Chapter 24: The Gate of the Demon Realm (Part II)

The morning glow spreads slowly on the horizon, covering the sky with a layer of colorful glow, the breeze caresses the earth, and the sun slowly rises from the horizon. The peach blossoms on the peach trees still carry crystal clear morning dew, and the birds fly happily in the sky. The merchants in Qingxi City had already opened their doors one after another, and the shouts of hawkers could be heard on the streets.

As soon as Su Su came out of the Taibai space, she was attracted by the lively shouting outside, and she was ready to go out for a stroll and experience the feeling of visiting the morning market in this different world. As soon as she came to the door, she saw Wang Zijun guarding the door.

"Uh, Wang Zijun, have you been here until now in the middle of the night?" Su Su asked in surprise. She thought to herself that this guy was too real, and he didn't tell him to rest, so he stayed at the door.

Anyway, she really forgot that there was such a number one person as Wang Zijun yesterday, okay, Su Su couldn't help but feel a little guilty.

"Well, Su Su, after you go to rest, Xiao Sheng heard a knock on the door, so he came to the door to see who it was, and saw a female ghost in red, Xiao Sheng told her to leave, she didn't listen to the persuasion and must enter the house. I had to stop her, and in the middle of the tugging, she saw the yellow leaves I was hanging around my neck and went away. Later, a few more bewitching women came, and they also left after seeing the yellow leaves. Wang Zijun told Su Su what happened in the second half of last night.

He thought that he was no longer human, and that he couldn't be too far away from here now, and that it would be best if Susu could take him in and let him stay here, so he took the vigil extra seriously.

"Yellow leaves? The leaf that the crane-haired old man gave you? Su Su asked curiously. I didn't expect that the leaf also has the effect of driving away evil spirits and avoiding demons, which is really amazing.

"Yes, it was given to Xiaosheng by the old man, it was originally just a leaf, and after I died, it became this leaf necklace." Wang Zijun took the leaf off his neck and showed it to Su Su.

"Oh, since this is a gift from the old man, you can put it away. And don't you always call yourself a little student, can you call yourself 'me'? Su Su said with a black line on his face. Although she has now adapted to the way of speaking here, and sometimes it has a bit of an archaic flavor, she still feels so awkward listening to Wang Zijunwen's crepe talking, which makes her feel the urge to scratch the wall.

"Okay, I won't call myself 'Xiaosheng' in the future." Wang Zijun said with trepidation, for fear that he would be hated by Su Su because of the way he spoke, and then asked Xiaobao to accept him.

Last night, when Xiaobao used a delicate web to collect the eight-clawed spider essence with a human face, he secretly saw it next to him. Poor Wang Zijun will never know that it was Xiaobao who deliberately let him see it, just to deter him.

"You don't have to be so restrained, the demons and monsters should not be so rampant during the day, you go and rest for a while. Although you won't feel tired, you can meditate and absorb the aura of heaven and earth, which is still very good for you. Susu said with a smile.

She thought that after Ye Ruochen came back from the investigation, if it was confirmed that what Wang Zijun said was true, she would let Wang Zijun go to the Taibai space to cultivate when he had time, didn't Leng Hanfeng say that ghosts can also do ghost cultivation, although she didn't know whether Wang Zijun was a ghost or a corpse, he should be able to cultivate, in this strange world, Su Su found that everything was possible.

At present, in addition to the library pavilion and a few mountains in the distance, Ye Ruochen and Baishuangshuang can be casually strolled around in other places. It's not that Su Su won't let them go, it's that the library pavilion and the mountains in the distance only restrict her from entering, which is a hard rule in the Taibai space and can't be changed.

"Susu, you are so good, thank you for caring about me so much, then I will go to the back house to rest for a while, and if you have anything, you can call me at any time." Wang Zijun said gratefully. Xiaobao is right, Su Su is really kind-hearted, he has never seen a master speak so well and care about his subordinates before.

"Well, go ahead, practice hard, I'm very optimistic about you, I'll see you later." Su Su said happily. After waving goodbye to Wang Zijun, she went out for a walk.

At this time, people come and go on Peach Blossom Street, the traffic is busy, the cries of street vendors come and go, it is very lively, accompanied by the peach blossom trees on both sides of the road, forming a vivid and beautiful picture.

Su Su walked all the way, a stall on the lovely wood carving attracted her attention, Su Su since childhood very fond of all kinds of handicrafts, before the family did not have money to buy, she will often go to the handicraft shop to appreciate those exquisite handicrafts, often stay for most of the day. She picked up a beautifully carved wooden hairpin, asked the vendor for the price, and bought it. Su Su thought to herself, now that she is not short of money, then she will fulfill all her unfulfilled wishes one by one.

Thinking of the old days, in order to save more money, she always broke a penny into two cents for use, which was very economical, but she still felt that she couldn't save money, and the reason was because she earned less money, and no matter how much she saved, there was no money. She saw a lot of things that she hadn't seen before in the stalls of other vendors, as long as she was interested, she bought them one by one, and after a while, she was carrying several large bags and small bags, but fortunately, Su Su had practiced the immortal method and did not feel very tired.

