Longevity from Liao Zhai

Chapter 10: Female Ghost Possession
"The female ghost was seriously injured and ran away."

"I was badly injured, too."

"Miss Yunqing, the escort agency can't help you with this female ghost matter. You should seek help from someone else."

Uncle Lame sighed and coughed twice on purpose.

"Uncle Bo, please sit down and rest quickly. You have been injured so badly, I don't know if you will develop a chronic disease or damage your foundation."

Zhou Ping said this as he helped his uncle.

Uncle Lame glanced at Zhou Ping, and his eyes showed even more admiration.

"Uncle Lame, thank you very much."

"Come here, bring two hundred taels of silver."

He Yunqing waved his hand and had someone send two hundred taels of silver to Uncle Lame.

"This"

"I feel so unworthy of this."

Uncle Lame pretended to refuse, but his eyes were shining.

"Uncle Lame, if you don't think about yourself, you have to think about your brothers."

"Look, all the brothers are injured, and one is still alive or dead. This all costs money."

Zhou Ping took the two hundred taels of silver and stuffed it into Uncle Lame's arms.

"Alas, that's true. I didn't deserve the reward without any merit. I only seriously injured the female ghost, but my brothers were indeed injured."

Uncle Lame felt embarrassed and stuffed the silver deeper into his arms.

"Uncle Bo, you are right. If you don't consider yourself, you should also consider the injured brothers. Someone prepare a horse and send it to Uncle Bo to the escort agency."

He Yunqing asked people to send Uncle Bo and others away.

Uncle Lame nodded and prepared to leave with Zhou Ping and others.

"Miss Yunqing, I still have something to explain."

"That's not just a female ghost, but a mother-child ghost. That means when the woman died, she had a child in her belly, so she was so fierce."

Before leaving, Uncle Lame whispered to He Yunqing.

He Yunqing's expression changed slightly.

"That beast! How could he do such a heinous thing?"

The second night.

Zhou Ping came to collect his daily salary as usual.

"this is yours."

Uncle Lame calculated the bill and gave Zhou Ping five taels and three copper coins.

Zhou Ping looked at the money with a somewhat fiery look in his eyes.

Five taels of silver!

Zhou Ping had been escorting goods for two years, and had only saved one or two taels of silver.

"Of these five taels of silver, three taels are used as wages for catching ghosts yesterday, and the remaining two taels are rewards for your performance yesterday."

Uncle Lame looked at Zhou Ping and said.

This behavior does not mean that Zhou Ping injured the female ghost, but gave Uncle Lame an opportunity to back off.

Uncle Lame failed to subdue the female ghost, but he still wanted to get He Yunqing's money.

If Uncle Bo had shamelessly asked for it himself, it would have been somewhat unbecoming of his status as a senior, but the younger Zhou Ping played a very good supporting role, allowing Uncle Bo to get the money without losing anything.

Uncle Lame has both face and substance.

"Uncle Lame is a martial arts expert. If it weren't for you and your brothers, they would all be dead there."

Zhou Ping took the silver and started talking with a smile, not forgetting to praise his uncle.

Uncle Bo's face turned slightly red. He originally thought it was just a little ghost, but he didn't expect it to be a mother and child ghost, with a lot of resentment, so he stopped the loss in time and admitted his mistake to the other party.

"cough."

"Also, don't tell anyone about the two taels of silver. This is a reward for your good performance. If others knew about it, they would feel unbalanced!"

Uncle Lame said seriously.

"Don't worry, Uncle Lame, I understand everything!"

Zhou Ping said with a laugh.

Uncle Lame nodded with satisfaction, thinking that this was a sensible child.

I have nothing to do tonight, so I go to the brothel and listen to music.

"What? You actually made three taels of silver overnight?"

When Chen Erdan heard Scar say that he and Zhou Ping got three taels of silver, his back teeth were almost broken.

Chen Erdan also knew that Uncle Bo was going to catch ghosts, and he volunteered to go, but Uncle Bo looked down on him. Chen Erdan hadn't even sensed the spiritual energy yet.

Earning three taels of silver in one night is equivalent to winning hundreds of thousands of dollars in the lottery.

How could Chen Erdan not be jealous?

"Erdan, don't be jealous. I'm going there to risk my life. Look at the wounds on my chest and hands. I'm paying for my life."

Scar held up his bandaged right hand.

"It was Erdan. If it wasn't for his good luck yesterday, he would have almost died there."

Zhou Ping also comforted him.

"Feel the aura, feel the aura, when can I feel the aura?"

Chen Erdan said in annoyance. He thought that if he could also feel the spiritual energy, he would also get this opportunity.

"There's no rush for this. Scar and I have both made solid progress."

Zhou Ping also stood firm for a year, but he had a little more luck than Scar.

Chen Erdan is the smartest of the three but also the one who works the least hard.

"No, you guys have to treat tonight."

"Sure, no problem. We've made a small fortune. I'll treat you today, and Zhou Ping will treat you tomorrow."

The second night.

