fairy family

Chapter 5: The Black Gourd

"Ah, it's done!"

A loud and loud laugh rang out in the narrow fire room.

Yu Que was covered with white hair, had eyes like a wild cat, was covered in gray, and had two sharp fangs in his mouth. He looked more like a monster than a human.

Trembling all over, he walked directly to the wall of the fire room and punched it hard.

Snap! The walls of the fire room are all made of Qinggang stone, which is hard and strong, extremely corrosion-resistant, and the thickness of each stone wall is more than three feet.

Although the wall was not broken by his punch, pieces of stone fell off like biscuits, and dust was raised. It was obviously not something that could be done by human power.

Yu Que's eyes were scarlet, his body was hunched, and he jumped suddenly, jumping onto the stone wall barefoot.

His feet had sharp claws that pierced into the Qinggang stone. His hands turned into cat claws, with fingers three inches long that could easily penetrate into the stone wall, allowing him to run on the straight wall.

It is extremely fast and as ghostly as a cat.

And while he was laughing, a cat-like meow kept coming out of his throat, sharp and piercing. If he was fighting an enemy, the meow alone would be enough to shock the enemy's mind.

After practicing in the fire room for a full quarter of an hour, Yu Que's face suddenly turned pale and his energy and blood were greatly depleted. He then slowly stopped, hunched over and gasping for breath.

At this moment, the walls of the fire room were already covered with scars, and cat claw marks could be clearly seen, overlapping and half a foot deep. If they fell on a flesh and blood body, they would easily break bones and cut off waists.

Apart from the traces left by Yu Que, the walls inside the fire room were originally mottled, having been burned by fire, frosted, blown by wind, and corroded by venom... so this was not a big deal for him.

After stopping, Yu Que's body was exhausted, but his spirit was extremely excited:
"What a cat-faced zombie god! He can turn me into a corpse, with sharp teeth and claws!"

Two lifetimes, two full lifetimes!
This was the first time he had mastered such extraordinary power with his own hands. It was truly worthy of his hard work in studying Taoism after awakening his innate wisdom.

"Today I know who I am." Yu Que was overjoyed.

But he no longer wasted his energy on performing the ritual. Instead, he paced back and forth in the fire room with joy.

Because he had not yet passed the minor examination, he was unable to open a ancestral temple or establish a golden statue.

Not only can one only be supported as a household god, without the nourishment of incense, one can only rely on one's own essence, energy, blood and fluids to support the household god in the body. Once the loss is too great, it is very easy to get sick, shorten one's lifespan, and damage one's future.

He paced back and forth, his mood gradually calming down, but all kinds of thoughts came to his mind again:
"If you want to be on the list of minor examinations, it is necessary to bind a household god. Otherwise, no matter how high your knowledge is or how good your evaluation is, you will not be able to pass the test.

But for ordinary families, even the most worthless household gods are often extremely expensive. "

Yu Que sighed, "Many adults can only rent household gods when they are working, so let alone buying one and giving it to a 15 or 16-year-old child to help him gain a better future."

His eyes couldn't help but flicker.

This world is a place where gods and ghosts are mixed together and the study of immortality flourishes. The land is the Middle-earth martial arts world, and overseas are the immortal mountains and ghost islands.

The Central Plains is currently in the midst of a prosperous era, with its national power at its peak. The dynasty has been in existence for exactly 870 years, with its markets filled with pearls and silks, and its houses overflowing with satins.

This dynasty was only 130 years away from a thousand-year reign, making it one of the immortal dynasties in history books, shining throughout the ages and setting a precedent for the end of the Dharma and the decline of spiritual power.

It's just that the national situation is good, but it has nothing to do with the surplus or shortage of paper money.

In this life, he also had an ordinary background. Although he had a clan behind him, his parents had already died at the hands of evil spirits before he awakened his innate wisdom.

Fortunately, his father had a younger brother and was adopted by his uncle, so he didn't have to worry about food and clothing, and he could continue to study Taoism.

But my uncle also has his own children and a family of several people. Even though the other party has favored Yu Que to a certain extent, he really does not have the extra financial resources to buy him a household god.

This time when he went out to look for ghosts, he still relied on his youthful spirit, ran away from home, and traveled around secretly.

Thanks to his good luck, meticulous mind and courage, he was able to grasp the clues and find a ghost with a cat face and a human body!

Otherwise, dying silently outside is a common occurrence these days.

