Chapter 13 Visiting the Demon
When demons also have seven emotions and six desires, it will be difficult to distinguish between humans and demons.
ββExcerpt from "Chen Ling's Assistant Diary"
Taking advantage of Le Cheng's efforts, Chen Ling began to look at the bathroom called "Li Yutang". Different from the quaint appearance, the interior of the bathroom is extraordinarily modern, from the lighting in the lobby to the design of the walls of the house, to the placement of tables and chairs, all of which are in line with the aesthetics of modern people.
It's not so much a bathroom as a modern, oversized clubhouse.
"Little white face, this makes it very foreign." Chen Ling sighed.
"Boss Le is really good at business, it seems that I still have to ask him for business experience in the future." "His business strategy is not complicated, but it is very practical. Generally speaking, it is to sell human beings to be ancient, and to sell demon clans to modernity. β
"What do you mean?" Chen Ling looked confused and didn't understand Xiushen's words.
"The central service area of the human part has a modern exterior and represents the hot spring villa area keeping up with the times, but its interior is retro, which creates a chic style that gives the feeling of returning to the past and making people naturally relax. The exterior of the demon clan is the ancient Sakurajima castle, which gives the traditional demon clan a unique sense of security, while the interior focuses on modern decoration. β
"You must know that many demon tribes have not been in contact with human society, but they are curious about human society, and they are particularly curious about the technology developed by human beings for hundreds of years, and the 'bathhouse' provides a window for the demon clan to understand, compared to other bathrooms, I think monsters are more willing to come here to experience the feeling of human technology. Boss Le has been in business for decades, and he really knows the way of business, and he is worthy of being a senior. β
"Miss Xiushen praised it falsely, and I really can't afford it." As he was talking, Le Cheng had already returned, followed by two "guests" in yukata, although they were "guests", they were two veritable demon clans.
One of them was green-skinned, long-eared, big-eyed, skinny, and human-like in shape, while the skin on his face was full of wrinkles like an old man, even Chen Ling, who was not very familiar with the demon clan, recognized it at once, this is the most common existence of Western magical creatures - goblins.
And the other one is more recognized, I saw a small hippopotamus with a square-framed glasses, step by step behind Le Cheng, although the body is very small, short hands and short feet look very cute, but there is a kind of momentum as steady as Mount Tai.
"Let me introduce you, these two are Miss Xiushen, the demon slayer, and his assistant Chen Ling, and these two are Mr. Fei Xiu, the owner of the Goblin Mine, and Mr. Chen, the owner of the Nanhe Suite Book House, respectively." Le Cheng introduced.
"Thank you both for coming." Xiushen hurriedly stood up and shook hands.
"It's really my great honor to see such a beautiful young lady, I don't know if I have the opportunity to have dinner with the young lady, I heard that the spring noodles here are very good, I don't know if the young lady appreciates the face, after the meal, I think I can also rent a room here and talk about life with the young lady, talk about the ideal." Goblin Fischer was the first to reach out, clasping Xiushen's hand tightly, and the two traits of greed and lust appeared on his face at the same time.
"I'm sorry, I'm tired of work, and I can't go to the appointment, so I'm very sorry." As he spoke, Xiushen quietly withdrew his hand.
"That's really no way, it's a pity!" Seeing that he couldn't take advantage of it anymore, Goblin Fischer sat down on the sofa next to him, leaning comfortably on the backrest, completely ignoring Chen Ling, who was stretching out his hand on the side.
"Hello, nice to meet you." Mr. Chen, the hippo next to him, was very polite, although he didn't talk much, he still shook hands with Xiushen and Chen Ling, but it can be seen that Mr. Chen is not a "person" who talks a lot.
"Both of them have reported the situation of encountering ghosts, Mr. Fischer was the first to discover this situation half a year ago, while Mr. Chen saw ghosts four months ago, and two guests have also seen them, but they are still bathing, I have instructed the staff, and I will invite them out later." Le Cheng introduced.
"Then let's have Lao and the others recall the situation at that time." Xiushen said, "Let's ask Mr. Fischer to tell me first, after half a year, I don't know how much Mr. Fischer remembers." β
"Don't underestimate the memory of our goblins, I remember a lot of things very well. For example, I remember that twenty years ago, the werewolf in the next village took a thatch fork from me and still hasn't returned it. Seventeen years ago, the tree spirits in front of the village stole the horse manure I had sprinkled on the road. And sixteen years ago, those fishmen in the river, asked me to borrow..."
"Well, Mr. Fischer, I'm sure you have a good memory, so can you tell me about the day?" Faced with the chattering goblins, Xiushen had to interrupt him.
"I don't remember." The goblin said directly.
"Didn't you just say you have a good memory?" Chen Ling next to him couldn't help but say.
"They all owe me something, and I certainly remember it very well. That ghost, clump after clump, no hands or feet, can't take anything, can't bring wealth, what do I remember him for? Goblin Fischer said indifferently.
"Youβ" Chen Ling stood up and pointed at the goblin, speechless in anger.
