(The number of chapters is wrong, it should be one hundred and thirty-nine.) ）

The old man pointed to me, "With the key." ”

I don't need to say that I know what to do, but the problem is that with my current mastery of the three hangs, it is very difficult to get the key into the lock hole.

I looked around and then at the key in my hand and the brass lock on the ninth staircase.

After making sure that nothing could trick me on, I untied the yang line, took off the gossip money, and tied the key back on.

The next thing I have to do is throw out the yang line and let the key go into the money hole.

I know it's very hard, but there are no other options for me to choose from.

Over the past year, I have practiced three hanging money every day, and I have long been familiar with the weight of gossip money, and now I change the gossip money to a key, and I obviously feel a little unable to control it when I shake my wrist.

The first time the key was thrown, it made an ugly arc in the air and landed directly on the eighth step without touching the interlocking edge.

After that, I shook off the white candlestick three more times, but each time the key could not touch the copper lock.

Li Huaishan was a little impatient, and muttered on the spot: "Why are you throwing it so inaccurately?" ”

I gave him a blank look: "If I throw it directly, I will definitely be able to hit the lock, but the question is, what is the use of me hitting it, can I get the key to pierce the keyhole, I don't use the yang wire, can I turn the key?" ”

Li Huaishan scratched his neck a little irritably: "Then what to do now, you can't let the key touch the lock, let alone pierce him into the lock hole." ”

"You can't be in a hurry about this kind of thing," I let out a long breath, not only to comfort Li Huaishan, but also to comfort myself: "As long as I get used to the weight of the key first, I will soon be able to control it with the yang line." ”

This sentence is really just a comfort.

I kept shaking off the yang line and slowly experiencing the subtle difference in weight between the key and the copper coin, which was particularly uncomfortable, as if a person who had long been accustomed to writing with his right hand suddenly tried the pen in his left hand and was asked to write better than his right hand.

After hundreds of times of common sense, I finally got used to the weight of the key, and I could make it very close to the copper lock, but I only got used to its weight, not its shape.

If the thing tied to the top of the stick was gossip money, I could get it through the gap less than a millimeter wide, but the shape of the key was irregular, and I couldn't get the top of it into the keyhole.

No way, just keep trying, this kind of thing really requires a lot of patience.

I can't count how many times I've missed, Li Huaishan has become very irritable, he has been pacing around behind me, and all I can do is ignore him and take the trouble to throw out the yang line.

On the contrary, the old man standing on the ninth staircase was very quiet.

Once, I was very lucky to put the key into the keyhole, but unfortunately when I twisted the key, I used a little more force, and I pulled the yang wire violently, and the key was pulled out entirely.

At that moment, I was really a little anxious, but fortunately, I knew that it was useless to be anxious at such a time, so I forcibly calmed myself down and threw out the yang line again.

The only thing I'm worried about now is that I won't be able to return to the ghost string tomorrow morning, and maybe by the time I throw out the yang line again and again, the competition will be over.

No matter what, love is whatever, I'll open the lock first.

I don't know how many attempts I made, I finally relied on the subtle control of the yang wire to get the key into the lock hole, but at this moment, there was a long sound of "snort-la-" behind me.

The noise was completely unexpected, I was startled, my wrist flicked, and the key came out of the lock hole again.

I turned around impatiently and glanced at Li Huaishan.

I saw that the cargo was holding a grocery bag in the palm of his hand, and the bag seal had just been torn in half.

Seeing my angry look, Li Huaishan swallowed his saliva and said slowly: "I'm hungry and want to eat something." ”

I ignored him and threw out the yang line again, this time the key failed to penetrate the keyhole, and then I calmed down a little and threw out the yang line again, and the key went into the hole smoothly.

You have to hurry, Li Huaishan obviously ate so many things, but now he feels hungry, which means that a long time has passed.

I flipped my wrist little by little, controlling the rotation of the key while making sure it didn't fall out of the keyhole.

This time I didn't have the energy to fail, and under my control, the key smoothly turned 180 degrees, and I heard a crisp "click", and the lock nose finally popped open.

The old man standing on the staircase of the ninth section beckoned to us: "Come up." ”

When I retracted the yang line, I felt that my head was confused, and I almost fell to the ground, but I was still in Li Huaishan's eyes, and I quickly ran up to help me steady.

"What's wrong with you?" Li Huaishan asked anxiously.

I took a moment to ease my mind before waving my hand at him, "It's okay, I'm just a little tired, just take a little rest." ”

In order to adapt to the weight of the key and its shape as quickly as possible, I had to maintain a high level of concentration every time I threw out the yang line.

