Chapter 02: Demon Refining Pot
The size of this vial was just enough for Xiao Ping to hold completely in his hand, and the shape of the bottle was flat and round, and it looked very similar to a snuffbox. This "snuff bottle" is white and delicate throughout, giving people a feeling of warmth like jade. However, Xiao Ping's family was poor since he was a child, and he was not sure that the snuff bottle was made of jade.
On the front of the snuff box is a small tree with only a few leaves, growing alone by a clear spring. Although the pattern is very small, it is so detailed that it seems that if you look closely, you can see the veins on the leaves and the texture of the trunk. This pattern seemed to have a magical power, and Xiao Ping only glanced at it a few times, and felt that there was a strong attraction in it, as if he wanted to suck all his mind into it.
Xiao Ping hurriedly looked away, and this strange feeling disappeared. Feeling apprehensive, he flipped through the snuff box and found three words written in block script on the back: Demon refining pot.
"Monsters aren't really locked up in this little bottle, right?" Xiao Ping muttered to himself as he opened the cap of the demon refining pot.
The bottle seemed to be empty, but when Xiao Ping curiously poured over the bottle, a drop of liquid flowed out of the mouth of the bottle and just dropped onto his hand. Xiao Ping only felt that there was an obvious burning sensation in the place where the liquid was touched, and he couldn't help but be startled, and hurriedly pulled out a tissue to wipe it. However, he was surprised to find that the fluid on the back of his hand was rapidly shrinking, and it was all penetrating into his skin.
Xiao Ping hurriedly wiped off the residual liquid, casually threw the used tissue on the table, and carefully observed the skin on the back of his hand. What happened just now was really a little strange, which made Xiao Ping a little apprehensive in his heart. God knows what kind of liquid is in the Demon Refining Pot, in case it is a chemical that is harmful to the human body, it will be miserable.
However, no matter how closely Xiao Ping observed, he couldn't see anything abnormal. Uneasy, he also looked in the mirror and found that his face was also normal, with no signs of poisoning, and he finally relaxed a little.
Xiao Ping wanted to know the origin of this little toy, and looked for information related to the demon refining pot for a long time on the Internet. However, it was found that according to the most common theory, the Demon Refining Pot is just an item in a computer game, and does not exist in reality.
"Could it be some game enthusiast's collectible?" Xiao Ping muttered to himself as he looked at the exquisitely crafted demon refining pot, "But how did this thing end up in the river......
Xiao Ping couldn't think of a reason, so he casually threw the demon refining pot beside the bed and slowly fell asleep. Xiao Ping slept very deeply this night, and was not awakened by a rapid knock on the door until the next day. Just listening to the knock on the door, Xiao Ping knew that it must be his good friend Zhou Jun outside, and no one would knock on the door like this except him. Xiao Ping didn't ask who was outside at all, so he opened the door and let Zhou Jun in.
Zhou Jun is a local, and his family conditions are good, and with the support of his father, he bought a few trucks to run transportation, and he can be regarded as the "rich second generation" in the urban village. It stands to reason that Zhou Jun and Xiao Ping are not all the way from any point of view, but the fate between people really can't be said, Zhou Jun just talked to Xiao Ping, and the two soon became good friends.
As soon as Zhou Jun entered the door, he asked: "I heard Aunt Wang say that you came back like a chicken in soup, and you didn't have a cold, did you want to go to the hospital to have a look?"
Xiao Ping shook his head and said, "No, I'm not doing it well." ”
Zhou Jun knew Xiao Ping's character very well, and when he saw that he was so insistent, he no longer mentioned going to the hospital, but asked with a smile: "I remember when I went out with a raincoat yesterday, did I see a beautiful woman on the road, and the hero saved the beauty and gave the raincoat to others?"
"Go, you think I'm like you, I forgot my last name when I saw a good-looking woman. ”
At this moment, Zhou Jun saw the tissue that Xiao Ping threw on the table last night, and immediately smiled sneeringly: "Don't explain, look, the evidence is still on the table!"
