Chapter 209: Abundant Harvest

Early the next morning, on a small mountain outside the village.

Lin Jue led the water buffalo here, letting it eat grass, while holding a sickle, going to the distance to cut the grass the cow liked to eat, and feeding it.

For the past few days, there had been zombies in Yang Family Village, and patients were piled up, making people panic. Even during the day, no one dared to walk around casually. They were too busy taking care of people, so naturally, they had no heart to take care of livestock.

These livestock had nothing to eat and suffered a lot.

"Fortunately, before I went up the mountain to practice the Dao, I also helped feed the cows in the village."

Lin Jue said with a smile, handing grass to it.

The morning light broke through the clouds and mist, shining down, predicting that today would also be a good day.

Xiao Xiao Shimei sat cross-legged not far behind him, closing her eyes and concentrating on practice, while a fox and a colored civet were playing and fighting in the grass.

Lin Jue looked and turned his head, suddenly reaching out and pointing.

Immobilization Spell!

The colored civet that was about to jump was immediately fixed on the spot, and the fox that was flying in the air also fixed in the air without moving.

However, Lin Jue's attainments were still shallow at this time, and the power of the Immobilization Spell was also small, unable to support the fox's weight, nor could it resist the fox's strength, so it quickly fell down, and with a slight effort, it restored its action.

The fox immediately stretched its neck and looked around vigilantly.

Only the colored civet was still fixed on the spot.

After a few breaths, it recovered, and like the fox, looked around blankly and vigilantly.

"Meow!"

The colored civet immediately ran back to Xiao Xiao Shimei's side.

Xiao Xiao Shimei couldn't help but open her eyes, looking at it strangely:

"What's wrong?"

"Meow-woo!!"

"If you don't speak, how can I understand?"

"It feels like it has had some problems recently, always encountering strange things." Lin Jue translated for her on the side.

"What strange things?"

"Meow!! Meow!"

"For example, becoming heavy out of thin air, and then becoming light."

"!"

Xiao Xiao Shimei's expression became serious immediately, thinking for a moment before saying: "Just this one thing alone, can't be said to be 'always encountering strange things', right?"

"Meow!"

"Third Third Shixiong, what did it say again?"

"Didn't understand." Lin Jue said and turned around. "We should go back."

"..."

Xiao Xiao Shimei relaxed her crossed legs, exerted a little force, and stood up, then straightened her crossed legs, picked up the colored civet on the ground, and followed.

A white shadow flashed beside her—

The fox liked walking downhill the most. Borrowing the slope of the hillside and the wind, it could jump seven or eight feet away with a light jump.

The two returned to the courtyard.

The courtyard gate was not closed. Inside the gate was a pear tree. At this time of year, only withered branches were left. A Jianghu martial artist with a blade sat under the tree, waiting for them.

"You two came back just in time." Luo Seng held two heavy bags in his hand. "Said you went out leading the cow, so I guessed you went to feed the cow. Seeing the courtyard gate was not closed, I came in to wait for you."

_C〇

"No problem, this is not our house, we are just borrowing it," Lin Jue said. "Lord Luo, this is?"

"It is this matter."

Luo Seng walked into the room and placed the red cloth package in his hand on the table, making a bang, followed by some fine collision sounds.

As soon as Lin Jue heard it, he knew it must be yellow and white things.

Sure enough, Luo Seng handed over one of the packages.

"This is the reward given by that Lord Yang last night. He didn't say it in detail, but it should be for eliminating that black-haired zombie last night. Let's split it among the three of us. There are two portions here. It was given last night. You two Daoists can distribute it yourselves."

Luo Seng was not polite with them, but seeing his expression, he knew he wouldn't be greedy for theirs.

Lin Jue reached out to take it, feeling very heavy.

Roughly feeling it, it was at least a hundred taels.

"So much?"

"This is close to the capital, Runze is wealthy, and the Yang family is prominent, and there are even disciples in the imperial court. This matter concerns the continuation of the family, so naturally, they are generous. Don't be polite with them."

"Even so, splitting half between our Third Shixiong and Junior siblings is enough."

"Don't say such things!"

