Shi Xuan's previous physical body Du Bai and Xu Tianqi were also classmates for eight years, and they had a good relationship with each other, but after Xu Tianqi wandered the rivers and lakes, they didn't see each other again, until Xu Laodao passed away and the Xu family held a funeral, and Du Bai saw Xu Tianqi again. I haven't seen each other for almost a year since then.

Because Shi Xuan got the true inheritance of Old Dao Xu, the Xu family was familiar with it, and they knew that the Tao was magical, so they didn't come to the door to ask for trouble when Shi Xuan politely refused their invitation after the funeral, but he also maintained an attitude of ignoring it.

"Senior Brother Xu, I haven't seen you for a long time, and you've always been fine?" Although Shi Xuan was surprised for a moment, he quickly restrained his emotions.

Xu Tianqi was a little embarrassed, but he quickly covered up the past, and said with a smile: "Senior Brother Du, I have been messing around in the rivers and lakes all these years, and there are very few people at home, but you have been practicing behind closed doors, so you want to make great progress." ”

Shi Xuan looked at Xu Tianqi as if something was wrong, so he said, "If Senior Brother Xu doesn't mind, let's go inside and drink some tea." ”

Xu Tianqi breathed a sigh of relief: "Very willingly." ”

The two entered the small courtyard, because Xu Tianqi was a relatively familiar person and knew this place very well, so Shi Xuan took him to sit down at the stone table in the corner of the small courtyard, and then went into the kitchen to make a pot of tea and returned.

Filling the tea for each other, Shi Xuan said with a smile: "Senior Brother Xu has such a great reputation in the rivers and lakes, and I, a little Taoist priest who stays at home and doesn't listen to anything outside the window, has also heard of it." ”

"Where, where, it's just a friend on the rivers and lakes to give face. Although Xu Tianqi said polite words, the proud expression on his face did not restrain at all.

"How come, in the restaurant, you can often hear Senior Brother Xu, you chased and killed the 'Pink Swallow' Hang for three days, six days and two nights, and finally killed this silver thief. ”

As if he had been scratched on an itch, Xu Tianqi suddenly became excited, and told Shi Xuan what Shi Xuan had heard several times again, but from the perspective of people at the time, it had a different taste.

Shi Xuan deliberately guided the topic, and the two of them talked very livelyly about Xu Tianqi's wandering on the rivers and lakes, and when Xu Tianqi returned to Xia'an Mansion this time and had a few guests, Xu Tianqi appeared with a slightly embarrassed look when he was outside the door, hesitated for a long time, and saw that Shi Xuan was just smiling and drinking tea, so he had to speak out.

"Senior Brother Du, Brother Fool came here this time to ask for something, and I will definitely repay you after the matter is completed. ”

Shi Xuan smiled and said, "Oh, Senior Brother Xu, what you can't do, how can I be a little Taoist." ”

Xu Tianqi smiled: "Senior Brother Du, you have learned great skills from your ancestors, and this matter is just right for you." Then he continued before Shi Xuan answered: "I came home this time, accompanied by a few friends on the rivers and lakes, how do I know that after I came back, I was known by that nasty ghost of the Xia family in the north of the city, and I went to the door all day to revolve around Yuqiong, and often provoked me." Senior Brother Du, you don't know, that Xia Wenhui is really hateful, if it weren't for the fact that both of us are people in the building, and we conspire to do some business in private, and the clansmen restrict us from fighting each other, I must teach him a hard lesson. ”

It is said that the Xia family is still the veteran family when the drizzle building was created, but it has never been a top master (the master of the achievement of the day after tomorrow), and it has gradually declined, and the Xu family quickly took refuge in the drizzle building after breaking into the famous hall on the rivers and lakes, because the Xu family has a lot of first-class masters, and the drizzle building is also very important, and the private salt business in this area is handed over to the Xia family and the Xu family to cooperate.

After taking a sip of tea, he took a breath, and saw that Shi Xuan had been smiling and listening, and then continued: "But in the past few days, Xia Wenhui's dog mongrel actually designed to provoke me, and then made a bet with me when I was excited, and whoever lost said three times to the other party in front of Yuqiong, 'I was wrong, I am not human'." In private, I have to give the other party a thousand taels of silver, the money is not important, I am most afraid of losing face in front of Yuqiong, hey. ”

Shi Xuan, who had been troubled by money recently, was a little moved when he heard the bet of a thousand taels of silver, but he was only moved, and his reason was still there, so he motioned Xu Tianqi to continue, and it was not too late to listen to the evaluation.

