This Liao Zhai is not right

Thoughts floated, and new words kept appearing on the cloth.

'The Heavenly Thunder refines the body, and a little bit of Pure Yang emerges, which is of great benefit;'

'Collecting incense and wish power can restore divine power and increase lifespan;'

'Condensing the divine body can feed back to the body and repair damage.'

Ok.

Seeing that he would not be struck by lightning and that relying on condensing his divine body could also repair his broken inner elixir, Su Su finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The old man in the straw raincoat and hat with a thorn on his back had almost used up all the divine power he had just obtained. In order to save the remaining divine power for emergency use, Su Su had to return to Baishui Village on foot.

"Several short-distance earth escapes did not consume any obvious divine power. It seems that the consumption of these small spells depends on their intensity. Fortunately, this old man has some Taoist skills, but not much. Otherwise, with my dozen points of divine power, I will definitely not be able to restrain his soul." Su Su walked towards Baishui Village, thinking secretly in his heart.

The backstab that was launched brazenly after a disagreement was indeed full of variables. If the thunderbolt killed the old man in the straw raincoat and the evil ghost that was about to become a corpse and then dissipated, it would have no means to deal with the ghost of the old man in the straw raincoat.

If the old man in the straw raincoat hat had any trump card hidden, this hasty backstab would fail, and there would be the threat that the ghost of the old man in the straw raincoat hat would escape and secretly refine several tons of cinnabar lightning and fire to blow up the entire Baishui Village.

Thinking of this, Su Su broke out in a cold sweat.

The sudden turn of the thunderbolt not only helped it to repair its inner elixir, but also eliminated the hidden danger of the old man in the straw raincoat and hat attacking.

Although Su Su was shocked and trembling all over, the benefits undoubtedly outweighed the disadvantages.

"I was lucky that I didn't flip over this time. I must be more careful next time."

After walking more than a mile, Su Su discovered that Tan Jinxuan, who had not caught up with the old man in the straw raincoat and hat, had not given up and was still lingering outside Baishui Village, as if waiting for the old man in the straw raincoat and hat to return from the grave mountain.

Oh, this guy hasn’t given up yet?

Su Su looked at Tan Jinxuan for a moment. The black gas floating on his forehead was extremely weak. Not to mention compared with the white-haired old woman who was about to become a corpse demon, it was far inferior to the inflatable skeleton disguised as a tea stall to lure passers-by.

Therefore, even if he was stubborn and continued to practice breathing and qigong, at most he would be in a daze all day long, as if he had lost his soul, but there was no possibility of harming his life.

Su Fu shook his head slightly and looked away from the uneasy Tan Jinxuan. "It's okay to be idle in Baishui Village anyway, so why not find something to do before dark?"

Then he picked up some small pieces of gravel from the roadside, injected a little divine power into them to enhance their exorcism effect, and smashed them directly at Tan Jinxuan who was wandering outside Baishui Village.

"Ouch!"

A scream.

The small stones emitting a warm and gentle sensation hit Tan Jinxuan right on the forehead.

Then the broken stones disintegrated and shattered, turning into a trace of warmth, rushing straight from Tan Jinxuan's forehead where the black air was floating, dispersing it completely.

"Who? Who threw the stone at me?"

Before he finished speaking, Tan Jinxuan suddenly felt that his mind, which had been in a state of confusion for a long time, became clear and sharp. The memories of his past obsession with breathing and qi training came to his mind, and he felt ashamed.

"The autumn exam is approaching. How can I indulge in cultivating immortality and forget about the imperial examination?"

As a student attending the county school at public expense, although Tan Jinxuan firmly believed in the art of guiding qigong, his talent was second to none among the students in Guobei County, and he had long been famous in the provincial capital. It was a foregone conclusion that he would pass the imperial examination this autumn.

However, since last year, he has been addicted to breathing exercises all day long, not only neglecting his studies, but also making his mind muddy.

After spending several months like this, he could not even remember the Four Books and Five Classics, which he used to be able to recite by heart, let alone pass the provincial examination.

