Xie Lian said, "I …"
Before he finished speaking,
He only felt Hua Cheng exert a slight force,
A sharp pain suddenly climbed up, and he couldn't help but shrink back.
Although Hua Cheng's movements were already extremely restrained, and this little bit of pain was nothing to him, but for some reason, in front of Hua Cheng,
He seemed to be unable to hide the pain. Perhaps it was because Hua Cheng had told him first,
It made him want to deliberately hold it in,
Instead, he didn't succeed. Sensing Xie Lian's retreat, Hua Cheng immediately tightened his grip on his ankle,
He said in a low voice, "I'm fine. I'll be fine soon. Don't be afraid. "
Xie Lian shook his head. On the other side, Hua Cheng's movements were even lighter,
His hands were extremely fast, when he raised his hand again,
He had already taken out a small needle,
He said, "Alright, it's fine now."
Xie Lian focused his eyes,
The tip of the needle flickered with a vicious light. Hua Cheng's five fingers slightly closed,
Then he crushed it into a wisp of black gas that dissipated into the air. Seeing this,
Xie Lian temporarily put aside his uneasiness,
He said with rapt attention, "What a heavy resentment. A normal fetus spirit wouldn't have such strong magical power. "
Hua Cheng stood up and said, "Yes. Therefore, it must not be a normal fetus spirit that passed away. "
At this moment,
A masked man bowed his head and came in holding a clay pot with both hands. He handed it to Hua Cheng. Xie Lian subconsciously observed if this person was wearing a curse on his wrist. This time, his sleeves were tightly bound. Hua Cheng took it and held the clay pot with one hand. He glanced at it and turned around to hand it to Xie Lian, who was sitting on the black jade chair. Before Xie Lian could get close, he heard a muffled cry of a child coming from inside. There seemed to be something crazily bumping into it, causing the clay pot to shake slightly. It was almost unable to stand, and he became even more vigilant.
He took the clay pot and slightly lifted a corner of the seal of the clay pot. With just a glance inside, a chill instantly ran down his spine.
Inside was a lump of something that looked like a embryo. Although its hands and feet had grown out, it was weak and powerless. That head was hidden in the darkness. The whole thing looked like a lump of deformed internal organs.
This was its true body!
Xie Lian immediately resealed the jar and said, "So that's how it is."
He had once heard that some people would look for pregnant women who were not yet full term, cut out the child in the womb of the pregnant woman, and make it into a little ghost to cast some spells. The ghost would be used to harm people, protect themselves, or protect the house. From the looks of it, this fetus spirit was a product of that kind of sorcery, and its mother was very likely to have been a believer of Xie Lian. Otherwise, she wouldn't have placed Xie Lian's amulet in the clothes of her unborn child.
After muttering to himself for a moment, Xie Lian said, "You were the one who caught this fetus spirit. San Lang, do you mind if I take it and investigate it? This is the second time it has appeared in front of me. I don't know if it's a coincidence or if it's related. "
Hua Cheng said, "If you want to take it, just take it. Even if I don't appear, you can catch it by yourself. "
Xie Lian smiled and said, "Be that as it may, San Lang catching it is much easier than me catching it."
He had said it casually, but he heard Hua Cheng say, "Is that so? If I hadn't been there, how would you have caught it? Swallow it into your stomach, and then swallow the sword? "
"…"
Xie Lian had actually guessed correctly.
Hua Cheng's expression didn't show any displeasure, but Xie Lian inexplicably felt that he was a bit angry.
His intuition told him that if he answered incorrectly, Hua Cheng would become even angrier. Xie Lian didn't know how to respond when he suddenly felt his stomach contract. He couldn't help but say, "… … I'm a bit hungry."
"… …"
Xie Lian only reacted after he said it. He was too embarrassed to look at Hua Cheng's expression and could only honestly explain, "This time, I'm really hungry … …"
After a long while, Hua Cheng finally let out a pfft and laughed.
With this laugh, it was as if the haze in front of Xie Lian's eyes had dispersed, and he immediately let out a sigh of relief. Hua Cheng half-smiled and half-sighed. He nodded and said, "Alright."
