Chapter 222 221. Lujin Temple (Subscribe!)

A pot of hot tea and a few side dishes.

It may not be delicious, but in this cold season, having a bite of hot food is more comfortable than anything else.

Xu Qing picked up the teapot and poured a bowl of tea for himself and Bai Lele. The tea soup was clear, and wisps of mist floated above the bowls.

I took a sip and it tasted sweet, astringent at first but then sweet.

The tea is not a very good one, but the water is good.

The water should be from a nearby spring.

Bai Laole said he came to have a bowl of hot tea, but actually he was staring at the side dishes from the moment they were served.

Logically speaking, Bai Laolao's cultivation level is not low and he is completely capable of fasting, but this guy has always had a strong demand for food.

However, whether to eat or not depends on the practitioner's personal wishes, which is difficult to judge.

"Lele, your cultivation is not low, why are you so keen on these ordinary foods?" Xu Qing asked curiously.

Apart from the meals cooked by his mother, he has gradually developed the habit of not eating worldly grains. It's not because he is afraid that the foul air contained in ordinary grains, meat and vegetables will pollute his body.

After refining his essence to perfection, the five qi in his body became a natural circle. These turbid qi could not affect his body at all under the big circle that was like a millstone.

But ever since he opened the nine orifices through refining his essence, his sense of taste has become extremely sensitive, and he no longer feels as good about ordinary food as before.

Another reason is that you don't feel hungry in your stomach.

When is food most delicious? Of course, when you are hungry! When your stomach is full, even the most delicious food will seem hard to swallow.

Hearing Xu Qing's question, Bai Lele patted his stomach and said, "I'm not eating this just for myself!"

These actions and words sounded a bit like the speech of a pregnant woman, but Xu Qing's eyes turned and the first thing he thought of was the insect.

When a Gu Master raises Gu insects, he himself is actually the best container.

"There is a gluttonous insect in Lele's stomach. You should know what this poisonous insect is just by its name."

Zhongneng Rat crawled out from the sachet around Bai Lele's waist, jumped onto the table, picked up a peanut and started to chew it.

"Can you tell me this?" Xu Qing was a little surprised.

He didn't expect Zhong Neng Shu to tell him these, which is a secret of a cultivator.

"Anyway, you will find out later, because the things that guy stole from the village were related to the Taotie worm."

"Since we need your help to take back the things in the village, it's no big deal to inform you in advance."

Xu Qing understood.

I nodded to show that I understood, but didn't try to delve into other people's secrets too much.

He took another sip of hot tea, looked at the snowflakes falling outside the teahouse, and said with emotion:
"Ah, hotpot is actually the best thing to eat at this time."

"Hot pot?" Bai Lele raised his head, looking puzzled. "Big brother, what is hot pot? Can you eat the pot?"

Xu Qing smiled and said, "You can't eat the pot, but you can eat the food cooked in it."

"This hot pot is just a pot of soup base, which is put on the fire and kept roasting. Then there are plates of meat and vegetables. If you want to eat something, you just pick up a chopstick and dip it in the boiling soup."

"Especially the beef which is half lean and half fat. You can eat it right after boiling it in the soup. It tastes so good."

Xu Qing thought of his memories from his previous life and couldn't help but miss the taste of this dish.

Bai Lele's eyes lit up when he heard this: "This is good, this is good, big brother, how about making it out and trying it?"

Xu Qing shook his head: "There are no good ingredients here, but when we get to the city ahead, we can find someone to build a stove and get some ingredients so we can have a good meal."

Bai Lele first saw Xu Qing shaking his head to refuse, and a trace of depression appeared on his face, but the next moment he heard Xu Qing say that it could be done in the city ahead, and his mood immediately turned from gloomy to bright.

Xu Qing looked around while drinking tea.

There were many customers in the teahouse, in groups of two or three, drinking and eating meat. Actually, it is not quite right to call it a teahouse, because it also sells wine and food, in short, whatever can make money.

Fortunately, these people didn't shout or make any noise, so it wasn't too noisy. Of course, it was inevitable that they would chat while eating.

Xu Qing just happened to hear some conversations that interested him——

"By the way, have you heard? Someone died up ahead again."

"Is it that temple again?"

"Yeah. A stranger was passing by and didn't know the situation, so he stayed there overnight. The next day, he was shocked."

"Ah, that place is really harmful, and the government doesn't care about it. Send someone to deal with it."

The people around him sneered: "Take care? How? Are we going to kill all the mosquitoes on the mountain with a knife?!"

"This mosquito can kill people. I wouldn't believe it if I heard it elsewhere. Maybe there is a monster among these mosquitoes."

"Can this mosquito be transformed into a monster? That's impossible."

"Who can say for sure? Even stones can become spirits, so there's no reason why mosquitoes can't become monsters!"

“That seems to make sense.”

"What do you mean by a little bit of truth? Have you ever seen so many mosquitoes flying all over the mountains in the middle of winter?"

"It must be a demon!"

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After listening to it, Xu Qing roughly realized that someone had died and was killed by mosquitoes.

Mosquito becomes a monster?

This is strange.

This was the first time he heard of it.

There have been various strange stories and legends among the people, but few of them are about mosquito monsters.

Xu Qing called the shop owner over and asked him about something.

"Shopkeeper, I just heard these people next to me talking about mosquitoes killing people. What's going on in front?"

If someone else asked the question, the store owner would definitely give a perfunctory answer and then go about his own business.

But Xu Qing was wearing a Taoist robe.

The store owner couldn't help but treat it seriously.

Although not everyone who wears a Taoist robe is a cultivator, some people like to wear one when they go out, which can avoid a lot of trouble.

But don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be prepared for one.

If the person in front of you is a real Taoist priest, you will be in trouble if you offend him. Didn’t you see that the group of rough guys next to you didn’t even dare to make loud noises while drinking and eating meat today?

"My guest, you may not know that there is a temple on the hill in front of you. It was originally a post station, but it was abandoned at some point and was later converted into a temple."

"This matter is actually of no importance to us, but after it was converted into a temple, one day, someone came here on the way. Because it was late at night and he couldn't go on, he had to stay in the temple for one night."

"The next day, a passerby found that the man in the temple was dead, and his death was horrible."

"It was like someone had peeled off my skin, and the veins underneath were exposed."

"After this incident, gradually, people here started calling that temple the Lujin Temple."

"From that day on, there were more and more mosquitoes in the mountains, so many that in the summer they covered the entire mountain like fog."

"Also, logically, mosquitoes should be extinct in winter, but the number of mosquitoes on the hill of Lujin Temple has decreased a little, but it has not disappeared. There are still a large number of them everywhere in the mountain!"

(End of this chapter)