From Jiu Shu's world

Chapter 30
Henry Zhang was taken aback by this sudden thing, and almost subconsciously hit him with a palm thunder.But upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a black and gray raccoon cat with a touch of black on its forehead.

The raccoon cat, bowed its body and frowned, snorted and grinned at Henry Zhang, and stood firmly in front of the door, with a pair of green eyes shining fiercely.

One person and one cat were in a stalemate, and suddenly there was a "squeak", and the door of the room opened.

A thin, wrinkled hand stretched out from the crack of the door, holding a dim oil lamp in it.

Looking behind the door, an old woman wearing a black scarf and a thick black cloth robe appeared behind the door.

This old woman has silver hair and wrinkles like an old tree on her face. Although she has a smile on her face, the combination of her arched body and her dim face under the light makes people feel uncomfortable.

She shined a light on the raccoon cat, and cursed: "Ah Hua, don't be so fierce, don't scare the guests."

The raccoon cat seemed to understand human words, its frizzed fur slowly slid down, and its purring gradually disappeared. It took a deep look at Henry Zhang with its green eyes, then turned around and jumped onto the railing lightly, and then He just jumped off the first floor and disappeared.

Henry Zhang and the old woman looked at each other after watching the raccoon cat disappear, and the old woman said slowly, "Young man, where did you come from? I haven't seen a stranger in this broken shop for a long time."

Henry Zhang replied: "You are young and ignorant, lost your way here, saw the house broke in, and alarmed the mother-in-law, it was the younger generation who was reckless."

Henry Zhang hid three points in his words, retreated three points, and did not dare to reveal too much when the details were not clear, only saying that he got lost and came here.

The old woman was mature enough to understand that passers-by should be vigilant, so she didn't care. Instead, she continued, "Since you've lost your way, you can stay with me first. There are no other houses in this barren mountain and wilderness." , I’m the only one who remains in this miserable place.”

While talking, the old woman led Henry Zhang to the last guest room, pushed the door open, and dust hit his face.The old woman waved the dust away with her sleeves, and said with an apologetic smile, "I am laughing at you. No one has come to this dilapidated store for a long time, and a lot of dust has accumulated."

Henry Zhangdao: "It's okay, it's not bad to have a place to live."

Henry Zhang took a moment, and asked on this excuse: "Mother-in-law, there is no one around here, why are you still opening an inn here, isn't it going to lose money?"

Henry Zhang is exploring the bottom, looking around to see the weirdness of this inn.The old woman turned her head and glanced at Henry Zhang, then sighed: "If you want to talk about this, there is a story. The mountain forest ten years ago was not as deserted as it is now, but it was very rich at that time."

As the old woman spoke, she gestured with her hand, then pointed to the forest behind the small wooden building with her left hand, and then, as if lost in memory, she said slowly: "The forest is a well-known medicine mountain in the local area, and the mountain people nearby are all Relying on the mountain to eat the mountain, go up the mountain to collect herbs every day, and live here when you go down the mountain, and the merchants from outside also live here, so it's very lively."

"Oh..." the old woman sighed, and said slowly with a bit of sadness in her tone: "But the good times didn't last long, and then, for some reason, countless poisonous snakes and beasts appeared on the mountain. One crop after another died, and then no one came.”

While talking, the old woman lit up the oil lamp in the room, then turned around and told Henry Zhang: "Young man, remember, there are many poisonous snakes and beasts on the mountain, so don't go up. Especially those poisonous snakes, don't go up. Don’t hurt them, if you hurt one, there will be tens of thousands of them entangled you, remember.”

Henry Zhang became suspicious when he heard it, where did the strange snake have such a temperament?In my heart, I only thought that the old lady didn't want him to go up the mountain, so I nodded and said: "Remember, I will only rest here for one night, and I will find the road the next day."

The old woman nodded in satisfaction, walked slowly to the door, and was about to go out, when she suddenly turned to Henry Zhang and asked, "By the way, you guys have been chatting for so long, and I still don't know what your name is?"

Henry Zhang replied: "The boy's surname is Zhang Mingxuan, I don't know what to call my mother-in-law?"

"It turned out to be a child of the Han family." The old woman shook her head with a smile, turned around and walked out the door slowly. When the door was gently closed, a voice came from behind the door: "No one has asked me what my name is for many years. You can call me Ya." Granny Ma."

Then only the sound of footsteps fading away was heard.

The kerosene lamp in the room was dim, but Henry Zhang was still thinking about what happened just now.This inn is weird, but Granny Yama doesn't seem to be a bad person, but that raccoon cat is not like an ordinary thing, in short, it has a bit of evil spirit.

Henry Zhang faintly felt that something would happen, so he didn’t dare to sleep too much.A lot of Gu worms were quietly placed in the room to make preparations, and the bed was tidied up after everything was done.He took out the bedding from the black coffin space and prepared to sleep.Henry Zhang only planned to leave the inn early the next morning. As for the weirdness, it’s better not to meddle in the other side of the road.

In the middle of the night, Henry Zhang suddenly heard a faint call: "Henry Zhang ~ Henry Zhang ~ wake up soon"

As soon as he heard the movement, Henry Zhang immediately woke up, but he still lay still, and quietly ordered three ghost stag beetles and several Gu worms to quietly surround him.When the voice slowly approached, he opened his eyes pretending not to know.

The room was dim, but a pair of green eyes were particularly bright and strange, floating in front of Henry Zhang's bed.With a little moonlight and Henry Zhang's night vision ability, he took a closer look and found that the green eyes belonged to a black shadow half a person tall.

