"An old friend?" Fu Li leaned over and whispered to Zhuang Qing, "It seems that the creditor recognizes you."
Zhuang Qing picked up the bone spoon in the soup bowl and scooped a bowl of hot soup for himself. The soup reached his mouth, and the hazy hot mist covered his eyes. He lowered his head and took a sip. The taste was the same as before, unchanged.
Seeing that Fu Li was staring at him, he put down the bowl and asked, "This soup is very good, don't you try it?"
"Taste." Fu Li drank half the bowl in one breath, nodded and said, "Delicious."
After the two finished their meal, Zhuang Qing paid the bill and left. He did not offer to meet the boss, and the boss did not come out. He stepped down the stone steps, and mist had already risen in the mountains, adding a bit of mystery to the ghost market.
There was a kid running through the crowd with a red lantern made of paper, and a bit of innocence could be seen on the bloodless face. If it weren't for the fact that some of the monsters here still maintain some body characteristics, perhaps even if there were ordinary humans who stumbled into this place, they would only think that this is a magical peach blossom garden, not a ghost city.
"Handsome guy, we have pure natural wild jam in the deep mountains, no chemicals in human society, far away from pollution sources, drinking it by yourself or giving it to friends is the best choice." A banshee shoved the flyer into Fu Li's hand and said She gave him a seductive smile, "You must come."
But when she saw who the man beside Fu Li was, the smile on her face suddenly stopped, and she lowered her head and ran away in a hurry.
Fu Li shoved the flyer into Zhuang Qing's hand: "Help me see if the jam is really fresh, I'll go buy a bag of dried fruit." After speaking, he hurried back.
Zhuang Qing stared at the leaflet without any typesetting in her hand, her brows furrowed into hills, and she had just finished eating and wanted to eat dried fruit. The body is so small, where did everything go
The guy put the dishes in the back kitchen, looked at the old face of the whale demon, and said with some worry: "Boss, the ghost market has passed for most of the time, and there are not many diners at the moment, why don't we close the store."
"I have opened this store for 1,500 years, and it opens every year until dawn." The whale demon looked at the empty lobby outside and sat down on the wooden bench, "I don't know how many years this store will be open."
He is old and cannot break through the out-of-body stage of Nascent Soul, and his lifespan will be exhausted. It was a blessing for him to be able to turn a spirit into a demon, but it was a pity that his talent was not enough, so he had to stop at Nascent Soul. Now that mankind is prosperous, some people even hunt whales aggressively. If he dies, who can protect those ignorant whales
The guy felt a little uncomfortable, thinking of the diners who seemed to have an extraordinary identity just now: "Boss, the guest just now seems to be extremely powerful in the demon world. If you have some friendship with him, why don't you ask him to help you find a distraction pill..."
"Silly boy, the Distraction Pill is invaluable, how can it be so easy to get." The whale demon got up and wiped the stove, "He only owes me a meal, and this package of rewards is enough for him to eat for fifteen hundred years. "
When he first came to the ghost market to open a shop, he met the dragon clan who broke into the ghost market. Because he was soft-hearted for a while, he did not pursue the other party for eating the Overlord's meal, which may also be fate.
"is the boss around?"
The whale demon and the buddy stood up and saw the handsome young man who had just come to eat and came back. The whale demon couldn't see through the identity and cultivation of the other party, so he stood up very cautiously, "I don't know what your son has to teach, but the little old man's food is not to his taste?"
"The food tastes very good. I wonder if the boss can cook another fish for me. I will take it back to eat."
"The finished fish can't be kept for a long time, this..." The whale demon hesitated, and the thing that spoiled the taste was to smash his signboard.
"It doesn't matter, my Qiankun bag can keep the freshness and taste. You can do it anyway. It's just faster, and my friend is still waiting for me in front."
The whale demon was secretly shocked that there was such a rare Qiankun bag, what is the origin of this son? His hands and feet were very fast, the light of the knife was flying in the air, and the fish that was still alive and kicking had turned into thin fish fillets, tumbling in the hot oil.
The fish was soon ready, and Fu Li took out a small brocade box from his body and handed it to the whale demon: "Thank you."
The whale demon hasn't seen what the other party has given, and the other party has turned into blue smoke and disappeared.
The guy was stunned for two seconds: "Eat the king's meal?"
The whale demon opened the brocade box and was stunned when he saw the medicine pill lying inside.
"Dispensing, Distracting Pill?" The guy stammered after seeing the contents in the box, "Is this the Distracting Pill?" Although it is the best strategy for cultivators to rely on the pills to cultivate, but if it is longevity Yuan will be exhausted, using medicinal herbs is the only way to prolong life.
