Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Truth About the Apartment
After returning home, I still felt that my body was a little weak, so I told Su Che and Lin Yue that I wanted to take a rest, and they also understood that I would have such symptoms after being poisoned by corpses, so I agreed.
I slept again, and when I woke up, it was already night, and it was dark outside the window, I thought Lin Yue should have gone home, but when I came to the living room, I saw that she was still there.
"Yueyue, why are you still there?" I asked after a moment's pause.
Lin Yue smiled: "I'm not worried about you, how do you feel now?" β
"It's better, it's so late, why don't you go home early?" I looked at her and said.
"That's not good, I've already told my father, I'm going to accompany you here tonight, sit down and eat something, Su Che still has something to say to you." Lin Yue said with a smile.
I saw that Su Che was busy in the kitchen, and I couldn't help but ask Lin Yue, "What did you say?" β
"You'll know later, sit down." Lin Yue took my arm and said.
After a while, Su Che walked out with a few dishes: "It's really time for Jiang Cha to wake up, I'm going to call you in the bedroom later, how about tasting the dishes I made tonight?" Su Che wiped his hands on his apron and smiled at me.
I felt strange, looked at the table full of sumptuous dishes and asked, "What's wrong today, why did you get so many dishes?" β
"Of course, it's to replenish your body, you ran alone for so long last night, and you were attacked by zombies again, and now your body needs to be replenished." Lin Yue said as he put a large piece of fish meat in my bowl.
I smiled disappreliantly, I felt that these two people were really a little too fussed, just a little injury, as for that?
But I couldn't refuse, and the two of them put the dishes in my bowl vigorously, and I couldn't help asking, "Didn't you just say that you had something to say to me?" What's the matter? β
Lin Yue glanced at Su Che, he smiled and looked at me and said, "That's the case, recently, because of your own physique, you have been encountering strange people to attack you, so I discussed with Yue Yue, and I plan to teach you some Taoist techniques, do you agree?" β
I opened my mouth wide: "This, I can also be an exorcist?" β
Su Che shook his head: "No, the purpose of teaching you Dao is to give you the ability to defend yourself, if you want to be an exorcist, you can't just do Dao arts, the requirements are quite high." β
"Are you all exorcists now?" I'll look at both of them.
"Yue Yue is now an apprentice, and I'm not an exorcist." Su Che said suddenly.
I was stunned for a moment: "You're not?" I thought you were already a very advanced exorcist. β
"Hehe, I think I'll tell you about this matter later, you just need to think about whether you want to learn Dao art now." Su Che smiled and said.
I didn't hesitate, nodded directly and said: "I want to learn, originally I thought that the jade cicada on my body was enough to protect me, but now it seems that I still have to learn a little more self-defense skills, I can't always rely on you, right?" β
"Look at what you said, we don't teach you the Tao technique to hide yourself, we just hope that you can protect yourself next time if you are left alone again." Lin Yue said with a smile.
"Well, when are we going to start?" I said with great interest.
Anyway, now that I've stepped into this industry with one foot, it's better to enter it completely, my physique is extremely yin, and I will encounter evil ghosts from time to time, and it's a headache to think about, at least I won't be in a hurry after learning the Taoist art of self-defense.
"Ginger tea, don't worry, we should go to school again tomorrow, and it's too late to study next weekend." Lin Yue said with a smile.
"Yes, Yue Yue and I have the idea of letting you learn Dao with Teacher Qing Cang, after all, his strength is still very powerful, and you can learn powerful Dao art with him." Su Che also said.
I nodded, "Okay then." β
After dinner, Lin Yue followed me back to the room, and the two of us were lying on the bed, because I couldn't sleep, I asked her a lot about exorcists.
From Lin Yue's mouth, I knew that there are many things in this world that I have never heard of, the so-called exorcist is actually a profession, and after practicing the Dao technique or other spells, you can obtain this title after passing the verification of an organization called Cloud Gate.
But this title is not granted for nothing, as an exorcist must maintain the peace of the world as his own responsibility, eradicating demons.
Therefore, if you want to become an exorcist, it is needless to say that you have an upright personality, and you must also have a benevolent heart.
When Lin Yue asked me if I wanted to try to pass the exorcist qualification test after learning Taoism, I was stunned for a while and then nodded and said, "Maybe I'll try, I didn't know that there would be so many demons and monsters in the world, there are so many people in the world, I must be the only one who is harmed by them, right?" So get rid of one and one less. β
"Hehe, as soon as you say this, it proves that you already have a benevolent heart, and when Uncle Qingcang comes over the weekend, let's let him see what your qualifications are." Lin Yue said.
