I Want to be Alone, Beautifully

Zheng Zhiyu found a way to find some experienced old ghosts in the wilderness. These ghosts are usually not given any incense and filial piety. They can only go to rich people to eat and drink during the holidays. You may have heard of many things.

She directly started with the ghost king. After all, according to the fake master, Xu Jiao's identity is inseparable from the ghost king. If there is any problem with the soul, it is mostly related to the ghost king.

But Zheng Zhiyu's way to find these wild ghosts was not so smooth.

These guys live for a long time, but they live like a dead house on weekdays. Some don't even know about the change of dynasty now, and they are still immersed in the prosperity of the past dynasty. Some even tremble just hearing the word "ghost king" Yes, none of the useful information.

Zheng Zhiyu could only go farther and farther, but fortunately there was no movement from Xu Jiao's side, and it was estimated that nothing too big would happen in a short time, which made her boldly want to go further afield.

Just when she was looking for clues about Xu Jiao's abnormal body——

s Datong City.

A bald head was escorted out of a financial building by a group of people in suits and leather shoes. Someone held an umbrella to escort him into a black Mercedes. It wasn't until the cool air-conditioned wind covered him that the bald head sat on the seat in a good mood. As soon as he leaned on, his assistant and apprentice handed him a sweat-wiping veil to wipe off the thin sweat on his forehead.

At the same time, the apprentice showed a flattering smile, and asked him with a low eyebrow: "As expected of the master, I thought this order would not be too difficult. Who knows that this place can grow a powerful thing, if not The master came to help me, but the apprentice will fall on this."

Hearing this, the bald head touched the ghost-like Buddhist bead on his neck. Half of the bead had turned gray, and the ghost face was half solid and half empty. There are new beads with a little red light.

He squinted at the apprentice beside him, and replied slowly: "I can't blame you for this, people's hearts are not enough, people nowadays can do anything for money..."

"It's not uncommon to sacrifice some ordinary people for this purpose."

"It's just that there are guys who do these things that harm yin and morality, and naturally there are people who do those so-called idle things that help justice, break the feng shui situation there, turn the situation from good to bad, and turn back on their masters."

"This is a surprise to me. This oppressive soul has long since overflowed with resentment and turned into a vicious ghost. Before that, I was still thinking about how to repair this magic weapon of mine. It was a big help for me to hit the right way."

Hearing his praise, the man sitting next to the bald head also showed joy on his face, and said to him with a smile: "It is my blessing that the disciple can share the master's worries, but there is one thing that the disciple does not understand."

The bald head turned on the air conditioner in the car with his eyes closed, and said to him, "Speak."

"I heard Master mentioned earlier that the pagoda of your magic weapon is reserved for the ghost king. Why did Master go out a few days ago and not only hurt the magic weapon when he came back, but even directly filled the ghost that he found today?" I entered the pagoda... If I remember correctly, Master has been hunting ghosts for more than 20 years, can't he collect the net now?"

The speaker is only in his early twenties, and he wants to find shortcuts in doing things. Some people can't understand the monk's approach. After all, in his opinion, his master

It is equivalent to spending half of your life planning to catch the ghost king. For example, using the divination skills learned earlier to calculate the predestined people who will be reincarnated after the ghost king is destroyed. Year.

A few days ago, the master said that he had counted his calamity, and wanted to go to see if it was the ghost king who came to the world——

Unexpectedly, he was injured when he came back. Although the injury was not serious, the string of ghost-faced beads on his neck that people couldn't look at in the past was half gray, and it was about to break. Fortunately, he succeeded in protecting the dharma in the end. Keep it safe.

Otherwise, this magic weapon is equivalent to half of the skill that has been crippled.

Hearing his apprentice's words, the bald head opened his eyes. He didn't know what he thought of, and his eyes showed a fierce look. After a while, he said slowly: "The ghost king came out of the underworld a hundred years ago, and he is the only one in this world who can break through the world." Something out of hell."

"I don't know how it was born, but I was lucky enough to see the description in a few words from the solitary book left by my master. Fortunately, I have completely inherited the method of numerology, easy number and inference from my master, and I was lucky enough to calculate the king of ghosts with the help of time." Your lover will appear in the world soon."

