This time, Qing Mo did the same as last time, roasting two chickens and preparing a jar of wine. However, Qing Mo was unsure whether Ning Caichen would have a psychological trauma from seeing chickens this time, since the chicken leg he had eaten before was from a headless chicken!
As for the giant corpse inside the Righteousness Manor, Qing Mo simply pretended it didn't exist. Anyway, the plot here wouldn't start until Ning Caichen arrived, and it couldn't even defeat Zhiqiu Yiye. If it dared to wake up early, Qing Mo would just slap it back!
Boom~~~
Outside, a torrential downpour was accompanied by thunder and lightning. Inside the manor, Qing Mo had built a warm fire to await the arrival of the protagonist. Before long, Qing Mo heard the sound of the main gate door falling down. He knew that Ning Caichen had arrived!
Ning Caichen walked in cautiously, and upon seeing the coffin placed in the main hall, he immediately shouted, "Is anyone there? Is anyone there?"
One, two, three... six, seven, eight! Eight coffins—doesn't that mean the whole family is here? I won't disturb you; I'm just asking for lodging for the night. You don't need to get up to greet me!"
Just as Ning Caichen finished speaking, a bolt of lightning ripped through the sky, Zhiqiu Yiye rushed in from the side. Ning Caichen thought the other party was a ghost and was so frightened that he ran around in all directions!
Ning Caichen panicked so much that he threw down the luggage he was holding and hurriedly said, "I already said there's no need to say hello, please go back!"
Our "God of Song," Yi Ye Zhi Qiu, panting heavily, cornered Ning Caichen, hugged a pillar, and pointed at Ning Caichen, saying, "You, you go around aimlessly, running around in all directions, making me wander around in circles underground!"
It chased all those gophers and earthworms out of the ground. Luckily, I caught up with them!
At this moment, Yi Ye Zhi Qiu was covered in sweat, drooling uncontrollably, and looking at Ning Caichen with excitement. Ning Caichen still thought Yi Ye Zhi Qiu was a ghost. In the end, Yi Ye Zhi Qiu explained that he was a human and that Ning Caichen had chased him by riding his horse!
Qing Mo walked out from behind, saying as she went, "Why is it so noisy? Did we run into a ghost again?"
Upon hearing Qing Mo's voice, Ning Caichen and Zhiqiu Yiye both looked in the direction from which the sound came. When Ning Caichen saw Qing Mo, he became extremely excited!
He quickly said, " Qing Mo, it's been a long time! I didn't expect to run into you here!"
Ning Caichen went over to Yi Ye Zhi Qiu's side to pick up his luggage, but when he accidentally bumped into a wooden board, wood chips and dust from above fell directly onto Yi Ye Zhi Qiu's head!
Ning Caichen said somewhat apologetically to Yi Ye Zhi Qiu, "I'm sorry, friend! I'm sorry you rode away on your horse. So it seems you're a human now, right?"
"By the way, Qing Mo, what are you doing here?"
Yi Ye Zhi Qiu said angrily to Ning Caichen, "Of course I'm a human! You're not even as good as a beast. Don't get too close to me in the future!"
Ning Caichen immediately chased after her, while Qing Mo watched quietly. Ning Caichen said "Hey!" and Yi Ye Zhi Qiu pointed a finger at him and said, "Don't come any closer! Don't get near me! If you get close, I'll be at a disadvantage!"
After saying this, Yi Ye Zhi Qiu was about to leave the main hall when a basin of water was poured down on him as soon as he closed the side door. Then, Yi Ye Zhi Qiu told Ning Caichen and Qing Mo that he lived next door and that they should just speak loudly and not go looking for him!
Seeing Yi Ye Zhi Qiu's disheveled appearance, Qing Mo suppressed a smile and said to Ning Caichen, "I traveled from another place to this place. It happened to be raining heavily when I passed by, so I came in to take shelter from the rain!"
In addition, the yin energy here is too heavy, and I feel like there is something bad about it, so I plan to stay here for the night and see!
I never expected to run into you, Brother Ning. You're not one of those people who's particularly prone to encountering ghosts, are you? How could you run into someone in such a remote place with such heavy yin energy?
Ning Caichen lowered his head and came to Qing Mo's side. Qing Mo didn't mind that Ning Caichen was soaking wet. He put his hand on Ning Caichen's shoulder and led him into the manor.
Seeing the fire that Qing Mo had already set up, and the two fat chickens that were sizzling and dripping with oil being roasted nearby, Ning Caichen swallowed hard. Qingmo Mo Rang him to take off his soaking wet clothes and put them by the fire to dry!
After doing all this, Ning Caichen, wearing only thin shorts, sat by the fire to warm himself. He said, " Qing Mo, it's been a long time! You seem to have changed no at all, even though I've grown a beard!"
How come you still look so young? Just like when we parted ways!
