It's August, Pingyang Town, a newly opened incense and candle shop at the end of the street is crowded.
In the store, A Ying, who had nothing to do, looked at Zhang Shaozong sitting at the fortune-telling stall at the door with a sad face.
"Shaozong, I think this is not good. The store has been open for seven days and there is not even a single customer."
"I have long said that business is not that easy."
Zhang Jizong, who was also sitting on the counter in the store with nothing to do, followed the conversation and spoke with a listless look on his face.
The last one, Yuan Bao, looked at the three of them and opened their mouths to speak but didn't know what to say. Zhang Shaozong spoke again.
"Everything is difficult at the beginning. There are no customers now just because we are new to the town and are not familiar with us and don't know our true abilities. Once we have the first customer, there will naturally be a steady stream of customers coming to our door."
However, after his cultivation had reached the fourth level of Qi training and he discovered that the efficacy of ginseng and other medicinal materials could improve his cultivation efficiency, Zhang Shaozong led three people to buy this shop and opened an incense and candle shop together. He is still there.
There was this fortune-telling stall set up at the door, with the eight characters "Reading fortunes, telling fortunes, exorcising evil spirits and curing ghosts" written on it.
As for the purpose, it is naturally to make money and eliminate demons. Making money can buy more medicinal materials to improve his practice efficiency. Eliminating demons, whether by killing ghosts, monsters or zombies, can bring him rewards.
Unfortunately, they have been open for seven days so far, but they haven't had a single customer.
However, Zhang Shaozong is not anxious about this, knowing that everything is difficult at the beginning. There are no guests now because the four of them are new to Pingyang Town. The people in the town are not familiar with them at all, and they do not know whether he has real ability.
, so it is normal that there are no customers now, but as long as a customer who has troubled ghosts and evil spirits comes to his door and is cured by him and his reputation spreads, then he will not lack business here in the future.
The aroma of wine is not afraid of the depth of the alley.
Zhang Shaozong is not in a hurry, and will practice cultivation when there is no business. Anyway, they are not in a hurry to make money immediately, so they don't believe that they can't wait for someone who is unlucky to meet ghosts and evil spirits.
Anyway, he also found out clearly that there were no Taoist priests or goddesses in the entire Pingyang Town.
"Yuanbao, please keep an eye on it for me. If anyone is there, call me at Bamboo Forest Residence."
After sitting at the stall for a while, seeing that there were still no customers, Zhang Shaozong told Yuan Bao and returned to Zhulin Residence alone.
...........
At night, on a hillside outside Pingyang Town, two sneaky figures of men carrying shovels came to a new grave.
"Don't be surprised if there are strange things. Don't be surprised if there are strange things."
The leader bowed a few times to the new tombstone, then picked up the shovel in his hand.
"Hurry up."
"Brother Qiang, really do it."
"If you don't do anything, I'll drink the northwest wind. Let me tell you, buried in this grave is Mr. Qian's favorite concubine. Mr. Qian likes this concubine so much that she will be buried without burial objects. The last order was not completed. This one is
If we succeed, you and I, my brothers, will also be rich."
"But we just encountered a ghost in the last order, and now we are digging someone's grave. Will we encounter it again?"
"Bullshit, I don't believe you and my brother can memorize ideas like that and encounter ghosts twice in a row."
"Besides, the last time I encountered a ghost, I can only blame you and me for being blind. Those four people opened an incense and candle shop in the town these days, and that person also set up a fortune-telling and fortune-telling stall to exorcise and cure evil spirits.
He is obviously a truly capable Taoist priest. The ghost we met and saw that night must have been raised by him. If we went to steal from such a person, it was either blindness or something. Fortunately, the other person was not the kind of Taoist priest with evil intentions, otherwise that night
We're afraid we'll die."
"But you have to believe that people will not always have good luck, but they will not always have bad luck. We failed last time, and tonight is the time for you and me to have good luck."
"Hurry up and dig a hole from the side to get in. We can bury it later."
With that said, the two started to take action.
Half an hour later, the hole was opened.
"It's OK...It's OK..."
Inside the thief's cave, the excited voices of the two people also sounded, and then about a moment passed.
"Roar!"
A low, beast-like roar suddenly sounded from inside the tomb, followed by frightened screams.
Soon, first a frightened figure emerged from the entrance of the cave, but the head of the second figure had just emerged from the entrance of the cave, and it seemed as if something was holding him inside the cave.
"Roar--"
There was another beast-like roar, and a pair of green eyes and a white figure could be vaguely seen in the thief's cave, merely grabbing the second person's feet.
"Brother Qiang, save me."
The man who was caught screamed in fear and looked at the man who ran out first for help. The latter looked at the pair of green eyes and figure in the thief's cave in horror and did not dare to step forward.
Swish——
Finally, in his sight, the captured man just struggled and persisted for less than ten breaths before being dragged in.
"ah!"
"Roar!"
Piercing screams and growls rang out one after another in the cave, along with scalp-numbing biting sounds.
The man who ran out didn't dare to stay anymore, turned around and ran away.
...........
In a flash, another seven days have passed, and half a month has passed since Zhang Shaozong and his four people opened the store. That afternoon, when they returned to the store from Zhulin Residence and were about to close the store as usual, they met a man with a pale face, dark circles under his eyes, and bloodshot eyes.
A frightened man who looked like he hadn't rested for many days walked towards the store.
Seeing Zhang Shaozong, the man seemed to have seen a life-saving straw and shouted quickly.
"Taoist Master, save me."
"It's you?"
Looking at the man, Zhang Shaozong's eyes narrowed slightly, and he recognized the man's identity at a glance, but it turned out that this man was one of the two thieves who had climbed over the wall and entered his bamboo forest residence to steal. He was the leader of the thief, named Zhuang.
powerful.
Hearing Zhang Shaozong's words, Zhuang Qiang suddenly knew that Zhang Shaozong recognized him. If he could, he didn't want to see Zhang Shaozong, but now his life was at stake. Apart from Zhang Shaozong, he really couldn't think of anyone else who could save his life, so he quickly apologized.
Call for help.
"Before, I was ignorant of Taishan and collided with the Taoist priest. I also looked at the Taoist priest and begged him for help."
As he spoke, Zhuang Qiang knelt down to Zhang Shaozong with a puff.
Zhang Jizong, A Ying, and Yuan Bao, who had already started packing up in the store, heard the noise and came out. They looked at Zhuang Qiang who was kneeling in front of Zhang Shaozong asking for help, and then looked at Zhang Shaozong.
"what happened?"
Zhang Shaozong directly used the Qi Watching Technique, and suddenly saw Zhuang Qiang's whole body covered with black energy, and there was a mixture of blood and light above his head. This was obviously a sign of a serious evil attack, and even his body had been infected by the evil energy. If he was not treated in time, he would be seriously injured.
A serious illness may result, and a serious illness may result in death.
"It hit something dirty."
After speaking to the three of them, Zhang Shaozong looked at Zhuang Qiang again.
"Tell me what the specific situation is."
At this time, many people on the street were also attracted here, and many people stopped to watch.
Zhuang Qiang looked at the crowd slowly gathering behind him and hesitated.