"Not a refrigerator."

The water ghost turned back and told the ghosts inside about the situation outside.

The female ghost who had taken poison said nonchalantly, "If it's just a guest, we can wait for the boss to come back."

The water ghost nodded.

It wasn't Refrigerator coming back, and he seemed a little listless, slumping back onto the sofa.

The Qi Family Army soldier spirit, however, shook his head, a rare occurrence. "We can't let him leave."

"There's something strange about that book."

"What's strange?"

The weapons ghost thought for a moment and said, "I followed General Qi to fight the old spirits in the mountains during my life, so I'm a little familiar with this kind of aura."

"There's a demonic aura in the book."

…

Wei Yuan received a message from the museum.

It seemed that they had sensed a strange aura in the book, similar to a faint demonic aura.

So they had to try their best, a few ghosts squeezed into a light windbreaker, wearing masks and sunglasses, and carrying gloves, bundled up from head to toe, walking crookedly, barely opening the door to let the person outside come in and wait, then slipped in to report to him.

The museum's ghosts didn't have physical bodies now, so they obviously didn't send the message.

Then it could only be that the pair of red embroidered shoes had sneaked out again, and then skillfully turned on the computer, logged into the account, and sent a message to Wei Yuan. During this time, they were very enthusiastic about modern products like computers, and their favorite thing was to gather together to drink cola and play some competitive games.

The water ghost and the soldier spirit stared intently at the screen, two paper dolls pushing the mouse.

The red embroidered shoes danced happily on the keyboard.

So many times, you have no idea what your teammates are, it could be a black cat raised in a mountain Taoist temple, or it might not even be a cat.

…

Wei Yuan explained the sudden situation to the celestial maiden, who nodded happily and said, "Then let's go back first, we can come out again next time."

Wei Yuan nodded, and as he put away his phone, he caught a glimpse of a news notification out of the corner of his eye. He paused and clicked on it almost involuntarily. It was news from across the ocean, from the New World. A farm had been burned down, and more than a dozen people had been turned into dried corpses, arranged in a terrifying and bizarre pattern.

It was said that thousands of insect corpses were found at the scene.

All of them had been burned to death by the fire, but traces of insect mouthparts biting the dried corpses were also found.

Estimating the original situation, it was very likely that tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of insects had surrounded the people, some of whom tried to kill the insects with flamethrowers, which led to the burning down of the entire house and the current situation. Although this tweet was still in the style of uC Shock Department, the editor seemed to be quite thorough.

He seriously said that this farm used to be the territory of the ancient Indians.

Afterward, the entire tribe was massacred, and the sacred forest was reclaimed and turned into a plantation.

And the patterns made by the dried corpses were very Indian in style.

It was very likely that the wandering souls in the New World were taking revenge again. Of course, this unrealistic speculation was not agreed with by most people. At most, there were some people who made jokes, and most people thought that it was a case of 'performance art' murder committed by a biased and crazy person, which was the reason speculated by the New World police.

The second news item was that several very famous shrines in Sakura Island had suddenly closed their doors to visitors.

It was said to be under renovation, but there were rumors that the area near the shrine was basically blocked off, and people could see elderly men wearing Onmyoji hunting clothes entering the shrine, and nearby residents reported hearing loud roars of wild beasts at night.

The Sakura Island media responded by saying that a black bear had escaped from the zoo.

Wei Yuan's expression was a little沉凝.

Zhou Yi had told him that spiritual energy had been recovering since a hundred years ago, and in recent years, the speed of the increase in spiritual energy concentration had suddenly accelerated, which had led to a shortage of manpower in China, which had a complete Buddhist and Taoist heritage. In this case, other countries would obviously encounter the same problem.

Could the mountain spirit's ability to break free from the seal also be related to the increase in spiritual energy concentration?

…

While Zhai Yanjun was waiting anxiously, Wei Yuan and the celestial maiden returned.

The maiden was very interested in the book that still had demonic energy.

Zhai Yanjun was stunned by the beautiful maiden and subconsciously turned his gaze away.

After Wei Yuan asked him why he had come, Zhai Yanjun took out the books he had brought with him. They were all old books, most of which were handwritten copies, written carefully stroke by stroke. One could imagine how much effort the owner of the book had spent writing these words back then.

Wei Yuan did notice the faint demonic aura on the books.

The celestial maiden flipped through the books and frowned.

Zhai Yanjun was worried that they would find that the books were missing pages or had missing words, and he felt a little unsure. He said, "These are things my grandfather left behind. I work outside now, so I have to sell them."

"As for the price…"

He thought for a moment and quoted a price that was three times higher than what the book collector had offered, feeling quite unsure of himself.

And he thought that if the other party didn't agree, he could lower the price again.

The maiden pondered and said, "These books are very important. Are you sure you want to sell them?"

Zhai Yanjun only thought that she was referring to the fact that they were his grandfather's belongings. He sighed and pointed to the yellowed books, saying, "I don't work in Quan City anymore, and it's not easy to do anything these days, and I don't have time to read these books. Besides, as long as you have a mobile phone now, what books can't you see?"

"It's not convenient to flip through these books."

"If they get flipped through and ruined, or accidentally damaged, it's better to leave my grandfather's things here, at least they'll be intact."

A bunch of ghosts stacked themselves on top of each other, wearing a windbreaker. With the nearly three-thousand-year-old soul-nourishing wood, their magic power had been greatly improved. The water ghost curled his lips and said, "With this kind of reason, we're preserving these books for you, and you still want to ask us for money, that doesn't make sense, right?"

