I was forced to cultivate immortality when I just wanted to lie down

Chapter 94 The Cock Crows at Midnight
If a person scares another person, he can scare them to death. As for whether a ghost can scare another ghost, Xu Qing didn't know. However, the female ghost that suddenly came close to his face really scared this zombie.

Who is so good at this that he has nothing better to do than to pounce on others?

As for the female ghost's skills, she is a little scary, but in terms of strength
You should know that powerful ghosts are not scary, and scary ghosts are not powerful.

Powerful ghosts disdain to scare people. Ghosts that scare people are often not powerful enough and cannot easily extinguish the yang fire in living people. Therefore, they influence the emotions of living people, causing the yang fire in the living people to fluctuate, and take the opportunity to harm people.

There are three fires on the human body, one on the top of the head and one on each shoulder.

As long as the Yang Fire is strong, those little ghosts and monsters cannot get close to you.

This is also the reason why when you are walking at night and hear someone calling your name from behind, you should not turn around easily.

Because at night, the yang fire is not as strong as during the day, it is very easy for demons to take advantage of the situation and sneak in.

In addition, the more fear a person has in his heart and the greater his emotional fluctuations, the easier it is for the yang fire in his body to be extinguished, and the more likely he is to be invaded by evil spirits.

In the former case, if the lamp goes out, the person will die; in the latter case, if the evil wind blows down the lamp, the person will fall seriously ill and never recover.

There was no yang fire on Xu Qing's head and shoulders, but there was a lot of yin fire on his body. If he really met a ghost and it blew on him, it would probably not only not extinguish the fire, but would add fuel to the fire, making it stronger and stronger.

In the coroner's shop, Xu Qing, who was on guard, started playing the revolving lantern again.

Liu Cai and Feng Liu were mortals after all. They had already been frightened by the cold wind that had blew on their necks, causing their Yang Fire to waver. Turning back, they happened to see the ghost girl's clothes fluttering. The two shocks had caused their Yang Fire to become unstable, and the cold wind from the ghost girl took advantage of the opportunity to hit them relentlessly!

"Oh my god!" Liu Cai was the first to turn around. When he saw the female ghost's ferocious face covered with black blood and blue veins, his eyes rolled back and two of the three yang fires were extinguished immediately.

Feng Liu had been feeling guilty to begin with, and when he heard Liu Cai calling out, he turned around and saw the ghost girl sitting on the loom stool reappear and approached him.

Xu Qing was prepared. He slowed down the turning of the pages of the Sutra and stared at the female ghost for a while.

Not to mention, although this female ghost looked pale and a bit fierce, based on his experience in burying corpses, he believed that the female ghost should have been a pretty girl in her lifetime.

I don't know how, but I became a vengeful ghost.

When Feng Liu saw the female ghost, he didn't breathe a breath, didn't even blink, but bile flowed from the corners of his mouth. He was scared to death.

Logically, the revolving lantern should have ended by now, but the Sutra of Salvation was still turning pages.

Xu Qing suddenly came to his senses and realized that someone was not dead yet!

Sure enough, the fire was still on, and Liu Cai, who was not yet dead, immediately attracted the attention of the female ghost.

The female ghost was wearing a pair of exquisitely embroidered pink and white shoes. She walked lightly to Liu Cai and squatted down. She hugged her knees with her hands, opened her dark little mouth, and blew a breath on Liu Cai's right shoulder.

As the last yang fire went out, the Sutra of Saving People stopped turning pages.

Xu Qing came back to his senses and found a low-quality bamboo basket in the shape of a human in his hand. It could be used to fetch water, but it would not leak.

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What kind of rubbish is this that makes you fart by taking off your pants?
Xu Qing picked up the bamboo basket. The basket looked like an ordinary woven bamboo product and there was nothing special about its appearance.

Looking at the evaluation of the corpse, the character "人" is of low quality.

A corpse was only worth a broken basket in the end, and not even a scraping skill was revealed.

Xu Qing smiled.