I was full of energy, but Lin Yue couldn't do it, I basically didn't have much rest during the day, and I fell asleep after chatting with me, so I had to stare at the starry sky outside the window and be stunned.
The next day, Lin Yue and I went to school as usual, and as time increased, I became more and more familiar with my classmates and teachers, and the homework I fell behind was catching up little by little, so I had a very happy day.
It wasn't until the weekend after school that Lin Yue and I came home to find that Uncle Qingcang had arrived, and I was pleasantly surprised to see him: "Uncle Qing, when did you come?" β
Qing Cang seems to have been here for a while, and the two of them stared at Su Che with big eyes, maybe they had already quarreled, right?
Lin Yue, the ghost spirit, smiled when he saw this scene: "Why do you two men always look at each other unpleasantly? Too naΓ―ve, right? β
Su Che looked back at us and said with a wry smile: "When Mr. Qing came to the apartment, he was very dissatisfied with our environment here, and he had to let Jiang Cha move to him. β
"Huh?" Lin Yue and I were both stunned, and looked at Qingcang at the same time.
"Uncle Qing, why is that?" Lin Yue asked in surprise.
Qing Cang snorted coldly: "I didn't know until I got here, what are the things you live in this apartment, you don't know, right?" How can you let ginger tea live here? No wonder she always attracts demons and monsters. β
"Uncle Qing, this is your prejudice, the apartment can exist because Yunmen agreed, and those who live here are not evildoers, don't you believe Yunmen's decision?" Lin Yue asked puzzled.
"It's not that I don't believe it, it's that I'm not worried about the safety of ginger tea, after all, she is not the same kind as the guests here, if they are worried about it, wouldn't it be troublesome?" Qing Cang said loudly.
The more I listened, the more confused I became, and I couldn't help but ask, "What are you talking about?" Why can't I understand? β
"Alas, Ginger Cha, you sit down first, and I'll tell you what's going on." Su Che shook his head helplessly and said to me.
Lin Yue and I sat on the sofa, ignoring Su Che and standing still looking at me.
Su Che smiled bitterly and said to me, "Do you remember that time when you first moved here, an old woman brought you snacks?" β
I nodded, and Su Che continued: "That's not an old woman, she's actually a tanuki who has been cultivating for many years, but her act of sending you snacks is not to harm you, but she is very curious about your physique and wants to trick you into going to her to find out." β
"Later, I warned her sternly, and since then the whole apartment has known about it, so no matter how curious you are, no one dares to attack your idea."
I gradually understood what was going on, and asked, "You mean, all the people who live here are demons?" β
Su Che nodded: "So to speak, but these people are not bad people, although they are not human, but they have never harmed humans, in order to avoid being used by some ill-intentioned people outside, they chose to live here, so as to obtain the protection of Cloud Gate." β
Hearing this, I suddenly trembled, looked at Su Che and asked, "What about you?" You stay here......"
Su Che hurriedly waved his hand: "Jiang Cha, don't be afraid, I am a human being, I have a different purpose from others, and I don't live here to avoid harm." β
I breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't help but ask him, "Then what are you for?" β
"Alas, it's a long story to talk about, I have actually been learning Taoism since I was very young, and then my mother was killed, and her soul was forbidden by someone, I actually want to live here to get in touch with strange people and strange things, and find a way to save my mother." Su Che looked at me and said.
I didn't expect Su Che to have such a background, which was somewhat similar to my experience, so I asked him curiously, "Then where is your mother now?" β
"She's been in a safe place for almost ten years, and I still haven't found a way to wake her up, and now I don't have much time left." Su Che said with a wry smile.
"Why?"
Su Che shook his head: "You don't understand it, but after you learn the Dao technique in the future, you may understand it better." β
I see, Su Che knew Taoism but didn't join the exorcists, because he had been trying to save his mother, so he didn't have time to subdue demons.
"Anyway, ginger tea is not good in such an environment, so it's better to move to me." Qing Cang said suddenly.
"You're fine there? A coffin shop, there will be unclean things passing by every day, is ginger tea safe? Besides, why do you say anything about our lives, don't forget, ginger tea is my wife! Su Che said dissatisfiedly.
It can be seen that Su Che still respects Qing Cang, but there are some things that can't reach a unified opinion, so he will talk to Qing Cang like this.