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Chapter 106 Untitled
Zhou You was intently cooking instant noodles in the kitchen.

It has been more than ten days since the script was published, but he still shows no intention of getting involved.

After all, he had obtained more than a year and a half of lifespan from these books, so he didn't need to be as anxious as he was at the beginning. He could even slow down and take a leisurely rest.

—Anyway, unless the Black Book urges him to enter, he plans to continue living like this for now.

The unique aroma of instant noodles gradually wafted from the pot. Zhou You originally hated this smell intensely—he had been accompanied by it for several years during his university years. However, after eating the flesh of a demon in Tai Sui for more than half a month, he almost burst into tears when he smelled this smell again.

"Back then, I actually thought this was the worst junk food in the world. Looking back now, it's really quite Versailles-like."

Zhou You casually picked up two eggs, but after hesitating for a moment, he put one back, then cracked it open in the pot and poured it in.

The egg mixture quickly solidified in the broth. After waiting for a while, Zhou You felt it was about half-cooked, so he turned off the heat and carried the pot directly into the house.

He usually just eats in the kitchen, but now that he's got a table for free, why not use it?

The scalding hot pot bottom touched the table, dispelling some of the lingering chill—ever since this table was brought back, Zhou You's rented room has been quite cool even in the sweltering summer, and not to mention mosquitoes, even the cockroaches that had been deeply ingrained in this old house had disappeared several days ago.

Just considering these few functions, it's practically an essential gadget for every home.

If it weren't for the fact that the accompanying products were so creepy.

After Zhou You put down the table, he looked up and the first thing he saw was a face covered in blood.

Crimson blood flowed freely, making the pale face appear even more terrifying. The female ghost, with a lustful look in her eyes, opened her mouth wide, revealing sharp, gleaming teeth, and looked ready to bite Zhou You—

However, at that moment, a sheathed longsword next to Zhou You suddenly trembled.

The sword looked quite ordinary, completely black without a single pattern, but with that one strike, the girl's ghost seemed to see something incredibly terrifying. With a scream, she instantly shrank back into the corner of the room.

Zhou You shook his head with a wry smile, first patting the sword to calm it down.

—This was his final choice in the shop.

Originally, he intended to play it safe and choose the fully mastered Jing Shen Bait Song and Head-Sewing Technique—after all, 'Severing Evil' and Sumeru Sword Technique were too ethereal—but just before clicking confirm, he suddenly remembered a problem.

This is also a very serious problem for him now.

It seems that my methods of killing those demons and monsters are far too few.

The bloodstained dagger only has a slight offensive capability; it almost couldn't break through Qingshan-jun's defenses back then, let alone someone like Lady Bone or Tai Sui Xingjun. As for the Bone Jade Chime and the Mantra, they are both crowd control and restriction-type items.

—The Great Completion of the Jing Shen Bait Song is indeed powerful, but when faced with a critical situation, I can't exactly fight against all those demons and ghosts with just a small dagger, can I?
Moreover, he already has a basic version of this verse, and the Exorcism skill will also provide converted blood energy. If he takes it diligently, his cultivation level will definitely improve.

So after much deliberation, Zhou You could only choose this sword and the Sumeru Sword Technique that it came with.

As for the curse on the sword, Zhou You wasn't worried at all. After all, he neither cultivated demonic arts nor indiscriminately killed innocent people; his moral standard was set on Xuan Yuan—anyway, it was his sword—as for having a clear conscience.
—Just kidding, I've been through these three dungeons with a clear conscience and I don't think I've wronged anyone. What guilt do I have to feel?
After finally calming Duan Xie down, Zhou You carried the instant noodle pot and walked to the opposite side of the girl ghost.

"well."

—A sudden tremor.

“Don’t be afraid.”

—The sound of sobbing could be faintly heard.

"Would you like to have some noodles too?"

—The sobbing grew louder and louder, and it was even turning into a wail.

Seeing this, Zhou You could only shrug and walk back to his seat.

After spending the last few days with the ghost, he realized that this guy was indeed not aggressive, and unlike the ghosts in the script, he didn't have any curse abilities. At most, he could only create a scary atmosphere to frighten people.

It could even be said that because of her poor skills, she often tried to scare Zhou You but ended up losing more than she gained – she was a perfect example of someone who was both incompetent and loved to play. After Zhou You slurped down a bowl of noodles while it was still hot, the female ghost's sobbing finally stopped. She then floated over, covering her red and swollen eyes, and sat down opposite Zhou You. She didn't say a word, just stared straight at him.

Zhou You roughly understood what the other party meant. He picked up the remote control and casually turned on the TV.

It's a sports channel, and the program is showing Brazilian fans ganging up on British fans; it's a combat show.

The ghost didn't move.

I switched channels and it was a TV product promotion program. The host was enthusiastically introducing a nutritional supplement that claimed to cure all diseases; it was an anti-fraud awareness program.

The ghost remained motionless.

I changed the channel again, and this time it was an animated series aimed at teenagers, telling the story of a primary school student's growth into a life god.

This time, the ghost finally reacted. It floated in front of the television, hugged its legs, and stared blankly at the program.

Seeing this, Zhou You sighed softly.

After returning, he tried to communicate with the ghost many times, but the ghost ignored him completely. Every day, besides trying to scare him—and mostly being killed and made to cry—the ghost would just sit in front of the TV with its legs drawn up, watching some cartoon-like programs.

Judging from the posture alone, he even looks remarkably like a blonde vampire who has a particular fondness for wearing band-aids.

However, Zhou You didn't have much energy to deal with the ghost. Right now, he had a more pressing problem to deal with.

—He's running out of food.

This is actually quite normal. After all, he had only recently graduated, and his grandfather was hospitalized due to a sudden illness. Despite spending a lot of money, his grandfather could not be saved. Before he could even arrange the funeral, he learned that he had been diagnosed with a terminal illness. After everything was settled, he would have to go back into the Black Book to fight to the death.

Throughout the entire process, he had no real opportunity to find work. The family's savings and the money he had earned from part-time jobs were almost entirely depleted by the medical expenses for his two children. He even incurred a lot of debt, and today, he has finally reached the brink of complete poverty.

"It's a pity that I can't bring any of the usual items from the script, otherwise I could easily become rich by just taking a few things from Magistrate Shi's house."

Sighing, Zhou You opened a local job search website on his phone to see if he could find some temporary or daily-paid work.

Because he has to go into the script every now and then, even though he has a good education, he can't find full-time jobs and can only look for these odd jobs.

Unfortunately, the current job market looks really tight. After searching for a long time, he only found a few short-term odd jobs and venue security work—enough to make a living, but not enough to pay rent and debts.

After searching for half an hour without finding anything suitable, just as Zhou You was thinking about whether he should just borrow an electric scooter to do takeout, the phone suddenly rang.

Zhou You glanced at the caller ID, and a slight smile finally appeared on his sighing face. He then casually answered the call.

The voice coming from the phone was none other than Li Sanli's.

"Hey Lao Zhou, you haven't answered your phone for so long, are you still alive?"

Zhou You spat directly.

"I wouldn't die even if you died. What, you're not going on your honeymoon with your wife, why did you suddenly think of me?"

A burst of laughter came from the other end of the phone.

"It's nothing really. Didn't you do me a huge favor the other day? So, do you have time today? Let's go..."

Li Sanli gave the name of a barbecue restaurant.

"How about we get together?"

Zhou You, who hadn't smelled normal meat for a long time, paused for a moment, then immediately replied with certainty and extreme determination.

"I'll go, I'll definitely go! Anyone who doesn't is a coward!"

(End of this chapter)