And at the four directions of the Eight Immortals Table, eight small shadows sat down at some point.

They tilted their heads, some were lying down, some were sitting, and they actually fell asleep at the table after having eaten and drunk their fill.

"Everyone, are you satisfied with the food?"

Jiang Li seemed to be unable to smell the stench. He walked forward and tapped the table lightly.

The eight people sitting on the chairs, who had just been drinking happily, were now drunk and could not hear him at all for a while.

It was not until Jiang Li slapped the table hard a few times, making a bang bang bang sound, that the eight of them woke up from their dreams.

squeak!

When these eight people woke up and saw Jiang Li beside them, they let out strange cries and immediately jumped up and tried to escape.

However, Jiang Li had already sealed the doors and windows with talisman paper.

He simply pulled over a chair and sat down, watching the eight shadows running around in the guest room.

After a while, the eight guests realized that they had no way out and could not escape, so they tremblingly crawled out from the dark corner and stood in front of Jiang Li like eight little men.

"My friends, I have prepared a feast for you to eat meat and drink wine, but you want to leave without saying goodbye after eating. This is not good."

Jiang Li looked down at the eight guests standing in a row on the floor in front of him.

The eight guests had shifty eyes, shiny fur, and were no more than three feet tall! They were actually four long-bearded weasels and four big black-haired rats!

This is another Yin attribute spell that Jiang Li exchanged and learned after returning to the sect. It was the once famous summoning magic! If the immortals and Buddhas can perform this method, they can easily summon the Zhoutian stars and the eight hundred Arhats!

If a monk with a hairy face and a big mouth performs this method, he can also call upon the God of Thunder and the Goddess of Lightning, and summon the mountain god and the river god!

But later, this world seemed to have experienced a great catastrophe, Taoism and magic were abolished, and immortals and Buddhas disappeared.

The Maoshan Immortal Sect, which was once the orthodox Taoism and had a background spread throughout the three realms, has also repeatedly fallen into obscurity and its population has dwindled.

The dignified Taoist art of summoning gods was simplified again and again, and in the end it could only communicate with lonely ghosts, mountain goblins and monsters, and could even be used to invite ghosts to possess the body.

It has almost completely become a unorthodox position.

Until now, the world of cultivating immortals has flourished again, and various Taoist secret books that were buried among the people have been rediscovered, allowing Jiang Li to learn them in the Sutra Library.

Of course, Jiang Li himself didn’t have much expectations for this spell.

From its introduction, we know that the key to practicing this technique does not lie in how proficient you are in it. This art of summoning gods simply relies on face.

So Jiang Li used the temptation of a table full of delicious food and wine to invite a few weasels and rats that could barely be considered "smart".

(One way of calling them is that those who have not yet cultivated into human form are called spirits, and those who have already transformed into humans are called monsters. There is also a saying that animals are called monsters and plants are called spirits...) Don't be fooled by the fact that they are standing there and bowing like human beings, as if they are very experienced.

In fact, an experienced hunter with three or five vicious dogs can chase them and make them howl.

"Squeak, squeak, thank you so much for the hospitality! The descendants of the Huang and Hei families are deeply grateful!"

After the eight little monsters chirped for a while, a rat monster wearing a red coat came forward and actually spoke in human language to Jiang Li.

"Oh? You, a rat spirit, can actually talk?"

Jiang Li was surprised. This rat spirit had only barely awakened its intelligence, and the demonic power and spiritual energy on its body was almost negligible. How could it still speak?

"Zhizhizhizhi, it's my little fortune that I stole a few drops of lamp oil from a dilapidated temple outside the city. I don't know why my throat cartilage was dissolved, so I can speak like a human."

The rat demon's voice was a little unclear, but the words he spoke were indeed real and not the work of some evil spirit.

"Well, this is really interesting. Brother Rat is so lucky."

"Well, my friends, since you are not leaving, how about you answer a few questions for me?"

Jiang Li prepared a banquet and used magic to invite them over. It was not because he was bored, but because he wanted their help with something.

"Master, please tell me. We have had wine and meat, so we will tell you everything we know."

Little demons of their level were only capable of escaping. Now they were trapped in the room and were at the mercy of others. How could they dare to disobey?

"The night before yesterday, a flying boat crashed outside the city, and a total of twelve evil cultivators fled into the city. You are the local bosses here, have you seen those suspicious people?"

The eight monsters gathered together again and squeaked for a while. Then the red-coated mouse raised its head again and bowed to Jiang Li.

"Master, we have never seen such evil cultivators."

"I did see the fallen boat outside the city, but I didn't dare to approach it."

Jiang Li was a little disappointed, but this was also something he had expected.

If the whereabouts of the defecting monks led by the Jindan elders were known by these little demons, they would have been caught long ago. Jiang Li didn't expect them to help find people.