"For this reason, I have painstakingly laid out many bureaus, who knows that people are not as good as God—"

"That day in Xujia Village, guess what I saw? The ghost king's sweetheart actually had an affair with a ghost, and I couldn't see the origin of that ghost clearly. I watched her perform spells, and there was a hidden way. I mean, but the evil spirit on my body is even worse than that of ordinary ghosts."

"I was careless and fell into her trick."

"There are two things I didn't expect about this matter. One is that the ghost king is clearly a lover in the rumors. It is rumored that he was struggling to find a lover on the [-]th floor of hell, so he broke out of the underworld and wanted to go to the world to see himself. Lover, I couldn't find any trace of it later... At that time, I clearly saw that there was a bond between its sweetheart and the ghost, but I didn't see the King of Ghosts appearing."

"Secondly, I counted the ghost's fate when I came back. Who knew that her fate seemed to have been deliberately covered up. I couldn't see any traces. I don't know the ghost's path, nor when the ghost king will appear in the world."

Hearing this, his apprentice was secretly startled, and at the same time, a bit ashamed appeared on his face.

It's because he thinks things too simply.

That's right, Master is a person who wants to pursue longevity, so he is naturally more considerate than him when doing things. For the same thing, he can only see the appearance, but Master has already taken one step, ten steps.

After hesitating for a long time, the apprentice finally asked: "But Master...you have been waiting for too long, if the ghost king does not appear for a long time, what should you do?"

When the bald head heard the apprentice's words, it was rare to see a bit of emotional grief and indignation in his eyes.

He was silent for a long time, and the corners of his lips raised a strange arc:

"Good apprentice, don't worry about me."

"The traps I set up...none of them will be wasted. Just wait. Within half a month, the ghost king's wife will be in danger. By then, I don't believe that the ghost king will not come out."

"If that's the case, I've done my best, but it's just God's failure."

"It's hard for me to wait for another hundred years."

……

Xu Jiao didn't know that she was already in the game.

After fooling around with her roommates, she threw the box aside, went to the lower berth again, sat at the iron table, and shared a red

big watermelon--

The flesh of the watermelon is very fresh, and when you dig it down with an iron spoon, there is a crisp rustling sound. As soon as the middle bite is put to your mouth, the sweet taste of the watermelon has already drifted into your nose, making you feel the coolness of summer. It's like the cool breeze blowing into the air conditioner.

When the sweetness is put into the mouth, the flesh of the melon is slightly squeezed by the tongue and the palate, and the sweet juice spreads out. The sweetness is even better than before, but it is addictive. Can't stop.

After more than ten spoonfuls in a row, the summer heat from being exposed to the sun outside before has subsided by half unknowingly.

Xu Jiao ate half of the watermelon, and her mood became melodious. Although Zheng Zhiyu didn't come back that night, she was already in a good mood. It seemed that many days of nightmares and bad emotions had been swept away one after another. Also swept away.

Lying on the bed, she heard the long-lost bustle in the dormitory. Qian Ai and Zhou Qili always had to chat for a few words before going to bed:

"Xiao Xu, when we came back earlier, we saw the aunt downstairs saying that we should avoid those bushes when we go out. The school has a lot of insects and snakes this year. Some people in other departments have not paid attention to it. They walked into the bushes when taking pictures. Was bitten by a snake, is it true?"

Xu Jiao gave a faint "hmm".

Qian Ai sighed: "Hey, this year's school is too strange. I thought it was a coincidence that the rumors in the hotel outside were just a coincidence. Now it turns out that there is another murder case on the same floor, and it looks like the snakes and insects are mobilized together. Don't you think so?" Do you find it weird?"

Zhou Qili was obsessed with novels, so she responded slowly: "A little bit."

She waited for Xu Jiao's reply.

Xu Jiao listened to her gossiping about the truth, and she couldn't help but feel a little admiration, but she maintained her usual personality on the surface: "Is there any? I didn't pay much attention to it."

Qian Ai sighed regretfully.

