Day and night tour

Chapter 353 Zhou Family Paper Figures
After Zhou Xuan heard Hu Yunyi's account of how the Red Ginseng Boy escaped, he was no longer worried that the third child could escape.

Although the ginseng boy transformed into thousands of spirits and dissipated into the mountains,

This does not mean that the "Red Ginseng Boy" has completely disappeared - wouldn't it be fine as long as we find out every scattered grain of essence and condense it again?
"Master... after transforming into spirit, the boy disappeared without a trace and form. Even those with amazing eyesight cannot see him."

Hu Yunyi still looked heartbroken.

"Don't worry, I'll be back soon."

Zhou Xuan's soul traveled throughout the day, his spirit floating a hundred feet above the bamboo forest, releasing his perception to the limit.

The eight blood well human brains in his secret realm sensed Zhou Xuan's call and at the same time made a whistle similar to a whale's song, transferring their own perception to Zhou Xuan.

The perception gathered at an extremely fast speed, becoming rich and full to the point that it even caused changes in the weather. Where Zhou Xuan's soul was, there were dark clouds, and thunder flashed in the clouds.

He closed his eyes and concentrated his mind, condensing his perception into a thin film that looked like fog, like a net covering the entire bamboo mountain. He used his perception to sense things in the mountain.

Whether it was the rustling of insects, the sound of insect wings rubbing against their shells, or even the almost inaudible friction sound made by earthworms burrowing into the soil and the soft ground, all fell into Zhou Xuan's ears extremely clearly. Those spots of essence that melted into the soil and flashed with a very faint luster could not escape his keen perception.

"It's scattered enough."

Zhou Xuan saw red spots on the east side of Zhushan Mountain, and also on the west side...

……

“Why are the clouds so low?”

"The thunder in the sky was like the sound of it striking my head."

The Humen followers in the bamboo forest could not see Zhou Xuan's soul, but only the layers of dark clouds.

Hu Yunyi was different. His eyes were not as clear as those of the other foxes. His black pupils were covered with white spots.

These scars were brought from the womb, so it was natural for him to have these abilities. No matter if they were ghosts or wandering spirits, they could all be seen by this one eye of his.

It is also because of this that he can see the red ginseng boy coming out to move around and play. As long as the boy has not turned into a spirit and escaped, no matter where he runs, he cannot escape his eyes.

Therefore, Hu Yunyi could see Zhou Xuan's soul without manifestation. He only saw that the young man, who was as gentle as jade, and although not absolutely serious but almost polite, was in the midst of dark clouds and thunder, like a real god flying in the sky.

"The soul can leave the body at will. Third brother, is this... the realm of day travel?"

Hu Yunyi asked King Xishan.

King Xishan nodded seriously and said, "The mythical realm recorded in the ancient books, when I first saw the master use it, I was as surprised as you are now."

"Mr. Great Sir, how many sticks of incense would you like?"

“I haven’t seen the opportunity for the fifth incense stick yet, but in terms of level, it’s already five incense sticks.”

"Only five sticks?"

Hu Yunyi is the patriarch of the Dongshan Fox Clan. He is more than ten years older than King Xishan and has lived for more than five hundred years. He has heard of all kinds of strange things, but he has never heard of the perception of five incense sticks that can enter the realm of day travel.

"As expected of him, he is the direct disciple of Daozu. There is a huge gap between us ordinary people and him."

"Second brother, the direct disciple of Daozu is only one of the identities of the Great Master." King Xishan said, "I didn't introduce the Great Master in detail just now. Firstly, the auspicious time has come and there is really no time to introduce him. Secondly, the Great Master is a person who doesn't like ostentation and is a low-key person. He doesn't like people to flatter him."

"Then you can introduce him in detail now." Hu Yunyi really wanted to hear Zhou Xuan's real background.

"Yes." King Xishan said, "Zhou Xuan is the young master of the Zhou Clan in Pingshui Prefecture."

"That Nuo Shen Opera Troupe?"

"That's right, and Zhou Xuan is the successor personally appointed by the Nuo God. There are two secret realms in his body. One of the secret realms is a part of the will bestowed by the Nuo God." King Xishan said.

"What about the other secret realm?"

"It is a part of the will bestowed by the Blood Well Heavenly Venerable." King Xishan said loudly.

Hu Yunyi was stunned at once, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.

