Chapter 17 Real Water, Real Fire, Fever and Fever Armor Stand
After the transaction was completed, Yu Que didn't leave in a hurry.
He put the two book ghosts into his sleeves and took out a hundred-dollar bill.
The same was true for Ma Yinglong. The two stood on the same spot, as if they were sworn to each other, bowed their hands to the sky and to the ground, and praised in their mouths:
"Humans leave in the Yang world, and ghosts leave their homes in the underworld. Yin and Yang are similar in the underworld, so why not make a business."
After the praise, Ma Yinglong came over and said, "Brother, I have fire here."
When Yu Que saw that the man had already taken out the fire folder and blew it on fire, he was not polite. He stepped forward to borrow a fire, lit the paper money in his hand, and threw it into the sky.
There was a burst of green smoke, and the paper money was scattered in the mist, turning into nothingness.
The same was true for Ma Yinglong, but this man was much more generous. There were at least ten hundred-yuan bills in his hand. After being lit, they whirred and swayed around like snowflakes.
Yu Que said with a smile: "Boss Ma is so generous and generous, he will definitely make a fortune!"
Ma Yinglong smiled politely: "Haha, thanks to the seventh ghost gathering, Ma finally got his wish today, so he will naturally spend more on the 'travel money'!"
The reason why the two people burned paper money to turn it into ashes was because they followed a custom of doing business in the ghost market. It is similar to the custom of scattering paper money when the dead are buried at funerals, which is called "travel money".
Whenever a business is concluded in a ghost gathering, it is best to scatter some incense and paper money and burn them to the ghosts around. In this way, the ghosts will not be jealous of the buyers and sellers and secretly cause harm to the buyers and sellers. I just finished my business happily in the ghost market, but I died on the way back.
Yu Que didn't really believe this statement at first. In his opinion, almost all the people in the ghost community had family gods, so there was no need to be afraid of any lonely ghosts.
However, as soon as the paper money was burned, he found that his body became even colder, and the ghost mist clung to his body more viscous, covering his body.
He looked across and saw that Ma Yinglong, who was still in his perception just now, suddenly seemed to disappear.
This made Yu Que suddenly understand that the "travel money" was actually burned for this ghost market.
"Sure enough, the rules in any place have their own reasons. The road money is actually equivalent to tax money."
Fortunately, according to the rules of the ghost market, there is no requirement for the amount of money to buy the road. You can spend a hundred yuan or more a day. Especially for those who are doing business in the ghost market for the first time, you don’t need to burn it. The ghost market will not hinder new people. client.
So Yu Que didn't want to burn a few more, but tightened his tight robe, and while the mist around him was still thick, he suddenly stepped into a remote corner and wandered towards the outside of the ghost market.
As soon as he left, Ma Yinglong called out "little brother, little brother" and got out of the fog around him, wanting to talk to Yu Que again.
When he saw that Yu Que had left, the man could only sigh with regret on his face.
The other side.
After Yu Que walked around for three times, went in and out, and bought some miscellaneous items in the ghost market, he finally left the ghost market completely.
After leaving, even though Guiji protected the traders and prevented others from following him, he still felt creepy walking on the empty and thinly mist streets.
The county town at night was said to be safe, but it was not safe either, especially since he still had good things with him.
Fortunately, he walked three streets in a row, and no bad guys jumped out in front of or behind him. Yu Que relaxed his mind and felt that he didn't need to go around in circles anymore and could go straight back.
However, after he stood there and thought for a moment, he realized that the direction he was heading was not his home or the paper-making shop where he was an apprentice, but heading towards the west of the city.
With the blessing of the cat-faced family god, Yu Que climbed over the darkness like a night owl, climbing up the wall and into the house as if he were walking on the ground.
More than half an hour later, he came to the alleyway where clusters of red lanterns were hung. The buildings in the alley were high and low, and the windows were all opened small, like cages.
This place is the famous red light district and gold-selling cave in Qifang City, called "Peace Alley". There are three streets in total, where food, drinking, prostitution, gambling, and smoking are all connected together, so everything can be arranged in one stop.
As soon as Yu Que walked to the alley, he smelled a strong smell of Fushou ointment, which made his face turn red, and he felt itchy in his heart as if he had to do something.
Women and men, either graceful or strong, were standing at the entrance of the alley, soliciting customers.
When the women saw Yu Que, they all immediately swayed and became lively. Their exposed cheongsam and body looked charming and lustful under the dim red lantern.
"This young man, come and play!"
"Oh, what a handsome young man. What a rare visitor."
The prostitutes exhaled the fragrance of the longevity ointment, and kept moaning in low voices.
Yu Que originally saw the figures of these women. Because he was a young man, his heart was touched in a different way. However, after smelling the strong smell of the longevity ointment on their bodies, he immediately frowned and looked towards Heping with a dull look. Walk down the alley.
