Volume 2: Entering the Ghost Feast Verse 73: Restoration
"Fortunately, I buried the timed soul poison of the Hundred Leaf Withered Snake in its soul in advance, otherwise I might not be able to catch it." Zhang Su had already returned to his soul, and walked out of Building No. 9 of Qingfu Zhilan with a little weakness, muttering to himself.
"Dao Ye, you came out, you scared me to death, I thought something was wrong!" As soon as Zhang Su walked out of the building, Zhu Lili, who was waiting outside, hurriedly ran over from a distance, greeted Zhang Su with a straight face, and shouted.
"What can happen to me in broad daylight?" Zhang Su replied helplessly.
"But you've been in it for more than two hours, it's almost past lunch, and you said you didn't move at all, of course I'm in a hurry." Zhu Lili said worriedly.
"Just look at the house, it's nothing, cutting corners has caused the structure to be a little deformed, that's why there are those weird incidents, I've solved the problem, and when you go back, you can just tell your deputy manager in charge." Zhang Su explained.
"Feelings, aren't you a Taoist? An architect? Zhu Lili asked in surprise.
"When did I tell you that I was a Dao Master? Architects don't dare to be, at best, they have learned a little knowledge about architecture, and I can't standardize it when I plan to build a house, but it's still okay to straighten the house. Zhang Su jokingly explained that he would definitely not admit the existence of the soul, so he denied his true identity directly from the source.
"Straighten the house? You're high enough. Zhu Lili said in disbelief.
"Eating is a handicraft meal." Zhang Su replied lightly.
"Then tell me what happened to the residents of the building who often heard ghost screams?" Zhu Lili asked.
"The design of the corridor is too narrow, and there are problems in the design of the windows of each house, which makes it difficult to convection after the wind pours into the corridor, and the wind pressure forms a whistling sound in the corridor, which makes people mistakenly think that it is the sound of ghosts crying wolves." Zhang Su didn't know how to build knowledge, so he could only make it up, and he was betting that Zhu Lili in front of him didn't understand architecture.
"Then tell me about the sudden insaneness of a resident?" Zhu Lili continued to ask.
"Your relocation houses here are all sixty or seventy square meters of small apartments, and then remove the shared area, its actual living area is only about forty or fifty square meters, plus some units are more cramped and awkward, each household is single-sided with the sun, and can only bathe in the sunshine for half a day, it will inevitably cause depression to the psychology of the residents, and it is normal for a few people who occasionally have a bad life and can not be relieved." Zhang Su explained.
"Huh? I don't know if your explanation is right or wrong, so I'll ask you again, I've seen the wall of blood with my own eyes, what did you say was the bloody wall, and then why did it disappear when someone else went back? Zhu Lili didn't know whether Zhang Su's explanation was reasonable, so he could only pick up the events he had personally experienced.
"There are two aspects to this, one is that the room you go to is relatively dark, and there are rumors of hauntings in the building, and the tense and suppressed nerves are prone to temporary hallucinations, and you map your imagination to your eyes, thinking that the wall in front of you is bleeding, but in fact it is likely that your hallucinations are caused by your hallucinations; Second, although I don't know which household you are talking about the blood wall, it is very likely that it is the reason for the refraction projection of the red objects in the house or the red objects outside the window, the refracted light refracts the red things into the house with windows on one side, and the light is not easy to refract out, so that it will form a short red light and shadow on a certain wall, making you feel like a red blood wall. Zhang Su thought about it, and then tried his best to make up nonsense, trying to convince Zhu Lili.
"I see, I was really nervous at the time, because there were rumors of haunting after someone died in that building, and I was terrified from the moment I entered, it was probably because of nervousness and hallucinations, but it was really scary, when I saw a wall as red as blood, and even saw the shadow of a bare human head, I was so frightened that I ran out of Building 9, and then my colleague who went in again said that I didn't see the blood wall I said, but I didn't dare to enter Building 9 again." Zhu Lili thought about Zhang Su's words and felt that there was some truth.
"Well, that's right, I've made some adjustments in key places in the building, and these problems won't happen." Zhang Wei saw that Zhu Lili believed it, so he nodded confidently.
