Chapter 25: The Acceptance Ceremony
At the beginning of the year of the Zheshi tragedy, the crispy restaurant in Anxian County ushered in five diners, four of whom were quite weird, one was dressed in bloody clothes, one was carrying a bow and arrows, one was wearing a black robe, and a weasel was lying on his shoulder, only the fifth man was normal.
The five took out a pile of gold, ordered a hundred roosters' tongues to be fried, a hundred crucian carp crescent moon meat braised in the red, and fifty cow eyes steamed, which must be fresh. Other than that, chickens, fish, and cows are not allowed anywhere else.
Crescent meat is a crescent-shaped piece of meat under the fish's eyes, which is extremely tender and chewy, and can be said to be the best place on a fish.
This can make it difficult for the crispy restaurant, the fish crescent meat is okay to say, and the others are too difficult to do. But the real money was there, and the boss immediately sent people to gather all the ingredients for the dish, for which he culled a hundred roosters and gouged out the eyeballs of twenty-five cows.
After eating, the five of them patted their stomachs and left, what the restaurant owner never expected was that when he took inventory at night, he found that those gold ingots had all turned into stones!
It's a big loss!
There was no trace of those five people, and the yamen had no choice, so the crispy boss could only suffer a dumb loss. This matter was recorded in the county annals, after all, these three dishes were extravagant and made the squires and tyrants breathtaking.
"Bloody Clothes Gate, Yin Mao, Scattered Evil Alliance, Huang Xianguan!" Master pinched the page, narrowed his eyes, and said, "The fifth one should be a hundred refining sect with the art of turning stones into gold. ”
"Hundred Refining Gates?" I was stunned and asked suspiciously, "Master, the last time you introduced me to the Evil Dao, didn't you say that this sect has disappeared for two hundred years?" And, can you really turn a stone into glittering gold? ”
"I also don't understand why there were a hundred refining disciples a hundred years ago, but they didn't really turn into gold, this is a skill of stealing beams and changing pillars. The first time the five people took out real gold, but it was banned. At night, using the ghost's ability to jump in space and change the stone is also a unique skill. The Hundred Refining Gate is famous for eating overlord meals, and the reason why this door is called Hundred Refining is that they are good at refining evil things, although their own strength is not very good, but because of this, they have a good relationship with the rest of the evil ways. ”
"Those four evil masters from different evil paths came together, I'm afraid it's because of this person from the Hundred Refining Sect, right? Build a good relationship and let the other party refine evil things for yourself. I guessed.
"Could it be that the Hundred Refining Disciples used this to lure the four of them to teach their own skills?" The master thought about it, and he slapped the table suddenly, "It's a big matter, I faintly feel that the evil master who robbed Xiaowen was the heir of the hundred refining disciples back then, he has the four evil methods, and he also wants to pour the soul into the hundred-year-old corpse, the other party must have a bigger conspiracy." ”
I listened silently, knowing that this matter might be a great danger to the righteous path, but I only cared about Xiaowen's safety.
"Xiao Ming, let's rush back to Tiannan City now, don't go home, go to the half-immortal shop in Sanqing Street and wait for the teacher." Master's tone was extremely solemn, as if the temperature of the entire living room had dropped a little.
I was puzzled and asked, "Master, why are you going?" ”
"To convene a Chinese-wide meeting of the Righteous Path, we must take precautions. Fortunately, the night before last prevented the evil master from summoning the old corpse of both sexes, otherwise, once it succeeded, that old corpse would probably be able to slaughter at least the entire Tiannan City! ”
I was suddenly shocked: ", slaughter the city!" Is it so exaggerated? ”
"Anxian is the burial place of a general who slaughtered 200,000 people in the Spring and Autumn Period, and the evil master may want to recruit this soul of the killer. Ordinary corpses can't withstand this soul power, and at least they are a hundred-year-old corpse of the underworld. Master stood up and said as he walked out, "The old corpses of the two sexes have been destroyed, and the evil master must be looking for a new Soul Casting Furnace, and the consequences will be devastating!" ”
There are many meanings of the Ding Furnace, and here it is a corpse that is used to infuse the soul. Xiaowen can't be used to infuse souls, I think there is another use for the evil master to catch her.
I got into the police car in Dongtian with Master and rushed back to Tiannan overnight.
Master said that he would be able to come back in five days at most, and that the half-immortal shop was the home of the old man who had lost his life, and he asked me to have a good chat with the other party about good and evil, ghosts, and corpses, so that if something similar happened again, he would not have to explain it at all.
I didn't see the stinky Ning Shuying, I heard that it was a mission. It is worth mentioning that there are three young children in the shop, two girls and one man, only about two years old, and a generous teenager, all of whom are apprentices of the old man.
