In order to eat, I signed a contract with the system

Chapter 642: Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio - Fairy 14

"What!? The old locust tree is dead!"

The Black Mountain Demon didn't care much about the life or death of the old locust tree. What he cared about was that he came all the way here for the great treasure mentioned in the old locust tree's letter. Now that the old locust tree was dead, in the entire Yinshan Mountain, except for him and the female ghost Xiaoqing, there was not even a living creature to be seen, let alone the great treasure that could increase one's cultivation by a thousand years when eaten.

"Damn it! This old locust tree died at the wrong time. It caused me to make this trip in vain."

The Black Mountain Old Demon made a wasted trip and was so angry that his magic power overflowed. The thick cold wind made the flowers, plants and trees on the entire Yinshan Mountain rustle. The female ghost Xiaoqing felt the ghost aura of her mortal enemy Nie Xiaoqian from Yan Chixia and Ning Caichen who had escaped earlier. Seeing that the Black Mountain Old Demon was angry, she was afraid that the other party would react and vent his anger on herself.

As soon as his eyes turned, he thought of a way to divert the trouble away.

"My lord, my lord."

"Sir, calm down first. I have something to report."

"Hmm?" The Black Mountain Demon turned his cold eyes to Xiao Qing without any emotion. Xiao Qing suppressed her inner fear, put on a dry smile, and immediately said, "Do you remember the two little bugs that left earlier?"

"I sensed the aura of another female ghost, Nie Xiaoqian, on them."

"Nie Xiaoqian has always been grandma's favorite subordinate. If we were to ask who grandma would be most likely to tell the news to before she died, it would naturally be Xiaoqian."

"Who knows, maybe the great treasure that grandma mentioned in the letter is also in Nie Xiaoqian's hands."

The more Xiaoqing talked, the more it made sense to her. Before she left, Nie Xiaoqian had always wanted to take the ashes back from her grandmother, and she even went so far as to disobey her grandmother's orders to save Ning Caichen's life.

And that powerful woman was brought by Ning Caichen. It is very likely that grandma was killed by that woman. Although I don’t know why I didn’t see that woman just now, it is true that Nie Xiaoqian followed Ning Caichen.

If that's the case, then the great treasure that both the Black Mountain Old Demon and the old lady wanted must have been taken away by that woman or must be with Ning Caichen.

"Damn it, you actually dared to steal my treasure, Nie Xiaoqian! And that scholar and Taoist priest, I will definitely pull out your souls and send them to the City of the Dead to torture you for a thousand years!"

"Go, tell them to capture these two people and the female ghost Nie Xiaoqian and bring them to Black Mountain!" The Black Mountain Old Demon was so angry that his negative energy was boiling, and hundreds of black lights suddenly shot out from it like a boiling gray fog, conveying the Black Mountain Old Demon's latest orders to all the fairies and ghosts within a ten-mile radius of the Black Mountain Mountains.

At this time, Yan Chixia, Ning Caichen and others did not know that they were already on the Black Mountain Demon's wanted list and had not even left the Black Mountain area.

Ruyi successfully entered Guobei County before dark. Compared with Gujing Village, Guobei County was not only much more prosperous, but its population had also increased several times.

Entering the county town, there were many pedestrians coming and going, most of whom looked hurried and unwilling to talk to others. Ruyi found a relatively clean inn and walked in. As soon as she entered the lobby, the waiter was a little scared when he saw that the person was a young and beautiful single woman.

During this period, a major event occurred in Guobei County, and many young men died. What was even more bizarre was that the hearts of these young men were dug out when they died.

The county magistrate searched for several days but failed to find the murderer. Seeing that more and more people died, the county magistrate had no choice but to go to Wanfo Temple to invite a master. After the master came, he said that a monster had transformed into a beautiful young woman to seduce men and dig out their hearts to eat.

From then on, people in the entire Guobei City would be scared whenever they saw a young and beautiful woman, not to mention that Ruyi came after dark.

"Sir, we, we are closed. Why don't you please go somewhere else." The waiter stumbled over his words to drive the customer away. Before Ruyi could leave, he was seen by the innkeeper who valued money more than his life.

He immediately pushed aside the waiter and came to Ruyi with a big smile on his face: "Sir, are you here for a quick stop or to stay overnight?"

"Didn't you say you were closing?" Ruyi rolled her eyes. "What do you mean, are you afraid I can't pay?"

"Sir, you are joking. He is a coward and has misunderstood."

The innkeeper's words were very strange. Was the waiter refusing to let her stay because he was timid? Was he afraid that she would not pay because he looked down on her? Ruyi frowned and realized something was wrong. She took out a silver coin and said, "Boss, what kind of misunderstanding is this? Can you tell me?"

"I can talk, I can talk." The innkeeper only had the silver in Ruyi's hand in his eyes at this moment, and he didn't care whether it was a monster or not. As long as he could give him the silver, it didn't matter even if it was a monster.

"Open a room for me and prepare a meal for me. We can eat in the lobby. You can tell me what the misunderstanding is all about right here."

"That's right, not only this, but this is also yours." Ruyi found a table and sat down. The boss was very discerning and told the waiter to tell the chef to prepare the meal.

He stayed with Ruyi and told her about the heart-wrenching incidents that had taken place in Guobei County during this period.

"So that's what happened."

After listening to the innkeeper's explanation, Ruyi immediately understood why the waiter was afraid. There are many monsters in the stories of "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" that can dig out hearts, the most famous of which are the Painted Skin Ghost and the Fox Demon. I just don't know which one this heart-digging monster in Guobei County is.

Back in the room, Ruyi took out the ball of light that burst out from the tree demon grandma. After swallowing the tree demon's soul without any impurities, Ruyi, who was full, began to absorb the remaining merits.

To Ruyi's surprise, the merits that came out of the tree demon grandma were much more than she had expected. Taking the female ghost as an example, ten female ghosts could probably provide Ruyi with two levels of merits. Ten levels of merits could allow Ruyi to upgrade from the first level of immortal to the second level of immortal.

Ruyi had killed more than a dozen female ghosts before, and later spent about twenty female ghosts' merits before destroying the tree monster. Ruyi thought that after making up for the merits of the female ghosts he had consumed before, he could get at most fifty female ghosts' merits. However, he did not expect that after absorbing this merits, his merits would double. With a flash of golden light, it disappeared into Ruyi's body. Ruyi's cultivation level suddenly increased from the first level of the immortal spirit to the seventh level of the second level of the immortal spirit, and increased by nearly a hundred female ghosts at once.

"The more evil a monster has done, the higher its level of cultivation will be. The more merit power you will gain after killing it."

There are twelve levels of immortal spirits. The merit power required to advance to the first six levels is the same. Later on, the merit power required for each advancement doubles. If he can kill the Black Mountain Old Demon, he can at least reach the seventh level of immortal spirits in one go.

"Seventh level fairy..."

Ruyi felt happy just thinking about it. She had been practicing till today without any purpose and finally had the hope of becoming a high-level immortal or even a god if she worked harder. Fortunately, she had left the dream-fulfilling system, otherwise she would have no chance to enter this world.