Chapter 174 The Plague Has Arrived "Dong dong!" There were footsteps outside, followed by a knock on the door. Lin Jue and Fu Yao both turned their heads to look over. The silver-eating ghost disappeared in a flash and went back into the wood carving, leaving only some official silver coins on the bed. "Who?" "Master, you are here so late, have you had dinner yet?" The waiter's voice came from outside, "If you want to eat something in the store, I can bring it to your room for you." “Is there any convenient and affordable food?” "There are soup noodles and mixed rice. The soup noodles are ten cents a bowl, and the mixed rice is fifteen cents. It has meat and is rich in oil." The two talked through a wooden door. Lin Jue thought for a moment and said, "Then let's have two bowls of soup noodles." Judging from the habits of the lower-class people these days, the risotto could really be made from the leftovers of other customers, and neither the store owner nor the customers who eat the risotto would think there is anything wrong with it. It's just that Lin Jue is still unwilling to eat leftovers at special times.
"Two bowls?" "Yes." "okay!" The footsteps slowly faded away. "Come out." "call……" The silver-eating ghost then reappeared, transformed into a big-headed child ghost. The first thing he did was to look at the silver on the bed, as if he was afraid that it had disappeared. "Don't panic, I locked the door. It was just a waiter from the inn." Lin Jue looked at it. "How do these two pieces of silver taste?" "Hmm? These two..." The Silver Eater didn't know why he asked such a question, but looking at the two pieces of silver in his hand, one was a piece of waisted honeycomb silver weighing ten taels, and the other was some scattered silver, adding up to more than ten taels, he leaned over to sniff carefully and answered truthfully: "Neither of these two pieces of silver smells strange, but this piece of fine silver smells very fragrant, and this bag of broken silver also smells very fragrant, but some of them have a lighter smell." "This ten taels of silver was given to me by my senior brother when he was helping someone find a soul. Most of this bag of silver was earned when I was helping people in the city to exorcise demons and ghosts, and the rest was earned by my senior brother from selling elixirs." "So that's it..." The Silver Eater almost knew why he asked this question, so he suppressed his weakness and told him what he knew: "The Immortal helps people exorcise demons and ghosts, and people voluntarily give him silver. The silver he gets is naturally fragrant. It is very common for the Immortal's senior brother to sell elixirs, but it is not easy for it to breed a strange smell. It's just that two kinds of silver with different smells are put together. Well, not only put together, but as long as they are given to the same person, they will smell after a long time. “If you put fragrant silver together with ordinary silver, the ordinary silver will also be tainted with some fragrance, and correspondingly, the fragrance of the fragrant silver will become lighter. “If you put fragrant silver and smelly silver together, the smelly silver will not necessarily become fragrant, but the fragrant silver will definitely acquire a smelly taste. "I don't really understand the reason behind this, but after a long time, I have gained this experience." After saying that, he held the silver and looked at Lin Jue. "It's actually like this..."
