Chapter Seventeen: The Scholar's Ghostly Aura

  Fat boy stared blankly at the moon-like "moon", his drunken eyes blurred as he stretched out his hand: "This moon is actually cold".

  "Indeed, indeed, it's actually chilled to people's hearts."

  "Since ancient times, joys and sorrows have been intertwined like the changing weather. Now that I see this moon descending into the mortal world, let us raise a toast to its grandeur." After finishing speaking, the two of them clinked their cups together again.

  At this time, Fatty had already gotten drunk and didn't know east, south, west or north. He was muttering to himself, tightly grasping Chen Jiu's hand and refusing to let go: "Brother Nine actually has such abilities, could it be that he has already become a celestial being?"

  Chen Ji shook his head: "The great cause of heaven and man is not so easily accomplished."

  After finishing speaking, he put away the moon because there was a footstep sound coming from afar and getting closer.

  As expected, the footsteps stopped in front of Ji's house: "But isn't this Ninth Brother's home?"

  The voice sounds unfamiliar: "That's right, come in."

  Seeing the newcomer, the fat man on one side said with a drunken gaze: "How did you little brat come here? Are you not afraid that your sister will ask you to follow me when I go out for a drink?"

  The young man, who looked like he was seventeen or eighteen years old, said: "Brother-in-law, you're drunk. Why would my sister do such a thing? It's just that the sky is already dark and she's worried you'll drink too much, so she asked me to come pick you up."

  Fat boy shook his head: "What return, I rarely meet with Ninth Brother once, this time is not drunk do not leave, no, is night without a place to stay, drinking until dawn".

  After finishing speaking, he was already lying on the table.

  The young man looked at Chen Jiu, and Chen Jiu thought for a moment before knowing the identity of the person in front of him. He was undoubtedly the younger brother-in-law of Pangzi.

  "It's already late today, and he's had enough to drink, you take him back now."

  The young man immediately walked over and pulled the fat boy up: "Brother-in-law, let's go home."

  He still refused to get up. Chen Jiu couldn't help but smile: "You can come again tomorrow, it's not like I have a place for you to sleep here."

  Looking at the chubby boy about to open his mouth, Chen Jiu's eyelid twitched: "I'm not used to sleeping with men in the same bed, hurry up and roll back, if you make another scene I'll kick you to death".

  After finishing, Chen Jiu looked at the young man: "This guy is quite drunk, you two are far apart in body shape, why not wait a bit, wait for him to sober up and then help him back, otherwise this body shape you can't carry".

  The young man nodded and fetched a bucket of clear water from the well in the yard to wipe the fat child's face with a rag.

  "Little gentleman, are you now following your brother-in-law in business or seeking another career path?"

  The young man stopped his action upon hearing this: "I'm still studying, it's my brother-in-law who spent money to find the best local academy for me."

  Chen Jiu's "one surprise": "It turns out it's still a Xiucai, sorry for the disrespect".

  The young man smiled foolishly and continued to wipe down the fat man's body.

  Chen Jiuzhen stared at the young man's forehead, where a faint black light was visible, probably because this kid had recently come into contact with something unclean.

  Under the moonlight, Xiao Shu's body had a faintly pale complexion, revealing that his body was gradually weakening, with an appearance of excessive drinking.

  Stroking his chin, if Chen Jiu's guess was correct, this kid must have been enchanted by a demon for quite some time.

  Looking at the chubby boy who was fast asleep, he let out a soft sigh: "Forget it, this time I'll just intervene in someone else's business for once, otherwise that evil spirit's next target would be Chubby."

  Under the stimulation of the cold well water, Fatty has woken up, opening his blurry drunken eyes and looking at the young man: "Xiao Si, how did you get here?"

  Looking at the dead pig drinking broken pieces, Chen Jiu said: "Your wife is worried about you, today's color is already late, you go back now".

  "Hey, look at the sky, I've even forgotten about that 'Moon Plate' thing. It's really fragmented: 'Oh no, it's already this late, Ninth Brother, I should head back now.'"

  Chen nodded: "You must come here tomorrow, I still have things to entrust you with".

  Fat boy nodded, although the wine woke up, but his body was still in anesthesia, staggering and stumbling, being supported by that young man, disappearing into the night.

