Chapter 9: The Immortal’s Tomb

“Bah, what a thing to say.” Chengxin’s face showed a different kind of “irritation.” He threw down his chopsticks and yelled at the door, “What are you talking about? Can a closed door really stop you? Don’t you know you’re coming in? You’re just pretending to be a fool!”

I was immediately amused, and after eating a large piece of meat, I said to Chengxin, “What? Chengxin, you’re still speaking in the northeastern dialect? Do you think my northeastern dialect is authentic?”

Chengxin said helplessly, “You don’t know that I’m worn out. You’ll see later.”

While Chengxin was talking, I had actually seen it.

Because at this time, a figure had already crept in. Oh, I was amused at first sight. Is this the old ghost in Chengxin’s mouth? This image… I don’t know what to say, so I can only whisper in Chengxin’s ear, “Are you sure this is the old ghost? Isn’t it a fashion pioneer?”

Yes, this is indeed a “fashion pioneer,” with a slicked-back hairdo, a colorful flower suit, jeans underneath, a pair of sneakers, and a pair of big sunglasses that cover most of his face!

That’s how ghosts are. They can be whatever you want them to be. That’s why I have to say he’s fashionable. After following Brother Chengxin around for a while, I’ve learned a lot about modern people’s fashion, but I don’t think I’ve developed much of an appreciation for it.

Chengxin gave me a helpless look, but before I could say anything, another voice came: “You’re really a pervert! You can’t do that! How can you say anything quietly? I heard everything. Let me explain to you. This pervert is all about image, right? This pervert also has to keep up with the times, right? Otherwise, you’re just a fossil, right? That’s not possible. Let me tell you, for example… I have several brothers, named Wu Qi, Wu Li, Wu Wei, Wu Fan, and me, Wu Yan. If you ask me why my parents gave me these names, I’ll tell you…

I felt like I was going to lose my mind. Chengxin was on the verge of an explosion, but we hadn’t even had a chance to say anything yet. Suddenly, there was a loud clatter of bowls being put down, and then a cold voice said, “Shut up!”

I laughed immediately. Chengxin quietly gave Ru Xue a thumbs up. Wu Yanwu was oblivious, looking innocent, and said, “What’s wrong? What’s wrong? This girl, do you not like me? Yes, I am the most taciturn child in the family, and I have always been unpopular. But you can’t just not like me because I don’t like to talk. Isn’t that annoying? For example, let’s say my family, there are several brothers, called Wu Qi…”

Chengxin was so annoyed by the old Wu that he told me directly, “Chengyi, I’m lost. I’m going to go and lose myself for a while. When this old ghost shuts up, you can call me again.”

Xue sighed lightly. For someone like her who doesn’t talk much, if you ignore her once, she will simply ignore you and be too lazy to say anything else!

As for me, I gently held Chengxin’s arm, smiling with my eyes, and then slowly took out a talisman from my yellow cloth bag. It was a talisman that was very harmful to ghosts. Then the old ghost quickly shut up, yawning as if it had nothing to do with it, and said, “Really, this person is getting old, so he is easily sleepy. I’m going to sleep.”

This time it was concise, but I said with a smile, “Stop, who told you to leave? Do you think this talisman can’t be attached to the soul jar, or what? Do you dare to leave? The transaction is not complete, and if you leave, it is normal for the heavens to scatter your soul. Look at it, I’m not the one you’re trading with, and I, this person, has an impulsive and irritable temper. What if I accidentally attached it to the soul jar…”

I looked very distressed, and Cheng Xin laughed so hard that he was shaking. He whispered in my ear, “Cheng Yi, you’re great! I forgot that you’re from the Shan Clan. You can still handle this old fart. Oh, and don’t forget to squeeze the toothpaste out of his stomach. See what else this brat can do?”