For the next four days, I pestered the old man every day and chatted, like a sponge, frantically absorbing the water in this area. While he was sleeping, I opened the "Notes of the Dead" and the "Hundred Ghosts Catalogue" to read. I didn't dare to be idle for a moment, because then I thought of Xiaowen in the fire and water, and my heart felt suffocated.
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At noon on the fifth day, Master returned, and he couldn't bring back the news of the suspected disciple of the Hundred Refinements, and all the righteous path forces were working together to investigate the matter. Master told me to calm down and sweep the ghost street with him, and when I was strong, I would not be powerless to fight back when I met the other party again.
What if I can't see it? I can only follow Master's advice, after all, he is right.
That night, I tidied up my home, locked the doors and windows, and moved to Master's residence. It's a cheap rental house, he lives with his wife, and I live alone in the small bedroom.
The next day, when I slept until the evening, the master pulled me to the gate of the courtyard, where two big brooms were erected, and the poles were as high as mine.
The fan-shaped sweep body is like a girl's skirt, overflowing with a simple atmosphere. This is half the size of the broom used by ordinary sanitation workers, and I took it in my hand and weighed it, it was quite heavy, at least 20 pounds.
"Our new guy, you pick one first, and the rest will be classified as a teacher, it may be a magic object that will accompany you for a lifetime." Master smiled and said, "My old broom can only be used as a collector's item." ”
I took it in my hand and asked, "Master, what kind of wood is this broom made of?" ”
"Nanshan Nan, Beihai Zhen."
"Huh? Haven't heard of it. What kind of tree is that? ”
"On a mountain in the southernmost part of China, there is a thousand-year-old Nan tree, which has been hit by nine purple thunderstorms for thousands of years, and it has only scorched and stands. I spent a lot of money to buy it, and made a broom pole from the part of this scorched nan wood that was not struck by lightning in the middle, which is pregnant with the power of thunder and is unusually hard. ”
"Where's the North Sea Tsubaki?" I asked, amazed, it seems that this broom with nine dragons has a great origin.
"This is taken from the branches of a tree on a small island in the Bohai Sea in the north." Like a favorite toy, the master touched the broom of the broom, "In ancient times, there was a great power to pierce the city wall with the branches of the tree, which was more than flexible, rigid and soft, and the point is that it can not be corroded by the power of ghosts, and it is the most suitable to tie it up as the main body of the broom." ”
I was speechless in astonishment, and I couldn't figure out how Master managed to get hold of these precious materials.
"In addition, the nine five-clawed dragons carved on the sweep pole are not used to pretend to be forced. I invited the descendants of Ye Gong, who are good at painting dragons and carving dragons, to do it, this is actually a permanent prohibition, when this broom is urged, it can absorb the ghosts who are powerless to resist, and seal it into this Nanmu broom. In other words, as long as you subdue the ghost you encounter, you can easily take it away. ”
"Huh? These nine dragons don't seem to have eyes. "I always felt like I was missing the key factor.
The master said in a matter-of-fact manner: "Carving the dragon with the eye, this dragon is going to fly away." ”
"How is that possible? I'm not a three-year-old. I rolled my eyes.
"Haha, it seems that you are not stupid. Because of the skills inherited from his ancestors, if the dragon under his command has carved eyes, it will inevitably become a spirit. This thousand-year-old thunder tribulation Nanmu must also bear the power of the nine dragon spirits, and it will be shattered one hundred percent, so we can't be too greedy, we can eat as much as we can, no less, no more. ”
I waved this broom, and I only felt the sound of the wind blowing around my body, which can be described as majestic.
Master snatched the big broom from my hand, and he said loudly: "Ghost Daofu Master Liang Zu is above, and I, Kong Ming Deng, in the name of the thirty-seventh generation of Ghost Daofu, officially accepted Jiang Ming as the thirty-eighth generation disciple and awarded him a ghost broom!" ”
Then, Master held up the big broom horizontally and said to me, "Xiao Ming, come and pick up your broom, this ritual is unavoidable, from now on, it is no longer a dead thing, but your companion, following you to clean up the streets and alleys of ghosts." So, you have to give it a name. ”
My expression was straight, and I thought that the Nanmu of this broom rod had gone through nine purple tribulations, and I opened my mouth and said, "Purple tribulation." ”
I reverently welcomed the Purple Tribulation back into my hands.
"Bronze Ancient Lamp...... It's out of stock for the time being, I'll give it back to you later. The master picked up another ghost broom and looked up to the sky and laughed, "Haha, my new partner is called 'Long Wuyan'." ”
At this time, my wife came over with a brand new set of sanitation clothes and said, "Xiao Ming, yours, do you wear it to see if it fits?" ”
I felt awkward on it, but it was good to stretch it for a while.
Master glanced at the time, and he ordered, "Tonight, your first task, the Seventh Avenue in the north of the city, is to clean up by 4:04 in the morning. Remember, when you don't find a ghost, do your job as a sanitation worker. If you want to know which ghosts may appear, review the books at hand. ”