Chapter 24 Opportunities to assist in the exam
After being reminded by Fang Mulian, Yu Que did not stay too much in the ghost shop and left the place dejectedly.
When we walked onto the street, it was half dark and quite cold.
Yu Que looked at the empty streets, and his heart felt empty for a moment.
He originally thought that he would be able to work and learn skills safely under Zheng Laohei until he became a master alchemist before taking the exams. He then left your shop with great arrogance and was admitted to the county school in one fell swoop.
As a result, the road to learning art collapsed halfway. Even though Yu Que had done some mental construction in the store to prevent himself from being angry, but when he really walked out of this place, he felt a little confused.
Yu Que walked from one ride to another, and subconsciously followed the track of the ghost carriage. He passed several stations along the way, and cars passed by, but he did not board the carriage to go home.
Going back now would only disturb his uncle and the others at home, and Yu Que really didn't want to go back, so he was too embarrassed to say anything for the time being.
"That's all, let's just go to the ghost market until midnight and buy the book Fang Mulian said."
He was determined in his heart, and immediately identified the direction of the wind tonight. After determining the general direction, he walked leisurely along the direction of the mist.
More than two hours later.
Yu Que's figure appeared in the thick ghost fog, and various cries from the ghost gathering appeared in his ears:
"The Nanshan tiger we just hunted this morning, the tiger penis and the tiger bones are all fresh, and they have a few ghostly auras in them."
"Red-crowned crane! A good red-crowned crane can bring down an elephant with one bite."
"Hey! Brother, is the thing you sell called Hedinghong?"
The ghost center was lively and lively, and it didn't feel like midnight at all.
Yu Que even smelled the enticing aroma of wine and fried dough sticks, and there seemed to be people selling cooking food in the ghost gathering.
However, when he walked over following the aroma, he discovered that at the pancake stall, what was fried in the oil pan was not dough sticks but small baby ghosts.
The stall owner looked fierce. When he saw Yu Que, he shouted:
"How many pills are there? If the guardian god eats them, his ferocity will become stronger, and he will become a dragon and a tiger!"
Yu Que took a look at the price on the other party's cover and the pitch-black oil pot, and resigned.
This is not only because he cannot afford such ghost food for the time being, but also because the other party's frying techniques are too rough. The fried ghosts still have a lot of evil energy left. Once consumed, the user's household gods are at risk of becoming possessed. .
Not only are the little ghosts fried in the cake stalls, but the places selling drinks also sell a variety of drinks such as zombie saliva, old ghost phlegm, etc.
Among them, the five-poison wine brewed from five poisonous insects is the most normal among them.
Yu Que walked around and didn't find a book titled "The Night Journey of One Hundred Ghosts" on the street stall, but he did see other similar ghost books.
But after taking a few glances, he found that the other books were either full of errors or omissions, or that he was not sure whether they were true or false. He felt that he was still honest and it would be better to buy a copy of "Hundred Ghosts at Night".
"After all, this book is a book bought by a serious alchemist. It is definitely a good thing to buy." He thought to himself.
Finally, in a time-honored store, Yu Que saw the book "The Night Journey of One Hundred Ghosts". After briefly flipping through a few pages, his eyes lit up.
"This man has good eyesight. This is a new book compiled by Master Liu Baigui himself. It has been on the market for less than ten years."
The shopkeeper saw that Yu Que seemed to be specifically looking for this book, and quickly introduced it enthusiastically: "There are a total of 131 common ghosts collected here, including brief methods for dealing with ghosts. This book is usually just circulated. In the hands of the refiners "Our store is one of the few places in the county that has the goods." Yu Que nodded calmly: "My elders at home asked me to buy it and read it. It is indeed more detailed than ordinary books, but you didn't say that. It’s so mysterious.”
He looked at the store with a half-smile.
The two immediately discussed the price, and finally settled on 30,000 incense paper money. The shopkeeper insisted on it.
Such a price really made Yu Que speechless.
It should be noted that his uncle only earns 3,000 yuan a month in Yexiang Division, and 3,000 yuan is enough to support a family of five and live a modest but comfortable life.
Thirty thousand yuan is equivalent to the expenses of a family of five for nearly a year. Just one book is really not something ordinary people can afford.
Even though he had enough time to turn waste into treasure in Old Zheng's nigger shop, he still had to spend 30,000 pieces of paper money to nearly wipe out the money he had finally saved, and even the next batch I don’t even know how to buy supplements for keeping my body healthy.
Especially after leaving the ghost shop, he temporarily had no way to make extra money, so he had to save some money.
Yu Que pretended to be sulky and disliked the price.
He walked out of the store and ran to other bookstores to compare prices, but in the end he went to the bank store to withdraw money, and gritted his teeth and bought 30,000 copies of the book.
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Before checking out, he asked the shopkeeper to send some more zhiyi essays to pass the time, but the other party was unwilling to send them. It seemed that he was really frustrated to a certain extent.
Fortunately, after he finished buying the books and strolled around for a while, he took a rest in Heping Alley, which was hung with red lanterns, as usual. Yu Que flipped through the books and thought about it for a moment. He felt pleasantly surprised and felt that the book was indeed worth buying.
"Okay, okay! So that's it."
With bright eyes, he stroked the book cover, which was as delicate as human skin, and looked intently at the wooden box containing the lucky ghost.
According to the book, ordinary blessing and longevity ghosts are fire-consuming ghosts and spirits similar to book ghosts. They are objects that are discarded after being refined and used.
Among them, the lucky ghosts within thirty years are called "lucky ghosts" and can increase the user's luck.
But in fact, there is no such thing as luck and luck in the world. Lucky ghosts can only sharpen the user's five senses, bring happiness to the heart at all times, and maintain the best condition, which in turn facilitates immortals to fight with people, make alchemy and draw talismans, and refine ghosts and gods. All kinds of work seem to be blessed by blessings.
Those who have been there for more than thirty years are called "lucky and longevity ghosts". Refining this ghost can not only bring good fortune to the heart, but can also be used to hang one's life. As long as the lucky and longevity ghost does not die, the immortal family's life will not be extinguished.
As for those that are more than a hundred years old, they are called "longevity ghosts". This thing is even more mysterious. It is not an ordinary longevity ghost. It seems that it can really increase life span.
However, the book does not tell how this thing increases life span, and it is too far away from Yu Que, so it is not what he can hope for.
Not only the longevity ghost is like this, but the real fortune ghost is far away from him, even if he has a little black gourd.
Because to raise and refine the ghost of longevity, you must feed it with living people, and you must violate the laws of nature and sell fortune and longevity ointments. Otherwise, relying only on pure yin energy and ghost energy will at most increase the viciousness of the ghost, but the medicinal properties will not be long-lasting.
A lucky ghost will never turn into a lucky ghost or even a longevity ghost just because he grows older.
Fortunately, what Yu Que is currently eyeing is only those lucky ghosts within thirty years.
His heart was beating loudly, and he thought excitedly:
"If I am a lucky ghost, I will be able to take the exam to become an alchemist right away!"
(End of chapter)