"We made a bet this time to go to the ghost house in Qupeihe in the north of the city three days later, take two people with each person, and then spend the night there, and whoever is scared out of the house first will lose. Senior Brother Du, I know that your Taoism is magical, and you are the best at dealing with this kind of ghosts, and the ghosts in this house never hurt people's lives, they usually just scare people out of the house, at most, they are scared and thrown out. Senior Brother Du, no matter whether I win or not, after this incident, I will give you a reward of five hundred taels of silver. ”

"Well, Senior Brother Xu, when did the ghosts spread there, and there are usually some rumors. Shi Xuan was a little excited when he heard that there was a ghost, this is the first time in his two lives that he may have seen a ghost, although he knows that he has embarked on the road of cultivation, he should be able to hear and see ghosts, monsters, and demons in the future, but after all, it is very fresh now. Xu Laodao's education of Du Bai has always been based on cultivation, and the elimination of ghosts and evil is only a trivial matter, so he has never taken Du Bai to actually get rid of ghosts.

Of course, excitement is excitement, and the various rumors of this ghost still need to be inquired about clearly, so that its strength can be analyzed more accurately, so as not to get rid of the ghost excitedly, but be eliminated by the ghost, and the joke will be made.

Xu Tianqi was very happy to see that Shi Xuan had a tendency to agree, and immediately replied: "Most of that house was burned down when it caught fire thirteen years ago, and it is said that many people were burned to death at that time, because there were too many dead people, no one was willing to buy this land to rebuild the house. Seven years ago, after things gradually faded, a rich merchant from the state city bought the land and the land next to it to build a big house, but a few days after repairing and moving in, it began to be haunted, and several famous monks and Taoists were invited, but they did not drive away this ghost, but became more and more violent, and the rich businessmen were often frightened and fainted in the middle of the night, and then slept on the street the next day. The wealthy businessman really had no choice but to move to another place. Then the big house changed owners, and they were all scared to move, and gradually the name of the house spread, and no one dared to buy it, so it has been abandoned there. ”

After a pause, he continued: "In the past few years, there have been some beggars or some people who have tried their courage to go in and live, but without exception they are either scared away or thrown out in fright, anyway, I have never heard of any human life caused by this ghost. ”

Shi Xuan judged from the years, this ghost is probably between the soul raising period and the soul strengthening period, because first of all, this ghost has no sacrifice, otherwise it is impossible to come out to scare people, and secondly, it has never harmed people, this is that there is no need for blood food, which shows that cultivation is only at the point where it can simply absorb some yang energy. So probably there are some places near the Qupei River that have formed a place of yin qi, and when they encounter the obsession of burning people, they will become yin ghosts, but this is a city and it is popular, so the land of yin qi is not of good quality, and the yin ghosts formed will not have that kind of growth rate against the sky.

This is just a preliminary inference, Shi Xuan asked Xu Tianqi some questions on the side, mainly to judge whether this ghost's obsession is strong or weak, whether it is a fierce obsession or a good obsession, and finally Shi Xuan said to Xu Tianqi: "Senior Brother Xu, this matter came suddenly, I still need to think about it," Seeing what Xu Tianqi was going to say, he hurriedly signaled not to say more, "That's it, at this time tomorrow, I will definitely give you an answer, even if I don't go, I will give you some talismans to be prepared." ”

Xu Tianqi saw that Shi Xuan insisted, and it was not easy to force anything, so he had to make an appointment for tomorrow, and said goodbye and went home. Shi Xuan packed up and went out as well.

Shi Xuan went to the city to inquire about all kinds of news in the afternoon, and inquired about the neighbors, and basically confirmed what Xu Tianqi said about this ghost, so he was relieved. At night, after controlling his mood and finishing his homework, he checked the situation of the talisman seal on his body, and went straight to the place where Qu Peihe went around the north of the city, and took a look at the environment around the house, and then used the talisman seal to open the eyes of the sky, and looked at the flow of yin qi.

However, Shi Xuan did not go into the house, after all, now that he decided to accompany Xu Tianqi, then there is no difference between going now and going later.

As soon as the second noon arrived, Xu Tianqi couldn't wait to come to the door, Shi Xuan didn't put up a fight, and directly gave a positive answer, Xu Tianqi was overjoyed, and after returning that day, he sent over two hundred taels of silver, in order to show that he absolutely kept his promise, and said that no matter whether he won or lost, the money would not be less.

After Shi Xuan received the silver, he did the math, it seemed that even if he didn't sell the yard, the silver he needed for cultivation at this stage would be enough, but when he went out in the future, the yard would be empty, so he would definitely have to sell it, but he had more money to wait for a better price.

And according to Xu Laodao's experience, even if the meridians of the whole body are all connected to achieve the day after tomorrow, a large number of ingredients are still needed every day to replenish the essence, and even when entering the out-of-body period, it will not reach the real sense of Bigu, but it is more than ten times longer than the time that ordinary people can endure, and they can not eat for about half a year, unless they practice to the period of qi induction. Therefore, although you can go out to travel in the future, you can hunt game to replenish your essence, but it is best to have a pen of silver on your body for urgent use.