Section 28 Strange footsteps

On this day, when the ugly ghost came back, he said that he had found a place to sell rune paper and rune pens, but the price was too expensive, and even the worst rune pen cost 3,000 yuan a piece! As for the cut yellow talismans, they cost ten yuan each! I made a slot on the spot! The heart said that this is a robbery! So a small rune paper costs ten dollars? A piece of A4 paper can cut about five sheets, that is to say, a piece of A4 size yellow paper can be sold for fifty yuan, which is a fool!

You know, a regular A4 printer paper is only a few cents! The price difference is a thousand times!

I frowned and asked, "Why is it so expensive?" I've only saved up a hundred dollars in pocket money this month. ”

The ugly ghost said: "Find a way by yourself, as long as you buy a talisman pen, talisman paper, ink, chicken blood, and cinnabar, you can try to draw talismans." ”

The fourth brother said on the side: "You have improved a lot this month, your strength, endurance and reaction speed have been greatly enhanced, plus the lightning strike wooden sword and notebook, it is estimated that fifty years of Taoist ghosts will not be able to help you." You can try to help others and ask for a small amount in return as appropriate, and we who practice martial arts must have a sense of justice and responsibility. ”

The ugly ghost agreed, "Yes, you must always keep your heart, and don't be willing to fall." ”

While I was doing my homework, I replied, "Got it, I'm going out tonight to try my luck and make enough money as soon as possible." ”

In fact, I also want to learn to draw talismans as soon as possible, because after learning it, I can use talismans to open my eyes anytime and anywhere, without the need for cow tears or ghost help. But the price of those materials is really not a small amount, and I have to prepare at least 5,000 yuan to barely have enough.

Why?

Although the talisman pen is only 3,000, it can be used for a long, long time, so the price is quite acceptable. But the rune paper is too expensive, and it is a consumable, and a thousand yuan can only buy a hundred cut sheets, and I have just started to learn, and I will inevitably make mistakes or failures, so I must prepare at least 200 sheets. In addition, I will use my savings to buy some ink, cinnabar, chicken blood, etc...... I'm going to be a pauper again.

But in order to learn to draw talismans as soon as possible, I endure! After all, time is running out, He Yangde has been urging me a lot recently, it seems that he is impatient to wait, he wants me to use the debut technique to see if I am a real Taoist priest, if so, tell the ghost king, let him send a powerful ghost to kill me.

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After finishing my homework, I came to the night market, this time I was still acting alone, because the ugly ghost would not come with me, he wanted me to hone alone, as for the fourth brother, the Tao was too low, and I didn't let him follow.

When I arrived at the night market, it was almost nine o'clock in the evening, and the number of people shopping was much less, so I walked and watched the passers-by to see if they were haunted by ghosts. While I was observing the pedestrians, there were a few geyers watching me as well, as the sun fire on my shoulders went out, and they seemed to want to possess me.

But I whispered a warning not to come near them, and I would not be responsible if they were injured. Who knew that there was really a stupid ghost who didn't believe in evil and had to come up and try it, but as soon as it touched my body, it was bounced out! Just kidding, is it true that the notes I put in my arms are ornaments? Even if I only have a yang fire left, as long as I have notes, no ghost can get on my body!

I went around and finally found a target! It was a middle-aged aunt, she was setting up a stall to sell insoles, her face was very haggard, she looked like she was in her forties, but there were a lot of wrinkles on her face, it should be overworked, but that was just the appearance, I could clearly see under my yin eyes, there was a group of yin qi in the center of her eyebrows, although the yin qi was not strong, but it was also a sign of yin qi invading the body.

I squatted in front of the stall, and my aunt hurriedly greeted me warmly: "Child, do you want to buy insoles?" How big are the feet? ”

I shook my head and asked, "Auntie, have you encountered anything strange lately?" For example, having nightmares, or feeling inexplicably cold? ”

She instantly became vigilant: "Do you want to cheat me out of my money?" Hurry up, hurry up, I don't have any money. ”

Indeed, I look like a student, and I don't have much credibility. But if Master Jiang said this, it is estimated that the aunt will be convinced, after all, his unfathomable appearance is not something that anyone can pretend. And looking at this aunt's plain clothes and haggard face, you can know that she must be living a very poor life, but I am short of time and anxious to use money...... Helping her definitely won't make any money.