After delivering medicinal materials to He Ren Tang, Zhou Ping would come to Uncle Bo to collect his daily salary.

As soon as Zhou Ping entered the door, he saw He Yunqing.

He Yunqing was crying so hard that her eyes were covered with heavy bags.

Although only one night had passed, she no longer had her previous composure and had become very haggard, as if she had suffered a serious illness.

"Uncle Lame, did you bully the girl?"

Zhou Ping said with a wicked smile. He had already guessed that He Yunqing was probably thinking about the female ghost.

The story of the He family haunted by a female ghost has spread throughout the entire county.

People in the county town say all kinds of things.

Some said that Master He forced a maid to death, others said that the maid committed suicide out of shame when the He family found out about her affair with a servant, and still others said that the maid accidentally fell into the well.

"This is the only daughter of the He family. The entire He family will belong to him in the future. How dare I bully her?"

After Uncle Lame gave Zhou Ping three copper coins, he sighed.

"The female ghost possessed her after we left."

"A female ghost possessed her and frightened the entire He family."

"Now the female ghost has possessed her mother again."

"This girl wants me to help."

Uncle Lame explained.

A female ghost possessed my mother's friend?

"Uncle Lame, you are a rank 10th, is that female ghost also a rank 10th?"

Zhou Ping asked in confusion.

No matter what the legend in the county is, the female ghost who was causing trouble seemed to have been dead only a few days ago.

How could a female ghost who had only been dead for a few days be compared with a tenth-grade ghost?
The ghost path is so powerful, just be a ghost.

"Zhou Ping, do you know Tiger Bangzi Chicken?"

"I know. Tigers eat chickens, chickens eat bugs, bugs eat sticks, and sticks beat tigers."

Uncle Lame seemed to be moved by the scene and talked more.

"There are four main types of cultivation for the human race: Taoism, martial arts, Buddhism, and Confucianism."

"I won't talk about Taoism, which has all kinds of strange magic, but the path of Taoism is the most talent-oriented, and it is the least practiced and most mysterious of the four."

"A warrior is the path you and I take. We must move forward courageously, fearless of life or death."

"Buddhists need to abide by the rules and regulations."

"In Confucianism, reading can help you feel the spiritual energy and enter a certain level. Some people can even enter several levels in one night." Uncle Lame introduced.

Zhou Ping stood in awe and turned the oil lamp beside Uncle Bo a little brighter.

The admiration in Uncle Bo's eyes grew even stronger.

"Then Uncle Lame, how can we break through the realm?"

Zhou Ping's spiritual energy has been perfect for several months, but he has not yet broken through to the tenth level.

"I heard from Scar that you can already sense spiritual energy, so I asked you to accompany me to catch ghosts."

"You should have just started to feel the spiritual energy. After you feel the spiritual energy, your spiritual energy will be perfect. After the spiritual energy is perfect, it will reach a bottleneck. Only by breaking through the bottleneck can you reach the tenth level."

"As for breaking through the bottleneck, there is no technique that can help. What is needed is to cultivate the mind!"

"It's hard to explain the broken mirror in just a few words. Let's talk about it when your spiritual energy is perfect."

Uncle Lame spoke to himself.

Zhou Ping did not interrupt, nor did he explain that he had already achieved spiritual perfection.

"Zhou Ping, who do you think is the strongest among the Taoists, the Martial Artists, the Buddhists and the Confucians at the same level?"

Uncle Lame asked.

"Is it that the strongest is the warrior? Then the Taoist? Then the Buddhist? Then the Confucian?"

Zhou Ping guessed.

Warrior Zhou Ping has seen it.

Zhou Ping had also seen magic spells. He had seen a bodyguard who could conjure up a fireball out of thin air and then attack people with it. This should be a Taoist method.

As for Buddhism and Confucianism, Zhou Ping had never seen them.

"Yes, you are right. At the same level, warriors are slightly stronger than Taoists, but it also depends on the strength of the Taoist's mastery of magic. Most of them are weak, unless they are from famous and upright sects that have mastered many magic spells."

"Taoism is slightly stronger than Buddhism, and Buddhism is much stronger than Confucianism."

Uncle Lame spoke slowly.

Zhou Ping memorized it silently in his heart.

Martial arts is greater than or equal to Taoism, Taoism is greater than or equal to Buddhism, and Buddhism is far greater than Confucianism.

Confucianism seems to be a weakling! Zhou Ping thought to himself.

“Don’t think Confucianism is weak.”

As if he could see through what Zhou Ping was thinking, Uncle Lame asked.

"If you add a ghost to martial arts, Taoism, Buddhism, and Confucianism, which one do you think is the weakest?"

Uncle Lame touched his stump, with some reminiscence in his eyes.

"Warriors are the weakest!"

This question will be answered by Zhou Pinghui.

Since this is the world of Liao Zhai and there is Pu Du Ci Hang, it is only a matter of time before we meet Zuo Qianhu, the strongest Three Swords Master on earth.

Zuo Qianhu had amazing fighting power, but was killed by a few little monsters who could become invisible.

