Chapter 133 Silver-eating Ghost (asking for monthly ticket) "Silver-eating ghost? The one with the Corpse Tiger King?" Lin Jue was surprised and alert, staring at it closely. The fox also nimbly jumped onto the bookshelf, squatting on the edge of the top shelf, staring at the silver-eating ghost with its head tilted. It seemed that there was only clear curiosity in its eyes, but in fact it could jump down and catch it at any time depending on the situation or Lin Jue's command. This seemed to be its instinct. "Master, calm down. I don't have the ability to harm anyone. Even if it's an ordinary strong man, I may not be able to beat him, let alone Master and this... this person..." The big-headed ghost looked up and happened to meet the eyes of the fox who was looking down on the bookshelf. He felt extremely nervous and immediately lowered his head: "Besides, I was seriously injured..." "Don't talk nonsense! You answer whatever I ask!" In fact, Lin Jue also vaguely felt that this ghost might not have much fighting power, but he did not let his guard down. "Yes, yes, yes... May I ask..." "How did you get here?" "The little one is hidden in the real person's sword..."
"Of course I know that! What I'm asking is, how did you get hidden in my sword? When did you encounter me, and how come I didn't know about it?" "Near Dangshan..." "Dangshan?" Lin Jue frowned. That was near Li Village and Gong Village. Isn’t it coming from that Yaksha ghost? "Aren't you at the Corpse Tiger King's place?" "So that's right. However, I have been imprisoned by the tiger demon for a long time. The tiger demon fed me some smelly silver every day. Even after it became the demon king, it refused to let me go even though the elixirs I vomited were completely useless to it. It used the elixirs I vomited to train its demon soldiers and generals. I couldn't stand it any longer. So I escaped while it was being wiped out by the gods and the whole mountain was in chaos." "Then why did you choose my sword?" "It's because the real person is almighty!" The big-headed ghost raised his head, but his face was not flattering, but rather very serious. "Nonsense!" Lin Jue waved his hand, took back his sword, and stared at him, "How can I be a real person? How can I be a powerful person?" "Why would the Immortal deceive me? I saw with my own eyes the goddess's Dharma body outside Dangshan, sending down colorful spiritual light and removing all the evil spirits and evil things in Dangshan! I have been looking for the goddess in vain, but I saw a few wisps of spiritual energy left by the Immortal. Naturally, I know that the goddess must be related to the Immortal!" said the silver-eating ghost. "If she is related to the goddess and can invite the goddess to take action, why would the Immortal deceive me?" Does this also have something to do with Empress Yaohua? Lin Jue seemed to understand a little. After thinking for a while, he continued to ask: "Then why did you escape from the Tiger King and look for the Queen?" "Of course I have to find the Queen! I have to find the Queen! When I was imprisoned by the tiger demon, I chanted the Queen's title every day!" "Why?" "You don't know, Immortal, I am a ghost created by the alchemy sect. I was born to eat silver, and after eating it, I have to spit out elixirs. When I was created, I was originally a good person, and I was also prepared to help the orthodox and upright practitioners. But unexpectedly, six or seven out of ten were captured by evil monsters. For a monster like me who is born with treasures and weak, only by finding a powerful person like you who has both Taoism and virtue can I live a stable life. Otherwise, even if I escape from this tiger monster, there will be another one." This is similar to what Lin Jue thought. "Then you have found the wrong person." Lin Jue temporarily put away the sword and stopped pointing at it, but still held it in his hand, "I am not a real person, nor am I a powerful person. I am just an ordinary Taoist."