"I thought you had changed, Xueba. Unexpectedly, you are still so boring...By the way, didn't you ask me about the school leader and No.18 building last time?"

Xu Jiao remembered this incident. She asked Qian Ai on the chat software. Who knew that the other party was talking nonsense, and then turned her attention away, and she also saw Zheng Zhiyu because she went out. For the matter of the snake, forget about the formation of the NO.18 building and the Wenli Building.

Now that Qian Ai took the initiative to ask, she took the opportunity to answer: "Well, you know?"

Qian Ai sat up with his face in his hands excitedly, looked at Xu Jiao from a distance from the upper bunk, and nodded excitedly: "You happened to ask the right point, ahem, maybe I didn't tell you before After all, this matter is not glorious. Now that Xueba has taken the initiative to gossip, I have to satisfy her for the sake of her rare curiosity—but let’s say it first, you are not allowed to talk about this matter, and you are not allowed to give strange looks Look at me."

Zhou Qili and Xu Jiao: "?"

When the two had some doubts, Qian Ai said with some embarrassment: "It's like this, my father and the principal were classmates in the same dormitory, so I also heard a little about the story of the school's construction at the dinner table... ..."

Zhou Qili was shocked for a second: "Wow, so the legendary thigh is by my side?"

Xu Jiao was not very surprised. Qian Ai's usual expenses are not ordinary. It is very common to have such capital and such a relationship at home, so she kept silent and listened quietly to Qian Ai's story.

Say.

"I heard that when the S University was built, a special Fengshui master was invited to look at it. After all, it is a century-old school. You know, how many universities in China did not have Fengshui design when they were built?"

"I heard that many aspects are normal, but some buildings will always become very old and useless with the passage of time, and there are students in the school who are always due to academic pressure, emotional problems, etc. , leading to some mental problems, and the students in our school are all talented elites from all over the country, so they have relatively high self-demand, and such people are easy to get into a dead end, so when we graduate, we always jump off the building."

"I don't know when, the aura of the arts and science building near our dormitory has been changed. I heard that the girls who jumped from the building had too much resentment and polluted the nearby magnetic field. I don't know. right……"

"Anyway, the school changed its principal a few times later, and each time I wanted to invite the master to rebuild the arts and sciences building and the self-study building next to the college, and it would be best to make some Fengshui arrangements, so that that kind of Evil pressure down."

"When our principal took office now, he happened to know an expert. He heard that the expert believed in Buddhism. The school had prepared a large sum of money to knock down and rebuild these buildings with broken Fengshui, but that The expert directly helped to save a lot of money, and only proposed to rebuild a dormitory at the current position of No. 18 floor, and use the aura and design of this building to suppress the evil spirits of the two buildings—”

"This is the origin of No.18 building and some Feng Shui stories I know in school."

After Qian Ai finished speaking, Zhou Qili exclaimed next to her: "I feel like I'm chasing a daily fantasy novel? Is such a thing about Feng Shui real?"

Xu Jiao suddenly asked another question:

"The master you mentioned who helped design...is he bald? What does he look like?"

Qian Ai: "?"

She was at a loss. She didn't know how Xu Jiao could ask such a strange question after listening to such a story. This was simply beyond the range of normal people's reaction.

After hesitating for a while, Qian Ai said hesitantly, "Is that right? Aren't half of Buddhist believers bald? Why do you ask this question? Do you know this person?"

Xu Jiaoping lay on her bed, opened her eyes and looked in the direction of the ceiling, and said nonsense, "Just be curious."

Qian Ai sighed: "As expected of a top student, even the angle of curiosity is so tricky."

Xu Jiao: "..."

Perhaps it was because Xu Jiao usually took care of her grades, but now Qian Ai was happy to satisfy her curiosity, so she even sent a message to her family at night to ask about it.

Xu Jiao didn't give much hope and just fell asleep peacefully.

Now she can calmly face the strange anxious dream of looking for someone but doesn't know the name of the other person, and after waking up, she can quickly adjust her mood.

She was ready to dream and be in strange places again.

However, to her surprise——

The dream that night was different from the previous few days.

