This Liao Zhai is not right

"It is my fault for being careless. Today's journey ends here. You have just shed your demon body. It is a full moon now, and the Yin energy between heaven and earth is strong. It is common for the inner elixir's profound energy to be disturbed. If you suppress it forcefully, it may hurt your body."

Chang'e hurriedly stopped Su Fu from continuing on his journey.

Holding Su Su's waist and abdomen with both hands, a few strands of coolness seeped into it, greatly alleviating the heat emanating from the inner elixir.

But this was obviously unable to be eradicated. The heat transmitted from the inner elixir made Su Fu's face flush. The snow-white skin covered by the dark blue robe was covered with a layer of crimson, and a faint fragrance wafted out.

"Sacrifice the inner elixir, inhale and exhale the moonlight, and it will take only a moment to calm the inner elixir's profound energy."

He held Su Su's waist and abdomen with both hands and climbed down, pointing directly to the location of the inner elixir three inches below the navel. He gently pushed and guided Su Su to spit out the inner elixir from his throat.

As the breath was exhaled, the inner elixir with a faint purple-red color went straight up to the clouds and disappeared into the moon.

After inhaling the breath, the inner elixir hidden in the moon fell rapidly again and was swallowed into Su Fu's mouth.

As the energy went back and forth, the heat transmitted from the inner elixir gradually subsided.

But the residual body temperature had not dissipated yet, and Su Su still felt the burning on her face. Fortunately, her clothes were soaked with sweat, and the night breeze blew away the heat, which finally made her feel much better.

"We don't know where we are now. Let's find a place to rest temporarily and make plans tomorrow." Chang'e's moist breath brushed past his ears.

Su Su slowly came back to his senses.

I thought to myself that it was a good thing that I had eliminated the tree demon grandma in Lanruo Temple in time last night, otherwise if this sudden incident happened on the full moon night tonight, the situation would have been reversed in an instant and the outcome might have been very different.

The moon is bright in the sky and the stars are shining.

Gusts of night wind blew continuously, disturbing the weeds and treetops on the roadside.

Looking around, we were in the wilderness and there were no houses for miles.

Not far along the path under my feet, a figure holding a lantern appeared in front of me and turned to walk into a fork in the road.

However, under the moonlight, the figure clearly had no shadow, and was obviously a ghost.

Looking towards the end of the fork in the road, you can see dense weeds, scattered graves and numerous tombstones.

This is a cemetery.

"First you encountered a monster, then you ran into a ghost. What are you doing?" Chang'e supported Su Fu and couldn't help pinching the soft flesh on her waist.

His body trembled slightly, and his hazy eyes immediately cleared up. Su Su quickly opened the hand that was playing tricks on his waist and said, "There must be a house around the cemetery. Let's look for it."

Walking forward along the road, after a hundred or so steps, the outline of a courtyard with a tall gate has already appeared. Then, going forward, the sight passed the high wall, and the orderly pavilions in the courtyard came into view, among which there were rockery and strange rocks, gurgling water, and steam, which was definitely the residence of a wealthy family.

But the courtyard was cold and silent, with no one in sight.

"There is such a strong negative energy. This is not a place where living people live, but a tomb." Chang'e looked around for a few seconds and quickly came to the conclusion.

Then he looked thoughtful and said, "It's an exaggeration to call it a haunted house. There are no ghosts in the yard. Instead, there is a fox demon that has cultivated its inner elixir and is breathing in the moonlight."

Why is it a fox demon again?

I encountered two of them in just one night!

All I can say is that ghosts and foxes are very common in the world of Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio.

"This fox demon is much more decent than the previous one. You and I can stay here for the night. No..."

Chang'e suddenly realized something and cast a cold gaze towards a corner outside the courtyard: "There is a ghost spying in the dark, plotting something evil."

Following Chang'e's gaze, Su Su saw two figures hiding in the darkness outside the courtyard. One was dressed in a black robe, with a dark complexion, and was dressed as a minor official. The other was dressed in a linen shroud, and his figure flickered. He was a ghost who had recently died.

Two figures were hiding in the darkness outside the courtyard and spying, while the fox demon inside the courtyard was just like Chang'e had guided Su Su to spit out his inner elixir and inhale the moonlight before.

Exhale the inner elixir into the clouds and hide in the moon, absorb the moonlight, and then inhale it into the fox's mouth.

So again and again.

Seeing that the fox demon was unaware, two figures in the dark outside the yard quietly approached the fox demon.

Among them, a black-faced ghost wearing a black robe and dressed as a minor official waited for a long time. When the fox demon spit out the inner elixir again, he hurriedly rushed to snatch the inner elixir.

"Insidious villain."

Seeing this scene, Su Su instantly remembered the old man in a straw raincoat and hat who wanted to kill the fox and steal the elixir when he met him in Baishui Village. His mind moved slightly, and the half-black and half-white soul-beating ruler was already in Su Bai's hand.

With a little bit of divine power, he appeared in front of the black-faced ghost from underground.