He asked a few more questions, and the Rat Spirit answered them one by one. Jiang Li spread out the map and outlined and perfected some details in several places.

"Is there a hidden river under Yunxi City?"

Under the chattering commands of the mice, Jiang Li drew a crooked curve that ran through the entire city.

These rats are good swimmers, and they have already figured out the underground river.

"Yes, Master, this is 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 into the city. After running through the city, it directly merged with the river outside the city, turning from dark to light. In fact, there was not much buried underground.

This message doesn't seem to make much sense.

Jiang Li put away the map and looked at the eight monsters again.

"My friends, thank you very much for your messages."

"The food and wine we prepared this time were hastily prepared and the hospitality was inadequate. They may not suit your taste. If you would do us the honor, you can come again tomorrow."

"By then, the whole chicken feast that Old Huang's family loves to eat and the pork fat soaked tofu that Old Hei's family loves to eat will definitely be prepared perfectly."

After asking the questions, Jiang Li invited them again with a smile on his face. To show his sincerity, he tore open a piece of talisman paper to leave them a way out.

However, when they heard the words "whole chicken banquet" and "tofu soaked in lard", the eight monsters couldn't even move.

Even though their stomachs were as big as balls, they still couldn't help drooling from the corners of their mouths.

"Squeak, Master, are you serious?"

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The red-coated mouse excitedly asked what his companion was thinking.

"Of course it's true. I just like making friends. Whenever I go to a place, I will definitely hold a three-day banquet to entertain the guests on the road."

"I am not afraid of guests eating too much, but I am afraid of guests eating too little. If you don't believe me, you can come here again tomorrow. I will definitely have prepared wine and food to welcome you."

"Not only that, you can also bring your family and friends. No one is rejected. The more you come, the happier I am!"

When Jiang Li and other immortals came here, they had the sect's endorsement, so they had privileges in the city, so it was natural for him to be generous to others.

"Squeak, squeak, the host is so righteous! So righteous! Squeak! We will spread the word about the host's banquet and bring our family members, young and old, to the feast."

Excitement was clearly visible on the faces of the eight little demons, and they were about to leave chattering.

"Wait a minute, wait a minute, I have something else to say."

Jiang Li quickly stopped them.

"Squeak, squeak, please tell me what you want, master."

The little demons are grateful for the food they have received, and there is a big dinner waiting for them tomorrow, so there is no reason for them to refuse to please.

"It's like this. I've encountered some difficulties recently and I'm in urgent need of some living souls and ghosts. This is urgent but I'm afraid it will ruin the guests' fun."

Jiang Li was afraid that they would not dare to come tomorrow, so he spoke very politely, almost coaxing them like children.

And this so-called living soul is the lowest and weakest kind of ghost.

They cannot fly, run, or even walk. They are speechless and have no consciousness. They can only float in a daze in the place where they died. A strong wind can blow them away like garbage.

Even a few little demons that have just awakened their intelligence can be easily captured.

"Squeak, Master, what are you talking about? Although we are monsters, we are monsters that observe etiquette. Squeak, when guests come to a banquet, they don't come empty-handed. Tomorrow, we will each capture a few living souls. Master, don't worry."

The mouse spoke more and more politely. Jiang Li didn't believe it knew any etiquette, but the old fox next to him might have some culture.

It must have been teaching from the side, and the mouse was learning on the spot.

"No, no, no, you can't do that. I was rude to you in the first place, how dare I ask for something from you for nothing?"

Jiang Li put on an embarrassment look, thought for a moment, and then suddenly said happily.

"Got it! I don't want this living soul for nothing. Tomorrow at the banquet, I will place millions of gold and silver items beside. If a guest brings a living soul, I will give him gold and silver as a gift!"

When Jiang Li said this, the little demons were overjoyed.

The rat monster, the yellow-skinned monster and other mountain monsters are different. These two races of monsters live near humans almost all their lives, dealing with humans directly or indirectly.

They are the most worldly-minded and have learned all the crooked ways of the mortal world. They are just as obsessed with gold, silver and money as ordinary people.

Although their strength is totally insignificant and ordinary cultivators simply look down on them.

But Jiang Li didn't despise them. After all, they were of low cost and could be controlled by money from the mortal world.

"The master is righteous! The master is righteous!"

"May I ask the master, is there any limit to the demand for life souls?"

The red-coated mouse had just called out twice when the old weasel whispered in its ear again and immediately asked the second question.

As expected of an old yellow-skinned man, he immediately started thinking. If there were really restrictions, he would definitely not call other little demons, but would enjoy them all by himself.

"Haha, you call me the host, how dare I spoil the guests' fun? Don't worry, I will accept everyone who comes!"

"Besides, if there are many guests, I have generous gifts for eight friends!"

"Thank you, Master!!!"

Now they finally felt relieved. After ambushing Jiang Li again, they lined up and walked out of the open door.

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