Chapter 15 Lotus Root Substitute

"Demon Pill?"

I was shocked after hearing Hu Zi's words.

My master told me that a demon pill is more important to a demon than life.

It is an energy crystal condensed from a demon's entire life. Its entire life depends on this demon pill.

It is no exaggeration to say that a demon who has cultivated a demon pill would rather be killed than have its demon pill taken away.

Because once the demon pill is lost, the demon's life will be wasted. Not only will the Taoism be lost, but the enlightened intelligence will also degenerate over time. Over time, it will become an ordinary animal or beast.

And the yellow-skinned guy who only wanted to hang Hu Zi can not only speak human language, but also cultivate a demon pill?

"Could it be that the yellow-skinned creature who wanted to hang Hu Zi was the one who asked for a title from us yesterday? But... why did it ask Hu Zi for the demon pill? Could it be that its demon pill was stolen? But that's unlikely!" I was puzzled.

My master told me that the demon pill is stored in the demon's dantian, which is in the stomach.

How could something stored in the body be stolen without anyone noticing?

Just as I was lost in thought, Hu Zi beside me suddenly said in surprise: "Fuck, Qian Yu, where is this? I just realized that this room smells really good. Hey, Wang Gua... Aunt Wang?"

Hu Zi stared with wide eyes, looking at the widow Wang who was hiding at the door and looking into the bedroom in surprise. Then he reacted, covered his body with his hands, and stammered: "Qian Yu... This, this can't be... Aunt Wang's house?"

"Yes, it's Aunt Wang's house." I nodded, then poked Hu Zi in the waist with a smile and winked at him.

"Oh my god, it really is?" Hu Zi was immediately excited, his eyes staring like radar, looking around.

But this is the secondary bedroom, and there is no way that Widow Wang's daily necessities and underwear can be placed in this room, so Hu Zi is destined to get nothing.

But he was not discouraged. He immediately smiled at Widow Wang and asked, "Aunt Wang, did I not scare you just now?"

"Not just now, but you really scared me in the first half of the night." After saying that, Widow Wang glanced at the naked Hu Zi, then curled her lips and returned to the bedroom. A few minutes later, she took out a men's coat, but she was obviously still a little scared. She still didn't dare to get close to Hu Zi. She just hid at the door and threw the clothes to Hu Zi, saying, "These are my man's clothes. Don't worry, he hasn't worn them before."

After saying that, Widow Wang pursed her lips and said, "Hu Zi, you bit to death Da Huang, who I raised for three years, and you also, you also..."

"What else can I do?" Hu Zi asked puzzledly while putting on his clothes.

"You are also stealing the dog food from my dog..."

Widow Wang's words were shocking. Not to mention Hu Zi, even I was shocked.

I saw Hu Zi's eyes wide open, his mouth twitching, his face flushed red, and after a few seconds, Hu Zi stood up, rushed out of the house, squatted under the eaves and vomited.

I was immediately amused by Hu Zi, and then looked at Widow Wang and asked, "Auntie Wang, did Hu Zi really steal the dog food from the dog?"

Unexpectedly, Widow Wang snorted and then said, "I was teasing him. Who asked him to scare me in the middle of the night?"

"..."

I was frowning, and then thought to myself, this Widow Wang looks mature and plump, but I didn't expect that she still has the heart of a girl.

I looked at Hu Zi, who was squatting under the eaves and picking his throat, with sympathy in my eyes.

I walked out of the house, patted Hu Zi on the back and asked, "Are you okay?"

"Huh..." Hu Zi let out a long breath of foul air, then wiped his mouth and said, "It's okay, I feel much better after vomiting it out."

I nodded and was about to continue talking, but I saw a few big yellow dogs suddenly came over and ate what Hu Zi vomited out.

After seeing this scene, Hu Zi's mouth twitched again, and then he vomited with a "wow" sound...

I covered my face helplessly, thinking that this widow Wang was really bad.

I guess Hu Zi won't be able to eat well recently, but that's still a good thing. If Hu Zi saw these big yellow dogs sneaking into the toilet every day...

Hu Zi vomited for five minutes, almost vomiting bile. He took a deep breath and asked me: "Qian Yu, why did those yellow-skinned people come to harm me? Could it be that the old lady we saw yesterday was really... a yellow-skinned person?"

