"We can't stay by the river anymore!"
Chen Mu squatted on the roof and didn't sleep all night.
When the sun rose the next day, I ran to Yahang.
I rented a second-entry house near the inner city.
The prefect's Yamen is in the inner city, and the treasures to ward off evil spirits are also in the inner city. It's safer to live closer.
Then I spent another day moving the furniture from the old house into the new home.
He didn't find anyone, so he freed up the five ghost bags and moved them one by one.
He has mastered the four training techniques, his endurance is frightening, and he can carry five ghost bags, so this kind of work is not tiring at all.
…
In the evening, Chen Mu cooked a large table of dishes.
It wasn't until it got dark that Jie Jia walked into his new home expressionlessly.
"What happened to you again?" Jie Jia was helpless. The rabbit didn't even wake you up. If there is a slight disturbance, we will move.
"The Romance of Fairy Wood"
"It's nothing. I just want a change of environment after living in one place for a long time." Chen Mu laughed and said, "And the old house has not been vacated. Isn't it a cunning rabbit with three caves?"
"With your whereabouts so secretive, aren't you afraid of being suspected by your neighbors?" Jie Jia asked rhetorically.
Chen Muchan said firmly: "I have no neighbors."
Jie Jia looked at Chen Mu speechlessly: "Are the surrounding houses... also rented?"
Chen Mu smiled and said nothing.
Jie Jia: "..."
…
After the meal, the two sat in the pavilion of the new house.
The yard has been abandoned for some time, and there are still many yellow and fallen leaves on the ground.
Under the octagonal pavilion, there are even some green grass seedlings peeking out from the gaps in the blue brick floor.
Beside the stone table, Chen Mu took out two porcelain bottles and handed them to Jie Jia.
"How much is this thing worth?" Chen Mu asked.
"Hualong Pill?" Jie Jia opened it and took a look: "The price has been reduced recently, about one thousand taels."
"Help me change everything into Zu Ming Talisman." Chen Mu said simply.
Jie Jia looked at Chen Mu in surprise and suddenly said, "You won't encounter the ghost monster again, will you?"
Chen Mu nodded helplessly.
"Is it some kind of special physique?" Jie Jia stared at Chen Mu and looked him up and down.
Chen Mu rolled his eyes: "I'm just an ordinary person, what kind of special physique can I have?"
But Jie Jia shook his head: "You can't say for sure, ghost monsters don't always find one person."
"What do you mean?" Chen Mu couldn't help but frown.
"Some special physiques are suitable for possession, so..." Jie Jia glanced at Chen Mu with bright yellow eyes.
Chen Mu suddenly felt his scalp numb. He thought about his own resurrection.
"Probably not, otherwise you wouldn't be alive today." Jie Jia thought for a while and shook his head.
Chen Mu immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
He didn't want to be haunted by ghosts all the time.
…
the next day.
Chen Mu woke up early. He actually didn't sleep well last night.
It was nothing at first, but when Jie Jia mentioned it, I couldn't help but think wildly.
I'm afraid a ghost will pop out from under the bed.
Practice the White Jade Toad Shaping Technique three times to move your body.
Chen Mu glanced at the courtyard covered with fallen leaves.
After spitting out three syllables, five large clouds of black smoke emerged around him and continued to rotate around him.
Black smoke swept across the ground, withered yellow leaves, scattered gravel and soil quickly disappeared.
Chen Mu stood still.
The radius of the black smoke gradually increased.
In a short while, the entire courtyard was cleaned.
The yard is quite spacious. Beyond the main house on the north side, there is a separate room on the west side for the kitchen.
On the east side is an octagonal pavilion.
The toilet utility room is in the front yard.
In terms of refinement, it is a bit worse than the yard with a pond by the river.
Overall, it's much better than the previous yard.
The rent is forty taels a month, which is three or four times more expensive than those two courtyards.
That's the price of being close to the inner city.
…
After breakfast, Chen Mu continued to paint the white jade toad step by step.
During the break, a large cellar was dug five meters below the west house.
He had to move the things from the cellar.
In the evening, Jie Jia arrived on time.
Before he had eaten, he was handed a small cloth bag, in which lay six palm-long leather Zuming Talismans.
Chen Mu happily put it in his arms. Together with the first one he bought, he had seven Zuming Talismans on his body, and his sense of security suddenly increased.
When sleeping at night.
One is posted on each of the four walls of the room, and one is also placed on the beams.
There are two remaining pieces, one for the front and one for the back.
Chen Mu relaxed and lay down on the bed, soundly sleeping.
Although his energy is getting better and better, he can stay awake for two hours of sleep every day.
But Chen Mu still goes to bed early and gets up early, and rests regularly.
He has proficiency and needs regular and continuous experience.
