44. The forty-fourth talisman
The old gentleman of the Chu family, born with half a yin and yang eye, his left eye is yin, and he can see ghosts, he should have a unique physique, but because he was born with a lack of a right eye and a yang eye, he was born with a disability in qi training, and if he can't practice qi, that yin eye is no different from a cripple. When he was thirty years old, Mr. Chu would only be commanded by the rest of the Chu family to catch ghosts.
But later, Old Lady Chu relied on her arrogant and unconvincing temperament to practice a unique method of qi training, and brought the yin eye to the extreme. It's a pity that when dealing with a big case, in order to save the lives of the people in the city, the old gentleman spent all his aura, and turned back into an ordinary person who only had one yin eye but couldn't practice qi at the beginning, but the prestige he won was extremely high.
When Zhou Da was alive, he often mentioned Mr. Chu, and his tone was full of admiration every time he talked about it, and even Zhou Tong also worshiped Mr. Chu.
It's satisfying to be able to meet idols...... Zhou Tong raised the corners of his mouth happily all the way, and his good mood was self-evident.
Seeing him like this, Ling Yuan sneered, he was just an old man, what was there to worship?
All the way to the location guided by Chu Lao, Zhou Tong found Sheep Roll Lane.
Sheep Roll Lane is an old street, the street style is simple, even the paved on the ground is a polished stone pavement, on both sides there are tents selling all kinds of handicrafts stalls, the stall owners lazily hide in the shadow of the eaves, see customers do not solicit, not at all like doing business.
Zhou Tong stopped at the door of No. 32, this is an old store, the door is still a pull-down stainless steel security door, the light in the house is not very good, and there is a clanging knocking sound in the house. The old cat stepped on the cyan eaves, and looked at Zhou Tong without blinking a pair of watery glass-like eyes.
The shop is full of aura, and it is like a spring of water, and it is constantly bubbling out. I didn't expect that there would be such a storefront in such a secluded small place.
There was a bell at the door, Zhou Tong rang the bell, and the knocking sound inside stopped, and it didn't take long for a middle-aged man β‘β‘with his upper body to push open the door and walk out, he was carrying a small hammer in his hand, and when he saw Zhou Tong, his brows furrowed, and he asked, "What do you want to do?"
"Come and see. Zhou Tong said with a smile.
The man glared at Zhou Tong impatiently, turned around and entered the house, the door was not closed, and Zhou Tong followed in.
The room was dimly lit, with no lights on, and was lit almost entirely by sunlight that entered the alley, only the area where the middle-aged man was located had light.
But this little bit of light is enough, and Zhou Tong can see the whole small shop clearly.
This is a small handicraft shop, the walls are covered with shelves, layer by layer, layer upon layer covering almost all the walls on all four sides, and all kinds of handicrafts are placed on the shelves, with different materials, different designs, and different production methods...... It's dazzling to see.
The craftsman sat back in his place and continued to hammer something, the little man who was struck under him was very spiritual, and his black eyes were as smart as those of a real person, and if you looked at it, you would have the illusion that he was looking at you.
The craftsman said indifferently, "Do you see what do you want to buy? If you don't buy it, you can leave." β
"An old gentleman recommended me to come. Zhou Tong saw that the craftsman was not very patient, so he went straight to the point, "He asked me to give you this cigarette to borrow something here." β
When he heard the smoke, the craftsman's beating action stopped, he turned his head and took the cigarette from Zhou Tong's hand, and asked, "Was it given to you by an old gentleman who β‘β‘ ten years old?"
"Hmm. Zhou Tong nodded.
The craftsman lowered his eyes, pinned the cigarette behind his ear, and asked, "What to borrow?"
"One was buried in the ground as a burial object for at least a hundred years, and after it was unearthed, it was still a yin but extremely sharp scissors. β
Craftsman: "......"
After Zhou Tong finished speaking, he felt that his request was a bit excessive, but there was no way, if he wanted to crack the Seven Star White Lotus Lantern Array without harming those souls, he could only do so.
He shrugged at the craftsman, indicating that there was no room for negotiation.
The craftsman pondered for a moment or two, nodded his head, and said, "You wait." He grabbed a thin coat and put it on his body, and walked all the way to the back of the cabinet, Zhou Tong followed to see, and the craftsman wiped it on the wall and opened a door to the basement.
