Chapter 2: The First Night of the Haunted House
In the twilight, the city of Shenluo City is more and more vivid, and the men and women on the streets are cheerful, and even in the early winter when the snow is falling, there are still various street vendors on both sides of the road. On both sides of the main road that runs through the north and south, it is full of tourists.
Although there is still more than a month before the official start of the Flower Capital Conference, many tourists from the south and north have already arrived here first. In the evening, as soon as the doors of each green building opened, a warm air with the fragrance of fat powder was baked first.
At this time, the literati and scholars on the street often felt that it was too cold outside, and they had to go into the green building to keep warm.
But when I arrived at the Qinglou, I often felt that the heating was too hot, and I had to take off my clothes to cool down.
When I take off my clothes, I often feel cold and cold, and I need to move.
Ultimately.
It's all to blame for the weather in Shenluo City, it's really hard to figure out.
The guy from the tooth shop led Li Chu and the fox girl to the mansion in the south of the city, which was said to be haunted, and talked a lot along the way.
"The ghost in that house is strange to say. It's not a particularly powerful evil, the first time it was haunted, the master asked the immortal chief of the nearby Taoist temple to get rid of it. β
"At the time, I thought it was just that, but who knew that the second night would be haunted again, and after that, it would be endless night after night, and no matter how much I killed, I couldn't kill it. The master's family had no choice but to invite a cultivator to live in the house for a while, but who knew that he could not find the reason. had no choice but to sell the house. Otherwise, such a good mansion, where would there be such a cheap price. β
"Haunted every night, no matter how you kill it, you can't kill it all?"
Li Chu's eyes brightened.
The guy looked at his sudden excitement and said in his heart, why doesn't this little Taoist priest feel that something is wrong?
However, he also looked like he was cultivating, and the guy didn't persuade him to do anything. According to what Li Chu and the shopkeeper discussed, they will stay here for one night first, and if they think they can, then they will talk about the specific delivery of the house tomorrow.
Bringing people to the mansion in the south of the city, the man handed Li Chu a bunch of keys.
"There is a mark on each set of keys, so you can go in on your own. If you match, come back to our store tomorrow. If...... If there is anything, go out and run forward, and there is a southern city view not far away......"
The man said a few more words, and then it was getting late, and a cool breeze blew, and he shivered.
"Okay, thank you. Li Chu took the key and nodded.
The guy hurriedly left like a smoke.
Li Chu took the fox girl into the house again and took a look.
But I don't know? This mansion is much bigger than it looks on the sand table, and as soon as you enter, it is very open, and the yard is empty, and there is only one well, which looks quite clean. Once you step in, the backyard is more expansive, and there are corridors connecting the wings.
The fox girl said happily: "Such a big house, re-decorating and renovating into a Taoist temple, it can be very magnificent." β
"Hmm. Li Chu agreed, then put down his burden and said, "Let's see the situation first." β
He scanned the circle with his eyes and eyes, but he didn't find any strong yin in the front and back of the house, so he simply stopped looking for it.
Instead, he took a chair and sat down in the courtyard, put his sword bag on his lap, and closed his eyes.
Horizontal sword in front of your knees, close your eyes and recuperate.
Then it got dark. The sun has set.
In the well in the courtyard, a stream of yin qi gradually surfaced. Surprisingly, this cloud of yin qi seems to have no origin? It appeared out of thin air. This has never happened before.
Snort β
A cold palm clutched at the edge of the well, and the nails on the pale palm were broken and the flesh was blurred, as if it had been grabbed from the bottom of the well.
"It smells of a living personβ"
With a faint ghostly scream, a face covered in black hair also slowly rose, followed by a plain white dress.
Syllable.
The woman crawled out of the well in black hair, covered in white, and walked forward on all fours in a strange position.
She smelled it, she saw it.
There is a vivid breath of life ahead.
She slowly approached.
Li Chu opened his eyes and quietly observed this ghost thing.
It's a little strange, how exactly did this ghost come to be?
The ghost creature also raised its eyes to look at Li Chu.
It's a little strange, isn't this man afraid of me?
The two sides just looked at each other, and the scene fell into a strange stalemate for a while......
After a while, maybe the ghost felt a little embarrassed to be like this, and felt that he should be more confident.
Anyway, she moved first.
