The whole weird world is waiting for me to go to heaven

Chapter 348: Netherworld Shelter (IV)

"My lady, don't stand there. Sit on the kang quickly."

Yuan Hu walked towards the woman with heartache and pulled her to sit on the hot kang.

"How can I be so delicate? I've slept for a whole day, so it's okay to stand for a while." Si Niang said with a smile.

"You're older this month, so you still have to be careful."

Then, Yuan Hu said to Liu Sheng in an embarrassed tone, "Sorry, Fairy Liu, I am inconsiderate."

"It's okay, family is the most important." Liu Sheng expressed his understanding.

"Fairy Liu, please sit down and have some water... I'm sorry, we don't have any tea at home."

He poured some water from the teapot into a large coarse porcelain bowl and nervously and carefully brought it to Liu Sheng.

"Don't be so nervous." Liu Sheng said, "I think you can see that in the eyes of your village chief Yao, I am not the kind of immortal who can save you."

Si Niang was very curious about this and opened her eyes wide.

Yuan Hu shook his head and said, "But immortals are immortals. Even if you lost your cultivation later, your physical fitness is better than ours, so you can live better here than us."

"Wait, you said losing cultivation?" Liu Sheng's heart skipped a beat.

Yuan Hu and Si Niang looked at each other in surprise.

"Didn't Village Chief Yao tell you?" Yuan Hu said hesitantly.

Seeing that Liu Sheng's expression remained unchanged, he sighed and said:
"In the cold night, the cultivators will slowly lose their cultivation and no longer have any spiritual energy..."

Liu Sheng suddenly realized that it was no wonder that Yao Chunshan looked down on cultivators so much, and had a strange expression on his face when talking about Liu Sheng's kind.

So you were waiting here!

However, the reason why cultivators lose their cultivation should be: they cannot absorb spiritual energy, and the spiritual energy in their dantian is only consumed but not replenished; and they are immersed in rich and strange energy for a long time, so their spiritual energy circuit is destroyed, which will cause damage to their bones in the long run.

For her, leaving tomorrow wouldn't make any difference.

The world sensed Liu Sheng's thoughts and silently agreed with only the second half of the sentence.

"Then why do you think that immortal cultivators can save you?" Liu Sheng was a little puzzled.

If the immortal cultivators were so useless here, why would they beg like saviors?

"This is also what Village Chief Yao said. If we want to escape from the cold night, we can only wait for a great cultivator to descend from the sky and rescue us."

"But she also said that it is not something that ordinary cultivators can do..."

At this time, Si Niang added softly, "Village Chief Yao is talking about cultivators from the three major sects."

"Oh, yes, you are smart, my lady. I always forget things."

Being praised by her husband like this, Si Niang felt helpless and amused, and her dark and thin face blushed slightly.

Yuan Hu's eyes fell on Liu Sheng's robe that was shining with gold and looked very showy: "So I see that Fairy Liu, you are dressed like this..."

"And that healing technique, I've never seen those immortal cultivators in the village use it!" Yuan Hu scratched his head, "So I thought..."

Liu Sheng understood what was left unsaid:

That’s why there is such a misunderstanding…

"It's about time."

At this time, Si Niang suddenly spoke softly, her eyes falling on the clepsydra in the corner.

Liu Sheng had already noticed that although the furnishings in their house were simple, there was still a small clepsydra.

It was obviously prepared for the closure of the soul protection formation.

Yuan Hu immediately looked gloomy and nodded, "Yes, be careful, don't look, don't listen, and don't move."

Liu Sheng felt that the obvious sense of flow in the formation disappeared and the formation was closed.

Although the hour of Mao usually means dawn, it is still pitch black outside without a trace of light.

It was quiet outside, as if everything was frozen, with only the rustling sound of falling snow.

"If we don't look, listen, or move, how can we resist if there really is a strange creature?"

In the silence, Liu Sheng's voice sounded faintly.

"How can we resist? We can only guard carefully and wait for the strong men in the village to rescue us."

Yuan Hu smiled bitterly.

"However, as long as there is no abnormality, it rarely occurs..."

Before he could finish his words, there was a sudden knock on the door.

"Knock knock knock" three times.