"Don't make excuses for selling books, acting like a bi—"

He lowered his voice and glared at the soldier spirit who was covering his mouth.

Zhai Yanjun didn't hear the lowered voice behind him, but he was a little embarrassed by the first two sentences. However, he didn't leave, but pretended to be nonchalant and said, "See if you can accept this price, if not, I'll go look at another store."

He pretended to pull the book away.

Wei Yuan reached out and pressed down on the book. Zhai Yanjun couldn't pull it away, and he looked up to see the young man smiling and nodding.

"Good reason."

"I'll take the books."

Wei Yuan transferred the money. Zhai Yanjun seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, exchanged a few more polite words, and then left with light and powerful steps. After going out, he looked at the extra numbers on his account. A box of broken old books sold for more than other books. He felt a little incredible.

He looked back at the museum, and with a sense of pleasure at having found a bargain, he embarked on his return journey.

Wei Yuan flipped through the books and looked at the maiden, saying, "There seems to be something missing from these books."

The celestial maiden nodded, saying, "The two words *shen xian* (神仙, gods/immortals) are missing from all of them."

She opened a page, and the two words *shen xian* were also missing from that page, but there was an additional ring, like a wisp of curled hair, but it faintly emitted pure qi. The diameter was about four inches, and the maiden lifted this ring with her fingers through the pure qi, saying,

"The bookworm in the book, if it can eat the two words *shen xian* multiple times, will transform into this thing, called Maiwang. At night, with this thing, you can get immortal pills. If you break it, you can get pure qi to turn into water, and if you take it mixed with immortal pills, you can completely transform and become an immortal."

Wei Yuan looked surprised.

The celestial maiden glanced at Wei Yuan and said, "Of course, that's fake."

"And after you break it, the Maiwang will be destroyed, and it will no longer be able to produce pills at night."

"Taking the pills alone is also beneficial for cultivators. You can try it tonight."

She gently sent it out, and the bookworm flew towards Wei Yuan, landing on the book in front of him.

It pretended to be dead and didn't move.

Wei Yuan touched the Maiwang with his finger and asked curiously, "Is this thing the demonic aura?"

But when he looked up, the demonic aura in the book was still there. He took the book in surprise and flipped it open to see that there was a bookmark inside, which read 'Gengshen reunion, Huayang Lakeside'. The bookmark was made of green leaves, and the demonic aura came from it.

Wei Yuan said, "The demonic aura comes from this leaf?"

The celestial maiden said, "Yes, and this kind of leaf is rarely seen in the human world."

"This kind of leaf usually grows in Qingqiu Country."

"Fox demons who leave Qingqiu will wear leaves from their hometown as decorations to alleviate their homesickness. The one who made the agreement with the owner of this book is a fox from Qingqiu. This should be the token."

The celestial maiden looked at Wei Yuan and said, "This year is Gengshen, do you want to go take a look?"

After thinking about it, she said, "Most of the Qingqiu fox demons are beautiful. Wo Hu, you are over twenty and haven't been married yet. If you like, I can propose marriage to the current Nine-Tailed Fox on your behalf and let her choose a suitable fox fairy to meet you."

Wei Yuan's expression froze.

The water ghost, who had originally wanted to come over to curry favor and even brought over happy water after a psychological struggle, took a turn and directly reversed direction.

But in the end, Wei Yuan couldn't help but be curious and followed the demonic aura on the green leaf with the celestial maiden.

It was a male fox spirit.

…

A disciple of the Tianshi Mansion fell into a deep sleep.

In his dream, a fierce tiger opened its mouth wide, revealing its sharp fangs, and tore down at him.

The young man's face was horrified, and his body outside trembled violently.

But at this moment, a gentle and old voice softly said, "Go to sleep, have no dreams, have no blame."

The dream shattered.

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It seemed that the shadow of a demon beast escaped from the dream and illusion, and was gently grabbed by a hand. Then a black cat pounced forward, tearing the demon beast to pieces and swallowing it. The terrifying demon beast was swallowed without even being able to scream.

The black cat licked its paws, a little dissatisfied.

It hadn't been able to eat anything just now.

The old man reached out and stroked its chin, and the black cat reluctantly made a purring sound.

It seemed that its cooperation made the old man a little carried away, and he directly forked the cat up with both hands and teased it for a while. The black cat became annoyed and scratched a scratch on the old man's forehead. The old man didn't care, teased the black cat, and smiled, "That Bo Qi is very cautious. The Celestial Maiden Senior has just come to the world, and her knowledge is still there, but her strength has not recovered at all. Felines are very vindictive, and the mountain spirit will not let that little Taoist friend Wei Yuan go."

"You go down the mountain and catch this Bo Qi."

"This kind of strange beast branched out to Fusang during the Tang Dynasty and turned into a dream eater. I didn't expect there to be an ancient vein here."

The black cat landed on the ground, its face full of displeasure. It said a few impatient words, said it knew, and first went back to busy itself for a while, procrastinating, and then jumped down the mountain.

This is a lei (类).

*Classic of Mountains and Seas: Classic of the Southern Mountains*

Mount Danyu, abundant in water, without grass or trees, cannot be ascended. There is a beast there, its shape is like a civet cat with a mane, its name is lei.

Self-made male and female, those who eat it are not jealous.

*Record of Strange Things*, the spiritual cat is one body, self-made yin and yang.

Zhang Ruosu watched the black cat disappear, returned to his room, and then saw a row of dead rats on the bedding, and burst out laughing.

Lei ran down the mountain.

Its face full of smugness.

Felines are very vindictive.

So are demon beasts.

ps: Fictional world, let's just assume that this year is the year of Gengshen~