Chapter 9

Luo Yu didn't notice her hand and nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, let's meet in person."

No, why does "Benxian" sound so strange? Isn't "Benxian" usually used to describe online dating?

Just as I was thinking about the specific meaning of this word, Xu Xiaoxia's voice rang in my ears again, but this time it sounded like she was about to cry.

Xu Xiaoxia said, "Luo Yu, do I still have hope of having a granddaughter?"

"..." Luo Yu put his hand on her shoulder, trying to comfort her. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Yes."

Hearing this, Xu Xiaoxia immediately breathed a sigh of relief. She knew that her son could not be gay. Although the eerie boy was indeed surprisingly good-looking, he was still a boy after all.

When she thought about the boy's appearance, she was still a little worried. Just to be on the safe side, she asked again, "Is he your biological son?"

Luo Yu took back the hand that was on her shoulder: "It's hard to say."

“…………”

After returning home, Luo Yu pretended not to see the caring looks from his parents. After taking a shower, he went back to his room and locked the door.

I glanced at the cat-ear alarm clock on the table: 11:30.

42 minutes left.

Luo Yu fell on the bed, looking at the shell chandelier. His slender hands with bulging blue veins hung weakly over the edge of the bed. His whole body showed a state of extreme fatigue. His mind was recalling everything that happened today.

Will the police dig up a body buried under a tree? The person who pushed everyone out of the interview yesterday was Li Zhi. Is he really that lucky? Was he chosen by the King of Hell so early on, and even made so many preparations in the human world?

All of this was wrong. Luo Yu wanted to doubt Luo Zhi's actions, but for some reason, he always believed him instinctively, making it impossible for him to give him a bad face.

Tick-tick, the second hand jumped one by one, which was particularly clear in the quiet room. Soon the hour and minute hands reached 12:12.

Click, the room fell into darkness, followed by Luo Yu's murmur.

——The underworld.

Luo Yu had been staring at the tall male ghost with gold-rimmed glasses in front of him for nearly three minutes.

As soon as he entered the underworld and touched the ground, Luo Zhi appeared in front of him.

They were now in the main hall of the Ghost Mansion. The dazzling red-gold dragon throne stood there, but the captivating Ghost King was no longer on it. Even the red silk flowers they had seen last time were gone. Luo Yu frowned and said, "Why are you leaving without saying goodbye?"

A flash of surprise flashed across Luo Zhi's eyes, but it was fleeting and no one noticed. He said, "I was negligent. I won't do it again."

Luo Yu laughed and said, "I'm not blaming you, it's just that you disappeared so suddenly that I'm a little uncomfortable with it."

Luo Zhi's face suddenly tensed. After a long while, he said, "Stay with me..." and suddenly stopped.

"Huh? What?" Luo Yu asked.

Luo Zhi stared straight at Luo Yu's bright eyes. His lips seemed to want to finish what he had just said, but he moved them a few times and gave up.

Luo Yu was completely baffled. He asked, "Why are you just talking but not saying anything?"

Luo Zhi's expression was a little difficult to describe. After a while, he regained his usual calm demeanor and said, "Let's not talk about this anymore. If we want to go find that ghost next, we'll need a spiritual weapon."

When Luo Yu heard the word "spiritual weapon", he became excited all over. He liked these things with magical powers the most.

Luo Zhi still owed him a technique for moving objects, and no one knew when he would be willing to teach him.

Just as he was thinking this, a cool breeze whistled past him, and all the pores on his body shrank instantly. When he saw what it was, he began to smile with a forced smile.

It’s the Ghost King.

He was still wearing the black robe, and his face was shrouded in black mist.

Luo Yu was a little bolder this time than last time. He looked at the Ghost King carefully, and only then discovered that the Ghost King had long hair. He didn't know where he came from, and he was holding a bunch of flowers that Luo Yu had never seen before.

The shape of the flower is very unique. The light blue petals look like the body of a small fish, and the stamens are light pink, looking very much like a small fish biscuit with a filling.

The Ghost King threw the bouquet in his hand forward and Luo Zhi caught it with one hand.

The Ghost King chuckled and leisurely paced the hall. He asked, "How far have we progressed?"

Luo Zhi turned his wrist slightly, put away the bouquet, and said, "We need the Ghost Needle to find the ghost now."

