Chapter 36: Doubts

After talking to my grandfather on the phone, I took a taxi to the old town.

Although there were still some rune papers from the last time, none of the five thunder runes, which were the most powerful, were gone. So I need to add it as soon as possible. Although my grandfather said that the red-robed female ghost could not threaten me for the time being, let me leave it alone. But there is an unknown evil path hidden around, so I have to guard against it.

Since the last incident, the man had never been seen as if he had disappeared.

I still don't know what his purpose is, but I have a vague feeling that he won't be hiding it anymore. Maybe someday in the near future, he'll do it again. I can't tell you what day it is, it could be tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. At that time, no one can say whether there will be Zhang Yanli's situation again.

Speaking of Zhang Yanli, I have some feelings. When she said goodbye to me that night, she said that if I could meet her in the next life, I would tell her what happened in this life......

I thought, if nothing else. She should have been reincarnated. Maybe somewhere in a province, coming with a whole new identity. Or maybe it was born in someone close to me.

I smiled wryly. The kind of situation she said would not exist at all, I am not an immortal after all, and even if I met her reincarnation, it would be impossible for me to know her. How can I tell her about this life?

And, two years later, I'm going to die. When the time comes, if I can really meet her, I still have to call her sister, and the age difference in this life seems to be the same.

……。

Lao Cai and I went to the old city together, and they used to fight alone, but now there is Lao Cai. Although his current strength as an assistant is limited to helping me carry bags and pay for the fare. But he can help a little bit, of course, the main thing is that he can help me pay the fare. For me, that's the biggest help.

But seriously, although Lao Cai's family is well-off. But I really don't have the idea of taking advantage of him. Originally, I was going to pay the fare myself. But Lao Cai said that he was relatively big, and even if it was a wheel, it wouldn't be my turn.

I looked at him speechlessly, and I was a little moved. I didn't say anything, let him pay the fare, and bought him some food on the way back. Because of the time, we hurried out without eating. So we had to have this meal in the car.

……。

It's the same shop last time, the difference is that the person guarding the store is no longer a sloppy old man, but a middle-aged man with a simple face.

It seems that this is what Lao Cai's master said, his unsuccessful son.

When I was on the phone with my grandfather before, I asked him if the sloppy old man was with him. He said no, Lao Cai's master went to the old site of the Maoshan faction.

Speaking of Maoshan, it can be traced back to the Western Han Dynasty. It is said that during the Han Dynasty, there were three Mao brothers in Xianyang, Shaanxi. Brother Mao Ying, second brother Mao Gu, third brother Mao Zhen. It is about the three brothers who saw through the red dust and wrote the sigh of "Glory is the dream of the three watches, and the wealth is the same as the frost in September". So he sought the mountain and cultivated the road. One day, the three of them went to one place. See a high mountain, the forest is towering, the green shade covers the sun, and the grass is like grass. So he lived in seclusion here to cultivate his nature, and collected medicine and alchemy to save people on weekdays.

Finally, I don't know how many years later, the three brothers got the Great Dao and soared to become immortals. Later generations have those who have received their favor, built Sanmao Taoist Temple for them, called the three brothers Sanmao Zhenjun, and the mountain where the three of them lived in seclusion was named Sanmao Mountain.

Later, the years changed, and history gradually evolved. It has also changed from Sanmao Mountain to Mao Mountain. Even the place where the mountain is located has been renamed Maoshan Town.

Today, Maoshan is in Jiangsu Province and has become a famous tourist attraction. But as far as I learned later, the old site of the Maoshan faction that my grandfather said was not there at all, which means that this Maoshan is not Bimaoshan.

The period when the Maoshan faction appeared was actually in the last years of the Ming Dynasty, so there may be some relationship between the Maoshan faction and Maoshan, but they are definitely not the same.

As for where the real Maoshan faction is, I don't know. The Maoshan faction, which has been inherited for hundreds of years, has already disappeared in a special period of ten years. It is not easy for this society to understand the secrets. Moreover, the past is like a floating cloud, and I don't have the heart to understand this.

Because it really has nothing to do with me. It's the twenty-first century now, if it weren't for the fact that I had learned the Sanqing Talisman and knew something that was difficult for ordinary people to understand. I might be like an ordinary person now, sleeping, eating, going to class, and watching beautiful women brag about it.

So I didn't ask my grandfather about that. I don't know where Lao Cai's master is now.

What surprised me was that Lao Cai's master didn't seem to teach his skills to the middle-aged man who guarded the shop, that is, the unsuccessful son in his mouth.

I suddenly thought of what my grandfather had said to me. He said that he didn't want to pass on the Sanqing Talisman, but he didn't expect to avoid my dad, but I was inevitable.

Speaking of my dad, he went out to work with my mom when I was very young. I rarely mention either of them, mainly because I have the impression that my parents are honest rural people. And they didn't make a particularly deep impression on me, and my relationship with my grandfather seemed to be a little deeper. So much so that the first thing that came to my mind after what happened was my grandfather.