Who do you think that shadow is?
It was the raccoon cat that grinned at Henry Zhang just now.The raccoon cat stood on two legs, wearing a child's clothes stolen from somewhere, and wearing a turban like Granny Yama on top of its head.

After the black cat called Henry Zhang, it swung in front of him, turned left and right, then stopped suddenly, arched its hands at Henry Zhang, and a hoarse and low voice sounded: "You said, I am Like a person? Or like a cat?"

Henry Zhang was taken aback when he heard it, and then laughed secretly, thinking what kind of a powerful character he was, but he didn't expect to play such a good show.Secretly withdrew the Gu worms and asked them to guard the doors and windows.

Seeing that Henry Zhang didn't answer, the raccoon cat became anxious, and asked again: "Do you think I look like a human? Or like a cat?" This time it was much more anxious than the last time.

Henry Zhang hahaha smiled: "I originally thought that you old cat is a powerful character. I didn't expect to ask for a seal, but I came here. You feel sorry for your master and didn't ask her for a seal."

The raccoon cat was very cunning and cautious, and when he heard Henry Zhang’s words, he knew that something was wrong. This man actually knew how to ask for a seal, so he was so frightened that he landed on all fours and wanted to run away immediately.Henry Zhang had been guarding against the cihuamao's appearance for a long time, and quickly grabbed the cihuamao's neck with quick eyes.

"Meow!"

With a roar, the old cat even used Guan Erye's trick of dragging a knife, and after running away, it turned around and grabbed Henry Zhang's hand fiercely.This old cat is really cunning. If ordinary people are afraid of being caught by it, they will take the opportunity to escape.

But Henry Zhang saw the cunning of the old cat early in the morning. As soon as the old cat turned around, Henry Zhang waved his hand to avoid the catch, and then coiled up like a wicker, strangling the slender neck of the raccoon cat fiercely, using all his strength With a strong shake, Li Huamao's whole body was shaken limp and weak, without any strength left to resist.

"Meow!"

The raccoon cat screamed miserably, and the sound spread throughout the inn.But Henry Zhang does not intend to let this poor-looking thing go. You must know that this beast has gone on an evil path, and it will definitely harm countless people. Although this raccoon cat has not been successful this time, it is not letting it go reason.

Just as he was about to crush it to death, he suddenly heard a voice from the door: "Wait a minute!"

I don’t know when Granny Yama came to Henry Zhang’s room, and she was the one who stopped her just now.Henry Zhang turned his head, looked at Granny Yama, and didn’t speak, he wanted to see what the mother-in-law had to say.

Granny Yama glanced at the raccoon cat distressedly, then turned her head to look at Henry Zhang, she ran over in a hurry after hearing A Hua's scream, she didn't know anything about what happened before, she just thought it was A Hua who was wild Taming, came to provoke Henry Zhang again.

So I couldn't help pleading: "Young man, this Ah Hua is a bit wild and disobedient. If you offend you, please let it go this time because of the old woman's old face. This deep mountain and old forest is still with me Now, if it does something wrong, the old lady will compensate you here."

Granny Yama spoke sincerely, her eyes turned red as she spoke, and she was about to bow and apologize to Henry Zhang.This Ah Hua is like a relative to her, and she can't let go of her company for many years, not to mention that Ah Hua has saved her from the mouth of beasts several times.

How could Henry Zhang make this old lady bow and apologize?He stopped her and asked, "Grandma Yama, how many years have you had this cat?"

Granny Yama stopped her movements when she heard Henry Zhang’s question. Although she didn’t know what Henry Zhang meant, since Henry Zhang still had something to say, she still had a chance to save Ahua.She thought about it carefully and replied: "I have raised it for almost eight or nine years, and it was about the same size when I first met it."

Henry Zhang listened and shook his head, it seemed that Granny Yama seemed to be really ignorant, so he explained aloud: "Grandma Yama, do you know that there is a legend in the Central Plains that cats are only eight years old, and dogs have not been kept for ten years? This It’s a folk saying, it’s about keeping a cat for no more than eight years, and keeping a dog for less than ten years, and those who haven’t died after the number of years are the scourge of spirits. Cats and dogs are psychic and shrewd domestic animals, and they have lived with people for a long time. After a long time, you can become a ghost. How long do you think your raccoon cat has lived?"

Granny Yama was shocked after hearing this, she never thought that her cihuamao might be a ghost, but when she thought of the daily life of cihuamao and her, she felt sad and said: "Young man, this sissy cat No harm, can you?"

Henry Zhang snorted coldly: "Huh, you said it didn't harm anyone? Then what do you think it is doing in my room tonight, can't it be a big show? Ask me if it looks like a human, and it's on me. It is so simple to exchange my lifespan for you to cultivate a human body."

The theory of begging for seals has existed since ancient times, and the most popular one is probably the story of the five immortals begging for seals in Rongbei Province.

There are many theories about begging for titles. Fengxian, Fengren, and Feng reincarnation each have their own opinions.But in fact, this is all people's conjecture. If a person can seal the cultivation base of these spirits with a single sentence, why use cultivation and let people seal them every day?

There has always been only one purpose of being granted a title, which is to use the lifespan of the person who has been banned to cultivate the human body. As long as you say that it looks like a human being, you agree to use the lifespan to cultivate the human body for him.

If you say it doesn't look like it, it will naturally ruin its practice for a period of time, pestering you and making you unlucky.So it's not a good thing to ask for a seal.

　Good night and sweet dreams, if you think it’s okay, invest in it.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)