Lao Cao and the others knew that Bai Su was one of their own... Oh no, she was their demon queen. Attitude changes!
Very enthusiastic.
They surrounded Bai Su and Hui Hui one after another, asking questions about this and that.
It made everyone feel a little embarrassed.
I roughly understand how they feel - when they encounter such a powerful monster that has fully opened their intelligence, they will definitely be curious.
Even someone like Lao Cao doesn't have much chance to see a great demon who is more than fifty years old, right?
Maybe he has seen it occasionally before, and there are probably not many people who can get along with it peacefully!
Although Bai Su is actually only a teenager, due to accidentally eating the broken leaves of the mysterious black plant at the bottom of the river, the level of evil spirit is equivalent to more than fifty years...
At this moment, very rapid footsteps suddenly sounded outside the door.
Then it was accompanied by a deep male voice filled with joy.
"Coffinmaker Cao, Brother Wu, I got a copy of "Fubei County Chronicle"! I'm very sorry, there was a traffic jam on the way back from the main city. I just arrived in town and drove here directly."
A man in a suit and tie rushed in from the darkness outside the door.
Although he was over sixty years old, he was still in good health and easily crossed the high threshold and entered the house.
Then……
He was confused.
That's right!
Because he came in too fast, and he was a living person, an ordinary person without magic power. Naturally, we cannot feel it from a distance.
Therefore, neither the ghost nor the two monsters were hidden.
Boss Duan stared blankly at the white, gray and translucent Wang Hu floating in the air, dumbfounded.
Snap!
The two copies of "Fubei County Chronicle" he was holding in his hand fell to the ground.
"Ah, this, this, this is..."
He was too horrified to speak.
Obviously, anyone who sees such a big rabbit or a fox standing like a human knows that it is anything but ordinary.
I'm a little speechless.
You can see this so clearly, you must be able to hide it.
What's more, anyway, Boss Duan's own daughter has turned into a very powerful corpse - in terms of real combat power, she is probably much stronger than Bai Sudu.
As for Wang Hu, he probably wouldn't be able to withstand it for three rounds.
There is no need to hide anything.
Lao Cao took a step forward with some embarrassment and spoke.
"Boss Duan, today happens to be some gathering in our industry. It makes you laugh."
Only then did he come back to his senses, regain some of the composure and demeanor of a big boss, and shook his head.
"No, it was me who was rude. I just wanted to keep my promise and deliver a copy of "Fubei County Chronicle" to you and Brother Wu as soon as possible, so I barged in without saying hello. I'm really sorry..."
When he said this, Boss Duan glanced at Bai Su, Hui Hui and Wang Hu subconsciously.
Fortunately, he came in alone, and the driver and assistant were waiting outside the coffin shop.
Otherwise, it might scare people.
After all, not everyone has the magnanimity and courage of Boss Duan.
I also stepped forward, took two copies of "Fubei County Chronicle" from his hands, and told him with a smile.
"Boss Duan, if you are curious, feel free to take a look! Let me introduce you. This is Miss Bai, Cinderella, Mr. Wang... As you can see, they are indeed monsters and ghosts. But they are all our friends."
I could clearly feel that when he mentioned the words "monster" and "ghost", Boss Duan's body still shook slightly unnoticeably.
After all, no matter how powerful you are, you are still an ordinary person.
He tried hard to put a smile on his face, held his hands towards Bai Su, Hui Hui, and Wang Hu, and spoke.
"I, Duan Hong, have met Miss Bai, Brother Cinder, and Mr. Wang!"
"Hello, Boss Duan, there is no need to be polite. Since we are all friends of Brother Wu, if there is anything troublesome in your family that ordinary people don't understand, you can also let us know."
Bai Su's gentle and generous voice sounded in Boss Duan's mind.
He was surprised and delighted.
Surprisingly, this monster can imprint the sound directly in his mind. It must be quite powerful!
Fortunately, although the other party is a rabbit, he is as smart as a human. Not only can he communicate through thoughts, but he is also very polite.
Boss Duan kept saying "Don't dare, don't dare", and then greeted everyone in the room before retreating out of the door.
After he left, Lao Cao reached out and patted my shoulder gently.