Lin Jue was sitting at the table, lost in thought. When he met its eyes, he immediately said, "Why don't you eat? You're starving, aren't you?" "Then I'll eat this bag of silver first! And I'll save this piece of silver for next month?" "Eat it all." Lin Jue said to it, and turned around to see that his fox was putting its front paws on the bench, staring at the ten-liang waisted honeycomb silver in the silver-eating ghost's hand as if it had stood up. He smiled: "It's because this bag of loose silver was earned by me, while this ten taels of official silver was earned by my family Fuyao from exorcising demons. They are not the same. As for next month, there will be a way for next month." "it is good!" The silver-eating ghost couldn't help himself any longer. He picked up a piece of silver and took a deep sniff, then threw it into his mouth like a candy bean. The Taoist and the fox both stared at it with their eyes open. All I heard was a creaking and banging sound. After a while, the sound turned into a rustling sound. Although it sounded harsh, it was obvious that it was chewing slowly, enjoying the food and even seemed a little moved. The Taoist and the fox looked at each other, and both felt that some saliva was unconsciously in their mouths. Lin Jue thought about it, then took another piece of silver and handed it to the fox: "Try it too." The fox looked down at the silver, then looked up at him. Out of trust in him, it actually took half a step forward, stretched its neck, and took the silver from his hand. Lin Jue clearly saw it using force with its mouth. "Hey!" After taking several bites, it couldn't stand it anymore and had to spit out the silver covered with teeth marks. It turned its head to look at the silver-eating ghost in confusion, then at Lin Jue, blinking its eyes, wondering why it couldn't chew it. Not only can I not chew it well, but it also hurts my teeth. While thinking, he pushed the silver to Lin Jue with his paw and looked at him expectantly. "I will not eat." Lin Jue said directly: "I'm not stupid." "??" The fox was shocked and stunned. Fortunately, not long after, footsteps were heard outside again. The man and the fox turned their heads at the same time again. The silver-eating ghost was extremely cautious. He took the silver and got back into the quilt, and even stopped chewing the silver. Lin Jue went to open the door, and outside was the waiter carrying two bowls of soup noodles. "Just give it to me. No need to bother bringing it in." "Okay! Taoist priest, please put the dishes outside the door after you finish eating. I will come back to collect them later."
"Thank you." "Master, you are so polite..." The waiter left, and Lin Jue took the bowl back to the house. The fox naturally pushed the door to close from the left and right, but it closed the door in the wrong order. It stopped and thought for a while before closing the door again. With a flick of the claw, the bolt was inserted. The silver-eating ghost also came out. "Eat them all." Lin Jue put down two bowls of soup noodles. So in this small room of the inn, there were sounds of a man, a fox and a ghost eating. The sounds were different, but they were all mixed together, and no one spoke. The three parties finished eating almost at the same time, and they were all very full and satisfied. Lin Jue took the bowl and chopsticks out and placed them at the door. He turned around and saw the silver-eating ghost with a look of ecstasy on his face. His belly was bulging as if something was moving around inside. There was also spiritual light coming out of his body, and there was spiritual energy rising from his head that could be seen with the naked eye. Then he burped: "Burp!" He opened his mouth and spit out two elixirs, which floated in the air as if they had no weight. The silver-eating ghost quickly caught it with his hand and handed it to Lin Jue. "Thank you." After Lin Jue took it, he looked down at the spiritual pill in his hand, then looked at the silver-eating ghost. He always felt something was weird, so it would be better not to watch the process of it spitting out the spiritual pill. Then divide the two into two parts. He handed one of them to Fuyao. "Take it and eat it. This is what you earned from your hard work in killing monsters. Don't say that I stole your money, and don't say that I didn't give you the elixir." Lin Jue said to it. "Hey~" The fox's eyes sparkled as it came closer and took the pill. After thinking for a moment, it turned to look at the silver-eating ghost and imitated Lin Jue's words, but its voice was clear and crisp: "Thank you!" After saying that, he didn't rush to eat, but continued to stare at Lin Jue. Lin Jue smiled and swallowed it in one gulp. The fox was relieved and swallowed it in one gulp. Lin Jue sat cross-legged. The fox sits upright. Both parties practiced in silence, digesting and comprehending the mysterious charm of the elixir. By the time Lin Jue opened his eyes, the silver-eating ghost had already crawled into the wood carving and fell asleep. This thing just sleeps after eating and drinking. If it hadn't fallen into the hands of an evil person, it would be quite comfortable. Lin Jue put away the wood carving and saw that his fox was still sitting with its eyes closed. It even showed its original size without him knowing when. It looked as big as an ordinary leopard, sitting upright with two fluffy tails behind it. It looked not only beautiful but also heroic. He looked at it for a while. Then he sat back on the bed and took out the ancient book.
