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

Chapter 97 Guardian, Maid

The routine is too complicated, and the female ghost cries.

The embroiderer slumped on the ground, closed her eyes, tilted her head back, revealing her slender white neck.

She is definitely not going to survive today. So, if that's the case, just do whatever you want to do!
"Hiss, it hurts—"

The embroiderer cried out in pain and held her head in her hands. The mood she had just prepared to sacrifice herself heroically was instantly interrupted.

But Xu Qing slapped the female ghost on the back of the head without mercy.

Fortunately, the female ghost had no tears, otherwise she would have broken down and cried by now.

She was bullied when she was alive, and now she has become a ghost after death. She thought she could stand up, but she never thought that she would be bullied even as a ghost.

Seeing the ghost girl collapsed on the ground, refusing to get up, Xu Qing shouted, "Stand up and talk to me properly. Don't lie down all the time. If you keep doing this, I'll whip you!"

The whip Xu Qing mentioned was the corpse-driving whip he often used in his daily business.

Upon hearing this, the embroiderer in a white dress that covered the ground stood up quickly, and her two small hands with slender ghost armor clenched into a ball. The whole ghost looked like a quail, as well-behaved as it could be.

On the side, Taoist Master Yizhen was speechless.

It's true that every evil ghost will be punished by another evil ghost. When the female ghost followed her before, she was not as obedient as she is now.

"How does Taoist Master Yizhen usually deal with ghosts?"

After training the embroiderer, Xu Qing turned to look at the female priest next to him.

"Don't be afraid of fellow Taoists laughing at you. I don't like killing by nature. When I encounter demons with decent temperaments, I mainly try to convert them. If there is a destiny, I will occasionally take them back to the Five Elders Temple for training. On weekdays, they can also help guard the temple gate."

Xu Qing continued to ask, "What if we encounter a demon with a bad nature? How will the Taoist handle it?"

"The Golden Luan is the natural enemy of evil spirits, so there is no need for me to intervene lightly."

Xu Qing understood the hidden meaning behind Yi Zhen's words.

This Kun Dao is probably much more powerful than the Golden Rooster!

Xu Qing subconsciously took half a step to the side. If you really think about it, zombies are also ghosts and demons. If this nun sees them by mistake, it will not be good in the end.

Thinking of this, Xu Qing paid more attention to restraining his own energy.

"I wonder how Fellow Daoist Xu plans to deal with this evil ghost?" Yizhen noticed someone taking a step back, but the nun was pure-minded and didn't think much about it.

Xu Qing shook his head and said, "No hurry. If you don't have anything important to do, Taoist Master Yizhen, why not sit down and listen to this female ghost tell her story."

"story?"

Xu Qing brought two chairs and sat down in front of the bewildered embroiderer, looking like a dental dealer interviewing a job.

"Xiuniang, weren't you going to swear by the lamp earlier? Taoist Master Yizhen is right here. Explain to him why you committed such a crime and don't hide anything."

At four o'clock in the morning, the lights in the coroner's shop were flickering, and a female ghost was telling about her life.

Xu Qing had heard about it once before. It was basically about an old father and his young daughter who depended on each other for survival. Since there were no young and strong men in the family, they were bullied by their relatives.

Nowadays, anyone who doesn't have a male child in the family is easily bullied.

If the male is still young, relatives will occasionally come to the house and do the shameless act of "ruling the country from behind the curtain."

The scheming of these people is sometimes even more vicious than that of the imperial family fighting for power.

After the embroiderer's father passed away, her uncle and aunt proclaimed themselves as the parents and elders and wanted to sell the embroiderer to the old shoemaker in the south of the city as his wife.

It is said that it was the words of the matchmaker and the orders of the parents.

The embroiderer was alone and could not withstand the oppression of her relatives, so she finally chose to commit suicide by taking arsenic.

The appearance of the corpse of a person who took poison was different from that of ordinary corpses. When the relatives who forced the embroiderer found out that she was dead, they were afraid of being investigated by the government, so they transported her corpse outside the town and burned it.

If everything is done in this way, who would know in a few months that there is one less tailor father and daughter in the world?
"The revenge of burning corpses and wiping out the entire family must be avenged. Apart from this, I, the embroiderer, have no other thoughts."

Xu Qing asked her if she had ever harmed innocent people. Xiu Niang swore in front of the lamp, saying that all the people she killed were evil people with ulterior motives.

"What does Taoist Master Yizhen think about this matter?"

