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

Chapter 96 Nothing is a coincidence

In the dead of night, a little old man, half of his body buried in the soil and then dug out, asked a female Taoist priest all sorts of questions. If Xu Qing didn't know Hu Baosong well, he would have thought that the old man was his pimp!

Xu Qing looked at Taoist Master Yizhen, who had a calm demeanor and picturesque features.

For some reason, he always felt that the aura of this female crown was somewhat familiar.
"Could I ask what the Jurchen woman's secular name was before she became my disciple?"

Yizhen, who had always been calm and composed, finally couldn't help but frown. This old man now dared to ask her secular name. Would he dare to ask her date of birth and whether she was married next?
"I have no parents and was adopted by my master in the mountains since I was a baby. My master only said that my surname was Hu." Yizhen paused and forced himself to change the subject: "Old sir, please stop asking such irrelevant questions. Although this golden rooster has persuaded the Qingyuan Pill, it can only temporarily suppress the toxicity. If you don't take the antidote in time, I'm afraid it will be disastrous."

When Hu Baosong heard Yizhen say that his secular surname was Hu, his skinny hands couldn't stop trembling.

Xu Qing was also intrigued by this sentence. He seemed to have heard something extraordinary by accident.

"Xu boy, this is poisonous." Hu Baosong turned his gaze to the young man whose gossip fire was burning fiercely.

"Poison, what poison? Old Hu, why are you looking at me? I don't recognize this golden rooster."

Hu Baosong knew that the other party was still angry. He turned his head to look at the frowning and silent nun, and then looked at Xu Qing who was pretending to be stupid.

"Ahem, Brother Xu!"

The old man rummaged through his sleeves and pulled out a few talismans.

Xu Qing raised his eyebrows and said, "This chicken looks a little familiar."

Hu Baosong gave a dry laugh to the nun who was looking at him suspiciously, and said to Xu Qing, "Take a closer look."

As he spoke, the old man took out two mysterious talismans and a Yin Lei talisman.

"I remember now! This evil beast broke into people's houses at night and acted recklessly in my chicken coop. The dozen or so old hens I raised were almost killed by it. After I found this beast, it even tried to peck me. It's really hateful!"

Hu Baosong's breath stagnated when he heard this. Taoist Master Yizhen beside him frowned and said, "This golden rooster in the temple is known to be very intelligent and will not hurt anyone easily. Perhaps there is something hidden.

As for the hens in the Daoist friend's chicken coop..."

The nun rarely showed a look of shock: "There is only this one rooster in the Five Elders Temple. Perhaps it has just entered the world of mortals and has had worldly thoughts."

"If there is any offense, I apologize to you on its behalf." After a pause, the nun took out a porcelain bottle from her sleeve and said, "I have a few Qingyuan pills here. These pills have the effect of calming the mind and strengthening the body. I will give them to you."

Xu Qing took the pill bottle with a puzzled look on his face.

Such a decent elixir might not be suitable for his zombie physique.

But you can take it back and use it as cat food.

Xu Qing put away the pill, then reached into his arms and fumbled around for a while, finally taking out a Hundred Herbs Pill.

After he had performed the ritual of liberating nearly 200 corpses, he didn't have much other stuff, but he did have a lot of pills with various effects.

After searching through the bottles and jars in the Mountain and River Map, he found a wide variety of pills with various functions, such as Cooling Powder, Dali Pills, Dog Skin Plaster, Golden Gun Invincible Pills, Dali Vajra Pills, and Forget-Me-Not Pills.

As for the Hundred Herb Pill that can cure all poisons, he placed it in the very corner, without even a bottle to put it in.

He is a zombie and is immune to all poisons. This thing is useless to him and is just a piece of trash.

Exchanging a useless Baicaodan for five or six talismans and a bottle of cat food is a very good deal!
In the coffin shop, the dispirited Jin Ji saw Xu Qing coming and was still struggling to stand up and resist.

Roosters have extremely yang blood, and are naturally able to suppress evil spirits. The golden rooster is a variant species of rooster, and is born with a pure yang physique.

When the Golden Rooster saw Xu Qing, who was full of evil to the core, coming to it, how could it sit still?

"Jinluan, don't be rude!" Yizhen scolded.

The golden rooster cackled twice and stopped resisting.

"It's called Golden Luan?" Xu Qing placed the elixir in front of the golden rooster and said with a smile, "A chicken is named after the Phoenix!"

Upon hearing this, the Golden Rooster struggled again.

Xu Qing continued, "Hey, this chicken can even understand human language. How did the Taoist priest train it? It just so happens that I can train the dozen or so old hens in my backyard."

"The Golden Luan is a sacred bird native to the mountains. I've been raising it since before my master passed away, and it's been over fifty years now."

"Fifty years?" Xu Qing asked in surprise, "May I ask how old you are now?"

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Yizhen lowered his brows and eyes, remaining silent. Hu Baosong, standing beside him, looked a little strange and said, "Master Yizhen, your birthday will be thirty-six this year, probably around February."