That’s what I mean. I’m a member of the prestigious Shan family, and I can’t even handle you, a little brat. Even if I’ve wasted so many years in the Shan family, I and Brother Chengxin both put on a smile like an old fox, looking at the old ghost Wu together, while Ruoxue looked on as if nothing was going on.

The old ghost Wu finally stood still, looking regretful and annoyed. He must have been thinking, “What a mistake! I should have known better and stayed in the soul jar.

But no matter what he thought, his expression of regret and annoyance disappeared in an instant, and he became flattering, saying, “Young master, which stupid calf said I wanted to leave? I caught him, and I’m going to give him a good beating! Young master, don’t you know? I’ve been in love with you since I first saw you. I’ve never seen such a bright and lustful person! I want to chat with you, drink and laugh, and be sworn brothers! If I have a piece of meat to eat, I definitely won’t let you eat bread. That’s not possible!”

He was really a chatterbox, but I wasn’t impatient. I looked at him with a smile on my face and said, “Are you done?”

“I’m done.” The old man looked foolish and loyal.

“Want to chat with me?” I smiled even more brightly.

“Of course! Do you doubt me? That’s not possible! If you can come to my house, I can guarantee you will have plenty of meat to eat.” The old man looked like he would go through fire and water for me.

The question is who wants to eat big fat meat? I was too lazy to bullshit with him, and I said directly, “Why don’t I believe you? I really believe that you are sincere with me, right?”

The old man nodded his head like a chicken pecking rice, and quickly said, “Yes, yes, that’s the way it is!”

I laughed, and so did Chengxin. I said slowly, “That’s great. I don’t have any reservations either. I was embarrassed to ask before, but tell me, what’s the deal with the ginseng essence? Why do you have to go looking for it on cold, freezing days? Who looks for ginseng like that? Tell me again, why did you say you were looking for the essence here when it was so important? Finally, who are we waiting for? You said it yourself, you’re honest and sincere, right?”

The old ghost looked at me with a distorted expression of being taken in. I guess he was too shocked to care about his “fashionable image” and changed his appearance in an instant. He had a monk’s topknot and was wearing a dirty monk’s robe. This surprised me a bit. This old ghost was still a monk?

But when I looked at his face, it reminded me of Wu Er, the guy I met at the ghost market. Yes, they don’t look alike, but they both have the same look. It looks like they’re saying, “I’m a thief, and I’m a pervert.” His big sunglasses just covered half of his face, but now I can see clearly.

He doesn’t look very reliable! But you can’t judge a book by its cover. At least in the ghost market, Wu Lao Er is a reliable person!

The old ghost couldn’t care less about this, and he didn’t dare to leave. He just floated back and forth in the room, shouting, “What should I do? This… what should I do? Hey, really, what should I do?”

Neither did I or Chengxin look at him. I had seen through him. This old ghost Wu is a real coward. He didn’t dare to leave either. Give him some time to think about it.

Ru Xue and I, and Brother Cheng Xin, were happily eating stew and drinking wine. After about twenty minutes, a voice came floating in the air: “I said, if I tell you everything, you won’t give me this talisman, will you?”

I thought to myself, I already knew it in my heart, this old devil really did hide a lot of things, but I didn’t show it on my face. As soon as I opened my mouth, I also blurted out a sentence in the northeastern dialect: “How could that be? No, I’m not that kind of person!

At this point, I also realized why the gentle-mannered Cheng Xin would speak such a bold dialect. He was influenced by the old man’s “nonsense”!

So, the old ghost rolled his eyes for a long time, and finally said, “This matter, to speak of it, has to start with our brothers. We have five brothers, named Wu Qi, Wu Li, and so on…”

“Get to the point!” I said.

“Speak in human language!” This is what Brother Chengxin shouted.

“But I’m a ghost, I don’t know how to speak human language,” said Wu Er, looking innocent.

I was speechless, and I said directly, “Can you just say the most important thing first?”

“The essence is in the immortal’s tomb.” Wu Er’er was indeed concise this time.

But Chengxin and I were stunned!