Qing Mo smiled and said, "Cultivating the Tao is also about cultivating the mind. When the mind is peaceful and the thoughts are clear, one will naturally be radiant, which is why I don't look any different!"
As the saying goes, eat when you're hungry, drink when you're thirsty, and don't let things bother you!
After Qing Mo finished speaking, he took down a roasted chicken, tore off a fat chicken leg for him, and Ning Caichen couldn't help but swallow his saliva again when he smelled the aroma, but he seemed to have some resistance to the chicken leg!
Seeing this, Qing Mo feigned ignorance and asked, "Brother Ning, what's wrong? Didn't you enjoy the chicken I roasted when we parted?"
Why are you doing this this time? Do you look down on my cooking? Or are you afraid I'll poison you?
Upon hearing Qing Mo's words, Ning Caichen immediately waved his hand and said, "No, no! Qing Mo, please don't misunderstand, it's actually...!"
Upon hearing Ning Caichen's explanation that he had been imprisoned as a scapegoat and that he had originally thought the chicken leg was meant to improve their meals, he was shocked to learn that it was a headless chicken that would behead them after they finished eating it. As a result, Ning Caichen developed a certain phobia of chicken legs.
After listening, Qing Mo shook his head helplessly, then laughed and said, "Hahaha! Brother Ning, I didn't expect you to have such an eventful time! You were made a scapegoat and thrown into jail, but you met a kind old man there who even showed you a way out!"
I must say, Brother Ning, you're incredibly lucky! But since you escaped, it means that surviving a great calamity is sure to bring good fortune. You've been running all day, so hurry up and eat!"
After hearing Qing Mo's explanation, Ning Caichen understood and immediately took the roasted chicken leg and began to eat it heartily. In just a few bites, he had gnawed the fat chicken leg down to the bone. Seeing this, Qing Mo handed him a whole roasted chicken!
Qing Mo and Ning Caichen ate meat and drank wine, chatting for a while. Then, a coffin outside slowly opened, making creaking sounds. Although Yi Ye Zhi Qiu couldn't hear the sound because he had plugged his ears with a talisman because of Qing Mo and Ning Caichen's conversation!
Ning Caichen was just a mortal, and because he was so engrossed in chatting with Qing Mo, he didn't notice anything amiss. Although Qing Mo was aware of what was happening at the coffin, he didn't stop it!
Before long, a cold wind blew in, extinguishing the candles on the wall and causing the flames of the fire to flicker. Ning Caichen and Qing Mo immediately sensed something was wrong and stood up!
Ning Caichen quickly put on the clothes and trousers that had been dried by the fire. He asked Qing Mo nervously, " Qing Mo, is there really something unclean here?"
Qing Mo nodded solemnly, then said, "If I'm not mistaken, there really is something unclean here!"
Brother Ning, I must say you're incredibly lucky! You seem to run into ghosts all the time. Are you perhaps born with a special connection to ghosts?
Ning Caichen was in no mood to listen to Qing Mo's teasing. He knew Qing Mo knew Daoist arts, but the scene of the three of them venturing into the underworld last time was still vivid in his mind. He was worried that the thing here was too powerful, and he didn't know if Qing Mo could handle it by himself!
At this moment, Qing Mo spoke up, "Brother Ning, you should go out and hide first. This environment is unfamiliar, and having you around will only distract me. If something unexpected happens, I might not be able to take good care of you!"
Hearing Qing Mo's words, Ning Caichen nodded, grabbed his coat which he hadn't finished putting on, and prepared to leave. However, there was only one door to this room, and if he happened to run into that thing after going out through the door, it would be incredibly lucky!
As a result, Ning Caichen saw a dog hole next to him. At this moment, he didn't care about anything else. He just lay down and crawled through the dog hole to run into the woods outside!
However, Qing Mo knew that the giant corpse had fully awakened, but it did not know that it, Ning Caichen, and Zhiqiu Yiye were inside the manor. It smelled human presence elsewhere and left the manor on its own!
Next to this room was a dilapidated wooden bathtub. Because of the previous heavy rain, the tub was filled with more than half a tub of rainwater. And because the tub had been left for too long, it leaked into the room where Zhiqiu Yiye was. In the end, Zhiqiu Yiye, who was sleeping soundly on the floor, got wet again!
Ning Caichen stayed alone in the woods, constantly looking towards the villa. He was worried that if Qing Mo couldn't handle the evil thing, he would wait for him to come out and then they would run away together!
However, Ning Caichen didn't notice that several hanged ghosts had appeared behind him. In fact, these hanged ghosts were actually people dressed up to scare him, but Ning Caichen was genuinely frightened by them at this moment!
He was just about to turn and run away when he was unexpectedly hooked around the neck by a white ribbon, leaving him suspended in mid-air. At that moment Qing Mo and Zhiqiu Yiye arrived in the woods!
When Ning Caichen was hanging in mid-air, saw Qing Mo and Zhiqiu Yiye, he struggled and shouted, "Young Master Qing Mo, there are ghosts here!"