The nun suddenly raised her eyes and asked in confusion, "How did you know my age, old man?"

Hu Baosong stared at Yi Zhen in shock, then half-jokingly said, "I understand some Yi principles and mystical arts, and I figured out seven out of ten based on his face alone. As for the other three out of ten, I'm an old acquaintance of Taoist Zichen."

"It's a pity that I won't get to see her again."

As soon as he finished speaking, Hu Baosong got up and went to the inner room and took out a wooden box.

Xu Qing looked at Old Man Hu holding the wooden box carefully and thought there was some treasure hidden in it. But when he opened the box, there were only some small items inside.

Purses, kites, puppets, wood carvings, jade pendants, and some old stationery.

Xu Qing leaned forward to take a look. The names on the letter paper were just what he glanced at. There were several names including Yang Yingying, Cui Miaoyin, Wei Sangu, Zi Chen, etc.

Hu Baosong moved all the items aside, and found half a jade ring that fit perfectly in the wooden groove underneath.

Yizhen cried out in surprise. She took off half of the jade ring from her waist. When the two pieces touched each other, a clear and warm halo suddenly appeared. The two halves of the jade ring grew together like the fusion of yin and yang.

Xu Qing is proficient in Zi Wei Dou Shu and familiar with astrology.

He looked at the carved patterns on the jade ring and recognized at a glance that the pattern was the Heart Moon Fox, one of the twenty-eight constellations.

"I wonder what the old gentleman's name is? And why is there a missing half of the jade ring?"

Hu Baosong put away the wooden box and only gave the jade ring to Yizhen.

He looked at you kindly and said, "I am just an old friend of your master. You can just call me Uncle Master."

Yizhen's lips moved, and he seemed to want to say something but stopped himself several times.

Xu Qing was getting anxious watching from the side. Why are these two people so stubborn? Can't they just speak frankly?
It made it so difficult for even a spectator like him to eat anything!

Hu Baosong wanted to stay overnight, but Taoist Master Yizhen politely declined.

"I have something important to do, so I can't stay any longer."

When Hu Baosong asked what the important matter was, Taoist Master Yizhen told him about how he met a female ghost embroiderer in the old tailor's house and kindly guided her in her practice, but the ghost escaped secretly and returned to the old house to harm people.

After saying this, Yizhen began to speak, "A rooster is a bird of five virtues, able to illuminate the night. The golden rooster I raise in the Five Elders Temple is the best among them. Just now, Daoist Fellow Xu said that the golden phoenix attacked and bit people. It is most likely that the evil spirit has hidden in Daoist Fellow's home."

"To resolve this matter, I can go to your house and exorcise the evil spirits from it."

Xu Qing raised his eyebrows and immediately became unhappy.

He had previously collected the bodies of two idle men and used them to relieve their loneliness, but now he was just planning to make back his money from the female ghost, and you want to steal my business?

The colleagues who competed with him for business last time have now turned to dust!

"It's just a female ghost, why bother the Taoist priest with so much trouble?" "That female ghost has done a lot of harm to people, Taoist friend, don't be deceived by her."

Confused? If she were a corpse, perhaps this would be possible, but unfortunately, she is not.
"Master Yizhen, I understand a little bit about rituals and know how to influence ghosts. I also have a way to lead ghosts into reincarnation."

"Master, you can relax about this matter."

Hu Baosong nodded and said, "Xu Ge'er is a good young man. I trust his ability."

Yizhen looked strange, thinking to himself, "You trust his ability, what does it have to do with me?"
"Fellow Daoist Xu, our generation needs to prove their true nature in cultivation. The reason this female ghost harms people is because I was moved by compassion and taught her the art of cultivation. Otherwise, she wouldn't have achieved her current level of cultivation."

"Every cause has its effect. If you have a true method, that would be great. However, I have one request. I need to see her brought to justice with my own eyes, only then can I feel at peace."

"Easy to say, easy to say!"

Xu Qing was happy in his heart. As long as they didn't steal his business, it wouldn't be a problem!
When the two were about to leave the coffin shop together, Hu Baosong pulled Xu Qing aside.

"Old Hu, what's wrong?"

Hu Baosong's old face flushed as he said, "When you have time, copy a copy of the Dongxuan Talisman that I gave you and give it to her."

"Come find me in two days, and I'll teach you everything I've learned."

Xu Qing reacted quickly and figured out what was going on in an instant.

"Old Hu, you'll be teaching me in a couple of days. I won't be the only one here, right? Taoist Master Yizhen is coming too?"

"When will you learn to tell fortunes?" Hu Baosong was inexplicably surprised.

Xu Qing smacked his lips, thinking to himself, "You've got 'affair' written all over your face, and I'm not blind."

"Old Hu, tell me the truth, what is your relationship with this female Taoist priest?"

"I can't tell you, I can't tell you." Hu Baosong raised his hand and patted Xu Qing on the shoulder, revealing some sincerity in his words: "Xu boy, I have to thank you. If you hadn't helped me, I would have been kept in the dark my whole life."

