Chapter 3 Writing Strange Stories
Be quiet!
So quiet!
A drop of water fell in the darkness, and ripples rippled in the silent lake of the heart.
Peace!
So reassuring!
How long has it been?
The hustle and bustle of the city makes people tired of surviving, and it is difficult to relax.
And in this long-lost sleep, Pu Ye feels like a dandelion seed soaked in the spring breeze, floating at will, infinitely free.
So he breathed softly, exhaled deeply, and his mood was completely relaxed and peaceful...... All the hustle and bustle and worries are gone.
"Haven't you woken up yet?"
"This generation of Mr. Liaozhai and Liuxian are not like each other at all!"
"Hmm... It's very much like that woman......"
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Who's talking?
In a daze, Pu Ye heard a voice close to his ears and struggled to open his eyes.
Before I knew it, the windows were closed, and the room was already dark.
The candlelight flickered, casting a faint and flickering halo, and a slender figure was reflected on the wall, the face of which seemed to be talking to someone on the other side.
Just where is there anyone?
Not even half a figure.
It looks like it's talking to itself.
Who is he, she, or rather, it?
Pu Ye was clever, sleepy, and suddenly woke up completely, sleepy.
The mountain village where my hometown is located is deep in the mountains, and it has been abandoned for so long that there is no one for a long time.
Besides, who walks on tiptoe?
Like a wolf grandmother!
What are the three long things that are dangling behind them?
Tail?!
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The leaves gradually stiffened.
Little by little, he turned sideways and turned his head secretly, and only then did he see the true face of the figure.
What caught my eye was a bright red dress, like the red glow on the horizon, red like fire, and the corners of the clothes were flying.
The girl stood there pretty, her eyebrows and eyes were crooked, her smile was like a crescent moon, her face was like a full moon, and she was so smooth that there was no flaw......
It's late at night, and in the old house of the uninhabited mountain, such a bewitching girl suddenly appears, no matter how you look at it, it's an extremely weird thing!
Inhuman...... It's a demon!
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Dreams, everything is a dream.
How can there be monsters in this scientific modern world!
Yes, I must be dreaming!
Pu Ye hurriedly closed his eyes, muttered desperately in his heart, and muttered unconsciously in his mouth, "Wake up!" Wake up! Hey, wake up! β¦β¦β
"Huh?" With a burst of surprise, the phantom vanished along with the voice, as if everything he had seen and heard before was a hallucination.
I'll just say it!
I'm definitely dreaming!
Pu Ye's heart was settled, and he felt that he was about to wake up from this bizarre dream soon.
Suddenly, a fishy, warm breath spewed into his face.
He unconsciously opened his eyes, and immediately froze again.
A pair of red eyes stared straight at him, as clear as pure rubies, so close that Pu Ye could even see the other party's focused and narrowed vertical pupils, reflecting his own distorted and frightened face.
The slender hairs on the bewitching face can be clearly seen, and the corners of the mouth are hooked with a cunning arc, revealing inhuman meaning.
It's a person, but it looks like a ......
Fox?
Without dodging Pu Ye's gaze, a smile gradually bloomed from the corner of her mouth, and the fox-faced girl's red lips opened slightly, tilted her head sideways, squinted, and chuckled.
"Childe, I'm Ying Ning!"
"......" Pu Ye looked at her quietly and closed her eyes silently.
"......" The fox-faced girl's smile froze slightly, and the air was quiet for a while.
When she heard Pu Ye's muttering words, her forehead was beating, and there were faint black lines.
"Youkai? Coquette? β¦β¦ Fake, all fake! β
Pu Ye muttered in his mouth, obviously persuading himself, but his body trembled slightly.
Silently, three hairy things were entangled, and a yin voice echoed in my ears like a nightmare, no matter how I heard it, there was a smell of gritting teeth, "Fake?" I'm such a beautiful goblin, you even said it was a fake! And what about this tail? β
"Forehead ......" Pu Ye only felt that he was about to suffocate, and when he opened his eyes and looked at the three furry tails wrapped around his neck, his face turned red, and he spoke with difficulty, "Yes... Be... Dermis! β
βοΌοΌοΌβ The corners of the fox-faced girl's mouth twitched slightly, and it took a long time for her to let out a long breath, and her tail retracted into her skirt.
