Volume 2: Entering the Ghost Feast by Mistake Section 46: Conditions
"Luxengo mean to find the dumper?" Zhang asked timidly.
"Do you still remember the bounty that Lao Jin, Da Yaozi and Lu Teng received some time ago?" Lu Sen asked.
"I heard that it failed, the three of them are all high-level soul king level, and it is an intermediate ghost level that went to catch together, and I heard that they also spent a lot of money to borrow Taigu Luobu from Zhong's seniors, but in the end they still failed." Zhang Su recalled what happened before Yuexu.
"Well, what they have to deal with is a ghost-level ghost called a dumper, the three of them set a trap with Taikoo Luo, and they also successfully introduced the dumper into the trap, as a result, the dumper escaped from the blockade of Taikoo Rob and the three high-level soul kings by some means, but I heard Lao Jin and them say that the dumper was also seriously injured, and now his soul power is estimated to be less than a high-level imp level, so he is not afraid." Lucerne described.
"I've heard too, Brother Lusen, you can't have caught the attention of that overturned ghost, right?" Zhang Su pursed his lips and asked.
"Lao Jin, although they failed, but the bounty is still there, it is still according to the ghost level, the company has set a bounty of seven thousand six, if we join forces, maybe we can pick up this cheap for nothing, and then the bounty will be divided equally, three thousand eight per person, almost enough for you to work for half a month." Lu Sen nodded in reply.
"Brother Lusen, are you short of money?" Zhang Su didn't care about the bounty, his eyes looked at Lu Sen, who had become slightly high-pitched, and asked calmly, obviously Lu Sen, who had always been calm and calm, was suddenly excited and Zhang Su was a little puzzled.
"I've been a bit tight lately, and I really need some quick money, so I just have such an opportunity." Lu Sen dodged his eyes, unwilling to look directly at Zhang Su, but he was very honest in his mouth, and did not deny the lack of money, but just changed his expression.
"Brother Lusen, you don't have money to borrow from me, I can't spend a few dollars living alone, but I have saved some in my hand, so I can take it to emergency first." Zhang Su said to Lu Sen.
"You know, I never ask for help, let alone borrow money, and no one's money is blown by the wind, not to mention that I heard Hu Xi say that you plan to buy a house, young people are everywhere where money is used, and I don't need much, hunting more souls can fill this hole in lack of money, there is no need to borrow from you." Lucson explained, and it was clear that this explanation was very much in line with his strong, independent personality.
"Do you want to discuss this matter with Brother Hu Xi, or let Fan Zengming investigate, after all, he is a ghost-level revenant, and it always feels inappropriate if he doesn't investigate it clearly." Zhang Su rubbed his chin and weighed the pros and cons of things.
"If you tell them that as soon as a new bounty is posted, will this opportunity to make money still be the turn of the two of us?" Lucerne objected.
"In that case, Brother Lusen, if you promise me one thing, I will promise to do it with you." Zhang Su finally made up his mind to respond.
"What's the matter?" Lu Sen asked puzzled.
"We can go to the vicinity of the Fengcheng Forest Valley to investigate, if the dump ghost is really seriously injured, we will work together to collect it, if the dump ghost is not injured or only slightly injured, or the dump ghost has recovered, we can't act rashly, we must retreat in time and then think long-term." Zhang Su said what he thought was a safer way, after all, the reward order of the overturned ghost showed an intermediate ghost level, which was equivalent to the soul power of a junior or intermediate soul ancestor, if he was not really seriously injured, his own junior soul king plus Lu Sen, a senior soul king, could not be its opponent at all.
"I agree, I think so too, we can go to the bottom first, if the dump ghost is really seriously injured by Lao Jin, then we will have a chance to capture it again, if the dump ghost is not injured, then we will give up directly, so as not to die for money." Lu Sen nodded in agreement.
Seeing that Lu Sen was still sensible, Zhang Su agreed to track down the overturned ghost, and Lu Sen still had three bounties to run tonight, so the two of them tentatively set the time for tracking around twelve o'clock tomorrow night, and they still needed to be covered by night when they arrived in Fengcheng Ringu.
Fengcheng Ringu, located in the southeast of the center of Qicheng City, not far from the city center, is an early commercial street, once the prosperous business area of Qicheng, has a history of several decades.