Xu Qing took the old man's hand and said with some dissatisfaction: "Say halfway, be careful to give birth to a son without an asshole!"

"Son?" Hu Baosong laughed heartily. "No asshole, then no asshole! Xu boy, remember to come find me in two days!"

Xu Qing waved his hand and walked towards his own shop with Yizhen, who was standing outside the coffin shop waiting.

Behind the two of them, a large rooster, whose toxins had not yet been completely eliminated from its body, was like a drunk, taking three steps to the left and two steps to the right, supporting itself with its wings, and following behind them staggeringly.

"Friend Xu, may I ask where that old gentleman is from and what his name is?"

"You mean Old Hu? I've known him for over half a year. When I first arrived, he was selling coffins on the street. He had no children or relatives around him. He looked quite pitiful."

"His name is Hu Baosong. Speaking of which, you share the same surname as him. What a coincidence! What do you think, Taoist Master Yizhen?"

The elegant and graceful nun was stunned for a moment and asked, "What do you think?"

"You and he both have the surname Hu. Maybe you were from the same family five hundred years ago. Don't you think this is a wonderful connection?"

Xu Qing kept paying attention to Yizhen's expression, but the other party just said "hmm" and stopped talking.

Well, it seems I can’t eat the whole melon today!
When they returned to the coroner's shop, the coffin where the embroiderer had hidden herself was still sealed, with no movement at all.

The coffin was facing the narrow end of the shop door. Xuan Yu was sitting on the ground with his back to the shop door, staring at the coffin in front of him.

After Xu Qing walked into the coffin, Xuan Yu turned around and was about to speak, but he found that there was a female priest next to Xu Qing, and a drunk chicken following behind the female priest.

Xuan Yu was silent for a moment, then jumped onto the coffin and scratched the lid with his claws, making a sour sound, even pressing his ears to the back of his head.

Xu Qing coughed lightly upon seeing this and said, "Xuanyu, this is Taoist Master Yizhen from the Five Elders Temple. That golden rooster is a spiritual bird raised by Taoist Master Yizhen, and it's almost like an immortal."

After introducing the guests, Xu Qing said to Yi Zhen, "Xuan Yu is an immortal from my Cat Fairy Hall. He can attract wealth and protect the house. He is quite talented."

When Xuan Yu heard the praise, he immediately stopped scratching, then jumped lightly off the coffin lid and came to Xu Qing's side.

Xu Qing reached out and picked up Xuan Yu.

The cat, which had never let him hold it before, surprisingly did not dodge away at this moment.

This made Xu Qing very happy.

After raising the cat for so many days, he was finally able to touch it.

Xu Qing seemed to enjoy the soft, silky touch in his hands.

As expected, all creatures love to pet cats, and zombies are no exception.

After touching it twice, Xuanyu broke free from Xu Qing's arms and jumped down, then leaped onto the counter.

Xu Qing turned around and looked at the expressionless Taoist Master Yizhen with lingering feelings.

"Master, please come in. I have already put the ghost into the coffin and suppressed it. It has absolutely no power to resist."

In the coffin, the embroiderer listened to the noise outside and felt that her life was gloomy.

It turns out that the young man who looks like a ghost is not a good person!

It turns out that he is in cahoots with that Kun Dao who keeps the evil beast!

It is said that ghosts are full of tricks, but in the eyes of the embroiderer, she, a fledgling ghost, is as simple as a little white flower.

This pair of dogs in front of me are the ones who are really full of evil intentions!

Hearing Xu Qingyan's implication, the embroiderer curled up in the coffin, feeling extremely regretful.

How foolish she was to fail to see that the coffin was a cage to lure her in, not a safe haven.
When Jin Luan, walking with a drunken gait, heard that the female ghost was in the coffin, he forced himself to stagger over and was about to rush over to subdue the demon.

Xu Qing grabbed it by the neck and threw it over the stove, saying, "Xuanyu, watch this chicken and don't let it mess around!"

Xuan Yu twisted his waist from the counter, gathered a little strength, and jumped onto the stove.

Jin Luan wanted to turn around and rush towards the coffin, but she saw a shadow passing by in front of her.

The next moment it was knocked to the ground by the attacking cat's claws.

Next, whenever Jin Luan tried to spread its wings and stand up, Xuan Yujun, who was sitting next to the stove, would stretch out a cat paw and slap it on the head quickly until it fell down completely. Only then would the cat on the stove retract its paw reluctantly.

Seeing that Jinluan and Xuanyu were getting along very well, Xu Qing stopped paying attention to them.

"Bang, bang, bang!" Xu Qing knocked on the coffin lid and said, "Xiuniang, are you planning to come out on your own, or let Taoist Master Yizhen crawl in to find you?"

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Yizhen glanced at Xu Qing and said nothing.

The embroiderer was silent for a while, and finally opened the coffin lid. After seeing Yizhen's familiar face, she turned her head and looked at Xu Qing angrily.

The look in his eyes was as if he had seen a heartless man come back with his mistress, it was as resentful as it could be.

(End of this chapter)