Seeing Zhou Jun frowning and pointing to the crumpled paper towel on the table, Xiao Ping knew that this guy must have thought of a mistake, and hurriedly threw the paper towel into the flower pot on the table and said, "Don't think nonsense, I'm just using this to wipe my hands." ”
"I'm not thinking nonsense, wipe your hands, hehe!" Zhou Jun said with a "I understand" expression: "It seems that my brother has to introduce you to a girlfriend, so you don't have to 'wipe your hands' with a tissue every night." ”
"Forget it, those girls you know are either tiger-backed or more like you than you, I can't afford it. Xiao Ping hurriedly rejected Zhou Jun's kindness, and said with great ambition: "I either don't look for it, or if I want to find it, I will find a woman who makes all men jealous!"
"Yes, I'll wait and see!" Zhou Jun casually perfunctory Xiao Ping, and then sniffled and said, "Damn, why do you stink so much, you haven't taken a shower for a few days?"
"Nonsense, I wash it every day!" Xiao Ping was dissatisfied with Zhou Jun's suspicion of his hygiene habits, but he soon found that he really emitted a foul smell on his body, and he couldn't help but feel embarrassed. At this time, he didn't care about saying anything to Zhou Jun, so he took a change of clothes and went into the bathroom.
"Hey, this kid seems to have a lot of energy!" After watching Xiao Ping walk into the bathroom, Zhou Jun muttered to himself with some doubts. However, he didn't take this matter to heart, and soon left Xiao Ping's room.
Xiao Ping washed in the bathroom for a long time and made sure that there was no smell on his body before he came out. As soon as he opened the door, he saw two other tenants, Li Wanqing and Wang Jian, waiting outside, both of whom had anxious expressions. At this time, Xiao Ping remembered that it was work time, and it was really not appropriate for him to occupy the bathroom like this, so he hurriedly greeted the two: "I'm sorry, I took a shower just now, and I delayed your time." ”
Wang Jian was a young man with glasses, and frowned unceremoniously: "Xiao Xiao, it's not me who wants to talk about you. Why do you have to join us in the morning? You don't have to clock in and out of work, but we have to deduct money if we are late! You are a person who has no job and you don't know the hardships of our office workers!"
An office worker like Wang Jian, who lives in an urban village, is naturally not a successful person. However, he can find some sense of superiority in Xiao Ping, and he usually likes to mention that Xiao Ping has no job, but he is an office worker, as if he can find some psychological balance for himself, if Xiao Ping is too lazy to talk to him in normal times. But today's matter is really wrong with Xiao Ping, and he can only smile at Wang Jian.
Li Wanqing, who is kind-hearted, has always been very sympathetic to Xiao Ping, but she couldn't stand it at this time, and couldn't help but interrupt Wang Jian: "Everyone should tolerate each other when they live together, Xiao Ping rarely uses the bathroom in the morning, so don't talk about him anymore." ”
Wang Jian has always had a good impression of the beautiful Li Wanqing, and he also has the intention of pursuing her, and after hearing this, he immediately put on a smiling face and said: "Okay, I don't care about him if I listen to you." Wanqing, you can use the bathroom first. ”
Hearing that Wang Jian only called her own name, Li Wanqing couldn't help frowning slightly, but she still smiled politely: "Then thank you first." ”
"It should be, it should be. Seeing Li Wanqing smiling at herself, Wang Jian even lightened his bones a little, and thought that he made a gesture of invitation in a chic manner, and really regarded himself as a gentleman.
Xiao Ping was not interested in watching Wang Jian's performance at all, and walked to his room without saying a word. Wang Jian saw that Li Wanqing had closed the door of the bathroom, and immediately whispered in a strange voice: "I will pretend to be pitiful and sympathetic to women." ”
Wang Jian's words made Xiao Ping pause, and he almost turned back to reason with this guy. But in the end, Xiao Ping still gave up this plan, villains like Wang Jian are everywhere, and they can't deal with him.
Xiao Ping, who returned to the room, wanted to dry out the wet clothes, but when he finished drying the clothes and habitually cleaned the room, he suddenly found that something was wrong - he had done so many things in one go, but he felt a little heartbeat and panting at all!