ghost city(1/2)
In a secluded corner of Antique Street.
"Dingling..."
“Buzz buzz…”
It was the first time Chen Yu saw the compass vibrating so happily, and the boy opposite him also looked at the bell in his hand with a look of surprise.
"They... know?" Chen Yu said suspiciously.
"I don't know either." Lu Ning shook his head and said, "Just on the road, the soul-suming bell suddenly rang. I thought it could sense the evil spirit on you. But now it seems that it should sense the compass on you."
"Soul-conjuring bell?" Chen Yu hesitated and asked, "Can you show me?"
"No!" Before Lu Ning could speak, Yan Xin, who was standing beside him, refused for Lu Ning first, "Brother Lu Ning, you can't give her the soul-suming bell, my grandfather's compass was broken for her."
Lu Ning looked at Yan Xin with some disbelief. Grandpa Yan's compass was powerful and it was not so easy to be damaged.
"If you don't believe me, ask my brother." Yan Xin pulled his eldest brother to testify.
Yan Wei hesitated for a moment and said, "The compass was indeed broken after it was taken back from this fellow Taoist."
"I said you two siblings are over, right?" Chen Yu was angry. "If you are really unwilling to give up, let's call the police. If the police say I broke it, I will compensate you."
"How can I find a policeman in the metaphysics world?" When it comes to finding a policeman, Yan Xin remembered that she was almost arrested at the police station as a robber. She immediately turned pale with anger, "How can the Tianshi call the police at any time?"
"Have you not taught you by the primary school teacher? Seek the police if you have something to do." Chen Yu mocked.
"you……"
"Don't argue." Lu Ning could see that the two of them had a feud, but he was also very curious about the resonance of the soul-summoning bell and the compass. Moreover, in public, Chen Yu could not do anything to his soul-summoning bell, so he generously handed the soul-summoning bell to Chen Yu.
"for you."
Chen Yu raised his eyes in surprise. Obviously, he didn't expect that the other party could lend him the magic weapon to check with his friend's efforts to stop him. He immediately felt a little more affection for the boy: "Thank you."
"You're welcome." Lu Ning smiled slightly, and two shallow dimples rippled on the corner of his mouth.
"Brother Lu Ning..." Yan Xin shouted in disagreement when Lu Ning really gave the soul-suming bell to Chen Yu.
"It's okay." Lu Ning smiled at Yan Xin comfortably. Seeing the boy's smile, Yan Xin, who was still dissatisfied just now, suddenly became quiet.
When Yan Wei saw this scene, he couldn't help but shake his head again. Lu Ning obviously regarded Xin'er as his sister, but his sister didn't think so.
Chen Yu had a compass in one hand and a soul-striking bell. For some reason, she always felt that the aura on this soul-striking bell was very familiar, as if she should be able to use this magic weapon.
"You...ah...I'm sorry, my name is Chen Yu, Erdong Chen, what are your name when the carp jumps over the dragon gate?" Chen Yu felt that the boy was generous and refreshing, so he became much more polite when speaking.
"Lu Ning, the land of sea, land and air, and the quietness." Lu Ning introduced himself.
"Fellow Daoist." Chen Yu shook the soul-suming bell in his hand and asked, "Can you tell me the function and origin of this magic weapon?"
Lu Ning nodded and said, "The soul-summing ring is a magic weapon left to me by my grandmother. Its main function is soul-summing. Ghosts who have been practicing Taoism for less than three hundred years will unconsciously lose their minds and lose their combat power when they hear the ringtone."
"How many ghosts can be controlled by a ringtone?" Chen Yu asked.
"My cultivation is limited, at most three or five at a time. If the Taoist practice has been a 300-year-old evil spirit, at most two at a time." Lu Ning replied.
"That's it..." Chen Yu nodded thoughtfully. She raised the bell high again. A gust of wind blew, and the bell shook a few times, but no ringtone rang. With such an abnormal scene, Chen Yu didn't find anything strange. She even felt in her heart that the power of the soul-summoning bell was far less powerful.
"I'll give it back to you, thank you." Chen Yu didn't understand why he knew this magic weapon so well...