The black ruler came down in front of him.

The hand of the black-faced ghost that was trying to snatch the inner elixir was broken.

A shrill scream came out from the black-faced ghost: "It hurts me so much! Who are you? How dare you hinder the ghost messenger from doing his job?"

A ghost messenger doing business?

The underworld is in chaos right now, and the ghost messenger is indeed not a good guy.

Su Fu mobilized his power to exorcise evil spirits and stepped on the black-faced ghost. He said coldly, "I didn't see any ghost messenger doing anything. I only saw that you wanted to kill the fox and take the elixir."

The divine light overflowed, illuminating the black-faced ghost messenger's body with black smoke, as if he was in an frying pan of hell, in extreme pain.

"God, please spare my life! God, please spare my life!"

The black-faced ghost lied on the ground and kowtowed for mercy, pointing to the nearby ghost in linen shrouds and saying, "I had no intention of killing the fox, but I hooked the wrong soul. When King Yama reviewed the Book of Life and Death and ordered me to send him back to life, Wang Lan's body had already decayed. Fearing that King Yama would blame me, I had no choice but to take the risk and try to seize the fox demon's inner elixir and give it to him to swallow, so that his soul would not dissipate and he could become a ghost immortal and report back to King Yama."

After saying this, the fox demon exhaled the inner elixir that entered the clouds and disappeared into the moon and slowly fell into its mouth.

It immediately stood up and glared at the black-faced ghost: "I, Hu San, have been practicing for hundreds of years and have never done anything that harms the heavens and the earth. I just live in the wilderness, absorb and exhale spiritual energy, practice inner alchemy, and want to become an immortal. How can you, a ghost, ruin my years of practice for your own selfish reasons?"

A good way to vent.

Hu San fell to the ground with his limbs, and bowed deeply to Su Fu: "Thank you, Lord God, for appearing and saving me. Otherwise, my hundreds of years of hard work would have turned into dust. Even if I were to be shattered into pieces, I would not be able to repay you for such a great favor."

"I was just about to go to Yangzhou. It was getting late and I needed a place to stay, so I looked for someone nearby. I saw this black-faced ghost messenger plotting something bad in secret and just did it for the sake of convenience."

Su Su looked at Hu San who was kneeling on the ground and bowing in front of him. He said that he had practiced for hundreds of years, but it was bad enough that he could not transform into a human form. He could not even detect the ghosts around him who wanted to steal his elixir.

His cultivation is so shallow that it is outrageous.

"Your Excellency God, this is a favor to me, and it is like a rebirth for me. I really don't know how to repay you for this great favor. Please come into my humble abode and rest for a while."

Hu San was so nervous that he kept rubbing his front paws, but he was also very happy and said, "It is a great honor for our small courtyard in the mountains to be able to entertain the God. I will send people to prepare it immediately."

Su Su nodded in agreement and was about to turn around and call Chang'e over.

But as soon as he turned around, he saw that Chang'e had been standing behind him at some point.

The full moon shines on her body. Even with rouge and watercolor painted on her face to cover her skin color, it is difficult to hide her skin that is so bright that it can almost reflect the bright moonlight.

Seeing this, Hu San knew that he had met a true master of Taoism.

"This fairy......."

Before Hu San finished speaking.

He was interrupted by Chang'e, "She and I live in the same room."

Chapter 36 Fox Banquet

broken.

Su Su felt his back tighten when he heard this.

Knowing it well, Chang'e wanted to ask her for divine power again.

In consideration of Chang'e's promise to help deal with Heishan Jun, Su Fu did not say anything, tacitly approving this behavior.

He used his divine power to capture the black-faced ghost messenger, making him feel like he was trapped in a cage and unable to move.

"You don't want King Yama to know that you not only seduced the wrong soul, but also delayed the time and caused Wang Lan's body to decay, right?"

The black-faced ghost was so frightened that he kept kowtowing and begging for mercy: "I know I am wrong, please spare my life! I know I am wrong, please spare my life!"

"You have no intention of killing the fox, but you have already taken the pill. You can escape the death penalty, but you cannot escape the punishment of living."

He looked towards the strange rock in the yard, and bestowed his power to exorcise evil spirits on it, directly suppressing the black-faced ghost messenger underneath.

He then detained Wang Lan's soul, which was flickering, and said, "Your body has decayed, and it is difficult for your soul to survive in the world. However, I do have a way to bring your soul back to life, but it will take some time. Are you willing to wait?"

The white end of the soul-beating ruler has the effect of warming the soul and bestowing blessings. As long as you are willing to spend the divine power, it will not be difficult to restore Wang Lan's rotten body to its original state.

She was very curious about the current situation in the underworld. Since this black-faced ghost messenger could contact King Yama, he must know a lot.

Wang Lan, the soul that was mistakenly seduced, was undoubtedly his weak spot. She was controlled by Su Su and would not allow him to lie.

"Willing to wait, Wang Lan is willing to wait."

