Lure the snake into the urn

Zhu Ge shouted towards the wedding room, "Open the door, let's get married!"

At the same time, several people appeared on the road ahead, all with cheerful smiles on their faces.

"Groom, it's time to get married!"

"The bride is getting impatient!"

"May you live a harmonious and happy life, and have a son soon!"

There were only six people in total, but they were holding all kinds of musical instruments used during celebrations, playing gongs and drums.

In the distance, the bridal chamber stood quietly in place, the "囍" character on the door as red as blood.

Seeing this, Zhu Ge smiled.

"Brother Zhu, you don't actually think that a mere brat from the lower realm can do anything to me, do you?"

Hua Liusha approached quickly, paying no attention to Ma Laizi, who was fighting the zombies, or the others who had just woken up from their daze.

"If the Double Happiness Ghost can't do anything about it, what if we add Scholar Yu to the mix?" Zhu Ge grinned. "So your so-called third shrine is going to be placed on Scholar Yu, isn't it?"

Upon hearing Zhu Ge's words, Hua Liusha's expression changed drastically. He quickened his pace, and the mushroom on his head became even more crimson and alluring.

While Zhu Ge's martial arts skills might not be good for fighting, they are sufficient for escaping.

Zhu Ge quickly led the dazed Yu Xiucai towards the bridal chamber, shouting:

"Hua Xiaomei! Quickly devour Yu Xiucai's soul! Don't let Yu Xiucai remain with a living body!"

"The Fungus God cannot be enshrined in the body of a dead person! Furthermore, there isn't a single body in the entire village large enough to contain the Fungus God!!"

"The Niche Prison! A prison too weak to contain a powerful god!"

"My body is also near death. I must kill Yu Xiucai, who is in the Body Cultivation Realm, as well. Otherwise, if the Fungus God takes him into its shrine and he enters the Third Realm, neither of us will survive!"

As he spoke, he forcefully threw Yu Xiucai's body into the bridal chamber.

"Crunch."

The door to the bridal chamber suddenly flung open, revealing an empty interior.

Yu Xiucai's body also went directly into the door and crashed to the ground.

"Snapped!"

Yu Xiucai entered, and the door to the bridal chamber closed again.

"No!!!"

Hua Liusha charged forward, and the ground beneath Zhu Ge's feet rippled like waves, as if some giant creature was moving beneath.

Zhu Ge had already arrived beside the wedding procession.

"Raise the sedan chair! Wedding! Wedding ceremony!"

Zhu Ge didn't get into the sedan chair; instead, she made a gesture and quickly ran forward.

The wedding procession froze on the spot, only to be smashed to pieces by the whistling Hua Liusha.

However, Zhu Ge had already arrived near the bridal chamber and was standing under the character "囍".

A bloody human face immediately emerged from the character "囍" (double happiness), about to emerge but not yet, opening its mouth and roaring wildly at Hua Liusha.

If you listen carefully, you can hear two words—

"Give it back!!!!"

"Give it back to you?" Hua Liusha said he wasn't afraid of any demons of the first realm, but he stopped and gave a cold laugh:

"Your spirit is filled with too much resentment! And it has already left your body. If I hadn't taken over this body, your flesh and blood would have turned into pus."

"If you want me to give you pus, I will turn your lover into pus and return it to you!"

To take over this body?

Upon hearing this, Zhu Ge narrowed his eyes but said nothing. Instead, he turned around and bowed towards the sky, shouting, "First bow to Heaven and Earth!"

Then he bowed again to the spot where his parents had just died: "Second bow to our parents!"

Then, with lightning speed, he turned around and bowed deeply towards the double happiness symbol above: "Husband and wife bow to each other!"

"The ceremony is complete! Hua Liusha, you and I are now sworn husband and wife!"

In this world, many etiquette rules have been simplified.

The proposal, the wedding procession, the dowry, and the wedding night festivities are basically not the main focus, let alone things like the bride price.

The most important thing is the wedding ceremony.

Once the wedding ceremony is completed, it means that heaven and earth, parents, and both the man and woman have mutually recognized each other.

Wedding ceremony = marriage certificate.

In other words, he and Xi Gui are now husband and wife!

"Whoa!!!!!"

The double happiness symbol above the wedding room seemed to be surging with waves, as countless red threads appeared out of nowhere and wrapped around the congratulatory song.

After binding Zhu Ge in circles, it disappeared into his body.

In an instant, the sky was filled with red light, like a fiery sunset illuminating half the sky, and the entire Jianshan Village was bathed in a crimson glow.

Against this backdrop, an overwhelming sense of resentment emanates from the "囍" character in the bridal chamber.

That was the pain of death.

That is the pain of dying while being engaged.

That was the grudge of the entire family being wiped out.

All of this is the fault of that fungus god!

"Give it back!"

"Give me back my body! Give me back my life! Give me back my mother's life!"

The ghost's mournful roar shook the sky.

Meanwhile, in front of the bridal chamber.

In a daze, Zhu Ge felt a connection with the "囍" character before him that went beyond blood ties.

"roar!!!!"

The human face within the character "囍" solidified again, roaring and struggling wildly, like a fish in a net.

In a mere instant, the face seemed to break free of some kind of constraint, peeling directly off the "囍" character.

It fell to the ground and rippled in front of Zhu Ge, forming a figure.

The figure exuded a strong sense of resentment, gradually solidified, and then transformed into a blood-red girl.

Ghost!

This is the soul of the wedding ghost!