After Zhou Ping answered, Uncle Bo's eyes dimmed.

"I had some talent for martial arts in my early years, and I always thought I could be ranked first."

"Then something unexpected happened, and my martial arts foundation was destroyed."

"I thought about turning to another path, but I couldn't read any Confucian books, and I couldn't follow any of the Buddhist rules and regulations."

"I have studied Taoism for more than ten years and I can only draw a talisman to ward off evil spirits."

After Uncle Lame finished speaking, Zhou Ping didn't know how to respond.

At this moment, Uncle Lame looked like an old man in his twilight years.

on the street.

"Zhou Ping also has Scar, and he has fought head-on with the female ghost of the He family."

"That female ghost had a face full of fangs and was very scary. Her claws were more than ten feet long. With one claw, she left five fingerprints on Scar's body, almost piercing him through the heart."

"At this time, Scar was so scared that he peed himself. Seeing that the female ghost was about to kill him, the amulet on Scar's body lit up and scared the female ghost away."

Chen Li was vividly describing to a few old ladies and men the story of the female ghost of the He family taking on ten people at once, as if she were there at the time.

Chen Li received the first-hand information from her son Chen Erdan, but she did not hear the whole story, so she could only tell it with exaggeration and imagination.

"really?"

"That's right."

"So female ghosts are so powerful? What kind of talisman can scare ghosts away?"

The uncles and aunts expressed doubts.

"You don't believe it!"

"Hey, Zhou Ping, you just happened to come here, tell me if what I said is right."

Chen Li grabbed Zhou Ping's arm.

The uncles and the gatekeepers all looked at Zhou Ping in awe.

Zhou Ping was also on the list of the female ghost fighting ten people alone, and he was the only one who was not injured.

"What Auntie said was right. It was indeed the amulet that Scar bought that scared away the female ghost. Later, Uncle Lame fought with the female ghost for three hundred rounds, and both of them were seriously injured."

Zhou Ping smiled. Don't hit someone in the face. At this time, you can only help but not destroy him.

Chen Li looked at the group of uncles and aunts with pride.

The old men and women looked at Zhou Ping with a little different eyes. Everyone knew that Zhou Ping dared to kill people, but they didn't expect that he would dare to fight even female ghosts!

"The female ghost was seriously injured, so she possessed the third wife of the He family."

"The third wife was possessed by a ghost, but the whole He Mansion was frightened, but there was nothing they could do, so they had to leave the third wife alone in the mansion, and the others went to live in another mansion."

"This Third Madam also played cards with me. Her waist and figure are so slim. It's a pity that she was possessed by a female ghost."

Chen Li continued telling the story.

Chen Li's words made Zhou Ping pause.

Uncle Lame also said that the ghost first possessed He Yunqing and later possessed the Third Lady.

Is he really possessed?

"Which house is the Third Madam in now?"

"Yes, yes, in which house?"

The uncles and aunts started to make a fuss.

"It's in the house in the west of the city! Didn't you see it? Today, groups of people from the west of the city went out, and Mr. He also moved out of the house."

He’s house in the west of the city.

As a wealthy family in Qinghe County, the He family had wealth and land, and even owned many houses.

The place where Zhou Ping and Uncle Bo caught ghosts was the He family’s first house.

After the He family was haunted, everyone immediately moved to another house.

Later, the female ghost found the He family’s second house and possessed He Yunqing and her mother.

The He family abandoned the mother and daughter and moved to a third house.

Zhou Ping's entire body was wrapped in red cloth, with only his eyes and nose showing, like a red mummy.

This strange outfit is the result of Zhou Ping's disguise using a cassock.

Liu Ruyan and her daughter have some feelings for Zhou Ping. After all, they still want to help them.

For Zhou Ping, this was just a small favor. After all, with the two sacred Buddhist objects, the cassock and the Buddhist beads, it was not easy to deal with a little ghost.

Helping people is helping people, but Zhou Ping doesn't want to be exposed.

Human beings are not guilty, but they are guilty of carrying a jade.

If other people knew that I had these two treasures, the cassock and the Buddhist beads, who knows who would be coveting them.

So Zhou Ping made appropriate disguise. The cassock that could grow bigger or smaller and longer or shorter was wrapped around Zhou Ping's body one by one, and finally this mummy-style disguise appeared.

Zhou Ping shuttled back and forth on the roof of the He family's house.

At this time, there was no one in the He family residence, and it was dark everywhere. No one knew where He Yunqing and her daughter were.

Zhou Ping's spiritual energy has been perfected and he is just one step away from reaching the tenth level.

He now has enough strength to climb over a low wall, but he can't fly around on the roof.

But in addition to being able to change shape, the cassock also has the ability to fly.

The cassock cannot carry Zhou Ping to fly like a flying carpet, but it can carry Zhou Ping to "jump".

It feels like a bird is flying with something hanging on it that far exceeds its own weight.

So Zhou Ping relied on his own leg strength and the bonus of the cassock to fly back and forth on the roof.

"Mother, please don't. I am your daughter Yun Qing."

(End of this chapter)