Except for the ability to read and write, in other aspects they may even be inferior to children who have just started learning.

Suddenly waking up from his confused state and realizing that he was almost useless, Tan Jinxuan burst into tears.

"I'm afraid this person is seriously ill." Looking at Tan Jinxuan crying heartbreakingly, Su Su felt ashamed.

Another stone infused with some power to exorcise evil spirits was thrown out, hitting Tan Jinxuan headfirst.

Su Su did not show up, but simply shouted, "I, the God of Baishui Village, have personally exorcised the evil spirits from you, yet you, a pedantic scholar, are still crying miserably? Are your parents at home safe?"

"My parents are still alive. I am crying because I was harmed by evil spirits. I studied hard for more than 20 years, but an evil book and a book of evil magic made all the hard work of more than 20 years go to waste... all went to waste..."

Tan Jinxuan spoke in a sad voice, completely immersed in unspeakable pain, and did not notice that Su Su's scolding of him for crying so miserably might be a hint that someone in the family had died.

After howling for a long time, Tan Jinxuan finally calmed down and bowed to the direction where Su Su's voice came from, "I am deeply grateful. I will burn more incense for the God of Land in the future to repay you for your kindness today."

As soon as he finished speaking, a small ball of white light floated out from Tan Jinxuan's body and sank into Su Su's heart.

Increase the almost exhausted divine power by three points.

Chapter 8 Tomb Mountain Ghost Market

The Golden Crow sinks to the west and the Jade Rabbit rises to the east.

In the blink of an eye, night has fallen.

It was the Jingzhe season at that time, and there was still half a year before the autumn provincial examination. After Tan Jinxuan provided Su Su with three points of divine power, he returned to the county town without stopping.

There is no need to worry about falling into the tiger's mouth just after escaping from the wolf's den, or encountering ghosts on the way back.

As Su Su had expected, Zhao Xiucai did not rush back to Baishui Village from the county town that day. This saved him the trouble of showing up to explain that the evil spirit in the tomb mountain had been eliminated, and he had some free time to examine his own changes.

The fox with white fur all over its body was still its original form. Su Su could feel a dull pain three inches below his navel. He calmed his mind and the inner elixir that had been broken into several pieces appeared clearly in his senses. The infinitely magnified dull pain made him grimace.

"This feeling is much more painful than kidney stones." Su Shusheng withdrew his perception with helplessness.

Moreover, not only did it feel a dull pain from the broken pieces of its inner elixir, but it also felt extremely hungry and thirsty from time to time as if it was a person who had been hungry for ten days or half a month. Its eyeballs were turning green from hunger, and no matter what was in front of it, whether it was tree bark, grass roots or soil, it wanted to stuff it all into its mouth to fill its extremely empty stomach.

This feeling was so strong that Su Su could not help but run back to the land temple and steal the tribute fruits that were placed in front of his statue.

However, this is of no use.

The extreme hunger emanating from the heart not only did not diminish in the slightest, but became even more intense.

It was not until the moon was fully grown in the sky, midnight was past, and the day was coming to an end that two faint white lights floated in from the direction of Guobei County and sank into Su Su's heart. Only then did the feeling of extreme hunger and thirst ease a little.

The amount of divine power accumulated on the cloth in sight had reached seven, but the lifespan had not increased at all and remained at 308 days.

wrong.......

When the middle of the midnight hour had passed, the 308-day lifespan was visibly reduced by one day to 307 days.

"The two white lights coming from the direction of Guobei County should be the incense and vows provided by Zhao Xiucai and Tan Jinxuan. It turns out that in addition to the incense and vows provided by people to believe that I am the land god of Baishui Village, I can also get a fixed amount of wool every day. Even if each person can only provide such a small amount every day, as long as the number of believers is large enough, the fixed wool that can be obtained every day will become very considerable."

Su Su thought so.

The extreme hunger and thirst in its heart tormented it so much that it had no desire to sleep, and it could only wander aimlessly in Baishui Village to kill time.