Zhou Tong waited at the top of the stairs, and after about ten minutes, the craftsman came up from the basement and handed Zhou Tong a box, "You want it." β
Zhou Tong opened it and took a look, it was really a pair of scissors, the manufacturing process in ancient times was inevitably worse than the current time, this scissors were exquisitely made, and there was an amber stone inlaid at the shaft eye, and the overall shape was quite beautiful.
The craftsman said: "This pair of scissors was unearthed in the tomb of Mrs. Huzhu in the Northern Song Dynasty, Mrs. Huzhu has always been called a goddess when she was alive, and this scissors she is used to use are often used by her to cut off evil luck and other filth. β
"Thank you. Zhou Tong put the scissors back in the box and said, "I'll return them when I'm done." β
"Hmm. The craftsman sat back down and continued to polish the puppet in his hand.
Zhou Tong saw that he was concentrating on making the villain, so he was not going to bother any longer, and before he went out, the craftsman suddenly asked him, "What do you have to do with that old man?"
"One side. Zhou Tong told the truth, "He met a water ghost under the willow tree, and I helped him." β
"One side?" the craftsman obviously didn't believe it, he snorted coldly, "One side of the edge he will give you this cigarette?" I think at the beginning, his son was seriously ill and needed a very thin steel wire to be threaded into the ribs to hook out the evil spirit, and he didn't bring a cigarette to me. β
Seeing that Zhou Tong was no longer talking, the craftsman said indifferently, "You can go." β
"Goodbye. Zhou Tong pushed open the door, the bell outside the door jingled, and for a while, the dazzling sunlight shook so that he couldn't open his eyes, and the old cat lying on the cyan eaves suddenly meowed, jumped off the eaves, and ran to an invisible place.
Ling Yuan said: "That powerful ghost yin qi is not small. β
"yes. Zhou Tong took a deep breath, "If it weren't for Mr. Chu's introduction, I would have thought I had fallen into a trap." β
Looking back at the dark house, Zhou Tong thought for a while and said: "There was an Emperor Zhaozong in the Northern Song Dynasty, who was good at handicraft, and it was recorded in the history books that he died inexplicably, and there was a rumor in the circle that Zhaozong was killed by the handicrafts he made, and he was the same era as Mrs. Huzhu. β
Ling Yuan: "......"
Ling Yuan seemed to recall something bad, and said, "It doesn't matter who he is, what he does, just get the scissors." β
Zhou Tong looked at Ling Yuan's reaction in surprise, and raised his eyebrows, feeling that there was a slight clue in it.
What stimulated Ling Yuan, Zhaozong, or Zhaozong's cause of death?
Zhou Tong secretly wrote down this clue, and one day he would take off Ling Yuan's vest.
Back in the warehouse, Zhou Tong didn't use the pottery puppet this time, he personally entered through the door, and the situation inside was the same as the scene he had seen before, almost the same, the lotus lamp burned the soul, the flames rose, and the fate absorbed by the lamp array was transferred to the body of the person in the middle along the seven stars.
Zhou Tong glanced at the man from a distance, his face was ruddy without breathing, and there was a faint wisp of anger on his body, and he couldn't tell whether he was dead or alive.
He found the position of shaking the light, took out the scissors, and was about to cut them down the position where the scissors would not be soulful, when suddenly he heard a rumbling sound, and someone seemed to be outside the door, and he was forcefully opening the iron door.
Zhou Tong frowned, it was obvious that he would not be the one who would open the door like this, but if other people saw his behavior, they would misunderstand, but there was almost nowhere to hide in the small warehouse, so Zhou Tong simply ignored it and continued to concentrate on cutting candles.
Anyway, as long as the formation is broken, it will be solved in one qiΔ.
The iron door was slammed again, and there was a loud bang, but Zhou Tong didn't hear it, and cut off a candle core with his hands very steadily, and the flame was extinguished immediately, and those burning souls were immediately freed, and they flew around with joy, constantly howling.
"What's the sound?" said a voice from outside the gate.
"Dad, let's be careful, I have a bad premonition. β
"I'll be able to open the door soon, ready to go. β
"Good, good. β
Zhou Tong heard the source of the voice, it was actually Han Zhi's father and son, and now it was troublesome, he had to hurry up.
The door was banged again, and the lock that was buckled below was about to be knocked open, and Zhou Tong moved to the position of the next seven-star point, and focused on cutting off the second wick.
Third ...... Fourth ...... Zhou Tong moved extremely fast, and a pair of yin and yang eyes were no longer the original shrinking appearance, but almost filled Zhou Tong's pupils, Zhou Tong clearly saw the position of each soul, the combination and change of the internal qi of each lamp, and cut it without hesitation, and the strength of his hands was always just right, neither more than a point nor a little less.
