"You're not worried about the other side of the river, are you?" After a moment of silence, Master Wu suddenly looked up and asked me as if he had thought of something.

I couldn't help but shudder slightly, and then looked at him with some seriousness.

"Really?" Seeing my reaction like this, Master Wu immediately understood.

"Actually...... I don't know. After frowning and thinking for a while, I said that I actually didn't know very well, it seemed to be like this, but it didn't seem to be like this, in short, I was quite conflicted now, and I didn't know whether to complete this last step or not.

Hearing me say this, Master Wu suddenly fell silent again.

After a while, he looked at me again and said, "What do you say, little brother, in my opinion, since you reacted so strongly when I asked you just now, it means that the source of your fear is indeed on the other side of the river, and it is something that you will face after completing this last step." The reason why you are not sure, because you still can't figure out why the other side of the river is so terrified and what the source of that fear is. ”

I was slightly stunned, and subconsciously opened my mouth to speak, but after thinking about it, I found that what Master Wu said was indeed very reasonable, so I didn't say anything.

As he has just said, this is a very important good thing, the whole family wants me to officially inherit the mantle of the old man as soon as possible, I have been waiting for this day for a long time, and for the old man, this is a great inheritance event that may even be more important than his life, so I don't know what I have to be afraid of in the face of such a great thing.

But on closer inspection, the biggest source of my fear of the unknown did come from the other side of the river.

"Maybe that's really what you say......" After thinking for a while, he was still puzzled, so he shook his head lightly and sighed. Although he is a peer, the characteristics of painting spirituality for thousands of years make it impossible for others to truly understand this ancient method except for the painter himself, so that he has completely cut off, like other popular methods, through communication and collision with the same door, or other people who are similar to each other, the possibility of sublimation, everything can only be comprehended by oneself, and it is difficult for others to give constructive advice.

So although I came to find Master Wu today and told him some things about painting spirituality and the problems in my heart, I didn't have any hope that he could help me find the crux of the problem, and I still wanted to find someone who could resonate with me in this regard and fully understand me, and talk about the bitterness in my heart.

The old man is still alive now, and he is really desperate to think clearly, and I can still ask him for advice, but if one day the old man is no longer in the world, what should I do?

"It's okay, if you can't think about it clearly, just think slowly, don't rush for a while, the boat will naturally go straight when it reaches the bridge. Relax and relax first, come and sit with me for a while, Lao Feng seems to be in the county seat in the past few days, this meeting should also be free, if you don't mind, I can call him over to sit together. "Now we have come to the downstairs of Master Wu's residence on the transitional ring between the old and new towns, and when I saw that I was speechless with a sad face, he smiled and dispelled the dull atmosphere a little.

Naturally, I didn't have any opinions, so I nodded and agreed without thinking about it, and then walked to the back of the building with Master Wu, who took out his mobile phone and started the call.

Although Boss Feng is a businessman and cannot be regarded as a peer, he is a good friend of Master Wu, and it is already obvious that he has repeatedly surrendered his identity and taken the initiative to show favor to me.

Located on the third floor of this eight-storey private building, Master Wu's residence is said to be a residence, but in fact it is more like a place to work and entertain people, and across the road is the newly renovated Power Bureau building. It is different from what I expected before I went upstairs, this set of two-bedroom office, there is no advertising or plaque or anything like that outside, it looks like there is no difference from ordinary private residence, the decoration layout inside is not as exquisite as I thought, exquisite to the point of exaggeration, but extremely simple, there are two pots of potted plants of money trees at the entrance of the door, a small desk by the window in the living room, a small sofa against the wall on the right, and a small coffee table. There is a small LCD TV hanging on the TV wall, and a water dispenser next to it is all furnished, and there are no items that can show his status as a feng shui master.

The only thing that may be related to Master Wu's identity is the wall behind the desk, where the seal is from his own handwriting, and on the wall on the right side of the desk, a small shrine dedicated to the statue of Guan Gong. In fact, even this Guan Gong statue has nothing peculiar, and it is no different from the Guan Gong God of Wealth statue that many people will offer at home, but the position is different, and it is significantly low-key everywhere.

"Anyway, it's still early, if you're really bored, little brother, let's continue with what we just said, and find a place to eat when Lao Feng arrives." Don't mind, brother, my place is really ordinary, and there are no good teas. Otherwise, after eating for a while, we will go to Lao Feng's to sit down, his guy has been in Guangdong before, so it's very good, the house is full of good tea, if you don't often help him drink a little, he can't finish it until it gets moldy. After beckoning me to sit down on the sofa and make me a cup of tea with a paper cup, Master Wu sat down on the small sofa on the side and said with a smile, although I don't drink much tea and don't know anything about the tea ceremony, but I also noticed that when he made tea just now, he took out a can of Qingming tea that is quite ordinary in our place, and there are no things like tea sets.

Naturally, I don't care about the problem of his second sentence, on the contrary, it is the best of this ordinary sentence, and if I pay too much attention to it, I will feel uncomfortable. As for Boss Feng's tea, since the words had already been spoken, it was naturally not appropriate to refuse, so he smiled and nodded in agreement.

"I don't understand your little brother's spiritual painting technique, but since you are afraid of inheriting the mantle of the master after you said that you have completed the last step, it means that the problem is likely to lie in your spiritual painting technique, or some of the origins and deeds of your sect. So if you really can't figure it out, you might as well think about it along this line, of course, I'm just saying it casually, after all, my brother really doesn't understand your method, and I don't know if you've thought about it in this direction, so don't take it too seriously. Seeing that I still couldn't find something to say, Master Wu smiled again and took the lead.

