The Taste of Ghosts in the World

Holding the sleepy little lotus, You Yi walked into a teahouse, and Qi Mu followed him. There were guests sitting in twos and threes in the teahouse, and when they saw someone coming, they just raised their eyes and took a look, then ignored them.

You Yi went up to the second floor with ease, stopped at the stairs and glanced around, went straight to the corner, sat down at the table, and sat opposite a lazy middle-aged man, drinking tea with his eyes squinted.

Seeing You Yi, the man was slightly surprised, then turned his face away, and said listlessly: "Why do you have time to come to the lower realm?"

"I came to see you." You Yi smiled, turned up two teacups, reached out to lift the teapot, poured a cup for himself and Qi Mu each.

"Come on." The man saw him holding the little lotus, pointed and asked, "Is this your son?"

"How is that possible!" You Yi glared at him.

The man twitched the corners of his mouth with a half-smile, followed his hand to look at Qi Mu on one side, put down the cup with interest, stroked his chin and said: "This little brother looks unfamiliar, and he is full of aura. Where did the unearthly... come from?"

Qi Mu opened his mouth, but didn't know how to answer, so he turned to look at You Yi.

"Just a friend."

You Yi brought the teacup in front of Qi Mu, withdrew his hand and waved it, and said perfunctorily.

"I see."

Seeing that he didn't want to say anything, the man stopped asking questions, and quickly withdrew his searching eyes, smiled, and turned to look at You Yi, "What's going on in the lower realm this time?"

Looking around from the corner of his eyes, You Yi lowered his voice and asked him, "Do you know Soul Dew?"

"Who doesn't know." The man seemed to be mocking the other party for underestimating himself, snorted, and said again: "Isn't that thing always in the hands of Tianjie? Some people on our side have always been dissatisfied with this result."

"I'm just keeping it for Yuan Ling. When he comes back, he will naturally have to return it."

The man squinted his eyes and said: "No matter what your plan is, we only know that if the soul is in your hands, isn't it equivalent to half of it in the hands of the heavens?"

"Cough..." You Yi coughed uncomfortably, the little lotus in his arms smacked his lips, moved his head against his shoulders, as if he was about to wake up.

Seeing his perplexed face, Qi Mu said, "I'll do it."

You Yi thought for a while, then hugged the little lotus, Qi Mu reached out to take it, and let him lean in his arms.

"According to you, the demon world also wants soul dew?"

"Who wouldn't think that, wherever you put that thing, the aura will increase greatly. It's a treasure..." At this point, the man stopped talking and asked, "What exactly do you want to say?"

You Yi leaned over and whispered, "Hunlu is gone."

The man immediately understood, frowned and said, "Do you suspect that we did it?"

You Yi didn't nod or shake his head, just said: "What do you think?"

"I don't know about that!" The man straightened up and took a sip of his tea, "But let me remind you, anyone can go to the spirit world? At least the only ones I know of are the oldest ones in the city. It takes a few to do it.”

"Are there really only these few?"

"Ledu is full of juniors messing around, and there are a few who can make a fortune..." Halfway through the speech, the man seemed to suddenly think of something, and his face became serious, "...But the leader, the black snake Wuchai, is said to be The demon power is not bad, and he is also a troublemaker, thinking about it is not impossible."

"Have you seen it?"

"No, I haven't been out of the city for many years. I heard what others said."

You Yi nodded, "I just want to go to Ledu." After a pause, he said: "Recently, Ledu is not doing well. I guess it's inevitable that we will have a confrontation with the higher-ups. Will you participate when the time comes?" ?”

"Why do you want to participate?" The man took a sip of tea, and the old god said authentically: "It's not easy for everyone here in Xiuqi City to cultivate, who would want to cause trouble?"

"Well, things will be much easier this way." You Yi patted Qi Mu on the shoulder, "Let's go."

The man said to them: "It's rare to come here, and you have to leave before you finish your tea?"

You Yi smiled, "I can't help it, I have something important to do."

"Okay," he put down the teacup in his hand, "I'll hire the best car in Huqi City and drive you there."

"Thank you so much."

Qi Mu held the buttocks of the little lotus. The little guy looked small, but he was quite heavy in his arms. If he had to walk like this, he would probably die on the way.

……

"The best car in Xiuqi City, you can sit comfortably!"

The uncle got down from the car, knocked on the frame proudly, and said energetically: "Old Bear is at your service!"

The wooden frame structure with a long history in front of it has two wooden wheels, one large and one small, and the carriage is covered with a layer of wooden boards, without even a door.

Qi Mu couldn't help asking: "Uncle, is your car legal?"

The uncle said loudly as if he didn't hear it: "Haven't you seen it? This is a carriage that humans often ride in!"

"...That was a long time ago..." Qi Mu cast his eyes on the two animals in front of the carriage, "And this can't be considered a carriage, right?"

The uncle still turned a deaf ear, patted the wooden boards in the carriage, and continued to shout loudly: "Come up quickly! Let you see and see!"

The two black bears in front of the car quickly raised their front paws and roared a few times.