The Ghost Needle is a conscious spiritual weapon, which looks like a compass in the human world. It is a first-grade spiritual weapon that the Ghost King spent nearly 6,000 years to forge. In order to make this spiritual weapon more prestigious, the Ghost King later changed its name to: Gi.

Gi's abilities are very broad, ranging from Pangu creating the heavens to destroying mountains of swords and seas of fire, possessing both wisdom and martial arts. Of course, this is limited to the underworld.

If you have any questions, tell it and it will pass on all the information to you. Finding a ghost that recently received a large sum of money is even easier for it. In human terms, it's like wiping a child's butt.

But since Gi is conscious, it will not allow itself to be manipulated by ghosts. It only obeys the Ghost King and will never help any ghost without the Ghost King's permission.

The Ghost King said, "This thing is rare, and my temper has been getting worse lately."

When he said this, his voice didn't sound eerie or scary, but rather approachable.

Moreover, these words sound like he is complaining that his wife is difficult to serve, but he has no choice but to spoil her.

Luo Yu couldn't help but wonder, could Luo Zhi's voice also change? If so, was his voice changed or his original? Also, why did the Ghost King give Luo Zhi a bouquet of flowers?

Bang!

Something fell down in the lobby. Luo Yu was startled. He came to his senses and looked around. He saw the Ghost King's face shrouded in black mist about fifty centimeters away from him. Luo Yu instinctively took two steps back.

The Ghost King was shrouded in darkness. He approached Luo Yu, as if to devour him. He demanded, "Are you napping?"

Luo Yu shook his head like a rattle, and listened to the Ghost King continue: "Then tell me what I just said."

...Why does this look so much like a student being distracted in class and the teacher catching him and asking him a question?

But Luo Yuguo hadn't really paid attention to what they were saying just now. He felt a little embarrassed and looked at Luo Zhi pitifully for help.

"Don't look at him." The Ghost King scolded.

Luo Yu suddenly stopped moving and glanced at the ground.

Luo Zhi went over and blocked Luo Yu behind him, comforting him: "It's okay, he won't do anything to you."

“Hahahahahaha…” The Ghost King suddenly laughed, and then said, “Children from the human world are just timid.”

Luo Yu: “…” You can put me in the coffin with just a wave of your hand, how can I not be afraid?

The Ghost King sat back on the red and golden dragon chair, crossed his legs, leaned back, looked down at the two of them, and said, "Recently, a few restless ghosts have been causing trouble in the red area outside the city. Go and solve this problem, and then come to me for Gi."

Honglindi is a red maple forest, but also a prison where bad ghosts are imprisoned. They like to make trouble, cause damage, scare ghosts, and are extremely naughty.

But since they were not really bad and did nothing other than being naughty and mischievous, they were locked up in the red shower room.

The one guarding the red carpet was one of the twelve spirit beasts: a rat named Hei Hei.

But at this moment he was fighting with the rat ghosts who wanted to replace him on the battlefield thousands of miles away, so there was no ghost guarding the red land outside the city, and those ghosts were ready to rush out to cause trouble. At present, several ghosts broke through the barrier set up for them and rushed out of the red land to cause trouble.

Luo Zhi said, "I understand."

The Ghost King transformed into a black mist and disappeared into the hall. Luo Zhi turned around and was about to take Luo Yu to the red-lit ground, but he stopped.

Luo Yu didn't know what was going on in his mind. His eyes turned left and right, and he looked confused and uncertain. Luo Zhi said, "We can leave here now."

Luo Yu's eyes, which had been darting around, finally settled on Luo Zhi's face. After a moment, he said, "Luo Zhi, are you using a voice changer?"

"..." Luo Zhi said, "No. That's not called a voice changer, it's called a phonological technique. Injecting some spiritual energy into the larynx can change the voice."

At this point, he thought of something, paused, and asked, "Is my voice unpleasant?"

"It's not bad, it's not bad, it's just too good, it feels fake." Luo Yu rubbed his arm, "Luo Zhi, if I had this voice changer, I would be rich. Then you can enjoy the wealth of the world with me and taste the delicacies of the mountains and the sea."

This was to tempt Luo Zhi to teach him the Yin Yun Jue. Luo Zhi sighed helplessly and corrected him again: "That's called the Yin Yun Jue. Also, how can changing your voice make you rich?"