She was shopping happily when she suddenly heard a woman crying sadly in front of her. Su Su looked in the direction where the voice came from, and saw that there were many people around there, she pulled away the crowd, and tried to squeeze into the crowd, and saw a woman in a plain white skirt, who was kneeling on the ground to hide her face and cry, and there was a straw mat next to the woman, on which lay a middle-aged man who had died, the man was as skinny as a material, which should be caused by long-term hunger. In front of the woman was a small white rag with the words "Sell your body to bury your father". From time to time, someone asked the woman about the price of selling her body, and when the woman looked up to answer the inquirer, Su Su saw that her appearance was very delicate, and she was very young, only about seventeen or eighteen, and she was also a woman, and she couldn't help but feel pity for this woman in her heart, and secretly sighed that Qingxi City was also prosperous, and there were such desolate people.

"Little girl, you just said to Wang Er Mazi that you can go with him as long as ten gold coins, and I will give twenty gold coins, how about you go back with me? I will love you well. An obscene-looking old man in a gorgeous costume said to the woman.

As soon as the old man in gorgeous clothes finished speaking, the crowd began to talk.

"Hey, I said Li Yuanwai, you have twenty-eight beautiful wives and concubines in your family, why do you want to compete with me for this little girl? Besides, you're seventy years old, isn't it a dry stare when you marry her? Wang Er Mazi said angrily. This Li Yuanwai has spoiled him a few times. Every time he goes out and meets a beauty, as long as Li Yuanwai is there, he will be disadvantaged, so Wang Er Mazi hates Li Yuanwai to the bone, but he is helpless, who makes Li Yuanwai's family rich, so he can only play tricks and show resentment.

"Little girl, how many gold coins do you need? My new shop is short of staff, so if you can endure hardship, you can go to my shop and do some work. Su Su said softly to the woman in white.

These two men were so obscene, and everyone who was watching just now was also talking about how miserable the concubine in their family was, Su Su thought to himself, the store has to recruit people, it is better to take this woman back, than let her fall into the hands of those two hypocrites.

"Really? The little girl Mohe thanked her sister, Mohe's family was poor, and she didn't even have the money to bury her father after he died, Mohe couldn't bear to let her father be in the wilderness, so she only needed ten gold coins to bury her father. The woman in white said gratefully.

"I'll write you the address of the store, and you can do it for your father." Su Su said with a smile.

She took out ten gold coins from her bosom and handed them to Mohe. Mo He took it with both hands and couldn't stop thanking him. Immediately, Mo He also took out the prepared deed of sale, bit his finger and pressed a bloody fingerprint on the deed of sale, and then handed the deed of sale to Su Su.

Su Su put away the deed of sale, wrote the address of the store with Mohe, and returned to the store.

When she walked into the house humming a little tune, she saw that Xiaobao and White Frost were already cleaning up the house. Anyway, don't demons know how to dust or something? Why do they do this like a normal person? Su Su was puzzled.

"Susu, look at the way you look like the spring breeze, did you go out and pick up the money? Or did you run into a handsome guy? White Frost quipped. He didn't stop talking, and continued to wipe the table.

"Haha, what's the matter, but I just went shopping and got a lot of harvest, you see, these are all I found, and one thing is very happy, that is, I found a new clerk to join, and she came after finishing her own business." Su Su said with a smile.

"Really? Is the woman reliable? It can't be some kind of demon or monster, right? Xiaobao couldn't help but ask, it's not that he wants to ridicule Su Su, the key is that Su Su, who has only learned half-hung immortal arts, is currently unable to distinguish the illusion of slightly more powerful demons and monsters.

"Oh, I'll go, don't talk about Miss Ben so well, okay? Don't worry, this time it's absolutely right, it's a little girl, she sells herself in the market to bury her father, I look strange and pitiful, so let her come to us. Su Su said helplessly, it seems that her glorious image of a rookie will not be lost for a while.

"Well, I'm kidding you, she'll come. If she's a human being, that's the best, if she's a demon and a monster, with me and Baishuang here, even if she has a plan, she can't succeed. Xiaobao said with a smile.

Bai Shuangshuang also smiled and nodded, she held a rag in her hand, and the marble round table in front of her was as bright as a mirror, and she continued to work hard to wipe the stool. Xiaobao is also holding a bamboo pole tied to a broom, sweeping the dust from the corner of the eaves on the other side.

"Hey, don't you have a spell? Do you want to clean the room so humanely? What a defeat to you. Su Su asked helplessly.

"Susu, didn't we say that yesterday? This could be the Demon Eye or the Demon Realm Gate. Yesterday, there were so many demons and monsters one after another, and Bai Shuang and I guessed that this should be the gate of the demon world. Because there is no anomaly in this house when it is not modified, the Demon Eye is ready to attract all kinds of demons and monsters, so it is definitely not it. Yesterday I used a spell to modify the appearance of the shop, and I may have slightly damaged the seal of the Demon Realm Gate, so there will be so many demons and monsters to disturb me. Xiaobao said with a solemn expression.