Originally, Hua Cheng wanted him to stay at the Extreme Happiness Workshop to set up a banquet. However, when Xie Lian heard the word 'banquet', he knew that it would inevitably be extravagant. Thus, he took the initiative to suggest going out for a walk and finding something to eat. Hua Cheng agreed.
The Extreme Happiness Workshop was very warm. Not long after the two people entered, their wet clothes dried up. However, Xie Lian's female clothing was exceptionally eye-catching, so he still borrowed a set of clothes from Hua Cheng and changed into a clean set of white clothes. Afterwards, the two of them walked out. Even after walking for a long distance, they could still hear the cries of the fetus. It kept calling out 'Mother', showing how tenacious it was. However, the Ghost City was originally filled with the wailing of ghosts and howling of wolves, so it wasn't strange at all that the sound of crying was drowned out.
The main street of the Ghost City was still bustling with activity. Both sides of the street were filled with stalls selling specialty snacks. Although the ghosts were still the same, their attitudes were vastly different from the last time Xie Lian came. Hua Cheng walked side by side with him. Those bosses who looked extremely fantastical all welcomed them with smiles on their faces. They scrambled to be the first to greet the two of them, practically bowing and nodding their heads. This made Xie Lian inexplicably think of a phrase: 'the fox assumes the tiger's might'.
Aside from paying respect to Hua Cheng with their gazes, there were also several thousand pairs of eyes that cast even more scorching gazes at Xie Lian. It was as if they were scrutinizing and guessing what kind of person could walk side by side with the master of the Ghost City. This made Xie Lian wonder if he had made the wrong decision. Despite being in the middle of the turbid flow of demons and ghosts and being the center of attention of tens of thousands of people, Hua Cheng was still used to it. He asked, "What do you want to eat?"
Xie Lian finally saw a stall that wasn't selling anything strange. He wanted to settle this quickly, so he said, "I'll go with this one."
However, Hua Cheng said, "This one won't do."
Curious, Xie Lian asked, "Why not?"
Hua Cheng didn't say anything and gestured for him to look inside the stall. Xie Lian looked. When the stall owner saw that they had stopped here, he excitedly rubbed his hands together, as if he was waiting for their arrival. He was so nervous that he used all his strength to fiercely wipe the tables and chairs. However, the thing he used to wipe the tables and chairs was his tongue.
"… …"
Although the pots and pans that had been licked by that wide and long tongue had sparkling and translucent water droplets hanging off them, reflecting a luster as if they were brand new, Xie Lian still decisively gave up on this store and hurriedly left. After walking a few steps, he saw a chicken soup shop that was decorated very cleanly and refreshingly. The sign in front of the door read, "Home Retirement Free-Range Chicken, Slow Fire Old Fine Soup. Freshly made and sold, guaranteed to be clean. "He stopped and said," Ah, there's chicken soup. How about drinking a bowl? "
Hua Cheng then said, "This one won't do either."
Xie Lian understood and said, "Is there a problem with the plate or the chicken?"
Hua Cheng brought him into the shop and pulled open a curtain, indicating for Xie Lian to look inside. Xie Lian curiously stuck his head in to look and was immediately speechless. He saw a large pot placed behind the kitchen. A large fire was lit under the pot, and steam was rising from the top of the pot. Inside the pot, a man with a large red comb on his head was happily taking a bath in the boiling water. Beside the large pot, there were also many buckets filled with salt, pepper, herbs, and other seasonings. A customer in the front hall shouted, "Boss, be a little more salty! The taste is too bland! "
As the man took a bath, he grabbed a large handful of seasonings and rubbed them on his body. Then, he wiped his back with a towel, adding more seasonings. Finally, he let out a loud and clear cry, "Oh, oh, oh — —!"
Xie Lian put down the curtain and silently left.
After walking a big round, the two finally found a shop that had a sign that said "Authentic Human World Delicacies". Although Xie Lian felt that this "authentic" was questionable, for example, as far as he knew, chefs in the human world would not use meat from large demonic beasts that were hard to hunt to make skewers. But relatively speaking, this shop was already the most normal one.
The moment the two sat down, the group of ghosts that had been following them for a long time surrounded them and eagerly offered up additional dishes for the meal. The pig butcher carried a white human leg on his shoulder and slapped it loudly. He said in a rough voice, "City Lord! Do you want fresh thigh meat! It's just arrived! "
The group of ghosts scolded, "Go go go! Do you think City Lord's friends will eat that thing? Do you think it's a Green Ghost? You might still be able to eat it if we cut off your thigh! "
"The smell of blood is so strong, don't disgust people!"
