At the beginning, you will meet a fox demon and be taught the art of immortality

As the sky gradually darkened, oil lamps were already being lit in the inner courtyard of the county government office.

Su Rui left the study and went straight back to his bedroom.

As soon as he sat down, the maid Lotus knocked on the door and came in with a food box.

Since he fell ill, his meals were basically brought into his room for him to enjoy. He had not gone out to the living room to eat with his family in the past two days since he came here. He did not want to come into contact with outsiders, so he would not take the initiative to run out today and risk being exposed.

A faint scent of grass and wood filled the room with the arrival of the lotus.

Suri didn't feel anything wrong at first.

The original body's mother liked to let the maids wear sachets according to their names, so when Lotus walked into the house, she would smell the fragrance of lotus leaves.

It’s just that the scent today is a little fresher.

It was only when Lotus came closer and took out the food from the food box that Su Rui discovered that the Lotus today was a little different from the Lotus in his original memory.

She spoke less and her movements became more awkward. The most important thing was that Lotus was left-handed, but today's Lotus has actually changed and doesn't give people the slightest feeling of being left-handed.

As a time traveler, Su Rui already had something to hide. In the past few days, he paid special attention to observing the details in life so that he could react in time when something unexpected happened.

Just now I saw from the study that this world that deviated from the historical line had a background of ghosts and gods, and suddenly I found that something was wrong with Lotus. My heart couldn't help but skip a beat and sank, and many bad premonitions emerged in my mind.

When he saw that there was only a torn chicken leg in the chicken soup on the table, his bad premonition became even stronger.

According to the original body's memory, the doting county magistrate's wife always stewed chicken soup by the chicken leg. In her opinion, one chicken leg was not enough to feed the child!

Su Rui couldn't help but think to himself: "Could it be that Lotus has also traveled through time?"

The chicken soup is indeed chicken soup. Although the bowl used is much smaller than usual, the unique aroma of the chicken soup cannot be deceived.

Su Rui hesitated and didn't dare to drink.

After thinking for a while, he decided to test the maid in front of him to see if she was a fellow traveler, so he asked softly: "Lotus, do you know the King of Heaven and the Tiger of Earth?"

He Hua had a confused look in her eyes. She looked about fifteen or sixteen years old, with a little baby fat on her chubby face. That silly and confused expression didn't seem fake.

"Master, what did you say?"

"Oh, nothing, this is a new poem I wrote."

Su Rui did not give up and asked again: "Do you know how are you?"

“???” Lotus looked at her as if she was a fool.

"Well, it's okay!" Su Rui didn't know whether to be happy or sad, but on the surface he pretended to be deep and changed the subject: "Which... Lotus, I feel a little uncomfortable today, I'll give you the chicken soup! Food..."

Before Su Rui finished speaking, he saw He Hua, who was staring at the chicken soup, with a strange light in her eyes and she quickly licked the corner of her mouth.

Su Rui was worried that she couldn't hold it in and would blow away the chicken soup without taking a breath.

Fortunately, under Suri's nose, she maintained her composure.

"Save the food, I'll use it later!" Su Rui pretended not to see it, paused for a moment and then continued.

The main reason he left the food was that he was really hungry.

"Yeah!" Lotus nodded naively, then looked at him eagerly.

"Okay, you can take the chicken soup out now!" Su Rui was a little annoyed by her gaze, so he had to wave his hand and tell her to leave quickly.

This world is short of material things. Poor families can only eat meat during the New Year and other festivals. As an official family, the situation is better, but they don’t eat meat every meal. Although chicken soup is rare, you can drink it two or three times a month. As Su Rui’s maid, He Hua can actually drink some leftover soup and meat every time. Today, she behaved like a starving ghost who hadn’t had chicken soup for a long time. It was really abnormal!

After testing, since the other party is most likely not a time traveler, then the matter here becomes interesting.

After everything around him quieted down, Su Rui started to plan to eat.

There was a lot of food on the table, but after being mixed up by Lotus, it looked suspicious no matter how you looked at it.

Su Rui simply ate white rice and didn't touch any vegetables.

Late at night, the moon and stars are rare.

Suri tossed and turned in bed, unable to sleep.

The main reason was that he had not yet found the benefits of time travel. None of the systems, grandfathers, and golden fingers had any effect. He had tried various methods in the past few days, and even shouted "Open Sesame" three times, but nothing worked.

"Could my golden finger be of the resurrection type?" Su Rui thought to himself.

"Do you want to try it?" Su Rui was eager to try.

"Forget it, if it's not the case, then I'm doomed..." Su Rui finally backed down.