"What adjustments have you made?" Zhu Lili asked.
"Trade Secrets." Zhang Su replied.
"I don't think you're engaged in architecture, from what you said, I think you're a feng shui, I've heard that feng shui is not just about putting things on the table, adjusting the position or something, brother, you won't be a feng shui master, right?" Zhu Lili lowered his voice and asked mysteriously.
"Isn't feng shui a way to determine the universe and find the dragon vein? I'm not that powerful. Zhang Su waved his hand and denied.
"No, no, I don't think so, I feel that it is from the ancestors who have passed down the feng shui from generation to generation, I feel that feng shui is a comprehensive knowledge of geology, orientation, magnetic field, optics, house structure and other related buildings, which is the same as what you said about the house structure causes the wind to pass through the ghost cry, or the lighting because of structural problems There are phantoms, reflections, etc., you say, if a person has figured out the various laws of these knowledge, is he what house he wants to build. He can build a house that is very good at the right time and place for people to live in, and he can also build a house that makes people feel extremely uncomfortable, and can quietly trap the living in it. Zhu Lili expressed his opinion.
Zhang Su thought about it for a while, he inexplicably felt that this young house salesman's opinion was quite wonderful, indeed, some architectural experts will specially design some wonderful buildings, for example, the special architectural structure of the opera house can eliminate echoes in a targeted manner, the echo wall of the Temple of Heaven can amplify the echo, and the special structural ladder that will make different sounds when stepping on different parts, and so on, if you also apply various special laws to other aspects involved in a building, Then the architect can design the perfect building according to the needs of each person, which may be the essence of ancient feng shui.
"Your perspective is unique." Zhang Su praised Zhu Lili.
"I just think that if the ancients were so mysterious, then where did the traditional knowledge that we come into contact with today come from? It can't be all foreign knowledge that has crossed the ocean, our ancestors have been farming for generations, how can such a diligent and pragmatic nation come up with so many fantasy words, there is only one reason to explain, that is, there may be an undirected deviation in the understanding of future generations. Zhu Lili continued to tell his opinion.
"Makes sense, but what's my business? Hurry back, I'll ride back to the door of your sales office, it's almost one o'clock in the afternoon, I have to find a place to fill my stomach. Zhang Su saw Zhu Lili talking endlessly, and quickly interrupted, he didn't want to delay his soul hunting time, on the one hand, he hunted a junior ghost alone, his soul power was about to be exhausted, and he needed to find a place to replenish his soul power in time, on the other hand, he still had two bounties on hand, he wanted to take advantage of the soul hunting company to complete his remaining bounty before getting off work, and get the day's reward on time, so that he could use the reward to pay the book loan fee owed by Zhong Tianli.
"Then you admit that you are a feng shui master?" Zhu Lili looked at Zhang Wei happily.
"It's just an architect, don't give me a strange name." Zhang Su replied helplessly, and then walked towards the outside of the Qingfu Zhilan Community without looking back.
Zhu Lili followed closely, shook his slightly chubby body and quickly followed Zhang Su, and said excitedly: "Master, I'll invite you to dinner at noon, I've been waiting for you in the community just now, and I haven't had time to eat yet, Master, you can give you a face." ”
"Is there a family selling meatloaf in the neighborhood?" Zhang Su asked.
"Master, how do you know, not long after it opened, it's called Laoyi Beef Soup, the main beef soup, but his beef patty is really good, I invite you to eat it." Zhu Lili replied.
"You still have something to eat?" Zhang Su continued to ask.
"What do you mean?" Zhu Lili was stunned and asked rhetorically.
"Let's not talk about the smell of beef on your body, you touch the corners of your mouth, and the meatloaf crumbs haven't fallen off yet." Zhang Su turned his head and replied with a blank look.
When Zhu Lili heard this, he quickly raised his hand and kept wiping the corners of his mouth, and sure enough, he wiped off some cake scraps and meat foam, and then smiled embarrassedly on his face, and said embarrassedly: "I'm so hungry, I'm so hungry, I just went to buy two meatloaf to eat." ”
"Well, then you don't have to follow me to dinner, I have other things to do, you just have to do the things you report." Zhang Su replied, out of the community, walked to the location of his electric car in a few steps, and after giving Zhu Lili an order, he rode away from the Qingfu Zhilan sales office.
