Under the leadership of the old woman, the three of them came to a small hut at the end of the street.
The small thatched house is not big, with only a bed and a table, and the rest of the things are piled outside.
The old woman did not greet the two of them, but walked past the stove by herself, lighting the fire and saying, "Xiao Shiyi, how long do you plan to stay this time?"
Wu Shiyi shrugged and said, "Whenever you get tired of staying, just leave."
Jiang Ning was listening curiously, does Wu Shiyi come here often?
Seeing his opinion, Wu Shiyi explained: "The formation set up by Shangqing Daozi prevents the evil souls in the entire city from getting out. These evil souls are devouring each other inside and growing continuously. They must be cleaned regularly, otherwise they will be easily raised.
Ghost King."
Jiang Ning suddenly realized.
No one needs to tell him how scary the Ghost King is. Doesn’t the red-dressed goddess at the gate of Qingling Academy respect the Ghost King?
That kind of strength can defeat Dean Wu Jiudao!
If the wronged souls in Guiji City are not cleared away and a few of them come out, I am afraid Zhuozhou will suffer a great disaster.
"So what you said about improving my strength is to clear away the innocent souls here?" Jiang Ning figured out what he was thinking.
Wu Shiyi didn't hide anything and nodded.
"You practice thunder magic, which specializes in restraining evil spirits. For other cultivators, this place may be life-threatening, but for you, it is an excellent place for testing." Wu Shiyi
He looked towards the center of the city and squinted his eyes.
"But one thing you have to pay attention to is that once you encounter that guy, there is only one way to save your life, and that is to run away. Try your best to escape here!"
Jiang Ning's eagerness to try was instantly extinguished.
You promised to protect me when I come here. Is this your protection?
Wu Shiyi coughed twice, turned away from him and said, "Mother-in-law, please open the Ghost Gate Formation. My brother is eager to improve his realm, so it would be better to let him get started as soon as possible."
Jiang Ning's expression changed and he said hurriedly: "No, mother-in-law, I'm not in a hurry. I'm not in a hurry. Anyway, I have plenty of time. It's not too late to practice again in two days."
Now that I don't even know the strength of the ghosts in the city, what's the difference between acting rashly and seeking death?
The old woman who was lighting the fire said with a strange smile: "Xiao Shiyi, you just want to be lazy. It's the first time a guest comes. You have to entertain them. How can you just let others do the work when they arrive?"
"My mother-in-law is sensible." Jiang Ning turned to look at Wu Shiyi, with a fierce glint in his eyes.
Wu Shiyi trembled all over and found a lame excuse to leave the thatched cottage.
After he left, only the old woman and Jiang Ning were left in the thatched house. Jiang Ning had nothing to do and stepped forward to help chop firewood.
"Grandma, since there are so many wronged souls in the city, won't Shangqing Taoist Temple care about it?" He rolled up his sleeves, picked up the ax with a rotten handle, and asked while chopping firewood.
A flash of satisfaction flashed in the old woman's eyes, and she replied: "After Fengming Daozi returned, he listed this place as a training place for Taoist students. Every six months, Taoist disciples will come here to practice, and they will also teach the old woman to me.
Some food and drink."
"Well...calculating the time, this batch should arrive in the next few days, maybe you can still meet them."
When the old woman saw that the fire was burning, she stood up and took a large pot from the wooden shelf next to it, and said: "Old woman, there is nothing to entertain here, don't dislike it."
Jiang Ning didn’t even dare.
Then, he saw the old woman entering the hut.
When she came out again, she was already carrying several small dried animals about the size of chickens.
The little beast has a fat body, short legs, and an extremely long tail. It looks a bit like...Jiang Ning's stomach surged, and he almost vomited out the last night's meal.
When the old woman saw this, she didn't know if it was intentional or not, and said: "There is nothing to eat in the city. The only thing is this rat. It grows up by eating the souls of wronged victims. It is very fat and gives birth to babies quickly. Old woman, I rely on it to survive here."
Now."
"They are a good thing. If you leave Guiji City, you won't be able to eat them."
Jiang Ning forced a smile, then turned around and gave himself a mouthful.
"Make your mouth dry!"
He really regrets not listening to Wu Shiyi now. If he had listened to him, he should be practicing now, wouldn't he be able to escape this nightmare...
The old woman put the dried mice into the pot, then took out a few stones and threw them in.
Seeing Jiang Ning looking at him with a complicated expression, she smiled and explained: "At first glance, he looks like a young man who has never experienced hardship. The stone is called salt stone. If you put it in and cook it together, it will smell good."
"I'll wait for Little Eleven to come back later. I can also bring some spicy food. He likes to eat it. You can try it too. I'm old and can't eat spicy food, so I haven't prepared any at home."
Jiang Ning wants to cry but has no tears.
Who did I offend when I took the exam this time?
First, Zi County encountered the coming Lord of the Forbidden Zone, then he met Wu Shiyi, and now he was taken to a place where birds don’t poop to eat rat meat.
In just a few days, he was able to get back all the hardships he had suffered in two lifetimes.
At this time, the old woman who was putting the food into the pot saw the sword ghost standing in the distance as a guard.
"Young man, is that yours?" the old woman asked.
Jiang Ning nodded.
"The old lady has been watching it since it came in. It is not human, and it is very fierce. Are you in any trouble? Do you want the old lady to help you?"
"Looking at its strong body, it should be enough for us to eat for several days."
Jiang Ning was so frightened that his hair stood on end, and he quickly said: "No, no, no, mother-in-law, it, it...it can't be eaten. It is my protector. It obeys my words and will not cause trouble to you, mother-in-law."<
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The old woman smacked her mouth twice, and said with a regretful expression: "Well, you little kids, your life is so good. When we were practicing, there were no guardians."
"It's all on your own. When you go out for training, you die. Sometimes there's no one to collect the corpses. If I hadn't been saved by Fengming Daozi, I might have died at the hands of those ghosts."
Jiang Ning has heard the four words Fengming Daozi the most, and every time he talks about these four words, a strange light shines in the old woman's eyes.
Although he has never experienced the pain of love, he can still tell that the old woman in front of him has some feelings for Feng Ming Daozi.
"Mother-in-law, I've been hearing you talk about Fengming Daozi, can you tell me what kind of person he is?" Jiang Ning asked.
The old woman's weathered face showed a rare touch of warmth.
"He is a very powerful person, and a very good person..." Speaking of this, the old woman suddenly shook her head bitterly and sighed: "Forget it, it's all about old sesame seeds and rotten millet, there is nothing to say.
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Jiang Ning showed a look of regret.
When the rich aroma came out of the pot, a figure of a carefree young man appeared at the end of the street.
You can guess who the visitor is by looking at the straw in his mouth.
Wu Shiyi, who was out for a walk, came back, and just as the old woman guessed, he came back with a grass vine that he found somewhere and was covered with red knots on his shoulders.
"Hey, mother-in-law, has the meat been stewed?" He sniffed his nose from a distance and asked expectantly.
The old woman hehely said: "It's almost done, I'm just waiting for you to come back."
As she said that, she took out a few black-looking wooden bowls, put a few plump mice in a bamboo basket woven with straw, and brought them up with a smile.
"It's hot, eat it quickly."
It smelled quite fragrant, but when he saw that the basket was full of mice, Jiang Ning couldn't eat it.