The hand of the whale demon holding the brocade box trembled slightly, and he suddenly realized that the handsome young man just came back, not really for a fish, but when he realized that his longevity was about to end, he gave him this.
"Boss, why did he give you this?" The guy felt like he gave the other party a peanut, but the other party returned him a cart of gold bricks.
The whale demon stood up, walked to the door of the store, and gave a big gift to the young man with an umbrella in the distance.
He turned around, took out the kit that Zhuang Qing gave him, poured out the spirit stones and pearls inside, and a brown pill rolled out.
This is a distraction pill, the same as the one given by the handsome young man just now.
It was drizzling in the sky, Fu Li opened a jade-bone umbrella, and saw Zhuang Qing standing outside the jam shop from a distance, he stepped forward, and moved the umbrella by the way, which just happened to cover Zhuang Qing's head, " Is the jam fresh?"
Zhuang Qing looked up at the umbrella covering her head and nodded, "Not bad."
The ghost repair of the jam shop is about to cry. Since this dragon is standing at the door of his shop, other customers dare not come over. What is this called
"Then let's buy some back?" Fu Li asked Zhuang Qing's opinion, but his eyes were already fixed on the jam.
"Well." Looking at his appearance, Zhuang Qing knew that it was useless to say not to buy.
"You and I each have five cans, and the other colleagues in the department each have one..." After Fu Li counted how many people there were in the department, he asked the boss to get the goods.
Zhuang Qing wanted to say that she didn't like to eat these things, but seeing that Fu Li was so serious, she didn't bother to bother with him. Anyway, it's just a few bottles of jam, and it doesn't cost much. It's better than walking all the way and throwing money along the way.
Fu Li's Qiankun bag is like a bottomless pit, no matter how many things can be stuffed into it. After throwing the purchased jam into the Qiankun bag, Fu Li opened the umbrella again and covered their heads: "Let's go."
The drizzle fell on the top of the umbrella, but no trace of rain fell on Zhuang Qing. Only then did he realize the strangeness of the umbrella in Fu Li's hand. The umbrella surface is very simple embroidery, but it has an auspicious air, no wonder the ghosts around are afraid to come over.
The umbrella handle is as moist as jade, but it is not real jade. Instead, it looks like a bone of some kind of animal, with a bit of the evil spirit left by the animal. This evil spirit is very familiar, like... unique to the dragon family
Zhuang Qing's expression was a little weird. He and a rabbit were holding an umbrella made of keel to keep out the rain. It seemed that nothing was right.
In the corner, a woman wearing a veil was pulling a weeping erhu. The rain wet her skirt, but she didn't know it, and wrote a sad story with the erhu. There are those who are disappointed, and sad when they hear the music; those who are happy walk by with a smile.
Opposite the woman, a ghost couple performed a sitcom, which made passersby laugh and won countless applause.
Fu Li looked to the left and then to the right, and when he tossed the silver in his hand, there was an extra piece of silver in the reward bowls on both sides.
Zhuang Qing couldn't help but said, "You shouldn't be called Fu Li."
"what?"
"It is more appropriate to change the name to Sancai Boy."
Fu Li: …
In the crowd, Wei Cang tugged at his brother Zhang Ke's sleeve: "Senior brother, look at the two people in front who are holding umbrellas together, don't they look like the eldest brother and Brother Fu."
"You said that Brother Fu came to join in the fun, I believe, how is it possible for the boss." Zhang Ke was wearing a long robe, but his hair was flat, which looked a bit nondescript. However, there are many nondescript ghosts here, and he is not abrupt in the crowd. On the contrary, it is the jade crown and brocade robe, and the noble son of Yushu Linfeng is even more eye-catching.
The more Wei Cang looked, the more he felt like, after all, not everyone can be in a crowded street, leaving the surroundings empty. Although Brother Fu was dressed in a brocade robe, and his back was so good-looking that the banshees were fascinated, he was still able to be sure that the white-robed boy must be Brother Fu.
"Senior brother, it's really the boss and brother Fu."
"Junior brother, stop joking." Zhang Ke sighed, "You didn't understand the boss's habits when you first arrived, and he would never go to a ghost market. Even Chu Yu, who has been with him for more than a hundred years, said that he had never seen the boss. After showing up at the ghost market, how could it be possible to take an umbrella with Brother Fu to visit the ghost market..."
Zhang Ke's voice became smaller and smaller, and finally disappeared.
"Oh, I'll go, that's not really the boss, is it?!"
