Confucian and Taoist scholar

Chapter 35: There is no distinction between education and discrimination
Hearing Huang Shu's story, Lu Zheng was puzzled and asked, "Ghosts often steal people's yang energy. Didn't anyone notice that there was something wrong with that Taoist temple?"

"No one noticed!" Huang Shu explained, "Those ghosts don't appear to harm people. They use a special drug to make people lose their yang energy while they sleep. Ordinary people who wake up the next day with back pain will just think they didn't sleep well overnight. So passers-by don't think there's anything wrong with the Taoist temple, and people always go there to rest for the night."

Lu Zheng's mind turned. The ghost in the Taoist temple could use extraordinary means, so it must be an extraordinary ghost.

"How many ghosts are there and how strong are they?" Lu Zheng asked.

Huang Shu said: "These three ghosts are not as powerful as me, they are just ordinary ghosts, and they are not as smart as me. Sometimes they are not in the Taoist temple, and I don’t know where they go. I think there are other ghosts behind those ghosts!"

"Really?" Lu Zheng felt that things might not be simple.

Huang Shu said, "Scholar, you'll know when you go over and take a look. If someone sleeps outdoors in the Taoist temple tonight, you'll see ghosts stealing their yang energy."

A man and a demon were walking along a small path in the mountains. Not long after, they came to a big road.

Huang Shu tilted his head and pointed towards the distance, "That's over there!"

Lu Zheng followed Huang Shu's gaze and saw a dilapidated Taoist temple hidden among the trees.

Next to the avenue, there is a bluestone road leading to the Taoist temple.

Lu Zheng looked at the terrain and did not go directly there. Instead, he prepared to take a detour to the high ground behind the Taoist temple to observe.

Soon, Lu Zheng brought Huang Shu to the back of the Taoist temple.

Under the cover of grass and trees, Lu Zheng observed the abandoned Taoist temple below.

The Taoist temple is not very big, with only two courtyards.

In the yard, there were several horses and goods parked there, and several people were making a fire and cooking, apparently they were going to stay there overnight.

Huang Shu whispered, "We are lucky today. We actually met someone, a scholar. They will definitely stay overnight in the main hall. Let's go to the side room and see what's going on. I went there to observe secretly before and discovered the secrets here."

Lu Zheng walked to a patch of grass not far away, put down the book box on his back, and then changed places with Huang Shu to observe.

The bookcase left Lu Zheng's range, and the large characters on it emitted a faint halo, which eliminated the remaining evil spirit of Huang Shu and some turbid air in the surrounding air.

Lu Zheng found a clean stone to sit on, opened an oil-paper package, picked up a piece of meat, and looked at Huang Shu beside him, "Do you want to eat it?"

Huang Shu was stunned for a moment, "Uh, can I eat it?"

Lu Zheng stuffed the meat in his hand into Huang Shu's claws, then took another piece of meat and put it in his mouth to chew.

"Thank you!" Huang Shu expressed his gratitude.

It thought it had become a prisoner and even its life was in danger, but Lu Zheng was willing to share its meat with it, which made it feel inexplicable.

Huang Shu's two front paws were tied, making it difficult for him to move. He struggled to put the meat into his mouth and started eating.

"Hey, what kind of meat is this? It smells quite delicious." Huang Shu's eyes were shining as he ate.

"Turtle meat, turtle." Lu Zheng explained.

Lu Zheng gave Huang Shu a few more pieces of meat. After the man and the demon finished eating the dried meat, they sat there quietly waiting for the sun to set.

Huang Shu was getting a little bored waiting, and whispered in confusion: "Scholar, I heard that you scholars should be taking exams to become high officials, so why are you out here exorcising demons?"

Lu Zhengdao: "Everyone has their own aspirations. Aren't you different from other demons?"

Huang Shu grinned and said, "That makes sense. As the saying goes, good and evil will eventually be rewarded. This demon is different from other demons. I dare not do anything bad. I only want to practice wholeheartedly and become a free and carefree demon."

Lu Zheng smiled slightly, "You do know what is good and what is evil, and you are a bit of a human being."

As soon as these words came out, a white light appeared out of nowhere and sank into Huang Shu's body. Huang Shu trembled, and immediately felt his cultivation improve.

It immediately knelt on the ground and said excitedly: "Thank you for your enlightenment and your kindness in giving me a new life, Huang Shu will never forget it!"

Lu Zheng blinked his eyes. He just said it casually, and actually "sealed" Huang Shu once?
If a monster wants to get a title, it can't just find someone and have them say a few words to him.

This sentence not only improved Huang Shu's cultivation, but also raised the upper limit of Huang Shu's cultivation. No wonder he was so excited.

Seeing Huang Shu like this, Lu Zheng said calmly: "Get up, remember this saying, do not do evil, no matter how small it is, and do not refrain from doing good, no matter how small it is."

"Yes." Huang Shu answered respectfully.

It couldn't help but feel that it was lucky to meet Lu Zheng.

[The sage said: There is no distinction in teaching. You have brought the Huangshu technique into the right path, your literary energy +10!]

Lu Zheng's expression changed slightly, as he actually had an unexpected gain.

It seems that he has many different ways to improve his literary style.

At the Taoist temple below, several travelers who were staying overnight had dinner and then went into the main hall together, preparing to rest early for the night so that they could continue their journey early the next morning.

Huang Shu saw this and whispered, "Master Lu, it won't be long before they fall into a deep sleep. We can go down and take a look."

After what happened just now, Huang Shu changed his way of addressing Lu Zheng and showed deep respect for him.

Upon hearing this, Lu Zheng slowly stood up and walked silently towards the Taoist temple.

Huang Shu led the way, leading Lu Zheng into the Taoist temple through a side door and into a side room.

It lowered its voice and said, "There is a scent here, young master, you must be careful, don't..."

Huang Shu was halfway through his words when he suddenly remembered that Lu Zheng was not even afraid of his poison gas, so why would he be afraid of this aphrodisiac incense?
Lu Zheng wrinkled his nose and indeed smelled a hint of elegant floral fragrance.

Once the floral fragrance enters the body, it will be cleared away by the righteous spirit. It is obviously a fragrance that cannot be smelled.

A man and a demon tiptoed to the wall of the side room facing the main hall.

There are several holes in the wall, which allow you to clearly see what is happening in the main hall.

There was a faint glow of fire in the main hall, so it was not completely dark.

Several guests were lying on the ground, fast asleep, snoring like thunder.

Huang Shu saw this and whispered, "The ghost hasn't come yet..."

Huang Shu had been here several times and knew that the ghosts here would only appear after they had secretly put everyone in a state of complete sleep after secretly placing aphrodisiac incense.

Judging from the state of these people, the ghosts did not take any action.

Sure enough, after a while, a cold wind blew gently in the hall.

Three hazy figures floated into the house from outside, then found their targets one by one and penetrated into the bodies of the people staying there.

After a while, the three guests who were possessed by ghosts showed satisfied and comfortable smiles, as if they were having a sweet dream.

Lu Zheng saw it clearly. He understood that the ghosts had entered people's dreams and made the three people have erotic dreams in order to absorb their yang energy.

(End of this chapter)