Wet viviparity

Chapter 28: The Dark Official, the Thick Black Bird
At night, in front of the old temple.

The crows on the big locust tree cried for a long time, which made Bo Nigong in the temple feel uneasy.

Today is a special day. An old friend came to visit me. He is a ghost official in the Sibeiyun Temple in "Heshanfang".

The underworld officials are not like him, a mountain ghost, who can live leisurely in the mountains.

When he works in the "Earth Cao", he needs to wander around the mortal world, serve as the eyes and ears of the immortals, and be dispatched by Taoist officials to guide Taoist people.

Although the work of this underworld official is hard, there is still some benefit, which is better than gambling with monsters and defrauding treasures like this mountain ghost.

In the mountains, Ji Ming walked to the old temple. Just as he was about to break in, he saw a shadowy group floating into the temple wall.

He thought for a moment, then turned back into a crow. He flapped his wings and flew onto the roof without making any noise.

Looking down from the familiar gap.

In the pitch-black temple, several balls of ghostly fire suddenly lit up, illuminating the interior of the temple in a dim white, which was extremely eerie and terrifying.

This scene almost made Ji Ming think that the White Bone Lady had returned to the world of the living.

"Old clay man, old clay man!"

In the temple, a shadow appeared under the fire and shouted at the clay statue with a ripped belly.

Bo Ni Gong was annoyed by the ghost's screaming and had no choice but to respond. He said, "Qu Lu, are you here just to call my soul?"

"I'm not here to call your soul, nor am I here to laugh at you." The underworld official Qu Lu stopped making jokes and talked about the purpose of his visit. "I'm here for some official business."

"Hasn't the punishment for the secret gambling fight been done?!"

"Don't worry, you have been imprisoned for a hundred years and have not leaked secrets to benefit others. Naturally, the matter is settled. My official duties are related to other matters."

Bo Nigong's heart skipped a beat. Fortunately, his knife-wielding monkey who guarded the temple was dead, otherwise he would have been guilty of another crime.

On the top of the temple, Ji Ming's eyes lit up when he heard this.

He was just worrying about not being able to threaten Bo Nigong and take out the treasure, and then he heard the ghost's words, which was like a pillow thrown to him when he was sleepy.

Inside the temple, the atmosphere became much better as people started talking.

The clay god called over three or five temple rats, and brought in fine wine and food, melons and fruits, and fragrant flowers, and placed them together as a small banquet.

The underworld official Qu Lu stretched his neck and sniffed the wine, food, melons and fruits, feeling very satisfied.

When he smelled the incense stick again, his eyes widened and he said, "This is a lucky incense. You are really rich."

Mr. Bo Ni smiled modestly and said, "No, no, but his heart was bleeding."

He just didn't want to lose face in front of his old friend, so he took out two good incense sticks that he got from the Blood Goddess a few weeks ago as a treat.

"It's a pity that the body of the clay master is confined, otherwise, with good wine and incense, you and I could play a game of gambling and bet on some exquisite things, wouldn't it be fun?"

Bo Nigong's face turned bitter, and he asked kindly, "You often go out, do you have any tricks to help me get out of the ban early?"

The underworld official Qu Lu sniffed the aroma again and said wittily, "It's easy to say, but hard to do."

"Say it!
Say it! "

Mr. Bonni urged.

"Lanyinfang, Heshan and Heming are all three factions in Guhezhou.

But up to now, the Taipingshan Outer Gate Branch Courtyard that supervises this area has not been prosperous, and has allowed the unorthodox sects to grow stronger.

"But Lanyinfang is located in the border area, adjacent to the "Panku Mountain", and the control policy within it has always been implemented well. Why?"

The underworld official Qu Lu signaled Lord Bonni to keep quiet, and then said carefully: "I won't say much else. I can only say that on Taiping Mountain, the emperor and his subjects have changed every dynasty."

Mr. Bo Ni understood what was meant, and then Yin Li Qu Lu got back to the main topic.