  "Alas, this kid is indeed in trouble, unexpectedly running into a demon. Now it's just right to try out my skills." After saying that, Chen Jiuyin circulated his internal energy to dispel the wine fumes from his body and slowly walked back to the house.

  Morning is the time when all things recover, and it's also the moment when the spirit is most intense in a day. Cultivation is like sailing against the current, if you don't move forward, you'll fall behind. Although Chen Jiulong no longer suffers from insufficient spiritual energy, a thousand-mile journey begins with a single step, and achievements are accumulated bit by bit.

  A purple aura arrived from the east, after absorbing the first wisp of purple aura between heaven and earth. Chen Jiu's complexion had a faint purple glow, followed by his body slowly turning purple, even the pores on his skin exuded a faint purple color.

  Looking at the big sun hanging in the air, his eyes narrowed slightly: "This method of using purple energy to temper the body and remove impurities does have some effect, but it's a pity that the extremely yang purple energy between heaven and earth is wasted like this".

  No breakfast was eaten. The first wisp of purple energy not only tempered the body, but also provided a large amount of energy for Chen Jiu's body, so this breakfast was exempted.

  He picked up the kettle, scooped a pot of water and gently poured it over the medicinal materials: "This nourishing Qi decoction is somewhat mediocre, but it's better than nothing. As long as you persist in taking it for a long time, there will come a day when small accumulations become substantial."

  Just then, a stout figure walked in from outside and shouted before entering: "Brother Jiu, I'm here!"

  The gate was kicked broken by Fatso last night, and this ball directly swaggered up.

  "How did you get here so early, didn't you kneel on the washboard all night?" Chen Jiu joked, looking at Baozi's dark eye circles.

  The fatty rubbed his eyes awkwardly: "After going back last night, I did some things and messed around for a whole night. Hehe, after finishing speaking, he revealed a smile that all men understand."

  Wine can help with excitement, and wine is also a medium for color. Looking at the slightly pale face of the chubby guy's round face, I know that this guy has a deficiency in yang energy and didn't do anything good last night.

  "You must be self-restrained and can't be so reckless, otherwise your body will collapse in a few years."

  Fatso didn't take the conversation further, and the two generals turned their gaze towards Chen Jiu's medicine field: "Huh, how is this possible here?"

  It's still growing in this extremely cold winter, which makes Baozi feel shocked.

  "The methods of the immortal family are nothing but a small way." Chen Jiu's face was calm, and he didn't expect that Fatzi would leak out this matter.

  Looking at this small piece of medicinal field, Fatso licked his lips: "What did you call me for?"

  Still repairing the medicine field: "Hasn't anything been wrong with your family recently?"

  "There's nothing wrong, is there?" The fatty touched the back of his head.

  A sneer flashed across Chen Jiu's face, he hadn't expected that the demon would harm this fatso yesterday, and it really didn't take long for him to make his move.

  Looking at the wisp of green air on Baozi's brow, Chen Jiuyi sighed: "Baozi, you're going to die soon".

  "What, how is it possible? Although I'm a bit chubby now, my kung fu skills haven't declined at all. How can I possibly die when I have the strength of an ox?" The fatty was skeptical and even swung his arm in disdain.

  "Is there a beautiful woman in your house recently?"

  "What do you mean?" Fatso's face didn't look good.

  "What I mean is that I'd like to ask you, isn't there a beautiful woman following your little brother-in-law?" Chen said indifferently.

  "Yes, but that young lady is a respectable girl from a good family, and she never dares to come out during the day."

  After a pause, Fatso continued: "And that little girl is my younger brother's future wife, she's a good kid."

  Chen Jiuzhao's face showed a sarcastic expression, looking at the fatty: "Good kid, didn't you and this good kid mess around all night? Your wife doesn't know about this, does she? It's really unclear how you managed to deceive your wife."

  After finishing speaking, Chen Jiu also made a "tsk tsk" sound twice.

  Pangzi's face turned alternately pale and red, his neck stiffened as he said: "I was originally a bandit, even if I had climbed onto that little tart what could she do?"

  "Do you think a decent woman would let you... and still be so unreserved as to let you succeed? Don't forget that's your younger brother-in-law's wife," Chen Jiu retorted.

  Fatso looked at Chen Jiu with a suspicious expression: "What do you mean, this thing just happened last night, how did you know? Did you go eavesdropping on my wall?"

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