The pig actually raised a hoof and said, "If City Lord and City Lord's friends think highly of it, this leg is nothing. Just cut it off! I'm telling you, this daddy's thigh meat is definitely chewy! "
Xie Lian couldn't help but lower his head to eat his porridge. Hua Cheng ignored them. The group of ghosts, filled with hot blood, all walked in front of Xie Lian and said,
"This is a local specialty snack, brain juice! We've carefully selected the best demon brains, all of them cultivated for more than fifty years! You smell this mellow fragrance! "
"This duck blood is very good, squeak. Look squeak, I just cut it from my own body squeak. Have a taste squeak."
"Our family's fruits are authentic fresh fruits from graves. We don't pick fruits that don't grow on the bodies of dead people. We're honest with young and old …"
Pile after pile, Xie Lian had a feast for his eyes. He kept thanking them. It wasn't good to brush off this kind of surging enthusiasm, but some of the specialty snacks were really hard to look at. In the midst of his fluster, he saw Hua Cheng supporting his chin with one hand and looking at him with a smile. Xie Lian looked left and right, then lightly coughed and said in a low voice, "… … San Lang … …"
Only then did Hua Cheng say, "Brother, don't pay attention to them. They're just going crazy when people come. "
Some ghosts immediately said, "Master Cheng, you can't say that! We're not going crazy when people come. If Master Cheng is our grandfather, then what is Master Cheng's older brother? He's our Uncle … … "
"That's right, if Uncle comes, of course he'll go crazy!"
Xie Lian didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He thought to himself, what kind of nonsense is this? What a mess. Hua Cheng also shouted, "Stop talking nonsense. Shut up! "The group of ghosts hurriedly said," Yes! Master Cheng, you're right. Shut up. It's not Uncle! "
Unexpectedly, at this moment, a few female ghosts who had been giggling finally couldn't help but blurt out, "Hey! You … … aren't you the Taoist brother who told Lan Yi that he couldn't get it up? "
"… …"
Xie Lian almost spat out the mouthful of porridge on the spot.
The group of ghosts seemed to have discovered an earth-shattering secret. They exploded, "Oh my god! It's true! "
"It's him, it's him, it's him! Lan Yi told everyone about it! "
Many of the more astute ghosts went to cover the mouths of the noisy ghosts. However, Hua Cheng must have heard them. Xie Lian looked up and saw Hua Cheng raising an eyebrow. He was looking at him with an indecipherable gaze, as if he was thinking about the meaning of the word 'impotent'. That was originally an excuse that Xie Lian had made up when he was harassed by the female ghosts. At that time, he was also surrounded and laughed at by the group of ghosts, but he was able to face it calmly. Now that it was in front of Hua Cheng, he couldn't take it anymore. He was so embarrassed that he wanted to choke on the porridge and faint. He said, "I … …"
Hua Cheng seemed to be waiting patiently for him to continue speaking. But what could he say about this? Was he supposed to seriously explain that he wasn't impotent?
Xie Lian could only say, "… … I'm full."
He was indeed full. After saying that, he got up and hurried out of the stall. The group of ghosts behind him were holding a pile of specially prepared snacks. They kept howling, "S-Sir! Do you still want to eat! "
Hua Cheng also chased after them. He took a moment to turn around and said, "Scram!"
The group of ghosts hurriedly scram again. Xie Lian randomly walked in front of them for a while. Seeing that there were no more ghosts following him, he slowed down and waited for Hua Cheng. After a while, Hua Cheng walked up with his hands behind his back. With a deadpan expression, he said, "I didn't know big brother had such a hidden illness."
Xie Lian immediately said, "I didn't!"
Then, he helplessly said, "… … San Lang."
Hua Cheng nodded and said, "Okay. San Lang understands. I won't say it again. "
He pretended to be very obedient, but it was very obvious that he was faking it. Xie Lian said, "You really don't have any sincerity."
Hua Cheng smiled and said, "I swear, no matter what, you won't be able to find someone more sincere than me."
Hearing this familiar reply, Xie Lian also smiled.