“How could he be an ordinary Taoist who can make the goddess who has not appeared for many years show her Dharma body to help, and also have the goddess’ descendants to accompany him?” The silver-eating ghost didn’t believe it. "No need to tell you more." Lin Jue said, "But I feel sorry for you, so I can show you a way: This is the Yishan area, and the mountain god of Yishan is also a man of both virtue and morality. Moreover, he has long since stopped caring about worldly affairs. Even if you don't seek refuge from the mountain god, you can live a peaceful life in Yishan. There are countless spirits and monsters in this mountain who are protected by the mountain god and practice Buddhism in peace." "Master, please don't hand me over!" This silver-eating ghost seemed to have had similar experiences before, and was suddenly shocked and frightened: "I only believe in the Queen!" "..." Lin Jue could understand it. For a monster like it, although the elixir it spits out is useless to a person who has achieved enlightenment, it is only useless to the person himself. If you really don't care about it at all, you must either meet a virtuous and upright practitioner, or a person like Yaohua Niangniang. And it can be heard that the lady holds a very high position in its heart. "Master, please be wise! Although I was captured by the Tiger King before, I am just a little alchemy kid. Eating silver and spitting out pills is a natural thing for me. The Tiger King imprisoned me, and the evil things he did have nothing to do with me!" The Silver Eater seemed to understand the reason for his attitude, and huddled in the corner, begging for mercy: "Please keep me by your side, Immortal! No matter if you are an ordinary Taoist or have gone through a tribulation to cultivate again, after I recover from my injuries, I can swallow silver and spit out elixirs to help me cultivate. If you have any concerns, please let me go after I recover from my injuries. I will be very grateful. Or next time you see Empress Yaohua, you can offer me to her. She will be able to tell the good and evil in my heart." After listening to this, Lin Jue fell into deep thought. The silver-eating ghost huddled against the wall, trembling as if waiting for judgment. Because my head is big, it shakes when I tremble. The fox was still lying on the bookshelf above, looking at it with its head tilted. It seemed to have determined that it was no longer a threat, so it also kept shaking its head on the bookshelf, imitating the fox's trembling appearance. "It's not impossible. I just happen to want to go find Empress Yaohua." Lin Jue said as he looked at its expression. "That would be best!" "Oh, you don't seem to be faking it." “It’s absolutely not fake!” "Then why don't you surrender to the gods?" "Gods also change. If they keep me in prison, I will come out one day and cause trouble again. So they will definitely kill me!" "Um……" Lin Jue pondered the reason behind this. "Master, just give me a place to hide, and I will recover slowly." The Silver Eater tried to persuade him and said weakly, "It would be even better if I could get a little bit of silver every month." "That elixir..." Lin Jue couldn't help but be curious, "Can it really increase your cultivation level?" "nature." "Is it really the Lingyuan Pill?" "Probably." "perhaps?"
"Master, you can judge clearly. If it is pure Lingyuan Pill, there will be no side effects. You just need to control the dosage. I can spit out pure Lingyuan Pill, but the silver must be legitimate. If the silver is stained with blood, it will smell fishy. If it is stained with fraud, deception, and robbery, it will smell like it is rotten. If it is stained with other things, the taste will also be wrong. If I eat this kind of silver, the Lingyuan Pill I spit out will also be stained with "impurities". And if you eat this kind of Lingyuan Pill, you will be affected by these impurities." "Or is it this kind of strange thing?" "The way of making pills has always been like this." The Silver Eater said to him, "In ancient times, there was a saying: To make the best pills, eight ounces of virtue, half a pound of good deeds, seven exquisite orifices, nine-color colored glaze, ten carts of mantras, and a hundred years of hard practice are all raw materials. This is an exaggeration, but it also makes sense." "I have only heard of cloud fragments and sunset glow." "There are too many mysteries in the way of alchemy." "The Tiger King..." "The Tiger King has been evil since he gained enlightenment. The silver he fed me came from all over the place, and he didn't care about the dosage at all. He ate it as if it were food. So naturally, he went further and further astray." "Um……" Lin Jue continued to think. It sounds like this silver-eating ghost was created by a great alchemist, and it really seems to be a help for upright practitioners. The restrictions are as many as imagined. However, human hearts are complicated, and evil people and evil demons don’t care at all whether their path of cultivation goes astray. "Real person?" "In fact, I have heard of you a long time ago. I knew you would take the Silver Tu Dan, and I also knew that this pill could help you improve your cultivation." Lin Jue said, pausing for a moment, "I can't tell whether you are good or evil, but I don't want to push you into the fire pit. If I can really meet Empress Yao Hua one day, I will hand you over to her." "Thank you, Master! Thank you, Master! Please keep this a secret for me and don't tell anyone else about it! In case of any accidents!" "But I must say—" "Please tell me, real person." "You can recover here, but if you are discovered, for example, by a spirit, I can at most let you escape, but I will never protect you. Of course, if you recover and want to leave, I will never imprison you like the Tiger King did. You can leave at any time. But if you want to stay by my side, I also want to see the Spiritual Yuan Pill that is spit out by swallowing silver, so let's exchange it." "Hiss! This is natural!" After hearing what he said, the big-headed ghost actually became serious and even sat up straight. "I have something that is better for accommodating ghosts. It may be more comfortable than this iron sword." Lin Jue took out a statue from the bookshelf. It is a wooden warrior, wearing a helmet and armor, but the armor is also made of wood. This was the spiritual wood that the third senior brother gave him to practice with, and he also completed the ritual. Originally, sacred trees like Danguo wood were hard to come by, and thick trunks were even harder to find. At the same time, in the peaceful years, tree demons with the power of Li Zu were not easy to see, so according to the process, Lin Jue's first bean soldier was likely to be it. But unexpectedly, the Danguo wood appeared later, and now there is the wooden heart given by Li Zu himself. This one can probably only be placed on the bookshelf as a decoration. It still hurts to say the least. After all, it took a lot of effort and magic power. Now is the perfect time to install it.