"Yeah." I nodded, and then told Hu Zi the legend of the yellow-skinned people asking for a title. After listening to it, Hu Zi widened his eyes with a look of surprise, and he stammered: "Damn, these beasts, can they really cultivate and become immortals?"

"I don't know if they can become immortals, but it's true that some animals can communicate with spirits." I patted Hu Zi's shoulder and continued to ask, "Do you remember how you came to Widow Wang's house?"

Hearing this, Hu Zi frowned and seemed to be lost in thought. After a long while, he shook his head blankly and said, "I don't remember. I only remember that I had to pee in the middle of the night, but when I got to the wall, I suddenly heard someone calling my name. I subconsciously answered, and then a yellow-skinned head popped up on the wall. It smiled at me weirdly, and then I... didn't know anything."

"Is the yellow-skinned beast calling your soul?"

The so-called yellow-skinned beast calling your soul means that in the middle of the night, it will suddenly call your name. Some yellow-skinned beasts can speak human language and can directly call out your name, but some yellow-skinned beasts are not well-trained and cannot speak human language, so they imitate human voices and make unclear but similar sounds to your name.

If you agree at this time, then it can take the opportunity to blow out your soul lamp and hook your soul away, or directly blow out your life lamp and directly kill your body.

But the yellow-skinned beast that came to hook Hu Zi either did not have enough Taoism, or Hu Zi's life was too strong, and the life lamp was not blown out, but was covered with a layer of bad air.

"Qian Yu, have I... gotten into big trouble?" Hu Zi realized belatedly that he had gotten into trouble, and asked worriedly: "Nothing will happen again, right?"

I shook my head: "It's hard to say."

The yellow-skinned fox holds grudges the most, and it will keep tormenting you over a trivial matter, not to mention that Hu Zi and I had ruined such a big thing as the Wong Tai Sin's title.

"What should we do?" Hu Zi looked anxious: "I'm not afraid of death, but... if I die, what will happen to my grandma?"

"Don't worry, it won't be that serious." I patted Hu Zi's shoulder and said, "My master will be back in two days. As long as we can get through these two days and wait for my master to come back, everything will be fine."

"Yeah." Hu Zi nodded, and said with a serious face: "Then I'll go back first. Qian Yu, you should go back too. Although Widow Wang's house is good,... we are still young guys. If we stay here, we will inevitably be gossiped about. Not only will we have a bad reputation, but even Widow Wang will be implicated by us, and we will inevitably be criticized."

I looked at Hu Zi in surprise when I heard that.

Hu Zi usually covets Wang Guafu the most, and often fantasizes about having something happen with Wang Guafu. What I never expected was that Hu Zi, who is so unruly on weekdays, has surprisingly positive values ​​when it comes to major issues.

However, after so many things happened just now, I am really worried if I let Hu Zi go back now. And if I go to his house with Hu Zi, then if the group of yellow-skinned people come to retaliate again, it may harm Hu Zi's grandmother. With

this thought in mind, I said, "Let's go to my house."

The yellow-skinned people's primary target of revenge is me and Hu Zi. Normally speaking, it is not safe for him to be with us, so I suggested that Hu Zi go to my house instead of letting him go home.

"Okay." Hu Zi nodded, but just as we were about to leave, Widow Wang came out, first glanced at the two of us, and then said to me: "Qian Yu, how about you two...stay at my place tonight?".

"Oh, this..."

Hu Zi and I were both stunned. Just now Hu Zi said that if we stayed here, we would be afraid of being gossiped, but now, Widow Wang actually took the initiative to invite us?

Hu Zi turned around and gave me a strange look. I knew that Hu Zi might have misunderstood something, and immediately said: "Aunt Wang, Hu Zi is fine, and those yellow-skinned people are coming for us. If we leave, you will be safe here."

"But..." Widow Wang rubbed her hands and said: "The human skin of Liu Laohan is still in the room."

I only reacted after hearing what she said, and slapped my head, wondering why I forgot about this.

"Liu Laohan's human skin?" Hu Zi was surprised and asked me what happened.

I told him what happened. Hu Zi was shocked when he heard that Liu Laohan's body was eaten up by the yellow-skinned fox.

"Fortunately, it's fortunate. If Qian Yu and the others had come back a little later, I guess what they saw was my skin." Hu Zi was still worried.