Ling Yuan looked quite surprised.
When he first met Zhou Tong, he was still a person who would be killed by a subordinate Feng Shui Bureau, but he had grown to such a point in just half a year?
Although the Yin and Yang Eyes and the Pure Yang Body are unattainable treasures, the story of Hurt Zhongyong is not nothing, and he can count how many people who are violent and destroy the heavens, and those who can use the Yin and Yang Eyes and the Pure Yang Body to such an extreme are probably the only ones in front of him, right?
If I stayed by his side all the time, would I be able to use his physique and cultivate into a physical body as soon as possible?
Although he had such a plan at the beginning, he passed on the knowledge of books to Zhou Tong and taught him a lot of metaphysical heavenly master techniques, but at the beginning, most of the ingredients were purely for fun, and now they are ...... It's time to teach him well, and maybe a second one will come out of him.
Just when Zhou Tong was busy cutting candles, Ling Yuan's mind turned eighteen turns, and when Zhou Tong moved to the position of the last Tianshu, the door was slammed open.
Han Zhi's father and son rushed into the house and were shocked when they saw a room of lotus lanterns.
Han Qiwei was surprised: "What kind of formation is this?"
Han Zhi let out a low voice: "Seven-Star White Lotus Life Renewal Lamp......! Only Tianshu is lit up, who is breaking the formation?" he looked up and saw Zhou Tong, who was standing still like a mountain, and his eyes were full of shock.
This, this young man had already discovered the Seven-Star White Lotus Life Renewal Lamp? and had also found a way to crack the lamp array? How could it be? How could it be?!
"This is the Seven-Star White Lotus Life-Extending Lamp!Don't act rashly!" Han Zhi shouted, wanting to step forward to stop Zhou Tong, this kid who doesn't know the height of the sky!!The Seven-Star White Lotus Life-Extending Lantern can't be changed lightly, once it changes a little, everyone and ghosts here will give him a burial!
Han Zhi didn't stop walking, and quickly walked towards Zhou Tong's location.
Zhou Tong ignored the father and son, lowered his head and cut off the last candle.
In an instant, the lights in the house were all extinguished, and the ghosts of freedom flew around the house, like a big carnival after the end of the apocalypse.
Han Zhi's face was shocked, and his footsteps paused there.
At this moment, the corpse in the light array suddenly sat up, and a pair of black glass-like eyes with almost no whites of eyes widened, and a black shadow suddenly emerged from it, shooting towards Zhou Tong like an arrow.
Zhou Tong dodged sideways, and the black shadow hit Han Zhi's body unexpectedly, Han Zhi was shocked, and hurriedly used his aura, but it didn't have any effect, a β‘β‘ feeling crawled all over his body, as if there were thousands of ants crawling on his body, Han Zhi screamed miserably, and touched his backhand with his backhand, where blood soaked his thin shirt, oozing a large dark red.
"Don't move. Zhou Tong noticed something strange and held down Han Zhi, Han Zhi shook off Zhou Tong's arm and scolded: "Get out!"
"It's a leech, and the more you struggle, the harder it bites. When Han Zhi heard this, he subconsciously stopped moving.
He turned around and turned his back to Han Qiwei, "Qiwei, take a look for me." β
"Yes. β
Han Qiwei tore open Han Zhi's coat, and sure enough, he saw a worm about five centimeters long that was biting the flesh on Han Zhi's back, but Han Zhi's body was strong, and his back was full of knotted muscles, the insect jumped on Han Zhi's body in a panic, and bit the wrong door in one bite, so half of his body was blocked outside, however, Zhou Tong was right, the more Han Zhi struggled, the more the corpse leech would be squeezed, and the more he cut his head and drilled into Han Zhi's body, once it found the location of the blood vessel, it was difficult to take it out again if it was bitten.
Leeches are a kind of insect that is active in the blood vessels of corpses, they often crawl into the coffin in groups of three or five, bite through the blood vessels of corpses, gnaw all the way down the arteries to the heart port, bite the heart, and emerge directly from the chest.
This corpse leech is not the same as ordinary corpse leeches, it may be affected by the seven-star white lotus light array, its body size is much larger than that of ordinary corpse leeches, its abdomen is also high and bulging, and it obviously inhales a lot of qi. The anger that Zhou Tong felt on the corpse before was probably also transmitted from this corpse leech.