The three people in the room looked at each other in surprise and suspicion.

"I'm Nanny Li, the manager of the village chief." After knocking on the door for a long time without any response, a voice was heard. This voice was indeed the voice of the old lady that Liu Sheng had just heard from Village Chief Yao.

Yuan Hu was a little hesitant, his eyes were even a little dazed, and just as he was about to answer, his wife covered his mouth.

Liu Sheng nodded, indicating that he did a good job.

[It was so quiet outside just now, not even the sound of footsteps, how come there is someone standing at the door? ]

[I can only say that this is not a human being. ]

The thing outside was a little anxious and knocked on the door heavily several times.

"Open the door quickly, it's so cold outside, do you want to freeze the old woman to death?"

Yuan Hu struggled, but his wife was too weak and could hardly hold him down.

Fortunately, Liu Sheng has a method of binding.

Seeing her husband being tied up like a dumpling by a bunch of golden tentacles, Si Niang was shocked and confused.

But Liu Sheng pointed his index finger at his lips, meaning not to speak.

Si Niang chose to calm down and believe Liu Sheng.

[It seems that this Si Niang is quite resilient, much better than her husband. ]

[Those who can survive the cold night until today must have above-standard resilience, but it still depends on their willpower.] The world said.

[Also, luck...] Liu Sheng added.

[Our luck now seems not very good. ]

【Let’s solve it first. 】

Liu Sheng used the same trick again, pinched his small tentacles into threads, and slipped through the crack under the door to look outside.

When I looked up through the crack in the door, the first thing I saw was a piece of dough stuck tightly to the door. Then I noticed that it was the head of a snow-white humanoid monster. There was no face or facial features, but the voice of "Mammy Li" kept coming from the face, persuading people to open the door.

But it does more than just persuade, there is another hand flowing like liquid, trying to get through the crack of the door and fiddle with the bolt.

Every time its milky white liquid hand tried to get in a little, the lantern would cast strands of golden threads, burning it so that it curled up.

However, with its unremitting efforts, the candlelight in the lantern gradually dimmed, as if that was the source of the golden thread.

Amid the overlapping sounds of knocking on the door and voices, Si Niang gradually became confused, but she covered her stomach and pinched her hands to force herself to calm down.

"If you don't open the door, you will suffer retribution!" The thing finally got angry, and its voice was distorted and no longer disguised.

It was so sharp and shrill, penetrating into everyone's eardrums through the cracks in the house.

This woke Si Niang up and she covered her ears and looked at Liu Sheng.

At this critical moment, Liu Sheng just smiled calmly, without a trace of panic on his face.

Then the noise outside stopped, leaving only the sound of something heavy falling on the snow.

Although this does not mean that it was done by Liu Sheng, Si Niang had a hunch that this was done by the cultivator in front of her who looked like a young girl.

Then a thin shadow flowed under the crack of the door and finally shrank into Liu Sheng's hand. Si Niang could see clearly that it was a black crystal.

Si Niang opened her eyes wide.

There is a quarter-hour break between each attack.

So she could finally make a slight sound and say, "This is it, this is it!"

Hearing the faint excitement in Si Niang's voice, Liu Sheng asked:

"Do you know what this is?"

"Yes, of course! This is what Village Chief Yao wants to collect. One piece is worth ten contribution points!"

"My husband went to look for this yesterday... I didn't expect him to return until the early morning."

Si Niang looked at the tied up Yuan Hu with some pain in her eyes.

Liu Sheng coughed lightly, then remembered to let go of Yuan Hu.

Yuan Hu is not awake yet, but the existence that seduced him is no longer there, and he will slowly get better after a while.

"So, you need this too? But...your husband is just a mortal. It's too dangerous for him to walk in this cold night."

"But what can we do?" Si Niang smiled bitterly and said, "We need contribution points because... I'm about to give birth and I need Nanny Li's help."

"Moreover, children born on a cold night are very fragile and easily attracted by evil spirits. They also need the medicine and protection of Village Chief Yao."

As she spoke, she lowered her tired eyes and stroked her bulging belly, her broken voice filled with reluctance and helplessness.

"And all of these require contribution points."

(End of this chapter)