After once again overdrafting his magic power to heal the snake demon, Li Mu dragged his exhausted body back home.
Although the injury she suffered was not serious, the monster's body has an amazing recovery power. Coupled with Li Mu's careful treatment, she could return to the way she was before the injury in as little as half a month or as long as a month.
In this way, Li Mu will feel much less guilty.
In the following time, while Li Mu and Liu Hanyan were planning to build a haunted house, they also took time to come to Bishui Bay to help the snake demon heal. The county government did not pay much attention to it.
Fortunately, with Li Qing protecting him, Capt. Zhou wouldn't say anything.
As Li Mu and Liu Hanyan worked day and night, half a month later, all preparations for the haunted house were completed.
The plaque of "Sihai Bookstore" has been removed and replaced with the two characters "Youdu".
The two words "Youdu" were specially written by Liu Hanyan. The font is so charming and strange that it makes people feel a little scared after just one glance. It also attracted many people to stop.
Most people are familiar with the word "Youdu".
After all, in the stories about ghosts and ghosts they have heard since childhood, "Youdu Ghostland" is a place name that appears very frequently.
Rumor has it that in the northwest of Zuzhou, 3,600 miles away where the terrain tends to be low, where the sun sets, there is a dark place called "Youdu".
Covered, it is a country among ghosts.
Regarding the description of Youdu, both the ghost stories passed down from generation to generation by the people and the legends circulated among the people are all mentioned.
Inside the open door of the shop, it was pitch black, and it seemed that it really led to that ghostly place. With the weird word "Youdu", many people would feel terrified after taking one look at it.
It is human nature to watch the excitement, so a strange new store opened on the street naturally attracted a lot of attention.
Many people gathered at the door of the store, looking inside and talking quietly.
"What kind of store is this? Why haven't I seen it before?"
"Why does a good store have such an evil name..."
"I remember this used to be a bookstore. Later, the bookstore owner's son died and he sold the bookstore..."
"Does anyone know what this store does?"
…
While everyone was discussing, a few waiters brought out a table, placed a piece of silver on the table, and said to everyone: "If any of you dare to enter the store and walk around, this piece of silver will be yours."
As soon as this statement came out, the crowd was in an uproar again.
"really?"
"real or fake?"
"I'm afraid there are ten taels of silver. If you walk around the store, you will be given ten taels of silver. What kind of medicine does the shopkeeper sell in his gourd?"
…
Ten taels of silver is not a small amount of money. It is enough for ordinary people to spend a year, and it is much more. Many people immediately became jealous.
However, no matter how excited you are, everyone knows that this money is not so easy to get. No one would give away such a large sum of money for no reason. There must be something fishy in it.
That piece of white money attracted many people, and more and more people gathered to watch, but still no one dared to go in.
"I come!"
At a certain moment, a strong man walked out from the crowd and asked the waiter at the door: "If I go around inside, these ten taels of silver are mine?"
The waiter nodded and said, "This is what our shopkeeper said."
The strong man turned around and said to everyone: "This is what they said personally. As long as I come out of it, these ten taels of silver will be mine. Please bear witness to me!"
"Go in, go in!"
"Look what's in there!"
Amid the cheers of the crowd, the strong man strode into the shop.
The inside of the shop was pitch dark, and no one could see any way outside. They could only hear the shouts of big men coming from inside from time to time, which even made their hearts twitch.
Although they knew that these ten taels of silver were not easy to earn, what was inside could make the seven-foot-strong man scream in agony. Everyone was curious, but no one dared to go in and take a look.
After a while, the big man walked out tremblingly. His face was extremely pale and he had to hold on to the table to stand steady.
He looked at the waiter feebly and asked, "Can I take these ten taels of silver?"
The boy shrugged and said, "It's yours."
The big man took the silver and was immediately surrounded by an excited crowd.
"Tell me what's in there..."
"What was your name just now?"
"What's in it..."