Draining my energy for a long time really makes me a little overwhelmed.

Li Huaishan immediately took out an energy bar from his backpack, peeled it off and handed it to me.

I took a big bite, chewed it carefully, and swallowed the rich chocolate-flavored crumbs into my stomach in two parts.

Li Huaishan looked up at the spiral ladder and let out a long breath: "I can finally see that cat." ”

After eating high-calorie food, I felt that my state was much better, so I straightened up a little and said to Li Huaishan: "We have only passed four levels, and there is still one level behind." ”

Li Huaishan crossed his hands and asked me, "You say, what does this cat want to do?" first let you eat, and then let you smash the door, the first two items are easy to say, but then why did you break the chess game, and let you open such a troublesome lock? What kind of heart does it have? ”

I smiled: "Breaking the chess game, I want to see if I can recognize the ghost text on the chessboard, I think, it probably wants to determine what kind of yin I am." ”

Li Huaishan: "Why is there any kind of inconsistency?" What do you mean? ”

"Listen to me," I said to him as patiently as possible: "Yin and Yin are not the same, Da Hei once said that from the Tang Dynasty to the present, there are no more than ten Yin Differences who can understand ghost texts, and it seems that only people who can understand ghost texts can be regarded as a member of Yin Cao." As for letting me pick the lock, I think it is to see my three-hanging money skills, and on the other hand, it is also to see if I am a patient person. ”

Li Huaishan shrugged his shoulders: "Well, I really convinced you, as far as you have this kind of patience, ordinary people really don't have it." ”

I suddenly became proud: "I call it perseverance." ”

Li Huaishan rolled his eyes: "Okay, don't put gold on your face, okay?" Hey, you say, next, how will that cat be difficult for you? ”

I finished eating half of the energy bar in my hand and licked my lips: "Next, it's time to test my Taoism." Seriously, I'm more confident in my kung fu and mind, but I'm really weak. ”

Li Huaishan: "What do you mean to be weak, are you very weak?" ”

I gave him a blank look: "You're not as good as me!" ”

We were making a lot of noise here, when we heard the old man's voice from the top of the spiral staircase: "Two, go upstairs." ”

Since everyone was urging, Li Huaishan and I didn't delay any longer, and immediately went up the stairs to the fourth floor.

The layout of each floor is more or less the same, and on the east wall of this floor there is also an ink painting with clear ink blots, so that you can clearly see the mountains above, the trees above, as well as the streams and the fine grass, and on the largest branch of the pine, a piece has indeed been erased.

In addition to this, since this is the top floor, there is no spiral staircase leading to the roof, but a curtain is erected near the west wall, and the light behind the curtain is dim, but a person is faintly visible sitting behind it, a woman with very long hair.

The old man took me and Li Huaishan to the curtain, and then went downstairs alone.

I tilted my head sideways, trying to see what the people behind the curtain were like, but to no avail.

At this time, a very old voice came from the curtain: "You are not the fixed door of the family. ”

"I'm yincha," I replied casually, and then asked her, "Aren't you a tiger master?" ”

The other party was silent for a moment before asking me, "How do you know I'm not?" ”

I said, "I still haven't passed one level." ”

She suddenly laughed: "Hehehe, everyone in the family is very smart, and you are no exception." I'm the owner of Shiling Street, and they all call me Granny Dui. ”

I stretched out my hand and pointed to the curtain: "The thing you are holding in your arms is the cat, right?" ”

After another moment of silence, the old lady did not answer my question, but said, "If you want to take Huzi away, you must meet one of its conditions." ”

I still tilted my head to the other side of the curtain and said, "What conditions?" ”

Old Lady: "Establish a blood pact with it, promising to give it half of its soul to eat after death." ”

I raised my chin towards the curtain, "Can you let me see your cat first?" ”

The old lady asked me, "Why are you in such a hurry?" ”

I said, "If it's too ugly, I won't think about getting it." ”

Hearing my words, Li Huaishan immediately stared at me with wide eyes, and that look was similar to looking at an idiot.

The old lady did not respond to my seemingly unreasonable request, she just clapped her hands on the other side of the curtain, and the old man who had led us upstairs immediately came from the side of the spiral staircase, and now he had an extra tray in his hand, and two rolls of rice paper and a sharp knife were displayed on the plate.

When he dragged the plate to me, I immediately reached for the paper roll on the plate, but before I could touch it, the old lady's voice came from behind the curtain: "As long as you sign this blood contract, you can not only take away our tiger, but also open the door of the Netherworld Treasure." ”

(End of chapter)