My daily mountain driving, I met a fox at the beginning and got married

Zhang Qilin pulled off the magic amulet on his leg, threw it to Fatty Wang and said calmly, "I walked from Nanjiang City."

Fatty Wang stared at Zhang Qilin with wide eyes and said in shock, "What? You walked here? It's at least 300 kilometers from Nanjiang City to here! Aren't you afraid that your legs will break?"

Zhang Qilin ignored Fatty Wang and followed him to the village chief's house.

As soon as he entered the door, he suddenly stopped, frowned and looked at the village chief's warehouse.

"What a strong evil spirit!" he said.

There was a talisman left by Zhang Hao on the door of the warehouse, and the words should have been drawn by Zhang Hao himself.

Zhang Qilin guessed that the corpse he was going to drive away must be placed in the warehouse.

Fatty Wang followed Zhang Qilin's gaze, nodded and said, "Yes, the ones locked up in this warehouse are the Ten Corpse Demons. The shopkeeper went to great lengths to fish them out. Let's go. The village chief is probably still sleeping now, and there are no other rooms in his house. Just sleep in the same room with me for now! We've come such a long way, it's time to take a rest."

After saying that, Fatty Wang walked to the door of his room and opened it. Zhang Qilin nodded slightly and walked into the room.

He asked, "Did the shopkeeper give any instructions? About these ten evil spirits?"

Fatty Wang thought for a moment and said, "You know what, Brother Zhang Hao really did leave you a message, but it wasn't about the Ten Corpse Demons."

Zhang Qilin frowned and looked at Fatty Wang in confusion.

Fatty Wang continued, "Brother Zhang Hao told you to rest in Sanjiashan Village for a few days before leaving, and then keep an eye out for any strange people who appear in Sanjiashan Village recently. If there are any, you don't have to go out of your way to find out, just keep an eye out and don't let anyone find out."

"Strange people?" Zhang Qilin asked in confusion, "The most difficult thing to understand here is probably how to define strange."

So he asked Fatty Wang to tell him what had happened in Sanjia Mountain in the past few days.

Fatty Wang suddenly became serious, looked at Zhang Qilin and nodded, then started talking from the first time he returned to the Yin Yang Inn, and didn't finish until dawn.

"You don't know how awesome Brother Zhang Hao was at that time. He even summoned the Black and White Impermanence, you know? Those were the Black and White Impermanence! The ten great ghost generals and ghost messengers in the underworld were scared to death when they saw them!" Fatty Wang said excitedly.

I thought Zhang Qilin would be surprised, but he was unexpectedly so calm, as if he already knew it.

He glanced at Fatty Wang and said, "Black and White Impermanence? I saw them just now."

Fatty Wang looked at Zhang Qilin in confusion, thinking he was joking.

After a long while, he said, "No? What did you say? You just saw the Black and White Impermanence? Are you kidding me?"

Zhang Qilin did not explain, but simply said: "On the way here, I encountered ghost soldiers who wanted to borrow the road, and one of them happened to recognize me. I used the fourth-rank official position given to me by the shopkeeper to scare the ghost, but it attracted the Black and White Impermanence, and they mistook me for the shopkeeper! I was almost exposed."

After hearing this, Fatty Wang was shocked and his scalp felt tingling.

They had often heard some legends when they were robbing tombs in the past.

If you encounter ghost soldiers borrowing your way, it is basically like there is no hope. If you are lucky, you can pretend you can't see them and slip away. If you are unlucky, the ghost messengers will see you and take you to the underworld directly.

Zhang Qilin was even more ruthless. Not only did he encounter the Yin Cha, he also encountered the Black and White Impermanence.

"Then how did you get out?" Fatty Wang asked nervously, "Since your fourth-rank official position was given to you by Brother Zhang Hao, and the Black and White Impermanence have seen Brother Zhang Hao and his official seal, they shouldn't be able to recognize it, right?"

Zhang Qilin shook his head and said, "They probably haven't seen the real fourth-rank official seal, so they can't tell the difference."

Then he looked at Fatty Wang and asked, "Let's talk about the Ten Corpse Evils. The shopkeeper asked me to keep an eye out for strange people. He must want to find the sorcerer who set up the Ten Corpse Evils Feng Shui layout, right? Have you seen any strange people in the past few days?"

Fatty Wang shook his head and thought to himself, being worshipped like a god in the village these days, it felt pretty good, and he didn't notice any strange people at all.

Moreover, part of the archaeological team had already withdrawn, leaving only Chen Wenjin and his team behind. There were no strangers in the village at all.

