Yin Yang Pharmacy

"Maybe." Lu Dan replied, "It doesn't matter anymore."

Ninth day, night.

The night at Retangju has never been so restless. The high-hanging red lanterns writhed and struggled as if they were infested by souls, and made a muffled sound when they hit the wooden beams.In the beginning, there was only a slight squawking sound, and then it gradually became louder, and there were multi-pitched cat meowing inside and outside the house.

Chen Zhimiao was held in his arms by Li Chongcoffin, and the God of Wealth was held by Lu Dan. They went out, followed the mighty group of cats, and walked slowly towards the catwoman's house.

"Grab Zhai Sheng when it's urgent." Li Chongguan turned around and instructed Yang Youyun in a low voice.

The cats swarmed in, crowded the cabinets under the bed, and the room was full. There was only a space in the middle of the room. There was a big pot there, which was different from the usual morning. This pot was clearly placed on the fire. However, there was a cloud of yin, and vertical and horizontal runes were cast on the pitch-black outer wall, which together with the firelight reflected the interlaced colors of light and dark.

"Wait a little longer, children." The catwoman was holding a long-handled wooden spoon with a dull color, stirring the soup in the pot, "It will be soon."

Half a quarter of an hour later, a hazy bell sounded in the distance, and the eyes of the cat woman suddenly brightened. The next second, the cats flocked forward one after another. From the corner of the cabinet under the bed, they rushed towards the black soup pot without hesitation.

Li Chong'an's prediction was indeed good, almost at the same time, Zhai Sheng stepped forward, supported the edge of the soup pot with one hand, and planned to turn over and enter.

"Yang Zi!" Li Chongguan shouted.

Before he reminded, Yang Youyun had already reached out and hooked Zhai Sheng's neck, bringing him to the ground.Zhai Sheng stood up with one hand on the ground, stepped on Yang Youyun's back with his right leg, and pressed his elbow against his spine.Yang Youyun dodged to the left, rolled over, crossed his hands in front of him, and punched Zhai Sheng.Both of them are good at close combat, so they fought in this small room right now, but Zhai Sheng was restrained by sorcery, his sanity was a little blurred, and Yang Youyun was more stable in the fight, so he was slightly better in the contest with Zhai Sheng , Not long after, he hit Zhai Sheng on the back of the head, and the man fell to the ground with his eyes turned white.

"Resist the strength." Yang Youyun said to Li Chong's coffin, "I just passed out."

The wailing was mixed with a strange strong fragrance, and filled the entire room. It took a while for the sound to stop, but there was no vision.

The cat woman raised her lowered head slowly, looked at several people, and then moved down to look at Zhai Sheng who was leaning against Yang Youyun's feet.

At this time, all the cats have been cooked.

Except - Zhai Sheng.

"98...98." The catwoman muttered in a low voice, "There is one less...the last..."

"The last one..."

With a clatter, the cat woman let go of the wooden spoon in her hand, wiped her clothes with both hands, then got off the small wooden stool she was standing on, and walked towards Di Sheng slowly.

Yang Youyun moved half a step forward, protecting Zhai Sheng behind him.The moment the catwoman rushed up, a shrill woman's scream suddenly came from inside the house.

Several people paused.

It's Lu Dan.

Throw God of Wealth into the pot.

"One short?" Lu Dan said, "How about this?"

The God of Wealth firmly grasped the edge of the soup pot with two front paws, and the cat's eyes glowed with a bloody red light, which was more eye-catching than the lanterns hanging on the room.

"How can I explain to Ms. Zhang now..." Yang Youyun said with embarrassment.

"Evil things, what can I explain." Li Chongcoffin held Chen Zhimiao's hand slightly trembling, and motioned Yang Youyun to continue watching, "Here."

The soup pot glowed with white light, and the smell was even stronger, and then groups of hazy lights flickered up, like the intoxicating heat in the house, they gathered in front of the cat woman, surrounding her.

At the price of 99 souls, weave a dream that belongs only to her.

The God of Wealth slowly let go of the claws on the edge of the pot.

The red light in its eyes faded, announcing the demise of a soul, but it did not mean the end of everything.

At this time, a mass of turbid black air—another soul—rising from the head of the God of Wealth, condensed and formed in mid-air.

Converging into a familiar and unfamiliar face.

Yuan Zhubai.

