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Chapter 8 Where is it hidden?
"Oh oh oh-"

Grandma Ying's rooster shook its feathers and woke up the entire Qihetai town with a loud crow.

The ghost soldiers in the earthenware jar were shocked so much that their bloodshot eyes blurred. They tried to shrink their bodies into the shadow at the bottom of the jar to avoid the increasingly strong yang energy between heaven and earth.

Of course, there was a price to pay for the maid to keep the ghost soldiers outside.

The ghost soldiers had already lost some of their power after being shocked by the crowing of the rooster.

There was some noise in the yard. The ghost soldier was forced by the maid to stick half of his head out and saw Xu Yuan at a glance - the maid's anger suddenly surged!

This guy Xu Yuan is just coming out of the sedan chair of the Saint Lady!

This bastard slept in the sedan last night!

How dare you defile the Saint Lady's sedan chair, you filthy bastard!
The maid searched for the sedan chair several times last night, but she hadn't thought of it. People of low status like them were supposed to be both respectful and fearful of distinguished guests, keeping as far away as possible, fearing they might accidentally touch something and break it, forcing them to pay for it.

How can this kid be so bold?

But after the maidservant became furious, a question arose in her mind: Did this boy sleep in the Saint Lady's sedan chair just to desecrate her, or... did he see something?
After hesitating for a long time, the maid still did not dare to tell the Saint Aunt that because of my negligence, the boy slept in your sedan chair last night.

I'll go check inside the sedan later. If that kid did anything dirty in there or left any dirty things... I'll clean it up in advance so as not to disgust my Saint Lady.

……

Xu Yuan hurried back to the room before Erliang got up, pretended that he had just gotten up, washed his face and prepared to go to work.

This night is very critical.

Because of the inexplicable appearance of the magic cultivator and the alchemy cultivator yesterday, Xu Yuan guessed that he had been targeted.

But who is targeting them, and how much do these people know?

Xu Yuan didn't care at all.

Xu Yuan has already planned to leave Qihetai Town and go home today!

My stepmother said she'd let me go back if I ate June bugs. Why am I still playing a game of wits with you in this shabby place?

But he was just a ninth-rate cultivator, and it wouldn't be of much help to his family if he went back, so Xu Yuan didn't leave immediately yesterday.

After acquiring the ability to cultivate elixir, Xu Yuan can go home.

However, after eating the last gold ingot yesterday, Xu Yuan felt "full". The gold ingot felt heavy and uncomfortable in his stomach. It took Xu Yuan a whole night to completely refine it and integrate it into the previous pill.

After Xu Yuan washed his face, he poured out the water.

The water splashed onto the ground, and Uncle Rong Kui yelled at the top of his lungs, "Such a waste? Okay, you'll be responsible for fetching water today, go now! There's not enough water for cooking this morning!"

There's clearly still more than half a tank of water in the kitchen.

But Uncle Rong Kui has this problem. He can't stand seeing people destroying things.

Xu Yuan picked up the two buckets in frustration, muttering and complaining. Uncle Rong Kui yelled from behind him, "What did you say? Speak louder!"

"Nothing, nothing!" Xu Yuan hurriedly ran out the door carrying a bucket of water.

After this departure, Xu Yuan had no intention of coming back.

Saying goodbye to Master Qiao? Master Qiao and the accountant Liu have already become suspicious of me. Wouldn't it be a bit of a cover-up to leave now?
How could Mr. Qiao let you go?

As for whether Mr. Qiao will go to the county town in the future and find our home to ask about the June bug - we'll talk about it later.

Let’s get through this hurdle first.

When the basin of water was poured out, a small half of it poured into a broken clay pot in the corner of the wall.

The maid's ghost soldier was hiding at the bottom of the earthen jar.

The maid was monitoring the backyard through the ghost soldiers. Her five senses were connected to each other, and the maid felt that she was being drenched on the head and face.

She cursed inwardly, feeling that her luck had been really bad recently.

I didn't even think about whether Xu Yuan did it on purpose or not. In the first half of the night before yesterday, Xu Yuan was too tired to sleep, so he huddled in the sedan chair and looked outside:

Two strange creatures flew through the air, with human heads and eagle bodies, but only their faces showed any flesh! From the back of their heads all the way down their bodies were nothing but bones!

The flesh on the face kept wriggling backwards, trying to grow back on the body, but as soon as it grew a little, it was absorbed by the bones.

This weird thing looks like... a white skeleton of a strange bird, with a face ripped off from someone else and stuck on his own face!

There were five more evil spirits lying on the wall, looking into the yard. Their bodies were turtle shells more than ten feet long. They had killed countless people and sucked their souls in. Their limbs, heads and necks were all made up of the souls of these people.

There was also a very tall one. Walking along the road in the town, Xu Yuan could see its upper body in the yard. It was a dilapidated statue that had been ravaged by wind and rain for countless years.

Most of the oil paint on the body had fallen off, and even the body was incomplete, revealing the straw and wooden frame inside.

These monsters also have "destiny".

The more ferocious the "fate", the bloodier it is.

Moreover, their "fates" are strange and there seems to be some kind of pattern hidden in them, which Xu Yuan has not figured out yet.

Then I saw a ghost soldier sneaking into the backyard.

Although the ghost soldier has died long ago, it still has "life".

A thin gray-black line with an almost invisible line above it, extending all the way out and connecting to a room in the front yard - the owner of the ghost soldiers was in the front yard.

From this, it seems that the person who is targeting him is most likely the new guest in the front yard.

By the morning, when the gold ingots had been digested, Xu Yuan was hungry again!
Xu Yuan was very greedy for the ghost soldiers and swallowed his saliva several times in secret.

Dan Xiu's "fire in the belly" restrains the Yin soldiers.

But Xu Yuan silently suppressed his appetite.

……

There was an old well in the southern corner of the town. Xu Yuan drew water and carried it back, observing along the way.

After turning into a small alley, with no one around, Xu Yuan placed the bucket and shoulder pole in front of Grandma Ying's door, then quickly headed southwest.

After a while, Granny Ying slowly opened the door and saw the bucket and shoulder pole at the door. She said to herself with regret: "If this kid doesn't come back, who will help me fetch water in the future?"

Grandma Ying has difficulty walking, so Xu Yuan helps her fetch water every day.

She called out to the yard, "Huahua, come here."

The big rooster walked out in great style, picked up a bucket with his mouth skillfully, and brought it to the kitchen.

The county seat of Shanhe County is forty miles southwest of the town, and it takes four or five hours to get there along the official road.

Xu Yuan was eager to go home.

……

Of course, Uncle Rong Kui would not really wait for Xu Yuan to fetch water before cooking.

As soon as he finished his work, Erliang took the initiative to come in with a tray: "Uncle, I'll take it."

When Erliang brought the meal for the third time, the Saint Lady glanced at him and gently took off her veil.

Erliang's breathing became tight!
He had never seen such a beautiful woman in his life. Before, he could only see her figure, but Erliang had already imagined in his mind how beautiful her appearance was like a fairy.

But when I actually saw it, I realized that my imagination was really too lacking.

The Saint Lady was eating breakfast in a graceful and elegant manner, and Er Liang was staring at her straightly. Er Liang should have left after delivering the meal, but he was stuck there as if his feet had taken root, and the Saint Lady did not chase him away.

"Are you living in the same house with that Xu Yuan?" the Saint Lady suddenly asked.

(End of this chapter)