Longevity from Liao Zhai

Chapter 102 The Thousand Blades of the Demonic Sword
Qingyuan County.

Zhou Ping and Fan Shiyi were riding horses on the official road.

Zhou Ping looked at the escort panel and groaned.

On the panel, one white dot represents Qinghe County, and one white dot represents Fan Shiyi.

However, the white dot representing Fan Shiyi was not going to Qinghe County, but was thinking of going in the opposite direction.

The mission from Bailu Village back to Qingyuan County would take at most four or five days, with a two-year lifespan bonus. But it had already been five days, and the two had only walked halfway.

Fan Shiyi didn't want to go back to Qingyuan County at all, she wanted to travel and enjoy the scenery.

If we keep walking like this, we won’t be able to finish the journey in a month.

Over the past year, Fan Shiyi has been staying in Qingyuan County to help with disaster relief, and she has become bored of it.

Qingyuan County has gotten back on track, and Fan Shiyi doesn't want to go back, so he thinks about traveling.

"Zhou Ping, why are you looking so sad?" Fan Shiyi gently waved his paper fan.

Zhou Ping sighed and looked at the panel. The two white dots on the panel were moving farther and farther away.

"What a loss! If I had this day, I could have done several escort missions." Zhou Ping couldn't help but complain. If it weren't for the escort's professionalism, he would have run away long ago.

Zhou Ping sighed: "It's better not to take the two-year life bonus. It's just a waste of time."

Fan Shiyi's eyes lit up. She knew Zhou Ping wanted to go back early. "You can leave if you want. Write a good poem and I'll let you go."

Write poetry, write poetry, write poetry. Zhou Ping was a little depressed, he really couldn't remember too many poems.

The two poems I wrote before were both at the elementary school level, so they left a deep impression on me. When I think of other poems, Zhou Ping really can't think of any.

When Fan Shiyi asked Zhou Ping to write a poem suddenly, he really wanted to say: I can't do it, I'm not a liberal arts student.

A maple leaf fell and scratched Zhou Ping's face.

The moment Zhou Ping saw the maple leaves, he was instantly inspired, and he suddenly remembered two lines of poetry. These two lines of poetry were somewhat special, so he remembered them, but only these two lines, and he did not remember the first two lines of the poem.

"We agreed that you would let me go once I finish writing the poem," Zhou Ping asked.

Fan Shiyi nodded affirmatively, "I'll let you go once you finish writing the poem."

"Okay! This poem only has two lines, so listen carefully."

"Stop and sit to enjoy the maple forest in the evening, the frosted leaves are redder than the flowers in February."

Zhou Ping finished speaking, and without waiting for Fan Shiyi's reaction, he rode away. This poem has been passed down through the ages, and it has its own wonderfulness.

Zhou Ping thought that the most wonderful thing about this poem was the two words "zuo ai". It was these two words that made him remember the two lines of the poem. However, he really couldn't remember the first half of the poem.

Fan Shiyi stood there in a daze, savoring these two lines of poetry: "I stop my car and sit to enjoy the maple forest in the evening, the frosted leaves are redder than the flowers in February."

"Parking and sitting in love with maple trees late, frost leaves are red in February flowers."

"Miaoji, Miaoji, but why does it feel so wrong?"

"Oh right, these two lines of poetry seem to be the second half, there should be a first half."

Fan Shiyi scratched her head and ears. She knew that the poem was incomplete. It was a good poem, but it was incomplete.

Xiaoqing woke up slowly. She liked to sleep during the day, especially after being injured, she slept a lot.

Xiaoqing was still a little confused. She didn't know what was going on. She only vaguely heard someone talking: "What? What love?"

Fan Shiyi was slightly stunned. She had not expected this poem to have such a meaning. She rode her horse quickly and chased after Zhou Ping: "Zhou Ping, what are the first two lines? Tell me now!"

The two men rode on horseback, one in front and one behind, and in the blink of an eye, it was night.

Zhou Ping looked at the panel in front of him. He knew there was a small village not far away.

The two men rode into the village.

However, as soon as he entered the village, Zhou Ping felt something was wrong.

Too quiet!
Not only that, there were two lanterns hanging at the doors of the entire village.

One lantern is white and the other is red.

"This place is not a good place, let's go." Zhou Ping originally wanted to spend the night here, but he didn't expect this place to be so weird.

Fan Shiyi didn't want to leave: "Why leave? Don't you see how exciting it is?"

"Yes, it seems very interesting." Xiaoqing also said.

Zhou Ping's mouth twitched slightly. This man and this demon were not afraid of death at all, they just liked to play.

"July 18th, an auspicious day, sorghum is being carried. Carrying the red dress, every foot is a regret, and it is cut in a hurry."

Suddenly, there was a burst of music in the village.

