Chapter 36: Apprenticeship

When I came to the cereal store that Sun Yuchen said, I asked the boss to weigh a pound of glutinous rice, and after scanning the code with WeChat to pay, I left the cereal store just to meet Jiawen and Shen Hanhan.

Since the last time Huangquan Valley said goodbye, Jiawen and I haven't seen each other for three days, I glanced at Shen Hanhan and found that her complexion was much better than before, and it seemed that she had walked out of the grief of losing her best friend.

Jiawen took Shen Hanhan's hand and asked me curiously, "Brother, why are you here?" Why do you buy so much glutinous rice, don't you still have it at home? ”

I touched Jiawen's hair and said softly, "The blind man's girlfriend was injured by evil spirits and needs to use glutinous rice to remove the residual corpse poison in her body." ”

"Brother, what did you say? A blind man's girlfriend? Where did the blind brother get his girlfriend? Jiawen blinked a pair of big watery eyes and asked puzzledly.

This girl's curiosity was too strong, so I had to tell her the relationship between the blind man and Sun Yuchen briefly.

After listening to this, Jiawen showed a longing expression on her face: "Sister Yuchen is so happy, there is such a good man as a blind brother by her side!" ”

Shen Hanhan said suspiciously: "Isn't Senior Sister Sun Yuchen's boyfriend Han Xu from the medical school?" ”

I had no choice but to explain to Shen Hanhan: "Yuchen was deceived by Han Xu before agreeing to have a relationship with Han Xu, but I didn't expect Han Xu to step on two boats and dump Yuchen." Actually, in Yuchen's heart, she has always pretended to be blind, and her love for the blind has never changed. ”

I can't figure out how I, a straight man of steel with no experience in love, would say such a thing, could it be that I have watched too many Japanese comics?

I was in a hurry to go back to help the blind man and Sun Yuchen remove the residual corpse poison, and after saying goodbye to Jiawen and the others, I hurriedly set out on the return journey.

Leave Xuefu Road and turn into the path along the lake, although this path is a good place to watch the scenery and enjoy the shade, but today is a cloudy day, the air is a little cold, and there is hardly a pedestrian on the road.

With a faint layer of white mist floating on the surface of the lake, and a biting cold wind blowing from time to time in the distance, I stood on the observation deck, watching the search and rescue boats busy in the waters near the island in the middle of the lake, and I didn't know what happened to the ten people who fell into the water.

I'm going to wait for the blind man to recover before I start moving, it's hard to say what kind of ghosts are in the lake right now, and we still have to go home and pack the necessary equipment.

Walking in front of a weeping willow, I saw a gray-haired middle-aged uncle standing under the willow tree with his hands behind his back, silently staring at the lake, I saw that the uncle's age was estimated to be in his fifties, but his hair was all white, and there were even bald places in a few places. The uncle's battered face was full of wrinkles, and his face always maintained a depth and melancholy that was extremely incommensurate with his age. On the bridge of his nose is a pair of golden silk nanmu glasses, and a pair of big bright eyes seem to contain endless wisdom.

The uncle was wearing a gray tunic, and he looked extraordinarily energetic, but unfortunately he was a little hunchbacked, which detracted from his temperament to a certain extent.

I saw that my uncle was staring blankly at the lake, so I stepped forward curiously and asked, "What are you looking at, old man?" ”

When the uncle heard my voice, he turned around slowly and said inexplicably: "Look at the fish and shrimp in the lake." ”

I looked in the direction of his finger, and there was obviously nothing in the clear turquoise water, and I didn't know what medicine this uncle was selling in his gourd.

"Sir, are there any fish and shrimp in this lake?" I said with a confused expression.

The uncle nodded, as if pleased with my answer, and he looked up at me, his gaze returning to the lake.

"Do you know why you can't see small fish, shrimp and other aquatic creatures in Mirror Lake now?"

I shook my head and said, "I don't know this very well. ”

The uncle pointed to the lake worriedly, and took out an authentic Taoist talisman from the lower pocket of his tunic suit.

"This is a Yin Talisman, place it in a place where the Yin Qi is thick, but in a few minutes, the rune paper will change from yellow to black. Mr. Yin and Yang often used this charm to test the intensity of Yin Qi in a place. After the uncle finished explaining, he squatted down, rolled up the cuff of his right hand, and carefully immersed himself in the lake with the yin test charm in his hand.

When the rune paper first touched the lake, there was no change, but after less than three minutes, the yellow rune paper turned charred black at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Seeing this, I couldn't help but be horrified, and hurriedly asked, "Sir, what's going on?" ”

The uncle stood up, crumpled the yin test talisman into a ball and threw it into the trash can on the shore, and said with a solemn expression: "The yin test talisman can only be used once, once it turns black, it can no longer be kept, it must be crumpled into a ball and thrown away immediately." ”

I asked my uncle, "How did the good yellow charm turn black after invading the lake?" ”

"This can only show that the yin qi in the lake water is very strong, far beyond the normal level. If you don't believe it, if you reach out and touch the lake, will you feel a chill that pierces the bone marrow? ”

I followed my uncle's words and put my right hand into the lake, and it was said that my body was already immune to yin qi, and even if a very strong yin qi invaded my body, I would not feel cold like ordinary people. But when I put my hand into the water, a chill ran down my hand and went straight to my brain, and the ring of power suddenly emitted several dazzling red lights. The chill moved rapidly through my body, freezing my hairs on end, and I hurriedly mobilized the netherworld power in my body to suppress the chill.