"What do you want to eat, officer?" The next reward is in the Sanliang Furniture City of the Sanliang Furniture Market, Zhang Su rode a bicycle to find a small restaurant next to the furniture market and sat down, picked up the menu on the seat and looked at it, and a boss came over and asked.
"Just this big bowl of mutton soup set, what's in the set?" Zhang Su beckoned the people in the store to order food.
"The set includes a large bowl of mutton soup, a steamed bun cake, an omelette, and a small plate of pickles." The man who looked like a small shop owner explained.
"Twenty-three dollars for such a thing?" Zhang Su was surprised, he looked at the menu and drew a lot of things in the package, but after the boss said this, Zhang Su felt that it was a little expensive, to be honest, there are really many people in Qi City who earn more than 100 yuan a day, if it is a big meal, it is a nutritious snack, I didn't expect it to be so expensive.
"Is this still expensive? Just across the street is the train station, and you don't have to ask what the rent is. The boss snorted coldly, looked at Zhang Su with disdain, and regarded Zhang Su as a foreigner who came to work, and he didn't plan to greet the bargaining poor bastard in front of him anymore.
"Is there a lot of difference between your big bowl of mutton soup and your small bowl of mutton soup?" Zhang Su didn't get up to leave, and continued to ask.
"The big bowl is this, the small bowl is this, how much worse do you think?" The boss cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks that others had eaten on the other tables, and picked up the two bowls with leftover soup on the table to show Zhang Su.
"The soup bowl is only a little bit off, but what about the mutton?" Zhang Su continued to ask.
"Almost, you can eat if you like, and if you don't like to eat, you will leave, what do you need." The boss was a little impatient.
"In that case, I want a small bowl of mutton soup, a steamed bun, an omelette, a plate of pickles, and then add me a spoonful of mutton soup, so be it." Zhang Wei ordered.
"Yes, a small bowl of mutton soup is 13 yuan, steamed buns are 2 yuan, fried eggs are 2 yuan, pickles are 2 yuan, and a piece of soup is added, totaling ...... Twenty in total, if you don't order anything else, pay first. The boss calculated the account and said to Zhang, but he was a little puzzled in his heart, although he always felt that he had miscalculated, but he still counted it several times at this price.
"Hmm." Zhang Su nodded, took out twenty and handed it to the boss, originally this kind of mutton soup shop sold a bowl of mutton soup is less than two taels of meat, a large bowl of mutton soup is seventeen yuan, a small bowl of mutton soup is thirteen yuan, plus a spoonful of soup is almost the same as a big bowl, this way of ordering is three yuan cheaper than the so-called set meal.
While waiting for the meal, Zhang Su sat quietly in a no-man's corner, closed his eyes and quietly ran the Origin Apocalypse Soul Skill, constantly absorbing soul dust from all around to replenish soul power, the ninety-six percent soul forging rate made Zhang Su's speed of absorbing soul dust increase again, and the soul power continued to recover, the soul power that had bottomed out began to gradually become full, the fatigue on Zhang Su's face was also relieved, his complexion gradually improved, and his breathing was much more symmetrical than before.
Ten minutes later, a slightly savage voice woke Zhang Su up from the meditation: "Your meal is ready!" ”
The person who spoke was none other than the restaurant owner, who used a red lacquered wooden plate to hold out all the things that Zhang Su had ordered, and pressed them hard in front of Zhang Su the moment he landed on the table.
"Thank you." Zhang Su was not angry because of the boss's attitude, but responded politely.
"You're a thief, just now you just said that you can add soup to a small set meal, and you ordered it the same way, and I didn't react until I entered the kitchen." Seeing that there were no new guests, the boss suddenly sat opposite Zhang Su and stared at Zhang Sudao.
Zhang Su smiled and didn't speak, picked up the chopsticks, didn't tear the cake apart, and directly put the whole cake into the mutton soup bowl with chopsticks and soaked it, and then picked it up and bit it.