"Your Highness, you always like to play dirty with me." He didn't even look at the others, just said casually.

"It's embarrassing to sleep in your arms occasionally these days."

Li Chongguan didn't respond, and only expressed "don't call me that" and "why are you" with his eyes.

"Miss Zhuzhu's life is not very good." Yuan Zhubaicai turned his gaze back to Li Chongcoffin, and said, "It's all at this point anyway, so I borrowed her body..."

"What are you borrowing for?" Li Chongguan asked coldly.

"Let me take a look at your world." Yuan Zhubai replied softly, and before Li Chongguan could react, he covered his mouth and laughed, pointed at the catwoman, and continued, "This old lady's movements are too Slow, I will help her, and everyone gets what they need."

give her a hand-

Those blood-red eyes survey the world without warmth, absorb people's vitality, and lure ignorant souls to Ruantangju, where they become an inconspicuous member of the 99 cats.

"Tell me, how many of you have come to Koizumi Hall to beat the problem?" Yuan Zhubai said.

"Yang Zi." Li Chongguan said, "Take Zhai Sheng away."

Yang Youyun immediately dragged the big guy out the door.

Pushing away Yang Youyun, Li Chongguan glanced at Lu Dan, but didn't express anything else, Yuan Zhubai looked at the cat in Li Chongguan's arms, mockingly said: "Oh, why did Master Tianshi become like this?"

"You have to ask yourself." Li Chongguan quietly put his hands behind his back, stuffed them into his pockets, and said without changing his face, "Is this how Master taught you?"

"Abandon the way of heaven, disregard the rules and regulations!"

"How did he make an apprentice like you—"

"The way of heaven is on you." Yuan Zhubai suddenly interrupted, "Your Highness."

"Take out the hand behind you, why, you really hate me and abandon me, are you going to attack me?" Yuan Zhubai said, "Brother?"

"It doesn't matter how my master taught me, how did your master teach you?"

"Six Arts, Taoism, Hexagrams, and Ethics," Yuan Zhubai said, "Have you ever taught you how to govern a country?"

Li Chong'an's expression changed.

"He has calculated all the secrets, how could he miss this hexagram." Yuan Zhubai continued, "You won't forget all of them, right? Junior Brother"

"Your master is better, or is my master better?"

"Guess, how can you beat me?"

"The art of Qi and Huang can't save Kyushu. Junior brother——"

"Let you get some points, don't push yourself too hard." Yuan Zhubai said with a cloud of turbidity in his palm, "It's time to end."

He slowly raised his hand.

"Yeah, it's time to end."

Lu Dan smiled.

In an instant, the light in the room dimmed a little, and the white light gathered around the cat woman suddenly spread out, and the cat woman came back to her senses as if she had suddenly woken up from a dream, with tears in her eyes.

"A-Lang...A-Lang..." the catwoman called out one after another, "A-Lang..."

"Aron."

"Ah..."

She stared and fell silent.

died.

The catwoman fell forward on the ground.

The back collar was slightly opened, revealing a light bluish seam mark, and a pile of yellow talisman papers were pasted in disorder on the back.

It was Lu Dan who just quietly picked it up from the pocket behind Li Chong's coffin.

At this time, a human figure appeared in the mirror hanging on the inner wall of the house, and he responded vaguely.

"I'm here......"

In a blink of an eye, it disappeared again.

Chen Zhimiao, who was in Li Chong's coffin, jumped up and transformed back into a human form in mid-air.

"Chen Zhinan!"

"Brother Nan!"

Three days later.

"Braised eggs, where's the chili noodles? Why does this dish taste so tasteless today?" Chen Zhinan asked after taking a bite of the rice.

With a click, the porcelain bowl and the wooden table made a soft sound, Chen Zhinan looked up, and saw Li Chong's coffin.

Chen Zhinan smiled embarrassedly, and called Brother Quan.

He forgot that Lu Dan had already left.

Li Chongguan nodded, sat down on the other side of the table in silence, and began to eat.

As she said, Lu Dan left quietly after the matter was over, not only the cat woman, but also her delusion of reincarnation should end.

Maybe the truth didn't matter to her anymore.

"Where did the braised egg go?" Chen Zhinan looked at Li Chong's coffin and asked cautiously.

"I don't know." Li Chongguan replied, "The Lu family's ancestral house may be wandering around the world."

