Longevity begins with an old woman

Chapter 25
"Jia Daoyou, what do you mean by that?"

Xu Mu's face inevitably became ugly.

Others do not hand in spirit stones!

I pay!

It's fine if you don't give me a discount, but the price has actually increased! !
"Fellow Daoist Xu, don't get me wrong. The price is not set by me, but by the people above. All alchemists, talisman masters and other cultivators must pay double! Of course, it doesn't matter if Fellow Daoist Xu doesn't want to pay! You see No one else paid either!"

Jia An didn't seem to care at all whether Xu Mu handed over the Lingshi or not, and there was even a hint of urging him not to hand it in in his tone.

Xu Mu frowned, took out another low-grade spirit stone, and handed it to the other party.

"I'll pay!"

"..."

Jia An's smile froze on his face.

The next moment, he laughed and said: "You Daoist Xu is really generous! After I go back, I will definitely say a few words to the adults above, and take care of Fellow Daoist Xu's residence when I patrol in the future!"

"Thank you so much then!"

Xu Mu cupped his hands.

He doesn't need the other party to take care of him, as long as he doesn't come to trouble him in the future.

Two low-grade spirit stones a month are dispensable to him now.

Jia An put away the Lingshi and walked towards Lan Shijin's residence. At this time, Xu Mu suddenly remembered that Lan Shijin was still a guest at their house, and now there should be only Leng Yuening at home, so he hurriedly reached out to stop Jia An and others.

"I also helped fellow Daoist Lan make friends together!"

As he spoke, he took out two more spirit stones and handed them to the other party.

"Xu Daoyou is really—"

The corners of Jia An's mouth raised, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Big atmosphere!"

Then he took the Lingshi, passed Lan Shijin's residence, and walked towards the next family.

Xu Mu did not enter the house immediately, but stood at the door, watching the other party collect the spirit stone.

As Jia An himself said, no one handed in Lingshi at all.

Either pretend that there is no one in the family, or say that there is no one, and if you are a little bit more tempered, directly say that you don't need their protection, and sneer at a few people by the way.

Jia An was not angry either, and left after asking with a smile.

Xu Mu watched the other party walk out of their alley, and then turned and knocked on the door of his house.

After entering the room, he told Lan Shijin what he had learned and how he helped hand over the spirit stone.

"Thank you, Fellow Daoist Xu!"

Lan Shijin immediately took out two spirit stones and wanted to return them to him.

But it was rejected by Xu Mu.

It is somewhat unreasonable for him to ask others to help take care of his wife, and at the same time to collect other people's spirit stones.

Seeing that Xu Mu didn't accept it, Lan Shijin's goodwill inevitably increased a bit.

Time flies!
Three days later at night, a sudden and shrill scream came from a nearby house, piercing the quiet night.

Xu Mu got up abruptly, activated the defensive formation, held the red gold sword, and stood beside his wife and daughter.

Xiao Ling'er was also woken up, with a pair of big round, dark eyes, purring and turning around, not like an ordinary baby, crying and fussing after being woken up.

"Sir, what happened?"

Ye Yingying rubbed her almond eyes, sat up in a daze, and asked.

"I don't know what's going on! But it's always right to be careful!"

He had encountered a strange Xie Chong at night before, and he knew that the night here was not peaceful at all.

"Oh!"

Ye Yingying responded, then found a piece of clothing, wrapped it around her body briefly, and hugged Xiao Ling'er to prevent her from making a sound.

Looking at Xu Mu who was holding a long sword and looking nervous, Xiao Ling'er suddenly giggled.

Xu Mu was speechless.

This little padded jacket is too heartless!
Fortunately, Ye Yingying got food in time and blocked her mouth.

The two sat like this until dawn.

The next day, after breakfast, Xu Mu heard voices outside, so Xu Mu went out to check.

At this time, the alley was already full of people, all staring at one of the portals from a distance.

Xu Mu vaguely remembered that it seemed to be the most noisy family when Jia An collected the Lingshi last time.

Lan Shijin also came out.

The two nodded to each other.

"Alchemist Xu!"

An old Xiu with a goatee saw Xu Mu come out and greeted him.

Xu Mu had some impressions of him. He knew that his surname was Zhang, and he also lived in this alley. He was about eight or ninety years old and made a living by making talismans. His wife, son, and daughter-in-law had an accident a few years ago, leaving only one who was just over seven years old. grandson, the two depend on each other for life.