"Wow..." I flipped through several pages and found that all I saw were recipes for elixirs. "Turtle Pill." "Meng Huaidan." "Leave Niu Dan." "Soul-soothing pill." All of this was taught to him by his second senior brother. When the second senior brother told him the recipe for the elixir, it triggered the mystery of the ancient book, and more detailed content naturally appeared in the book. The book contains the author's detailed account of this elixir, which inevitably contains some of the author's insights into the principles of elixir. Together with the explanation of his second senior brother, Lin Jue benefited a lot from it. This is something that can be listened to and read over and over again. He just turned another page. "Wow..." The art of taking objects from a distance and summoning them. Although this method is a kind of theatrical magic, it is mysterious and difficult to learn, and one must have extremely good talent to get started. Beginners chant the spell to take an object from a distance of several feet, with no obstruction in the middle; advanced people can wave their sleeves to take an object from a distance of several feet, with a little obstruction in the middle; if they can reach the pinnacle, they can take an object from a distance of a hundred feet, and even take the object held in the palm of the other person's hand; If you can use external forces such as magic arrays and artifacts, you can obtain objects from thousands of miles away. "So, Senior Brother Seven's talent should be considered top-notch. After all, he seems to only practice the art of drama, but within this art, there are several mysterious and difficult-to-learn spells." Lin Jue thought to himself. Thinking back, Seventh Senior Brother once took the crossbow from the waist of a Jianghu swordsman, which was hung on a belt. He also took the seal and purse from the arms of County Magistrate Qiu Ru. He should have reached a high level. "Fuqiuguan... "Sure enough, the only thing missing is the Great Yin-Yang Method." Lin Jue shook his head, pinched the pages of the book, and listened to the explanation in detail. However, at his current level, he no longer relied on authority, and no longer regarded everything the ancient book said as the truth just because the author of the ancient book might be very advanced and knowledgeable. Instead, he rationally realized that the author of the ancient book might indeed be very advanced, knowledgeable, and lived a long life, but his fellow brothers were also gifted, specialized in a subject, and had their own unique insights. And the senior brothers are right here in real life, right beside us. Therefore, the two learning channels have different perspectives and each has its own advantages. The authors of ancient books are superior in their high moral standards and broad knowledge. Their vision is higher and they can provide supporting evidence and cite other evidence to enable later generations to draw inferences from one instance to another and even inspire new insights. The senior students can teach him more appropriately and step by step, answer his questions at any time, and even analyze the problems he encounters and give him ideas and suggestions. Both are excellent learning channels.
When the two are combined, nothing can be better. As the fox listened, he woke up, yawned, stretched, and rolled on the ground. As he rolled around, he gradually returned to his previous size. Almost the same, but each time it gets smaller and smaller, closer to the size of a cat. Then there were footsteps outside again. Out of vigilance, Lin Jue opened his eyes slightly, let go of the pages of the book, and looked outside the door. Like the guy's footsteps. But if you listen carefully, it doesn't seem like that. The footsteps were much slower and weaker, like a zombie, or like someone who was extremely tired and could not walk any more, dragging his feet against the wall, making faint sounds on the ground. The footsteps stopped at their door. The fox stared outside with serious curiosity. The door moved. Then there was the sound of dishes and chopsticks colliding. Lin Jue finally breathed a sigh of relief. He could imagine the scene of the waiter holding the door outside and bending down to pick up the bowl. Just when I was about to sigh that life is really hard these days, this guy must have been busy since before dawn and has been busy until now, when the moon is high in the sky, but the next moment, I heard two crackling sounds. It was as if someone fell to the ground, and the dishes and chopsticks fell to the ground with them. Then there was a sound of collision and breaking, and then the sound of someone vomiting. "Ok?" A few more beans immediately appeared in Lin Jue's right hand, and he also pinched one in his left hand, which instantly turned into a long sword. He held it in his hand, pushed the door open and took a look. The person outside the door was none other than the innkeeper. The guy fell to the ground and vomited. (End of this chapter)