"You're welcome." Lu Ning tied the soul-suming bell again to his waist.
"My compass was left to me by my grandfather. Maybe my grandfather and your grandmother met when they were young, so they also knew these two magic weapons." Chen Yu guessed, "My grandfather's name is Wu Li. Have you heard your grandmother mention it?"
Lu Ning shook his head and replied, "I have never seen my grandma before. She died before I was born."
"Uh..." Chen Yu didn't expect to hear such an answer, and he was so embarrassed that he didn't know what to do.
"It's okay." Lu Ning couldn't help but smile when he saw Chen Yu's embarrassing expression. It's understandable that this expression appeared on ordinary people, but the Heavenly Master knew that after death, he was just reincarnated in the underworld, so the Heavenly Master was not as sad as ordinary people for the death of his relatives.
"bite!"
At this moment, the cell phone in Chen Yu's bag suddenly rang. Chen Yu took it out and looked at it. His awkward expression instantly became happy.
Third brother: (I will go back to Pingcheng in the afternoon and have dinner together in the evening.)
The third brother is coming back! Chen Yu was so happy that he was completely curious about the origin of the soul-summoning bell. She waved to the young man in front of her and said, "I'm leaving in advance, I'm destined to see you again."
After saying that, Chen Yu turned around and ran away without waiting for the other party to react, leaving Lu Ning with a look of surprise.
=
Chen Yu spent an afternoon bathing, washing his hair, and changing into a new look. If he hadn't been able to put on makeup, he would probably have put light makeup on himself or something.
Because of Lou Ming's special physique, he needed to avoid contact with people, so what he called returning to Pingcheng was actually just a private house in the suburbs of Pingcheng, rather than actually entering the city.
At five o'clock in the afternoon, it was just getting dark, and Chen Yu sat in the living room of a private house, looking straight out through the window.
After a while, the jeep's headlights shone into the yard, and then three jeeps were parked outside the yard gate. Chen Yu locked Lou Ming's figure at a glance against the dazzling lights, and happily ran out of the room to meet him: "Three Brother!"
Chen Yu ran to Lou Ming immediately.
"Have you been waiting for a long time?" Lou Ming couldn't help but smile when he saw Chen Yu's face.
"Well, it's been a long time, I've been waiting for three days." Chen Yu calculated clearly that he hadn't seen his third brother for three days. He said on TV that not seeing him for a day is like a three-year autumn. It's been ten years since he rounded up, and he can have a baby in ten years.
"Sorry, I won't be there next time." Seeing Chen Yu speaking seriously, Lou Ming thought she was bored and couldn't help but feel distressed.
"You said that." Chen Yu remembered this sentence.
"I said that." Lou Ming promised with a smile.
"Hehe..." Chen Yu smiled proudly, as if he had taken advantage of something huge.
Speaking of taking advantage, Chen Yu's eyes unconsciously fell on Lou Ming's lips, and then... a trace of confusion flashed in Chen Yu's eyes, "Third Brother, why do you seem to have lost weight?"
That's right, although it's not very obvious, Lou Ming's outline has become more distinct, and his lips are also missing a trace of blood.
Lou Ming froze, then smiled as if nothing had happened: "I've been too busy recently and haven't had a good meal."
"Then let's go eat now. Assistant He has prepared a lot of delicious food." When Chen Yu heard that Lou Ming had not had a good meal, he pulled Lou Ming and ran into the house, completely forgot about Master Mao and Minister Lo standing behind him.
Master Mao and Lou Xincheng stood aside and witnessed the interaction between the two. Fortunately, Master Mao had seen him before, but Lou Xincheng was different. It was the first time for him to have Lou Ming to do this. No, if the hospital was considered once, then this was the second time.
He treated the same person twice, and he treated Lou Ming, whom he had never met before.
Minister Lou unconsciously remembered that a few months ago, his wife called him and told him that he had chosen a girl with a very good fortune to be a wife for Lou Ming. What did his wife say at that time? It seemed that Lou Ming always stayed alone in the small building, but in fact he was extremely eager for the warmth of the family. In order to meet Chong Chong, he even took the risk of using the evil spirit to suppress the evil spirit and returned home.
