Chapter 84: Drunkard's Fantasy
This waiter usually greets and sees off guests, and he is very arrogant. He doesn't care that Li Daoxuan looks like a boy of only ten years old, but looking at his clothes and demeanor, he knows that he must be the son of a wealthy family, so he is naturally attentive.

The waiter presented Li Daoxuan with tea set and placed a small copper stove in front of him.

Add tea evenly to the cup, then brew with boiling water. Then you will see the hot air dancing like cranes, tumbling and disappearing into the air.

"Sir, here are the Longjing tea and snacks you ordered. Please enjoy." The waiter bowed and said with a smile, counting the items on the table one by one.

Just as he was about to leave, Li Daoxuan lowered his voice and pretended to be hoarse and asked, "Excuse me, little brother, is there anything strange happening around here?"

"Strange things? There are no strange things." The waiter shook his head in confusion, and then seemed to have thought of something, and said with a handkerchief on his shoulders. "But speaking of it, there are indeed two strange things around here, but I just heard about them."

"Oh? Can you tell me a little bit about it?" Li Daoxuan said.

"The first one is that some time ago, Shopkeeper Cai of Jingxiang Commercial Bank went on a business trip and brought a woman with him when he returned. As a result, a ghost appeared in the house that day, and the woman bled from all seven orifices and died. Shopkeeper Cai was frightened and paralyzed in bed. It is said that he has not woken up since he was in a coma. Some people say that this was done by Shopkeeper Cai's wife, because she was jealous of the beauty of the woman brought back by Shopkeeper Cai, so she pretended to be a ghost and scared the woman to death."

Listening to the waiter's words, Li Daoxuan couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and casually asked, "Then was this woman scared to death by Shopkeeper Cai's wife?"

"Hey, who can tell for sure? All the neighbors know that Shopkeeper Cai's wife was not at home that day. Because it was the New Year, she went back to her parents' home early. How could she suddenly come back home and scare the woman Shopkeeper Cai brought back to death in the middle of the night?" The waiter said, and then looked around. He lowered his head and leaned close to Li Daoxuan's ear and whispered. "Sir, let me tell you, you must not tell anyone about this. I heard that Shopkeeper Cai's house was haunted, so his wife went back to her parents' home early. Otherwise, how could this married woman run back to her parents' home before the second day of the New Year? This woman was the scapegoat brought back by Shopkeeper Cai, and she ended up harming Shopkeeper Cai."

"Could this be possible?" Li Daoxuan was curious. He was suspicious of what happened in Manager Cai's home and felt that there must be some inside story.

After thinking for a while, he asked again: "I see there are few pedestrians around here, why is that?"

"Why? It's all because of the drunkard from the Cheng family." The second brother said unhappily. "If it weren't for the drunkard from the Cheng family causing trouble, the business in this teahouse wouldn't be so bad."

"What's the matter with the old drunkard of the Cheng family?"

"This is the second thing, but sir, don't you know about it?" The second brother looked at Li Daoxuan in confusion. He seemed to think that this matter should be known to everyone.

However, Li Daoxuan had stayed in the Li family mansion for a long time and rarely heard what was happening outside.

"Please be frank." Li Daoxuan asked sincerely.

"A few days ago, the drunkard from the Cheng family got drunk and fell into the river and drowned. Later, someone saw him wandering nearby. It is said that he would ask everyone he met where his home was, and anyone who answered him this question died a miserable death!" The second brother said in a low voice with gritted teeth.

"It is said that Old Man Li, who was a neighbor of the Cheng family, responded to the old drunkard's words and was later found drowned in a wine jar. Others said that the posture was extremely scary. How could such a small wine jar fit Old Man Li's big round head?"

"There is also Old Man Wu from West Street, who often drinks with the drunkard from the Cheng family. This time he just said hello to the drunkard from the Cheng family, and was eventually found drowned in his own wooden barrel."

"These incidents happened one after another, so that people around here are in a state of panic and stay at home. They are afraid of running into this old drunkard and being killed by him. That's why there are fewer people on the street, and the business of several nearby businesses has also become much weaker."