Before Qing Mo could speak, Zhiqiu Yiye exclaimed, "Ah? A ghost? Heavenly decree, Ghost-Expelling Demon-Driving Edict!"
Zhiqiu Yiye immediately took out a talisman, recited an incantation, and then threw the talisman out. The talisman spun in the air and cut the white ribbon that was suspending Ning Caichen. Upon seeing this, Qing Mo immediately ran over and gave her "brother" a perfect princess carry!
Ning Caichen snapped out of his daze and, seeing that it was Qing Mo who had caught him, quickly said, "Young Master Qing Mo, these...!"
Qing Mo immediately put Ning Caichen down, pushed him behind her, and said, "Brother Ning, step back!"
Upon hearing Qing Mo's words, Ning Caichen retreated to a position more than ten meters behind. At this moment Zhiqiu Yiye had already started attacking the group of people dressed as ghosts!
He shook the bag on his back, and more than ten talismans flew into the air. As he chanted an incantation, the talismans flew towards the people dressed as ghosts, but they dodged the attack!
At this moment, Zhiqiu Yiye looked puzzled. He twitched his nose and asked, "What's going on? My nose is usually good for smelling ghosts and monsters, so why can't I smell anything this time?"
Ning Caichen approached Zhiqiu Yiye from behind and said, "Brother, so you're like Qing Mo. You also know magic!"
Upon seeing this, Qing Mo immediately entered "Actor Mode," forming hand seals and rapidly chanting, "Heaven Emperor Xuanzong, Mysterious Origin, Root of All Qi. Cultivate through countless eons, prove my divine powers... Golden light swiftly appears, covering and protecting my body."
For a moment, the dark forest was illuminated by golden light, but this golden light could not penetrate too many dense branches and leaves. Then, Qing Mo changed his moves, diverting the golden light emanating from his body to his fingertips. Then, Qing Mo condensed his hands into sword fingers and lashed out at several trees around him with a long whip formed from golden light!
Snap snap snap~
The surrounding trees were snapped in half by Qing Mo. Just as the trees were about to fall, the people dressed as ghosts jumped out from the broken branches and rushed towards Ning Caichen and Zhiqiu Yiye!
Seeing this Zhiqiu Yiye Ye immediately pulled Ning Caichen to a nearby tree and left him there. Qing Mo was already fighting with those people, and Zhiqiu Yiye rushed over to help!
As Qing Mo and Zhiqiu Yiye were fighting those people, Zhiqiu Yiye realized that they were all fakes when she struck them down one by one. After hearing Zhiqiu Yiye's words, Ning Caichen understood that these people were actually human, and they were pretending to be ghosts to scare people!
Just as Zhiqiu Yiye and Qing Mo continued to fight them, a person wearing a ghost mask set her sights on Ning Caichen, who was still in the tree, and immediately pounced on Ning Caichen!
Seeing this, Qing Mo grabbed the arm of the ghost-like man next to him, snatched the sword from his hand, and threw it at him. Although the latter dodged the sword thrown by Qing Mo, he also managed to throw Ning Caichen down!
Luckily, our "brother" grabbed the other person's belt in time and cleverly got it stuck on the tree, so the two of them ended up swinging on the belt in the middle of the night!
Ning Caichen was afraid of falling, so he kept touching Fu Yuechi, saying that if he let go, he would fall!
Then a woman who looked exactly like Nie Xiaoqian appeared. She rescued the beautiful woman who was swinging with Ning Caichen, and then held Ning Caichen hostage with a sword. Only then did the fighting stop!
However, some people were directly immobilized by Zhiqiu Yiye's magic spell. At this time, Ning Caichen was carrying the token that the old man had given him before he escaped from the prison!
After the "most beautiful woman" found it, she thought Ning Caichen was Zhuge Wolong. However, Ning Caichen was looking at the woman who looked exactly like Nie Xiaoqian with a strange expression!
He said softly, "I've finally seen you again. Don't you recognize me?"
Upon hearing Ning Caichen's words, the two women assumed that Ning Caichen was Zhuge Wolong and quickly clasped their hands in greeting, and then informed them of the group's identities!
The woman who looks exactly like Nie Xiaoqian is the older sister, named Fu Qingfeng! She is also the one who will spend her life with Ning Caichen. The other woman is the younger sister, who was once known as the "most beautiful woman," Fu Yuechi!
The two women, along with others, dressed up as ghosts here in order to hijack the prison cart and rescue their father, who had been framed and was about to be taken to the Capital City to be beheaded—the former governor Fu Tianchou!
Even Zhiqiu Yiye looked at Ning Caichen with admiration. He then introduced himself. Seeing that they all thought he was Zhuge Wolong, Ning Caichen quickly explained that he was not Zhuge Wolong, but this group of people clearly did not think so!
He then whispered, " Qing Mo Master Qingmo, they all think I'm Zhuge Wolong! But I'm really not!"