Nanting County is only a small county town on the 18th line, and the housing prices are naturally not high. In the past, when I was working hard in the provincial capital, I earned 10,000 yuan a month, which was barely enough to buy a square meter of new house. Now the one million in my hand is enough to buy a very good big house in Nanting County.

In the next few days, my parents couldn't resist my persuasion, and really followed me to see a few newly built real estate projects, ready to buy a house for retirement. As for what kind of business I am doing now, and where I am doing it, my parents are also very interested in not asking.

After all, my master's reputation for helping people do things in Nanting is well known to everyone, but this kind of fame is not a matter of honoring the ancestors, so my parents simply don't see it, don't ask, don't hear it, and don't worry about it.

It's hard to make the second elder of the family happy, and I can finally go to my master.

Walked to the door of the small courtyard of the master's house in Paiwei Village, pushed open the familiar courtyard door and looked, hey, in addition to my master Feng Daozhang, there is another "master" who is actually there!

Boss Su was sitting in the courtyard with my master drinking tea, and it seemed that he was waiting for me to come back.

"Hehe, your master said that you called yesterday and said that you wanted to come back to see him, so I came over in advance and waited." Boss Su's smile was still very hearty, and as soon as they met, he quipped: "I just came here to ask: After so many years, have you fulfilled your promise to me?" ”

I couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "Boss Su, you still like to joke, don't talk about the second son, I don't even have the first one now!" ”

"Hahaha!" Boss Su didn't think it was wrong, and then raised his head and laughed.

Boss Su's question is naturally the promise I made when I asked him to learn the art of puppetry: if I give birth to two sons in the future, I will pass one to his name, change my surname to Su, and be his moth.

However, he is also a Yin cultivator, and he must know that since I have cultivated to the fifth level of Yin Gong, I will not be able to give birth to offspring for a long time, and it was just a joke when I met just now.

After saying hello to Boss Su first, I still had to say hello and say hello to my master, and then we drank tea and chatted as they sat down.

Last time, I learned from the bookworm ghost that the master's actual age is now nearly 100 years old, and what he has withdrawn is Yin Shou. But on the surface, Master doesn't seem to have changed much from when I followed him in the mass grave, and he is still in good spirits and physically strong.

"Reach over and I'll take a look." As soon as Master met, it was the old rule that he would first check my cultivation progress. But in fact, my current cultivation has long surpassed him, and he doesn't have much to guide me in cultivation.

Still, I respectfully reached over and let him grab the vein and probe.

"Well, the cultivation progress is decent, not as radical as before." After the first exploration, the master first nodded in satisfaction, but then frowned, "But the pulse seems to be a little disordered and unstable, have you just advanced recently?" Or did something go wrong in the cultivation? ”

I immediately sighed and replied, "Master, you guessed it all right! ”

"What's going on? Tell me about it slowly. ”

I gave a general account of what happened to me after I left the underworld, and told Master that I had caused side effects after eating my self-created yin meal, which caused the pulse disorder, but fortunately, the realm that had just risen was not lost, but it took time to slowly recuperate.

Before the master could say anything after listening, Boss Su shouted in surprise on the side: "I learned from the paper puppet gate that you were wanted by the underworld, and I felt that this matter was not trivial, but I didn't expect you to have such an encounter!" I really don't know whether to say that you are lucky or unlucky? ”

"You know I'm wanted, too?" When I came, I vaguely thought that such a big event would eventually come back to the yang world, but Master's reaction was relatively calm.

But Master's next words made me feel less calm for a while. He said: "Actually, I learned the news three years ago, earlier than Boss Su knew. Because, there are a few bad people who came to me from the underworld! ”

"What?" Boss Su and I were both taken aback.

Master nodded, still in a calm tone, as if it were just an ordinary trifle. He continued, "Your name is in the Book of Life and Death of King Yama, and these Yin Cha have been searched all the way from your old residence in Changdong County. They may have gone to your parents, but they shouldn't have bothered them. And because my relationship with you is well known to everyone in Nanting, they immediately found me as well. ”

"Did they make it difficult for you?" I asked eagerly.

Master waved his hand and told me not to be impulsive. In fact, the fact that he is sitting here now shows that there were no bad consequences from that encounter.

"Fortunately, one of my old acquaintances was there, and we talked calmly at that time." Master explained, "I was exiled by the underworld back then, and I have always obeyed the rules and never went to the underworld again, and although you are my disciple, I really have nothing to do with this matter. In addition, I pointed out several obvious flaws in the letter accusing me of colluding with Lu Zhidao in person, and they finally determined that the letter was forged and ruled out my suspicion. ”

"That's good!" I breathed a sigh of relief. The reason why I have never dared to go home is because I am afraid that I will be burdened by Master.

