According to the traditional customs of China.

July is the ghost month, and July 15 is the ghost festival, also known as the mid-year festival.

In Buddhism, it is called Obon.

Legend has it that on the fifteenth day of July, the ghost gate of the underworld was opened.

The souls of the dead who have not entered the reincarnation can be escorted by the ghost messenger on this day and return to the world through the ghost gate.

Visiting relatives and friends, but wishing, and at the same time receiving the "alms" that people 'burned' for them, such as paper money, paper-tied clothes, cars, horses, houses, etc.

In most regions, it is customary to ask a monk or Taoist priest to recite a mantra on this day, and to surpass the resentful soul.

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Two years later.

Early morning.

High in the woods.

Yu Ke was holding a peachwood sword, his upper body was bare, his eyes were slightly closed, he was engrossed, and he practiced the demon subduing sword technique one by one.

Drops of sweat slipped down Yu Ke's chest and back, wetting the waistband of his pants.

In the past two years, Yu Ke's hair has not been trimmed, so it has grown a lot, and it is 256 centimeters long.

The long hair was tied back by Yu Ke with a hairpin, leaving only a few bangs on the forehead fluttering in the wind.

The hairstyle has changed, and Yu Ke's temperament has also changed a lot.

From the courage and evil spirit when he first entered the world of the Republic of China, to easy-going and carefree.

In the past two years, he has recited the Taoist scriptures every day and cultivated the Maoshan Condensing Divine Treasure Urn, and Yu Ke's state of mind has become more and more in line with the Taoist tranquility and inaction.

After practicing the demon subduing sword technique several times, Yu Ke slowly retracted.

Su Su, the little fox sitting on the branch of the tree, pillowed his hands behind his head, rippling with white and tender bare feet, with a dog's tail grass in his mouth, and watched Yu Ke practice martial arts boredly.

Seeing that Yu Ke had finished practicing his daily fist and foot kung fu, marksmanship, and swordsmanship, Su Su threw over a clean towel.

Then he jumped down from the tree, landed lightly on the ground, and put on a pair of white embroidered cloth shoes.

"Master, when are you going to take me to town again?" Su Su said.

Yu Ke wiped the sweat on his body, glanced at her, and said lightly: "After a while, I'll take you there after a while." ”

Su Sudai's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and she pouted:

"You said the same thing ten days ago!"

"Then we'll talk about it in another ten days." Yu Ke replied.

Su Su stared at Yu Ke with wide eyes and looked at Yu Ke without blinking.

"You go back first, Knorr should have already cooked the meal."

Yu Ke said as he returned the peachwood sword to the sheath and threw it to Su Su. He walked in the direction of the mountain spring.

Su Su caught the peachwood sword, stomped his feet angrily, jumped on the branch, and left the high forest after a few starts.

In the past two years, this little fox has become more and more human under the influence of Yu Ke and a few others.

In the past two years, Yu Ke has not allowed Su Su to eat a mouthful of blood or raw meat.

At first, due to Yu Ke's obscenity, Su Su didn't dare to eat.

Later, after getting used to eating cooked rice, I no longer thought about eating blood food.

He even showed an aversion to the bloody raw meat.

Yu Ke could see that most of this fox demon was not acting, and he let go of his vigilance against her a lot.

But he still retains a little vigilance, after all, this fox demon has eaten human flesh.

Yu Ke took off his clothes and jumped into the pool.

Wash yourself with a towel, get back to the shore, get dressed, and walk back to the cabin.

At this time, Master Simu Daoist had just gotten up and was offering incense to Master Zu in the mourning hall.

After Yu Ke waited for the four-eyed Taoist to finish the incense, he also stepped forward to put on three incense sticks.

When he came to the dining table and sat down, Su Su was fiddling with a fox clay puppet.

This fox clay puppet was a gift from the next door to Qinqing.

Two years have passed, and Qin Jing and Su Su have become good sisters who talk about everything.

Qinqing taught Su Su many things, from dressing, talking and talking, to human customs and rules.

He even taught her to read.

It saved a lot of effort.

Su Su is also willing to learn.

After Jia Le brought all the food to the table, he went to call the next door to Qinqing, and after a while, the two of them sat down together on the edge of the square table.

Master Ikyu was out of the house a few days ago, so he's not here. And it won't be back for at least a month or two.

Knorr handed the chopsticks to everyone one by one.

After Su Su took the chopsticks, he said crisply: "Thank you, Senior Brother Knorr~"

Knorr smiled.

The little fox hasn't learned much else, but his skills are first-class.

In addition to Yu Ke and Master Yixiu who have always been unpretentious to her, even the four-eyed Taoist has been much kinder to her.

Su Su blinked her beautiful eyes and asked, "Brother Jia Le, when are you going to town?" Can you buy me something? ”

Jia Le's face was bitter when he heard this, and he didn't dare to agree.

Since Su Su followed Yu Ke to the town once, he has been lingering there.

After that, every time I went to the town with Yu Ke, I had to buy this and that.

Including all kinds of food, all kinds of toys that children can play with.

All kinds of rouge gouache, skirt embroidered shoes.

There was even a time when he dressed up as a man and wanted to enter the Qinglou to have a look, but was kicked back by Yu Ke.

Yu Ke didn't care much about money, so he let her, but he made her more and more used to it.

Always clamoring to go to town, which annoys Yu Ke.

I was also entangled with my brother, and every time I went to town, I had to carry a lot of things back.

Once or twice, no one is happy.

Hearing Su Su mention the town, the four-eyed Taoist elder remembered something and asked:

"Kezhi, where is the Maoshan Condensing Treasure now?"

Yu Ke replied: "The second layer is almost complete, and the mana has already condensed eighteen wisps. ”

The four-eyed Taoist nodded approvingly and exclaimed:

"If you have the qualifications of your master, it is estimated that your master's cultivation is not as high as mine."

The four-eyed Taoist said again: "Yesterday, you sent a letter from the Ninth Master, asking me to go to Renjia Town. Will you come with me? ”

Su Su's eyes lit up when he heard this.

"Well, it just so happens that I haven't been to town in a long time." Yu Ke nodded.

The four-eyed Dao chief sighed and said, "Those two apprentices of your Ninth Master are in trouble again!" ”

"These two boys are so adult, and they are still so ignorant."

"Senior Brother Nine too, I'm too used to these two boys."

Yu Ke's expression moved slightly, put down his chopsticks, and asked, "What happened?" ”

Simu Dao said: "Wasn't it Halloween a few days ago?" ”

"Several ghosts escorted hundreds of ghosts from the underworld and came to Renjia Town to collect alms. I'm watching the play from the stage. ”

"Qiusheng and Wencai, these two stupid boys, I don't know which tendon I made the wrong one, and I used the soul fixing charm to freeze the four ghosts of the other family and let go of hundreds of ghosts."

"If it weren't for the fact that my Maoshan faction had a little face below, these two stupid boys would probably have been caught in the eighteenth layer of hell under the underworld."

Yu Ke also sighed: "These two troublemakers really don't make people worry. ”

Simu said long: "But isn't it, this matter has caused trouble in the underworld." ”

"Judge Chen, who is in charge of the Yin Division of Yuedi, said that he will only give him a month at most, and he must catch as much as he runs, otherwise he will report it to my Maoshan Patriarch."

"At that time, not only will your Ninth Master lose face, but our Maoshan faction will also become the laughing stock of the major factions in the cultivation world!"