Vol 2 Chapter 45: Laohou

With a smile on Laohou's face, he looked at Shen Shi with some doubts, but at the same time, when Shen Shi called him casually, he was also startled. When the words were thought of in the heart, there was nothing strange, but when they were spoken, the "Laohou" was called very familiar, as if he had called them countless times in the demon world in the past three years.
The old, rickety old monkey demon has now been asleep in the gray lizard forest of the Guiyuan Realm, but his voice and smile are still deep in Shen Shi's heart. It seems that he has never left before, but in a daze, he feels After a long, long time, heaven and man will be separated forever, this life will never be seen again.
An inexplicable emotion surged into his heart, and Shen Shi looked blankly at the ground in front of him, only feeling a sudden pain in his heart.
"Hello, hello?"
With a few shouts, Shen Shi woke up from his memories. He looked up and saw that Laohou's face was full of surprise and doubt. He looked at himself and said, "This guest, do you know me?"
Shen Shi closed his eyes and took a deep breath. After a moment of silence, when he opened his eyes again, his expression had returned to calm. He smiled slightly when he watched Lao Hou and nodded: "Yes, otherwise. How do I know your name is Laohou?"
Laohou stared at Shen Shi for a long while, but he obviously could not recognize who this young man was or he had simply forgotten about Shen Shi. He frowned and thought for a long time, but still smiled bitterly: "Your Excellency, I am indeed I don’t remember you, may I ask your name?"
"Shen Shi."
"Shen Shi?" Laohou scratched his head, but his brows became tighter. He still didn't seem to have much impression, and he looked at Shen Shi with doubts. Shen Shi smiled, squatted down in front of his booth, glanced over the real and fake spiritual materials, large and small, then smiled and raised his head, "Is there any kind of small cans sold recently?"
"Little jar, what little jar?" The old monkey asked in amazement, but after a while, he suddenly vibrated, as if he was thinking of something, but he seemed a little uncertain. He stared at the young man in front of him. Frowning and contemplation seemed to be thinking about something desperately, pointing to Shen Shi and said: "Small can...Small can...Is it...that something, uh, yes... by the way, there seems to be a...ah!"
Suddenly, Lao Hou called out, looked at Shen Shi, and said, "You, you are the little guy who lied to me... Bao Jing!"
Shen Shi dumbly said with a "pooh" and said, "What kind of treasure jar, you don't know what's in it, do you brag about it?"
Lao Hou seemed to have remembered most of the original events, and his expression on his face was very complicated at this moment. Obviously, seven years have passed, and even he himself did not expect that Shen Shi would suddenly appear in front of him. In the seven years, Shen Shi had already grown up. There are many changes in appearance and body, no wonder he can't recognize it.
Just a moment later, Lao Hou suddenly had a look of vigilance on his face, looked at Shen Shi, and said in a deep voice: "Smelly boy, are you looking for me today to make trouble? Tell you, that jar back then was yourself. If you insist on buying anything, blame yourself if you get nothing, don’t want to plant it on me!"
Shen Shi was startled, but he didn't expect this old man to have such an idea. He smiled and said, "Ha, you think a lot."
"Bah! Anyway, I don’t accept junk goods, you don’t want to take advantage of me anymore. Hmm..." Lao Hou had a look of discomfort and said coldly at Shen Shi, but suddenly he seemed to have thought of something, his face suddenly changed. After a change, he shrank back and said, "You are doing well now, right? I tell you, don't mess around. My son is now a disciple of the Ning Yuan realm under the Lingxiao Sect. If you dare to move me , Be careful my son kills your family!"
Shen Shi rolled his eyes and shook his head, wondering if he wouldn't look fierce or evil, or is it that these casual cultivators have always been used to seeing all kinds of evil things? Now he sighed and said: "Your son and I are now considered senior brothers, um...Although the relationship is normal, but it's not about doing anything to you."
As soon as the old monkey looked up, his expression on his face was obviously surprised, but then he remembered something, nodded, his expression relaxed a little, and said, "Oh, it seems that I remembered that I went to worship on Xianyan. At that time, you stinky boy was in the group of children, drinking, but I didn’t expect to have a good life now, and he actually became a fellow with my son."