As a result, one of the prostitutes in this group of prostitutes was so bold that he leaned forward and approached Yu Que: "My little enemy, why did you come so late..."
Fortunately, when Yu Que's eyes flashed and exuded fierceness, the woman's body stiffened and her smile stopped. She didn't dare to step forward to tease her anymore. She only dared to look at Yu Que with shrinking eyes, showing favor and begging for mercy.
Many of the prostitutes were poor people, but Yu Que didn't make things difficult for them and just passed by them silently.
Soon, amid the strong smell of longevity ointment, he found a relatively light-smelling red light inn near the end of the alley. He staggered in and asked for a meditation room located underground.
The reason why Yu Que did not go home tonight was because he was afraid of disturbing his uncle and others at home. The reason why he did not rent a hotel elsewhere was also simple.
In the middle of the night, not many people would suddenly go to a hotel to stay alone. Even if it was a quiet meditation room specially provided for the use of immortals, it would be easy to reveal that he had just returned from a ghost market and might be stared at.
But it was different when he came to Heping Alley. Until dawn, there were many customers coming in the dark all the time, and they were so mixed that no one would notice him.
Moreover, the price of staying here is the cheapest among the Seventh House. There are also various meditation rooms and even a privately operated fire room. It can be said that apart from the county school, the local practice facilities are the most complete. place.
Yu Que stepped into the underground Zen room and locked the stone key. After scanning it, he took out an incense stick as thick as an arm from his sleeve and inserted it in the center of the Zen room.
A burst of smoke rose slowly, and soon filled the stone Zen room measuring one foot square.
This incense is called "blind eye incense", which can block the sight and block prying eyes.
The most amazing thing about it is that it can be shaped like a flower bone, and then the smoke will not leak out, and the smoke will only stay within a ten-foot range, and can burn through the night.
Yu Que took protective measures and sat cross-legged on the stone slab, feeling greatly relieved. To be honest, he went to two ghost fairs alone, and also made a deal involving eighth-grade rampant ghosts. He carried heavy goods back and forth, which made him feel quite nervous these days, which was different from the previous one. It's no different when you're out hunting for ghosts.
After all, people are often more cunning than ghosts.
With just a moment of negligence, he may be plotted by the bad guys. Not only will he lose all his money, but his life may also be lost.
Fortunately, the transaction was successful. Then he only needed to refine all the book ghosts, so he no longer needed to carry things around.
In the Zen room, Yu Que originally wanted to burn incense and take a bath, calm down for a while, and then refine the book ghost. As a result, he sat cross-legged for a while, then reluctantly opened his eyes, no longer asking for silence.
"I have chosen the meditation room on the ground floor, but I didn't expect that the sound insulation effect is still so bad. The store is trying to sell you dog meat."
Yu Que listened to the faint lustful moans and muttered in his mouth.
But he didn't want to change places again. After all, you get what you pay for, and better quiet rooms were often more expensive. Besides, with the screams all around, it seemed safer to a certain extent.
Anyway, he was just refining the book ghost tonight, and was not going to do any refining matters.
Without further delay, Yu Que held a gray altar in one hand and a jade altar in the other. He closed his eyes, white hair grew on his body, and corpse energy emerged.
He bit the tip of his tongue first, then spit out a mouthful of blood from the tip of his tongue towards the gray urn.
Check out the 16-9 book bar and see the correct version!
Sizzle! There was a sound like frying, and the Yin energy on the urn surged, entangled and formed, turning into a caterpillar the size of a baby's paw, with tadpole-shaped words flickering on it.
Yu Que didn't open his eyes. He flipped his palm, causing the urn to fall to the ground and smash into pieces. However, his fingers were wrapped in corpse energy and he picked up the caterpillar object.
Rubbing it several times with his hands, he once again tested whether the bookworm ghost was complete or not. He opened his mouth, grunted, and swallowed the thing.
The refining bookworm ghost is different from the refining cat-faced ghost. The latter wants to be a household god. He must be praised and served well. It is best to swallow the incense and ashes of the cat-faced ghost.
However, the bookworm ghost is only a one-time consumption ghost, so you don't need to worry about it. Moreover, the incense and ashes contained in this thing were purchased by others. It is not hygienic and safe to swallow them randomly.
Swish, swish, swish!
As soon as the bookworm ghost entered Yu Que's belly, the sound of insects eating mulberry leaves and gnawing on book paper rang in his ears.
Immediately afterwards, a cold air rose from his belly and went straight to the Tianling Cap, making his eyes dazzled. In his eyes, densely packed worm-like words appeared, which were all crooked, swaying, and different. yelled.