She shook her head, letting her scarlet gaze peek through her hair, and exclaimed eerily, "I died so miserablyβ"
"How did you die?" Li Chu's expression remained unchanged, and he replied: "Expand and talk about it." β
Well?
The female ghost's simple mind obviously does not record how to deal with this reaction.
So she yelled in a more chilling voice, "I've been waiting for you for a long timeβ"
"Oh?" Li Chu was still not sad or happy, and asked rhetorically, "Do you know me?"
"......" The female ghost was completely furious.
I've worked hard to climb up from the bottom of the well, and you're going to talk to you about it?
Angry, she exerted all her limbs, twisted her body, and rushed towards Li Chu quickly!
Li Chu was naturally not afraid of this kind of ghost thing, which was equivalent to dozens of lantern monsters, but he was still very jealous.
Because......
If you don't control it well, you can destroy the house......
From now on, it will be its own Taoist temple.
So he carefully pulled out the Pure Yang Sword, carefully squeezed out a tenth of the spiritual power, and carefully handed it over, but the spiritual power was not triggered......
Boom.
The ghost thing exploded when it touched the tip of the sword slightly, but the strong pure yang sword qi still shattered a few pieces of the green bricks on the ground after killing the ghost thing.
"Alas. β
Li Chu sighed silently.
It seems that his micro-manipulation still needs to be practiced.
However, a tenth of the spiritual power was already too weak, and it was really difficult to peel off the finer parts.
In response to this situation......
Li Chu thought about it for a while and felt that maybe "dilution" was a solution.
It's just that how to dilute the spiritual power is not feasible, and it will take a long time to try.
After a while, the fox girl came out of the house and asked, "Master, is it all settled?"
"Well, you can talk to the master. Li Chu nodded lightly.
The fox girl followed her words, took out a jade furnace from her baggage, took out three long incense sticks, inserted them in the jade furnace, and ignited them.
Smoke curls.
I saw that the upward smoke floated for a while, and suddenly condensed in the air, turning into an ethereal human face, and gradually revealing the scene of the backyard of Deyunguan.
The locust tree, the stone table, and the old Taoist priest under the tree......
It turned out that this jade furnace was the treasure that Li Chu brought back in the gourd cave sky, and it could be used in conjunction with a magic mirror he got later.
Now the magic mirror is in Yu Qi'an's hand, and the object that the magic mirror is facing can be presented through the smoke.
But in Yu Qi'an's palm, the magic mirror showed Li Chu's appearance.
Quite a practical communication device.
"Master. β
Seeing the familiar old face full of superior demeanor, Li Chu called softly.
"Hehe, it's getting dark now, how is it, is it going well?" Yu Qi'an asked.
"Everything went well. Li Chu said: "It should be possible to establish the Deyun sub-view soon." β
"That's good. Yu Qi'an smiled, "There is a long way to go to open up a view in a strange place, and you still have to be careful in everything." In addition to being careful of evil, you also have to be careful of walking. β
"The disciple knows. Li Chu responded.
"By the way, I handed Xiao Bai three tips when I left, but I still keep them well?" the old Taoist priest asked again.
"Yes. The fox girl next to her immediately nodded.
She took out three exquisitely crafted bags from her baggage, held them up and showed Yu Qi'an, they were all bulging, and she didn't know what they contained.
"As a teacher, I can't go there in person, and those three tips are a little help I gave you. If you encounter something that can't be solved, open one. Yu Qi'an advised.
"Of course, if it's okay, don't open it and look at it. Don't open it all at once, save some use. β
"Hmm. β
"Also, don't get down to business. Yu Qi'an smiled again: "Always pay attention to the combination of work and rest, and go out for more shopping if you have nothing to do." I heard that last year's top 10 Oiran were of high quality, Hanakira...... Yuan Yayi...... I should participate again this year, this is very famous in Hangzhou, hehe, if you are twenty years younger......"
"Master, there's not much incense. Li Chu looked at the incense that had been burned for a full one percent, and said lightly: "Otherwise...... Let's talk about it next time. β
"Alas......" Yu Qi'an sighed, and finally said: "No matter what, you must bring my son back safely." β
"Hmm. Li Chu solemnly bowed: "The disciple will definitely bring Guo Xiaobao back to Deyunguan safely." β