As soon as she stepped on her toes, she jumped to the desk and sat down, her calves folded and gently swayed, and said lazily: "Are you the heir of Liaozhai's generation?" It's not like Liuxian at all, but a bit like that woman. β
She looked Pu Ye's face up and down, full of dissatisfaction.
Strange? Stay immortal!
Pu! Words stay immortal?
Isn't this the one who writes about strange things?
Is Liao Zhai Pu Songling's book house, and I am the heir of Liao Zhai's generation?
Although the same surname is Pu, where does all this start?
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The vixen's words contained too much information, and many thoughts crossed Pu Ye's mind in an instant, and a bold idea emerged from the depths of his heart.
"Has it been so long that even the family tree has been lost?" Ying Ning seemed to have a strange ability to see through people's hearts, and before Pu Ye could speak, she said to herself, "It seems that you have to explain a little more!" What a hassle! β
She squinted at her and spoke impatiently.
Pu Ye's eyes widened for a moment, and he suddenly felt that the three views he had built for more than 20 years were like eggs that had been run over by a truck, and they were shattered to the ground.
It turns out that this world is not as simple as we imagined......
Legends are more than just legends.
Gods, fairies, demons, demons, ghosts, monsters...... It's real.
It is said that a long, long time ago, demons and humans coexisted in the world, and the world is full of strange and treacherous legends.
The gods are manifested, the immortals walk in the world, and the demons are the calamities......
And under the apparent calm, human beings live in dire straits all the time.
And this kind of fate, I don't know how long it has been since the flood era, until 500 years ago......
There was a book house in the world, and a scholar lived in it......
A book of demons, 500 articles of chatting about fasting, writing strange aspirations, sealing demons and evils, peerless heavenly passes, and setting the two worlds of heaven and man......
Since then, the world has entered the era of the end of the law, the aura is hidden, the supernatural power is not revealed, and the immortals are nowhere to be seen.
It is the weak and powerless mortals who truly control their own destiny.
That bookstore is called Liaozhai!
That book is called Strange Tales of Chatter.
And that man is ......
Pu Liuxian.
In the world, he has a more well-known name, that is, Pu Songling.
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"My ancestor is Pu Songling?" The previous guess was answered, but Pu Ye was a little dazed.
Although his surname is Pu, which is a relatively rare surname, he did not expect to be associated with the most famous ancestor of the surname Pu in history.
It's just that he is just a down-and-out scholar who writes novels in historical records, but in this infant Ning's mouth, he has become a reader like a god and a fairy.
The gap between history and legend is a bit big!
Pu Ye didn't think that it was necessary for a monster like Ying Ning to lie to himself as a mortal.
But what should I say?
It's a mixed feeling.
It can only be said that in the five thousand years of China, who has no awesome ancestor on the ancestor?
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"Since it is already the era of the end of the law, there are no demons, and the existence of chatting about fasting is meaningless! More than 500 years have passed, why do we have an heir now? "Pu Ye is a very compelling person.
More than 500 years have passed, more than 20 generations, and he does not consider himself a special one.
In fact, since he was a child, he has always been a mediocre model, with average academic performance, not tall or handsome, and his telekinesis is just ordinary......
After his father died, he left him a large inheritance.
He grew up uneventful, went to college, graduated and worked......
If there were no accidents in his life, he would probably spend his life like this for the rest of his life.
But the meaning of life often lies in the fact that when human beings think they are, there will always be those unexpected accidents.
Ying Ning tilted her head and observed with interest the various changes in Pu Ye's face, and suddenly she was curious about how the other party would react if she knew all the truth.
She said with a wicked look in her heart, "Why? It's very simple, just because the aura is about to recover! β
"Reiki revival?" Pu Ye seemed to understand something for a moment,
In the era of the end of the law, supernatural powers are not visible in the world.
