But he didn't listen carefully when the old beggar told the story.
He didn't remember any of the types or names of the evil spirits.
Now that my mind is empty, I can only remember that all evil spirits in the world feed on desire.
The five desires are wealth, sex, fame, food and sleep. This evil spirit is always crying out for hunger and wants to eat all the cicadas alive. It must be related to "appetite"!
But, but what are the evil spirits regarding appetite
Lu Xiaochan's tears of regret kept falling.
Not only was he not beaten to death by the butcher, he thought things were finally going to turn around, but he was actually being eaten by an evil spirit
If there is an afterlife, when the old beggar tells him a story, he will definitely listen carefully word by word and will never interrupt or make mistakes!
Amid the greasy smell emitted by the evil spirit, Lu Xiaochan suddenly detected a faint scent of dew on grass leaves.
"Bait and Sorrow."
An ethereal and distant voice sounded in Lu Xiaochan's ears.
"W-what?"
The evil spirit had already bitten Lu Xiaochan's shoulder and was about to swallow his neck.
"This evil spirit is called 'Bait Shang'."
Lu Xiaochan only felt a flash of light in the darkness.
He shouted out: "Bait Shang!"
Suddenly, the evil spirit stopped as if it was choked.
Lu Xiaochan pulled his arm back hard, but the evil spirit made gurgling sounds and showed no intention of letting him go.
"Let's... let's make a deal... Don't eat me! I'm not tasty!"
At this moment, Lu Xiaochan was almost certain that the person who stayed by her side when she was dying the day before was back again.
Although he couldn't see the person, he was always looking at him.
Whoever you are, show up! Get this disgusting thing out of here! Get it out of here!
The waiter at Wu Si Winery also saw this scene. After hesitating for a long time, he finally advised: "Little beggar - why don't you just cut off your arm and give it to it! It's better than letting it eat you whole!"
Lu Xiaochan cried out in her heart, what kind of crazy idea is this!
Why don't you give it an arm to eat!
In an instant, the beggar who was biting Lu Xiaochan loosened his mouth, and the evil spirit was forced out of the beggar's body by a spiritual power. The people who were originally watching were frightened and ran in all directions.
The evil spirit that had been so arrogant suddenly became terrified and tried to escape in all directions, making desperate noises, like the extremely painful sounds of bones being crushed.
Lu Xiaochan wondered, was it the person who spoke to her who forced the evil spirit out of the beggar's body
A powerful roar was heard.
"Where did this evil spirit come from? Look, I'm going to take you in!"
A bearded man in a robe suddenly appeared and drew the sword from his waist.
"Forming a formation--"
Lu Xiaochan was overjoyed!
Finally I met a cultivator! That's right, if there are evil spirits here, how could there be no cultivator to take them away!
Amid the exclamations of the villagers, a silver light flashed, and the tip of the man's sword condensed into a soul-locking formation, directly trapping the evil spirit "Baishang".
He turned around again, took out a gourd from his waist, and put the "Bait" into it.
"Little brother, are you okay? I'm late and I'm sorry you've suffered!"
It was the voice of a middle-aged man. It did not have any immortal air at all and was incomparable to the ethereal and elegant voice just now.
Lu Xiaochan was very disappointed when she heard this.
Because Lu Xiaochan knew that the person who forced the evil spirit out of the beggar's body was not this cultivator. If he hadn't suddenly appeared, the person with the smell of dew on his body would have appeared.
The villagers around swarmed over.
"Immortal Lord! I didn't know you were coming! What is your immortal title?"
"My Lord! My inn is very comfortable. Would you like to come over to my place and rest?"
"My Lord! Our tavern's 'Drunken Life and Dream of Death' is a unique dish in Lushu Town. My Lord, would you like to try it?"
Even the owner of Wu Si Winery joined in the fun.
Lu Xiaochan escaped death, but no one came to comfort her. Everyone surrounded the immortal and left.
He rubbed his shoulders and chuckled quietly.
He leaned against the old locust tree, holding a bamboo stick and tapping the open space in front of him from time to time.
"That guy doesn't have any spiritual energy at all. He's just a charlatan with some skills."
The Immortal Lord and the Holy Cultist are one family!
According to the story told by the old beggar, it was most likely that this "immortal king" had already accepted an evil spirit called "Bait".
Every time he arrives at a place, he releases this "bait", and when the evil spirit harms people, he shouts "This immortal king has taken you in".
The ignorant elders and villagers would worship it as a god and offer it delicious food and drink.
Lu Xiaochan is tired of this kind of routine.
Otherwise, how come Lushu Town has been peaceful for so many years, when this "immortal king" came, the evil spirit also came
The tavern was filled with the aroma of wine, plates of delicious food were served on the table, and the villagers toasted the immortal with cup after cup.
Lu Xiaochan was so frightened that by midnight, her stomach was empty.