Qicheng as the provincial capital city has been supported by the development of the state, the foreign population continues to pour into Qicheng, resulting in the expansion of Qicheng at the same time continues to expand outward, Qicheng's planning will be centered on Fengcheng Lingu to develop outward, with the development of Fengcheng Lingu, the old-fashioned commercial street is narrowed, dilapidated is revealed, with the rise of various new streets, shopping malls, markets, Fengcheng Lingu is no longer in line with the development of the modern economic model, it has lost its value in the commercial market, Fengcheng Ringu, which occupies a large area but cannot bring in high taxes, has become a "shantytown" for early demolition and relocation planning.
More than ten years ago, the "shantytown" plan of Fengcheng Lingu did not become a reality, mainly because the policy supported various regions to vigorously develop tourism.
Tourists are generally to see the scenery or humanities, the scenery is mostly in the wilderness, in the magnificent rivers and mountains, and the focus of urban tourism is to flaunt the human history of various places, the urbanization process in the early years has accelerated so that the old buildings in the past have been demolished into red bricks and green tiles, to the emerging high-rise buildings to make room for development, tourism is prevalent, all over the country are vying to build ancestral halls, robbing the former residence, renovating the places of interest and historic sites that have been destroyed in the special period, in short, trying to respond to the call for development, and seek the welfare of tourism development.
Of course, Qicheng is not willing to let go of this opportunity, and wants to build his own family into a cultural tourism city, and wants to get a piece of the tourism industry, but the ancient houses and former residences of the last year have basically been demolished in the process of urbanization, and it is said that in order to respond to the call, the most solid German-style station bell tower at that time was dismantled into huge stones, not to mention the history of humanities, except for a few old objects in the museum, there is not much that can be taken out of the cultural scenic spots, and the momentum of development has gradually become a lost emotion.
Finally, someone proposed, saying that Fengcheng Lingu has not been demolished because of the particularity of the location has been, although it is not a representative of ancient culture, but there are also some modern feelings in it, you can renovate Fengcheng Lingu, set up a landmark free tourist attraction, add oil and vinegar to fry a story to fry a feeling, take it out Maybe it can also become a delicious "side dish", the tourism economy is not just by collecting tickets to make money, relying on the added value of population flow and regional consumption, In any case, it can be regarded as riding the big wave of tourism development.
This proposal was recognized, Fengcheng Lingu secretly re-planned the construction, in the case that everyone did not pay attention, pavilions, small shops and courtyards began to grow quietly in the original Fengcheng Ringu, of course, there are still a few early shops at the door, in order to make the appearance of new attractions will not seem so abrupt, but also to live in Qicheng "aborigines" to retain enough feelings, Fengcheng Lingu did not know when suddenly appeared in the major tourism promotion program pictorials, I don't know when it inexplicably became a historical landmark in Qicheng.
Obviously, this kind of situation is not only in Qicheng, but also in all places.
Although the scenic spot can attract people but can not keep people, because the scenic spot can not see the human history at all, can not see the antique and ancient charm that you want to see, what you see are the same small shops and snack vendors, few people will meet again and revisit the old place, as a result, the passenger flow is decreasing year by year, resulting in the traders in the scenic spot taking the lead in escaping, and then the scenic spot also becomes lonely and barren because of the loss of sufficient maintenance funds.
More than ten years later, the man-made scenic spot Fengcheng Forest Valley was soon lonely, nine out of ten merchants have left the Fengcheng Forest Valley with high rent and low maintenance, and there were only a few handsome guys and beauties who came here to take pictures on the narrow bluestone road that was once overcrowded, but just a few months ago, the land of Fengcheng Forest Valley was sold to a real estate developer at a high price, and the fate of the artificial scenic spot came to an end. One or two ancient authentic relics interspersed in the man-made scenic spot of Fengcheng Forest Valley were not spared, and the red characters were engraved on Qiang.
Fengcheng Ringu, which is about to be dismantled, is the place where the overturned ghost hides, and it is also the place where Zhang Su and Lu Sen want to infiltrate.
"Okay Brother Lusen, then let's see you tomorrow, you still have three bounties to run tonight, I won't bother you, the house I rented is not far from here, go back first." Zhang Sujian and Lu Sen reached a consensus, and no longer bothered Lu Sen to continue the subsequent reward, and took the lead in proposing separation.
"Well, you can just accept the bounty normally tomorrow, and we'll meet again after I call you tomorrow night, catching that little ghost just now also cost you a lot of soul power, so you can go back and rest." Lu Sen nodded.
