Shi Xuan's previous incarnations, Du Bai and Xu Tianqi, were classmates for eight years and had a good friendship with each other. However, Xu Tianqi went on a wandering career and did not see each other again. It was not until Xu Laodao passed away and the Xu family held a funeral that Du Bai saw Xu Tianqi again.
After that, we haven’t seen each other for almost a year now.
Because Shi Xuan had received the true transmission of Xu Lao Taoism, the Xu family was familiar with it, and knew that Taoism was magical, so they did not come to make trouble after the funeral when Shi Xuan declined their invitation, but they also remained indifferent.
Attitude.
"Senior Brother Xu, long time no see, how are you doing?" Although Shi Xuan was surprised, he quickly calmed down his emotions.
Xu Tianqi was a little embarrassed, but he quickly covered it up and said with a smile: "Junior brother Shi, I have been hanging out in the world these years and rarely spend time at home. But you have been practicing behind closed doors. I think you will make great progress."
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Shi Xuan saw that Xu Tianqi seemed to have something to do, so he said, "Senior Brother Xu, if you don't mind, go inside and drink some tea."
Xu Tianqi breathed a sigh of relief: "I'm very happy."
The two entered the small courtyard. Because Xu Tianqi was a relatively familiar person and knew the place very well, Shi Xuan took him to sit down at the stone table in the corner of the small courtyard, and then went into the kitchen to make a pot of tea.
Came back.
After serving tea to each of them, Shi Xuan said with a smile: "Senior Brother Xu has such a great reputation in the world. I, a little Taoist who never leaves home and doesn't hear anything outside the window, have heard about it."
"No, no, it's just a favor given by friends in the world." Although Xu Tianqi said polite words, the proud expression on his face did not restrain at all.
"How could it be? In the restaurant, I can often hear that Senior Brother Xu, you pursued and killed 'Pink Swallow' for three days and six days and two nights, and finally killed this lewd thief."
As if he had been scratched, Xu Tianqi suddenly became excited and told the story again that Shi Xuan had heard several times, but from the perspective of people at the time, it had a different flavor.
Shi Xuan deliberately led the conversation, and the two of them talked lively about Xu Tianqi's career in the world. When Xu Tianqi returned to Xia'an Mansion this time and there were several guests, Xu Tianqi appeared outside the door again.
After hesitating for a long time with an embarrassed look on his face, seeing Shi Xuan just smiling and drinking tea, he had no choice but to speak out.
"Junior Brother Shi, Brother Yu came here to ask for something. I will repay you well after the thing is accomplished."
Shi Xuan smiled and said: "Oh, what you can't do, Senior Brother Xu, how can I, a little Taoist priest, do it."
Xu Tianqi smiled apologetically: "Junior brother Shi, you have learned great skills from your ancestors, and this job is just right for you." Then he continued before Shi Xuan could answer: "I am coming home this time, and I am traveling with you.
How did a few friends from the martial arts world know that after they came back, that annoying guy from the Xia family in the north of the city found out about him. He came to visit Yu Qiong all day long and often provoked me. Junior Brother Shi, you don't know, that Xia Wenhui is really hateful.
If it weren't for the fact that both of our families are members of the building, and we conspired to do some business in private, and the clan members prohibited us from fighting each other, I would have given him a lesson."
The Xia family was the original tycoon of Xia'an Mansion. It was the influence of Xiaoyulou, a famous gang in Jiangnan and Huainan, in Xia'an Mansion. It is said that the Xia family was the elder family when Xiaoyulou founded the gang, but it has never been a top-notch family since then.
The masters (the masters who achieved the acquired Zhoutian) gradually declined. After the Xu family became famous in the world, they quickly joined Xiaoyulou. Because the Xu family has many first-class masters, Xiaoyulou also values it very much.
Leave the private salt business in this area to the Xia family and the Xu family for cooperation.
After taking a sip of tea, he took a breath and saw that Shi Xuan kept smiling and listening, and then continued: "But in the past few days, that bastard Xia Wenhui actually planned to provoke me, and then made a bet with me while I was excited.
Whoever loses will say "I was wrong, I am not a human being" three times in front of Yu Qiong. In private, he will also give the other party a thousand taels of silver. The money is not important, the most fearful thing is losing it in front of Yu Qiong.
It’s a shame, hey.”
Shi Xuan, who has been troubled by money recently, was a little moved when he heard the bet of one thousand taels of silver, but it was just a heartbeat, and his rationality was still there, so he motioned to Xu Tianqi to continue, and it would not be too late to make an evaluation after listening.
"Our bet this time is to go to the haunted house in Qupeihe in the north of the city in three days. Each person will take two people with him and spend the night there. Whoever is scared enough to run out of the house first will lose. Junior Brother Shi, I know you
Taoism is magical, and it is the best at dealing with such ghosts. Moreover, the ghosts in this house never hurt people. They usually just scare people out of the house. At most, they will faint and throw them out. Junior Brother Shi, don't care about me.
