not know the true identity of the hunters.
Because the hunters on the mural look similar, they all have one head, two arms and two legs. The difference is that some hunters are very big, similar to small hills, but very different from giants. Most of the hunters are very small, surrounded by big men, which reminds Zheng Qing of the little people who are climbing down the Buddha in the temple.
After stepping through an arched gateway decorated with big red curtains and two Ibrahimian fires with Jiang Yu, he officially arrived at the main venue of tonight's dance.
This is an extremely spacious hall, but it does not have much luxury style that Zheng Qing imagines, but instead has a simplicity and an old atmosphere.
The ceiling is full of slender light threads, emitting hazy and clear starlight, like flying dragons wandering in the distant sky; there are also buds hanging like long umbrellas. When guests pass by, the buds will bloom gently like umbrellas, and a bright flame curled up in the overlapping petals, sprinkling all the way.
On one side of the venue is a long table with various dishes for tonight's banquets placed on it. It looks like it is buffet style, but there are also uneven small tables dotted around for guests to rest and eat.
On the other side, the heads of various monsters were hung above the wall, and there were yellow portraits and descriptions next to them, telling each guest about the identity of these monsters, their evil deeds and the great deeds of the hunters who hunted them.
It is hard for Zheng Qing to imagine what kind of mentality the wizards in ancient times would choose to look at the ugly heads opposite each other while eating. Could it be that they would not have indigestion?
The dance floor is located in the center of the venue.
There are shoulder-length white marble columns around them, which are quite similar to the style of ancient Greek Collins columns. The columns are slender, but the stigma is not a butterfly leaf pattern, but is surrounded by ramen (a magical herb), with edelixir flowers mixed in, creating a look like a flower basket.
The light from the ceiling shines on the flower basket, arousing wisps of dazzling magic that can be seen in the naked eye, rising like a rainbow, gathering on the dance floor, building a hazy and dreamy dome of light.
Between the stone pillars are rows of weapon frames.
From axes, knives and forks, to various magical scriptures, from bamboo talismans to jade talismans, they are displayed in glass cabinets for guests to appreciate and admire - for some strange thoughts, Zheng Qing actually saw two coffins standing upright with open displays, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, and one by one, the coffin was empty, and only the red velvet cushions and pillows were seen. It looked like the vampire who had once lying inside was still a hedonist.
Sometimes there may be one or two armors with simple shapes, standing in the corner with heavy iron swords, and exuding a terrifying atmosphere of being unaware of being strangers.
Zheng Qing appeared under the arch and immediately attracted a lot of attention from the venue.
Zheng Qing was urged to run away when facing those provocative, curious, or eager to try. But because his arm was held by Jiang Yu, he could only forcefully press down on the uneasiness in his heart and asked in a low voice:
"Do we eat first?"
"If you're hungry."
The witch straightened her back, with a standard smile on her face, calmly accepted the baptism of the eyes around her, her lips moved slightly, and replied in a voice that Zheng Qing could hardly hear: "Although it was a dinner in name, no one came here to eat... The food on the table is more appropriate to describe it as a visit. I guess everyone just wanted to observe the skills of the ladies of the aristocratic families."
“Very reasonable.”
Zheng Qing thought of Shanglin Yuanchunshou's "blind date" attribute, nodded deeply, and then pulled the witch who wanted to enter the dance floor immediately, turning firmly to the dining table.
This disappointed Vivian, who had been following him all the time.
"Which dish was made by you?" Zheng Qing scanned the dishes on the table that looked a little strange, and finally handed over the choice to Jiang Yu.
The witch put down the boy's arm.
"I'll go and get it for you. Let's not walk around." Her eyes casually passed by the figures that were approaching intentionally or unintentionally, chuckled, turned around and left.
...
...
“It’s now.”
Balash Sassan watched Jiang Yu leave and took a breath.
"Now?" Louise Cody was obviously hesitant, and her eyes stopped slightly in other directions, and her eyes suddenly retreated: "Are we together? I mean..."
Balash followed Louise's gaze and sneered.
"This is Shanglinyuan, today is a day for hunting... and hunting is a fair competition." The witch pulled the collar, revealing a gully that was no less than others, and looked at her companions with her side face:
"You have experience in hunting... When hunting, the most taboo is to fight alone and face the prey, which can easily force both sides to a desperate situation. The best way to hunt is to surround three and one, deliberately leave room for prey again and again, so that it keeps turning and escaping, until the end of the return, it becomes smaller and smaller, and it becomes more and more tired, and finally can only turn over and expose its belly... Which direction to expose and who to expose is a very test of luck and strength... This is not only the joy of hunting, but also the essence of hunting skills... Just like now."
She didn't continue talking.
Because the other two witches are already close.
"A very wonderful view," Betassi Black glanced across Barash and Louise, and finally fell on Barash: "I remember you, the daughter of the Sassanian family...I thought your partner would be Miss Barnes tonight."
Linda Barnes, like Barash, is a member of the No. 1 university newspaper, and has always had a good relationship. However, one is in the school newspaper editorial department and the other is in the ethics committee.
"Barnes has a boyfriend."
Balash stopped, his eyes fell on the red-haired beauty beside Betasi, stopped, and said directly: "Before hello to the prey, there will be no internal strife between hunters... How about fair competition?"
"very good."
Betasi held the brim of the hat and nodded with a very small margin. They had the same goals and needed only a look to sign a contract of demon witness.
This is a tacit understanding that belongs to the witches alone.