Lianghe Town Bus Station.
I hugged my parents goodbye.
"Dad, Mom, don't work too hard in Shenzhen City. Pay attention to your health. Your career is just the icing on the cake. Nothing is as important as your body."
Although every time I meet with them, I will use magic to treat them to restore their health to the best level for their current age. Coupled with various spells and elixirs that can be directly used by ordinary people, they are actually full of energy.
However, as a son, you can't help but worry about your parents.
Just like my mother gave me countless warnings, telling me not to show off my strength when fighting against all kinds of evil spirits and ghosts. If you can win, fight. If you can't, then run away immediately.
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After bidding farewell to my parents, I took Xiaoyuan and walked slowly along the main street of Lianghe Town towards Lao Cao's coffin shop.
I haven’t been back for more than half a year, and there have been new changes in Lianghe Town.
Some dilapidated houses on the main street have been repaired, and many new clothing, electrical appliances, and catering shops have opened along the street. You can also hear pop music blasting from the loud speakers at the door.
Even though it's just a town, it still looks prosperous.
Even Madoka couldn't help but sigh.
"I have lived for so many years, and I have never seen such rapid growth, development and changes. This dynasty is so rich in destiny. It is really destiny and people's will."
I said with a smile.
"This is a new era and a new society. The people are the masters of the country. This shows the support of the people. It cannot be called a dynasty anymore."
Madoka rolled her eyes at me.
"Boy Wu, you just like to argue, don't you? You don't like to address the imperial court at ordinary times. This is the habit of us cultivators."
I walked all the way and looked around. After walking through the main street of Lianghe Town, I arrived at the old street.
At the far east end of the old street is Lao Cao's coffin shop.
That was my "first stop" after leaving Wujia Village in the mountains and truly getting in touch with the world outside the mountains.
Whether it was the circle of "supernatural spiritual practice" or the urban life of normal people in the "secular world", it was here that I started to get in touch with it little by little.
Therefore, the significance of Lianghe Town and Lao Cao's family to me is incomparable.
Later, Yucheng No. 1 Middle School and now Shanghai University, although they were also an important part of my life, they were not as shocking and meaningful as the first contact with the world outside the mountains when I was young...
"When I meet Lao Cao later, he will see that my cultivation has improved greatly in the past six months. The Star Blade has also become more powerful and has thunder and lightning attributes. He should be very proud of me, right? Hehe .”
I thought to myself, feeling a little happy.
Walking through the increasingly prosperous streets of the town, I finally arrived in front of Lao Cao’s coffin shop.
Looking at the familiar high "corpse blocking threshold" and the door that was only opened wide at night and half-closed during the day, I smiled and shouted.
"Lao Cao! Lao Cao, I'm back. Hahaha, do you miss me so much?"
I smiled and opened the door, raised my legs and stepped in.
But to my surprise, there was no one in the front room of the coffin shop. There was only a room of half-finished or finished coffins placed in the corner. It was a very familiar scene...
I was slightly startled.
"Lao Cao is not at home?"
Logically speaking, I had made an appointment with him a long time ago to come to Lianghe Town from Wujiacun on the seventh day of the Lunar New Year. In the evening, I would invite all my acquaintances and friends to the coffin shop for a gathering. He also said with a smile that he would definitely stay at home and wait for me, and would prepare various ingredients in advance and let Wang Hu cook a big meal in the evening.
Is this something important, why are you leaving suddenly?
You didn’t even tell me in advance!
Madoka also put her wings on her hips and muttered.
"Where did Mr. Cao go? He didn't come to greet me. I still want to smoke his pipe."
This stupid bird used to like to smoke Lao Cao's dry cigarettes. One person and one bird smoked there. The scene was quite interesting.
Just when I was a little confused and dazed, a familiar voice sounded from the back room, and at the same time a figure floated out.
"Is Brother Wu back? Long time no see, I miss you so much."
I looked up and saw that it was Wang Hu.
His soul was solidified, and the cooking apron was still tied around his waist, and he wiped his hands on it.
At first glance, if it weren’t for the fact that its feet were floating out from the ground, one would have thought it was a living “househusband”!
Over the years, Wang Hu's cultivation level has been getting higher and higher, and has reached the middle level of [Fierce Ghost]. With his original qualifications and talents, and the foundation he had when he became a wandering soul, he is already pretty good!
The main reason is that while Lao Cao taught it some "ghost cultivation methods", he also often gave it some "soul-stabilizing incense" to inhale. Moreover, living in a coffin shop is equivalent to living in the gap between yin and yang, which is beneficial to the spiritual practice of ghosts.
I immediately said with a smile.
"Uncle Tiger, long time no see. Where is Lao Cao? Didn't he say he was waiting for me at home today?"
Wang Hu also scratched his head in confusion and replied.
"I don't know where Boss Cao has gone."
ah?
I was a little surprised.
Because under normal circumstances, whenever Lao Cao goes or does something, he will tell Wang Hu in advance.
After all, I am not in Lianghe Town now, and they live together every day. It is definitely inappropriate to describe them as "dependent on each other," but they must be very close.
But this time Lao Cao was obviously not at home during the time we had arranged to get together, and even Wang Hu didn't know. This gave me an inexplicable feeling of uneasiness in my heart.
I looked at Wang Hu and said seriously.
"Uncle Hu, the current situation...maybe I'm too preoccupied and overthinking, but Lao Cao promised to be home but was not there, and he didn't tell you where he was going. These two unusual details made me feel uneasy for no reason. .”
Wang Hu originally thought it was nothing, but after hearing what I said, he became a little nervous and quickly continued talking.
"The specific situation is this. At two or three o'clock this morning, I was sleeping in the backyard and heard a noise in the front room. I thought a thief had entered the house, but I didn't think any stupid thief would come and steal the coffin. Shop, right? But it’s even more unlikely to be evil, after all, Boss Cao and I are not vegetarians.”
"When I got to the front room, I found that the noise was caused by Boss Cao. He was not sleeping, or he had already woken up and was getting dressed. He was about to tie the corpse rope around his waist. I asked him curiously What's the matter? Why did you suddenly get up in the middle of the night to put it on?"
"Boss Cao replied with a smile, saying that Daniel and his friends came over just now and had a very urgent job to do. They had to rush to the employer's house overnight to help carry the coffin for the burial."
"Although I thought Boss Cao was a little strange at the time, it didn't mean that this situation was completely impossible. So I chatted with him for a few words and then went back to the backyard to continue sleeping."
"When I got up around eight o'clock in the morning, I found that Boss Cao hadn't returned to the coffin shop yet. I didn't think much about it. If I went to work in a village far away from Lianghe Town, I might not come back until noon. Anyway, I'll welcome you, Brother Wu. The ingredients for the dishes I want to prepare when I come back have been purchased in advance, and I will just prepare them at home."
"Then I have been busy in the kitchen until now... Brother Wu, you just came into the room while you were talking, and I was cutting mullet fillets. Come out quickly to greet me. Listening to what you said, Boss Cao is not in any danger, right? "
Wang Hu was also a little nervous by me.