He said, "Really? No. Although I didn't look for it seriously, I heard from the villagers that no outsiders came here in the past few days."

Then, he changed the subject, "Hey, when are you going to drive the corpse back to the inn?"

Zhang Qilin touched the black gold ancient knife in his hand, then placed it on the table and said in a deep voice: "The shopkeeper asked me to drive the corpse back to the inn in three days."

Fatty Wang narrowed his eyes, looking puzzled.

He thought, Brother Zhang Hao didn't tell him when Zhang Qilin was leaving? How did Zhang Qilin know?

So he asked, "How do you know that Brother Zhang Hao asked you to bring the corpse back to the inn in three days? I remember that I didn't tell you about this just now?"

Zhang Qilin pointed in the direction of the village chief's warehouse and explained, "The talisman that the shopkeeper left on the door will lose its effectiveness after three days. With his magical powers, a talisman cannot be effective for only a few days."

Fatty Wang nodded in sudden realization, then said in surprise, "Is that so! So, the reason why Zhang Hao drew a spell on the door that only lasts for a week is to tell you when to leave? Oh my god, is the communication between you so mysterious?"

Zhang Qilin walked to the bed, took off his shoes and got on the bed, and said lightly: "The shopkeeper is a smart man, and smart people don't need to talk too much."

Fatty Wang scratched his head and felt that what Brother Zhang said made sense.

At this moment, he suddenly remembered something, slapped his forehead and shouted, "I suddenly remembered something. Miss Chen from the archaeological team came to us and said she was leaving. She invited us to have a meal to say goodbye. Brother, do you want to go with us?"

At the same time, Zhang Hao had returned to the Yin Yang Inn.

It was still dark when he came back, and the dogs and chickens in the village were still asleep.

However, Zhang Hao was not sleepy at all. Instead, he looked at his yard excitedly.

He stood beside the armchair in the middle of the yard, raised the corners of his mouth and smiled, whispering softly: "Yin Yang Inn, I'm back!"

As soon as the voice fell, the system's voice came into his mind: "Ding, the system has detected that the host has returned to the Yin Yang Inn! It has been detected that the host has an opportunity to upgrade the inn. Would the host like to upgrade the inn now?"

Zhang Hao glanced at Hao Xie's room and saw that he was still asleep, so he nodded and said, "Well, upgrade now."

Then, the system's voice continued to come from my mind: "Ding, the host can choose to upgrade the morgue, bedroom, well, guest room, and warehouse this time!"

Zhang Hao frowned and looked towards the morgue.

He had been thinking about upgrading the morgue, but now he suddenly had other ideas.

Last time, he obtained a large causal spell that could charge the client's lifespan and luck, which meant that his Yin Yang Inn could change its charging model in the future. Compared with the client's monetary reward, lifespan and luck were more valuable.

However, although he had the skills to collect life and luck, he had no place to store these things.

This is a very troublesome thing, because these things are invisible and colorless, and cannot be seen or touched. If there is no place to keep them, they will soon disappear.

In ancient times, anyone who had the ability to receive these things as payment had their own storage item.

This kind of storage object is quite special and is considered a funerary object. The larger its capacity, the more precious it is.

However, Zhang Hao learned his lesson this time. Although he was satisfied with the result of upgrading the inn last time, he didn't know what effect upgrading other parts would have.

So he asked, "What would happen if we upgraded the morgue?"

The system replied: "Ding, if the host upgrades the morgue, he will receive a coffin upgrade reward and the morgue's primary coffin protection formation!"

Zhang Hao asked again: "What about upgrading the imperial chair?"

The system replied: "Ding, if the host upgrades the first evil item in Fengmen Village, the Taishi Chair, the chance of a ghost visiting will increase!"

Zhang Hao then asked: "What about upgrading the well? What is the use of this thing after upgrading?"

The system replied: "Ding, if the host upgrades the well, the well can connect to the Styx, and the well itself will trigger the storage function. The water of the Styx will be used to store the lifespan, luck, virtue, and age obtained by the inn!"

The corners of Zhang Hao's mouth rose slightly, and he was overjoyed.

He was just worried about having no place to store these things, and the system told him that the inn had a storage function, but he hadn't upgraded it yet.

In this case, other options are not attractive. So Zhang Hao nodded and said, "Then upgrade the well."

The system responded: "Ding, the well is being upgraded..."

Zhang Hao was not in a hurry to return to his room at this time, but stood in the yard and looked at the well quietly.