A lonely ghost, no matter where you go.

Li Chongguan did not tell Chen Zhinan that the "thing in his place" that Lu Dan said was the incomplete volume of "Tui Bei Tu".

Chen Zhinan also did not explain to Li Chongguan how he met Chen Xu and how he got the "magic machine".

They kept their secrets from each other very tacitly, and neither of them took the initiative to speak. They just enjoyed the somewhat embarrassing tranquility at the moment, waiting for the next mysterious incident to break into their lives.

But they don't know that things like "truth" are born to be revealed and torn apart.

Zhai Sheng died in the end, unable to recover.Zhai Ziyu personally came to Shancheng to pick him up. The first thing he did when they met was to throw a paper bag on Li Chongcoffin's face, and asked, "Did you know this long ago?" He took his head and left without looking back.

Li Chong'an's complexion was incomparably bad. This was the first time Chen Zhinan saw someone treat Li Chong'an with such an attitude, so he didn't dare to say anything, and only called softly: "Brother Quan."

"It's okay." After Li Chongguan finished speaking, he went upstairs on his own.

A volume of pushing back pictures was divided into five parts, and now three parts are in his hands.

A few sheets of paper that are not thick are responsibilities on the shoulders, and destiny in the heart.

He still bears it alone.

The house of Retangju was taken down by Yang's family. Taking advantage of the incident of the cat woman a few days ago, Yang Youyun took care of half of the affairs in Yang's family, and found that besides dealing with some things, he stayed at Xiaoquantang all day, figuring out how to rely on the hot soup. Earn a fortune.

"The haunted house is very dark, and you are the ones who are so big that you will give it up." Li Chongguan weighed two and a half summers, and said, "Leave the broken ground that everyone doesn't want, and what to fish for."

Yang Youyun picked up the buns from Chen Zhinan's plate to eat, and said: "It's not easy to make money, and this month I've 'got' and 'lost' three, and now I just want to go on the right path... so what, for social/socialist new China/country and the well-being of the people."

"Running a school has no future, let's start a business," Chen Zhinan suggested, "From now on, Boss Yang will create wealth for the country and the people."

"It makes sense to say that." Yang Youyun nodded and said, "Let's discuss it with my family some other day."

Li Chongguan was about to comment, but Yang Youyun stopped him and said, "Brother Quan, you still owe me a meal."

"When did it happen?" Chen Zhinan answered, "Count me in, Brother Quan will pay."

Li Chongcoffin: "..."

Chen Zhinan suddenly remembered the time when Li Chongguan took him to make clothes, imitating Li Chongguan's tone and exclaimed in high spirits: "Follow Brother Quan—you don't need to save money!"

Li Chongcoffin: "..."

He suddenly discovered that getting acquainted is still very troublesome, and he can't control it at all.

However, he was indeed not short of the money, and Li Chongguan was thinking about when he would take these two live treasures to have a good meal, so it was a relief.

But in the end, the meal was not invited out.

Something happened to Yang's new house - Retangju - again.

"Yang Youyun!" Yang Yue rushed in and shouted, "Where is Yang Youyun!"

Li Chongcoffin remained silent, Chen Zhinan swallowed, stretched out his hand, and pointed to the jar of pickles in front of him.

When, when, when.

The pickle jar made a dull sound.

"Will Yuan Zhubai's technique really bring Jin Cui back to when he met Xu Maichu?" I asked curiously.

"Impossible." Chen Lao took a sip of warm boiled water as if tasting wine, and said leisurely, "I think it is impossible."

"Jin Cui was killed by Yuan Zhubai one hundred and eighty years ago. She never realized it herself." Mr. Chen said to me, "The 'Corpse Sewer'...is just like Abu."

"The 99 souls are just a cover. Yuan Zhubai only needs to cast an illusion on Jin Cui."

"Then what does he want to do?" I asked puzzled.

Old Chen smiled: "I thought you would be more interested in the secrets between Brother Quan and me."

I nodded: "I'm really interested..."

Chen Lao put the cup away, winked at me, and said, "I won't even tell you."

I:"……"

The author has something to say:

Part of the secret of the magic machine was mentioned in the weibo episode before. You can touch it and have a look. I won’t explain it later. After all, you lose the sense of mystery if you hold the perspective of God.