Short-term squeezing of energy will burst the liver, but will bring about boredom.
…
After being worried for several days, no ghost monster came to the door, and Chen Mu finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"The safety is safe, but the wallet is holding it back." Chen Mu sighed.
Buying Zuming Talisman, renting houses continuously, and hoarding supplies.
All the windfall money he made before was wiped out.
"I have to find a way to make money."
On the same day, he asked Jie Jia to start delivering medicinal materials to him. He wants to restart the business of generic drugs.
"Lingsha Wan can earn about one hundred taels a month."
"Qingfeng San has small profits but quick turnover, and I can get about two hundred taels."
"Lingsha Pills are okay, but they are expensive. We only sell about twenty pills a month. But Qingfeng Powder requires a lot of hand-making, which is a bit time-consuming."
Time is proficiency. He doesn't really want to waste it on mechanical repetition.
"Are you selling the formula directly?" Chen Mu immediately shook his head.
I always felt that I was losing money by selling the formula like this, and I couldn't bear to part with it.
"Sigh... We are just little people, we can't bear to make small profits." Chen Mu shook his head. An idea quickly came to mind.
He planned to split the Qingfeng Powder formula.
Chen Mu was going to teach Jie Jia’s small pharmacy about the ingredients of auxiliary drugs that accounted for a large proportion.
The core ingredients, which account for a small proportion but are exquisitely prepared, are still made by himself.
In this way, it only takes one hour to sell the goods for half a month.
"The fourth-level medicine technique is really powerful." Chen Mu laughed.
Without the support of pharmaceutical technology, he really couldn't split the formula like this.
…
Time slowly comes to April.
The temperature in Nanyang Mansion, which had not been cold for a few days, began to rise rapidly.
In the past month, the White Jade Toad Shaping Technique has been successfully completed, and even the marrow has been improved by half.
"Sure enough, the more stacks there are, the faster the Sanyi transformation will be completed."
The bones in his legs became stronger, and his hip, knee, and ankle joints became more flexible.
"Probably to enhance the explosive power of the lower limbs." Chen Mu had a guess.
The more he practiced the form technique, the more he gradually gained experience.
Once you get started, you will generally know the direction of training.
"The courage will probably show up on the legs."
…
The practice of physical training is going smoothly, and the generic medicines are also on track.
An income of more than three hundred taels a month, as long as you don't buy expensive items such as Zuming Talisman in large quantities.
Even if he went to Chunfeng Tower three or five times a month to inquire about news, it would be enough to make him happy. After all...he only eats, and doesn't let others eat for him.
As time goes by, more and more people come to Nanyang Mansion to take refuge.
Chen Mu went out once and found that the world was getting a little chaotic, so he didn't go out again.
He also heard that the strange red boat seemed to appear again in Luohe.
Chen Mu was nervous but relieved.
"It doesn't look like it was directed at me."
I just happened to live by the river and came across it.
"They come out every once in a while to catch a group of people. These ghost monsters are using people as food." Chen Mu recalled the evil memories.
Possession, mummification, horrific death. Unprovoked, randomly selected, sudden attack. It looks like hunting anyway.
"If you think about it this way, isn't the magic weapon to ward off evil just a different kind of fence and city wall?"
"Block the attacks of wild beast ghosts."
…
Chen Mu originally thought that he would live such a stable life until he finished the training skills in his hands.
But things went counterproductive.
Daliang 641, the fifth day of April.
Late at night, Chen Mu was lying on the bed, fast asleep. Suddenly I feel warm in my chest.
When Mi Mi Huhu opened her eyes, she found that her chest and back were getting hotter and hotter.
When he reached out and took it out, he saw a Zuming Talisman that glowed slightly red.
Chen Mu was frightened and woke up at that time.
Look up.
The Zuming Talisman on the wall and beams is constantly glowing.
Cack, squeak, squeak...
There was a heartbreaking scraping sound on the wooden door.
Chen Mutong suddenly shrank.
puff!
The Zu Ming Talisman on the wall almost simultaneously emitted white smoke, and an unpleasant smell of burnt lake filled the room.
Chen Mu didn't dare to move, and looked at the figure in front of the bed stiffly.
Long hair, naked body, rotten back.
It was the first ghost monster he encountered, the long-haired woman by the river.
A huge fear instantly occupied his mind, making him feel as if he was slowly being enveloped by the pressure of deep water.
The body gradually stiffens and the mind gradually becomes dull.
With the clarity given by the last remaining warmth of the Zuming Talisman on his chest, Chen Mu struggled to spit out three strange syllables.
The five little paper figures were placed all over their heads and faces, and a cold feeling suddenly hit them.
The thoughts that were about to be frozen by fear finally began to rotate slowly.
"I'm really being targeted!"
