Longevity from Liao Zhai

Chapter 18 Toilet Ghost
Inn.

It was already night when Zhou Ping, Chen Erdan and Daoba caught up with the escort team.

Liu Ruyan went to bed early because she was frightened last night and was tired from the long journey.

Zhou Ping, Chen Erdan and Daoba lived in the same house.

Around the hour of Chou, Chen Erdan was awakened by a stomach pain.

"Damn, I must have drunk too much cold water from the well."

Chen Erdan pushed the door open and went out, but was a little scared when he saw that it was pitch black outside and especially when he heard the howling wind.

Although he had received the initiation and gained Buddha's power, Chen Erdan was still very timid.

"Scar, let's go out and get some water."

Chen Erdan woke up Scar who was sleeping soundly.

"What? I'm not going."

Scar rejected Chen Erdan's proposal.

Chen Erdan didn't care about anything and walked out of the room holding Scar. He was really scared in the dark night, and with Scar by his side, Chen Erdan felt at ease.

"Oh no, I didn't bring any paper."

After Chen Erdan had finished relaxing, he realized that he had not brought any paper with him.

Suddenly two hands stretched out from the darkness, one hand held yellow paper, and the other held white paper.

Chen Erdan took it without thinking.

"Thanks, Scar."

Chen Erdan thought the hand belonged to Scar.

"What are you thanking me for? It's so cold, and you had to pull me out."

Scar's voice came from a distance.

Chen Erdan's face turned pale instantly. He thought Scar was right next to him, but Scar's voice was clearly coming from a long distance away.

Chen Erdan looked to the side tremblingly.

Under the dim starlight, there was a black shadow, and two dark red eyes in the shadow were staring at Scar.

“Is paper any good?”

The dull voice also carried a hint of excitement.

"Ghost!"

Chen Erdan screamed.

Chen Erdan's voice was so loud that it almost woke up everyone in the inn.

Zhou Ping woke up anyway.

Hearing Chen Erdan's scream, Zhou Ping hurriedly chased after him.

When he came to Chen Erdan, he was hanging on Scar's body with a confused look on his face.

Scar looked confused and sleepy.

"There's a ghost!"

Chen Erdan said fearfully.

Zhou Ping frowned, then expanded his perception range.

After the tenth level, Zhou Ping's perception range was seven feet, but as he entered the tenth level of Buddhism, his perception range had reached ten feet.

Within ten feet, Zhou Ping could sense everything, including invisible ghosts.

Zhou Ping glanced around and suddenly found a ball of black air in Chen Erdan's hand.

The black gas barely took the shape of a human.

"What's in your hand?"

Zhou Ping asked with a frown.

"The paper the ghost just gave me."

After being reminded by Zhou Ping, Chen Erdan hurriedly threw away the red and white papers.

The red and white papers fell to the ground, and the transparent human-shaped black shadow roared silently at Zhou Ping.

The human-shaped black shadow seemed to want to take revenge on Zhou Ping, and then climbed onto Zhou Ping's legs.

“It’s still alive.”

Zhou Ping can’t use Buddhist magic yet, but he can emit his own spiritual energy.

Zhou Ping's Buddhist power is fundamentally different from Chen Erdan's.

Chen Erdan just felt the spiritual energy, and there was a certain amount of spiritual energy in his body, which contained a certain amount of Buddha power.

If Chen Erdan wastes his spiritual energy, the Buddha power in his body will dissipate. Even if he takes elixirs like Scar, what will be left in his body is only spiritual energy, not Buddha power.

Zhou Ping has reached the tenth level of Buddhism. His spiritual energy has been depleted, but if he takes pills, he can still replenish his Buddha power.

The Ten Elements of Confucianism are like a seed that, when watered with spiritual energy, grows into spiritual energy with the power of Buddha.

As soon as the human-shaped black shadow lay on Zhou Ping's legs, it was touched by the spiritual power emitted by Zhou Ping.

There was a soft "pop" sound.

The human-shaped black shadow was bounced back from Zhou Ping's legs as if it had been electrocuted when it encountered the Buddha's power.

The next moment, the human-shaped black shadow was frightened and then fled away, escaping from Zhou Ping's perception range.

After Chen Erdan's commotion, everyone in the escort agency woke up.

According to the innkeeper, this is a toilet ghost.

A few years ago, a servant in the inn accidentally fell into the toilet pit while peeping at a female customer who was using the toilet, and he became a toilet ghost.

Toilet ghosts often come out to scare people, but they will not hurt anyone. Occasionally, they will deliver toilet paper to people who don’t have any.

Chen Erdan must have run into a toilet ghost.

Since the toilet ghost didn't hurt anyone, the bodyguards didn't plan to cause trouble for it.

After all, the main job of a bodyguard is to protect people, not to catch ghosts.

But after Scar's behavior, no one in the inn dared to sleep, especially the women who did not dare to go out.

Brothel, backyard.

On the bed, a man and a woman are doing push-ups.

The man looks somewhat like He Yunqing.

He is He Yunqing's cousin, He Yunlu.