I didn't say anything else, but walked into the house first.

Because there was no electricity, the house was dark. Hu Zi and I checked the switch first and found that the fuse had blown. Fortunately, Hu Zi was a handyman since he was a child. It only took him a few minutes to replace a new fuse.

Looking at the brightly lit house, whether it was me, Hu Zi, or Widow Wang, we all breathed a sigh of relief.

What people fear most is the unknown, and darkness can be said to be the source of all fear.

Because in the dark, people's vision is limited, and you never know what kind of horror is hidden in the darkness.

"Qian Yu, what are you going to do with this human skin?" It must be said that Hu Zi is really brave, which can be seen from the time he talked to the yellow-skinned man. To put it bluntly, this kid is a fool.

At this moment, he knew clearly that the skin belonged to Liu Laohan, but he reached out to touch it, then shook his head and said, "What a pity, if this was a fox skin, it would have to cost a lot of money to sell it for its quality. At worst, a roe deer skin will do."

I ignored him and turned to ask Widow Wang, "Auntie Wang, do you have lotus roots at home?"

"Lotus roots? We have some. Qianyu, what do you want lotus roots for? Are you hungry?" Widow Wang looked suspicious, and Hu Zi also looked confused.

I shook my head and said, "It's not about eating. Liu Laohan's body has been gnawed, leaving only a skin, and it's already late at night, which means today is his seventh day. He didn't even leave a body after his death, so he must be very resentful. I'm afraid that tonight... there will be a haunted house in Liu Laohan's house."

"Then what should we do?" Widow Wang was shocked, but Hu Zi on the side snorted coldly, and then said indignantly, "They deserve it. Who asked the three Liu brothers to do so many immoral things, especially Miao Cuicui. Damn Liu Laosan, he must not have a good death."

Although Miao Cuicui is a few years older than Hu Zi and me, we are from the same village, even if we are a few years older, and we have basically grown up together.

Since childhood, Hu Zi has had a special liking for Miao Cuicui. When he grew up, he had a crush on Miao Cuicui for several years. On the night when Liu Lao San married Miao Cuicui, Hu Zi was so angry that he secretly smashed the glass of Liu Lao San's house with a wine bottle.

But that's not the way to say it. Although the three Liu brothers did a lot of immoral things, if Liu Lao Han really did something bad, it might affect our village. If something really happened, it would be a bad ending.

Moreover, even if the three Liu brothers did too much evil, we don't have the right to punish them. As the saying goes, evil deeds will be punished by God. The retribution of the old Liu family is probably not far away.

Moreover, Liu Lao Han's current appearance is more or less related to me and Hu Zi, so I can't let him die without a complete body.

After a while, Widow Wang took out a pot of lotus roots from the refrigerator. I took it and looked at it, then shook my head and said, "This won't do."

"This is all I have at home. This was given to me by Grandma Hu Zi." Widow Wang said.

Hu Zi contracted a pond to raise fish. Last year, he planted a lot of lotus seeds. In the summer, the pond was full of lotus flowers. Not only were they beautiful, but in the fall, when the lotus flowers fell, we could dig out the lotus roots and sell them for money.

We are in the north, and we are not used to eating this at all. But the villagers saw that Hu Zi's family was in trouble, so they would buy some to eat.

"Qian Yu, I have a lot of them in my warehouse. What kind do you want?" Hu Zi asked me. I stretched out my hand and measured Liu Laohan's skin, then said, "First of all, it must be a nine-hole lotus root, and then the bigger the better."

"Okay." Hu Zi got up and went out. After more than ten minutes, Hu Zi actually came in with a sack of lotus roots. The sack was still wet, and it was obvious that these lotus roots had just been dug out not long ago.

"Dug this morning, absolutely fresh." Hu Zi put the sack on the ground, then opened it, took out a few thick and big lotus roots and handed them to me.

"Do you think this one is okay?" I took it and looked at it, then nodded and said yes, and then asked Widow Wang to bring me a kitchen knife.

"Qian Yu, what are you doing? There are lotus roots and kitchen knives here. Are you going to make cold dishes?" Hu Zi finally couldn't help it and asked me with a puzzled look on his face.

I smiled mysteriously when I heard that, and then said lightly: "I will use lotus roots to create a stand-in for Liu Laohan."