"Master Zhang Fu, do you know what happened?" Xu Mu asked.

"It should be that I met Xie Chong! It's just a little strange, usually Xie Chong wouldn't enter the house!" Zhang Fushi asked doubtfully.

At this moment, Jia An came out of the house, followed by several people, carrying two corpses, it was the couple from that household.

The moment Xu Mu saw the corpse, his pupils shrank slightly.

The bodies of the two were very strange, dry, as if they had been dead for a long time.

But Xu Mu clearly remembered that the two of them were still arguing in the alley three days ago, even if they died on the day they returned, it was impossible for them to become like this.

"Neighbors in the neighborhood, after our inspection, it should be an evil spirit that likes to suck energy and do evil. From now on, everyone should be careful at night and try to close the doors and windows!" Jia An reminded everyone.

"Fatty Jia...Captain Jia, do you want to patrol our alley more at night? After all, we are all on our own!"

Someone said suddenly.

Although they don't know the strength of this Xie Chong, no one dares to take their own life to try it. Naturally, if they can avoid it, they won't.

If Jia An and others were patrolling here, not to mention how safe it was, at least someone could call for help when they encountered danger.

And there are Jia An and others patrolling here, even if there is Xie Chong, they will attack them first.

It is equivalent to having one more scapegoat!

"Yes, yes! You must take care of the neighbors in the neighborhood!"

Everyone also spoke one after another.

"this--"

Jia An showed an embarrassed wry smile, and was about to speak, but was preempted by Ma Rui.

"You don't even hand in the spirit stones, how can we protect you! You can't let us work hard for nothing, can you?"

"Cough cough!"

Jia An hurriedly interrupted Ma Rui, and said to everyone: "Don't listen to the old horse's nonsense, even if you don't hand in the spirit stone, I will try my best to protect everyone. After all, we have been neighbors for many years! But the patrol is not up to me. Yes, our alley..."

"Sanggong, Xianggong, let's not do it! It's okay to do nothing every day, and now your life is in danger!"

Jia An's wife, Li Moqing, ran out of the house crying, begging Jia An to quit the patrol.

The result was rejected by Jia An's righteous words.

"Although I, Jia An, am not a big shot, I'm not a coward who shrinks my head when encountering danger! Even if I want to quit, I have to wait for Xie Chong to solve it!"

What he said made those who knew him look a little strange.

But no one said anything.

Dead friends, not dead poor!

With Jia An supporting them, they can sleep peacefully.

However, in the three people's words, the Lingshi was mentioned intentionally or unintentionally, and everyone pretended not to hear it.

After Jia An comforted his wife, he didn't say much, and led his men, carrying the two corpses, and left the alley.

The matter didn't end there, and in the next few days, people in the shanty town continued to have accidents.

And the death is almost exactly the same!
I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, a message began to spread in the shanty town.

Those alleys where evil spirits appear are places where patrols are not patrolled very much.

It is said that Xie Chong appeared in an alley, but because the patrol arrived in time, he survived.

Smart people have faintly realized what's going on.

Some people began to quietly send spirit stones to the patrols, hoping that they would pay more attention to their alleys when they were patrolling.

And the patrol team also took the money to do things immediately, and the alley of the Lingshi was handed over that day, and the patrol strength was increased a lot.

When everyone saw this situation, there was no need for the patrol team to come to collect it, and one by one they began to actively send spirit stones to the patrol team.

And those who still insisted on not handing over, without exception, were attacked by Xie Chong again.

After several people died in a row, no one dared to take the risk.

"I don't know who came up with the idea, it's really a talent!"

From the first day when Xie Chong appeared, Xu Mu had been vaguely aware of it.

The opponent's strategy is not clever, but it works very well.

Xu Mu must not be the only one who guessed the opponent's scheme, but no one stood up to speak out. Firstly, there was no evidence, secondly, because the opponent was powerful, and thirdly, because it was not worth it.

He also finally understood why Jia An didn't care if he couldn't collect the Lingshi, because everyone would hand it in in the end.

The matter has become clear, but the melancholy in Xu Mu's heart has not eased much.

What he was worried about was, could this spirit stone really satisfy the other party's appetite?

(End of this chapter)