Orochi Longevity

Before the two of them could react, the skinny man rushed into the rain and ran into the kitchen. Not long after, he quickly rushed into the back room with a clay pot that smelled like medicine.

There was an old woman coughing in the inner room, and the man seemed to help his mother up from the bed. Then he patted the old man on the back, and said for the old man:

"Mom, it's time to take medicine."

The old woman in the back room asked:

"...Is there a guest at our house?"

The two quickly talked, their voices were not too loud, and they didn't seem to shy away from Ling Xuzi and the scholar in white.

"Yes. Two foreigners came. It was raining heavily outside. They came in to take shelter from the rain."

"Oh! When someone else is in trouble, we should help. Have they eaten yet? You ask Hui Niang to cook a pot of porridge for them."

Huiniang?

Hearing these two words, the white-clothed scholar immediately became alert!

Although he and Ling Xuzi had inquired about the news from the man before, they never mentioned Hui Niang's name. The old lady called Hui Niang so easily, it was clear that they knew her well.

Moreover, listening to her casual tone, it seemed that she was treating Hui Niang as her daughter-in-law!

Snake and Ling Xuzi looked at each other, frowning.

The skinny man also said earlier that he was the only oil seller in this place.

Combining the two, the snake believes that this person is indeed the man who took Hui Niang away.

But why did he say his wife's name is Lotus? He passed away from a serious illness three months ago?

Could it be that the oil seller lied to them earlier?

The two held their breath and continued to listen.

Although the voices of the oil seller and his mother are not loud, they are not ordinary people, so they can hear their words clearly.

"Mother, you're confused again. Hui Niang was just born and she's still lying in the cradle. How can she cook porridge?"

"Really? But I remember, isn't Hui Niang three years old?"

"...From what my mother said, it seems to be true. I remember that she was running around the village a few days ago."

"This child is always restless and often goes to neighboring villages. You have to tell her not to let her bring strangers home...if she leads the robbers back, she will suffer..."

"Oh! My son knows."

"What about your daughter-in-law? Then let your daughter-in-law cook the porridge."

"Mother, you are confused again. He Hua died of illness three months ago."

"...Really? How do I remember, the lotus has been dead for many years..."

"Mother, you remember wrongly. You also forgot about the coffin and grave we laid together three months ago?"

"Oh! That's right. Mother is getting old...I can't tell the difference between Lotus and Hui Niang."

Outside the door, the scholar in white and Ling Xuzi frowned. The more they listened, the more they couldn't understand what the mother and son were talking about.

Ling Xuzi pointed to his brain and said softly:

"These two are designated as crazy."

The snake didn't speak, it felt as if it had read something from the two people's words.

It seems to have figured it out, why the two cats kept silent when Xiao Chonger asked about Hui Niang's destiny.

"Ah, ah, ah!"

Just when Snake was about to tell Ling Xuzi his conjecture, there were bursts of sharp baby crying suddenly in the inner room, which made people very disturbed.

Then there was a rush of footsteps, and the oil seller ran to a place in a panic:

"Huiniang won't cry, Huiniang won't cry! Dad is here, it's dad."

The soothing effect of the oil seller did not seem to be very great. The baby in the back room was still crying loudly, and the ear-piercing sound made people's eardrums hurt.

After a while, the oil seller sang a ditty in a low voice, which was exactly the same ditty that Xiao Chonger had sung before.

"Little moon, high and high."

"It's quiet outside the window... Hui Niang is a good baby..."

"Don't cry or scream or make trouble... go to bed gently and go to sleep..."

Amidst the low humming of the oil seller, the crying of the baby gradually stopped.

There seemed to be a strange laughter coming from the inner room, a bit like a child's laughter, and a bit like a roar from the throat of a wild animal.

Huiniang?

The oil seller is trying to put Hui Niang to sleep?

Hearing this, a creepy feeling suddenly appeared in Ling Xuzi's heart.

He couldn't listen anymore, he kicked open the door of the back room, and the two quickly broke into it, looking around.

Then, both of them were taken aback.

In that dim hut, the first thing that came into view was a rotten wooden bed, on which lay an old woman with a silly expression. The old woman had her mouth half open, and an unknown liquid flowed out from the corner of her mouth.

Not far from the wooden bed, there was a dilapidated wooden cradle. The oil seller was standing next to the wooden cradle, with his hands in the shape of a baby in his arms, humming softly.

"Little moon, high and high."

"It's quiet outside the window... Hui Niang is a good baby..."

The two of them took a closer look, but saw that the oil seller was holding... clearly a big black cat!

"whee."

Seeing the two people entering, the black cat slowly stuck its head out of the oil seller's arms to look at them.

It's a mysterious cat! It just appeared so unexpectedly!

In the dark night, the figure of the black cat is perfectly hidden. If it weren't for the evil halo reflected from those staring eyes, the two of them might not be able to see this thing.

"hiss……"

The snake body slowly swims in the corpse, spitting out the letter.

It found that the black cat was filled with a very strong evil spirit, in which the evil and malice almost condensed into substance.

Snake was extremely puzzled, and the words of the red-haired fox Aru and Xiao Chonger echoed in his mind.

Ah Ru said that there was a woman named Luo Hui in Yongzhou City, who raised a black cat with good qualifications, and was allowed by Shi Jun to enter the Yue Temple to practice.

Xiao Chonger said that she threatened the two cats that she would ask someone to fetch a wooden stick and beat them to death, which made the two cats beg bitterly, and even paid for their life by stealing someone's book.

From these two points of view, the mysterious cat in their mouth should be a newborn spirit with good character but poor strength.

But the black cat in front of him was not only full of resentment and malice, but also had a stronger aura than the snake expected.

What is going on? Did those people lie to them, or did Xuanmao hide it on purpose?

Or, has it changed dramatically in a short period of time?

What kind of things happened in such a short period of time to make it look like it is now?

"Huh... Hui Niang stopped crying."

The oil seller heaved a sigh of relief holding the big black cat, with a gentle smile on his face.

Seeing this scene, Ling Xuzi flicked the Buddha dust and exploded:

"Bold monster!"

He only felt that all the strange things in this house had been explained before, and the oil seller and his mother were probably bewitched by this monster to be so weird.

Thinking of this, Ling Xuzi immediately cast his spell with all his strength, and the Buddha dust in his hand stretched forward quickly, turning into countless white tentacles, and grabbed the black cat!

"Ah."

Who knows, the black cat just smiled contemptuously.

It quickly got out of the oil seller's arms, and jumped forward in relay!

Following the flash of a few sharp claw shadows, the whisk in Ling Xuzi's hand turned into snowflakes, fluttering and falling!