The reason why he was so eager to get the golden finger was, on the one hand, because he saw today that this world seemed to have traces of a mythological background, and on the other hand, it was because of the abnormality shown by the lotus.

Although he longed for the golden finger, Su Rui was already a little discouraged. He had decided to find an opportunity to meet with his original body's father tomorrow and beg him to arrange for him to learn martial arts.

If God doesn’t give you any benefits, you can only fight for yourself!

It would be great if you could learn some advanced internal skills from a famous teacher. If not, just learn some hidden weapons from Captain Wu. You must have a skill to defend yourself!

After planning the next path of self-improvement, Su Rui slowly fell into a deep sleep.

Just as he fell into his dream, a small furry figure appeared on his bedroom windowsill.

Looking at the sleeping Suri, it stretched out its claws to scratch its erect ears: "This guy shouldn't have noticed me, should I let you have a nightmare?"

"Forget it, since you gave me all the chicken soup today, I'll let you have a good sleep tonight!"

The furry little figure quickly disappeared into the night. Suri, who was sleeping soundly, had no idea that his unintentional "good deed" had saved him from a disaster.

Nothing happened all night.

When he woke up the next day, Su Rui hurriedly ate two mouthfuls of white porridge, then took a meat bun and went out with two servants.

He planned to visit the City God Temple first, then prepare some secret weapons for self-defense, and finally go to his original father, the county magistrate, to ask to learn martial arts.

The early morning in Tongqu County was very lively. After leaving the county government office, Su Rui saw a bustling scene with people coming and going. There were people selling breakfast, vegetables and meat, and more people were carrying tools and preparing to work.

Although Tongqu County is located in the southwestern border, the county seat is not small in area.

Su Rui and his servant walked nearly two kilometers before they reached the market where the City God Temple was located.

Today happens to be a temple fair, and the City God Temple has become the most lively place in the entire county.

Su Rui was a little dumbfounded. He had originally wanted to quietly inquire about the City God and see if he really existed. However, with such a lively scene, he was afraid that it would be impossible to find out.

However, Su Rui did not leave immediately. Since he was already here, if he didn't take advantage of the market, it would be a waste of his energy to walk two kilometers early in the morning!

The most common things at the temple fair are food and playthings, including all kinds of cakes and snacks, and all kinds of juggling toys.

Therefore, among the people shopping in the temple fair, the happiest people are the children who are about the same age as Su Rui.

Su Rui bought two strings of candied haws, which he hadn't eaten for a long time. He hid among the children and watched a shadow play with a plot similar to that of the Romance of Sui and Tang Dynasties, which he found quite interesting.

In the feudal era before industrialization, the top entertainment for children was probably watching shadow puppet shows and listening to storytelling in restaurants.

After watching the shadow play, Su Rui walked into a nearby restaurant, intending to try drinking tea and listening to stories.

It was not yet time for the storyteller to appear. Su Rui casually ordered a pot of tea and two cakes, and then pricked up his ears to listen to the gossip at the next table.

"As soon as Young Master Sun from the Divine Sword Villa came out, he slaughtered the Eight Demons of Shanning who had been roaming the Shanning Road for many years, and jumped into the top ten of the Earth Ranking. There is news that he will launch an offside battle against the White-haired Swordsman who is ranked fifth on the Earth Ranking..."

"Last month, the Yue people in Minnan Road rebelled, and the imperial court sent 10,000 troops to suppress the rebellion. I heard that there is no one living in Minnan Road for ten miles now..."

"Recently, poultry and clothing of many people in the city have been stolen, and many people have seen traces of monkeys and weasels. I'm afraid that the city is going to be haunted by demons again..."

After sitting for just a quarter of an hour, Su Rui heard a lot of miscellaneous news, which was quite a gain.

The storyteller was already sitting in the hall. He banged the gavel and started telling the story of "Prime Minister Wei dozed off before the emperor, and traveled thousands of miles in his mind to behead the guilty dragon."

This story is about when Emperor Shizong of Tang, Li Shimin, was the emperor. Once, he was discussing state affairs with Prime Minister Wei Zheng. Wei Zheng suddenly told Emperor Shizong that he wanted to take a nap and that there was a dragon that needed his supervision. Emperor Shizong thought he just wanted to rest, so he nodded and agreed. Wei Zheng then really took a nap, and woke up in less than a cup of tea to say that the dragon had been beheaded.

Su Rui had read this story in a miscellaneous book before he traveled through time, but he never thought it would also exist in this world. It really made him feel amazing.

After listening to the storytelling, Su Rui was still not satisfied, but seeing that it was almost noon, he walked out of the restaurant with the intention of coming back next time.

However, before he had taken a few steps, he suddenly had a strange feeling.