“No matter how many strange things happened to this great gentleman, it’s not surprising.” Hu Yunyi said, “For ordinary people like us, if we can possess a god-level secret realm, we are already very lucky. This young man has one god-level and one celestial master-level secret realm. These two secret realms are the envy of many great gods, great yin people, and sons of luck in the world.”

Hu Yunyi's sigh was not malicious, but it made King Xishan unhappy. He shook his head and said, "Second brother, great fortune is a good thing, but great fortune often comes with great responsibility. If you don't have the ability to receive this great fortune, you will be backfired."

King Xishan is the ninth incense stick in the world. The higher the incense stick, the more secrets of this world can be understood. His knowledge is higher than that of Hu Yunyi, who has eight incense sticks.

He said: "The fact that Nuo God and Xuejing are willing to give a part of their will to Zhou Xuan is a great mission from heaven. They will make him work hard and suffer mentally. More importantly, Zhou Xuan must show extraordinary abilities. Otherwise, the first ones who will not spare him will be Nuo God and Xuejing Tianzun.
Of these two, one is an inverted god, with whom only the strongest people on earth can dance, and the other is a celestial being who kills without limits on Laba Night, and is definitely not a merciful and soft-hearted person of high rank. "

These words make it very clear that the greater the luck, the greater the ability required.

"Then, sir, have you ever demonstrated this ability?"

Hu Yunyi became more and more interested in Zhou Xuan, who had his eyes closed amidst the dark clouds and thunder.

"Of course, during the Mingjiang flood disaster, he presided over the killing plan, lured out three god-level beings, and then killed them."

"When the catastrophe of Mingjiang came, Zhou Xuan took the initiative to join the chess game with the Buddhist monk Moya, who was the master of the Nine Incense Sticks of the Buddhist Kingdom, in order to preserve the strength of the Nuo God. He presided over the chess game, gathered the Mingjiang Prefecture and Pingshui Prefecture's Youshen Division, and successively killed the monk Xingzhou, the Zoroastrian Fire Order, the Treasure Tree King, the Dunjia Zhao Qingxiao, and the top alien ghost Zhaxing..."

"Among the people I'm talking about, all of them have incense sticks above nine."

"Wow, this young man's methods are really unheard of." Hu Yunyi's eyes were opened. Before he came, he thought that Zhou Xuan's ability to open a hall for the Hu family was already a huge achievement. However, he did not expect that this achievement was just a thing that was not worth mentioning in Zhou Xuan's life in the martial arts world.

"Then the gift our Dongshan Fox Clan sent this time was too light."

Hu Yunyi's mind was somewhat active at this time, and his emotion was mainly regretful. He should have known earlier that Zhou Xuan was such a person.

It would be a good deal to move half of the Dongshan Fox Clan's cave treasures to Mingjiang Mansion just to get closer to Zhou Xuan.

There is a saying that goes "a rare commodity is worth keeping", which means that when a rare person is still growing, you should invest in him and build a solid relationship with him, so that when he fully grows up, he can be protected by blessings.

King Xishan shook his head again: "Second brother, I have said before that the master is not an ordinary person, and we cannot judge him with the mind and temperament of ordinary people. In my opinion, the gift from the Hu family this time is just right.

The Master values ​​the thought rather than the gift. The Hu Clan has shown their sincerity, and he has accepted it. But if we prepare too many gifts, the Master might consider whether our fox clan is too ambitious and start to suspect us. "

King Xishan turned his head again and warned Hu Yunyi: "This time, the master opened a hall for our fox clan, which means that our fox clan has defined the scope of activities. We will enjoy as many resources as he gives us. The fox clan will definitely live a much better life than before. However, if the fox clan is ambitious and has bigger ideas, it will be crossing the line..."

These words were also meant to warn Hu Yunyi - the fox clan had their own hall and their own gods. This happiness was hard-won, and the fox clan must cherish it and never destroy it because of their greed.

"The third brother is right."

Hu Yunyi quickly put his thoughts aside. Just as King Xishan said, the hall was hard-earned and he should cherish it.

……

Zhou Xuan's eyes were still closed. He had already found all the tens of thousands of essences that had escaped from the three babies, and then controlled his perception to disperse them into the same number of "raindrops".

After the raindrops wrapped up the essence, they fell like a horizontal rain and flowed towards Zhou Xuan.

When more and more essences gathered together, Sanwa transformed into the image of a "red doll" again.

"Don't run away, follow me."

Zhou Xuan took out the red rope magic weapon, tied a bun on the red doll's hair, and walked in front of Hu Yunyi while holding it.