Then a wedding procession appeared.

The wedding procession was very long, and it included men, women, young and old, and it seemed as if everyone in the entire village was there.

In the middle of the procession were three sedan chairs.

There is a big white flower on the top of the sedan chair.

The front half of the wedding procession was a group of people wearing white mourning clothes, while the back half was a group of people wearing red wedding clothes.

The two men turned their horses aside to let this strange team pass.

There was an old lady with a face full of flesh. She looked like a bad person. When she saw Zhou Ping and the others, she said in a cold voice, "Strangers, leave quickly. We don't welcome strangers here."

Zhou Ping frowned slightly, and his perception range had spread out. This was Zhou Ping's emergency response, as long as there was danger, the perception range would expand.

Within the range of perception, Zhou Ping did not find anything unusual.

However, Zhou Ping could sense that the three beautiful brides in the sedan chairs were crying.

Fan Shiyi snorted coldly and said nothing. It would have been fine if the woman had kept silent, but since she said that strangers were not welcome, Fan Shiyi had to stay here.

When the team reached the back half, a hunchbacked old man looked at Zhou Ping and Fan Shiyi and said, "Young masters, leave quickly if you are safe. There is danger in the village."

Fan Shiyi dismounted and asked, "Father, what's the danger here?"

The hunchbacked old man was about to speak when someone next to him pulled him back and he immediately shut up.

When the whole team passed by, the two were confused. What was going on?

At the end of the team, a young boy was crying and following behind.

The boy wore neither wedding clothes nor mourning clothes.

"Little brother, what's going on here?" Fan Shiyi asked.

The boy didn't say anything, just cried all the way.

"Young man, what happened here?" Xiaoqing stood in the middle of the road blocking the young man's way.

The boy first glanced at Xiaoqing, then suddenly shuddered: "Monster! The snake actually spoke!"

Xiao Qing was not so patient: "Tell me what happened to this village? Why does it feel weird?"

The boy didn't know whether he was frightened or what, he just stood there in silence.

Zhou Ping comforted the boy for a long time before he told him the whole story.

The boy's name is Shitou, and the village is called Shinan Village, with about a hundred people.

Originally the village was peaceful, but there was a scoundrel in the village.

The scoundrel was called Toad Head because he had a lot of pustules on his head.

Toadhead spends all his time teasing decent women.

Toadhead is one of the few troublemakers in the village, but he is a villager after all, so no one does anything to him.

Until one day, Toadhead accidentally fell into the toilet and died while peeping at the widow taking a bath.

Everyone in Shinan Village felt that Toadhead deserved to die.

But he was a villager after all, and Toadhead only had an old mother, so the villagers still helped his mother bury Toadhead.

The village was finally quiet for a few days.

But on the seventh day of his death, he came back to life.

After being resurrected, the toad head turned into a ghost.

After becoming a ghost, Toadhead became even more aggressive, peeping at women bathing and beating up those he liked when he was alive. The villagers also went to Jinhua Temple to ask for runes to deal with Toadhead.

At the beginning, these runes worked and really suppressed Toad Head.

But after some time, the runes were no longer effective against Toad Head.

Toadhead became even more outrageous. In addition to peeping at women taking a bath, he also stripped off their clothes when they were sleeping.

Although the villagers were angry, they could do nothing about it.

The villagers also went to Jinhua Temple to ask monks for help, but Jinhua Temple refused on the grounds that they were busy rebuilding the temple.

The villagers had no choice but to let it go, and the women just had to wear more clothes at night.

Until a few days ago, Toadhead told his mother that he was too lonely and wanted a wife.

The villagers quickly made some paper figures for him.

But Toadhead was not satisfied.

So the villagers then arranged ghost marriages with him for the women who had died suddenly in the village.

Even so, Toadhead was still not satisfied. He wanted a living person to be his wife.

Toadhead pointed to three girls from the village.

Among them is Shitou’s sister.

Shitou has been an orphan since childhood and was raised by his sister.

Now his sister is going to be given to Toad Head as a ghost wife by the village. How can he not be sad?

"Haven't you thought of any other way to deal with this evil ghost?" Fan Shiyi asked.

Shitou cried and complained, "A few days ago, a monk came to the village and claimed to be Master Fayuan, the abbot of Jinhua Temple. He fought with the evil spirit, but finally escaped."

Zhou Ping and Fan Shiyi looked at each other and saw the solemnity in each other's eyes.

According to Shitou's description, the monk he was talking about might really be Fayuan.

The time when Fa Yuan left Bailu Village was the same as the time when he arrived in this village.

Fa Yuan has reached the eighth level of cultivation, and Buddhists are naturally able to restrain ghosts.

Fa Yuan is a good ghost catcher, but he was defeated by ghosts.

This ghost is not weak!