"It's easy to touch the seal of the Demon Realm Gate with spells, so that's why we work so hard to clean it." Bai Shuangshuang also said helplessly.

"Oh, I see, then I'll clean the room too." Su Su said with a clear face.

"Susu, I'll help too. I'm very good at working, and I used to work in the fields at home. Wang Zijun suddenly came out from behind Su Su and said faintly, startling Su Su.

"Uh, Wang Zijun, I said can you walk with some sound in the future, ghosts are scary and will scare people to death, okay?" Su Su turned his head and said loudly to Wang Zijun. She found that Wang Zijun was crying, as if he was about to cry.

"That...... I'm not yelling at you, I mean I'm very timid, please be normal when you show up in the future. Su Su hurriedly explained, she was already loud, there was really no way, but when she saw Wang Zijun's little look of being bullied, she had a deep sense of self-blame, and felt that she shouldn't have spoken to him so loudly, Emma, who is the boss? There's no way, she just can't see others sad.

"Wang Zijun, you are a manly husband, what kind of cat urine do you flow? Besides, Su Su didn't bully you, you should have the consciousness of a ghost as a ghost, okay, just learn to be like a human in the future. Bai Shuangshuang said with a smile, this scholar is really funny.

"I ...... I didn't think Su Su was yelling at me, I just remembered that I had become a ghost like this, and I felt very sad, I missed home, I missed my father, but I ...... like this," Wang Zijun said quietly. He thought of his father and mother, and he didn't know if they were still alive, even if they were still alive, how would he face them with his ghostly appearance.

"Didn't Ye Ruochen go to find your father? Don't worry, maybe you'll see each other again soon. Su Su comforted.

As soon as she finished speaking, she saw a familiar figure appear at the door, it was not Ye Ruochen or anyone.

"Ouch, Susu, I just heard you mention my name, did you miss me? That's also a handsome man like me, you must miss me very much. Ye Ruochen said with a smile.

"Mmmm, everyone wants to kill you, it's really like not seeing you for a day. How did you go out and investigate? What about Wang Zijun's father? Su Su asked with concern. Seeing that Ye Ruochen was so relaxed, she must have found out that what Wang Zijun said was the truth.

"Everything went well, I found the Changxi Village that Wang Zijun said, and learned from the villagers over there that what he said was indeed the truth. But it's a pity that there was an epidemic in that village, and Wang Zijun's father and mother died in that epidemic. Ye Ruochen said with a sigh.

When Wang Zijun heard this, he was like a thunderbolt from the sky, and his body shook as if he was about to faint. Xiaobao hurriedly helped him and let him sit on the chair.

"I said you're not so weak, you're a ghost, not a human well, Brother Wang Zijun, look at who's outside the door." Ye Ruochen said with a smile.

Wang Zijun looked out the door and saw two transparent figures, which were clearly his father and mother. He immediately cried with joy, and stepped forward to hug his father and mother and cry.

Ye Ruochen told Su Su about his trip to Changxi Village, although Wang Zijun's father and mother were dead, fortunately, the soul was still wandering in the old mansion in Changxi Village, and they had been waiting for Wang Zijun to come home, so he brought Wang Zijun's father and mother over.

Su Su discussed it for a while and unanimously agreed to take in Wang Zijun's family, and the three members of Wang Zijun's family were grateful to them.

In the evening, the sun slowly sinks into the horizon and night falls. Because the house with the shop in front and the courtyard in the back was so big, they were still cleaning hard when Mohe arrived. Mo He immediately joined them without saying a word and cleaned up together. Xiaobao and White Frost didn't find anything unusual on Mohe, and they didn't care about it anymore, and continued to clean up the house separately.

When they were buried in cleaning, Mohe walked to the study of the back house with broken steps, and took down a landscape painting hanging on the wall, only to see a knocker behind the painting, which was abruptly hung on the white wall. Mohe was about to pull the knocker when a hand reached out next to him, stopping Mohe's movements.

"Who the hell are you? What is the purpose of being here? White Frost asked sharply. From the moment Mo He entered the door, she had an intuition that there was something wrong with this woman. Although she didn't find any demonic aura on the woman, just like ordinary people, Bai Shuangshuang always felt that she had a very strange aura, so she followed her all the way to the study.

Mo He didn't say a word, only smiled strangely at White Frost, and suddenly fell softly into White Frost's arms, and a black shadow separated from her, and as soon as the black shadow came out, it quickly pulled the knocker on the white wall. Suddenly, the white wall changed into two dark golden gates, and behind the door the ghost cried wolf, and the light was so bright that the white frost could not open its eyes, and the black shadow took the opportunity to enter the gate.

The white frost screamed badly, and the dark golden gate in front of him, which was composed of countless unknown skulls, was the gate of the legendary demon realm.

Xiaobao was the first to run over when he heard the movement, and he couldn't help but be shocked when he saw this scene. When Su Su and Ye Ruochen arrived, they saw that Xiaobao and Bai Shuangshuang were struggling to close the strange door that emitted dazzling light, and on one side was Mo He, who was lying unconscious on the ground.