The second brother shook his head and poured hot tea for Li Daoxuan before continuing, "My shopkeeper discussed with the shopkeepers of several nearby businesses and agreed to pay for a monk to come. However, when the monk took a look at this street, he said he couldn't do anything and asked for another expert. So this area became very deserted and people went to other places."

The waiter sighed as he spoke. Seeing another guest coming in, he went to entertain other guests, leaving Li Daoxuan sitting at the table, thinking carefully about his words.

Although I don’t know much information, I can understand that a lot of things have happened in Jinling recently.

In addition to Granny Zhang's family, there was also trouble with Boss Cai from Jingxiang. Add to that the strange incident with the old drunkard from the nearby Cheng family, and the beginning of the new year in Jinling is not very auspicious.

Li Daoxuan finished his tea and sat for a while, smelling the fragrance in the teahouse. He put the money on the table, pulled his hat, stood up and walked out.
Li Daoxuan took a long breath and looked outside.

The winter rain was continuous and it was really cold. I walked out and walked a few dozen steps to the end of the street and alley, looking around.

The poor houses stretched out like a black mountain. The clouds and mists in between made it look like a wilderness of mountains and forests, which seemed real and unreal. In the midst of the shadows, everything was silent. Everything around was covered with mist.

Li Daoxuan stood there, and suddenly felt his eyelids heavy, so he had to close his eyes. But he could hear everything, only the sound of drizzle.

Suddenly, there were footsteps coming from far away, from small to large, trampling on the water, coming slowly from nowhere.

When passing by Li Daoxuan, the figure stopped. Before he could close his eyes, he saw an old man with disheveled hair and white beard, staggering with a wine gourd in his arms.

The picture is so real.

He burped for a long time, and then asked Li Daoxuan drunkenly: "Little boy, do you know where the old man's home is?"

Li Daoxuan did not reply, but reached his hand to his waist. His face under the bamboo hat was grim, and his eyes were full of murderous intent.

When the old man saw that Li Daoxuan did not answer, he laughed: "Really, what an impolite boy."

After saying that, he gulped down the wine, swallowed it, and suddenly spat it out towards Li Daoxuan.

"Your home should be in the underworld." Li Daoxuan jumped up on tiptoe and avoided the wine sprayed by the old man in an instant.

The next moment, the bamboo hat flew off, and the young face was full of determination.

He was seen holding a yellow talisman in his left hand and a peach wood sword in his right hand. The sword was in his hand and held upright in front of him. The yellow talisman rubbed the blade and went towards the tip of the sword.

The yellow talisman was emitting red flames, and the peach wood sword was flashing yellow light. Li Daoxuan turned over and landed on the ground, stepping on the magic circle.

"Receive orders from heaven, ascend to the Nine Palaces, hundreds of gods take their places, serve the Lord God, souls and spirits are refined, the five internal organs flourish, hundreds of mysterious wines are poured, the seven liquids are filled, the fire bells are exchanged, ghosts are exterminated and evil is exterminated, the gods are wished to live forever, the law is commanded! Take!"

The sword pointed at the old man, and the yellow talisman flew. Li Daoxuan turned over in the air, dancing in the air like a swallow.

When the old man saw the yellow talisman flying towards him, he couldn't help but scream.

As soon as the yellow talisman fell to the ground, a raging fire ignited. The fire spread rapidly, moving in all directions along the mist. The old man screamed as he was burned by the fire, and then disappeared in the smoke.

Li Daoxuan landed steadily on the ground, picked up the hat and put it on his head.

When I opened my eyes again, I was still standing in the same place.

There was just not that much fog around, nor was there a big fire. Everything seemed like a dream, and what had just happened was all unreal.

He touched the peach wood sword on his back. It was still wrapped in cloth and had not been unsheathed.

"Ghost Realm?" Li Daoxuan frowned and looked down at his feet. He saw a tattered wine gourd lying quietly.

(End of this chapter)