"Buzz! Buzz! ”

The last session of this afternoon was a theory class, and I was listening to the lecture and taking notes, when the mobile phone in my pocket vibrated "buzzing". I secretly took it out and took a look, and it was actually a call from my master. Why did he suddenly remember to call me at this time?

However, it was really inconvenient for me to answer at this time, so I had to refuse to answer, and then I replied to Master with a message saying that I was in class and would call him back later. My master is an old antique, he doesn't know how to type with a keyboard, and the mobile phone he uses is old-fashioned, so he can only see my messages, but he won't reply to me.

After class, school ended. I took out my phone again and called Master back, and he answered quickly, but the background was a bit noisy.

"Master, what did you call me just now? In a hurry? ”

"There's no urgency, it's just that I'm at the gate of your school right now!"

I was surprised, "Master, why didn't you say hello in advance before you came?" When will it arrive? ”

"I came to the provincial capital for other things, just to come and see you. Are you out of school? Come out, I'll have tea in the teahouse across the street from your school. ”

I hung up the phone, and Tuo Yuexiang helped me take the books back to the dormitory, and then walked out of the school. The teahouse across the street from the school is an old-fashioned teahouse called "Daddy's Teahouse". It sells black tea with sugar, milk tea with condensed milk and hand-ground coffee, as well as all kinds of snacks, grains, and sugar water, which are most suitable for the elderly after retirement. However, there are too many people in the teahouse, and they all shout to each other.

The master found a good spot in advance, and found a small table in the most marginal corner to sit and drink tea alone. I walked over and sat across from him and poured myself a cup of tea. I haven't seen him for a few months, and Master doesn't seem to have changed much. The old people are like this, the years have long been fixed on their faces, and the fixed lifestyle and living environment over the years will not cause them sudden changes. Unlike young people, who are not yet stereotyped, their appearance will change from time to time.

Master was also looking at me and saying that I had gained some weight. This is actually a compliment, in the eyes of the older generation, fat is healthy, and thin people look worried. Of course, I'm not as calculating as those little girls, I'm already as thin as a bamboo pole and shouting to lose weight. I told him that since I started practicing the second level of yin gong, my weight has increased and my strength has increased.

Master nodded and said, "This is also a natural thing. Because you are still young, practicing exercises will always have some benefits for strengthening your body. Give me your hand. ”

I was stunned for a moment, but I still stretched out my right hand. Master grabbed the vein on my wrist and said, "I'll take a look at your luck." ”

I understood, so I took out a wisp of yin power from the dantian and transported it to my wrist. The master checked the pulse, then nodded and said, "Well, there is some progress compared to before you left, and the pulse is also stable and not chaotic." But compared to when you were in Nanting, this kind of cultivation progress was too slow! ”

I said helplessly: "I am studying a lot of courses now, and I live in the dormitory of the school, so I really don't have time or place to practice." I can only squeeze out some time to practice secretly before the end of the night, or after the end of the day, and I can't even achieve the perfection of the Great Zhou Tian twice a day. Naturally, the effect of cultivation in this way is not much better! ”

Master didn't mean to criticize me. He said, "It's okay, don't be in a hurry. The most taboo thing to practice is to be upset and irritable, and to rush forward, and it is better to be slower than to ensure that you will not go crazy. Besides, you are still young, and the days to come will be long! ”

When I saw Master say this, I was relieved and promised to remember it. Later, the master asked about my studies at school and the relationship between me and Han Jie. I replied that everything was fine in school, and the chef major was very suitable for me to study, and I adapted well to campus life. As for Han Jie......

I hesitated for a moment, but still thought to myself, "Alas, if there is a little awkward thing between the two of us children, don't use it to bother Master!" So, I just said that it was okay, about the same as before.

"That's good." Master nodded with satisfaction and said, "It seems that your decision to go to the provincial capital should have been a very correct decision, so I can rest assured." ”

Later, Master asked me about my part-time job in the ghost market in Xiling. A month ago, I got in touch with Donald Pot with a letter from my master, and found a job delivering food in the ghost market in Xiling through the relationship of Donald Pot's eldest apprentice, Hou Dapan. I had already called Master to tell him about this at that time. That's why he suddenly asked about it at this moment.

So, I talked in detail about the experience of working in Lin Daqiao's stall in the past month, and said: "I did a good job there, although I haven't received my first salary yet, but the boss also values me and has begun to give me the opportunity to cook alone." ”

When the master heard this, he nodded, and asked about the situation of Tang Laoguo and Yuanbaomen, as well as the current situation of Xiling Ghost Market.