Zhang Ke and Weicang wanted to go forward to find out, but suddenly the whole ghost market suddenly remembered the dull sound of drums. One after another, the sound was urgent and loud, as if there was an emergency.
"What's the matter?" Wei Cang looked at Zhang Ke, Zhang Ke's expression was very ugly, "Someone forcibly broke into the ghost city."
Hearing this drum sound, some pedestrians on the street disappeared in place, some turned into animals, and fled in a hurry, the attic house turned into stubborn rocks or trees, and the noisy street turned into an uninhabited barren hill in the blink of an eye.
The noise turned into silence, the gap was too great, and Fu Li didn't react for a moment.
Seeing that he was still at a loss, Zhuang Qing didn't know what was going on, so he said, "It might be an invasion by a foreign enemy, and the messenger can't deal with it, so I told everyone to leave."
When the demons who set up the stalls and opened the store left, the things they transformed with magic power would naturally return to their original state. Fu Li found two brothers Zhang Ke and Weicang not far away, and waved to them: "You guys are also here to play... and patrol?"
Zhang Ke took a peek at Zhuang Qing, who was wearing a black robe and a jade crown, and pulled his junior brother to Fu Li: "Brother Fu."
Suddenly there was a strong wind, flying sand and rocks, Zhang Ke tightly grabbed Wei Cang's hand, so as not to be blown away by the wind. Several underworld yamen were blown over from nowhere, fell in front of Fu Li and others, and couldn't get up for a long time.
Fu Li was worried that they would be blown away again, so he threw the jade-bone umbrella in his hand, and the umbrella suddenly turned into a huge canopy, covering everyone in the canopy. Canopy also seems to be a world of its own, no matter how strong the wind and rain are, it can't blow in.
A person flew out of the gust of wind in a little embarrassment. After landing, he stepped back several times before standing up. He saw Fu Li under the canopy at a glance, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he rolled and crawled into the canopy.
"Fellow Daoist Fu, what a coincidence." Li Xu patted the dust on his clothes and saluted Fu Li, "I didn't expect to meet again."
"What's going on outside?" Fu Li looked at the direction where the wind was blowing several times when he saw that the ghost Li Xu was so embarrassed.
In the gust of wind at the fingertips, a huge bird appeared. This bird had a huge human face and stepped on a huge green snake under its feet. It looked terrifying. With a single flap of his wings, he was able to carry a black gale, and the surrounding vegetation suddenly turned yellow and lost his life.
"Then, what is that?" Seeing such strange creatures and dead plants all over the ground, the emissary's eyes were full of horror. Seeing the monsters rushing in the direction the demons were fleeing, Li Xu had a solemn expression and scolded, "Damn, I killed him!"
Fu Li grabbed Quxu: "You are not his opponent."
Li Xu said anxiously: "But there are so many monsters and ghosts on the mountain, if he is chased by him, how can he survive?"
Fu Li's expression was very ugly, he quickly pinched a hand gesture, the canopy added a layer of enchantment, and those who stayed inside would not be able to get out unless he agreed.
"Brother Fu, what is that?" Zhang Ke has seen Suan and Zhu Yan, but even these two are not as terrifying as the monster in front of him, especially the two cyan pythons flying under his feet. Extraordinarily terrifying.
"That's..." Fu Li sweated from his forehead, "That's the god you humans speak of."
"God?" Zhang Ke looked at the strange bird in the sky that was almost no different from a monster, "Didn't God save the world, why would..."
"You humans don't have a song, it sings that there has never been a savior, and don't rely on an immortal emperor." Fu Li spread out his right palm, and a red whip appeared, "The so-called god is just a statement. You humans. Call him the God of Wind, the God of Sea, and... the God of Plague. This is the ability he was born with, and he also has a name in the demon world, Yu Jiang."
"Then we..."
"None of you are his opponents, including you." Fu Li glanced at Zhuang Qing, and suddenly flew out. The red whip in his hand protruded and turned into a net, trying to stop Yu Qiang, but Yu Qiang's ear caught The two hanging snakes suddenly opened their mouths and bit the approaching red rope with their fangs.
"Humble creature, get out of the way." Yu Qiang looked at Fu Li arrogantly, or in his eyes, any creature was low.
Fu Li didn't speak, he flicked the whip in his hand and struggled again. Outside this mountain, there is a densely populated city with a permanent population of nearly 8 million. If Yu Qiang brings the plague to this city, the consequences will be disastrous.
Zhuang Qing, who was blocked by the barrier in the canopy, looked very ugly. He knew that when Fu Li was fighting with the demon, he had the habit of reporting to the family first. Only today, there is not even a single extra sentence, and it can only explain one thing, that is, this god called Yu Qiang is an arrogant creature who will not listen to anything.