Luo Seng said frankly, and took out another package, spreading it on the table, revealing the white silver inside.

Almost all of them were waist-cinched honeycomb silver.

It could be seen that the Yang family had a deep foundation.

"There is also this portion, which he asked me to go out and find a solution to the poison. Although the Poison-Absorbing Stone hasn't been sun-dried yet and the poison hasn't been solved, he gave it in advance. Let's split this among the three of us."

After Luo Seng finished speaking, he divided it into three portions.

These silver pieces piled on the table, for a moment, actually felt like that pile of white silver dug out from the mouse hole by the fellow Daoists of Scissors Peak in Yixian City back then.

But this was truly theirs.

Xiao Xiao Shimei couldn't help but be sluggish.

Lin Jue was also a bit surprised.

It was also eliminating monsters and catching ghosts, driving away evil and subduing demons for people, but this money was much more than any previous time.

Then he felt relieved—

In this way, he wouldn't have to worry about the food for the Silver-Eating Ghost for a few months, right?

"The county government also has a reward, but the county government is not as generous as Old Master Yang. A total of fifty taels. After the matter is finished, I will go and take it, and we will still split it equally."

"What about those heroes?"

"Rest assured! Lord Yang doesn't lack this bit of money, he won't treat them unfairly!"

"That's good."

Lin Jue felt relieved again.

Luo Seng remained silent.

Walking all the way, he had roughly understood the character of this Daoist Lin, and every moment after that, he was reinforcing this impression.

It was precisely because of this that when he saw Lin Jue taking away the residual souls of those heroes last night, he had no objections.

Putting himself in their shoes, if his family members had been harmed by monsters and ghosts, and he was determined to eliminate monsters, and his obsession wouldn't dissipate even in death, he would also be willing to follow a Daoist who was good at eliminating monsters at this time.

If this Daoist's character was worth entrusting, as a residual soul and obsession, having this outcome could be considered a good thing.

"I remember Lord Luo once mentioned that there seemed to be something strange about the matter here?"

"Indeed. But I was in a hurry to find a solution to the poison, so I didn't listen to Old Yang in detail. He didn't sleep in the middle of the night last night, and he hasn't woken up yet. If you are interested, Daoist, we can go and ask him after the matter is finished."

"Can."

"If it is somewhat credible, I will go and investigate to see if it is true or false. If it is true, I will add some more demons to my blade."

"If there are really demons, I am willing to go with Lord Luo!"

Lin Jue bowed without hesitation.

Last night, those heroes were willing to follow him and help him eliminate demons and monsters from then on. He really had nothing to repay them, so naturally, he would first avenge this blood feud for them.

If he could find spirit wood by the way and solve a place for them to settle down, that would be even better.

"I am also willing!"

Xiao Xiao Shimei bowed immediately as well.

"If I have two Daoists with me, no matter how powerful the demons are, I have the confidence to fight them," Luo Seng said, bowing his hands. "Thank you on behalf of those heroes."

"It should be so."

Luo Seng made an appointment with them to come and find them when there was something, and then left.

The remaining two faced the many silver pieces and looked at each other.

"Third Third Shixiong!"

Xiao Xiao Shimei recovered from the short shock, restored her rationality, and said to Lin Jue: "I don't need so much money. According to the practice of the Third Shixiong Brothers before, you keep it."

"You take some, keep it for use."

Lin Jue didn't push it with her either, casually grabbed a piece of ten-tael waist-cinched honeycomb silver and threw it to her, then put away the package.

Actually, whether for her or Lin Jue, if they spent it themselves, whether practicing Dao in the deep mountains or living by themselves, this money wouldn't be used up in a short time.

Since it couldn't be used up, no matter how much it was, it was useless.

Only the Silver-Eating Ghost had a huge appetite...

Therefore, Lin Jue treated it as if she was also feeding the Silver-Eating Ghost, and when the pill was produced, he would give her a portion, which would help her practice.

Speaking of which, with the Daoist practice of the two of them now, eating one Spirit Origin Pill a month was already very generous; I'm afraid they should have been eating two pills long ago.

Two pills were twenty taels.

Three people were sixty taels.

"..."

