Lao Cao said.
"Since you don't want to go to the underworld now, why not stay in my coffin shop and help me and Xiao Wu fight. Let's make an agreement first. I will only take care of your food and not pay."
When Wang Hu heard this, he was stunned for a moment.
Then I was so moved that I bowed to Lao Cao and me.
"Thank you, thank you both...thank you two for taking me in."
I thought to myself, this Wang Hu is not stupid, and he also knows that there are many benefits to staying in the coffin shop.
The coffin shop itself is a very dark place.
Even during the day, the yin energy in the shop is almost as strong as in the wilderness late at night.
Relatively weak ghosts like Wang Hu can wander around the store during the day - as long as they don't go out. It also has an effect on the stability of his soul.
In other words, as long as you stay in Lao Cao's coffin shop, you will slowly become stronger even if you don't practice the way of ghosts and do nothing. Just slower.
As long as he becomes stronger, he will have the opportunity to go further to find his daughter.
Because I actually know that the layer of transparent barrier that Wang Hu described that blocked him from leaving Lianghe Town and was invisible to ghosts has a special name called [Soul Binding Barrier].
To put it bluntly, it is the restraint of the earth's energy on ghosts.
After a person dies, if he does not go to the underworld on the spot, he becomes a ghost on the spot. So, this can be regarded as a new life in another sense.
After turning into a ghost, there will be a secret connection with the energy of the earth's veins.
So in fact, the energy of the earth's veins will construct a limited range of activities with the place where the ghost was born as the center of the circle - this is the invisible and transparent barrier that Wang Hu feels.
Naturally, living people have no sense of these at all, only ghosts can.
I want to expand the scope of [Soul Barrier], and the only way is for the ghost to become stronger!
The stronger the power and the stronger the soul, the farther away one can go from one's "birthplace".
So I understood that Lao Cao kept Wang Hu in the coffin shop. In addition to letting him help with the work, he was actually helping him.
However, it was not stated clearly.
I think it may be that he has been doing this for too long and has seen too many ghosts and ghosts, so he doesn't realize that some things need to be explained.
So I told Wang Hu about it, and he was even more grateful to Lao Cao and me.
"Little Taoist Master, Master Coffin Maker. Wang Hu can't repay you two for your great kindness. If you can find your daughter, I will let you two do whatever you want. When you don't want to use me anymore, send me to the underworld."
Lao Cao waved his hand: "You were also a working class person when you were alive, so you should have advanced ideas. Why did you become so pedantic after death? There is no need to say more about repaying gratitude. Since you stay in the coffin shop, you will be the clerk of the coffin shop from now on. Okay. Just call me boss. As for Xiao Wu..."
"Call me Xiao Wu too."
I said with a smile.
But Wang Hu quickly waved his hand and shook his head: "I don't dare, I don't dare. Then shall I call you Master Wu?"
I also shook my head: "I am a rural boy, you can't afford to call me young master. Okay, then, call me Mr. Wu."
Finally, I finally found a title that was more comfortable for both parties.
From today on, apart from me and Lao Cao, there will be one more person in the coffin shop... Oh no, it's a ghost.
Although this ghost is very weak, it can still help serve tea and water or deliver some materials for Lao Cao to make coffins. It can really help.
What's more, he should be a very kind ghost.
Plus he's a good father.
So I still hope that he can practice some ghost abilities and become more powerful, so that it will be easier to find his daughter.
"Brother Wang, you are also a clerk in the coffin shop. Come on, go in."
I said with a smile, walking towards the door.
But Wang Hu said with some embarrassment: "Brother Wu, I, I can't get in... I don't know why, looking at this high threshold, I can't take a step forward."
oh!
Only then did I realize that the "corpse blocking threshold" of Lao Cao's coffin shop could not only block corpses, but also prevent ordinary ghosts from entering.
"Then wait."
As Lao Cao spoke, he bent down and used a broom to sweep out some sawdust and dust from both sides of the inside of the threshold.
These are all the wood chips that have fallen off as the threshold began to decay over the years.
Although this high threshold is enchanted, it can effectively block corpses and ghosts. But to living people, or essentially, it is still just an ordinary wooden threshold.
Over time, of course there will be some decay.
Lao Cao grabbed the fallen sawdust mixed with dust from the ground, and then drew a circle with his left hand in the air to the side.
Swish, swish, swish!
Of the stack of paper money placed on the niche next to it, the top three flew over and were held in his hand. Then wrap the sawdust and dust from the corpse in paper money and blow on it with your mouth.
call!
The paper money actually ignited spontaneously without fire, and finally turned into ashes. It merged with sawdust and dust and turned into a long suspended object, which flew directly over the threshold and penetrated into Wang Hu's body.
He suddenly trembled.
Lao Cao nodded and said: "Okay, you have been recognized by me as the corpse barrier. Although you are a ghost, you are also a real member of the coffin shop. From now on, you can come and go freely."
"Thank you boss!"
Wang Hu thanked him again, then crossed the threshold and walked into the coffin shop.
Maybe it had been too long since he had been in contact with anyone, so he seemed a little timid.