Late at night when every household turned off the lights and went to sleep, Su Su wandered around like a ghost, his figure emitting white light that scared everyone.

If there were any ghosts causing trouble, he would roar loudly to warn them. Unfortunately, as the local deity of Baishui Village, the chickens and dogs raised in the countryside didn't even dare to open their mouths when they saw Su Su, and were severely harmed by him.

Before I knew it, I had arrived at the west side of Baishui Village.

Looking at the grave mountain from afar, you can see dots of phosphorescent light illuminating the ownerless graves.

Without the evil ghosts haunting the place, the graveyard west of Baishui Village was still eerie and scary, but compared to daytime, there seemed to be a slightly more eerie and lively atmosphere.

That's right.

Su Su looked at the graveyard hill under the cover of night, and the first word that came to his mind was "lively".

The phosphorescent light came from the west side of the tomb mountain. During the day, it looked eerie and scary with tombs everywhere. But at night, there were dots of phosphorescent light along the way, unusually bright. There were vendors and taverns in between, hawking their wares along the way, and there were crowds of people walking around, presenting a strange and lively scene.

Ghosts gather to form a city, which looks like a bustling market.

Could there be a ghost market hidden on the western foot of the mountain outside Baishui Village?

Su Su, who was bored, suddenly became interested.

Ever since he opened his eyes, he was transformed into a white fox, replaced the land god, encountered an old man in a straw raincoat and hat who loudly plotted to kill the fox and take the elixir, and managed to save half his life by being backstabbed successfully. He was overwhelmed and did not even have time to inquire about the situation around Baishui Village.

Occasionally, I heard villagers talk about how a few days ago, several people who went into the mountains to collect herbs were killed by a monster in Guojia Village west of Baishui Village. The monster dug out their hearts and livers and sucked their blood. It was a tragic scene.

At first Su Su felt strange. If he knew there were monsters in the mountains that could harm people, why would he risk his life to go into the mountains to collect herbs?

Seeing the ghost market hidden at the western foot of the Grave Mountain, Su Su immediately thought of the rumors about Guojia Village, especially the word "monster", which made him pay special attention. "The herbalists took the risk to go into the mountains. There must be some interests that made them risk their lives. This is definitely not a simple matter!"

Go around the grave mountain west of Baishui Village and walk three or five miles along the stone-paved post road in the mountains, and you will reach the legendary Guojia Village.

Given the monster's ability to dig out hearts and livers and kill several herbalists in one breath, it's possible that the cemetery west of Baishui Village is also its area of activity.

Just as you get rid of the evil ghost lurking in the cemetery, a murderous monster may come right after.

Do you want to pass this day?

After much deliberation, Su Su finally decided to go to the western foot of the tomb mountain to find out the truth.

With divine power, he can escape calmly even when in danger.

Walk quickly out of the village and the two miles are reached in a flash.

“Is this the ghost market?”

Looking up towards the western foot of the cemetery mountain, there are phosphorescent lights in front, ghost shadows clustered among the grass, trees and rocks, and three or two restaurants scattered in the open area, and the rest are hawking stalls. If you ignore them, some of them have purple faces, bleeding from all seven orifices, or have crooked mouths and eyes, with long tongues hanging down to their chests, and look like ghosts who died with their eyes open. It really does feel like the bustle of an ordinary market.

Of course, the goods sold by these street vendors are even more shocking.

The group on the left were measuring corpses and smashing bones to extract marrow; the group on the right were butchering human flesh and feasting on it; in the restaurant, meat soup was being cooked with human heads floating in the air and bones streaking about; in the tavern, corpses were being dismembered and blood was being drained, cups and plates were clinking, and the fishy smell was overwhelming.

It is indeed a picture of hell on earth.

Although he had stabbed the old man in the straw raincoat and hat with his own hands at noon, causing his body to be destroyed and his soul to be scattered in the thunder, the scene before him still made Su Su feel physically uncomfortable and almost nauseous.