"Xiao Wu, you are really big as a brat. Are you showing off your muscles on purpose?"
I laughed.
"I still can't hide it from you, Old Cao. Boss Duan is a big shot in the town, and it's a good thing to let him know more about our methods. But this time I misunderstood him. He is indeed very trustworthy."
Again, the status of folk Dharma practitioners like us in modern society is a little embarrassing...
It's not a bad thing if you can be friends with some powerful people.
Of course, you must first make sure that there is no problem with the person's character.
Otherwise, if it is purely mutual use, it is meaningless.
Back to business.
After Boss Duan left, we immediately started to read the copy of "Fubei County Chronicle".
I guess the only people he knew were Lao Cao and me. He didn’t think too much about it, so he just wrote two books...
But that’s okay.
Li Miao and I read one, and Lao Cao and Yuan Fei read one.
Bai Su, Hui Hui, and Wang Hu watched from the side.
Because we had to rush to Xiaowan Village later, we mainly read the record in the "Fubei County Chronicle" about the encounter between grain merchant Xu Xinyi and the "living corpse" Zhou Mu while sailing.
Sure enough, the content was much more detailed than what Wang Dachun relayed!
That guy was too busy reading the bizarre and horrifying "living corpse" story, and completely failed to notice the details of a lot of useful character information.
For example, the specific address of grain merchant Xu Xinyi's house in Lianghe Town.
For example, Xu Xinyi had a family and had several children with one wife and one concubine.
For example, Xu Xinyi suddenly ran away from home when he was in his forties. It is said that he left Lianghe Town with a wandering old Taoist priest and disappeared...
Although some of the information seems to be of little use, it at least allows me to understand the matter in more detail.
Especially, Xu Xinyi has descendants!
In this case, maybe you can still live in Two Rivers Town?
You can definitely take the time to search for it and listen to what Xu Xinyi’s descendants have to say about it.
After reading Xu Xinyi's records, Lao Cao and I closed the "Fubei County Chronicles" book in our hands.
Because according to the arrangement discussed before, we have to go to Xiaowan Village for a walk!
First, we need to go on-site to investigate again to see if the thing at the bottom of the river is still there.
Secondly, I also wanted to quickly let the child corpse Xiao Sheng take the elixir given by my master - this way, at least its safety would be ensured. He would not be like the Zhou Mu recorded in the "Fubei County Chronicle", who could turn into corpses and hurt people at every turn.
"But it's so late now, and there are no motorcycles available at the intersection. How can we get there? It will take several hours on foot."
Yuan Fei frowned and sighed.
Lao Cao and I looked at each other and smiled...
After a few minutes.
"I am Ri Lao Cao! I am Ri Cao the coffin maker! You are amazing and amazing. Your paper-tying skills in Yin Paper Art have reached this level? You are willing to be defeated."
Yuan Fei and I were riding on the same paper horse, screaming behind me, very shocked.
Lao Cao and Li Miao, who were riding a paper horse next to each other, said somewhat speechlessly.
"Yuan Fei, can you not add my name after an interjection like "我日"? It sounds very strange."
I savored it carefully.
He burst into laughter immediately and almost fell off his horse.
As for Hui Hui next to him, he was sitting on the back of Bai Su, who was running as fast as a horse, and asked curiously.
"Sister Susu, what are they laughing at?"
Bai Su: "..."
"Children, stay out of adults' business!"
Huihui closed his mouth in grievance.
Wang Hu naturally has to look after his family.
What's more, although his strength has increased greatly recently, after all, he was just an ordinary ghost before - he was still a very weak and mouth-making ghost.
There is no need to take him with you for this kind of thing for the time being. If something happens, it won't be of much help. It's better to stay in the coffin shop and look after the house.
When we arrived at Xiaowan Village, we went straight to the Xiao family mansion.
After waking up Xiao Mao and his wife from their sleep, he told them the current situation. After getting permission, we added Bai Su, four of us and one demon, and entered the cellar together.
As for Hui Hui, he is young and weak.
If you rush into the cellar and face the strange living corpse, there may be some changes or accidents that may cause trouble.
So we let him stay outside the Xiao family mansion and play by himself for a while, waiting for us to come out.