When people are speechless to the extreme, they can really laugh out loud.

Liu Cai had never learned any skills during his lifetime, nor did he have the ability to flatter others. He could only wander around the streets. When he heard that someone's family was having a wedding, he would go there early, and then he would join in the fun under the pretext of doing odd jobs for the gang leader's family to take advantage of the situation.

Whenever someone's family had a funeral, he would go and act as a mourner; whenever someone's family became an official and their name was on the list of successful candidates, he would go to their house to announce the good news.

In short, they just want to get something for nothing, to have food, drinks and rewards.

This kind of idler is the worst of all the hangers-on!
So the question is, apart from the lazy and idle guys, are there any good and decent people among the hangers-on?
You're right, he really doesn't have it!

What is a "hanger-on"? People who do not do their duty, are shameless, thick-skinned and greedy are called hangers-on.

This kind of people are also called "mipian".

What are bamboo strips? They are thin strips made by splitting bamboo.

This thing was originally an indispensable item for weaving bamboo baskets, baskets, and various bamboo products.

As for why it became a nickname that is not worthy of public display, it is because when a brothel customer fails to get an erection, the hanger-on would often stand by and help him with bamboo strips.

Therefore, this "bamboo strip" was innocently caught in the crossfire and became a synonym for hanger-on.

After figuring out the reason, Xu Qing looked at the bamboo basket in his hand again and felt that the price was too high.

It is a pity that there is no evaluation of animals in the Sutra of Saving People. People who seduce others into committing sexual acts and making fun of them should not be defined as human beings.

Putting the bamboo basket for fetching water aside, Xu Qing dug up Feng Liu's body again.

It is still rated as a low-grade human, and the reward is a faceless bamboo umbrella that can protect against rain.

Xu Qing opened the bamboo umbrella, and sure enough, there were only ribs, not even a hint of the umbrella.

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After a moment of silence, Xu Qing put away his umbrella and bamboo basket and asked Xuan Yu, "How much silver did these two bodies cost in total?"

Xuanyu had just finished eating the osmanthus fish and was licking his paws.

"Brother Wang didn't accept the money."

Xu Qing understood instantly.

The corpse sent to him by the patrol office would not be free, so Wang Lingyuan had to advance the money for him.

"We can't just let this go!"

A broken bamboo basket and a broken bamboo umbrella, what's the difference between this business and doing it for nothing?
Xu Qing had already planned to wait until nightfall to go and chat with the female ghost. If there was really an injustice, he might be able to help Wang Lingyuan solve a case and get some reward from the government to make up for his losses.

After dealing with the corpse at hand, Xu Qing had nothing to do, so he simply went back to the counter, took out the Dongtian Talisman, and studied it bit by bit.

The art of talismans is obscure and difficult to understand, and cannot be learned overnight.

He could learn the skills he had acquired through salvation without a teacher, but it was not so easy to learn a new skill from the outside world.

After studying until the evening, Xu Qing gained some understanding of the art of talismans.

"Given my situation, I certainly can't draw common talismans. Things like True Fire Talismans, Exorcism Talismans, Peace Talismans, or the more advanced Lightning Talismans all require pure, spiritual, and righteous magical power as the guide."

Xu Qing looked through it for a while, and finally fixed his eyes on some talismans that were relatively suitable for his own physical condition.

Ignoring the talismans that require masculine energy to activate, the remaining ones are those that are driven by yin and cold energy.

Xu Qing looked through them carefully and found that the entry-level talismans included the Water Talisman, the Pain Relief Talisman, and the Ice Talisman. The more advanced ones included the Divine Travel Talisman, the Mysterious Moon Talisman, the Yin Thunder Talisman, etc.

Seeing the Yin Lei Fu, although Xu Qing wanted to move, the zombies' fear of thunder made him a little timid.

The thunder talismans in the Dongxuan talismans are roughly divided into two categories, yin and yang. When drawing and using the yang thunder talismans, they need to be activated by the masculine qi cultivated by the heart fire and lung metal.