Luo Yu had a look on his face that said, "You don't understand this, do you?" and said, "Think about it, if my voice could change freely, I could become a voice actor and voice all the characters in a drama. Wouldn't that make money?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Luo Yu felt a painful tap on his forehead.

"Hey, why are you hitting me?"

Luo Zhi said, "Clear your mind."

"I'm not kidding you, this is real. So can you exchange the Moving Object Technique you owe me for the Sound and Rhythm Technique?" Luo Yu laughed, "Master Luo Zhi?"

Bang!

Another loud bang suddenly erupted in the hall. This time, the walls began to deform unevenly, as if they were about to become a ruin. Suddenly, the Ghost King's angry voice came to my ears:

"Such a disgusting thing! Are you still not going to deal with business?!"

"Let's go." Luo Zhi took Luo Yu's hand and left the lobby and ran towards the red ground.

When running out of the city, passing through the continuous street that runs through a quarter of the ghost town, Luo Yu saw the ghost owner of the tea stall again. While running, he did not forget to say hello to him, and as a result, he got a cup of tea for free.

Luo Yu drank half of the cup and handed the other half to Luo Zhi. Luo Zhi did not dislike it. He took it and drank the remaining half along the edge of the cup that Luo Yu had drunk.

After leaving the city, all you can see is a dense, creepy black forest. There are several crisscrossing paths in the forest, as if they were trampled out by people.

Luo Zhiluo chose a relatively straight path.

The entire forest was silent, with only the rustling sound of fallen leaves under their feet, which was particularly crisp.

The woods were so dark that it seemed as if they were about to fall into a hunter's trap. Luo Yu couldn't help but shiver.

At this moment, Luo Zhi suddenly stopped and said compassionately, "I will teach you the Art of Moving Objects and the Art of Phonology after I return to the human world."

When Luo Yu heard this, his fear was immediately replaced by joy, and he was about to jump up excitedly: "You said it! I tell you, if you dare to cheat, I, I..." He kept saying "I" for a long time and didn't know what to say.

Suddenly an idea popped into his head, and he said, "I'll make sure you can't get a wife!"

Luo Zhi glanced at him sideways, his glasses reflecting a silver light, and he said, "You can't do it."

Luo Yu laughed, a laugh that was a bit evil, but Luo Zhi didn't notice. He said, "It can be done. We humans have many ways to do it. There's nothing you can't do, except what you can't imagine."

Luo Zhi continued along the path ahead. He said, "Well, then tell me what methods you have."

Luo Yu followed with a smile and said, "If I tell you, can you still call it a trick? Master Luo Zhi, your trickery skills are really terrible."

Luo Zhi said, "Then you can teach me when we return to the human world."

"Hahahaha..." Luo Yu laughed out loud. He thought Luo Zhi was very interesting at the moment. He kept joking with him. It was so rare.

After all this commotion, Luo Yu no longer felt scared of his surroundings.

Luo Yu took three steps at once and leaped to Luo Zhi's side, walking side by side with him. He said, "Last time I tried to teach you some rude words, but you weren't interested. These methods are quite harsh. Are you sure you want to learn?"

Luo Zhi said, "It's confirmed."

Luo Yu looked at him for a few seconds and said, "Oh, forget it."

Luo Zhi was puzzled: "Why?"

Luo Yu raised his head and said, "It's not that I don't want to teach you. I'm willing to teach you whatever you want to learn. I'm just worried that you won't be able to learn it." After he finished speaking, he paused, thought of something, and added, "I'm not as stingy as you."

Luo Zhi was stunned. He pointed at his chest and said, "...I'm stingy?"

Luo Yu didn't say anything, but he was holding back his laughter.

Luo Zhi felt uncomfortable when he saw that he didn't reply. He said, "I'll teach you the Art of Moving Objects and the Art of Phonology when I return to the human world. Isn't that enough? What else do you want?"

Luo Yu was almost unable to hold back his laughter, and his lungs were hurting. He took a long breath, letting out the suppressed laughter as air.

After a moment, he deliberately said, "I'm greedy, of course it's not enough. As for what else I want," he scanned Luo Zhi's body and then said something completely irrelevant, "Your figure looks good in any clothes."

Luo Zhi: “???”

At this time, they had reached the edge of the red land and would reach the destination after walking about two kilometers.