I unfolded the paper roll and roughly scanned the contents.

It's a contract, written entirely in ghost script, and most of its content is something similar to the terms of service, but in addition to some not-so-severe penalties for omissions.

I may be a little vague in saying this, but if I say that once I sign this contract, I will become a servant of the civet, and if I disobey it, it will torture me according to the terms of the contract, then you should soon understand that the so-called "blood contract" does me no good.

The second master said that if I can subdue the civet, it will be regarded as proof that I have learned the craft.

Indeed, having signed the blood contract, I can indeed take the civet cat, but not as a master, but as a servant.

It's not that I accept it, it's that it subdues me.

How could I possibly be taken in by a cat? Don't be disgusting!

Li Huaishan was about to reach for another paper roll on the plate, and I immediately patted his arm: "Don't look at it, you can't read it anyway." Let's go! ”

As I spoke, I pulled him in the direction of the spiral staircase.

At this time, the old lady behind the curtain spoke again: "If there is no tiger, you will not be able to open the door of life." ”

I stopped, turned to the curtain and smiled, "There are no absolutes. ”

With that, I went downstairs first.

Li Huaishan caught up with me in three steps and two steps, and babbled behind me: "What's the matter, I finally climbed to the top floor, how can I just go, what is written on that piece of paper?" ”

I said, "It's a contract, and if we do sign it, we're going to give that cat a grandchild." If we want it to help us, the premise is that we must be its grandchildren, then I would rather lose to him. ”

Li Huaishan pouted: "But I think it's just a cat anyway, maybe we signed a contract, and it should be our master?" ”

I gave him a blank look: "Anyway, I will never sign that kind of thing, you want to sign it yourself!" ”

"Gotta get it, why didn't you wait to say a few words and you were still annoyed." Li Huaishan patted me on the back as he spoke.

As I walked up the stairs, my speed getting faster and faster, and my heart became more and more angry as I remembered the contents of the contract.

Actually asked me to be a servant for a cat, what did you think of me!

After leaving the restaurant, I took Li Huaishan straight to the alley, but I wasn't sure if I could return to the stone courtyard through that alley.

After passing through the entire Shiling Street, Li Huaishan and I finally came to the mouth of the alley, but I didn't expect that there was also a hidden door in this place, and every time Li Huaishan and I raised our legs, we would be blocked back by an invisible force.

After trying a few times in succession, Li Huaishan became a little impatient: "Damn, I can't get out at all." If not, you say, as long as we don't sign that contract, we won't be able to leave this street? ”

I took out an energy bar from my backpack and ate it slowly and methodically, and said, "Then let's spend it here, and when the competition starts, the second master will find out that I didn't go, and he will definitely come to us." ”

Li Huaishan sighed: "But if you don't participate in the competition, won't the thrift store and the old alley fall into the hands of Yu Rus?" ”

I swallowed the chocolate in my mouth and shrugged my shoulders helplessly: "This is also a helpless thing. However, the old alley does not necessarily fall into the hands of Yu Rus, and the second master may come back to take over the business in person. ”

Here I was talking to Li Huaishan when I heard a familiar voice behind me: "You two, please come with me." ”

When I looked back, the old man who had led us up to the restaurant was standing less than five meters away from me, his head still bowed, his face hidden in the shadow of his cloak.

When I saw him, I glanced at Li Huaishan and saw Li Huaishan's brows frowning tightly, and my expression was the same as his.

Or Li Huaishan asked the old man first: "Where are you going?" ”

A slight laugh came out of the old man's throat: "Hehe, of course it's back to the restaurant." You have just passed the last hurdle, and Granny Dui has set up refreshments on the fourth floor, so please go over and talk to the assistants. ”

Li Huaishan: "Passed the last hurdle? What is the last level? ”

By the time he said the question, I already had the answer in my mind.

There was not much time, so I didn't dare to delay any longer, and immediately walked over to the old man.

Li Huaishan hurriedly followed: "What the hell is going on?" ”

I said, "That blood pact is the last level." The old lady seemed to want to see if I had been bewitched by the Netherworld. ”

Li Huaishan pondered for a moment, and then came back to his senses: "Ah, no wonder she kept saying just now that she could only open the door of the Netherworld Treasure after signing a contract, and it took a long time to make trouble." She wanted to see if you would sell your body to extract power from the Netherworld......"

"Stop me! What does it mean to sell the flesh? ”

"Then how about I put it another way and sell my hue?"