"Alright, Chen Ling, sit down. The Goblin clan is like that, indifferent to things that have nothing to do with interests, but Mr. Fischer has already made it clear that when he first encountered a ghost, the ghost was still in a state of crippled thoughts, and he didn't even have hands or feet. Xiushen reassured.
"Yes, yes, I've already revealed important information to you, so you should give me the intelligence fee." The goblin next to him was indignant.
"What about Mr. Chen? Remember when you met? β
"I think about it, I can't remember the specific points, I just remember that there was no one in the bath that day, by the way, I remember, the book I read when I took a bath was "On the Etiquette and Customs of the Terrans in Africa", it was really a good book, that guy, talk about the African people..."Mr. Hippo Chen patted his thigh and said.
"I didn't ask you what books you read, I didn't ask you about ghosts." Xiushen said helplessly.
The old hippopotamus hurriedly stopped talking and continued to recall: "When I was tired of reading, I put the book aside, and then planned to go into the water to close my eyes and rest for a while, but suddenly I saw a ghost at the bottom of the pool. Unlike what the old greenskin saw, the ghost I encountered was only the upper body and half of the head, struggling at the bottom of the pool, as if to say something, but no sound came out. β
"So, two months apart, this ghost has a partial body. What about the others? β
"Well, it shouldn't be anything special, I just remember that night it seemed that the moonlight was quite bright, and it was really atmospheric to take a bath under the moon and read a book." Mr. Chan was clearly a bookworm and soon returned to books.
"Yes, yes, the moonlight was pretty bright when I met the ghost," the goblin who was sitting next to him interjected, "That night, I remembered that night was a full moon night. Also, Le Cheng, I suddenly thought that I had met a ghost, and I was so scared that my hair was so much less that I lost a lot of money, don't you have to pay some mental damage? β
"So ghosts only appear on the night of the full moon?" said Xiushen, completely ignoring Fischim's noise, and fell into thought alone.
"It's not oh, hahaha, Xiushen you think wrong!" Suddenly, a voice came, and two demon clans came to everyone's side with each other's arms.
One of them had vigorous hair, like a hairy ape, but he was a little more human-like than an ape, but his ears were strangely white, and he held a wine jug in his hand, and he had to take a few sips from time to time.
The other one is much better looking than the other demon clans, with clear eyebrows, sword eyebrows and starry eyes, and shawl hair, which looks like a handsome young man, but it has a little more charm of the ancients.
"Oh, the two of you are here, then let me introduce you, this is..."Le Cheng hurriedly got up and introduced.
"Don't introduce, let Xiushen guess, known as the first demon exorcist in Tiandu, his parents were separated at the age of 6, his mother disappeared at the age of 12, he worshiped the pastor Tang Yuan of the church at the age of 14 to learn art, and entered the demon exorcist school at the age of 16 to study, and became an independent demon exorcist in two years, and soon won the title of 'Tiandu Witch', if I can't even guess who I am, it is really too wasteful." The demon clan holding the wine jug said loudly, completely ignoring the onlookers around him.
Chen Ling looked at Xiushen and was very surprised, he only knew that Xiushen had been a demon slayer for a long time, but others would not know about such a private matter as the separation of his parents, let alone a demon clan.
Xiushen was very calm, took a sip of the tea in the cup, and looked at the demon clan in front of him.
"Look at the dignity of Your Excellency's sharp-beaked monkey cheeks, and you like to expose people's old bottoms and show off everywhere." Xiushen squinted his eyes and glanced at it, and his words were also very polite. "And the wine does not leave the hand, greedy for a cup of profligacy, I think Your Excellency should be from the raccoon clan."
"Hahaha, it's really a master among the demon slayers, and you can see my origin at once, it's very similar to our clan, are you interested in transferring to our clan, anyway, you are alone and no one wants it, come to us, we are very short of females over there, hahaha..."
Chen Ling covered his face and knew that something bad was going to happen.
It turned out that the opposite side came a raccoon, and it was recorded in the ancient book of the Orient "The Classic of Mountains and Seas": "There is a beast, its shape is like Yu and white ears, and the pedestrians walk, and its name is called the beast." β
It means that there is a beast that is shaped like a hairy ape and has a pair of white ears that can both crawl and walk upright, and is called a raccoon.
And in "Huainanzi", it was said, "The raccoon knows the past but does not know the future." It means that he knows the past, but he can't know the future.
"I'm still honest, it's said that many people are very interested in your family, and the Book of Mountains and Seas not only records the characteristics of your family, but also says what is it?" Xiushen said with a smile. And the raccoon also stopped drinking, and its face gradually became hideous.
"By the way, I remembered, 'Eat Good Walking', I heard that many athletes and leg rehabilitation patients have a lot of admiration for Your Excellency."
Eating is good at walking, which means that after eating its meat, you can walk like flying. Xiushen smiled and watched as the fox stopped talking, but there was another piece of information in his eyes.
Sample, fight with me, eat you.
In a fit of rage, the fox smashed the flask in his hand at Xiujin, and then rushed towards Xiushen with a wave of its claws. Xiushen was not in a hurry, turned his head slightly, let go of the wine jug, and pulled his hand to the plump chest, ready to take out the magic rod.