In addition to the angry voice, Li Mu also sensed a hint of anger.
He immediately used the Guiding Technique to attract that trace of anger. The main consciousness of the second soul, the arrow, was born from anger. Any emotion targeted at him was useful and could not be wasted.
The other party was in the right to disturb people. Li Mu faced the other side of the wall and said, "I can sleep as long as I want. Why do you care?"
The woman followed his words and said, "I'm singing in my courtyard. Why do you care?"
Li Mu tried to reason with her. "I didn't disturb anyone when I was sleeping. You disturbed me."
"Why did I disturb you when no one else was disturbed?"
… …
Reality proved that he was wrong to try to reason with this woman. Not all women were as reasonable as Li Qing.
He guided all of the woman's anger to him and then happily returned to his room to catch up on his sleep.
It was extremely difficult to condense the seven souls. He had only taken a small step. After catching up on his sleep, he still had to go out to help others and continue to harvest their happiness. He strived to completely condense the first soul within a month.
He returned to his room, closed the doors and windows, covered himself with a blanket, and quickly fell asleep again.
In the courtyard separated by a wall, a beautiful woman with a graceful figure stomped her feet and gritted her teeth. "I'm so angry!"
A young girl with two buns ran out of the room and asked, "Young Miss, what's wrong? Who were you talking to just now?"
"With a pig!"
There was no sound coming from the other side. Liu Hanyan angrily said, no longer in the mood to practice her voice. She asked the young maidservant, "Has everything been delivered?"
The young girl nodded and said, "Only the neighbor on our left is left. I'll go deliver it now."
Liu Hanyan waved her hand and angrily said, "I won't be delivering it to that family!"
"Ah, why not?" The young girl was puzzled.
They had just moved here two days ago. Thinking that as two weak girls who were not familiar with this place, they might encounter many inconveniences in their daily lives. Thus, they bought some pastries, preserved fruits, and other small gifts and gave them to their neighbors. At the same time, they could get familiar with them so that they could ask for help if they encountered any problems in the future.
Everyone around her had given her gifts, except for her nearest neighbor. The young girl couldn't understand.
Liu Hanyan said expressionlessly, "No reason. I said I won't."
In order not to disturb the neighbors, she only started practicing her voice at nine in the morning. Normally, people would get up at six in the morning and start working. Who would have thought that someone would sleep until nine in the morning and even say that her singing was a "ghost's scream"? She couldn't take it, so how could she give him a gift?
"Oh …" Seeing that her mistress seemed to be in a bad mood, the young girl secretly glanced at the wall next door and didn't dare to ask anymore.
Li Mu slept until noon and felt refreshed. This was the most comfortable sleep he had had in the past few days. If he wasn't woken up halfway, it would be even more perfect.
Speaking of the woman who sang early in the morning, Li Mu remembered that the courtyard next door had always been empty. He didn't know when someone had moved in. Moreover, it seemed that she wasn't someone to be trifled with. Like a shrew, Li Mu was at a disadvantage in a short fight with her. He only hoped that he wouldn't have anything to do with her in the future.
He first copied the first draft of "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" a few times and submitted it to several bookstores.
The rules of these bookstores were more or less the same. From the day of submission, seven days later, one could come to the bookstore to ask if the draft was chosen.
The poor studied while the rich practiced martial arts. Cultivation was even more of a money-burning matter.
The price of talisman paper and cinnabar itself wasn't cheap. The heavenly treasures used for cultivation were even more expensive. Moreover, Li Mu wanted to live a better life. His salary of five hundred coins per month couldn't guarantee this.
After submitting the draft, Li Mu routinely patrolled the streets, seizing every opportunity to collect information on the seven emotions.
Although the path of condensing spirit was progressing smoothly, but Li Mu didn't relax because of this.
Happiness, anger, sorrow, fear, love, evil and lust. Among the seven emotions, happiness was the easiest to obtain. He used his status as a constable to punish Yang Shan and eliminate evil. This was also a shortcut to collecting other people's happiness and gratitude.
