Lin Shao rushed home as fast as he could,
Then, he very carefully opened the system space,
He released the lushu from the space.
He thought that since he could release living creatures in..,
The space should not suffocate them to death.
Sure enough, the released lushu shook its fur in the living room. It seemed to be in good condition.
Lin Shao looked at it,
He finally heaved a sigh of relief.
But before Lin Shao could speak,
The lushu lowered its head to Bai Ze,
It called out, "Lord Baize,
Long time no see. "
He spoke in the language of the human world,
Bai Ze sat on the sofa,
He nodded in response,
Then, he waved his hand, indicating that it did not care about him.
The lushu turned its head to look at Lin Shao,
Lin Shao also looked at it. He was a little nervous and did not know what to say first. However, when he looked into the lushu's eyes, he felt that there was an indescribable … uh, kindness?
This feeling was like a familiar elder looking at him.
"I know you,
Your name is Lin Shao, right? "It was the lushu who spoke first. His voice was a little low,
But it sounded very gentle,
"I remember that you lived in the house next to the big banyan tree in the middle of the street,
And you lived with your grandfather.
During the time when your leg was injured,
Your grandfather often came to the ancestral hall to offer incense, and then … he stopped coming. "
Lin Shao looked at it in surprise, then lowered his head and said, "Because … Grandfather passed away."
"I guessed it." The lushu's eyes were very big, and they were black as if they were filled with water. "My condolences.
People live, grow old, get sick, and die. I've seen a lot.
But I didn't expect that you would be chosen as an emissary by the Heavenly Dao. There hasn't been an emissary for a long time. It's rare. "
Lin Shao looked at the stone bracelet on his wrist and did not know how to explain. He could only say, "The emissary … is all luck."
"Choosing you to be the emissary is a good thing," Lu Shu said. "It is a blessing for the Mountain and Sea Realm. You've always been kind, ever since you were a child. You're a good child.
Lin Shao, who had been praised, heard Lu Shu's words and asked the question that had always been in his heart, "You … are the god of worship in the ancestral hall?
You've been alive all this time, haven't you? "
The Lushu was silent for a while before replying, "As for the first question, I am not a god. I am just a Lushu.
As for the last question, that's right. I've always been in the ancestral hall, alive, watching all of you, watching everyone in Willow Lane. "
"Was it … imprisoned by the statue?"
Lin Shao suddenly thought of something very bad. Lushu only came out after the statue was broken. It seemed to be locked by that thing.
Lu Shu smiled and said: "You, don't think about such strange things … I am staying here of my own accord."
"Eh?
Why? "
"Because of that resentful ghost," Lu Shu said. "Speaking of which, this is a rather long story. After all, it has really been a long time.
If you want to hear it, I'll tell it to you. "
Lu Shu paused for a while, as if it was lost in its memories.
Then it opened its mouth and slowly said: "Sometimes, the Realm Wall is unstable. As an emissary, you should know that. As for how I came to the Human Realm, I won't waste time talking about it."
"I was rather unlucky that time. After I fell, I was injured and couldn't move until I was discovered.
To tell the truth, when I saw people coming, I was very nervous. At that time, I was seriously injured and couldn't fight back. I was afraid that these people, whom I had never seen before, would do something to me. But what I worried about didn't happen.
I saw those people chattering around me. I didn't know what they were saying. At that time, I didn't understand the language of the Human Realm. But when I woke up, I found many medicinal herbs on my body, and there were even some biscuits for me to eat.
Oh, by the way, the place where I fell from the Mountain and Sea Realm was Willow Stick Village 200 years ago. It is now Willow Stick Alley. "
200 years ago, Willow Stick Village had its back against the mountain, and in front of it was the Lotus River. Most of the villagers made a living by fishing. At that time, Willow Stick Village was very remote, and there were only a few dozen families living there. Lu Shu fell at the foot of the mountain at the entrance of the village. No one had seen this creature before. Everyone discussed it, but they didn't know what to do with it.
No matter how much they discussed, they couldn't come to a conclusion. But someone started it. Feeling pity for it, they secretly applied medicine to Lu Shu, who was lying there, and then someone followed and put food there.
No one dared to hurt this thing that no one had ever seen before. However, Lu Shu, who had just fallen into the human world, recovered from his injuries while being on tenterhooks. He hurriedly struggled and ran to the nearby mountain to hide.
"At that time, I had already guessed that there was a problem with the Realm Wall and that I fell to the Human Realm. So I had no place to go. I could only stay on the mountain there, which was actually safer.
Although I left, there were still people who put some food in the original place. I didn't know what I could and couldn't eat in the Human Realm. So I had no choice but to sneak back at night to eat the food that the humans left there. When they saw that the food was gone, they knew that I was eating it. So they were kind enough to keep putting it there. "
When Lu Shu recalled this, his expression was very gentle. "Later, I saw those people picking fruits and sometimes herbs on the mountain. I thought that I couldn't keep eating other people's food for free. So I learned to pick what they needed from the mountain and put it on the ground at the entrance of the village as a return gift."
The humans who received the return gift were very surprised. The village gathered again to discuss this matter. Most of the people in the village didn't read many books. Only the village chief had read a few books. He flipped through the few books in the village and thought that this unknown creature was the legendary auspicious beast that would bless the village.
So Lu Shu, who had nowhere to go, formed a strange tacit understanding with the people in the simple village. After a long time, it didn't hide on the mountain. The people in the village found that it was very smart. It even gradually learned the language of the Human Realm. Lu Shu would go up the mountain to pick something for everyone in the day and sleep in the house that the villagers built for it in the night.
Lu Shu's existence was a secret that the isolated Willow Tree Village kept together. The kind people lived together with it. It was like a villager in the village.