The Yin Lei Fu is guided by the Yin and cold Qi stimulated by the kidney water and liver wood.

Xu Qing had never seen a zombie being struck by thunder magic. He had only seen records in corpse stories of zombies being burned to a crisp by thunder magic.

Zombies cannot avoid the three disasters when practicing, in other words, they will be struck by lightning sooner or later.

Xu Qing was pondering the thunder talisman method, but in his heart he was wondering whether he should adapt to the feeling of being struck by lightning in advance to improve his resistance to lightning.

But in the end, he temporarily gave up on this idea. Not to mention whether a zombie like him could draw the Yin Lei Talisman, even if he could, it would take time for him to master the talisman technique before he could even consider it.

After all, the art of talismans has always been easy to learn but difficult to master, and Yin Lei Fa is a more advanced talisman method among them. It is unknown how long it will take to master it.

But what Xu Qing has the most is time.

"Who says zombies can't use thunder magic?"

The collision of yin and yang turns into thunder, and the excitement turns into lightning. Although zombies cannot practice thunder magic, they may be able to use talismans and use yin energy to activate the talismans, thereby indirectly controlling thunder and lightning.

But it is unknown whether the lightning struck the enemy or himself in the end.

"Forget it, I'm just a zombie, why should I learn thunder magic? I'd better try other talismans."

Xu Qing was eager to try it out, but in the end, he still picked up the talisman pen and started to draw the basic talismans.

Xuan Yu sat on the counter, concentrating on watching Xu Qing who was drawing talismans seriously. When the other party finished drawing a piece of talisman paper and threw it aside, it stretched out its claws and hooked the paper ball here and there until it accidentally dropped the paper ball to the ground, and then it stopped.

By evening, a large pile of paper had fallen to the ground under the counter.

"I did it, haha, I did it, Taoist Master!"

Xu Qing, who had been drawing talismans for the entire afternoon, picked up a yellow talisman in a frenzied manner. His excitement was comparable to that of Tian Shegong when he had just passed the imperial examination.

"Xuanyu, do you want to try the talisman I drew?"

Xu Qing couldn't wait to test the effect of the talisman, but when he looked around, he found that there was no one else in the shop except him and a cat.

"I don't want to." Xuan Yu refused instinctively.

"You really don't want to? This is the first talisman I drew, and you're not interested?"

Xuanyu was quite curious, and at this moment, tempted by Xu Qing, it hesitated for a moment and asked, "What kind of talisman is this? I heard that some Taoist priests with big noses have very powerful talismans that can subdue demons and monsters."

"Don't worry, Xuanyu Immortal. This is just an ordinary fire-avoiding talisman. Its function is to avoid fire and prevent fire."

Xu Qing stuck the talisman on Xuanyu's forehead, then he snapped his fingers and used the lighting method to wake up the candle on the counter.

"Xuan Yuxian can try putting your hand on the candle flame."

Upon hearing this, Xuan Yu moved closer to the candle, stretched out one of his front paws, and tentatively placed it above the candle.

"how?"

Xuan Yu's eyes widened in surprise, "It's an icy cold fire."

Xu Qing's heart moved slightly, and he suddenly said, "Wait a moment, I'll go get some lamp oil."

After saying that, Xu Qing came to the shelf and took out a lamp of exorcism oil that Yang Qiying had asked for from Cizhao Temple.

To prevent any mistakes, he moved the water tank next to the stove to his side as a backup.

Taking off the talisman that emitted a faint cool aura from Xuan Yu's forehead, Xu Qing transferred the talisman to the body of the shaman disciple Sun Erniang.

Zombies are afraid of fire, and the lamp oil in Cizhao Temple has always been a big concern for them.

This is why he first learned to draw fire-avoiding talismans.

Ordinary zombies have a lot of skills, but they can only fight in close combat and are inherently restrained by spells. However, if they learn a set of talismans, they can make up for this shortcoming.