But other than happiness, how could he obtain the other six emotions?
He had to help others obtain happiness and gratitude, but at the same time, he had to make others angry, disgusted and even fearful of him. This was contradictory. As for sorrow, Li Mu still didn't have any clue. The most troublesome was lust. What should he do to make others have a strong desire for him? These things gave him a headache just thinking about it.
Even the collection of happiness wasn't as smooth as Li Mu expected.
Yangqiu county was only a small town, there weren't any major incidents happening every day. When there weren't any major incidents happening in the county, the constables were actually very idle. Everyday they would symbolically patrol the streets twice, which was considered not neglecting their duties.
Today there weren't any naughty kids flying kites, nor were there any old women who lost their way. The dog in the alley was still there, Li Mu spent a few coins to buy a chicken leg for it. Only then did he manage to obtain a pitiful amount of happiness from it.
This couldn't go on, at this rate, he was afraid that when the time comes, he would still become a ghost.
After patrolling the streets for a long time, he didn't find any opportunities to help others. He also didn't meet any ghosts with unfulfilled wishes. Seeing that it was time for dinner, Li Mu went home to cook.
When he walked to his house, coincidentally someone walked out from the courtyard next door.
It was a beautiful woman. She had a small oval face, watery eyes, a fine nose, and moist red lips. She looked to be in her early twenties. Not only was her appearance outstanding, but her figure was even more graceful and graceful. She exuded a sense of maturity from all over.
The woman was carrying a wooden basin. She didn't notice Li Mu at first, but when she saw him standing in front of the door next door and taking out the key from his chest, she seemed to have realized something. A trace of anger appeared on her pretty face.
Splash!
She splashed the water from the wooden basin outside the door, almost splashing Li Mu's feet. A sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl ran out and hurriedly said, "Miss, let me do this work …"
The woman put the wooden basin in her hands, snorted at Li Mu, and turned to walk back into the courtyard.
Although Li Mu didn't know this woman, from her attitude towards him, it wasn't hard to guess that the person who scolded him in the courtyard next door in the morning should be her.
After what happened in the morning, although the two of them hadn't officially met, a grudge had already been formed.
He walked into the courtyard and heard the clear and melodious voice of the young girl coming from next door.
"Miss, so our neighbor is a constable. In the future, we don't have to be afraid of bad people bullying us …"
The woman snorted and said, "Aren't you afraid that he will bully you?"
The young girl said in disbelief, "How is that possible? He doesn't look like a bad person at all. Moreover, he looks so good …"
Li Mu thought that the maid had good eyesight. The woman's cold snort sounded in his ears.
"Who would write the word 'bad person' on their face? Wanwan, you have to remember, the more good looking a man is, the more he will lie. Some people look like people, but in fact, they can't even get out of bed in the morning …"
The young girl obediently said, "Oh, I know …"
"…"
Li Mu obviously overestimated the woman's breadth of mind. Her breadth of mind was not proportional to her chest.
Just because of a small dispute between neighbors, she slandered him behind his back. The young girl looked so innocent, but she was deceived by her.
"Miss, what are we eating in the afternoon?" Li Mu was feeling indignant when he heard the young girl's voice again.
The woman then said, "You go out and buy something to eat. Don't worry about me."
The young girl said worriedly, "Miss, you're not eating again …"
The woman said, "It's easy to get fat if I eat in the afternoon. I need to maintain my figure."
The girl didn't say anything else. Then, Li Mu heard a series of cheerful footsteps and the woman's exhortation, "Come back after you're done eating outside. Don't let me see or smell you …"
There was no sound coming from the courtyard next door. Li Mu walked into the kitchen and prepared to cook.
He originally planned to cook some porridge, but changed his mind at the last minute.
He found a stone slab, cleaned it, and placed it in the courtyard. He placed a few stones on top of it and prepared to roast meat …
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