I told him that Tang Lao Cauldron had retired, and now the actual power in the Yuanbao Sect should have been replaced by his eldest apprentice, Hou Da Pan. The other disciples and apprentices of Donald Laoguo are also basically doing business in the ghost market, and only a few are still guarding the Temple of Wealth on the other side of Caoya Lane, receiving some rituals and ceremonies. But it's no longer a climate.

Master shook his head, but he didn't agree with me. He said: "Tang Laoguo, this person, the city government is very deep, as long as he is not dead, he will not easily give up the power of Yuanbaomen." And Donald Lao's yin skills are not bad, but the spells and spells are not refined. You said that his eldest apprentice and sixth apprentice probably didn't know how to catch ghosts, but the junior brothers and apprentices who knew how to catch ghosts were not allowed to do business in the ghost market, which shows that he did it on purpose. Think about it, if Donald really wants to hand over the real power to his eldest apprentice, why didn't he teach him the ability to catch ghosts and drive away evil spirits? And only give him his position in the committee to delegate? ”

As soon as Master analyzed this, I suddenly woke up. I'll just say, Yuanbaomen, as one of the major factions in the Yin cultivation world of the provincial capital, why did it fall to such an extent, it turned out that it was still caused by its own internal intrigue!

Later, I told Master about some abnormal phenomena I saw in the ghost market. After hearing this, the master sneered even more. He said, "I'm not surprised by this kind of thing! In order to make money, these people have long forgotten the inheritance and responsibility of the Yin cultivation lineage! Otherwise, I wouldn't rather hide in that small place in Nanting, just so that I can't be out of sight, so as not to be angry because of these wasters! ”

Master's words are very serious, and I have rarely seen Master belittle others in this way. However, I couldn't agree more with him. The meaning of the existence of the ghost market should be to gather and appease those wandering ghosts and wild ghosts who are stranded in the yang world, which is also an effective way to maintain the balance of yin and yang. It is understandable for Yin Xiu to make some money by doing business in the ghost market and making a living, after all, Yin Xiu's reputation and status in the world are not very good, so he can only earn some money that others don't want to earn and disdain to earn to support his family.

But in the final analysis, Yin Xiu is still the manager and maintainer of the border between Yin and Yang, both to help and manage ghosts. If a yin cultivator thinks that making money is more important than anything else, he has already begun to lose his principles and has no bottom line more and more.

After talking about my situation in the provincial capital, I also asked Master about the current situation in various aspects of Nanting County. After the master said that after I left, Nanting was stable for a while, and he didn't hear of any ghosts making trouble everywhere, and there were even fewer people who came to him to do things. As for the mass grave, it is already deserted. After the old man who watched the grave, Lao Tan's skills were all lost, he was really just an ordinary old man looking at the grave now. Boss Su is now only in his shroud shop business, and the other stall owners have also gone to find other livelihoods.

After talking for a while, after drinking a pot of tea, the master said that he wanted to go back. I stood up first to pay the bill, and then accompanied Master to the bus station, where he had to take a ride back to Nanting at the long-distance bus station. While I was waiting for the bus, Master suddenly said to me again, "Recently, I have been investigating the events of that night. The more I investigated, the more I felt that there were many mysteries, and I am afraid that the truth is not as simple as a ghost breaking through the yin vein to the yang world to make trouble! ”

"Why do you say that?" I was very surprised, "Master, what did you find?" ”

"First of all, the impact on the ghost market of the mass grave in Paitou Village is not an accidental single incident." Master said, "On the same day of the 15th Ghost Festival on the 15th day of July, the ghost market in Changdong County was also hit by ghosts. But it's okay on their side, they received some rumors in advance, and they responded in time, although there was a big loss, but at least the ghost market was saved. ”

I frowned when I heard this, and I immediately remembered the tragedy that had happened that night. Later, when I reflected on myself, I also found many doubts, but I never figured out why. Now, Master has suddenly brought it up again, and it seems that he is just as angry as I am.

I asked Master, "Why are those ghosts going around storming the ghost market, and what good is it for them?" Also, for what purpose did the ghost cultivators get involved? ”

Master didn't give me the answer I wanted. He just sighed and said, "I can't think about these questions clearly. However, I will continue to investigate, and I can't just leave it at that! ”

I put Master in the car and watched him leave. However, his words before he left left me with many questions. If it weren't for the destruction of the ghost market in Nanting, I wouldn't have made up my mind to leave my hometown and study in the provincial capital. For me, this event is almost an important turning point in my life! Like Master, I don't want to forget it, I still have to find out about it after all!