The nun pondered for a moment, then turned to Xu Qing and asked, "What do you think, fellow Daoist?"

Xu Qing chuckled and said, "This female ghost has been enlightened by the Taoist priest. Her nature is not that bad, she just needs discipline."

"Just now, the Taoist priest said that he had brought a demon with a decent character to the temple to guard the mountain gate."

"Speaking of which, besides this shop, I also have a house that needs a caretaker. If the Taoist priest doesn't mind, this female ghost can stay with me and I will take good care of her."

Yi Zhen ignored the ghost's pleading look and nodded, saying, "Fellow Daoist, you have considerable abilities. I think you can discipline this ghost. Naturally, I have no objection."

In the coroner's shop, the embroiderer's heart was completely at its lowest point.

If possible, she would rather follow Taoist Master Yizhen and be a servant than be a security guard for Xu Qing.

That evil man is very powerful, why does he need her to be his bodyguard?

Who knows, the other party might be harboring some other evil intentions, just waiting to harm her!
"It's getting late, if Taoist Master Yizhen doesn't mind."

Upon hearing this, Yi Zhen immediately stood up and said, "I have a place to stay, so I won't bother you anymore."

"Master, please don't misunderstand me. I meant that if you don't mind, please wait here. I have something to give you."

Xu Qing still remembered what Hu Baosong had asked him to do. After briefly explaining the reason to Yizhen, he went to the counter and began to copy the contents of the Dongxuan talisman.

Yizhen sat in the shop waiting. After a while, she couldn't help but get up and walked to the counter to look at the talisman scriptures copied by Xu Qing.

The embroiderer sat sideways on the coffin, staring blankly at the door of the shop. Outside was the freedom she had lost.
Dawn was about to begin and roosters crowed in the distance.

After a night of recovery, the golden phoenix was able to stand up straight. Unfortunately, when it flapped its wings to announce the dawn, it could only make a hoarse sound like phlegm.

The sword poison that Xu Qing applied was extraordinary. Although the rooster took the antidote, it would still take some time for its burned throat to recover.

At the counter, Xu Qing strung the completely transcribed pages together with string and put on a cover.

Then he wrote four small words "Dongxuan Talisman" on it.

Yizhen had previously declined the offer on the grounds that he did not want to receive the reward without any merit, but was interrupted by Xu Qing.

He said at the time that this was a token of the old man's kindness.

At the same time, it can be regarded as a part of the Taoist's journey. If you don't take what God gives you, you will suffer the consequences.

It is a gift from the old gentleman with all his heart, and if I don’t accept it, it will hurt his heart.

If it were based on Yizhen's usual personality, even if Xu Qing mentioned a flower, she might not accept such a precious gift.

But thinking of the kindness Hu Baosong showed her, she somehow did not refuse.

"Old Hu and Taoist Master Yizhen's master were old friends. According to seniority, he can be called an uncle. Since it is the master who is teaching you, Taoist Master, just accept it and don't refuse."

After sending the talisman, Xu Qing conveyed to Yizhen Hu Baosong's invitation to teach the Dharma in two days.

Seeing Yizhen agreed, Xu Qing said happily: "In this case, Taoist Master Yizhen and I can be considered half-disciple. If Taoist Master doesn't mind, I would like to call you Senior Sister. After all, it would seem strange if Taoist Master always comes and goes."

Yizhen smiled faintly and nodded, "Junior Brother Xu."

Xu Qing was very happy to see that he had successfully completed the task assigned by Hu Baosong.

"Senior Sister, there's no need to be so formal. We'll see each other in two days."

Yizhen nodded, but before she left the shop, she turned around and entrusted Xu Qing with something: "Junior Brother Xu, it's already dawn, and there are more and more people outside. My spirit bird poison has just been cured, so I'm inevitably tired and weak. I can't walk far. It would be very inconvenient if someone saw me."

"If it's convenient for you, Junior Brother, could you let it rest here for two days?"

"This is a small matter, naturally convenient. However, I have never raised this kind of spiritual bird before, and I don't know what it eats or drinks on a daily basis."

Yizhen smiled and said, "This chicken is easy to feed. It eats all kinds of grains, including brown rice and wheat. But to be honest, its favorite is glutinous rice."

What the hell?!

Xu Qing was almost choked by these words.

Glutinous rice is the essence of the five grains and has the strongest solar energy. It can detoxify corpses and also has a restraining effect on some ordinary zombies.

Although glutinous rice no longer has any effect on Xu Qing, he has inherited the zombie habit of aversion to glutinous rice.