After thinking about it, I said with a wry smile: "Actually, I have thought about the direction you said, but I can't hide it, painting spirit art is not all about suppressing evil spirits, eliminating evil and good decent techniques, in fact, there are many methods used to harm people, and there have been many things in history that use spirit painting to do evil, and some of these grievances are still continuing until now." But how to say it, although these things and methods sound a little dark and scary, but I have known about them for a long time, and I am not afraid that you will think too much about it, I myself have used those harmful means to retaliate against others, so I actually don't think that my fear comes from these dark means and things......"

"Oh? So there is such a thing? Master Wu was slightly stunned, then looked at me and did not continue.

I didn't know what he wanted to say at this time, so after thinking for a while, I simply took the initiative to tell him what I knew, some of the harmful things about painting spirits.

I don't actually know much about the harmful side of painting spirituality, but more from the "Forbidden Spirit" that the old man didn't want me to see, this atlas is mainly used to record some evil spirits that have little or no positive effect, and are completely used to do evil and harm people, and the corresponding map, so there is actually nothing to hide. Not to mention talking about people, even if you throw the entire "Forbidden Spirit" directly in front of you, few people can understand the doorway, let alone rely on a book of atlases, you can learn to draw spiritual arts to harm others by yourself.

It's a thing that is infinitely close to zero, so there's no need to worry.

But the Yan puppets that have appeared in history, and Wu Yue's group who betrayed their teachers and specialized in painting the art of killing people, and my "senior brother" Xie Yifan, who has never met before, used the Yan puppet to suck away my three souls and refined my soul into a "puppet killing", so I can't say so clearly.

First, there is no record of the "Forbidden Spirit" related to the golem or the killing of the puppet, and I still don't know how this kind of demon spirit is generated. Second, this is a secret that belongs to the inheritance of the Painting Spirit School for thousands of years, and it can't be casually let outsiders know, not to mention that this generation of puppets is also closely related to my life, so I have to guard against it, although I believe that the character in front of me is not harmful to me, and there is no need to say it again, so as not to add unnecessary trouble.

But even if it is only those evil spirits recorded in "Forbidden Spirits" that are only for harming people, or even for killing, it is enough to surprise Master Wu, especially when he hears that in addition to these evil spirits, there is also a kind of demon soul called Yan Puppet, even when the old man has been dealing with him for half his life, and there is no definite result, he is holding a paper cup for drinking water, looking at me with a strange look, and he didn't say anything for a long time.

Even if I reacted later, my mind was already confused by this unheard of information, and I couldn't give any clear advice as before.

And I was just really panicked in my heart, and I urgently needed to find someone to say this, and I didn't hold the naïve idea that others could help me solve the problem, so I waited for Master Wu to react, smiled wryly and borrowed the donkey from the slope, saying that he was a little dizzy by what I told him, so I don't need to worry, and when he has time, he will help me think about what the problem is in private, and then gradually turn to a slightly lighter topic, and no longer talk about this.

At this moment, the rich-looking Boss Feng finally arrived.

Although the interlacing is like a mountain, I don't understand the doorway in our industry, but Boss Feng can mix well in this place, even people like my dad who can't beat him can hear his name, naturally there are outstanding things that are difficult for ordinary people to reach, and his eyes are quite vicious, as soon as he saw me in the door, he sighed softly, and said Little brother, what is the matter with you? Why doesn't it seem that the spirit is not very good, haven't you been meditating and practicing on the mountain for half a year? It stands to reason that he has just come out of the mountain, and his spirit should be good.

In the end, before I had a chance to speak, he patted his head lightly and said: "No, no, it's me who saw it wrong, it's not that you're not in bad spirits, but you're in too good spirits, so good that it looks a little abnormal, like a fire that is about to ignite, what the hell is going on, why don't you know how to be careful, don't really go crazy as it says in martial arts." ”

In just a few words, I can clearly summarize my current state in his language.

I really don't want to say too much about this, now I just want to express that breath and relax, and besides, telling Master Wu is equivalent to telling Boss Feng, and then the former will naturally talk to him, so after picking up the key points and telling him something, he gradually changed the topic. And when he saw that I was obviously depressed, he didn't ask too much, and after listening to the general situation, he led the topic to something light and fresh.

Boss Feng is a thoughtful and talkative person, although he can't put forward some opinions and suggestions on my affairs more or less like Master Wu, but it is very easy to chat with him. This person seems to have a relaxing atmosphere, or charm, that can make people feel happy.

I didn't go to any particular place to eat, but just downstairs not far from a small restaurant with a remote location and a simple face, but the taste was very good. In the words of Boss Feng, it is just a place to socialize in the private rooms of the hotel, and they can't eat at all, so they still have to come to such a place to eat, they asked for a wild fish hot pot, ordered a few side dishes, and drank two bottles of beer each. After he was full of wine and food, he went to the office of his fourth son's shop to drink tea all afternoon, until the sun began to set, and then he said goodbye and prepared to go home, and although the two had the idea of having dinner together, they were not reluctant, let alone came out to send each other.

Although the problem has not been solved, after such a day, my heart has become much more comfortable, at least not as irritable and panicked as when I came.

So every four or five days, when my heart was once again scratched and burned like restlessness, and the inexplicable fear was extremely uncomfortable, I would run to the city, find these two characters who are thriving in the county, and have a meal together in the small restaurant downstairs of Master Wu, and then go to Boss Feng's office to drink tea and chat, and when I have nothing to say, I simply leave the office, and pry a few female employees of the fourth son's shop to pass the time, and leave home when the sun goes down.

It wasn't until the fourth time he entered the county seat and came to Master Wu's office that the program, which seemed to have been fixed, finally changed.