Lin Jue carried the package back to the room.

Waving his hand to close the doors and windows, lighting the night-watch lamp, he took out the wood carving.

"Are you awake?"

"Hu..."

A burst of white smoke drifted out, turning into a Silver-Eating Ghost.

"Awake! Greetings, True Man!"

The Silver-Eating Ghost responded to him very happily.

"You stay in this wood carving every day, and don't come out to breathe, won't you be bored?" Lin Jue couldn't help but ask.

"Bored is a bit bored, with no one to talk to, but if I couldn't even bear this, wouldn't I have gone crazy a thousand years ago?" The Silver-Eating Ghost answered.

"That makes sense."

Lin Jue took out the white silver and handed it to him, saying:

"Is this silver fragrant?"

"Also fragrant!"

"Eat, this harvest is especially abundant," Lin Jue said to him. "You can eat sixty taels this month."

"So much?"

"Rest assured, no matter how much it rises in the future, I won't let you be stuffed," Lin Jue said. "It's still that sentence, you and I are on equal footing, helping each other. Whenever you don't want to, you can leave."

"That's not what I meant," the Silver-Eating Ghost explained in a panic, and then giggled, "Then I will eat slowly."

"Eat however you want."

After Lin Jue finished speaking, he watched him eat, watched for a while, and then said to him: "I heard you say before, if you eat fake silver made of stone, you will spit out fake pills. The more real the fake silver is, the more real the fake pill will be."

"That's how it is."

The Silver-Eating Ghost was holding a piece of silver and gnawing on it like an ordinary person gnawing on ribs. Hearing this, he couldn't help but look at him in doubt:

"Why did you suddenly mention this again, True Man?"

"I want to ask you, what if the silver is poisonous?" Lin Jue asked curiously. "Will creatures like you be poisoned because of this? If not poisoned, what will the pill you spit out be like?"

"You are joking, True Man! How can silver be poisonous?"

"For example, stone is poisonous, turning into fake silver."

"Hiss!"

The Silver-Eating Ghost was used to being harmed. Hearing this, he was startled at first, then thinking that it was this person in front of him, he shouldn't want to poison himself to death, so he gradually calmed down and said:

"I am a ghost myself, and ghosts won't be poisoned. Besides being a ghost, I am also a ghost-shaped alchemy furnace specifically for refining Spirit Origin Pills. In this world, only alchemy furnaces produce poison, how can alchemy furnaces be afraid of poison? Unless this pill is specially formulated by a god or great power to poison creatures like me, or to poison great power gods, then I guess I won't be able to make it."

"Then can you spit out pills?"

"As long as it can turn into white silver, it can spit out pills. If the white silver is poisonous, the pill will be poisonous; if the white silver has a taste, the pill will have a taste; if the white silver has no taste, the pill will have no taste; if the white silver is non-toxic, the pill will not be poisonous," the Silver-Eating Ghost said. "It's just that if the magical power of the fake silver fails, the pill will also return to its original form, then no matter what, it will be poisonous."

"How about this?"

Lin Jue took out a snake horn that had been cut off from his bosom, which was a small square about two or three fingers wide and about one finger thick.

This was a piece of shade-dried Highly Toxic Stone.

Lin Jue turned his wrist and turned it into white silver.

To the nose of an ordinary person, one couldn't smell any odor, nor could one see any difference, and even the weight was the same as normal white silver, just like the one turned by the middle-aged Daoist on Mingzhou Mountain back then.

"This..."

The Silver-Eating Ghost took it and looked at it, immediately making a look of disgust, and threw it far away:

"This thing is disgusting! Please wait a moment, True Man, don't bring it over when I'm eating!"

"..."

Lin Jue smiled and put it away.

It seems it can be turned.

Thinking about it now, that "Lady Yao Hua" back then had already stopped receiving guests, but still pointed out this path to Luo Seng, and even specifically pointed out that shade-dried would be a Highly Toxic Stone. It was hard to say whether she had the intention to help him again.

It's a pity that I still don't know what she is.

Then one person and one fox sat here, watching the Silver-Eating Ghost eat, improving their appetite. ===== CHAPTER 210 =====