Shen Shi smiled and cursed, and said, "What's the promise of being with your son?"
Lao Hou was very proud, with a bit of pride, and said: "My son is amazing, and being with him is a bit of luck."
"Okay, I won't argue with you." Shen Shi smiled and shook his head, his eyes swept across the surrounding stalls, looking at the noisy and noisy place, he felt like he was back when he was twelve. When I first arrived in Floating Cloud City, I felt quite emotional for a while. While sighing, he casually asked the old man:
"Hey, I said Lao Hou, isn't your son going to be successful? He is a disciple of the sect in the Ning Yuan realm. Why don't you go home and enjoy the blessings and set up a stall here at Nantianmen?
I don’t know if it’s because I know that Shen Shi is a disciple of the Lingxiaozong. Lao Hou’s attitude towards him seems to be much more gentle. He shrugged and said: "My son also called me to rest and enjoy the blessing, but I am here. After decades of work, I can’t stay idle, I’m not tired anyway, and I still have Lingjing to make money, so I just come over and set up a stall.
Shen Shi glanced at the spiritual materials he was selling in front of him, and said with a smile: "You specialize in selling fakes."
"Bah, baah," Laohou suddenly became angry and said angrily, "How many years I have been in business here, don't ruin my reputation!"
Shen Shi chuckled, but did not go on, but under his gaze, after Laohou became angry for a while, he suddenly seemed to have a guilty conscience again, and he didn't continue to curse, his eyes were a bit slanderous.
Shen Shi thought for a while, then said to Lao Hou: "Hey, Lao Hou, I want to ask you something."
Old Hou raised his eyes and said, "What?"
Shen Shi said, "Well, it's the jar you sold to me back then..."
Old Hou immediately said: "Anyway, I don't accept tatters, don't want to rely on me!"
"..." Shen Shi was a little helpless. He saw this guy with a vigilant face and smiled bitterly. "I didn't plan to sell that jar back to you. I just wanted to ask, what did you do with the jar? Where did you get it?"
The old man was startled, and just about to say something, suddenly he raised his brows, he jumped up like a fire on his butt, and furiously said, "What, is there a baby in that jar? Hateful, you really took it back then. Cheap, return the treasure to me!"
Shen Shi glared at this city fellow who changed his face faster than flipping a book, and snorted, without changing his expression: "What treasure, it's just a broken jar, there is nothing in it."
Old Hou stared at him with an expression of disbelief.
Shen Shi spread his hands and said, "Go back and ask your son Hou Sheng, if there is really any amazing treasure in that jar, will I still be so miserable in the sect all these years?"
Laohou looked at him for a long while, then sat down again with a dubious voice, snorted, and said, "Then you have nothing to find out about that jar. There must be something to try!"
Shen Shi inquired about the reason for the jar, naturally after seeing Laohou accidentally, he remembered the past of the year. By the way, he wanted to inquire about the origin of the jar. After all, the "Cleansing Mantra" of Yin and Yang curse hidden in the jar was of unknown origin. It’s just that, of course, it’s impossible to talk to Lao Hou Ming for this reason, so he said in an unpleasant manner:
I just passed by here and saw you. If I think about the past, just come over and ask.
After all, stand up and turn around and want to leave.
"Hey, wait, wait." The voice came from behind, but Laohou stopped him.
Shen Shi was somewhat surprised. He looked back at Lao Hou and said, "Hey, could you change your temper, are you willing to tell me?"
Laohou's eyes rolled, but with a weird smile, he rubbed his hands and said, "Forget it, the original things have passed so long, so let's not talk about it. But today you come to ask. And me……"
When he said the last word, his voice was very long, and his eyes contained deep meaning. He looked at Shen Shi with such a smile but not a smile. Shen Shi looked at him for a long time, but also dumbfounded and squatted down in front of his booth. , Showing a knowing smile, lowered his voice and said: "You want to do business with me."
Old Hou nodded immediately, smiling slyly like a cunning old dog, and said: "We are casual cultivators, what business can't you do? The news is also valuable, don't you?"