“Taiping Mountain wants to boost the Daoism of Lanyin Sect, so it will certainly ease the difficulty of the Daoist exam.

After all, it is still difficult to pass the Taoist examination and become a Taoist with the help of the education in a remote place like Lan Yinfang.

If you can help and add fuel to the fire, then that can also be considered as a contribution to education."

"That makes sense!" After hearing this, Mr. Bo Ni felt relieved and all the gloom in his heart was gone.

There was drunkenness and merrymaking in the temple, and Ji Ming was also happy inside the temple. This was good news for him, so he lowered his head and listened carefully again.

The ghost official was sitting in front of a floor full of wine and food. He was smelling joy, but then a little sadness surged up in his heart and he immediately started howling like a ghost.

"I think of Qu Lu, who was once a Taoist in the Four Sad Clouds Temple in Heshan. It is recorded in the Taoist scriptures.

Not only that, in the state of nourishing Qi, a total of 52 acupoints in the Ren and Du meridians have been opened up, which can make the essence and Qi circulate throughout the body.

But once he died, only his ghost body was preserved, and his Taoist name was transferred to the underworld, where he became a ghost official working for the Sibeiyun Temple.

Qu Lu's words were so sad that Bo Ni Gong didn't know how to comfort him for a moment.

After crying for a while, the underworld official Qu Lu gathered himself together, stood up and was about to say goodbye.

“The reforms within Lanyinfang are not achieved in one lifetime.

If Ni Gong wants to achieve merit, he must be careful of the Sibeiyun Temple in Heshan and the Heguan in Heming.

They are both branches of Taiping Mountain, and are no weaker than the one in Lanyinfang. They will definitely get involved and have a hand in Lanyinfang."

Bo Ni Gong listened carefully and said, "I will definitely keep it in mind."

The underworld official Qu Lu was indeed very loyal in revealing such a great plan of the immortal sect to him.

Although he didn't know how many times this major plan had passed through hands and whether it had become semi-public, Mr. Bo Ni still secretly kept this favor in mind.

Watching the evil official fly away, Mr. Bo Ni was in a good mood until he saw a familiar bird shadow falling on the roof.

"Bird thief."

Bo Nigong just cursed, and saw the thief crow raised a claw and pointed it at a temple rat in the air.

The next second, something incredible happened. The temple rat was caught in the claws from a distance and was crushed to pieces.

"Control the crane."

The voice of Bo Ni Gong echoing in the temple was no longer clear.

"I came here not for any other reason but to repay Mr. Ni for teaching me martial arts." Ji Ming said with a smile.

Bo Nigong remembered that day when the thief bird fought with the knife monkey in the temple, and had controlled the steel knife to fly in the air. He just thought it was a small trick of controlling objects and did not associate it with the direction of secret skills at all.

But even if he racked his brains, he couldn't figure out how a crow could learn the skill of controlling cranes.

If this matter gets out, it will be like mud falling out of one's crotch, and it will be shit at best.

"Are you blackmailing me?"

This was the second time that he was threatened twice by a mere crow.

"How dare you doubt me so much?" Ji Ming's voice was filled with heartache. He said, "To prove my sincerity, if I show this skill in front of others one day, they will definitely shout, 'It was not you who taught me this skill.'"

"Okay!" Mr. Bonni had no choice but to compromise and said, "Good Crow, you think so much of me, how can I not repay you."

"No!"

Ji Ming shook his head vigorously and said righteously: "I will not take any magic weapons or elixirs, and I don't want any magic or mysterious arts.

If others knew about this, I would become a thief who repays kindness with enmity."

Ji Ming's righteous words made Bo Nigong feel cold in his heart.

This thief bird is really shameless and black-hearted. If I don’t take some treasures today, I will definitely not be able to feed him.

Magical weapons, elixirs, miraculous techniques, it's a pity he could even bring himself to mention them.

If I had these things, I could be a gambling ghost in a poor mountain village.

"Say it!
What do you want?

(End of this chapter)