Xu Jiao had a dream...

Zheng Zhiyu.

……

In the dream, Zheng Zhiyu was wearing clothes like Taoist robes, and Xu Jiao followed her, looking down at the high steps leading to the mountain.

Fang said slowly in front:

"...The highest goodness is like water. Water is good for all things without fighting, and it is evil for everyone, so it is more than Tao."

When Xu Jiao heard this, she stopped and looked up at the other party in confusion, only to realize that the heights of the two seemed not to be equal. Although she knew that Zheng Zhiyu was slightly taller than herself, she also There is not such a big gap.

just like……

I am just a three-year-old doll.

With the eyes on the same level, you can only see Zheng Zhiyu's legs, and the light blue trouser legs that swayed with her elegant steps.

She stopped walking, and the person walking in front vaguely sensed it, turned to look at her, and asked, "Why don't you follow along?"

Seeing her appearance against the light, Xu Jiao moved her lips, she didn't know how to justify herself, she just stared at Zheng Zhiyu, after thinking about how this person looked so cold and out of dust, how could he become a ghost...

Can you release your nature like that?

Don't they all say that ascetics follow their heart and speak naturally?What path is this taking? I haven't heard that one should suppress one's emotions and desires when cultivating the Tao?Ruthless?

There were too many things floating through Xu Jiao's mind, and she didn't know where she was, so she just kept silent.

Seeing her inexplicably upset look, Zheng Zhiyu raised her hand to rub her head, Xu Jiao suddenly trembled slightly——

Weird.

The opponent's movement clearly landed on the top of his head, how could it land on his ears so that he felt itchy?

Do your ears grow on top of your head?

It was hard for Xu Jiao to imagine such a strange scene, but from Zheng Zhiyu's point of view, it was this person who shook his ears at her, as if he disliked her.

She withdrew her hand and didn't touch Xu Jiao any more. She just said, "This "Tao Te Ching" is excellent for cultivating the mind. If you have nothing to do in your daily life, you should copy and recite it more, it will help you practice."

Xu Jiao nodded and looked up at her.

Zheng Zhiyu walked forward again, and Xu Jiao felt that this dream could be controlled by herself. Seeing Zheng Zhiyu walking and seeing her dressed in a Taoist uniform, she somehow remembered the ghost king, so she took a quick step, I wanted to ask something aloud, but I didn't know what to step on under my feet——

next moment.

While falling, there was an unspeakable pain in the tailbone.

It made her feel like she was about to break out in cold sweat.

Zheng Zhiyu seemed to have eyes behind her. She had already taken a step away, but then quickly came back to catch her. At the same time, she glanced behind her, shook her head and said:

"Put your tail in."

Xu Jiao: "...???"

She looked back in shock and saw a big, fluffy tail with brownish fur.

Thanks to the common sense she had as a demon cultivator in the first world, now she can tell right away just by looking at the tail... This is the kind of tail of a mountain fox.

How is she a fox?

Could it be that she is a monster again this time?

Xu Jiao's head was filled with questions, and when Zheng Zhiyu asked her to slip away, she forgot the original question.

Some puzzled voice: "Tail..."

Zheng Zhiyu sighed, and said to her: "I know you are very reluctant to be like this. You are obviously a human being, but you were favored by the wild spirits, and your body was almost taken away. In the end, you were killed because of my nephew. Demon Buli, let the spirit of that fox melt into your body... Now that you look like this, I don’t know if the underworld will accept you after a hundred years.”

"Forget it, don't worry, as long as I'm alive, I'll come up with a way for you one day, and return your life—"

"Before that, you should control it a little bit. Don't accidentally leak this tail. If other people see it, they will treat you as a monster."

Xu Jiao was quite shocked when she heard the huge amount of information, she finally came to her senses in this dream, and wanted to ask something, Zheng Zhiyu had already put her down, and went on without looking back.

Xu Jiao stepped on her own tail every three steps on average, and the pain made her almost unable to control her expression, but Zheng Zhiyu's figure was getting farther and farther away from her, she had no choice but to raise her head high Chasing forward with tails:

"wait……"

But no matter how she ran, she couldn't catch up.

