Chapter 412: Blinded by a Leaf

"Master, you also know about the Thorn Rose Manor?" I asked with a smile while sitting in the back seat.

The driver smiled and said, "How can our locals not know about the Thorn Rose Manor? Tsk tsk, it's a great place, but ordinary people can't get in at all. I heard that the people who can go to the Thorn Rose Manor to attend the cocktail party are all dignitaries and some rich ladies."

"Then do you know whose industry the Thorn Rose Manor is?" I asked again.

Every place has such a group. Although their status is not high, they know a lot about the local oddities. Such people are the local taxi drivers. It is not an exaggeration to call them know-it-alls.

After all, the more people they come into contact with every day, the more they hear and see, and the more they know.

The driver thought for a moment and said, "I'm not sure. He is a representative of a chamber of commerce and seems to be a Feng Shui master. I don't know the details. However, he seems to be quite young. But I have to say that he is quite smart. He established the Thorn Rose Manor in his capacity as a Feng Shui master and then held a ball to invite dignitaries to attend. This not only increases his popularity but also helps him build a social circle. The higher the status of the people attending the cocktail party, the more famous the manor will be, and the more dignitaries will be attracted. After all, they are all in the same circle, and they can accomplish great things together! If I were to go, I really don’t know what to do."

The driver laughed self-deprecatingly, and I touched my chin when I heard it, and then murmured in a low voice: "This Yuwen Zhong is indeed quite business-minded, but I'm afraid his purpose of creating this manor is not that simple, right? Is he trying to get married to a rich woman?"

"Brother, shouldn't a big shot like you who can go to the Thorn Rose Manor to attend a cocktail party have a driver? Why do you need a taxi?" The driver asked suspiciously, and I smiled and said, "I'm not going to a cocktail party."

"Aren't you going to a cocktail party? Then why are you there?" The driver's eyes were filled with more doubts, but then he suddenly realized: "I see, you are also going there to try your luck, right? Well, let me say that young people like you who have ideas and creativity should not go there to try your luck. No one who goes there to play is really doing anything."

I was stunned when I heard that, and hurriedly asked: "What do you mean?"

The driver smiled obscenely and said: "Let me tell you this, it is held at the Thorn Rose Manor. It's not just a dance party, it's also known as a man's paradise. You know, those pretty girls with good figures don't need an invitation to attend the cocktail party there, they can come and go as they please. You should understand the purpose of these girls, right? Then, they will be at the mercy of those rich men, hehe, you know."

I shook my head when I heard that. I said that Yuwen Zhong had ulterior motives in creating this Thorn Rose Manor, and I was right about him!

About half an hour later, the car stopped at the foot of a mountain. The driver turned around and smiled, "It's the manor halfway up the mountain. My car can't get in. Good luck, little brother."

The driver obviously thought I was a college graduate who was eager to find a job, but I didn't explain too much. After paying the fare, I got off the car with my backpack.

The Thorn Rose Manor is on a not-so-high mountainside, and there is only that manor on the entire mountainside. Although I am standing at the foot of the mountain at this moment, I can still see the colorful neon lights halfway up the mountain when I look up. I can even hear the faint sound of music. Obviously, the cocktail party is in full swing.

I looked up and saw a guardhouse at the foot of the mountain. There were security guards on duty at the guardhouse, and not far from the guardhouse were seven or eight young men in suits squatting. At this moment, all of them were sitting on the ground, staring at the road up the mountain with their eyes wide open. Once a car drove down the mountain, they would rush up and start promoting themselves.

I didn't have an invitation letter, nor did I have a luxury car or a brand name. It was obviously impossible for me to walk in. However, a guardhouse was not enough to stop me.

I walked to a tree, raised my hand and picked a handful of leaves, and then chanted softly: "One leaf blocks the view of the mountain, and you can't see the mountain. Scatter!"

After I finished chanting the spell, I blew a breath at the leaves in my palm.

I heard a "bang", and all the leaves in my palm flew out, and then fell on the heads of those young men. The last leaf floated into the guardhouse and landed on the head of the security guard.

The magic I used was a kind of sleight of hand, called "one leaf blocking the eye". It is just a very superficial magic in Taoism, but if this magic is used properly, it will have a miraculous effect.

In ancient times, some thieves would practice these methods, but after modern times, those thieves who were also thieves had long lost their tradition, which also led to the fact that most thieves now steal by brute force. If they are discovered, they will often commit murder.

I took a deep breath, and then walked to the guardhouse with my backpack on my back. The young men, including the security guard, ignored me as if they didn't see me at all.

I smiled and walked slowly to the middle of the mountain.

"Hey, are those people blind? Why didn't anyone stop you?" Xiao Qi suddenly came out and asked curiously.

I said, "I just turned invisible."

"Invisible?" Xiao Qi's eyes widened with surprise: "But how can I see you?"

"Because you are invisible like me!" I looked at Xiao Qi with a teasing look on my face, and Xiao Qi immediately looked excited when he heard it, and then flew out with a "whoosh", and then kicked the security guard on the head under my astonished gaze.

"Who hit me!" The security guard looked confused and raised his head suddenly.

When he saw Xiao Qi hanging in the air, he immediately shouted: "Oh my god, ghost!"

The security guard immediately looked panicked, and his fat body retreated madly, and even the leaves on his head fell off instantly.

After seeing this scene, the smile on my face froze, and I thought to myself, this is really... pitfalls!

I didn't care about Xiao Qi anymore, and immediately turned around and ran. At this time, the security guard also found me and immediately shouted: "What are you doing, get back here."

After saying that, he twisted his fat body and chased after me.

"Zhang Qianyu, you lied to me!" Xiao Qi chased after me, gnashing his little fangs and saying angrily, "I'm not invisible at all."

"..." I was furious when I heard that, thinking to myself, I was just joking, who would have thought that you would be so playful and even kick someone in the head?

The security guard was fat, and the road was sloping up the mountain, so after chasing him for a while, I left the security guard at the foot of the mountain.

"Zhang Qianyu, when you go to sleep at night, I will pull out all the hair on your body!" Xiao Qi said this angrily, and then shrank into my clothes, leaving me alone in the wind.

"Pull out the hair on my body?" I felt a chill in my chest, thinking, this Xiao Qi... is too cruel!

I couldn't help but shudder, and after swallowing my saliva, I continued to walk towards the halfway point of the mountain.

More than ten minutes later, I finally arrived at the gate of the manor. The gate of the manor was ajar, and flickering lights occasionally flashed out from the cracks in the door. Indistinctly, I could hear women's laughter and men's loud conversations from time to time. Obviously, there were quite a few people attending this party.

"Yuwen Zhong, I guess you would never have thought that I would come to your cocktail party!"

I smiled coldly, and then pushed the door open.

[Author's words]

Good night!