"Zhou Ping, let's go and catch ghosts." Fan Shiyi said.

Before Zhou Ping could say anything, the ghost bride and ghost baby on his body crawled out.

This frightened Shitou: "You are in the same group, are you in the same group?"

"Don't be afraid, we are good monsters and good ghosts." Xiaoqing explained to Shitou.

Shitou was scared at first, then suddenly thought of something, and quickly knelt on the ground: "Please ask some adults to save my sister, save my sister."

Although Shitou knew nothing, he could see that the people in front of him were not ordinary people and might be able to help his sister.

Behind the ghost marriage team were Zhou Ping and Fan Shiyi.

The two men did not ride horses;

According to Shitou, the ghost marriage procession was heading towards Toadhead's grave.

Shitou kept saying something beside the hunchbacked old man.

"Village chief, I found two people who may be able to help us."

"They'll deal with Toadhead."

Shi Tou said with anticipation on his face.

Village Chief Shi quickly covered Shitou's mouth and said, "Silly boy, keep your voice down. If Toad Head finds out, he will kill you."

"Shi Tou, I know your sister is also favored by Toadhead."

"But what can be done about it?"

"The abbot of Jinhua Temple was defeated by Toad Head. What other means can we use?"

"Let's get those two strangers out of here as soon as possible. It would be a shame if they lose their lives because of this incident."

Village chief Shi sighed. He didn't want any more people to die.

"But." Shitou wanted to say something else, but didn't.

Just as Village Chief Shi said, if this incident cost the lives of several people from other villages, it would be unfair to these outsiders.

"What are you two talking about?" The old woman in front of the ghost marriage team leaned over and asked.

Shi Tou and Village Chief Shi were shocked.

This woman is the mother of Toadhead, and others call her Toad Lady.

Toad Mother dotes on her son very much and normally does not allow her child to suffer any loss.

This is also the reason why Toadhead developed the habit of being lazy and gluttonous.

Toadhead does no farm work all day long, just daydreaming about getting something for nothing.

"Oh, Toad Lady, it's nothing. I just asked Shitou to drive the two strangers away."

"Outsiders have never seen the world, and they find it interesting and want to follow and see."

Village Chief Ishi explained.

Toad Lady snorted coldly: "Let them go quickly, otherwise when my son gets angry, they won't be able to leave even if they want to."

Village chief Shi hurriedly nodded and said "yes", then arranged for Shi Tou to persuade Zhou Ping and Fan Shiyi to leave.

Zhou Ping and Fan Shiyi were both entry-level cultivators. They had heard the conversation between the three people and roughly understood the current situation.

Fan Shiyi was not afraid at all, Confucianism can also ward off evil spirits.

Zhou Ping was not weak either, and his ability to play tricks was still good. However, he still carefully put the vajra in his waist.

"Hey, Brother Zhou, why did you stick a corn in your pants?" Shitou came back from the ghost marriage team and saw the bulge between Zhou Ping's legs.

Zhou Ping was a little embarrassed: "It's nothing, I just hid some corn. I'll eat it when I'm hungry."

Shitou said "Oh" and said nothing else. Instead, he persuaded the two to leave.

I have to say that the people in this village are very simple and honest. Even though they have been deceived by evil spirits, they still worry about others.

"It's okay, kid. Go tell the village chief that we know what to do. Life and death are determined by fate, and wealth and honor are in the hands of God." Fan Shiyi said, waving a paper fan.

Shitou tried to persuade them for a while, but when he saw that Zhou Ping and Fan Shiyi had no intention of leaving, he went to find the village chief.

After listening to this, the village chief looked at the two of them with gratitude.

In front of the team, Toad Lady looked at Zhou Ping and Fan Shiyi sinisterly.

"Son, here come two more people who want to die. Don't let them off easily. The young escort is strong and healthy, so you can leave him to me. I haven't seen a man in many years."

"Besides, it's not good for the few acres of land at home to remain idle all the time."

Toad Lady looked at Zhou Ping and muttered to herself.

Compared with Zhou Ping and Fan Shiyi, Fan Shiyi is naturally more handsome.

But in Toad Lady's opinion, Zhou Ping is better. Zhou Ping is stronger and a good farmer.

The ghost marriage team walked for a while and finally arrived at a cemetery.

Zhou Ping and Fan Shiyi narrowed their eyes slightly when they saw the Toad Head.

However, compared to Toad Head, the two of them paid more attention to a broken knife on Toad Head's grave.

Only half of the sword was broken, and it was completely black, emitting a faint black glow.

The moment Zhou Ping saw the broken knife, he felt a chill.

At the same time, in Zhou Ping's mind, the fragments of the Demon Lord's memory awakened again.

"From now on, you will be called Demon Blade Qianren."

(End of this chapter)