"Master, you have such a handsome skill. Today I saw your method of traveling by day. When we return to Humen, we will have material to tell stories to the younger generation."

"It's just a day trip, little Taoist. But Chief Hu, I want to thank your Dongshan Fox Clan for sending the red ginseng boy this time." Zhou Xuan said with a smile.

"How dare I accept your thanks? I'm afraid that I can't repay the kindness you've done for the Hu Clan with just these red ginseng boys. In the future, if you need rare wild herbs, just let us know from the Dongshan Fox Clan."

"Easy to say, easy to say."

"Master, you are busy with your work, and we old foxes of the Dongshan Fox Clan have to visit my younger sister, so we will not bother you any more. We will say goodbye now, and we will remain as friends forever..."

"Green water...don't rush to flow."

Zhou Xuan reached out his hand to stop Hu Yunyi from talking and asked, "The little sister you are talking about, is it Sister Cui?"

"Exactly."

"Then you have to hurry up and go to the Zhou Clan in Pingshui Prefecture."

Zhou Xuan said: "Sister Cui possesses the Four Realms Earth Law, and her identity has been exposed. I am afraid that bad guys will come looking for her, so I let her live in the Zhou Family Class... The Zhou Family Class is guarded by the ancestral tree, and those great gods and great yin people dare not enter at will."

"Mr. Renyi, we old foxes, let's go to Zhou's class now."

"When you get to the Zhou family class, don't rush in. Tell me my name first, otherwise Zushu will make things difficult for you."

Zhou Xuan said.

"Thank you for the tip, sir."

"By the way, since you are going to Zhou's class, why not take these two kids with you on the way?"

Zhou Xuan pointed at the eldest and second child.

Red ginseng flesh can kill the dead and give new bones, and it has infinite benefits. Since I have such a good treasure, of course I have to give one each to my sister and master.

Hu Yunyi immediately agreed and asked the three old men behind him to take off their fox fur coats, revealing a swaddling cloth tied around their waists.

"Can this swaddling cloth hold three babies?"

"Sir, the cloth inside this swaddling cloth is the dirtiest thing in the world, yet it can contain three red ginseng boys." Hu Yunyi said with a smile.

Zhou Xuan then asked: "What is the most filthy thing in the world?"

"Riding cloth." Hu Yunyi said.

"Can you explain it more clearly?" Zhou Xuan was a little confused by this unfamiliar term. However, some believers in the bamboo forest covered their mouths and laughed.

Hu Yunyi's face turned red, and he whispered, "It's... the cloth strips that women use when they have their period."

Oh?
The Jingguo version of the seventh dimension... Zhou Xuan had a frown on his face, reminding himself not to ask so loudly next time he encountered an unfamiliar term.

Soon, he came to his senses, pointed at the red string on Sanwa's head, and said, "Then this string..."

"Oh, it's also made of riding cloth."

"It's over... I feel like my hands are dirty." Zhou Xuan thought about how he was still using a red rope to tie Sanwa's hair into a bun. For no reason, he felt something was wrong with his "hands" and he couldn't help but move his "right hand" away from himself.

"Sir, I wonder if you have any riding cloth?" Hu Yunyi was talking about something irrelevant.

"I'm a grown man, what do I need a riding cloth for?"

"If not, these three kids will probably have to run away. You take this." Hu Yunyi said as he was about to take off a swaddling cloth.

Zhou Xuan waved his hands repeatedly and said, "That's not necessary... Sanwa can't escape from my hands, so you foxes should go and do what you need first."

"Then we will go to Shanshui..." Hu Yunyi was about to say goodbye.

As soon as he opened his mouth, the three kids started shouting.

"Ouch!"

“Ha!” “Hey!”

The three dolls roared.

"Big boy, second boy, we are parting ways now. We will meet again in the mountains and rivers."

"The mountains remain unchanged."

"Green water flows forever."

The three kids clasped their fists at the same time like wandering people, nodded, let go of their hands, and then stretched out their right arms: "Big kid, second kid, please."

"Sanwa, please."

Everyone in the bamboo forest: "..."

You three are just medicinal herbs, do you have to be so chivalrous?
Hu Yunyi's words were snatched away by the Red Ginseng Boy, and he couldn't continue with the words in his mind. He just smiled awkwardly at Zhou Xuan, and left with the second and third kids.

Before leaving, they checked the swaddling clothes and found a piece of riding cloth inside the two swaddling clothes. It had been gnawed by mice at some point and there were two grains of mouse droppings.