Wang Lan, who was nearly deceived by the black-faced ghost and had long given up hope of ever coming back to life, was overjoyed when she suddenly heard that she could be resurrected.

The person has already died, so what's the harm in waiting a few more days?

Hu San's attitude became increasingly restrained, and he didn't even dare to suggest that he should let the black-faced ghost messenger have a taste of what it would feel like to have lost all his power.

He quickly looked at Su Fu for a few times. The previous inner energy of the elixir was stirred, causing her whole body to be soaked with sweat, and the little rouge and watercolor left on her face completely melted away.

Although she was wearing a Confucian scarf and a long gown, her identity as a woman could be seen at a glance.

Hu San didn't dare to look at it any more, and he bowed his fox body and quickly responded: "I saved it, I saved it."

He hurried into the courtyard to prepare to receive the guests.

After a while, footsteps were heard in the yard, thump thump non-stop.

Su Su glanced sideways and saw several maids in green carrying lotus lanterns walking slowly towards him. They bent down to light the lamps, illuminating the tall buildings, rockery and flowing water in the lotus pond as if it were daytime.

Then, there was a loud sound of music, and servants came running over, shouting at the kitchen to set up tables and chairs in the yard.

Afterwards, a group of maids in pink, white, black and green came in, bringing fresh fruits and vegetables, and placed steaming hot banquet dishes on the table.

There are countless jade bowls and golden cups, and the aroma of mellow wine wafts in the air.

It is indeed a grand scene of a banquet hosted by a wealthy family.

Unfortunately, in Su Su's sight, the crude illusion had no effect. These maids were just foxes dressed in maid's clothes.

"It is indeed a tomb. The servants are not living creatures, and the maids are all in the bodies of foxes." Chang'e stopped and regretted letting Su Su stay here.

Hu San was wearing a short and fat official uniform, which didn't match his skinny fox body at all. Upon hearing this, he hurriedly explained, "My ancestral home is in Shaanxi. My eldest and second brothers didn't achieve enlightenment and died young. They didn't have much luck and fate, and they couldn't achieve enlightenment even after practicing for hundreds of years. Only my fourth brother was gifted, and he achieved inner alchemy and perfect Yin spirit. He was afraid that he couldn't survive the heavenly calamity, so he died and reincarnated in Laiwu, Shandong. He practiced Taoism as a human and made progress day by day. He was called Hu Si Xianggong."

"He has a large family business in Laiwu. Considering my old relationship, he specially sent his fox sons and grandsons to build a house to take care of me. Most of the servants in this house are wandering ghosts from the surrounding cemeteries. I took pity on them and gave them a place to stay. Although they are ghosts, the ingredients for the food and drinks they make are all purchased from the city, and there is absolutely no fake."

Su Su glanced at Hu San who was feeling nervous and uneasy, then looked at Chang'e who was standing still.

I had no choice but to turn aside and say, "Stay for one night and leave tomorrow morning."

Chang'e lowered her head slightly, which meant she agreed to Su Fu's plan.

Sitting down at the banquet, I could smell the aroma filling the table.

Su Su, who hadn't had a proper meal for a long time, started eating quickly and enjoying the meal.

Chang'e only moved her chopsticks lightly a few times and then stopped moving. She just poured a few glasses of wine from the jug and took a sip from time to time.

"What is the taste?"

Seeing that the wine was mellow and tasted like rice water, Su Fu asked curiously.

Chang'e glanced at her and pushed a cup towards her: "Sweet."

I took it and drank it all in one gulp. It has a mellow taste with a hint of sweetness, but not too much of an alcoholic flavor.

"It turns out to be fermented glutinous rice. It tastes delicious."

He squinted his eyes in satisfaction and drank several cups in one breath as if he was drinking a beverage.

In a short while, Su Su drank up the whole pot of fermented glutinous rice.

After three rounds of wine, five flavors of food.

Seeing that Su Su stopped eating, Hu San, who was dressed in official clothes, appeared in time and ordered the servants in the courtyard who were in the form of ghosts to remove the banquet.

"My lord, can I have a servant to serve you while you rest at night?" Hu San asked cautiously.

After drinking almost a full pot of fermented glutinous rice wine, he became increasingly drunk as the cold night wind blew.

Su Su's ears turned red and she refused immediately, "No need."

"The guest rooms are in the attic of the east courtyard. Please follow me, gods and fairies."

Hu San bowed and walked forward, and soon brought Su Fu and Chang'e to the three-story pavilion on the east side of the courtyard. He briefly introduced: "There is a hot spring here, and the environment is quiet. If you have any instructions, you can ring the bell and the maid outside the pavilion will come to wait for your orders."

Looking at the pavilion in front of me, I saw bamboo pipes leading water into the building. There was hot steam, which was obviously hot spring water coming from somewhere.

Outside the building, there are scattered green bamboos, with stone tables and stone benches scattered among them, on which are placed tea sets and chess boards, which look like the furnishings in the house of a nobleman.