Chapter 10: The Cowardly Old Ghost
The sky has already revealed the white belly of the fish, and I don't know where the light comes from, and the gloomy basement is slightly gloomy, but it is not invisible. In the dim light, the empty basement was quite spacious, and the bookshelves on all sides were lined up, filled with all kinds of books, most of which were ancient books bound in threads, and some of them even had mutilated and damaged pages, which could be seen to be quite old.
The old ghost loved to read before his death, of course he didn't dare to think when he was a wild ghost in the past, since he had a place to settle down, he immediately "bad habits are hard to change", these books are all "property" he has obtained by various means in the past four years, and there are many even precious ancient books, if these books are put on the market to buy, the value is only afraid to exceed Li Xiao's house.
has the old ghost, a special book thief, which has benefited Li Xiao and Xiao Shanzhen, two guys who only love to read books and illustrations, and have gained a lot of knowledge. It is the basement in front of me, which is also rebuilt according to the pattern contained in an ancient book, implying an ancient formation, called the Nine Gang Gathering Yin Array. This formation is a clever way to bring sunlight directly from the rooftop into the basement, but there is no hint of it from the outside. During the day, the pure yang power of the sunlight shining here is reduced to the weakest, and even on dog days when the sun is at its most intense, the old ghost can move freely in this basement. When the night is deeper, the moonlight here is several times brighter than the outside, as bright as day, and the moonlit night essence contained in it is several times stronger than the outside.
When Li Xiao walked into the basement, the old ghost was sitting cross-legged on the ground, holding a missing corner in one hand and pressing it on his forehead like a small tile. Hearing the sound of Li Xiao walking in, the old ghost closed one eye, opened one eye abruptly to look at Li Xiao, and quickly closed it again.
Walking behind the wide boss's desk, Li Xiao picked up a rag doll on the seat, shook it casually, and sat down. The rag doll fell to the ground and rolled around, and a streamer flashed on its body, revealing the original form of the small mountain. It stretched long, muttered a few indistinct words, staggered to the couch to the side, and lay down heavily. After a few moments, its snoring gradually subsided, and the streamer on its body disappeared, turning into an ordinary flannel toy again.
Resting his feet comfortably on the table, Li Xiao lit a cigarette and took a comfortable puff, and took a leisurely puff of smoke. Glancing at the old ghost with slanted eyes, Li Xiao shook his head and said helplessly: "It's useless, old ghost, just rest! Are you stupid to read a book? Are you a ghost? Do you really think you are a cultivator? Do you still want to learn the Fa? Besides, you can learn the magic by sticking a piece of something on your forehead, and you also believe this?"
The old ghost ignored Li Xiao, still sitting motionless, and after a while, he took the small tile off his forehead and muttered: "The book clearly says that thousands of years ago, when the Xiuzhen sect was at its peak, it was all sealed in the jade slip with secret techniques, and as long as you penetrate the jade slip with spiritual sense, you can naturally read the secret of the spell in it." I obviously feel that there is a mana fluctuation in this piece of jade, how can I not read the secret of the spell? There is really no reason!"
Li Xiao puffed the smoke while looking at the old ghost with sympathy, and sneered: "You old guy, I think you will go crazy sooner or later." Okay! I really have this kind of jade slip, you can see for yourself that piece of tattered in your hand can be called a 'jade slip'? I can take any broken tile from the pit of the dead and use it as a treasure, I really obey you old thing. ”
The old ghost's eyes suddenly bulged, and he said dissatisfiedly: "What is the 'dead man's pit'? It is obviously an ancient tomb." ”
Xiao Shan, who was snoring on the sofa, turned over at this time, heard the two of them talking, and muttered in a daze: "This old thing is not going crazy sooner or later, but it has been crazy for a long time......"
The old ghost gave the little mountain a disdainful look, and stood up with a frown, and groaned as he walked through the basement while looking at the small tile in his hand in confusion.
Li Xiao didn't bother to pay attention to him, tilted his head and swallowed the clouds, until Meimei finished smoking a cigarette, then let out a long breath and said, "Okay, old ghost, don't dangle around." After a busy night's work tonight, I finally got something out of it. Two news, one good news and one bad news, which one do you want to hear first?"
The old ghost twisted his head, his mouth almost touched the root of his ear, and said disdainfully: "I love to say it, I don't want to hear it!"
"Damn! I don't have any sense of humor. Li Xiao muttered dissatisfiedly and said, "Let's sue you for the bad news first! ”
Li Xiao's words immediately made the old ghost throw all his disguised disdain out of the clouds. He was stunned, and suddenly his body slid down, and he floated straight to Li Xiao, and then bent down to sit down, and a chair a few feet away automatically slid and held his ass. The old ghost looked at Li Xiao with a nervous face and asked, "How many people are here, who are they?"