Going down to the cellar, the temperature inside was very low and the air was filled with gloom.
Li Miao said with some worry.
"Sure enough, even if it doesn't do anything bad, as long as it exists, it will continue to release Yin energy! In two or three years at most, the area where the Xiao family mansion is located will change. It will also attract all kinds of evil spirits. The foreign objects come closer. By then, not to mention the changes in Xiao Sheng himself, the foreign objects alone will be enough for the Xiao family to drink a pot!"
Yuan Fei also nodded in agreement.
This was the first time he saw such an evil thing as a "living corpse", and he was amazed.
"Indeed, if it weren't for Xiangu's elixir, I'm afraid we would have no other choice but to destroy it directly. Speaking of which, Xiangu's elixir is countless times more precious than the reward that the Xiao family may give. On the contrary, It cost Fairy Aunt a lot of money."
Lao Cao stared at the elixir I had taken out in my hand and sighed with emotion.
I smiled and said, "My master has no interest in money at all, and she doesn't need money in daily life. So it can't be measured like this."
As I said that, I walked towards Xiao Sheng.
Although it is a zombie, it still regards itself as a living person due to its false self-perception, so it will sleep on time.
After I woke it up from its sleep, I lied that Brother Wu was here to see you, chat with you, and give you a candy...
Anyway, after some good-natured coaxing, he was able to take the elixir.
Immediately, the putrid smell and strong yin energy of corpses disappeared!
Because I was closest to it, I could even see some small wounds on my face slowly healing and disappearing. The pale face that was originally slightly swollen by the river water seemed to be rosy.
"This, this is incredible!"
I heard Yuan Fei and Li Miao behind me lower their voices and exclaim.
Lao Cao seemed relatively calm.
After all, he is my master's brainless fan and little fanboy. Even if my master comes up with something, he will take it for granted, right?
I'm actually a little surprised.
Although Master had already mentioned its efficacy when he gave me this elixir, it still felt too powerful when I saw it with my own eyes.
After letting poor Xiao Sheng take the elixir, I finally felt a little relieved.
According to the master, as long as it no longer actively and deliberately approaches the mysterious thing at the bottom of the river, it will not be "activated" into a corpse within two or three years.
Unless some evil cultivator with a higher level of cultivation than her forced the elixir out of the body and deliberately induced this "living corpse" to transform into a corpse!
This probability is also extremely low.
But even so, for the sake of safety, we still retained various methods and tools used to suppress corpses.
After exiting the cellar and returning to the surface.
I hesitated for a moment and then told Xiao Mao that if the sun was particularly bright at noon during the day, I could go down to the cellar to visit Xiao Sheng.
Just don't mess with the various arrangements we've prepared, and don't let it leave the cellar.
In fact, it should be fine if you move around, but just in case!
After all, although I am not afraid of things, I have always been very cautious when actually doing things... This is not because I don't trust the effect of Master's elixir, but because of my personality and habit.
After taking care of the Xiao family's affairs, we went to the riverside outside the village together.
Walking in the wilderness at night, the cold wind blows all around and the stars in the sky are scattered.
From a distance, you can see large areas of thick fog rising on the river.
But there are many of us today, so we need to be more courageous.
After walking to the riverside and confirming the location, Li Miao planned to enter the water.
His little wooden boat didn't come over today, so he jumped in directly by the river.
And the main reason is to see if the River God and those sunken corpses are still alive. There is no need to get too close, just take a look from a distance.
At this time, Bai Su said.
"In the past few years, because of taking the mysterious black crushed leaves, my cultivation level has improved a lot. I have also learned some new techniques. It may be of some use to Mr. Li. But I still need to be careful."
oh?
When we heard what Bai Su said, we were all very curious.
They all turned to look at her, wanting to see if there were any novel techniques that could help Li Miao, the body fisherman, get into the water more safely.
Then, Bai Su opened his mouth and vomited.
call!
A burst of white breath flew out of her mouth.
It was hovering in mid-air in front of us, like ribbons. Then they gathered together and turned into a white ball, spinning rapidly.
Gradually, the mist became lighter and lighter, turning into a large transparent bubble. It flew towards Li Miao and enveloped his entire body.