Then, Lu Sen ran away in the direction of the east of the city, which should be the location of his next bounty, and Zhang Su returned to his rental house, it was already past ten o'clock in the evening, Zhang Su ate a small bowl of instant noodles with another meal, and then fell asleep on the bed.
The next day, Zhang Shu got up from the bed at about eight o'clock, washed up briefly, picked out a freshly washed plaid shirt from the clothes basket and put it on his body, because the clothes were piled up randomly, and dozens of creases in different directions had been pressed on the plaid shirt.
As soon as the jeans were zipped, and the dark gray sweatshirt jacket was draped, Zhang Wei went out, and arrived at the company at about half past eight, and sent the little ghost he hunted last night to the soul furnace, which indicated that the three hundred yuan for his cooperation with Lu Sen had arrived.
Subsequently, Zhang Su received four more ghast bounties of about eighty or ninety yuan, and a new day for a little soul master began like this.
When Zhang Su accepted the reward, there were other soul masters in the company who were also accepting the reward, including Lao Jin, who had hunted the dump ghost, Zhang Su said hello to them briefly, and originally wanted to ask something about the dump ghost, but the words stopped when they came out, and as soon as this kind of question came out, it was equivalent to exposing Lu Sen and what he was going to do next, so Zhang Su finally walked away from Lao Jin and them silently.
The four bounties that Zhang Su received today are also the level of high-level ghasts, not that Zhang Su's strength is limited to this, but because Zhang Su feels that his current strength is the most efficient in capturing high-level ghasts, if three or four ghasts are fast, he only needs a little more than half a day to capture them, and the lower ghast bounties are not high enough, and there are many uncertainties in the hunting stage of the higher-level ghosts, just like the little ghost he captured with Lu Sen last night, if it weren't for Lu Sen's reminder, It is really possible for him to be planted under the opponent's soul element ability, although he will not die, but it will take a long time, not to mention some little ghosts and escape skills, failure is inevitable.
Back to today's bounty task, the first bounty place is the Provincial Museum, it is said that a new exhibition hall there has a strange horn sound for two consecutive nights, the person in charge of the museum will report the situation step by step, because it is in the territory of Qicheng, and finally the headquarters will hang the reward information to the Qicheng branch, Fan Zengming went to investigate, and finally determined that there is a ghast that has been haunting, it is not clear what ability the ghast has, and the soul master needs to pay attention to it on the spot.
Zhang Su rushed to the museum, the museum was closed in the name of closed renovation, Zhang Su came to a side door of the museum knocked on the door a few times, rang the doorbell twice, the door was opened by a young and beautiful hostess, stepping on high heels, slender legs wearing long black stockings and hip-hugging tight suit and short skirt, the upper body suit with a big V-neck, inside is a white shirt with a broken neckline, the body curve can be described as concave and convex under the wrapping of the tight suit, but it is not enough to capture people's souls.
"Who are you looking for?" The hostess left the door ajar and asked in a soft voice through the crack in the door.
"Don't you know if Curator Feng is here?" Zhang Su's eyes didn't look around, but just stared at the eyes of the woman who opened the door and asked.
"What's the matter?" Miss Manners continued to ask, her voice weak, as if she was weak, and as if she did not dare to speak loudly.
"Please inform Director Feng, just say that someone from the Qicheng Branch is here to solve the matter of Hall No. 6." Zhang Su replied.
"Hall Six? Oh, you're here to do the repair work, you don't need to report it, come in, Director Feng ordered, as long as someone comes to mention that Hall 6 is a VIP, you can put it directly into the hall, Director Feng is in the practice room, I'll take you over. Miss Manners seemed to have received some special instructions, so she opened the door directly, let Zhang Su into the museum, and then put her head out of the door to look around, and closed the door when she found that there was no one.
Zhang Su entered the door, looking at this young and beautiful etiquette lady with a sneaky appearance, a little incomprehensible, thinking that his arrival had broken the good things of this young girl and the curator, thinking that he was going to see something unbearable, and asked vaguely in this direction: "Beauty, Director Feng is in the practice room?" ”
"Yes, because the museum is closed, there are only two people in the hall now, me and Director Feng, who was guiding me to practice in the practice room just now." Miss Manners replied.
"What are you practicing when it's closed?" Zhang Su asked.
"What kind of skills can a person who does etiquette practice, isn't it just the body posture?" Miss Manners replied.