"It's four abilities, and the depth of ability and strength are all visible, but those guys are especially good at posing. Li Xiao said with deep feelings: "Generally, only half a bucket of water will be put on the score." Powerful people are very low-key, like me. So looking at their arrogant appearance, I don't think these guys should be very powerful characters, and it seems that Interpol doesn't seem to care much about this case. ”
The old ghost rarely didn't bother with Li Xiao's self-boasting, shook his head worriedly, and said, "Don't take it lightly! Unlike cultivators, they have another set of methods called 'science' to train and improve themselves, even if they are second-rate goods, they may be more difficult to deal with than those cultivators who know magic." ”
Li Xiao rolled his eyes and said disdainfully: "Difficult to deal with? A few small shrimps, can it be more difficult to deal with than a monster of the Ninth Heaven of Qi Accumulation?"
"Alas, you can't take it lightly!" the old ghost sighed disapprovingly, and asked again: "By the way, Officer Zhang is looking for you late at night, is there something wrong again?"
"What else could it be? Of course, the teenagers were killed. This time Li Daocheng also went, he felt as if he was killed by a cultivator of the evil sect, but he didn't know whether to refine the evil weapon or train the ghost servant. ”
The old ghost frowned and asked, "What about those supernatural officers, what do they think?"
Li Xiao said indignantly: "There is a opinion, those guys said that I was a jobless vagrant, and also said that Li Daocheng was a god stick, and then drove us all back." However, Li Daocheng is going to do a spiritualist ritual in three days to see if he can bring back the souls of those young people, and I will follow him to see when the time comes. ”
"Do you want to sue Li Daocheng, there is Yi Feng, a monster. ”
"No need, this person has no time to commit the crime, and he should have nothing to do with this case. ”
The old ghost frowned and thought for a moment before he said, "Then what about the good news? What is the good news?"
Li Xiao slowly lit a cigarette, slowly swallowed a few puffs of smoke, and saw that the old ghost's expression was close to going crazy, so he smiled and said: "The good news is that I met that weird guy just now, and he personally admitted to me that he didn't come here to grab land with us, and said that he would deal with any trouble himself." ”
"Is this good news?" the old ghost frowned and said bitterly, "Why don't you just kill him?"
Li Xiao looked at the old ghost speechlessly, and said earnestly: "Old fellow, I know that you admire me very much, but although you idol me and I are very capable, it doesn't mean that you can be flattened whoever you want." That guy is a powerful monster in the Ninth Heaven of Qi, do you think I can easily kill him? Even if I have this ability, I'm afraid that there will be a lot of noise, and it will be easy to alarm other people, and besides, that guy can still fly. ”
"Again, if you might alarm other people, then don't do it, we have to keep a low profile. The old ghost nodded again and again, and then asked after a deep sigh, "But this guy can't do anything if he doesn't leave! What the hell is he going to do here?"
"Looking for someone!" Li Xiao blew a puff of smoke and said, "To be specific, it's to find a woman! ”
"Oh, I'm just looking for a woman!" the old ghost's face relaxed, and he let out a long sigh, and said, "Then you can help him! In order to send this plague god away, it doesn't matter if you break a little fee! Don't tell me that you don't know where to find this kind of woman, you often walk around outside, you must have done this kind of thing secretly......"
"Ahem, cough!" Li Xiao didn't catch up when he heard it, he almost choked to death from the smoke, and scolded angrily: "You old bastard! Where did you think of it? He didn't come specifically to find a woman, he was looking for someone here, that person happened to be a woman, that's the case, it's not what you think, understand? You old pervert, I have convinced you." ”
The old ghost stared at Li Xiao for a while, then let out a reluctant moan, sat down on the sofa, and muttered, "I have a feeling that this guy will definitely cause us trouble." For so many years, I have become familiar with living in a lively city, and there are two friends here, you and Xiaoshan, I really don't want to go back to the mountains to hide, it's so boring to be alone!
"It's really useless!" Li Xiao puffed out of smoke and looked up to the sky and sighed: "Other monsters are hiding in the deep mountains and old forests to cultivate, and others won't come out, but you are good, you like to join in the fun in crowded places, but you are so timid that you think it is thunder when others fart." Alas, it's a strange thing that you, an old thing, have been in the world for hundreds of years and still haven't died. ”
"Crows, don't laugh at the black dog, big brother, don't talk about the second brother. The old ghost's chin curled up a few goatees, and he said angrily: "You are so promising, and I don't see you hiding in the mountains to cultivate?"
Li Xiao smiled and said, "Can you compare with me? I am a human, not a monster." Oh, by the way, I'm not going to talk nonsense with you, I saw that guy just now, and he said something very strange, he said that he and that woman 'see each other every life,' what do you mean? You know what?"