The big man was surrounded by everyone, straightened his back, and said: "It's nothing, a few guys who are pretending to be scary can only scare those who are timid..."
Someone asked in disbelief: "It's really nothing scary?"
The big man shook his head and said, "No."
"Why are your legs trembling without you?"
…
The big man squeezed out of the crowd with the silver and walked away. When he reached the Yunyan Pavilion Theater, he looked around and saw that no one was paying attention, so he immediately ducked in.
At the entrance of "Youdu", everyone stayed where they were, looking inside the shop.
Finally, I had the courage to step forward and ask the waiter: "I'll go in and take a look around. Do you still have ten taels of silver?"
The waiter shook his head and said: "There are no more than ten liang. Anyone who enters after the first one will be rewarded with a penny as long as he can walk out on his own."
"Tsk, it's only a penny!"
"Who are you looking down on!"
"Let's go, let's go!"
Hearing that there was no reward of ten taels of silver, most people left in a hurry. The big man screamed so miserably just now, and they were also afraid. Ten taels of silver was still worth the risk, so forget about one penny...
Most of the people watching dispersed, but a small number stayed.
They are not coveting the penny, they are just out of curiosity. In addition to watching operas and listening to music, they don't have much entertainment on weekdays. This shop called "Youdu" has no idea what it is doing.
It gives people a sense of novelty.
Finally, someone couldn't help their curiosity and walked into the store. The windows in the store had long been sealed. Even during the day, the store was completely dark. There was only a candlestick placed every few steps, exuding the light.
A faint shimmer.
One person took two steps out of curiosity, and suddenly a ghostly face appeared in front of him.
The ghost's green-faced fangs were so ferocious and terrifying that his tongue stuck out three inches, almost scaring his soul away. In panic, he immediately punched the green-faced ghost in the face, only to hear the ghost say "Ouch"
"With a cry, he hugged his face and kept wailing.
The man was stunned for a moment: "Is it a human?"
The green-faced ghost covered his face and said, "Sir, you are too harsh..."
Only then did the man remember what the man said just now, and suddenly said: "It turns out he is a ghost in disguise..."
After realizing that the shop was full of fake ghosts, he immediately became much more courageous and walked forward swaggeringly. After a while, he encountered the Hanged Ghost, the Drowned Ghost, the Headless Ghost, and a horned man with a horn popping out of the corner of his mouth.
toothy zombie...
Even though he was well prepared, he was still startled when these "ghosts" jumped out of the darkness. When he walked out of the store, his feet were already weak.
A waiter stood at the door and asked with a smile: "Sir, how do you feel? Is it exciting?"
The man wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said: "It's so damn exciting..."
Although he was frightened many times by the startling ghosts inside, he had to admit that it was also the same thing. Walking around in this "Secret City", he did experience something that could not be experienced in places such as brothels and brothels.
Stimulate.
Who hasn't been frightened when hearing about ghosts and monsters before? They usually stay away from monsters and ghosts, but this is the first time they have such a close contact.
Even though I knew those were all fake, I still felt a fresh sense of excitement when I was scared.
In "Youdu", Li Mu was wearing white clothes and disheveled hair. After scaring a guest so much that he ran away and lost his shoes, a smile appeared on his pale "ghost face".
A lot of fear has accumulated in his body, which shows that it is feasible to absorb fear by pretending to be a ghost and scaring people.
Although there are not many customers today, as long as the store promotes it more and shouts out the slogan of big opening bonus and free tour of "Secret City", I believe that his fear will be satisfied in a few days.
At that time, as long as he has enough courage, he can directly condense his soul and completely get rid of the death curse of the street veteran.
When he thought of this, Li Mu became very motivated. He suddenly appeared next to a girl who had just entered the haunted house. He grinned and said solemnly: "I died so miserably, give me back my life..."
"Wow!"
The girl was so frightened that she collapsed and cried. After her body trembled for a while, Li Mu's feet became wet...