Huh! Yu Que let out a long breath, took out a bronze mirror, stared at the cat-faced human god in the mirror, and a smile appeared on his face again.

Now that he has his own family god and has one foot halfway into the realm of immortals, his biggest worry no longer exists!
"I can go back and tell my uncle and the others the good news." Yu Que thought to himself.

However, he put away the bronze mirror, but did not leave immediately, but turned his head to look at a small black gourd in the bookcase. This gourd was exactly what Yu Que got from the dead kiln. It was only the length of an egg, cold to the touch, and had a jade-like luster.

Apart from this, there is nothing magical about the appearance of this object. Placed among a pile of medicine bottles and jade bottles, it looks particularly unremarkable.

If it weren't for the coincidence and the reminder from the two ghosts, even if Yu Que found this thing in the cave, he would most likely ignore it after discovering that the bottle was empty.

Not to mention, this thing was embedded in the top of the cave at that time, with only a gap connecting it to the outside world.

“Although it doesn’t look impressive, there has always been a saying that treasures conceal themselves. And the fact that the hairy-faced old woman was able to be possessed by evil in the cave is probably related to this thing!”

He stroked the small black gourd, studying it carefully.

After looking around, Yu Que took out a face towel from his bookcase and put it on his face. Then he poured a bucket of water on the fire pit and pushed all the venison, fragrant wood, maple and cypress used for the altar into the fire pit.

A cloud of smoke instantly rose up, filling the entire fire room, blocking the view to a certain extent and isolating the inside and the outside.

At this time, Yu Que just sat down cross-legged and carefully poured a drop of gray water from the small black gourd into a white bowl.

The gray water left the small black gourd, and a feeling of throbbing immediately appeared in Yu Que's heart.

This throbbing was not caused by him, but came from the household god that had just been bound into his body.

Meow! The cat-faced human-like god appeared on Yu Que's forehead and looked greedily at the drop of gray water.

"Can the gray water in this black gourd nourish ghosts and gods?" Yu Que hesitated.

He instantly thought of the hairy-faced old woman and the wronged spirits of the other party's son and daughter-in-law.

The former most likely got the gray water dripping from the cracks in the cave ceiling, which led him to blame himself for being possessed by evil spirits when he died. The latter might have been lured by the black gourd and taken into the gourd, where he turned into gray water.

The family gods and the immortals are connected in heart, and Yu Que gradually developed a greedy desire in his heart, wanting to swallow this thing into his body.

But he still held back, and suddenly took out a few living things from his bookcase, including a scorpion, a mouse, a loach, and some beans and bean sprouts, all of which he bought at the market on the way.

Yu Que shook the white bowl, mixed a few sips of clean water into it, and then fed the clean water to the scorpion, mouse, loach, bean sprouts and beans.

As a result, several creatures swallowed the gray water, and soon their bodies became restless and black, as if they were possessed by evil spirits.

The bean sprouts rotted on the spot, and the scorpion's body swelled up and exploded into a pool of juice!
This scene startled Yu Que, and he immediately felt relieved. He quickly stretched out his claws and crushed the mouse and loach.

As a result, the body and head of the mouse loach were divided into several pieces, but it was still full of flesh and had grown some flesh buds, looking completely weird and evil.

Yu Que did not hesitate any longer and immediately threw all the pieces of meat into the fire pit.

Hiss!

A gray gas rose from the fire pit and slowly dissipated. After the bodies of the mouse and loach were burned out, the fire finally came to rest.

Yu Que breathed a sigh of relief and said, "As expected, although the treasure is good, we must be cautious."

The scene just now was exactly the reason why he did not choose to study the black gourd in the mountains and forests.

Now he has cultivated a family god and possessed some magical powers. He is also in a fire room, and the fire can burn ghosts and evil spirits. Under such conditions, he has the confidence to deal with unexpected events.

After calming down, Yu Que narrowed his eyes and thought to himself:

"Since living creatures cannot consume it, then the only option left is to let ghosts and gods consume it?"

He touched his household deity, which he had just refined not long ago. It was not only the capital for his livelihood, but also directly related to his life. Naturally, he could not use it for experiments.

So he took out the copper bell, rang it, and a wronged ghost appeared in the fire room.

When Yu Que went out to travel, he was not just trying to show off.

This copper bell was a relic left by his parents. It was not a very powerful magical instrument, but it could control three unworthy ghosts. There was only one left...

(End of this chapter)