The old man who was walking in front of us interjected at this time: "Actually, I have long concluded that you will definitely not sign that blood contract, but I didn't expect you to refuse so simply. ”

He said these words as if to me, but there was deep contemplation in his tone, as if he were talking to himself.

After a while, he asked me again, "Is it possible, you don't know how powerful the Netherworld Passage is?" ”

Li Huaishan answered for me: "Netherworld Tongbao, one exorcism of ghosts, two through heaven and earth, three usurpation of life and death, and four of yin Cao." ”

The old man's tone became a little surprised: "Since you know how powerful it is, why don't you have the slightest intention of this power?" ”

Li Huaishan pointed at me and said, "This guy is a true character, it is difficult to be bewitched, I estimate that if I were a yincha, I would have become a puppet of the Netherworld Treasure by now." ”

The old man had his back to us, and he couldn't see Li Huaishan's movements, but when he could hear Li Huaishan's words, he couldn't stop shaking his head: "Is the word true?" No, it's not just that. ”

I asked tentatively, "What is it?" ”

But the old man didn't respond to me at all, as if he hadn't heard me.

After that, Li Huaishan and I tried to talk to him again, but he remained silent and refused to say another word.

Back on the top floor of the restaurant, the curtain had been lifted, and an old woman in a blue and white robe sat on a small couch behind the curtain, and beside her, there was a sleeping black cat.

Seeing a few of us coming up, the old woman waved her hand towards the staircase: "Please come here." Ahda, you take the auxiliary officers out for a walk. ”

I turned to look at Li Huaishan, who looked at the old woman and then at me, with a little worry in his eyes.

I nodded at him, signaling his reassurance.

When the old man took Li Huaishan downstairs, I paced and slowly walked to the curtain, and the old woman handed me the small horse by the couch.

When I got closer to her, I noticed that her facial features looked a little ethereal, and although I could tell where the nose and mouth were and where the eyes were, I couldn't see the details clearly.

This old woman is also a spirit being.

I sat down in front of her, and she pulled a scroll out of her sleeve and handed it to me.

Whether it is the big or small black or the old woman in front of him, she is obviously a spirit body, but she can have an impact on objects in reality.

I took the scroll, unfolded it, and found that the ink painting in my hand was very similar to the one hanging on the east wall.

However, in this painting, the cat lying on the pine branch of Honka is a swarthy cat, which looks very similar to the cat lying on the couch at this time, and even the expression of the two is the same when they sleep.

The old woman raised her hand and pointed to the east wall, and I looked in the direction of her finger and saw that the painting on the east wall had disappeared.

I pondered for a moment, and then asked the old woman, "This painting in my hand is ......."

Before I could finish speaking, the old woman nodded, and then said to me: "In fact, as early as ten years ago, Huzi's longevity was exhausted, and I kept his soul for it, and my family kept its skin for it, so it is still alive now." ”

When I said the word "soul", the old woman pointed to the painting in my hand, and when she said "skin", she pointed to the black cat lying beside her.

I immediately understood what she meant, the cat in the painting was actually the soul of the tiger, it had become a spirit in the painting after its death, and the cat sleeping next to the old woman was just an empty skin bag without a soul.

But what I can't understand is why the old woman said that Huzi is still alive?

While I was wondering, the old woman said to me, "This cat has followed me decades before you came, and now that it intends to follow you, it will confess its Lord again." ”

I didn't speak, but looked at the old woman silently, and I thought that she must not have finished her words.

But I didn't expect her to look at me silently, and she didn't make a sound for a long time.

In the end, I was the first to say, "What should I do?" ”

The old woman responded: "You need to give it a new name, and if it approves of it, it will naturally come out of the painting." ”

Speaking of this, the old woman pointed to the cat skin beside her: "As long as the tiger is willing to come out, it will live." ”

I touched my chin: "Do you use your own corpse to return the yang?" It's the first time I've heard of anything like this. ”

"Before you take the tiger, there are a few things that I must tell you," the old woman said to me, "The tiger has great strength in the back alley, but once you leave the back alley and lose the blessing of the keel, it will become very weak, you must protect it and not let it have any accidents." ”

I nodded solemnly, and the old woman said to me again: "Right now, this Spirit Eating Street is actually imagined by Huzi, if something happens to it, the Spirit Eating Street will be over, and the Spirit Eater in charge of the store, as well as Ah Da, will die." ”

I really didn't understand this sentence, so I immediately asked: "Shiling Street was imagined by Huzi?" ”

The old woman smiled slightly: "We are all in Huzi's dream now, those food spirits in charge of the shop, as well as Ah Da, are all imagined by Huzi." ”

(End of chapter)