"Gray Fairy, you almost bit our gift to the Great Master."

The mouse bit open the hole, which allowed the three red ginseng boys to release the red thread and almost escape.

The broken hole has to be repaired, otherwise the eldest and second kids will probably think of escaping while on the road. If they try to escape, Zhou Xuan will not be there to help catch them.

As a last resort, Hu Yunyi had to borrow a riding cloth from someone.

But the believers that King Xishan found were basically all men. Who could have that thing? Fortunately, there were many people in Huifeng Medical College, although there were not many other things.

Then, there were strange scenes. A strange old man with white spots on his eyes tilted his head and asked the woman when he saw her.

"Big sister, do you have a riding cloth?"

"Are you crazy?"

……

"Girl, do you have a riding cloth?"

“…”Young girl.

Big girl: “Why are you asking this?”

"Can you give me a piece?"

"Are you crazy?"

……

"Sister, do you have any riding cloth?"

"Yes, I have."

"Give me a piece, and I'll buy it with my own money."

"Here." An open-minded girl took out a piece of riding cloth to be washed from her bag.

Hu Yunyi leaned closer and took a closer look at the riding cloth with dried blood stains on it. He shook his head and said, "Not good enough. Not enough."

"You old pervert, and you're still complaining about it!"

……

After repeated failures and repeated attempts, the dignified leader of the Dongshan Fox Clan, after being looked down upon by hundreds of people, finally bought a "sufficient" piece of riding cloth to mend the holes in the two swaddling clothes. Then he took the two babies to Pingshui Prefecture.

……

In the afternoon, Pingshui Prefecture, government office lobby.

Chen Mo, the head of the government affairs department, had a worried look on his face as he looked at the accountant who was calculating on the abacus in front of him.

The abacus beads were flying up and down, but Chen Mo's eyes did not move at all. He seemed to be thinking about something, and his mind had flown away to who knows where else.

"Master Chen Mo, you are so brave."

A loud shout came from behind Chen Mo. He turned around suddenly and saw that the person coming was the Lord of Night Tour Wine of Pingshui Prefecture.

The wine master placed the wine jug heavily on the wooden table and asked, "Who allowed you to stop purchasing supplies?"

"Master Jiu, it's not that we stopped purchasing, it's that the government office is out of money."

Chen Mo said, "How much does Pingshui government pay? If we transport the rice by train car, and it takes a few more days, the people in Jiang Mansion will starve to death, and Pingshui Prefecture will run out of food before them."

"There's no food shortage. Keep buying. Here's the list."

The wine man slapped a list on the table.

Chen Mo picked it up and took a look at it, then laughed out loud - people do laugh out loud when they are extremely speechless.

"Oh, these people in Mingjiang Prefecture are really bold. They want rice, noodles, and medicine, cloth, tents, quilts, and other cold-weather supplies.

But these drinks, various condiments, spices, soda, cakes, wow, there is even chocolate, isn’t this too much, is this to avoid disaster, or is this a cocktail party?”

Chen Mo slapped the list on the table: "Mingjiang Mansion thinks it is still the prosperous and splendid Yemingjiang, with a bunch of stinky young master problems."

"I'll buy it if you're told to. Why are you wasting time talking?"

"I won't buy it, Master Jiu. If you really want to buy it, don't let me buy it. Send me to Mingjiang Mansion. I also want to live the life of a young master, lying down and doing nothing, waiting for Pingshui Mansion to send me wine, food and snacks. How comfortable it is."

Chen Mo said sarcastically.

"Don't be unconvinced."

Mr. Jiu reached into his sleeve and took out another roll of documents, asking Chen Mo to continue looking at them.

As soon as Chen Mo opened it, he was confused: "Cordyceps sinensis, 170 kilograms; 80-year-old Ganoderma lucidum, 200 kilograms; 100-year-old ginseng, 272 kilograms; golden bird's nest, 300 kilograms..."

It was a long list, and it took Chen Mo a full minute just to read it all.

"Master Jiu, why are you asking me to watch this?"

"Every basket of wild delicacies sent over by Mingjiang Prefecture is of top quality. They are in short supply and filled several train cars."

The wine master said, "The great master said that Pingshui Prefecture would take one tenth of these mountain delicacies, and the rest would be exchanged for supplies and sent to Mingjiang Prefecture."

Chen Mo realized then that Lord Jiu was not trying to "use his power to oppress others" and favor Mingjiang Mansion, but was trying to "use his wealth to oppress others" and use his money power.