I pondered for two seconds, but decided to help her, although I don't know her and can't make money, but since I have the ability to save her, I can't stand idly by, that's not my character! So I said, "Auntie, don't get me wrong, I'm not a liar, and I won't care if you ask for a penny, please think about it carefully, have you encountered anything strange recently?" ”

Seeing that my eyes were clear and not like a lie, my aunt gradually relaxed her vigilance and recalled: "It's true, my family lives in a relatively remote place, and when I come home from the night market at night, I can always hear footsteps behind me." But when I turned back, I couldn't see anyone, and I went, and the footsteps followed; When I stopped, the footsteps stopped, and at night I could always hear something in the room, as if someone was whispering. Kid, how do you know I'm going to have something weird going on? ”

"Auntie, I won't tell you, in fact, I am a Taoist priest, and I see that there is a black gas on your eyebrows, which is obviously a sign of being entangled by ghosts."

The aunt touched her eyebrows: "I have black gas in the center of my eyebrows?" How can I not feel it? Is there still one now? ”

"Yes, that's yin, you can't see it yourself, and you can't wipe it off with your hands. But don't worry, I'll help you with that. ”

Auntie smiled: "Whether it's true or not, you kid is quite polite." ”

"Thank you for the compliment, but Auntie, this ghost usually doesn't take the initiative to haunt people, have you ever sinned against anyone recently? Or have you offended anyone before? And that man happened to be dead again? "I'm going to analyze what the hell is haunting her, that's why I'm asking.

The aunt thought for a while, shook her head and said, "No, who can I offend as a laid-off female worker?" ”

I touched my chin and asked, "And what time do you close your stall every night?" ”

"Around ten o'clock."

"Ten o'clock...... It's a little late, but it doesn't matter, I'll wait here until ten o'clock today to see if the ghost will show up. ”

During the conversation, I learned that she has a son, who is about the same age as me and is also in high school, but he is studying in a foreign country, and he also said that his academic performance is very good, but because of the long distance, he can only come back after a long vacation. My aunt also asked me how my academic performance was, and I replied that I was second in the class, and my aunt hurriedly praised me for being smart and good at studying, which made me embarrassed to take the next sentence: In fact, it was the countdown.

Soon, it was ten o'clock in the evening, the time for Auntie to close the stall, but I didn't see any ghosts haunting her, so I said: "Auntie, I don't see any ghosts haunting you, why don't I send you a short distance tomorrow, but not today, it's too late today, I have to go home, goodbye." ”

As I walked home, I wondered why my aunt didn't see the ghost haunting her even though she had yin energy in her eyebrows...... Suddenly, I slapped my head! The heart said how could he be so stupid! There are too many people in the night market, the yang energy is vigorous, and the ghosts with low road lines dare not approach, it must be this reason! So after the aunt went out of the night market, she could hear footsteps following her......

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The next day, in the evening, I came to the night market again and asked my aunt if she heard footsteps last night, and my aunt turned pale and said that since I reminded her yesterday, she had paid special attention to it, and it turned out that there really was! It's terrifying! I said, "Auntie, close the stall twenty minutes early tonight, and I'll send you a distance to see what the hell is pestering you." ”

The aunt nodded again and again and said, "I'm sorry for you, child." ”

"It doesn't matter, it's not troublesome, I'll come back around half past nine." With that, I continued to wander around the night market, hoping to find other targets, but unfortunately I couldn't find anything, and the time was soon half past nine. I went back to my aunt's stall and found her packing up her things and preparing to close the stall.

After a few minutes, the stall was cleaned up, she pushed the bicycle, I followed, out of the night market, we walked through the building, at this time, there were almost no pedestrians in the building, and before we had gone far, we heard a footstep behind me, except for me and my aunt