Poor Taoist Qiu Chuji

Chapter 138 Night: Ghost Banquet

The night grew darker again, and Qiu Chuji became alert to the fact that the daytime in the zombie world seemed to be much shorter than the nighttime, as if the light of this world was being gradually eroded.

This is by no means an illusion, nor is it the result of differences in sunshine hours caused by the changing seasons.

Rather, it is a manifestation of the gradual and large-scale imbalance of the yin and yang qi between heaven and earth.

If this continues, will this world one day turn into eternal night?

Will the sun set one day and never rise again?

Qiu Chuji looked up at the sky, but he was not worried. This world is a complicated place, and maybe when the crisis really came, some tall man would come out to support him.

During the day, Wencai and Qiu Sheng had already set up a stove in the center of the lobby. The stove, built of blue bricks, was surrounded by talismans written by Lin Jiu himself using cinnabar mixed with rooster comb blood. A large black iron pot was placed in the middle, burning red. Even though it was smoking, no oil was poured into it to lubricate the pot.

This is a necessary process, called "opening the pot". When the whole pot is burning red, Lin Jiu will throw a ghost-suppressing talisman into it, turning the pot into a temporary ghost-binding device.

Qiu Chuji, Lin Jiu, Wencai, Qiu Sheng and Zhe Gu, who had heard the news and came over shamelessly, all gathered around the stove.

Grapefruit leaves, willow branches, and peach wood sword, the three-piece set for fighting ghosts, are placed on the table next to the stove like "seasonal vegetables", ready to beat back the ghosts thrown into the pot when they struggle to crawl out.

"Master, when is dinner ready? I'm hungry!" Wencai rubbed his stomach and asked Lin Jiu with a bitter face.

Lin Jiu looked at the moon in the sky, and then exchanged glances with Qiu Chuji.

Qiu Chuji stretched out his finger and tapped lightly, and the burning wood in the stove immediately burned more fiercely. The iron pot, which was already boiling hot, became even more red and shiny.

Lin Jiu waved his hand and scattered a piece of talisman paper, which fell into the iron pot.

The talisman paper burned and melted in the iron pot, and bits of golden light sank into the red-hot iron pot, giving the already red iron pot a layer of gold edge.

"Put in the oil!" Lin Jiu called out, and Wencai and Qiu Sheng immediately scooped the prepared large basin of lard into the iron pot.

The solidified lard fell into the red-hot iron pot and immediately melted and heated up. In just a few moments, the oil temperature was already boiling hot. If a drop of water was dropped into it, it would immediately make a crackling sound.

Lin Jiu took out a jar from the side, opened the mouth of the jar, and released a green old ghost with sparse hair, triangular eyes, and an evil face.

"Childhood Plum Ghost! It's time for you to reincarnate!" Lin Jiu said to the old ghost.

"Reincarnation? I won't reincarnate! What's wrong with being a ghost? When I was alive, I was old and sick, and I could only watch others live happily. Now I can live however I want and sleep with whoever's wife I want."

"Lin Jiu... do you have a wife?" The old ghost spoke rudely with a lewd smile on his face, but he was not afraid that Lin Jiu would get angry and beat him to death.

Lin Jiu frowned: "No!"

"It's everywhere, Brother! Isn't it me?" Zhe Gu twisted her body and said shyly.

Before Lin Jiu could refute, the old pervert suddenly seemed to be extremely frightened: "No way! Lin Jiu, do you have such a strong taste? How can you eat something so ugly? Others kill people because they are ugly, but you kill people because they are ugly? I surrender to you...just lock me up!"

After saying this, the old pervert actually jumped back into the jar.

Qiu Chuji looked at Zhe Gu strangely again. To be honest, although she was not very pretty, she was definitely not ugly either. But for some reason, she gave people the feeling that if they looked at her for a few more seconds, they would feel bored and disgusted. She was very much like Megan in The House of Beasts.

This might be the backlash for her violating the rules and interfering with the affairs of reincarnation as a human practitioner.

Because she helped people pray for children and converted resentful spirits, she was left alone and unable to have children of her own.

As for the fact that good deeds are not rewarded, or that doing good deeds still brings retribution, it depends on which theory you are looking at.

If someone did evil in his previous life and is destined to be childless in this life, but you changed his fate and allowed him to have children, and there are people to carry on the family line, is this good or bad? How can you tell the difference?
This is also why many practitioners in this world are only willing to take care of the affairs of demons and monsters, and are unwilling to care about the affairs of humans.

Because it is too complex and too changeable.

Bad luck, doing good deeds for ten years, only to return home covered in sins.

Lin Jiu's face darkened as he forcibly grabbed the old ghost out of the jar again. Then he rolled it up in his hand and squeezed it into a ball of green light.

"This old ghost liked to abuse animals, commit adultery, bully women, and traffic in children during his lifetime. Even after he was caught and beaten to death, his resentment still lingered and he still often sneaked into people's homes, oppressed other people's wives, and beat other people's children. According to the punishment of the underworld, he should at least go to the hell of knife mountains and the hell of oil pots." Lin Jiu said.

Then he picked up the golden sword on the table, pressed the old ghost who was curled into a ball onto the chopping board and started to strike with the sword.

Brush brush!
As the old ghost screamed and wailed, its body was evenly cut into ten pieces.

Due to Lin Jiu's magical power, the ten pieces of the old ghost that were cut into pieces could only twist on the chopping board separately and could not be glued together.