Demons and gods fight, how can there be a chance of victory
He put his hand on the barrier and tried to break through the barrier to get out, but he didn't know what technique Fu Libu used in the barrier, so he couldn't start.
When Yu Qiang met the little demon before him, he was so ignorant, and immediately said angrily: "This king has only been sleeping for a few years, how dare a despicable creature like you stop in front of this king?!" The two green pythons under his feet Zhang Zhang He opened his mouth dripping with venom, rolled up poisonous smoke, and bit towards Fu Li.
The speed of the blue python was too fast, as fast as a bolt of lightning, and before everyone could react, one of them had swallowed Fu Li.
Under the canopy umbrella, Zhuang Qing let out a dragon roar, his hands turned into dragon claws, and dragon scales appeared all over his body. He tried to tear open the barrier with brute force, but in just a few seconds, his dragon claws oozes blood, tearing the entire barrier apart. The world is dyed red.
Zhang Ke stared blankly at the blue python flying triumphantly in the air, his eyes were red, and he actually burst into tears. He stood up and walked behind Zhuang Qing, wiped the tears on his face, and put all his mana on Zhuang Qing: "Boss, I will help you."
Wei Cang silently followed behind Zhang Ke, imitating Zhang Ke's appearance, and also gave his mana to Zhuang Qing.
Li Xu smiled bitterly, and put his palm behind Zhuang Qing.
Zhuang Qing didn't care how many people approached his back. He became more and more aware of the dragon transformation of his body. The five-fingered dragon claws bleed continuously, and there was finally a crack in the enchantment. He didn't know what he was thinking, but his mind was blank, and his body was arrogantly wanting to kill the green python and cut its chest and abdomen open.
"It's ridiculous." Yu Qiang noticed the canopy umbrella in the black wind, and flapping his wings, he was about to step on the canopy umbrella.
Suddenly, the green python under his feet let out a howl, and fell to the ground like crazy, writhing in pain. However, the rolling didn't save him, his abdomen seemed to have been corroded by something, turning into ashes little by little, and finally the entire blue python turned into a mass of black ash and disappeared in the gale.
"My pet!" Yu Qiang let out a roar, no longer caring about the canopy umbrella.
The moment Fu Li was swallowed by the blue python, he felt that his whole body was hot. He thought it was the blue python's stomach acid that was digesting him, but he didn't expect the green python to disappear. Could there be some kind of magical power in him
He shook the hair on his body, let the red whip of life that fell on the ground melt into his body, kicked one back, and kicked the other green python that rushed over.
"Roar!" Fu Li opened his mouth and let out a roar, imitating the way the white tiger roared in the mountains back then. Although he was small, he was still very imposing when he said that.
Sure enough, the green python, who was kicked away by him, heard the roar, and was too frightened to step forward.
One python and one rabbit, one in the sky and the other in the ground, there is a sense of chill in the battle between dragons and tigers.
"Sir, that fellow Daoist isn't dead!" You Yin Chai pointed outside the barrier with excitement, "He's turned into a rabbit!"
rabbit
Hearing these two words, Zhuang Qing raised her head instantly, and saw that the slap-sized rabbit actually took the initiative to fly in front of him and kick the blue python, and the blue python... was kicked far away by him.
"My God, is Brother Fu a violent King Kong rabbit?" Zhang Ke was dumbfounded as he watched the large-scale fantasy drama in which the little rabbit beat the big blue python outside, and he forgot to continue to pass on his mana.
Seeing that both of his pets died in Fu Li's hands, Yu was furious. He pointed at Fu Li and said, "Lowly beast, this king will punish you." He spread his wings, and a huge vortex appeared in the sky. The mountains and forests flew sand and rocks, and the tornado rose on the ground, roaring towards Fu Li.
God, angry.
Click.
The barrier was finally opened by Zhuang Qing, he turned into a golden dragon, and the dragon roared in the mountains and forests. The dragon body soared, hovering in front of Fu Li.
Dark clouds rolled in the sky, and it seemed that thunder and lightning were about to appear.
Fu Li looked at the golden dragon standing in front of him and looked up at the sky.
The author has something to say: There are many theories and legends about Yu Qiang, and the records in different books are slightly different, so I have made a little synthesis, mainly focusing on Shanhaijing.
Fu Xiaoli [Come, get ready to sing]: There has never been a savior or an immortal emperor
It is up to us to create the happiness of mankind
We want to take back the fruits of our labor and let the mind break out of the cage
Quickly burn that fire red and strike while the iron is hot to succeed
This is the last fight to unite till tomorrow