Looking from a high place, Su Su's sight could see not only the fierce phosphorescent lights on the western foot of Fen Mountain, but also the billowing flames of Guojia Village three or five miles away that almost dyed half of the night sky red.

Without thinking too much, Su Su could guess where the corpses of the dead that were being eaten by the ghosts in the ghost market came from.

"Something happened in Guojia Village!"

"The deaths of those herbalists were no accident. The monster is not only targeting them, but the entire Guojia Village!"

"Although the monsters are ferocious, they have committed such evil deeds as massacring villages and destroying towns. Aren't they afraid that decent monks will come to exorcise them and defend the way of Taoism? Or is it really like what that old man said, that troubled times are coming, and all the gods in heaven are staying indoors, allowing the monsters to come out and wreak havoc on the world?"

As his thoughts became increasingly confused, Su Su simply decided not to delve into the matter any further. Eventually, the truth would come out, and there was nothing he could do except wait.

After all, I am just a fox. What can I do when troubled times are approaching?

I'm desperate too!

Chapter 9 Humph, want to escape?

Without staying in the ghost market for long, Su Su turned around and walked around the grave mountain, running quickly towards Guojia Village, feeling confused.

This doubt became even stronger when Su Su just stepped into Guojia Village and saw dense handwriting on the cloth again.

'The former land god of Guojia Village, Guo Yanci, left his post without permission, which led to the evil spirits causing trouble in the area. His crime is unforgivable. Now, Su Su, the land god of Baishui Village under the jurisdiction of Guobei County, Jichuan Prefecture, will temporarily take over the post of land god of Guojia Village.'

On the wrist is a copper seal with the seal characters of "Baishui Village Land" and the seal characters of "Guojia Village Land" are faintly integrated into it.

The familiar vigorous and warm current flowed into his body along the ground beneath his feet. His inner elixir, which had been broken into several pieces, showed obvious signs of being pieced together and repaired without him noticing. Su Su felt so comfortable all over that he almost cried out.

"No way, there is such an operation?"

Su Su felt delighted, as if he could see the day when he would transform from a fox into a human being right before his eyes.

But the next moment.

The weak groans of an octogenarian on his deathbed, the scorching heat of the flames rising into the sky, the heart-wrenching wails of the dying villagers, and the image of the dilapidated land temple covered with moss flashed before Su Su's eyes repeatedly.

【Name: Su Su】

[Divine Power: 27]

[Status: Severely injured (Inner elixir shattered, the statue is not formed, both body and soul are injured)]

[Clergy: Temporarily taking over the land of Baishui and Guojia villages under the jurisdiction of Guobei County, Jichuan Prefecture]

【Lifespan: One year and two hundred and six days】

"The land god is responsible for the safety of the area. Now there is an invasion by evil spirits. Life and death depend on this."

"Do or not?"

Su Su gritted his teeth as he glanced at the divine power that had soared to 27. "If I can use this piece of cloth to get the position of the land god in Guojia Village today, it means I can use the same trick in other places. The opportunity to transform from a fox into a human is right in front of me. I have to fight for it!"

He mobilized his divine power and disappeared into the ground.

The flames shot up into the sky, illuminating Guojia Village. As Su Su approached, the situation inside the village gradually came into view.

At this time, the Guojia Village was a river of blood. Three long worms, one black and two green, were spewing poisonous smoke from their mouths. Anyone who touched would be injured, and anyone who smelled would die. The three long worms were wreaking havoc in the village, as if they were enjoying a buffet, picking and choosing. They opened their stomachs and only swallowed a little of their blood, leaving the rest of the body behind.

In a short period of time, more than 20 people were killed in Guojia Village, and corpses were scattered all over the village roads. The villagers who were awakened from their deep sleep fled in all directions, and screams were heard everywhere.

Stimulated by this, the wandering ghosts around Guojia Village and the ghosts in the ghost market on the cemetery west of Baishui Village also rushed into the village to fish in troubled waters.