The incident of the female ghost in the He family was related to him.

He Yunlu seduced the maid and pushed her into the well, killing two people.

In the room, besides the man and woman, there was also an old man and a woman.

The woman kept teasing the old man, but the old man stood still like a mountain and just stared at He Yunlu.

The old man is the head of the He family.

"Yunlu, how is the matter you arranged going?"

The head of the He family stared at the two people on the bed, his breathing becoming a little rapid.

"Uncle, everything that needs to be prepared is ready."

"Uncle, do we really want to do this? It costs a lot of money. Or should we follow the old rules and do it at home?"

"It doesn't matter if I spend a little more money, I can't dirty the He family's door lintel."

"Humph, this is all your fault! Jinhua Temple only killed the female ghost, but the little ghost ran away."

"The condition proposed by the abbot of Jinhua Temple is that we burn incense and pray for a child. Only then will they help us catch the little ghost."

"Uncle, is praying for a child in Jinhua Temple really like what you said? If so, I'll become a monk too."

"Humph, the dirty business of Jinhua Temple, it's fine if they just cheat the poor, but do they really think I don't know what they are up to?"

"When the time comes, if we ask for a Buddha's son, my entire He family's foundation will become theirs."

On the official road, the entire escort agency felt a bit dull.

The encounter with the toilet ghost last night made Liu Ruyan and the He family’s escort agency unable to sleep well.

So everyone is exhausted.

Zhou Ping's condition was slightly better. With the Buddhist power, he was not so afraid of ghosts anymore.

Zhou Ping did not tell anyone about his visit to Jinhua Temple to pray for a child.

The fertility courtyard of Jinhua Temple had been burned down to the ground, the foundation had sunk, and no evidence could be found.

Even if this matter was reported to the government, they would not be able to find out anything.

What's more, Jinhua Temple is a large and powerful place, and it might bring disaster to oneself.

Zhou Ping clicked on the panel.

Left side of the panel.

[Lifespan: 24 years, 6 months and 5 days]

[Telepathy: One]

[The End of the World: 1]

[Go on a convoy to achieve immortality, do not ask about worldly affairs]

On the right side of the panel, there are two white dots and one red dot on the map. [Mission reward: three years of life.]

The two white dots represent the locations of Liu Ruyan and the He family. The white dot representing Mrs. He is always moving.

The red dot is Zhou Ping’s home, where he can be teleported back instantly using Tianya Zhichi.

The reward for this mission of the escort agency is one hundred coins, but it refers to a round trip.

However, the panel defaults to two tasks.

From Qinghe County to Jinhua Temple, Zhou Ping has received rewards for three years.

This return mission is another three years’ reward.

"The lifespan bonus is not just based on the journey time, it may also take into account the risk factor."

In five days, he could get a three-year lifespan reward, which was obviously an attempt to lure Zhou Ping into taking a long-distance mission.

"The long distance is still too dangerous. I still need to accumulate more strength."

Zhou Ping touched his right hand, where the Soul Sleeve Arrow was located.

The Mind Sleeve Arrow can kill a tenth-grade monster. After killing it, Zhou Ping needs to replenish it with his own spiritual energy.

Before Zhou Ping broke through to the tenth level, one mind sleeve arrow required half of his spiritual energy.

The amount of spiritual energy absorbed by the Psychic Sleeve Arrow is certain. No matter how much spiritual energy it absorbs, it will not make it stronger. It can kill masters of the ninth or eighth rank.

Zhou Ping is now a warrior and a tenth-level Buddhist, with a lot of spiritual energy.

The spiritual energy in his body can shoot more than twenty arrows!

Of course, Zhou Ping has more than twenty arrows!
There is also an inner elixir in Zhou Ping's dantian that was cultivated using the Tianling method.

The spiritual energy of the inner elixir is three times the spiritual energy of Zhou Ping's body now! It is equivalent to Zhou Ping carrying a magic bottle, which can replenish his magic power at any time.

"If I encounter ghosts and monsters, I have the power of Buddha, the cassock and the beads to deal with them."

"But when I meet someone, I don't have many means of attack."

Zhou Ping was very clear that his strength might be acceptable in Qinghe County and the escort agency, but once he went outside, there would be tenth-grade masters everywhere, and his little bit of skills would not be enough.

Zhou Ping's martial arts attacks include two sets of sword techniques and the mind-controlled sleeve arrows.

"Fortunately, Uncle Lame is also with the escort team, so there shouldn't be any major risks."

According to the original plan, Uncle Bo might stay in Qingyuan County for a few days and would not return to Qinghe County with the escort agency.

But no one knew what happened, but Uncle Lame still followed the escort agency back to Qinghe County, and he looked unhappy along the way.

"Although Uncle Lame is here, we still have to be careful."

Zhou Ping's mind moved, and the left side of the panel changed.

[Lifespan: 22 years, 6 months, 5 days]

【Telepathic finger: three】

[The End of the World: 1]

[Go on a convoy to achieve immortality, do not ask about worldly affairs]

The life-saving skill of Lingxi Yizhi is very useful. It is equivalent to a "famous sword" that can block a fatal blow.