Shen Shi nodded and agreed, but then glanced at him and smiled: "You want to sell my news, don't you want to know what's in the jar?"
Laohou's face twitched slightly, and it looked a bit painful, but then he sighed and said: "I was taken advantage of by you, this stinky boy. I'm unlucky. Anyway, no matter how I say it, I guess you won’t tell me the truth, so how can I sell you a piece of news to earn a little?"
Shen Shi was silent for a moment, and looked at this old man with admiration. Although he looks rude and tacky, he does have a bit of cleverness in his heart. After pondering for a while, he nodded and said: "Okay, I will give you A spirit crystal, tell me the origin of that jar."
Laohou snorted and said, "Ten spirit crystals!"
Shen Shi poohed and said, "Why don't you grab it?"
"The five?"
"No way."
"At least four!"
"I'm leaving now."
"Are you in business, believe it or not, I won't tell you the news?"
"Are you annoying, two spirit crystals at most, otherwise I won't buy this news."
"Three will work, just three, sir?"
"...Don't talk like that, is your son or my fellow brother?"
"Then, for my son's sake, three spirit crystals!"
"Your son didn't look good when he saw me. How about three spirit crystals? Two!"
"..."
"..."
Haw, Gu Gu, had bargained for a long while, one old and one young and two fox-like guys finally reached an agreement with difficulty. In the end, Shen Shi reluctantly won it. After his dry mouth, he bought Lao Hou at the price of two. Lao Hou was unwilling to the news, as if he had sold the heirlooms handed down from his family through the generations at a low price, and he looked regretful.
Shen Shi took out two spirit crystals from his wishful bag and threw them to Lao Hou, then whispered: "Okay, let's talk about it, where did you get that little pot back then?"
Lao Hou caught the two spirit crystals and hid them in his arms in a panic. Then he smiled and said, "I'll tell you, I bought it from someone else..."
Shen Shi raised his brows and stared at Laohou.
Old Hou shook his hand quickly and said, "I haven't finished speaking yet, young people, don't be so angry, you will turn your face when you say you turn your face."
Shen Shi snorted and said, "You said."
The old man smiled and said, "Actually, the jar is in one place with a dozen other things. It looks quite old. Seven years ago, a casual repairman from outside passed by here. There is no Lingjing. Cultivation had to set up a stall to sell goods. I saw that those things were barely worth a little money, so I spent a spiritual crystal to buy them."
Shen Shi suddenly frowned. There was no origin at all for casual cultivating in other places, and after seven years, there was absolutely no human figure. But I only heard that Laohou took a little bit of pride, and then continued: "But I also had more thoughts at the beginning, and I asked him a few more words, so I also know the origin of these antiquities."
Shen Shi was immediately moved and said, "Quickly, where did it come from?"
Lao Hou smiled and said, "I heard that when San Xiu went to a mountain to dig medicine, he accidentally dug an ancient tomb, but there was nothing good in it, just these worthless bottles."
Shen Shi pondered for a moment, and said, "Then did he say which mountain range he was going to?"
The old man was taken aback and frowned, "Uh, I don't remember this clearly. After all, it has been so long. What did the casual cultivator say at the beginning...Uh...Where did you go? Here in Haizhou, um, is it to the north? It seems to be in a big mountain to the north..."
Shen Shi suddenly raised his brows, as if thinking of something, and whispered: "The mountain in the north of Haizhou?"
Lao Hou shook his head and said, "I really don't remember clearly, it seems that the casual cultivator said that back then."
Shen Shi was silent for a long time without speaking. Laohou looked at him strangely. After a while, Shen Shi suddenly let out a breath and stood up.
Laohou glanced at him and said, "Are you leaving?"
Shen Shi nodded, turned around and walked a few steps, then suddenly turned around and asked Laohou, "Laohou, has your son come to see you recently?"
The old man was taken aback and nodded: "Yes, I just came back to see me yesterday. I have always told him that cultivation is important, just don't go down to Jinhongshan to practice in peace, but he is so filial!"
Speaking of the end, there was already a somewhat gratifying smile on his face.
A smile appeared on Shen Shi's face, and he nodded, said nothing, turned and left here.