Chapter 83: Earning money and staying at home is a great thing
Liu Shuming is a quick-witted person!
He said this without hesitation, giving Li Datou and his companions a loud slap in the face.
If it were in the past, they would definitely be dissatisfied, but at this moment, Li Datou and his companions simply ignored Liu Shuming's words and stared at Lin Ye with fiery eyes.
Is it that strong?
The person they fought so hard against was killed with just a slap.
If this was one of the more famous aliens, they could still accept it, but this one seems to be a new member. Are newcomers so powerful?
"Could it be that the time has come for the revival of spiritual energy?"
Wang Tie muttered to himself, but Li Datou rolled his eyes in response: "I told you to read less online novels, but you still got possessed. Spiritual energy revival, you're so smart to think of that."
"Damn, it's a good thing I called you Fellow Daoist Lin instead of Xiao Lin. Are young people nowadays so lacking in martial ethics? They are so powerful but still pretend to be a pig and eat the tiger. Who the hell did they learn this from?"
Qu Yicang also recalled his own performance. Fortunately, he did not take advantage of his seniority.
But now thinking about what they boasted about in the living room...even his face turned red and he felt a little ashamed.
"Lin...Fellow Daoist Lin, you..."
Li Datou stuttered and tried to find some words, but for a moment he couldn't think of what to say.
"Let's solve the problem at hand first."
Lin Ye glanced at the expressions of Li Datou and the others and knew what they were thinking. To be honest, he didn't want to be so high-profile. He just didn't want to waste time. It was not his intention to show off.
Why……
To use an outdated phrase, outstanding people shine wherever they go.
Does this matter still need to be resolved?
Seeing the weasel begging for mercy, Li Datou and his companions suddenly thought of the ghost with its intestines exposed. The ghost came suddenly and left abruptly. They were a little confused before, but now they think, could it be related to Fellow Daoist Lin?
That ghost knew Fellow Daoist Lin and knew his strength.
The more Li Datou and his companions thought about it, the more likely it seemed to them, but they just couldn't ask directly now.
"Huang Daxian, right? Are you going to hold on to this matter?" Lin Ye asked indifferently.
"Don't... I'm not some immortal. I'm just a weasel who can only fart. I won't pursue this matter. Just treat me as a fart and let it go."
How could the weasel dare to pursue the matter at this time? He just wanted to save his life.
Lin Ye frowned. Just because the weasel didn't pursue the matter didn't mean the matter was resolved. Liu Shuming still owed him a cause and effect.
"Fellow Daoist Lin, I think it would be better if we just solved this matter in the way we prepared earlier. The hundred years of practice of Huang Daxian has been destroyed. If we want to recover as quickly as possible, the best way is to practice incense and merit. We can let Liu Shuming worship him and ask him to be the guardian deity, and Liu Shuming will become his disciple."
Guardian deity?
Lin Ye looked at Liu Shuming. This was indeed a solution, but not the most perfect one.
The so-called guardian gods are relatively rare in the south, but there are still some in the north, especially a few decades ago, many spirits would be invited to people's homes to serve as guardian gods, and these people were called disciples.
These kinds of spirits are usually enshrined in incense halls. When people come to them with problems, they will possess the disciples who are out to perform rituals to treat the people and solve their problems, in order to gain merits from the incense.
As a disciple who goes out to perform rituals, one can naturally get rewards from it.
But at the same time, the disciples who go out to perform rituals also pay a lot.
The first is the living habits. The disciples who go out to perform rituals almost never leave their hometown, because they have to burn incense to the guardian gods all the time. Secondly, it is not an easy thing to be possessed by these monsters. The disciples who go out to perform rituals need to open up the acupoints all over the body. To put it bluntly, it means that their souls are not very stable, otherwise it will be difficult for the monsters to possess them. This means that the disciples who go out to perform rituals often look sickly.
Because of these reasons, it is generally not easy for disciples to find a partner. Which girl would be willing to marry a boy who stays at home all day and looks sickly? Moreover, there are many rules at home, and the style and furnishings of the entire house appear gloomy.
In the earliest times, only families in real financial difficulty would try to find ways to send their children to become spirit mediums. Some spirits would even take the initiative to harm ordinary people in order to find spirit mediums to serve them, forcing them to become spirit mediums.
Liu Shuming is definitely not married. Although he can make money after becoming a spirit medium, he may not be willing to become a half-human, half-ghost.
Li Datou and his men came up with such a solution , which was based on the weasel's strength and left them with no choice.
"I am willing to be a disciple."
However, what Lin Ye did not expect was that Liu Shuming actually agreed.
"Liu Shuming, do you know what a disciple is?"
"I know. These people have explained it to me in detail over the past two days. I also know what I need to bear. My grandfather originally owed this person a life-saving favor. Becoming a spirit-returning disciple is like repaying this favor. Besides, spirit-returning disciples can make money easily..."