In addition, Zhou Ping also used this passive skill as an active skill.

The last time he fought against an archer, Zhou Ping fought the archer head-on and killed him.

The enemy thought that the fatal blow was actually neutralized, and Zhou Ping could take this opportunity to kill someone.

So Zhou Ping increased the number of his Mind Sleeve Arrows to three.

Anyway, when I return from this mission, I will receive a three-year lifespan bonus.

Zhou Ping had to ensure that he could deal with any danger on the road.

If you can't deal with it, you can only use "The World is So Close" to teleport away.

"Meow"

Xiaobai crawled out of Liu Ruyan's carriage and landed on Zhou Ping's shoulder, with a chicken leg in its mouth.

"Oh, you brought some delicious food again."

Zhou Ping took the chicken leg, cut it into three parts and gave each to Scar and Chen Erdan.

"Zhou Ping, I don't want the place the kitten has bitten."

"I don't want it either. It's covered with its saliva."

Chen Erdan and Scar said.

Zhou Ping's mouth twitched slightly, leaving the place that Xiaobai had bitten for himself.

During this mission, Xiaobai not only likes to follow Zhou Ping, but also likes to follow the Third Madam.

Zhou Ping guessed that it was mainly because Liu Ruyan had delicious food.

Every time Xiaobai came back from Third Madam Liu Ruyan, his belly was round.

Not only that, Xiaobai would also bring Zhou Ping some food and other things, such as fruits and chicken legs.

Not far away, Liu Ruyan lifted the curtain of the carriage and saw Zhou Ping eating a chicken leg and smiled slightly.

Liu Ruyan didn't know that she was knocked unconscious, she only knew that Zhou Ping saved her from the fire.

Just because of the act of saving people, Liu Ruyan was deeply impressed by Zhou Ping.

The more Liu Ruyan saw Zhou Ping, the more she liked him. She thought he was pretty good. Zhou Ping was neither arrogant nor impatient, he looked very honest and solid.

"When I get home, I'll tell Yun Qing about it. After all, Zhou Ping knows everything about me."

Day three.

on the official road.

There are two mountains on both sides of the official road, and the official road here is narrower than other places.

Hillside Hill, there are six people.

These six people were actually the six monks in the Jinhua Temple's child-seeking courtyard.

It’s just that these six monks grew thick hair in just two or three days.

"Brother, my hair is so itchy. I feel more comfortable with a bald head."

"Yes, yes, it's still more comfortable in the temple."

"It's a pity that the fertility hospital was burned down."

"Yes, now that the Child-Seeking Temple is gone, the number of incense offerings at Jinhua Temple will be reduced by half!"

"You didn't see the abbot's expression at the time. He was so distressed as if his parents had died."

"We are so unlucky that the oil lamp actually burned the cave."

"Yes, if the cave had not been burned, we would not have activated the mechanism to burn down the child-seeking courtyard for fear of arousing suspicion."

These six monks are the "child-delivering" monks of Jinhua Temple.

Originally their gang consisted of seven people, but the leader was exposed and was killed by the abbot, so the group of seven became a group of six.

The fertility room was burned down and it would take a year to rebuild it.

This means that these six people don’t have to work for a year.

But for these six people who partied every night, it was really hard to live without women.

After discussing it, the six people decided to kidnap the third lady.

"This Third Lady is really good. Let's capture her and play with her for a year, then kill her and return to the temple after a year."

"Third brother is right, otherwise this year would be really hard to endure."

"But Fourth Brother, can the six of us defeat a dozen of them?"

"Don't worry, Xiaoliu. Because of the death of our eldest brother, our second brother has gained some enlightenment in his heart. He has already reached the tenth level of Buddhism, and has reached the realm of perfection."

"Yes, Xiaoliu, with my second brother's strength, it's no problem."

"Xiao Liu, you don't need to kill them, you just need to attract their attention. I will be responsible for capturing the people. After capturing them, you can retreat. This mountain is so big, they won't be able to find you at all."

The six people had a very clear idea. There were more than a dozen people in the escort agency. It would be impossible to kill them all, so their goal was to capture the people.

The mountain is so big that once you enter it, there is no way to find it.

The six people discussed for a while, and then prepared to go down the mountain to rob the person.

This section of the official road, between two mountains, is sparsely populated and a good place for an ambush.

"go!"

Six people prepared to go down the mountain to grab Liu Ruyan.

However, the next moment, two men in black suddenly appeared on the official road.

One of the two men in black got into the carriage and kidnapped the third wife Liu Ruyan, while the other fought alone against more than a dozen bodyguards to cover the other's retreat.

"What's going on? Why are there robbers?"

"That's right. I've been in the temple for many years. Is the world outside so chaotic now?"

The six people were frightened by the sudden appearance of two people and didn't know what to do for a moment.

"Don't make a fuss, this is a good thing. The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind. We don't need to fight the escort, we just need to find the robber."

"Yes, this is a good thing. It saves us from fighting with them."

"Let's go! Let's catch him!"

(End of this chapter)