He hugged himself tightly and thought: If I fall asleep, I won’t be hungry anymore.
But at some point, he smelled that faint fragrance again, followed by the rich aroma of food.
Lu Xiaochan immediately reached out and grabbed. He thought that even if he couldn't grab the man's clothes, it would be good to touch him and know that he really existed.
But there was nothing between his fingers.
When he put it down, he found that there was an oil paper bag next to him, which contained sugar cakes and preserved vegetable pancakes.
This is his favorite food!
Lu Xiaochan's eyes lit up and he opened the paper package. When the pancake just touched his lips, he paused.
The sugar cakes and preserved vegetable pancakes were both hot. The sugar cakes were at the east end of the town, and the pancakes were at the west end, with a faint fragrance like a clear night on the oil paper wrappers.
This was not alms. Someone had specially bought these two kinds of food, put them in his arms for fear that they would get cold, and brought them to him.
"I know you are nearby." Lu Xiaochan said.
Apart from the noise coming from the tavern not far away, the only sound was the chirping of insects in the grass.
"If you don't show up, I won't eat what you give me."
Lu Xiaochan put down the oil paper bag.
For the entire night, Lu Xiaochan kept her eyes wide open and her arms folded.
When daytime came, the man didn't show up.
Everything in the town was as usual, except that the immortal went to different families every day to "cast spells and pray for blessings."
Every day, there would be delicious food at Lu Xiaochan's hands, including snacks, braised pork pancakes, fried tofu, and even peach gum and red date soup, all of which were his favorites.
I’m afraid that if the old beggar were still alive, he wouldn’t even remember what Lu Xiaochan liked to eat.
But that person knew Lu Xiaochan's preferences very well.
It was as if she was trying to please him, using all kinds of methods to coax him to eat.
But he was angry and refused to eat a single bite.
Two days passed and Lu Xiaochan hadn't eaten a single grain of rice or even a sip of water.
His ears were buzzing and his chest was almost sticking to his back, but he refused to eat anything.
Anyone who passed by thought that Lu Xiaochan had been frightened silly by an evil spirit.
The meals were delivered every day and no one saw who delivered the meals to him, but Lu Xiaochan was very persistent and insisted that the person show up.
Lu Xiaochan knew very well that no one in this world would care whether he had eaten every day or whether he was hungry or not.
Unless... Unless, just like Po, someone went through a lot of trouble to find him.
It sounded like a man's voice, gentle and elegant, maybe it was his biological father
Didn’t the old beggar tell a story before? A poor boy eloped with a rich girl, and gave birth to a child, but the child was born with incomplete eyes because of lack of food and drink while wandering outside. The rich girl’s family came and captured the girl, and abandoned the child who was born blind on the roadside. Many years later, the poor boy became famous and wanted to find his wife and children, but he didn’t expect that the girl had died of worry, and the blind child could not be found.
Lu Xiaochan endured her hunger by telling herself stories.
He felt like he wouldn't even have the strength to breathe out.
In a daze, he heard the sound of chopping trees.
Lu Xiaochan turned her head with difficulty and snorted: "…What are you doing?"
"Hey! You little beggar are not dead yet? No matter how I called you just now, you didn't make a sound!"
"Are you...cutting down trees..." Lu Xiaochan was almost out of breath.
"Yes! Boss Chen, the richest man in our town, is seriously ill. He will probably pass away in the next two days!"
He is leaving, why are you cutting down trees
"The Immortal Lord looked at Boss Chen and said that he could not be saved, but using this century-old locust tree as a coffin would bring blessings to future generations! So aren't we here to cut down the tree?"
Lu Xiaochan's shoulders trembled.
What kind of world is this? He has no fixed place to live, and this old locust tree is his only home.
Nowadays, even their homes have been dug up to make coffin lids!
He really has nothing.
"Little beggar, get out of here!"
It was the old locust tree that fell down, heading straight towards Lu Xiaochan.
He heard the almost desperate chirping of cicadas on the branches and the sound of twigs and leaves rubbing against each other. He didn't even have the strength to stand up, so how could he possibly hide
Lu Xiaochan closed her eyes.
All I could hear were screams from all around, but the pain from having my spine broken had not yet come.
The man holding the axe was stunned, the roadside vendors stood up, and the passers-by also widened their eyes.
I only saw a man in a plain long gown suddenly appear, kneeling on one knee in front of Lu Xiaochan, and just raising one hand, he steadily supported the fallen old locust tree.
The swaying of leaves and branches, the heart-wrenching chirping of summer cicadas, and the surprised expressions on everyone's faces all seemed to be frozen.
"Is it because I gave these to you that you refuse to eat them?"
The sound was like that of an ice spike breaking through the surface of the lake. Lu Xiaochan knew as soon as he heard it that it was the person who had been talking in his ear these days.
But before, his voice sounded very far away, like an echo in a valley.
But this time, it’s real.