Gods, fairies, demons, demons, ghosts, monsters...... All the beings of the six realms lost their mana and were reduced to ordinary.
All beings live in harmony.
All the aliens have taken on the face of human beings and integrated into human society.
Perhaps the goddess of beauty you are looking for is a shapeshifting vixen.
Of course, it is not ruled out that she is actually a well-disguised "pig girl".
It is only after the loss of mana that all beings become truly equal.
More than 500 years have passed, and humans and youkai have always been like this, and nothing has happened.
But this brief period of tranquility in history will not last long.
Because......
Reiki is about to be revived!
At that time, the two worlds of heaven and man will reopen, demons will regain their mana, and even immortals will reappear in the world, and all existing order will be broken.
A cycle of five hundred years.
The human world will re-enter the demonic world that is like purgatory.
"Because of this, Liao Zhai will reappear! And you are our chosen new heir to Liaozhai! Well, that's ......" Ying Ning nodded heavily, and finally concluded.
"We?" Pu Ye's body stiffened again, and then he noticed that there was a shadow standing in the corner of the study, appearing quietly.
This is a slender woman, with a waist as thin as a willow, dressed in classical Hanfu, like an ancient lady who came out of a painting, although she can't see her face clearly with her back, but she has a quiet and ladylike temperament.
In the light of the candles, there was not a shadow on the ground.
The demon has appeared, and the ghost has also come?
Pu Ye gradually began to get used to it.
As if sensing Pu Ye's gaze, the Qianying knees bent slightly, folded her hands on her waist, and bent over Pu Ye with her back to say a thousand blessings.
Pu Ye hurriedly bowed and returned the salute.
"Sister Xiaoqian, you are too polite to this kid! It's just a human junior! "Ying Ning doesn't care about authenticity.
Qianying shook her head slightly.
"Ying Ning, Nie Xiaoqian...... It's really a chat! Pu Ye thought of the two chapters of the chat record that he had seen before.
Did they all come out of the book?
"Then now you are the new master of Liaozhai. Practice hard, but don't fall into the reputation of your ancestors! We'll keep an eye on you. Ying Ning smiled evilly, her eyes full of ill intentions.
"I refuse!" Unexpectedly, the head of the leaves shook like a rattle.
Inheriting Liaozhai, suppressing demons, and making enemies of the gods, he doesn't want to try it at all.
He is a man who cherishes his life, and his small body is not enough to stuff the teeth of these legendary horror beings.
Heroes are such things, let's leave them to those Tie Hanhan.
Although there are not many people with the surname Pu in the world, there are definitely a lot.
He didn't believe that he was the only descendant of his ancestors.
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"Refuse?" Ying Ning's eyes rolled, as if he had directly seen through his inner thoughts, and the corners of his mouth unconsciously hooked up a trace of evil sneer, "You are really naΓ―ve!" Chatting is the biggest taboo in the eyes of the gods and demons, if you don't look for them, they will also come to you, the descendant! Is it something you can dodge if you want to? β
"Still don't do it!" Pu Ye still shook his head.
No one can underestimate a heart that is afraid of death!
Let Ying Ning say anything, show his original form and change the demon...... How vicious he behaved and threatened, he seemed to be iron-hearted and unwavering.
Ying Ning was so angry that her teeth itched, and the fox's canine teeth squeaked and creaked.
Rustle rustle......
Just when the two sides did not let go, black gas appeared in the air, and Xiao Qian wrote in the air, leaving two beautiful small characters.
"Immortality!"
Eternal life?
This Nie Xiaoqian doesn't seem to be able to speak, so what does she mean, as long as she inherits Liaozhai, she can live forever?
Pu Ye's eyelids twitched slightly.
Who doesn't want to live forever?
As long as you are human, you will be afraid of death!
"Anything else?" Sticking to the last trace of persistence in his heart, Pu Ye asked again greedily.
"Become an immortal!" Xiaoqian wrote again.
Pu Ye turned his head to look at Ying Ning, who was angry, and finally said tentatively: "Or, I'll try?" β
Ying Ning's eyebrows raised.
Oh, humans!