Minister Lou Ming's evil spirit will affect his life span. Minister Lou never told his wife, so when his wife chose Lou Ming's colorless wife, although Minister Lou did not agree very much, he did not object. At the same time, it was also because he knew that Lou Ming would definitely not agree, so he did not deliberately stop his wife.
But if... if... if... if we can find someone who can always have a relaxed and comfortable expression like before, Minister Lou thought that he suddenly understood his wife.
"Lou Ming and her have always been together like this?" Minister Lou has collected a lot of information about Chen Yu in the past two days, including that she was abducted and then brought back from Aoki Province by Chen Yang. On the first day, she slipped into the yard and often climbed the wall in the middle of the night to find her son.
And... Chen Yu is the only person who is not afraid of Lou Ming's evil spirit.
"Chen Yu is the only person who is not affected by Lou Ming's evil aura, and the only person who can get along without any scruples, so Chen Yu is very special to Lou Ming." Master Mao replied.
"Lou Ming likes to be with her." Minister Lou seemed to be asking others, and also seemed to be asking and answering himself.
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The supper was eaten together by four people. Chen Yu had a good appetite. Seeing that she was so delicious, the others on the table unconsciously ate two more bites.
Not only did Chen Yu eat it herself, but she also put a lot of dishes in Lou Ming's bowl that she thought were delicious. Lou Ming just smiled faintly when he saw this, and then ate all the food left.
"San brother, when will we return to the imperial capital?" Chen Yu suddenly asked.
"Did you miss home?" Lou Ming asked.
"My brother called me and asked me when I would go back." Chen Yu explained.
"I originally planned to fly tonight, but the weather forecast said that there are thunderstorms in the emperor, so I may not be able to land when flying there, so I may not be able to go back tomorrow." Lou Ming said.
"That's it." Chen Yu poked the bowl with chopsticks, his eyes rolling.
"What are you thinking?" Chen Yu's eyes turned too obviously, and it was difficult for Lou Ming to ignore it.
"I... I'm thinking about what happened tonight." Chen Yu lowered his eyes guiltily. He must not let the third brother find that he was thinking about whether he would run into the third brother's room to confess to him tonight, or to go back to the imperial capital to confess.
"Tonight?" Lou Ming said in surprise, "Do you have something to do tonight?"
"ah……"
"Does Chen Xiaoyou want to attend the ghost market?" Master Mao suddenly remembered what Yan Chongming mentioned to him before that there would be a ghost market tonight, so he guessed.
"Yes!" Chen Yu looked at Master Mao gratefully. She was looking for excuses.
"Ghost Market?" Minister Lou looked at Master Mao with some curiosity, "Is it... the legendary ghost market where ghosts gather?"
"That's right." Master Mao explained, "The general ghost market is after July 30. Because the ghost gate is opened, ghosts from all walks of life will return to the world, which is similar to humans' temple fairs. At the beginning, some ghosts without relatives can trade items together, and gradually developed the ghost market. However, the ghost market in Pingcheng this time is different from July 30. This time, the ghost market gathered with some lonely ghosts who cannot be reincarnated and the spirits who have achieved success in cultivation to participate."
"Can the Heavenly Master also participate in this ghost market of the Lonely Ghost Organization?" Lou Ming frowned and asked, aren't ghosts and Heavenly Masters natural enemies?
"The Heavenly Master only catches threatening ghosts, and ordinary ghosts don't care about it." Master Mao explained, "And there must be someone behind a ghost market like this. Both sides have a tacit understanding and will not attack in the ghost market."
"Who is hosting the ghost market this time?" Chen Yu asked curiously.
"I heard that it was a Huang Daxian in the mountains who had been practicing for five hundred years." Master Mao said with a smile. In fact, the real boss should be Yan Chongming. If Yan Chongming had not agreed, a weasel who had been aged for five hundred years would not have dared to be arrogant.
"Brother Third... I haven't been to the ghost market for several years. I can't fly tonight anyway. Why don't we go and have a look?" Chen Yu suggested.
"Go, I have evil spirits on my body, which will have an impact on those ghosts." Lou Ming said.
To be continued...