Master continued, "However, my suspicion has been ruled out, but your suspicion cannot be ruled out because of your unauthorized escape. Besides, you killed a Yin Cha while escaping from the Demon Gate, and even though you were innocent at first, you later became guilty. Therefore, the underworld then issued a wanted warrant for you. ”

"So that's the case," Boss Su didn't understand the inside story, so he started to do hindsight and complained to me: "I knew that you didn't run away in the first place, just stay in the underworld and explain things clearly?" ”

"No way!" Unexpectedly, Master and I refuted it together.

Master glanced at me and expressed his opinion first: "With Kuaiqian and Liao Keng's grudge against me, once they learn that Xiao Sheng is my apprentice, they will definitely do everything possible to frame him and exclude him. Even if the letter was deemed to be fake, they would have come up with other schemes. Therefore, once Xiaosheng's identity is revealed, he can no longer risk staying in the underworld! ”

I said, "Master's words are reasonable. Moreover, the situation in the underworld was very chaotic at that time, and the king of Yama was furious and could no longer listen to any explanation. The method he adopted was to kill a thousand by mistake rather than spare one! If I continue to stay in the underworld, I dare not say whether I will lose my head, but I will definitely be imprisoned and tortured in the inspection department! ”

"That's ......" Boss Su couldn't help swallowing his saliva when he heard this, and made a grimace and said: "A hero doesn't suffer immediate losses, he should really run away first!" ”

Master said again: "After I talked to the Yin Cha who captured you that time, although they left on the surface, they secretly sent people to lurk in Nanting County to spy on me and your parents, just to see if you would come back to us?" It must have been about a year before they withdrew. ”

"Alas, that's why I've been afraid to go home for three years. When I came back this time, I was scolded by my parents, and I didn't know how to explain it to them! I sighed.

"It is also human nature for parents to be concerned about their son. However, those of us who have cultivated Yin Gong have long been abandoned by common sense, and there is nothing we can do! "The master has a look of seeing.

"Let's not talk about that, let's tell me what your plans are for coming back this time, right?" Boss Su waved his hand and changed the question that should be discussed in front of him: "Nanting is not safe after all, how do you know if the people from the underworld will come to Nanting to look for you?" ”

I also nodded and said, "Well, so this time I came back just to visit my parents and Master, I'm afraid I won't stay long, and then go back to the underworld as usual, where it is relatively safe." By the way, Boss Su, I haven't asked you why you're in Nanting, are you planning to come back and open a shroud shop again? ”

The smile on Boss Su's face immediately froze, and he said with a wry smile: "I originally meant this, but when I come back, I'm afraid that even Nanting has nothing to do!" ”

"Why?"

"Alas, you should also know about the situation in the provincial capital. Since a few years ago, the paper puppet gate has been targeted by the Taoist sect and the public security at the same time, except for the incense and candles on the bright side, other unsightly financial routes have been cut off. Dozens of people inside the door have no income, and they can't open the pot! ”

"In the provincial capital, the only thing that can still be kept by the Yin Cultivation Sect is the Xiling Ghost Market, but it is also harassed by Dao Cultivators from time to time, and I am afraid it will not last long. In desperation, the head of the family had no choice but to dismiss the people and let us find our own way out. I was thinking that I still had some connections in Nanting, so I wanted to come back and reopen the store, but I didn't expect that the situation in Nanting was not optimistic! If you don't believe it, ask your master. ”

Master continued Boss Su's words and said, "Last time you came back, a Taoist temple began to be built on Lion Ridge in the northern suburbs of the county. After it was built, the Taoist sect relied on their fame, pomp and connections to seize most of the legal business in the county. ”

"And that's not the worst of that. It is said that those Taoist cultivators also persuaded some county officials to plan to clean up the wild graves on the mass graves on the pretext of changing customs. This is obviously aimed at the ghost market that Yin Xiu has been operating, so we have no place to stand! ”

"It's too domineering!" I couldn't help but slap the table and scolded: "These Taoist cultivators, they made mistakes first, even if they have grievances, they have something to do with the underworld and the ghost army." But they insist on pushing the responsibility to the yin cultivation in the yang world, and it is obvious that they are picking soft persimmons and pinching! ”

"Alas, no way! Who made our Yin Cultivation Sect weak for a long time, and it has not been united enough, so they were crushed to death. Boss Su looked dejected, not at all like him, who was usually optimistic about everything.