"I think you're in good shape, and you have a feeling of walking on the catwalk." Zhang Su looked at the etiquette lady who was leading the way in front of her and walked with a catwalk, and exclaimed.
"That's wrong, can the catwalk posture be the same as the ceremonial posture? This means that my body is still not in place. Miss Etiquette's voice was already a little weak, and when she heard Zhang Su say this, her voice turned into a mosquito in a frustrated mood.
"Do you two practice together?" Zhang Su continued to ask.
"Sort of, I didn't come to the museum for a long time, and it was actually Director Feng who taught me to do various postures hand-in-hand." Miss Manners thought for a moment and replied.
Zhang Su looked at the awkward posture of the etiquette lady in front of him when she walked, and heard her weak voice when she spoke, combined with what she said, Zhang Su couldn't help but think about it crankily, he suspected that his inopportune appearance might lead to a roll of his eyes and complaints, and he didn't want to see this Director Feng a little bit.
"When I arrived, there were two offices separated from the door, and this was the practice room."
As she spoke, the hostess took Zhang Su to a small red lacquered pine door and pushed it open.
Zhang Su stood on the blanket at the door, stretched his head inside, and saw that the so-called practice room was actually a dance room that was not too big, with a pale yellow solid wood floor, opposite the door was a large floor-to-ceiling mirror on the wall, and there were long poles for leg presses embedded in the walls on the left and right sides, and there was a row of seats next to the door, and there was a person on the seat, with a slightly burly figure, short black hair mixed with countless white silks, wearing a red sweater, sitting on a chair and drinking bottled water. There were clearly a few dark age spots on the hand holding the water, and it was obvious that this Curator Feng was already old.
Zhang Su secretly thought in his heart, this old man's physical strength is too strong, at such an old age, he still wants to sneak in front of him, this little girl who looks like she is only twenty-two or three years old, and she is not afraid of exhausting herself to death, but her face is not revealed, but she stood at the door and did not go in, and greeted the old man politely: "Director Feng, I am sent by the company to solve the matter of Hall No. 6, I don't know if Director Feng can describe the matter in detail, I can make some preparations in advance." ”
The old man saw Miss Manners slippers into the practice room, and heard Zhang Su's voice talking at the door, so he quickly put down the mineral water bottle in his hand, stood up from the chair, walked to the door in two steps, stretched out the hand covered with age spots to shake hands with Zhang Su, raised his head, and smiled at Zhang Su: "Master, you are here, don't call me the curator, just call me Ms. Feng, I have been waiting for you for a long time." ”
"Ma'am?" Zhang Su frowned and said to himself, and then when he saw Curator Feng's face, he realized that this Curator Feng was indeed a burly old woman, and it could even be said that she was an old grandmother, who was looking at herself with kind eyebrows at this time, and bent down respectfully to shake hands with herself.
As soon as Zhang Su saw that it was an amiable old man, he quickly took a step back, bent down, stretched out his hand, shook hands with Director Feng's hand, and responded shyly: "Where, Director Feng, you can just call me Xiao Zhang, I am not a master, I was sent by the company to work, you can tell me again about the specific situation, I can find a safe solution." ”
After shaking hands, Director Feng straightened up, helped Zhang Su up, and said to Zhang Su: "Okay, Master, come with me to my office, I'll make you a pot of tea and let's talk slowly." ”
Zhang Su nodded in agreement, he knew that Director Feng meant to avoid the new lady of etiquette in front of him, after all, if many people knew about ghosts, they would spread it with more mouths, and the impact on the museum would definitely not be good.
"Xiaoxi, you practice according to what I taught you, if you don't pass at the end of the month, you still can't turn positive, there is a difference between having a preparation and not having a preparation, understand?" Seeing that Zhang Su agreed, Director Feng instructed the hostess next to him.
"Yes, Director Feng, I will work hard!" The woman called Xiaoxi finally replied in a high-pitched tone, but her voice was the same volume as Zhang Su's usual voice.
Director Feng walked out of the door of the practice room, left the woman named Xiaoxi in the practice room, and walked through two or three rooms with Zhang Su, walked to the end of the corridor, entered a bright office, boiled tea, brewed some green tea, and said to Zhang Su: "The girl in the practice room is called Leng Yunxi, not long after she was assigned to this place, she looks smart and cute, and she is pure and kind, but her body is too hard, and she has not passed the trial training several times. I see that you are about the same age as her, I don't know if you have a partner? If not, I, an old woman, can help you with a thread of karma. ”