"..." An incredible idea came to Qi Mu's mind, and he asked You Yi in a low voice: "Are they pretending to be horses?"

The corner of You Yi's mouth twitched, "Very likely."

The uncle was already sitting in the driver's seat, turned around and urged: "Elder Mao and Er Mao can't wait to set off, are you still going?"

Qi Mu and You Yi looked at each other.

"Is Ledu far away?"

"It's far, it's far, it's near, it's near."

"Let's be more concise."

"... not too close."

"..."

Qi Mu sighed, and climbed into the carriage first, and You Yi also climbed in silently.

The uncle smiled with satisfaction, "Sit down, we're leaving!"

The two black bears arched their backs ready to go, and started running. The car staggered forward, and the bumps in the car made people dizzy.

You Yi couldn't help asking: "Uncle, when will you arrive at your speed?"

The uncle in front of him sat without looking sideways, without any reaction.

You Yi leaned forward and asked again.

This time he seemed to hear it, but he couldn't hear it clearly, and asked loudly, "What?!"

"I said - when will you be able to arrive at this speed?"

The uncle turned his dark face and said with a smile, "Hurry up! Look at how fast Big and Ermao are running!"

"..."

You Yi sat back depressed, the carriage suddenly shook violently, he almost fell down, Qi Mu didn't feel better, he quickly leaned against the wall of the carriage, supported the board with one hand, forced himself to sit still, the little lotus pod fell Lying on top of him, he didn't wake up after shaking like this.

After a while, the uncle started to talk back: "Are you going to Ledu? There has been chaos there recently! I heard that there is going to be a fight with the sky!"

"Uncle also knows about this?" You Yi asked.

"Oh! It's terrible!" The uncle said to himself, "I'm going to go back to Xiuqi City to hide after I send you to Ledu. You are the last bus I catch!"

"Don't you want to help the demon world?"

"what?!"

"You—don't want—to help the demon world?"

The uncle shook his head, "Those juniors, I always feel that the screams of monsters and monsters are not good. I want to be worshiped by humans like gods. What is there to worship? If you receive tribute from humans, you must contribute! Those days will not be peaceful Already!"

"Don't you—don't think—that the monster's cry—is not pleasant?"

"What's so bad about monsters? We are monsters to begin with! When we are young, we have more thoughts! When we live to my age, we won't think so!"

"Uncle—have you ever been to the Human World?"

"I've only been there twice! I don't think it's any good!" The uncle patted the crossbar under his buttocks, "But this carriage is not bad! Haha! Not bad!"

"..."

Communicating with the uncle really hurt the throat, and after a few words at the top of his throat, You Yi couldn't speak anymore, and when he came back, he also imitated Qi Mu and leaned against the wall of the carriage.

Qi Mu lightly patted Little Lianpeng's back, remembering the person who was sent to somewhere by Ksitigarbha, they had hardly been separated, and now it was only him, suddenly felt very uncomfortable.

"Do you know where Feng Baisui is?"

"Who is Feng Baisui?" You Yi was stunned for a moment, then remembered the one who was always by Qi Mu's side, so he shook his head and said, "I don't know either."

Qi Mu fell silent, and asked again after a while: "Where should I find him?"

You Yi thought for a while, and said to him: "When I get back the soul dew, I will accompany you to find it."

"Okay." Qi Mu nodded.

After being quiet for a while, he asked, "Do you know why my name and his name are not in the book of life and death?"

You Yi smiled, "I finally asked, I was still wondering when you would ask me."

"……why?"

"Because you were not supposed to be born..." You Yi said: "According to the arrangement, your parents' real child should be the second child. The first child was supposed to be aborted, but when it happened to you, your human father tried his best Keep it, that's why he was born. And Feng Baisui's mother was destined to be childless, so he was born against the rules."

"Then what are we...? A demon? Or a ghost?"

"Neither. You were born from the aura of heaven and earth. Strictly speaking, you do not belong to any of the three realms, so you are not restricted by any of them..."

A strange expression appeared on Qi Mu's face, "How do you say I was born?"

"Automatically generated, you already existed when we found out."

"...Is that a bug?"

"What is a bug?"

"It's nothing, what about Feng Baisui? What did he become?"

"He is a god."

Qi Mu thought for a while, "Does the god you mentioned mean the same as the god in the God Realm?"

You Yi nodded, "Yes."

"But I always feel that you seem to be..." Qi Mu carefully considered his words, "is your attitude towards him a bit strange?"

You Yi stopped talking, and it took a long time before he said, "Because he is wanted by the Three Realms."

"Wanted?! Why?"

"because of you."

"Ah?" Qi Mu's mind went blank for a second, "Can you explain it more concretely?"

"Hmm..." You Yi hesitated for a moment, and his tone suddenly became very official, "Because he was looking for you everywhere at that time, wantonly destroying the facilities of the heaven and the underworld, causing panic among the people, seriously affecting the quality of life of the residents of the two realms, and even Threats to the safety of the human world."

Qi Mu kept his mouth open for a long time, "May I ask... what was my relationship with him before?"

"Friend." You Yi answered quickly, and then added: "A rather special friend."