Retracting my hand, I looked at my uncle in shock, and asked honestly, "Sir, this lake is very weird, can you tell me what is going on?" ”

The uncle nodded and said to me in a serious tone: "Don't call me old man, I'm not as old as you think." ”

As soon as I was introduced by my uncle, I reacted, and it turned out that the middle-aged man in front of me with deep eyes, elegant temperament, and scholarly demeanor was the "Wong Tai Sin" I had always wanted to visit.

In order to avoid misunderstanding, I decided to call Master Huang or Mr. Huang in the future.

"Housheng, I see that you have a good face, and your eyebrows reveal a killing aura that only emperors and generals have. In my opinion, in your previous life, you must have been a king who killed countless people and dominated one side. Wait a minute, you, you're the Lone Star? Huang Jianjun just looked at my face slightly, and actually broke my life with one word.

After listening to Huang Jianjun's words, my admiration for him spontaneously arose, and he said: "Master Huang is really clever!" ”

Huang Jianjun looked at me with great satisfaction and continued: "If my expectations are right, your parents died violently shortly after you were born, and when you were seven years old, your grandparents were hooked by black and white impermanence. ”

I was speechless and couldn't say a word for a long time, so I had to nod my head in response.

"Your life is extremely dangerous, and anyone who has anything to do with you will die without exception, even if that person's life is lucky enough to escape death, the rest of his life will be extremely miserable. Don't think this is alarmist, you will understand if you think about it. ”

If you think about Huang Jianjun's words, it seems that this is really the case, my father took me home on the street, the year was 2003, I was seven years old, and my father was forty-five years old. Eleven years later, on August 22, 2014, on the night of my eighteenth coming-of-age ceremony, my father suddenly told me that he was seriously ill and that his days were numbered, and that he had not had time to explain the aftermath to us that night, so he hastily entrusted me with the ring of power and asked me to inherit the head of the Yinshan faction.

I have the impression that my father had never been sick or injured, so why did he suddenly become seriously ill that night? After my father's death, Jiawen and I have always been extremely puzzled by this. Now when I listen to Huang Jianjun's guidance, I suddenly realize: my father did not die of a violent illness, but was killed alive by me, a bad star!

Huang Jianjun saw that I hung my head and looked depressed, he patted me on the shoulder and said to me: "Child, although your life is dangerous, it is not irreversible. It's just that you're going to pay a very heavy price for it. ”

I raised my head, looked at him earnestly, and humbly asked, "Master Huang, please tell me, how can I change my life?" ”

Huang Jianjun shook his head solemnly, and said meaningfully: "It's not the time yet, I'll tell you when the time is right." ”

This old boy isn't trying to bluff me, is he? But since he can see my life, he must really have a way to help me change my life.

With this thought in my mind, I immediately knelt on my knees, slammed my head on the ground, and said respectfully and loudly, "Master, please accept the apprentice's worship!" ”

Huang Jianjun obviously didn't expect me to suddenly worship him as a teacher, and he didn't react for a while.

"Your life is too hard, and I have always adhered to the principle of not accepting disciples, but I see that your bones are clear, and there seems to be some kind of powerful power in your body, and you will definitely be able to make a difference in the future with a little cultivation. I, Huang Jianjun, will make an exception to accept you as an apprentice today, but then again, I haven't asked what the name of the future student is? ”

I still knelt on the ground and replied with sincere fear: "Chen Xiaofu, the mourning is the mourning of the funeral!" ”

After Huang Jianjun listened, a touch of imperceptible surprise appeared on his face, and he said in a serious tone: "Chen Xiaofu, Xiaofu, heh, just from the name, you can see that this kid is not an ordinary person. You've had a lot of bad luck so far, right? This is the evidence of your destiny as a lone star, if you don't have the opportunity to change your life, you will always be unlucky, and end up in a widow and a lonely person. ”

"Master Lao shows the way for the disciples!"

Originally, I hoped that Huang Jianjun could reveal to me a little way to change his life, but who knew that this old boy would divert the topic, point to the surface of Jinghu Lake, and say to me: "We have to think about this matter in the long run, or solve the crisis facing Jinghu Lake first." ”

Since he refuses to say it now, then I will ask him slowly in the future, as the saying goes, good things are grinding.

I stood up and asked Huang Jianjun puzzled: "Jinghu is in crisis?" Master, what do you mean by that? ”

Huang Jianjun cleared his throat, pointed to the white mist shrouded in the sky above Mirror Lake, and said with a serious face: "You also saw the change of the Yin Trial Talisman just now, and I can tell you with certainty now that the current Mirror Lake is very dangerous. Looking at the layer of white fog in the sky, it was not an ordinary mist, but a yin fog formed by the yin qi contained in the lake rising into the sky. ”

I have heard my father say that in some places where the yin qi is very heavy, there will be a layer of white mist condensed in the air, and this fog is not formed by natural causes, but the yin qi rises into the air and condenses, so it is called "yin fog".

I saw a layer of white mist covering the sky over the Mirror Lake, which was several kilometers wide, and I couldn't help but be shocked in my heart: With such a huge mist, isn't the water of the Mirror Lake surging to the sky?