At this moment, the raised blue bricks of the well all turned into yin-yang fish carved from blue-gray jade. The fish eyes were lively and the carving was lifelike.

The blue and gray jade represent yin and yang, and the yin-yang fish carved out of blue jade has an eerie and strange feel.

Zhang Hao stood by the well and looked down, and saw that the well water was actually a dark green in the dark night, with a bit of the smell of the water of the River Styx under the Naihe Bridge.

He muttered to himself, "The system said that this well water leads directly to the underworld... Could it be that the water here is the water of the Styx?"

After shaking his head slightly, Zhang Hao touched the Yin-Yang fish beside the well with satisfaction and said with a smile: "Who cares if it's the water from the Styx? As long as it can store the life span and luck collected from the orders, it's enough."

After saying that, Zhang Hao took a look at the human skin lantern at the door of the inn.

At this time, the lantern still emitted a pale light.

After a while, he withdrew his gaze and thought of the Black and White Impermanence he had seen two days ago, muttering, "I wonder if I can go directly to the underworld if I go down this well? If the inn wants to expand further, it needs a real official position! It's not a good idea to keep relying on talismans to deceive people."

Legend has it that in ancient times, Yin and Yang Inns were also divided into levels.

For example, if a Yin-Yang master who runs the Yin-Yang Inn does not have the seal of the underworld, then the most his inn can do is help people drive corpses, retrieve corpses, exorcise evil spirits, and deal with some Feng Shui issues, just like Zhang Hao's current Yin-Yang Inn.

But if there is a seal from the underworld, the level of the Yin Yang Inn will be directly raised, and it can continue to grow and develop!
A first-level Yin-Yang Inn, like the one Zhang Hao is running now, is the lowest level.

As for the second-level Yin-Yang Inn, it is necessary to have a fifth-rank official seal granted by the underworld. Only such an inn can truly achieve the connection between Yin and Yang, accept the entrustment of ghosts in a legitimate manner, and obtain recognition from the underworld.

A third-level Yin-Yang Inn requires the Yin-Yang Master to be an official of the fourth rank. Then he can open a ghost market near the inn, where the Yin and Yang worlds can exchange what they have and the dead souls can trade freely, while the Yin-Yang Inn reaps the profits and takes a commission from all transactions.

For a fourth-level Yin-Yang Inn, the Yin-Yang Master must reach the level of a third-rank Zhengqin, and there must also be a second master in charge of the inn.

Such an inn has the ability to develop a ghost market into a ghost town, a ghost town that is completely under its own control.

In a level five Yin-Yang Inn, the Yin-Yang Master must be at the level of a second-rank Zhengqin.

However, few people know to what extent a level 5 inn can be built and developed, because since ancient times, very few people have reached this level.

In a level six Yin-Yang Inn, the Yin-Yang master must be a first-rank Zhengqin.

It is said that even the King of Hell has to bow to people of this level, and they can even drink and chat with the Emperor of Fengdu. People who come and go in the inn are all gods here.

However, few people have been able to reach this level throughout history, and its authenticity is also quite controversial.

According to legend, there is a level beyond the first-grade Zhengqin, and that is the seventh-grade Yin-Yang Inn.

However, this level of Yin-Yang Inn has never been reached by anyone since ancient times. It only exists in legends and is therefore regarded as an unknown area.

"It's still a bit far-fetched to think about these things, let's first think of a way to upgrade the inn to level 2."

Zhang Hao pushed open the door, placed the peach wood and purple gold treasure box given by the Water Dragon King on the table, and whispered to himself.

"If we want to expand the scale of the Yin-Yang Inn, relying solely on counterfeiting talismans is not a long-term solution. We have to find a way to obtain the seal of the underworld and obtain a real official position. This is one aspect." He said thoughtfully.

"On the other hand, it is urgent to expand the scale of the inn. Even if we want to upgrade the inn to the point where we can open a ghost market in the future, the four of us now are far from enough."

"Therefore, the manpower problem of the Yin Yang Inn in the later stage must also be taken into consideration." He touched his chin, narrowed his eyes and thought for a long time before speaking softly.

"The last time Zhang Qilin left, his brows were dark and he also saw the ghost messenger. I guess this time he will have some contact with the underworld."

"A few days ago, I pretended to be a fourth-rank official and met the Black and White Impermanence."

"I wonder if Hades has noticed us..." he muttered to himself.

The next morning, Hao Xie rubbed his sleepy eyes, got up from the bed, took the washbasin and prepared to go out of the room to get water to wash his face.

Although this kind of life is not as convenient as in the city, he feels content and comfortable. (End of this chapter)