My parents only knew that my grandfather had some skills to look at the grave, but they didn't know anything else. So this situation is probably because I have the same secret as my grandfather. It's also possible that I spent a little bit more time with my grandfather, in contrast, my parents were more like occasional guests who came to my house for a few days a year and left some gifts.

At a deeper level, they would send money to my card every month, and occasionally call me to ask about my situation.

Of course, I don't mean anything else by that, I'm just talking about things. I didn't complain or blame them in my heart.

So just listen to these words, and don't have to take them to heart.

What makes me wonder is that according to what my grandfather said. It's true that my dad didn't learn the Sanqing Talisman, nor did he learn the Qiankun Technique.

My grandfather didn't want our Chu family to be contaminated with the "debt of cause and effect" in his mouth for generations, but why didn't the sloppy old man pass on the cloth cloth god to his son? If it's because these things are not needed in this era, then why did he take Lao Cai as an apprentice?

I vaguely feel that these older generations seem to have some shocking secrets hidden from us, and they can't figure out the key to this. So on the way back, I asked the old man how the sloppy old man took him as an apprentice.

Lao Cai showed a triumphant look again, and pointed to his head angrily.

I asked him suspiciously, "Is it because you're here?" ”

Lao Cai glared at me and said, "Xiaoli, this matter is not allowed to be mentioned again in the future, otherwise I will break off my friendship with you." ”

Then Lao Cai told the cause and effect.

It turned out that it was a coincidence that the sloppy old man accepted Lao Cai as an apprentice. According to Lao Cai, his father was worried about the difficulties in his business, but at this time he met a sloppy old man. The sloppy old man had some friendship with my grandfather, so he used the cloth god to point out a clear way for Lao Cai's father.

And in the process of the sloppy old man's divination, Lao Cai didn't know why he saw some doorways. At that time, Lao Cai felt that the sloppy old man's hand was really a bit awesome, so he tried to learn it by himself.

But one day after that, Lao Cai suddenly fell into a coma with a high fever. After seven or eight days of hospitalization, the hospital did not improve.

Just when Lao Cai's father was anxious, the sloppy old man appeared again. He didn't know what method he used to make Lao Cai wake up temporarily.

After Lao Cai woke up, the sloppy old man asked him if he had secretly practiced something recently. You must know that the sloppy old man is a fairy-like character in Lao Cai's eyes, so Lao Cai told him all the causes and consequences without thinking about it.

According to Lao Cai, the sloppy old man first had a surprised expression after hearing his words. Then he scolded Lao Cai, and then the ghost sent the god to accept Lao Cai as an apprentice.

It is also strange to say that after the sloppy old man took Lao Cai as an apprentice, Lao Cai's illness gradually improved, and he was discharged from the hospital alive within a few days.

After finishing speaking, Lao Cai pointed to his head again and saw my strange expression. Then he hurriedly put down his hand and said triumphantly: "How is it?" I feel that it is because of my talent that I have a good master. ”

Then he stretched out his index finger and shook it in front of my eyes, revealing Bruce Lee's invincible expression, and said: "You are different, you rely on your background, and I rely on strength, do you serve?" ”

I was speechless, and said secretly in my heart: Come on, are you still talented? Still relying on strength? With your unpopular strength, you can't even count Xie Min's movements, so are you embarrassed to say it? I'm going to jump into the pit early.

The taxi arrived at the school in a short time, and it was almost time for class. So I put my things back in the dormitory first, and then went to the classroom with Lao Cai.

During the evening self-study, I always felt that someone on my left hand side was watching me, and that direction was Xie Min's position, but when I turned my head to look over, I saw that she was doing the exercises seriously.

This is a strange intuition, I must be the person who looks at me from time to time is Xie Min, but I can't meet her at the right time.

It's been more than a month since I wanted to apologize to her, but I haven't been able to put it into action, which has to be said to be my failure.

But I can't help it, I really want to write down what I want to say to her in a small piece of paper and throw it to her when the old class is not there now. But I didn't know what to write when I put pen to paper, and it was too hasty.

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After the evening self-study, I left the dormitory with a black bag as usual. I want to draw a few more of the Five Thunder Talismans tonight, and I still have some eye-opening talismans and exorcism talismans, so I won't need them for the time being.

Lao Cai wanted to go with me, but I didn't let him. I told him I might paint late tonight. I don't want this to happen a second time if I ask him to wake me up tomorrow morning, and I don't want to be picked up by the old man in charge of the dormitory. Lao Cai thought about it, probably sleepy, so he said that it would be okay. It's just that I can find a more suitable time when I draw talismans next time, he hasn't seen me draw talismans yet, and I want to see it.

I thought to myself, in fact, it's pretty good to have Lao Cai with you. At least when I draw the talisman, I think my movements are still quite handsome, much more handsome than when he used the cloth god calculation, and it also saves him from being blind to me all day long.

It's just that tonight, I'm counting on him to wake me up. The rest of the dorm room where I dare to hope for anything since what happened last time is a bunch of guys who don't get up until the last second, and they don't care about me at all.