Liu Shuming looked indifferent, and Lin Ye said in a deep voice: "As a disciple of Chuma, you are almost trapped in one place for your whole life."
"What's the big deal? It's not the same as before. I can play computer games at home. What's the point of going out? Have you forgotten that I was a homebody when I was in college?"
Stay at home, have money, and have access to the internet...
Where can I find such a good thing ?
Lin Ye looked at Liu Shuming with an expression that looked like he had gotten a bargain, and suddenly he didn't know what to say.
That seems to be the case.
"As for marriage, at worst, I can just build two houses and let my wife and kids live next door. If I have money, why should I worry about not being able to marry a wife?"
"Sir... I... If he offers me sacrifices, I won't ask for anything from the hall, as long as I can stay."
The weasel kneeling on the ground also hurriedly spoke at this time, asking for the hall to be tidy, women not to be allowed in, incense to be burned every morning and evening, and the place to be cold... He didn't even ask for these requirements.
"Just make me a small room."
The weasel is very humble. He thinks he is the most humble guardian deity, but he has no choice in order to survive.
"Okay, just think about it yourself."
Lin Ye didn't stop him in the end. He and Liu Shuming were not very familiar with each other, and he only reminded him because they were classmates. Since Liu Shuming was willing, there was no need for him to stop him.
After all, we are all adults and we must be responsible for our own actions.
"Haha, this matter has been resolved satisfactorily. As for the initiation ceremony, leave it to me to arrange."
Li Datou laughed and tried to smooth things over. This result made everyone happy. Although they could kill the weasel spirit, it would be better not to kill it, especially since they had one more disciple to help them, which meant they had one more extraordinary person.
The happiest person was naturally the person in charge of the Qu City Abnormal Identification Institute.
Their city will have two extraordinary consultants. Among ordinary prefecture-level cities, there are not many cities that have two extraordinary consultants.
Now that the matter was resolved, Li Datou, as the host, naturally had to entertain Lin Ye and his friends. However, when it came to paying the appearance fee, Li Datou was a little troubled.
"Advisor Li, is the original arrangement not possible?"
Lin Ye and his friends were drinking tea in the living room, while Li Datou and the person in charge of the appraisal institute were discussing things outside.
"It turns out that this arrangement is fine, but I didn't expect Fellow Daoist Lin to be so fierce and powerful. The things we prepared originally seem a bit petty. It's like inviting a celebrity to come to the stage and preparing the appearance fee for a second-tier celebrity, but it turns out that a superstar came. Can we still pay him according to the original plan?"
Li Datou glared at the person in charge, who was searching and searching, and really had no vision at all.
"I know what you are thinking. If you give it to me as originally prepared, Brother Lin will definitely have no objection. But what if you encounter a difficult situation again in the future? Don't forget that Brother Lin is in Rao City, which is next to Qu City. If Brother Lin is not satisfied this time, will you still have the nerve to ask for help again in the future?"
The person in charge smiled bitterly after hearing this. It’s not that he is petty, but he really doesn’t have much money.
But what Consultant Li said is right. The other person lives in Raocheng next door. If we have a good relationship with him, we can ask him for help at the first time in the future.
"Advisor Li, just tell me what you need. We will sell everything we have to get it."
Li Datou glanced at the person in charge and said unhappily, "Don't act like that. People don't like ordinary things, and you don't even have the good ones."
"Advisor Li, I can fully cooperate with you. As long as that person needs anything, I can go and get it for him."
"Really? I think your daughter has graduated from college. I heard she's pretty. How about..."
"Well...my daughter is busy preparing for the postgraduate entrance exams lately."
"You have no judgment at all. With Fellow Daoist Lin's strength and looks, even if you are willing to use the beauty trap, she may not agree." Li Datou said bluntly without further ado, "Send her some precious specialties ."
"Specialty, duck head?"
"Duck head, think of something else."
"Others?" The person in charge hesitated for a moment and asked tentatively, "Wudaojian tea leaves?"
Speaking of tea, Li Datou's face showed a painful look. Wudaojian is a mountain on the border of Qu City and Raocheng. There are several tea trees on the mountain. They are rare and contain the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and are extremely precious.
The annual output is only about five taels.
It was because there were no strange people in Raocheng that they were allowed to occupy these tea trees in Qu City.
"You can't catch a wolf without sacrificing a child. There's no need to give tea leaves. Just give the tea trees to Raocheng."
Li Datou said this almost with gritted teeth, his heart was bleeding. The person in charge was even more stunned, thinking that this investment would be too large.
"Damn, Zhongshan is so lucky. Raocheng will rise in the future."
The person in charge was extremely envious of Zhongshan at this moment. He could just sit at home and do nothing, and good things would automatically fall to him.