If this is the case, while he has the ability to resist magic, he may also be able to use talismans to fight against the enemy.

"Why doesn't the Xu Xian family continue to let me test the talisman?"

"My lamp oil is quite strong. I'm afraid it might hurt you."

Sun Erniang stood quietly in front of the coffin, not saying a word.

Xu Qing added lamp oil to the lamp, brought it to the silver-armored female zombie, and began to test the reliability of the fire-avoiding talisman.

The golden-red flame was so hot that Xu Qing could feel the temperature coming from it while holding the lamp.

A faint smell of incense emanated from the lamp. When the flame touched the zombie's body, the talisman posted on Sun Erniang's forehead emitted a faint black halo, enveloping it.

Xu Qing was delighted when he saw this. He simply gathered the discarded paper balls from drawing the talisman into a pile, placed it at Sun Erniang's feet, and then poured in lamp oil and lit it.

The rich and strange smell of incense instantly filled the coroner's shop. After about five or six breaths, the talisman on Sun Erniang's forehead began to fade. After ten breaths, the fire-avoiding talisman suddenly ignited without wind and turned into ashes and dissipated.

Seeing that the hem of the female zombie's clothes was on fire, Xu Qing hurriedly used a leak-proof bamboo basket to fetch water and poured it on the fire.

But he never expected that pouring out a basket of water would make the fire even more intense.

Xu Qing was quick-witted and quick-handed. He immediately grabbed the female zombie by the scruff of the neck and threw her into the water tank.

"Where does the lamp oil in Ci Zhao Temple come from?"

Xu Qing was surprised to see that Sun Erniang's skirt was still burning for a while before it went out after she sank into the water tank.

It cannot be extinguished when it comes into contact with water and can continue to burn when it enters water. Such a fire must not be a nameless fire.

Perhaps I could ask Hu Baosong tomorrow. That old fox is knowledgeable and would probably know the ins and outs of this fire.
Suppressing his thoughts, Xu Qing fished out the female zombie, who was soaking wet and revealing her graceful curves, and began to examine her body.

Fortunately, the silver-armored corpse's body was strong enough, and the flames only burned a part of the skirt without damaging the body.

"My phoenix coronet and bridal robe are impervious to water and fire, and can protect against filth and weapons, but I wonder if they can withstand the burning of strange fire."

Xu Qing pondered for a moment and had a plan in mind.

The wedding dress cannot be worn all the time, and it is not known whether it can resist strange fire, but at least the fire-avoiding talisman is still effective.

It's just not as long-lasting as when facing strange fire.

But Xu Qing is not worried about this.

If one fire-avoiding talisman was not enough, he would draw ten or a hundred.

At that time, it will depend on whether you have more lamp oil or I have more talismans.

After cleaning up the mess in the house, Xu Qing, feeling a sense of crisis, sat down at the counter and began to draw talismans calmly.

As night falls, the lights in the shop are bright.

Xu Qing's technique became more and more skillful, and he only breathed a sigh of relief after drawing three more fire-avoiding talismans.

He had originally planned to go to the old tailor's house tonight to meet the female ghost.

But now he is immersed in the joy of drawing talismans.

Even though a tryst with a female ghost is fun, it is not as important as one's own safety.

Xu Qing has already made up his mind. Apart from drawing talismans, he will not go anywhere tonight!
At three o'clock in the morning, the night owl Xuanyu had disappeared, and only Xu Qing was left, still drawing talismans by candlelight.

After sketching out the twentieth fire-avoiding talisman and preparing to draw the twenty-first, Xu Qing suddenly heard a rooster crowing outside the shop.

"Is it going to be dawn?"

Xu Qing was somewhat surprised. He clearly remembered that the night watchman outside the street had only struck the third watch drum.
Looking up at the clepsydra, it was undoubtedly the third hour of the night.

Just when Xu Qing was puzzled, there was a knock on the door outside the coroner's shop.

It’s the middle of the night, where are the guests coming from?

(End of this chapter)