Unknowingly, this dream became the dream of looking for someone again.

……

"call."

When Xu Jiao woke up, she let out a big breath. She was half relieved before she realized that there was a cool breath in front of her eyes.

She blinked her eyes, her first reaction was that she was still in a dream, but when she glimpsed Zheng Zhiyu's bright red dress from the corner of her eye, she realized, oh... this is reality.

Qian Ai and Zhou Qili were still sleeping soundly and did not wake up. Xu Jiao pulled the quilt and asked her with her eyes: Are you back so soon?

Zheng Zhiyu touched her forehead habitually.

Well, it didn't burn today.

There was some joy in her eyes, she lowered her head and asked Xu Jiao, "Did you miss me?"

Xu Jiao shook her head slowly.

Zheng Zhiyu asked again: "Is the thing I gave you useful?"

Xu Jiao didn't stop shaking her head. After reacting for two seconds, she stopped abruptly, neither nodded nor shook her head. After a while, she pulled out a mocking smile and said to Zheng Zhiyu with her lips:

"Send me something for my money?"

Zheng Zhiyu was so close that she easily understood what she was going to say, couldn't help laughing, and deliberately misinterpreted her meaning: "Ah, isn't it easy to use? Why, did you try it behind my back? I don't believe it. , A lot of people have given anonymous good reviews to this shop, did you not even take it apart? Let me try it for you.”

Xu Jiao; "..."

She raised her hand to silently push Zheng Zhiyu away.

Zheng Zhiyu glanced at the two roommates who were sleeping nearby, and exhaled two cool breaths. At that time, Xu Jiao was pulling up the quilt vigorously, so she didn't notice this scene. Rolling up the opened box beside Xu Jiao, he burrowed into her quilt.

Xu Jiao: "!"

This time she said to Zheng Zhiyu in a warning tone, "Come here less."

Zheng Zhiyu hugged her and bit her ear: "What's the matter... Anyway, they didn't wake up. This one is designed with a rabbit tail. It's super cute. I think it suits you very well at first sight. You must be very cute with a long tail." cute."

Xu Jiao: "...

"

She somehow remembered the last dream.

What's even more inexplicable is that she thought of the first world, when she was a nine-tailed fox, what a certain rebellious junior sister did to her tail...

Zheng Zhiyu touched her neck with the back of his hand, and found that the temperature was a little abnormal, so he said in surprise: "Huh? It's just a casual tease, can this make you burn again?"

Xu Jiao: "..."

She pushed Zheng Zhiyu out of her quilt, pulled the quilt, covered her face and let out a soft "um", then moved her mouth without sincerity, and said silently:

"Yeah, I was scared to death by you."

Zheng Zhiyu didn't know where the point of the smile was hit by her, and no matter how weird her smile was now, she covered her face with her sleeve, and smiled so much that she rolled her eyes.

As if seeing through Xu Jiao's lies, Zheng Zhiyu smiled for a while, then reached out to touch her neck again, and asked in surprise, "Huh? Why isn't it burning now?"

Xu Jiao: "..."

She rolled her eyes at a certain ghost, ignored Zheng Zhiyu's boring behavior, sat up with one hand on the bed, touched her phone to check the time, only to find that Qian Ai had sent her a message in the middle of the night last night.

Click to open it——

The content inside is astonishingly:

"Dangdangdang! My dad went to bed last night, so he went to bed very late. He actually has a picture of the master! Because this master helped our family read Fengshui! Here! Satisfy your curiosity! Xueba praised me, I Is it great?"

"[picture]"

Xu Jiao clicked on the photo and took a look...

A chill ran down her spine.

That was exactly what the bald master she had seen when she returned to her hometown.

Although he is very young, his facial features and bones have not changed much at all.

Zheng Zhiyu didn't know why she stopped, leaned over and rubbed her face affectionately, adjusted her voice into a seductive mode, and said to her wetly:

"The ancients said that the time of day lies in the morning..."

"We must follow the ancient teachings and make reasonable use of the morning time—"

"Come and try out the new toy I bought you?"