"It's true that a small bowl with soup is no different from a big bowl, but people who come will order it like this, most people just order a set meal, what do you say you are doing with this little eye?" The restaurateur continued to sit across from Zhang Su and chatter.
"Poor, don't want to spend money in vain." Zhang Su said in the air.
"Who is not poor? I can't earn a few ...... in my small shop, excluding water, electricity, gas and rent," Zhang Su's words seemed to ignite the boss's emotions, and the restaurant owner sat opposite Zhang Su and started the mode of complaining about the emperor, and kept spitting bitter water to Zhang Su.
Zhang Su was not angry, he listened happily to the boss while eating, as if he didn't care about the boss disturbing him to eat.
The more the boss said, the more excited, the more emotional, the deep love almost sobbed in a low voice, fortunately there was no one else in the store, after the meal, the diners had already left, only a young chef in the kitchen did not come out, listening to the sound is to supplement their own lunch, if someone is present at this time, I must think that Zhang Su bullied the boss and cried.
Just when the restaurant owner was very sad, suddenly, a blue light phantom ran out of nowhere, and suddenly jumped on the body of the restaurant owner, and in an instant, the restaurant owner sat opposite Zhang Su and was stunned for a moment, and then raised his head like a zombie, his eyes were scattered, and he turned his head back and forth, as if he didn't know where he was, his face was full of surprise.
Then, the restaurant owner looked around for a moment, as if he probably understood the environment he was in, turned his head to Zhang Su, stared at Zhang Su with his dark pupils, and raised his hand to get Zhang Su's bowl drinking mutton soup, not knowing what he wanted to do.
Just as the restaurant owner stretched out his hand, Zhang Su put down his chopsticks like a flint, grabbed the restaurant owner's wrist, and pressed the restaurant owner's hand on the table, smiling and looking at the restaurant owner who had become strange in front of him, without showing the slightest surprise.
"Let go of me." The restaurateur suddenly said in a muffled voice.
"Did you let me release this body, or did you let me release your soul?" Zhang Su's yin and yang eyes opened, and a blue light suddenly emanated from his eyes, and he looked at the restaurant owner intently, and asked lightly.
"You are?" After Zhang Su's yin and yang eyes opened, a moth-like soul phantom appeared on the restaurant owner's body, and asked in horror.
"Soul Master, I have long sensed that you, a high-level ghast, are hiding nearby, but it is not easy to start in this kind of crowded place, and now that you are possessed by this person, and I have reached out to grab it, you have no room to resist." Zhang said.
"I felt that this person's spirit was weak before I spent a huge amount of soul power to take advantage of the weakness, I didn't expect that there was such a soul master sitting opposite this person, could it be that you made this person weak?" Moth ghast said.
"No, I just wanted to try it, but I didn't expect him to really complain to the point of being in pain, hey, how miserable the world is!" Zhang Su shook his head and sighed with a smile.
The moth ghast looked at Zhang Su helplessly, on the one hand, it had consumed a lot of soul power when it possessed its body just now, and on the other hand, Zhang Su now held his soul hand with the soul power of the junior soul king, and it was not at all something that it could easily break free of this level, so it could only look at Zhang Su with no love.
"Ask you something, and I'll give you a good answer." Zhang Su said to the moth ghast.
"Being caught by the soul master is being tempered, what is the joy?" The Moth Ghast said disdainfully.
"Yes, then please do me a favor, I want to ask if there are any ghosts in the Sanliang Furniture City next to me? If so, what is the origin? Where exactly? Zhang Su asked at the moth ghast three times.
"Yes, yes, it looks like a tiger at the foot of a slope, I don't know what it is, in short, it's very powerful, the specific location is in the Lan House in the eastern district of the Furniture City, you can definitely find it there." After listening to Zhang Su's question, the moth ghast replied without thinking, without hiding it at all.
"Aren't you going to answer?" Zhang asked suspiciously.
"I didn't say it, and Furniture City was originally my territory, I was driven out by that tiger ghast, the enemy of the enemy is a friend, I can't survive, and naturally I won't let it have a good time, hahaha......" The Moth ghast ghost laughed.