Just like some people don’t like to eat coriander and Houttuynia cordata.

In the funeral industry, when someone dies, the ritualists will sprinkle glutinous rice around the coffin to prevent the spread of corpse qi, and will also sprinkle glutinous rice at the door of the host's home to ward off evil spirits.

All grains have some effect in exorcising evil spirits and dispelling gloom. Xu Qing didn't like glutinous rice in the past, so he often used white rice instead when performing rituals.

"No wonder this golden rooster has such strong yang energy. It turns out there are certain rules for eating it." Xu Qing grinned, and couldn't help but feel a little disgusted with the golden rooster.

Yizhen didn't hear the hidden meaning in Xu Qing's words. She smiled, took out a bag of glutinous rice from her wide sleeves and placed it on the table.

"This is the leftover glutinous rice. If it wants to eat, please feed it some."

Xu Qing looked at the rice bag weighing about fifty pounds, and then glanced at Yi Zhen's wide sleeves, guessing that the other party should also have a similar storage magic weapon.

After watching Yizhen leave the coroner's shop, Xu Qing turned around and threw the bag of glutinous rice to the embroiderer with disgust.

"Xiu Niang, I'll leave the chicken's diet to you. In two days, I'll take you to my Feng Shui-preserved house to take up your new post."

The Shuimenqiao house had been left unattended for a long time, and for Xu Qing, the embroiderer was the right person.

Although strictly speaking, she is not a person.

Xu Qing did not value the female ghost's ability, he valued her talent for scaring people.

If this kind of talent is well excavated and cultivated, even if there are ignorant martial arts masters visiting his house in the future, they will probably be scared away.

Let me feed the chickens? The embroiderer looked at the big rooster that could eat her alive as if she were a bug, and she felt extremely resistant.

But how can a ghost not bow its head when it is under the eaves?
Just feed it. Being a chicken-feeding farmer is better than being forced by that evil man to do something she doesn't want to do.

Although she is not very happy about feeding chickens.

At this time, the embroiderer had not yet realized the seriousness of the problem. She untied the cloth bag of glutinous rice without any precautions. The next moment, a dazzling white light visible to ghost eyes spurted out of the bag. Glutinous rice had been exposed to the sun for a long time and absorbed enough solar energy. This thing has always been disliked by evil things.

Now the embroiderer was suddenly hit in the face by the white light, and she was so frightened that she screamed and stepped back repeatedly.

It looked like a little girl seeing a giant worm.

"What's going on?" Xu Qing, who was studying the art of talismans, heard the noise and looked over.

The embroiderer pointed at the bag, as if there was a great terror inside, and said in a trembling voice:

"Rice, glutinous rice! There's glutinous rice in it!"

"You're so scared! It's just glutinous rice. I thought you saw a mouse in it." Xu Qing put the book down in annoyance, then stood up and walked to the cloth bag. He stretched out his hand to grab a handful of glutinous rice and spread out his palm to gesture.

"What's there to be afraid of? I raised you to scare others. How can you achieve anything great in the future if you're so timid?"

"Come here and open your hands."

Xu Qing grabbed the embroiderer's hand, which dared not stretch forward, and stuffed a handful of glutinous rice into it.

"Your son needs to concentrate on his studies now, why don't you go feed the chickens!"

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The embroiderer opened her eyes wide.

As expected, he really treated me as a servant. All the talk about converting ghosts and letting them practice cultivation was fake. He just wanted to get a ghost that he could control at will!
At the entrance of the stove, a female ghost in flowing white clothes was feeding the golden chicken in fear.

That cautious look was just like a young girl lighting firecrackers for the first time.

Xuanyu was sitting on the stove. When he saw Jinluan eating rice happily, he couldn't help but say, "Girl, your Miss Xuanyu also wants to eat rice. Send some over here quickly."

Based on his past experience of living in a wealthy lady's house, Xuanyu learned a sentence in a very realistic way.

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The embroiderer silently grabbed a handful of rice and brought it to Xuanyu.

A cat that can speak human language and make even a golden rooster bow down to it must not be a monster that she can afford to offend.

After taking care of the cat and the chicken, the embroiderer carried the wooden ladle that had just been filled with water, floated to the water tank, and began to admire her own reflection in the calm surface of the ancient well.

'Look at you, it's okay for you to be bullied by others, but why do you have to be bullied by chickens and cats?
Why is your life so miserable?

However, at this moment, there was not even a single person on the water.

(End of this chapter)