"Thank you, Masato!" The silver-eating ghost thanked him first, then looked up at him, then at the fox on the bookshelf, with a pair of pitiful big eyes, like a child: "My injury has not healed yet, and I can't spit out the pills before my injury heals..." "I'm not an evil person." Lin Jue waved his hand casually. "Thank you, Masato!" The silver-eating ghost turned around and turned into a wisp of black smoke, and immediately drilled into the wood carving. Lin Jue put it back on the bookshelf. "Suddenly..." The fox then jumped down. But he immediately climbed onto the bookshelf, stood up, got closer to look at the wood carving, and curiously stretched out his claws to touch it. "and many more!" The fox tilted his head to look at him. "Just put it in the drawer." "Hey!" Under the bookshelf was a drawer, which was made very skillfully by Sixth Senior Brother. The fox picked up the wooden carving, grabbed the ring on the drawer with its claws, pulled open the drawer, put the fox in, and then pushed the drawer closed. Looks very well-behaved. After closing it, he leaned in to take a closer look, as if to see if it was closed properly, or as if he was curious about how this thing was made and how it could be opened and closed. So he is well-behaved but also smart. Lin Jue sat back on the bed and began to think. After learning alchemy from my second senior brother, I naturally knew that Lingyuan Pill was actually a more advanced elixir. Generally, only specialized alchemy traditions would have this kind of elixir recipe - maybe Jiulong Temple had it, but at least Fuqiu Temple didn't, and my second senior brother didn't know how to make it. In fact, Lingyuan Dan has side effects. But this does not apply to the practitioners of alchemy. The secret lies in the method of taking it. Therefore, in ancient times, alchemy practitioners could leave everything to elixirs, and even become immortals by taking elixirs, or even become great and true immortals. As for whether the description of the silver-eating ghost about the Lingyuan Pill it spit out was correct, Lin Jue only needed to give it a try. I think the ancient book would give the answer immediately. I don't know when I fell asleep. …… The next morning, we had noodles with sauerkraut and shredded pork.
At the turn of autumn and winter, the colorful mountains are no less beautiful than the mountain flowers in spring. Some trees that looked ordinary in summer now have bright red leaves, growing on the cliffs between mountains and hidden in the forest. The little sister finished washing the dishes, her hands were a little red. As she wiped her hands and walked out of the kitchen, she saw her brother carrying his heavy hatchet and the fox, walking up the mountain. "Where are you going, brother?" "I feel a little uneasy, so I'm going to the mountain to chop some firewood." "Wait for me! I'll go too!" The junior sister said without hesitation. There is also a hatchet in the Taoist temple, and I don’t know how many years it has been passed down. The little sister who had just finished washing the dishes didn't need to rest at all. She picked up the hatchet and the hemp rope and followed him up the mountain. A white fox followed behind a man. A colorful cat followed behind one person. "Aren't you going to repair the road?" "I was originally going to repair the road. I felt a little uneasy, so I went to the mountain to repair the road." The little sister did not forget to imitate him when she explained, "But when I saw you chopping wood, I went to chop wood with you." "You..." Lin Jue didn't say anything. After going down the mountain, I saw a lot, knew a lot, and gained a lot. It is normal to feel a little uneasy. When practicing Taoism, one should have a calm mind. (End of this chapter)
