I have an inn in Xianxia

Chapter 576 What Gardener

Lu Cheng went back to the kitchen, until the night, Feng Zi didn't come to him again, she had already left.

"It seems that there are a lot of inconveniences. It is difficult to say a few more words to familiar people."

In this way, another few days passed.

Every morning, Zhang Qing would appear in the kitchen, and would leave in the afternoon. He was very attentive when learning to cook, and Lu Cheng was quite satisfied with this half-launched apprentice.

One day passed, and at night, Lu Cheng was about to fall asleep, when suddenly there was a knock on the door of the room, and then, the young maid came in, holding a scroll of bamboo slips in her hand.

"Mr. Lu, this is what the master asked me to give you, some self-defense methods."

"Self-defense?"

Lu Cheng took the bamboo slips, just glanced at them, and saw three large characters on the bamboo slips.

Anti-magic!
Thinking of a few days ago, Feng Zi specially reminded herself that if someone asked her to learn anti-magic, she must not learn it.

He asked the servant girl, "Isn't all anti-magic learned in the training camp?"

"The east area is in the training camp, and the west area is teaching at home. After learning this, if you have the ability to protect yourself, you can go out to hunt demons."

"Have you studied?"

"I've learned a little bit, but I still don't have the ability to go out of the valley." The servant girl smiled slightly, "Mr. Lu, you have to study harder."

"Thank you." Lu Cheng nodded and sent the other party away.

Back on the bed, Lu Cheng looked at the bamboo slips in his hand, closed his eyes and meditated for a long time, and then opened the bamboo slips.

Upon seeing the first line of small characters, Lu Cheng's pupils shrank violently.

"This is!"

The next morning, Lu Cheng got up early and went to the kitchen to cook breakfast.

He was very fast, and he cooked breakfast in less than half an hour, waiting for the young maid to deliver the food, but after a long time, there was no sign of her.

"By the way, today is..."

Lu Cheng's heart suddenly trembled, he strode out of the kitchen, and saw that there was no one in the entire Sifu compound.

"It's another eighth day, have you all gone to worship..."

The surrounding area was empty, and there was no one around. Even though it was broad daylight, it made people feel extraordinarily gloomy.

Walk two steps forward, there is a house here, which blocks his sight, and he cannot see the gate of Sifu. Only by passing this house, can he see what is happening in front of the gate.

When Lu Cheng glanced at the front of the Sifu gate, he saw that the usually empty street was already crowded with pedestrians, and everyone was looking at the statue in the center of Anti-Magic Valley with piety in their eyes.

"Why are you here."

Behind him, an emotionless voice suddenly sounded, "Why are you here?" There are seven words in total, all uttered in one voice, as if watching a half-finished robot in a sci-fi movie in the 21st century.

When Lu Cheng suddenly turned his head, he saw the gardener of the Sifu standing behind him, staring straight at him, which was particularly pervasive.

This gardener is more than 60 years old. When Lu Cheng meets him on weekdays, he is a very kind old man and very enthusiastic, except when he mentions the rules. voice, showing such an expression.

"Why, why did you become like this?"

"Why are you here."

The other party still uttered the same tone of voice, the same sentence, staring at Lu Cheng without even blinking.

"You're going to the street."

"Who are you! You are no longer a gardener, aren't you?"

"You're going to the street."

"Don't play tricks here. The gardener has practiced anti-magic. You grow in the gardener's body and manipulate his subconscious."

"Jie Jie!"

Suddenly, the gardener smiled strangely, and with this smile, the corners of his mouth reached to the root of his ears.

But this scene only appeared for a short moment, and in the next second, he returned to his original appearance.

"Why are you here, you are going to the street."

The gardener moved, his movements were very stiff, every step was very slow, as if taking a step was very laborious, he stretched out his hand, and grabbed Lu Cheng.

"Pretend to be a ghost!"

Lu Cheng's finger grew fluff, and he pointed it at the gardener's forehead. With just a light touch, the gardener froze in place. From where Lu Cheng pointed his finger, the gardener's skin began to crack, and then, those cracks appeared. black smoke.

Cracks spread on Gardener's body, and soon spread all over his body. A large cloud of black smoke rose, and Gardener lost his body and just disappeared into the world.

With a serious expression, Lu Cheng looked at the disappearing gardener.

"There is no soul!"

On the street at the entrance, the densely packed people were still standing on the street, looking devoutly at the direction of the statue, and no one noticed it.

Lu Cheng walked back to the kitchen and waited quietly. After a while, he heard the sound of footsteps in the mansion, as well as people talking and laughing. Lu Cheng knew that this time their worship was over.

The young maid came into the inn and served breakfast.

"Mr. Lu, today's vegetable porridge is a bit cold."

"Well, this time it's cold porridge, it will taste better when it's cooled." Lu Cheng lied without blushing.

After the maid left, he also left the kitchen and came to the Sifu compound, looking for someone at random, as if unconsciously asking.

"Hey, what about the old gardener, why didn't I see him today."

"What old gardener?" The servant Lu Cheng asked asked back, with a puzzled look on his face, "There has never been a gardener in the mansion."

"Without a gardener, how could it be possible? If there were no gardener, those flowers..." Lu Cheng said halfway, he couldn't go on anymore, because he saw that the flowerbed that the gardener was in charge of planting and pruning before had completely withered. There, there is only a pile of broken branches, as if no one has ever taken care of them.

"Mr. Lu, I think you remember wrongly."

"Maybe I misremembered." Lu Cheng's heart sank.

Back in the kitchen, Zhang Qing came a little late today.

"Hey, Mr. Lu, why didn't you see the gardener today?"

As soon as he entered the kitchen door, Zhang Qing asked.

"Gardenist? What gardener?" Lu Cheng replied like the previous servant.

"Uh, maybe I misremembered, Mr. Lu, what kind of food are you learning today?"

"It's still the same as yesterday."

"Okay." Zhang Qing nodded, and fiddled with the chopping board for a while, "By the way, I just remembered that there is one thing I haven't done, Mr. Lu, I can't learn how to cook with you today."

"Your business is important. You can learn how to cook whenever you want."

"En." Zhang Qing nodded, said goodbye to Lu Cheng, and left the kitchen door.

Lu Cheng continued to study the ingredients on the chopping board, but he didn't see a gaze staring at him in the dark.

Today, Feng Zi found her again, she seemed very anxious, and rushed directly to the kitchen.

(End of this chapter)