Gradually, the words in Yu Que's eyes froze, and the sound of rustling books in his ears turned into a murmur of reading, as if an old scholar was reciting a book in his ears, shaking his head.
Yu Que was in high spirits at this time, his mouth was twitching, and he silently read a line of insect writing in his eyes:
""Introduction to the Science of Water and Fire Refining", made in the 315th year of the Incense Calendar, with the seal of Master Luo Ding."
The words that appeared in his eyes at this time were the inheritance of the alchemist that he had been waiting for for a long time!
After a quick silent reading, Yu Que found that the inheritance was clear and well-organized, with pictures and paintings, and there were figures walking in front of him, as if someone was instructing someone to practice alchemy.
This made him very happy:
"With this inheritance, my training career can begin."
Immediately, he was filled with joy and his mind was completely immersed in the inheritance of "Introduction to the Water and Fire Alchemy". Words and pictures were imprinted into his mind and memory from his eyes. middle.
In less than half an hour, Yu Que had a clear vision in his eyes, and he had an unprecedented understanding of the true role of an alchemist.
It turns out that the full name of the position of Alchemist is "Water and Fire Alchemist".
Refining refers to refining the soul of the deceased with true water and true fire; saving means practicing fasting and practicing Taoism to save the ghosts. The two combined can refine ghosts and gods and suppress evil.
The key to becoming an alchemist is to master the use of true water and true fire.
According to the "Introduction to the Science of Water and Fire Refining", there are strange water and fire in the world, which can nourish the spirit, increase qualifications, whiten flesh and bones, burn diseases, burn suffering, and burn all kinds of ghosts and monsters. They are magical and extraordinary.
Immortals can obtain this strange water and fire and nourish it with their spirit. It will become real water and real fire, and they can train ghosts and gods with twice the result with half the effort.
Of course, strange water and fire are rare, and even the most common low-grade water and fire are not easily possessed by a refiner. Often, if there is a kind of true fire or a kind of true water in a city, it is considered good.
For example, as far as Yu Que knew, the seventh workshop where he was located only heard that there was only "real fire" in the county school's crematorium, but no real water.
Therefore, if the alchemist does not have the true water and true fire outside his body, he can only use the true water and true fire inside his body.
Among the inheritance that Yu Que received, there is an excerpt called "Tai Chi Sacrifice and Refining Internal Methods", which is mentioned above:
"What is refined by water is called water, and it is not water. It is the marsh of my essence. Refining my essence produces another essence, so it is turned into water and refined. What is refined by fire is called fire. It is not fire. I The light of God is also the God who refines me and gives birth to the God of others. That’s why it is transformed into fire and refined. Although the essence fell and became a ghost in the past, the essence is now rising and reborn in the sky. If it is refined, it will be saved. Refined by water and fire..."
It means that the alchemist can use his own essence and spirit, mixed with various external methods, to refine ghosts and gods.
Among the various entry-level methods, they are roughly divided into two categories, fire method and water method.
Among the fire methods, there are charcoal roasting, simmering, deep-frying, and fire-roasting; among the water methods, there are wine moxibustion, vinegar moxibustion, salt moxibustion, and honey moxibustion, to name a few, which are quite similar to chef methods.
Yu Que understood this and suddenly understood what kind of skills he still lacked after working in Zheng Laohei's shop for a month. It was the water method for nourishing ghosts and gods.
Now that he has obtained this inheritance, he only needs to study the water method a little more, and then he can get started personally and try to refine ghosts and gods!
After sorting it out.
Yu Que opened his eyes in the underground Zen room, his eyes full of joy that lingered for a long time.
He combed through it again and confirmed that he had obtained a complete introduction to alchemy. It had pictures, words, and detailed steps, and he wanted to get up and stamp his feet to celebrate.
But as soon as he stood up, he suddenly realized that he was holding another book ghost in his hand, which had not yet been digested.
This book ghost is the eighth-grade book ghost obtained from Ma Yinglong. This item looks good, but because it is too expensive, it is not allowed to be tried, and there is no small introduction on the surface of the book ghost, so what kind of inheritance is it? , Yu Que still doesn’t know.
"Compared to refining bookworm ghosts, this thing is actually just a bonus for me."
He thought to himself: "I have learned a lot tonight. I wonder what kind of inheritance these eighth-grade book ghosts will be. Can you give me another big surprise?"
After two days of doing nothing, he stopped delaying and immediately continued his efforts. He spat out a mouthful of blood from the tip of his tongue on the urn, pulled out the book ghost inside, and swallowed it.
Soon, another burst of dense words appeared in front of Yu Que's eyes.
A piece of inheritance called "Knot Fever Armor Stand-in Instrument" was imprinted in his mind, making his mind sway and feel magical...
(End of chapter)