Zhu Ge felt a strange sense of joy as she sensed that the aura of the happy ghost was stronger than before.

The next moment, the ghost appeared in front of Zhu Ge and slapped him across the face.

"Snapped!"

A crisp sound rang out, followed by complete silence.

Zhu Ge was stunned, and the fungus god Hua Liusha over there also raised an eyebrow.

"Brother!" The ghost's voice was identical to Hua Liusha's, or rather, it was originally Hua Xiaomei, Hua Liusha: "You heartless man!"

"Huh?" Zhu Ge was stunned: "Could it be...?"

"Fine, if you don't want to get married, then forget it! You heartless bastard!" Xi Gui's voice was clear and crisp, and it resonated directly from the depths of Zhu Ge's heart:

"You said you liked me, but that was all a lie! And the marriage agreement, witnessed by your husband, was also a lie! You heartless man!"

"So there really was a marriage agreement," Zhu Ge realized.

in fact……

Whether he and Hua Liusha are engaged or not is not important, since it does not affect his marriage to Hua Liusha.

Because the wedding ghost is formed from the solidification of a living being after death, it cannot marry a living being.

The characteristic of the "Double Happiness Ghost" means that only marriage can enhance its abilities.

Who will you marry?

The entire village is full of living people with souls but no spirits, except for Zhu Ge, who is "dead".

Therefore, Xi Guicai couldn't wait to marry Zhu Ge.

Only in this way can the Xi Gui (囍鬼) be strengthened.

That night when he met Mr. Insect, the voice he heard and the shadow he saw were those of Xi Gui Hua Liu Sha.

At that time, the Ghost wanted to remind him of his identity as the God of Fungi.

However, the ghost did not use its spell on him for fear of hurting him.

Otherwise, what if Zhu Ge is bewitched and dies directly?

A person can live without their spirit, but without their soul, they die instantly.

After the mushroom god seized the god, the villagers were still alive.

If the wedding ghost were to use its powers of bewitching, all the villagers would be wiped out.

This is also why the Xi Gui (喜鬼) was at a disadvantage in the battle between the Xi Gui and the Jun Shen (菌神).

Therefore, the information that the Xi Gui provided to Zhu Ge at that time was extremely limited.

At the time, Zhu Ge did not make any connection to these things.

But now that Zhu Ge has figured things out, she naturally won't rule out marriage.

It's just a marriage; if it doesn't work out, we can always get a divorce later.

In my past life, marriage was a joke.

Marriage is not a guarantee of love, and love does not mean that you must get married.

So, in order to survive, let's get married!

I just didn't expect that Hua Liusha's personality would still be as straightforward as I remembered, even after becoming a Xi ghost.

"Never mind! Brother, I still want to thank you! I'm stronger now!"

As she spoke, the Xi Gui's voice gradually became clearer, and the eerie red clouds in the sky gradually gathered into the Xi Gui's body like oil flowing through a funnel.

"Brother, you are willing to share my soul, to live and die with me, and to trust me completely. I will surely repay you handsomely!"

To live and die together... Zhu Ge fell silent.

He had no idea this was going to happen!

However, considering that he only had twenty years to live, he felt he hadn't lost out, and so he let it go.

And this is not the time for chatting: "Sister, the situation is urgent! Let's fight the germ god together, retrieve your body, and give you a proper burial! Then we can save the whole village!"

As he spoke, he and the happy ghost turned to face the fungus god.

"You mere brat," the Fungus God said coldly, "I'll destroy your spirit tablet and make you vanish completely!"

"boom!!!"

At this moment, a thick mycelium broke through the ground and pierced the "囍" character above the door of the bridal chamber.

Zhu Ge knew without even thinking that the character "囍" was the dwelling place of the 囍 ghost.

The dwelling place of gods is a shrine, and the dwelling place of demons is a spirit tablet.

If the character "囍" is destroyed, it means that the "囍 ghost" will disappear!

However, at that very moment, the door to the bridal chamber suddenly opened.

"snort!"

Yu Xiucai stood at the doorway, his eyes gleaming with an astonishing white light, the character "Ru" on his chest beating as powerfully as a heart.

He faced the mycelium rising from the ground, holding a brush in his hand. He made a sharp stroke on the mushroom, leaving black ink marks where the stroke passed.

At the same time, he opened his mouth and said coldly:

"A scholar must be resolute and persevering!"

Some kind of righteous and powerful force surged from the ink marks and washed over the mycelium.

A scream immediately emanated from the mycelium, and then the seemingly solid mycelium turned into a wisp of green smoke and vanished.

Scholar Yu has recovered!

From the very beginning, Zhu Ge knew that the target of the Jun Shen was not Yu Xiucai at all; Yu Xiucai was just a decoy!

The true goal of the Fungus God is to eliminate the only ones capable of resisting: Zhuge and Xigui!

Once these two are removed, Scholar Yu can be easily parasitized by the fungus god and transformed into a shrine.

Unfortunately, Zhu Ge and Xi Gui were always very cautious, and the Fungus God's true form was inherently weak, so they could only proceed slowly.

Therefore, although Zhu Ge said that he wanted the Xi Gui to devour Yu Xiucai's soul, his real purpose was to make Yu Xiucai wake up when the Xi Gui was promoted.

His previous lack of awareness was merely a scheme.

It was a plan that he and Yu Xiucai had discussed beforehand.

It's to lure the snake out of its hole and trap it like a turtle in a jar!