CH 31

"Singing for ghosts?" Li Huowang was instantly startled, knowing that it was not a good thing just from the name.

"It's nothing, just going to the ancestral hall to perform for our ancestors."

"If it's nothing, then why doesn't Master Lv do it himself?" Li Huo immediately asked, knowing it couldn't be that simple.

"Oh, oh, this is my first time, and I'm a bit nervous, so I want you, an expert, to come along and help us feel secure."

"Master Lv, I'm afraid I can't help with this favor." He didn't even have time to avoid it, let alone provoke it.

Although nothing might happen, he didn't want to take the risk.

He and Lv Zhuangyuan were just traveling companions, and he didn't need to risk his life for him.

If he really didn't want to continue as a guide because of this, he could just leave and ask in the village. With so many people in the village, there would surely be someone who knew the way.

"Hey hey hey, Sir Daoist, don't be in such a hurry, I haven't finished yet. How about we split the cost of the wine and snacks for the performance?"

When it came to money, Lv Zhuangyuan waved his hands and danced. "I didn't want to take it at first, but it's not a small sum. That Hu Lao gave us ten taels of silver!"

"One tael of silver is one thousand copper coins, and ten taels of silver is ten thousand copper coins! My dear Sir Daoist! Ten taels of silver! You want to become an immortal, but you still need to eat before you become one."

Li Huowang suddenly stopped. He looked at the two bags of dried sweet potatoes next to him and realized that he really needed the money.

And not just for food, he could also foresee that he would need to spend a lot of money in Jianye Town. In any world made up of people, without money, it would be difficult to move forward.

"Sir Daoist, can you please help this old man out? If it's really impossible, how about 60-40? It's not easy to make money these days!" Lv Zhuangyuan continued to persuade him with a mournful face.

If the expert didn't come, he really wouldn't dare to take on this job. After all, no matter how much money he had, he still needed to live.

Li Huowang suddenly turned to Lv Zhuangyuan. "Is there a blacksmith in this village?"

"What?"

Under Lv Zhuangyuan's guidance, Li Huowang was taken to the only blacksmith shop in Wuligang.

"What do you need to make?" The bearded blacksmith, with his upper body bare, looked at Li Huowang's Daoist robe and asked rudely.

"Not to make anything, just to fix something. It can't be hammered or melted. Can you restore it?" Li Huowang took out the copper bell and asked.

If he could fix it and summon Old Man You, then he might really be able to get the money, otherwise the money would be too hot to handle.

"Can't be hammered or melted? What kind of nonsense is this?" The blacksmith took the copper bell and shook it a few times before taking out two iron tongs. "Come on, lend me a hand."

The big tongs were long enough to easily reach into the two flattened sides of the copper bell. The two of them gritted their teeth and exerted force, but the copper bell remained motionless, which was not unexpected.

"Hey, this is strange. What kind of copper is this made of? It's so hard!" The curious blacksmith was about to hit it with his knuckles, but Li Huowang stopped him.

Looking at the two tongs holding the bell, Li Huowang thought for a moment, then took out a pill the size of a palm from a small gourd at his waist and put it in his mouth.This is the pill that Danyang Zi gave him. He took one to save Yang Na at the mental hospital, one when he killed Danyang Zi, and now he only has two left.

"Buzz!" A burst of heat exploded from his dantian and rushed through Li Huowang's body.

He took a deep breath and grabbed the pliers on both sides, pulling hard.

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"You can't even open it together, and you still want to do it alone..." The blacksmith's words were cut off by a creaking sound as the dried copper bell opened firmly.

As the blacksmith's mouth opened wide, the copper bell returned to its original state.

"Hey, what's the big deal? Let me tell you, this young master has a high level of cultivation." Lv Zhuangyuan proudly showed off to the blacksmith, as if Li Huowang was capable of anything and everything.

Li Huowang left the village and returned to the forest alone.

Looking at the copper bell in his hand, he shook it with some anticipation.

As the bell rang, the feeling of darkness and confusion immediately appeared. This time, Li Huowang didn't stop, but instead gritted his teeth and shook harder.

He felt everything around him spinning, the lines of the branches twisting and detaching from their original positions, gradually taking shape.

"There's a show!" Li Huowang's heart beat faster.

Accompanied by the piercing sound of the bell, the long-lost You Lao Ye reappeared in front of him, but this time there was only one.

You Lao Ye looked like a high-frequency and trembling thing made up of various twisted lines, with an unformed body.

Li Huowang couldn't stare at it for too long, feeling that if he did, he would scatter it.

He suddenly thought of something and bent down to pick up a piece of wet mud from the ground and put it in his mouth.

The taste of the rotten mud was unpleasant, but he still forced himself to speak.

"Can you understand what I'm saying?" He wanted to ask if You Lao Ye could understand him, but the sound he made was a strange melody after being processed by the twisted environment.

No matter what Li Huowang said, You Lao Ye actually responded. "Dié hú zhī."

This made Li Huowang ecstatic, with You Lao Ye's help, his strength would greatly increase!

"Can you help me with something?" Li Huowang leaned forward and asked the most crucial question.

You Lao Ye stood still, slowly but firmly responding, "Mian jīn, qī shòu hù yuán, jué."

Li Huowang's brow gradually furrowed. "What is the price?"

"Mian jīn, qī shòu hù yuán, jué."

When Li Huowang saw You Lao Ye repeating the same sentence, he sighed lightly in his heart. Indeed, there was no such thing as a free lunch, and using You Lao Ye came at a cost.

And this cost was not something else, but a person's lifespan. One use would cost three months of life.

When Li Huowang asked if Danyang Zi had also made the same exchange, You Lao Ye remained silent.

As the bell gradually stopped ringing, Li Huowang, who was holding his head in pain, stayed in place for a while before returning to Wuligang.

"What are you doing with all that mud in your mouth?" Lv Zhuangyuan looked at him, hesitant to speak.

"I agreed to the deal you told me about earlier." Li Huowang held the copper bell tightly and said.

"Oh my god! That's great! I'll go talk to Hu Lao Ye right away!" Lv Zhuangyuan was overjoyed when he heard this.