"Dad, yes, it's a corpse leech......" Han Qiwei saw the scene of Han Zhi's back with the skin open, and he trembled when he spoke disgustingly, and the corpse leech bit Han Zhi painfully and itchy, his lips turned white, and sweat oozed from his forehead.
Han Zhi: "Roast it over fire, quickly!"
"Fire, Fire......"
"Lighter!" Han said through gritted teeth.
Han Qiwei immediately took out the lighter from his pocket, and he didn't hit it twice, most of the body of the leech had already penetrated into Han Zhi's body, Han Qiwei saw this, his hands trembled even more, and when he snapped again, the lighter slipped out of his hand and fell to the ground.
"You!!" Han Zhi was so angry that he was about to explode, a pair of eyes were round, and he wanted to give Han Qiwei a slap on the spot, Han Qiwei was so frightened that he hurriedly bent down and lit the lighter, this time he lit it, he put the fire close to the leech, the corpse leech really began to shrink due to the heat, and his body also had a tendency to bubble out.
Seeing this, Zhou Tong still wanted to speak, but when he saw Han Zhi looking at him with a resentful face, he felt that his wolf appearance was looked at by Zhou Tong, and his face was very dull.
Zhou Tong showed an innocent expression, and then the corners of his mouth hooked, not taboo Han Zhi's warning gaze at all, and after watching the excitement for a while, he turned back to surpass these dead souls.
When he was all overdone, the leech on Han Zhi's back still hadn't been taken out, Han Qiwei's squatting feet were numb, and his hand holding the lighter was shaking all the time, almost burning Han Zhi's skin several times.
What if the tube runs out of oil and the leeches haven't come out yet?
At this moment, the corpse leech's abdomen suddenly contracted and became deflated and attached to Han Zhi's back, Han Qiwei was overjoyed when he saw this, and hurriedly put the lighter tighter, he took out a yellow charm from his pocket and carefully approached Han Zhi's back, and slammed the yellow charm on the back of the corpse leech, and then pulled it hard, pulling the corpse leech directly out of Han Zhi's back!
Han Qiwei said happily: "Dad!!β‘β‘!"
Han Zhi exhaled heavily, took the yellow talisman in Han Qiwei's hand, and under the influence of cinnabar, the corpse leech was quickly scalded red by the scorching heat, and its body quickly dried up, and it soon died.
Han Zhi exhaled a sigh of relief, but the itching sensation on his body still did not go away, but became worse. Due to the presence of juniors, Han Zhi could only endure the severe pain and itching, inhaling and exhaling heavily.
Zhou Tong cleaned up the scene, glanced back at Han Zhi, and said casually as if he was chatting: "That corpse leech is a female corpse leech, and the belly is bulging just because the belly is full of eggs, and you used fire to stimulate the laying of eggs, and those eggs are all lined up on you." β
Han Zhi: "......"
Zhou Tong smiled and said, "Although Uncle Han is a dragon and tiger spirit, please take care of your body. β
Han Zhi: "......"
Zhou Tong walked out facing the sun, Han Zhi, who was covered in insect eggs, couldn't bear the huge pain, his body was ricketed like a shrimp, he bent over and almost fell to the ground, and he was supported by Han Qiwei so that he didn't fall, quite a wolf.
Although the lamp array has been cracked, the person who set up the lamp array behind it has not been found, and it is only the effect of raising the soup to stop the boiling, so it will be better to find a way to draw salary from the bottom of the kettle.
It seems that we can only start with that evil spirit.
It's just that the South Island is very large, and if you want to find the source of the evil qi in the breath of tens of millions of people, it can be said that you are looking for a needle in a haystack, which is too difficult.
Zhou Tong had no choice but to start with the corpse.
He asked Duanmu Qiu to find someone to check the body, the corpse was just an ordinary middle school teacher, just graduated from college, admitted to a middle school in the South Island, this year is the second year of the industry, the family is in the countryside, the body was stolen more than two months ago, the background is not prominent, the experience is not outstanding, it is an ordinary passerby, there is no reason at all, and no one will play this kind of fate-changing situation on her.
Just like the Chaos Platform in Songjia Mountain before, it was also like this.
Although Tang Rou came from a poor background, he was also an ordinary person, and the only person he had contact with before his death was Han Qiqing, who didn't know Li Ying at all, not so much because Li Ying was selected by thousands of people, but because it was a dead person that Li Ying picked up on the side of the road.