This picture looks both shocking and disgusting.

Qiu Sheng, who had been full of anticipation just now, now had a pale face and lost his appetite.

Wencai, on the other hand, was not affected at all. He still held the bowl silently, waiting for the meal to start.

"Lin Jiu! What are you going to do?"

"Don't forget, you promised the ghost that you would discipline us well. If you beat me to death, you will be responsible!" The old ghost howled on the chopping board.

Qiu Chuji came over with a bowl of egg liquid mixed with flour and glutinous rice flour, reached out and grabbed a piece of the old ghost, and stirred it in the egg liquid. With the transmission and compression of the true qi, the old ghost, who was originally just an illusory energy, swung again and again, and it seemed to have a physical body.

This is the method of "condensing ghosts and transforming them into reality" recorded in the Record of Zhong Kui Eating Ghosts. It can transmit yang energy to make ghosts that are just yin energy have substance and be able to stick to the egg liquid.

The old ghost, whose body was covered with egg liquid, seemed to be deceived and suddenly made a strange sound.

"Yes! Right there... a little deeper, a little more... Yes!"

"Keep going, more!"

Qiu Chuji remained calm, but nimbly threw the group of old ghosts into the boiling oil pan.

Wow!

The old lewd film wrapped in egg liquid was tumbling in the frying pan, uttering a shrill wail. The previous exhilaration was only a prelude to this moment.

Plumes of black smoke emerged from the oil pan and quickly dissipated into the air.

After about ten seconds, the "crispy meat" that had been fried to a golden brown and emitting a faint glow floated on the surface of the oil.

The magical thing is that the temperature of the oil, which was originally boiling hot, has now dropped to room temperature.

It was as if all the originally scorching heat was absorbed by the crispy pork that was fried until golden on both sides.

Qiu Chuji scooped up the piece of meat with a colander to drain the oil, used his true Qi to drive the fire, heated the oil pan again, and then put the piece of "crispy meat" into the oil pan.

After three ups and downs like this, the faint light on the 'little crispy meat' almost completely dissipated, and instead a fragrance that made people feel greedy and hungry wafted out.

This is the desire and greed of the soul, wanting to take this piece of "crispy meat" for itself.

At this moment, this piece of "crispy meat" has actually turned into a ball of pure soul energy with only a very small amount of evil thoughts and distracting thoughts.

After eating it, the soul transformation will be strengthened to a certain extent.

However, the vast majority of people spend their lives only satisfying their bodies, and spiritual satisfaction is extremely rare.

Therefore, once this hunger is triggered, it is difficult to control.

Gulu!

Almost everyone present swallowed their saliva at the same time, even Qiu Chuji, who thought he was very stable.

Qiu Sheng, who had no appetite just now, came over like Wencai, holding a bowl with a beaming face.

Qiu Chuji suppressed the restlessness in his heart and made a gesture of invitation to Lin Jiu.

This was what they had agreed on in advance. Lin Jiu would try it first because if something went wrong, Qiu Chuji was stronger and could control him and help him return to normal using the plan that had been set up in advance.

If Qiu Chuji had problems first, even if Lin Jiu had made preparations in advance, he might not be able to control it.

Lin Jiu picked up the chopsticks and picked up the piece of 'crispy meat', then without a second's hesitation, he quickly put it into his mouth under the regretful and greedy gazes of everyone.

Immediately, a look of enjoyment emerged on his face, and the magic power in his body began to surge, as if he was making some progress.

But soon, everyone realized that something was wrong.

Because Lin Jiu has risen!
The hem of the robe, which was originally quite loose, had a large swelling, which was simply beyond his normal state.

Zhe Gu was drooling as she watched. She stepped forward and grabbed Lin Jiu's arm: "Oh! It's getting late. We've already eaten and washed up and gone to bed. If you have anything to say, we can talk about it tomorrow morning."

As he said that, he was about to pull Lin Jiu into the room.

"Hey! Aunt Sugarcane! Don't be anxious!"

"Master, you can't leave now. We haven't had any meat yet!" Qiu Sheng's eyes lit up.

If eating old perverts can improve your physical fitness, then... who wouldn't want to try it?

Lin Jiu also came back to his senses during Zhe Gu's shaking, and realized the ugly state of his body. He immediately stuck out his butt with an embarrassed expression.

He turned to Qiu Chuji and said, "You guys continue... continue! I'm going to the toilet!"

After saying that, she stuck out her buttocks and rushed to the inner room like a duck.

Zhe Gu hesitated again and again, and did not follow him. She just shouted at Lin Jiu's back: "Brother! Call me if you need me! And...if you can't help it, don't look for the female ghost. Female ghosts are unreliable!"

Qiu Chuji was surprised. Are all the Taoist priests from Mount Mao so extravagant?
Adopting a ghost girl to solve the need?
They, the Quanzhen Taoists, are still too pure!
He picked up another piece of old pervert, dipped it all over with egg liquid, and threw it into the oil pan as before. He fried it four times repeatedly. After taking it out, Qiu Chuji first used his true Qi to seal several acupoints such as Qi Chong, Shen Men, Hui Yang, etc., and then swallowed the "piece of meat".

It looks like fried food, but it is not greasy. Instead, it has a very pure, cool and soft touch. It melts immediately after entering the mouth, forming a unique spiritual energy, which begins to flow into the spiritual platform and is injected into Qiu Chuji's golden elixir.

(End of this chapter)