“These mountain delicacies…”

"Don't tell me you can't sell it, otherwise I will think you are incompetent and I will get angry." Lord Jiu scolded.

"Of course there are so many that we can sell them all... Even if there are ten times more, we can sell them all in half a month at most. What I mean is that the value of these wild delicacies is simply an astronomical figure. The market sells them by grams, but they sell them by kilograms. Where did Mingjiang Mansion get so many wild delicacies? It's impossible..."

"Are you afraid it's fake?"

The wine master took a sip of wine and said, "Your uncle is not blind. I can't tell whether the mountain delicacies are real or fake. I have practiced in vain for eight incense sticks. You can say that these mountain delicacies can be exchanged for money to buy all the supplies on the list."

"Enough to buy more than ten or twenty copies." Chen Mo admitted.

"That's it. We can get one-tenth of the profits from selling wild delicacies and purchasing materials. That's already a big profit."

"That's right, that's right." Chen Mo no longer dared to look down on the "poor guys" in Mingjiang Mansion. He started making phone calls and ordered the purchasing to continue.

Lord Jiu received a secret letter sent with a feather arrow.

The secret letter exploded, and Lord Jiu immediately hurried out.

"Master Jiu, your butt isn't even warm yet, have some tea before you leave."

"I'm not going to drink anymore. Lord Jian sent a secret letter saying that Master Da got the king of mountain delicacies for the Zhou family. Should I go over to see what's going on?"

"What is the king of mountain delicacies?"

Chen Mo is also a disciple of Mr. Ye's hall, and he is from the same hall as Lord Jiu. He has some knowledge of the strange stories in the martial arts world... Of course, he only has some knowledge.

He asked, "Is it a thousand-year-old ginseng?"

"Compared with the king of mountain delicacies, the thousand-year-old ginseng is just a common radish on the street, a red ginseng boy."

As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Mo hung up the phone and went out with Jiu Da Ren.

"What are you doing?"

"Uncle Master, I want to go see the Red Ginseng Boy too."

"Just focus on your shopping. I'll help you take a look at what the boy looks like..." Lord Jiu waved his hand.

……

Pingshui Mansion, Zhou Family, Inner Courtyard,
Zhou Lingyi was in the pavilion in the inner courtyard, holding a brush, dipping it in chicken blood, and adding the finishing touches to a lifelike paper figure.

Many folk crafts, such as wood carvings, paper figurines, and Buddha statues, cannot have their eyes painted on if they are too realistic. Once the eyes are painted on, the statue will become an evil spirit. Not all evil spirits are harmful. Some are good, some are bad. It all depends on cause and effect.

But Zhou Lingyi can’t care about so many things now.

After two consecutive pokes, the paper man's left and right eyes were pierced violently, and a sound similar to the roar of a wild beast came from his throat.

This is the sorcerer's "pointing the eyes" method. If it touches a non-human being, it will become a fierce omen. It is different from the Taoist's gentle methods of "pointing the dragon's eyes" and "repairing the eyes of the mortal world".

And what Zhou Lingyi wanted at this moment was ferocity.

She picked up the cowbell and walked towards the bamboo forest in the inner courtyard, ringing the bell as she walked: "Yin people are on the road, Yang people should stay away."

"Ring, ring, ring."

The ringing of the bell controls the paper figure after it has been "done with the eyes", and also notifies other people in the inner courtyard - stay in the room and don't come out, otherwise you might encounter bad things.

Fortunately, the Zhou family troupe is a ghost theater troupe. The people in the troupe deal with the dead day and night. They know the rules and they all keep their doors closed.

Zhou Lingyi drove the paper man to the small bamboo forest in the backyard. Four black dogs were already locked up in the forest. She lifted the bell in her hand suddenly, raised it above her head, and shook it hard. The bell rang with a crisp sound.

There was a sharp crash, and the paper man seemed to have received instructions, blinking his red eyes and throwing the four living black dogs...

There were internal organs and dog hair all over the floor, and the paper man had a bulging belly, looking at Zhou Lingyi grimly.

"Now that you're full, it's time to go serve your Master Yuan."

Zhou Lingyi rang the cowbell gently again, urging the paper man to walk step by step towards Yuan Buyu's dormitory.

The bamboo forest was not far from Yuan Buyu's dormitory. The paper man who had eaten the black dog walked to the door and knocked gently...

(End of this chapter)