Win or not, after this incident, I will give you a reward of five hundred taels of silver."
"Well, Senior Brother Xu, when did it start to spread that there was a ghost there? What kind of rumors are there usually?" Shi Xuan was a little excited when he heard that there was a ghost. This was the first time in his two lives that he might have seen a ghost. Although he knew
Now that you have embarked on the path of cultivation, you will probably hear and see ghosts, monsters, and demons more often in the future, but after all, it is very new now. Xu Laodao's education to Du Bai has always been based on cultivation, eliminating ghosts and slaying evil spirits.
It was just trivial, so I never took Du Bai to actually get rid of ghosts.
Of course, excitement is excitement, and you still need to find out all the rumors about this ghost, so that you can more accurately analyze its strength, so as not to get rid of the ghost in excitement, but get eliminated by the ghost instead, and the joke will be made.
Xu Tianqi was very happy to see Shi Xuan's tendency to agree, and immediately replied: "Most of that house was burned down in a fire thirteen years ago. It is said that many people were burned to death at that time, because there were too many people dead.
No one has been willing to buy this land to rebuild the house. Seven years ago, after things gradually calmed down, a wealthy businessman from the city bought the land and the land next to it to build a big house. However, it was not long before he moved in.
The ghost started to appear in the sky, and several famous monks and Taoists were invited, but none of them could drive the ghost away. On the contrary, it became more and more serious. People from wealthy businessmen were often frightened and fainted in the middle of the night, and then slept on the street the next day.
The wealthy businessman really had no choice but to move to another place. Then this big house changed several owners, and they were all frightened and moved away. Gradually, the name of the house spread, and no one dared to buy it.
It’s been abandoned there forever.”
After a pause, he continued: "In the past few years, some beggars or some brave people have lived in it, but without exception, they were either scared away or fainted and thrown out. Anyway, I have never heard of this ghost causing harm.
Which human life."
Shi Xuan judged from the age that this ghost was probably between the soul-nurturing period and the soul-strengthening period, because first of all, there was no sacrifice for this ghost, otherwise it would not be possible to scare people, and secondly, it had never harmed anyone, so it did not need blood food.
, this shows that the cultivation level is only to the point where you can simply absorb some yang energy. Therefore, there are probably some places near the Qupei River that have formed a place of yin energy. When you encounter the obsession of burning people, you become a yin ghost.
But this is a capital city with strong popularity, so the Yin Qi land is not of good quality, and the Yin ghosts formed will not grow at such an incredible speed.
This was just a preliminary inference. Shi Xuan then asked Xu Tianqi some indirect questions, mainly to determine whether the ghost's obsession was strong or weak, whether it was a ferocious obsession or a kind obsession. Finally, Shi Xuan said to Xu Tianqi: "
Senior Brother Xu, this matter happened suddenly, I still need to think about it." Seeing what Xu Tianqi was about to say, he hurriedly signaled not to say more, "Let's do this, at this time tomorrow, I will definitely give you an answer. Even if I don't go, I will
I will give you some talismans so that you can be prepared."
Seeing Shi Xuan's insistence, Xu Tianqi couldn't force anything, so he had to make an appointment for tomorrow, say goodbye and go home. Shi Xuan packed up and went out.
This afternoon, Shi Xuan went to various places in the city where there was a lot of information and inquired about it. He also inquired with the neighbors. He was basically able to confirm what Xu Tianqi said about the ghost, and then he felt relieved. He controlled his mood and practiced in the evening.
After finishing his homework, he checked the condition of the talisman on his body and went straight to the place where Qupei River curves in the north of the city. He took a real look at the environment around the house. Then he used the talisman to open his eyes and looked at the flow of Yin Qi.
The situation is indeed as judged by myself, and the quality of yin energy is not very good.
However, Shi Xuan did not enter the house. After all, he decided to accompany Xu Tianqi now, so there would be no difference between going now and going later.
As soon as noon arrived on the second day, Xu Tianqi couldn't wait to come to the door. Shi Xuan didn't put on airs and gave a direct reply in the affirmative. Xu Tianqi was overjoyed and sent him two hundred taels of silver after returning that day to show that he absolutely kept his promise.
As I said, no matter whether you win or lose, the money will never be less.
After Shi Xuan received the money, he did some calculations. It seemed that even if he didn't sell the yard, he would have enough money for his cultivation at this stage. But in the future, when he goes out, the yard will be empty, so he will definitely have to sell it, but he has more capital.
Waiting for a better price.
And according to Xu Laodao's experience, even if all the meridians of the whole body are connected to achieve the acquired Great Zhoutian, a large amount of food will still be needed to replenish the essence every day. Even when the soul enters the out-of-body period, it will not be able to achieve the true meaning of inedia, but it will be more tolerable than ordinary people.
The time is more than ten times longer, and you can go without food for about half a year, unless you reach the qi-entraining stage of practice. Therefore, although you can hunt game to replenish your qi when traveling in the future, it is best to have some money with you for emergencies.