During the days when Lu Shu was there, it seemed to confirm the previous auspicious beast's words. The families in the village had many descendants. The families were harmonious and happy.
But the good times didn't last long. The resentful ghost appeared here.
Back then, it was surrounded by mountains, so the location wasn't good. It was easy for ghosts to appear. The village said it was a water ghost, but I know it was a resentful ghost. During that time, no one dared to go fishing. They even pooled money to hire a Daoist priest, but that Daoist priest was a liar. He cheated everyone of their money and ran away. The situation of the resentful ghost didn't change at all. "
Lu Shu sighed and said, "At that time, they wanted to move away. But all their wealth was here. Where could they move to?
It was so chaotic outside.
After thinking about it, I was the only one who could help them. "
No one knew what decision Lu Shu had made. The people of Willow Tree Village only knew that the auspicious beast in the village disappeared when they woke up in the morning. Everyone searched for a long time and finally found Lu Shu, who seemed to be sleeping near the river.
The villagers panicked. They were afraid that they had done something wrong. However, as Lushu fell into a deep sleep, the "water ghost" that troubled the villagers did not appear. Nothing happened to the people who went out to fish.
This "coincidence" made everyone seem to have guessed something. They built an ancestral hall at the place where Lushu "slept" and made a lifelike stone statue for Lushu. They placed Lushu, who had lost his breath but did not rot, at the base of the statue and placed it together with the ancestor's list. They sincerely burned incense every day until today.
The legend of the gods was passed down in Willow Tree Village after the generation of people who had seen Lu Shu alive died. It went from a village to a corner of a city.
No one remembered the story completely. But the people of Willow Tree Village believed that the gods worshipped in the ancestral hall were very effective.
But the resentful ghost suppressed by Lu Shu didn't disappear. Instead, because of the increase in the population of Huaili City, it became stronger and stronger. In the end, Lu Shu couldn't suppress it anymore. It caused frequent accidents at the construction site.
After Lin Shao heard everything, he understood why Zhou Yi and Zhou Jiangheng had underestimated the resentful ghost's strength. It caused accidents that no one could control. In the end, it was Bai Ze who suppressed the resentful ghost twice.
It was because Lu Shu was there that more than half of the resentful ghost that had been dormant for many years were suppressed. It was also because of this that the resentful ghost, despite being so strong, was only injured in all the accidents at the construction site. It had never killed anyone.
This was really a blessing in disguise.
Lin Shao was born in Willow Tree Village. This was the first time he heard of such a long story.
When Lu Shu was talking about this, most of his words were about his life in the village, his probing when he first came to the Mortal Realm, the kindness of the villagers, and the fact that he suppressed the resentful ghost with his own body for more than 200 years without being able to move. He only briefly mentioned it, as if it was just a passing remark.
But to Lin Shao, this matter was enough to shock him.
"So, you've been sealed under the statue all this time?"
Lu Shu thought for a while and said, "It can't be said to be sealed. The base is actually empty. I would occasionally wake up and see the people of Willow Tree Village changing generation after generation. Sometimes they would chat outside the ancestral hall. I would listen and think it was good.
At that time, I didn't know how long this would last. The resentful ghost was getting stronger and stronger. Later on, it was a tug-of-war with me every day. Even if I wanted to escape, it was not so easy. This time, it was because of the intervention of the Taoist priest. He hit the point of the tug-of-war and broke the balance. Only then did I come out. Fortunately, Lord Baize acted in time. Otherwise, something big would have happened. "
"Actually … this is nothing." Lu Shu smiled and looked at Lin Shao's stunned face. He continued, "They saved me. The human world also says that people should repay kindness. When I did it, I didn't know if it would succeed. I didn't expect it to work. This is … a new function of mine?"
Lu Shu's tone sounded very relaxed, as if these two hundred years were nothing to him.
"I don't know how to say it …" Lin Shao's eyes were a little red. "Thank you. Thank you for protecting us for so long."
As a person who was silently protected, Lin Shao did not know how to describe his feelings at this moment.
Bai Ze, who was sitting on the sofa and listening, saw him reach out to wipe his eyes. Naturally, he could not sit still. He walked forward to help him wipe his eyes and coaxed, "Okay … Isn't it out now?
It's okay. It's okay. "
"Is, is that resentful ghost completely suppressed?" Lin Shao choked back his sobs and asked for confirmation, "Is it really okay?"
Bai Ze hesitated for a moment, then told the truth, "No."
Lin Shao, "…"
Lin Shao felt like crying.
Bai Ze looked at his red rabbit eyes and still could not bear to say, "
Of course, since we already know everything and Lu Shu has already come out, it's not difficult to solve it.
Since Zhou Jiangheng is already here, I think he still has some skills. He just lacks something. "
"What is it?" Lin Shao sniffed. "Besides, that Zhou Jiangheng … Isn't he unable to deal with it?"
He saw it just now.
Bai Ze sighed. He hesitated for a moment, then opened his mouth and said, "Go find the little taotie now and ask him …"
But Bai Ze's words were only halfway through when he suddenly stopped. Lin Shao looked at him in confusion, only to see Bai Ze helplessly pointing at his throat. Lin Shao looked at his mouth and saw Bai Ze say, "System punishment."
System?
Lin Shao hurriedly opened the system interface and found that the guide's circle on the home page was half black. There was a red bar drawn on it, and there was a prompt next to it.
— — The appraisal guide violated part of the rules in the process of the mission. Muted for three days. The host will be punished as well. The current mission points reward will be halved.
Seeing this prompt, Lin Shao hurriedly turned to the mission interface to take a look. Lu Shu's mission points had indeed become 50 points.
Damn, could this system be any more deceptive?!
Did it have to cause trouble at this time?!