Chapter 16: The Living
Before that, the old man often said that he was a warlock, a descendant, and a gentleman.
But after this incident, the old man felt that those titles were too earthy and did not match his cleverness and wisdom at all, so he gave himself a new name.
"You can call me Professor Shen."
"Why?" I was stunned.
"Because Lao Tzu is a scientist in the metaphysical world."
The old man said proudly, put the wooden box on the bedside table, patted the bed lightly and said, "Hurry up and lie down, I'll finish it for you in a few clicks, and today I have to let you see the gospel brought by the development of science!" ”
I didn't speak, I lay down on the bed silently, stared at the ceiling like a dead corpse, and asked him motionlessly: "Don't you think it's a bit hooligan to talk about science in metaphysics?" ”
When I first started in the industry, the old man once told me this.
"Metaphysics is metaphysics, science is science, talking about metaphysics in science is superstition, talking about science in metaphysics is playing hooligan!"
At this moment, the old man didn't talk to me about hooliganism, but simply looked at me, and that suggestive look had already told me.......
"Master, we don't have grudges." I sneered: "Surgery is not a trivial matter, this is a meticulous work, don't dare to mess around!" ”
The old man ignored me, opened the wooden box, grabbed a black object from it, threw it on my bed.
I subconsciously glanced at it, only to feel my scalp explode, and I rolled out of bed without saying a word.
"Lord!! What are you throwing toads for?! I'll have to wash the sheets when the time comes!! Let's not make such jokes! ”
What was thrown onto the bed by the old man was a toad the size of a fist.
As the saying goes, a toad does not bite people, but responds to people.
Although I didn't touch this toad, the moment I saw it, I only felt goosebumps on my body.
Different from ordinary toads, the pimples on this toad's body are very large, and the body is black and shiny, only these pimples have a little white tip on them, which looks like a mature pimple.
It still has a fishy smell on its body, and the more it smells, the more it hurts, and it makes people nauseous.
"This is called the Yin Earth Toad, which I gouged out from the Yin Eye....... "The old man smiled: "That Yin Eye in Wangshan Village can hide a lot of treasures, this is just one of them, and these!" ”
As he spoke, the old man poured out the contents of the wooden box.
Seeing the lively "little animals", I didn't even feel nauseous, I had goosebumps all over my body, and I didn't dare to move when I stood still, I only dared to shiver.
The black and shiny black toad, the big green centipede, the white gecko with the length of the index finger, and the ....... Catfish??
"This fish was also dug out of the pubic eye?" I couldn't help but be curious and asked.
"That's not." The old man shook his head: "That's called a mud catfish, I bought it from a friend, and it cost more than a thousand!" ”
Hearing this answer, I only felt that the old man had been deceived, this catfish was no different from ordinary earth catfish, but the palm was long.
"What's so strange about this fish?" I cautiously asked, "The catfish sold in the vegetable market looks similar to it." ”
"Bullshit!" The old man said angrily, and gently patted the catfish on the back, only to hear a wow......
That's right, the catfish did scream out with a wow, sounding like a child crying at night, and spit out a mouthful of green water.
I felt like my mental defenses were going to collapse.
All along, the old man has been a normal person in my eyes, at least his taste is similar to that of ordinary people, and there is nothing too unique.
But now I can see that the old man's taste is very strong, and the bad taste is also incomprehensible to me......
Throw these things on the bed...... Isn't that a fuss!!
"Calm, this layer of sheets must be terrible, why be so particular?" The old man smiled: "Wait a while, I will have surgery on you, the sheets will definitely be dirtier than now, and ...... by then."
"Master, if you have something to say, don't play with me." I looked at him with a look of fear, and my voice trembled: "You said surgery...... You can't bury these things in me, do you? ”
The old man stopped and said, "That can't be!" These are living creatures! It's not a villain! Why are you buried in my body?
"Yin Earth Toad, Jade Centipede, Walking Mud Catfish, Blood Guarding the Palace......" The old man smiled: "These are the introductions mentioned in the Burial Sutra, you must rely on the yin qi of these live animals to beat the flesh Gu into your body, if you don't do this, the yang energy in your body will spontaneously resist, and the flesh Gu will not be able to enter your body." ”
"Where's Gu?" I asked.
"This is Gu." The old man said, took out a "mud pill" from his pocket, and explained to me with great interest: "This is made by grinding the dead bodies of animals into powder, and there are four animal blood mixed in it, which is definitely a great tonic." ”
"Animal corpses?" I swallowed, not out of hunger, but out of fear: "What dead body?" ”
"Their corpses." The old man raised his hand and pointed to the four beasts on the bed: "I have two of them, one is born and the other is dead, and only with the help of anger and death can I turn into Gu Qi." ”
Strange to say, after these animals were thrown into bed by the old man, they had no intention of escaping, but stayed in place as if in a daze, not moving.
If I hadn't seen them struggle the moment they were dropped, I'd have thought they were a pile of dead things.
"Don't worry, it's just a minor operation, it's just going to be a little cold......."
The old man said, and before I could resist, he pressed me to the bed, and then carefully picked up the four beasts, one left and one right...... No, it should be in my hands, start arriving.
The left wrist was placed on the Yin Earth Toad, and the right wrist was placed on the jade centipede, and the calf did not fall, and they were respectively put on the mud catfish and the blood guard palace.
When they touched me, they didn't attack at all, they remained motionless, as if they were completely ignoring me.
"Master..... Don't we dare to play too much......." I said, not daring to move, and reminding in a low voice, "Why don't you reveal something about the surgery to me?" Prepared me a little? ”
The old man looked at me with a smile, didn't speak, and took out a cloth bag from his pocket, which was full of silver needles the length of his index finger.
"Eat it."
As he spoke, he put the "mud pill" in his hand directly to my mouth and motioned for me to open my mouth.
I really didn't dare to open my mouth when I smelled the fishy smell that came from my nose, for fear that I would spit it out with one mouth, and the smell was too disgusting!!
"Hey! You still don't listen?? ”
The old man didn't hesitate, he stretched out his hand suddenly, pinched both sides, and forcibly broke my mouth open.
Before I could prepare mentally, the mud pill, which was about the size of an egg yolk, had been thrown into my mouth by him.
I don't know how the mud pill was made, it was fine at first, everything was normal, but when it touched the saliva, it thinned almost instantly........
I couldn't even vomit, I just felt like my upper body had been beaten by electricity, and my whole body was paralyzed, and I couldn't even speak as I let these mud pills pour into my throat.
"You know, I won't hurt you."
The old man sighed, but the smile on his face did not fade, and the more he looked at it, the more it looked like he was experimenting with me.
"The falling yin body is the entry level, the difficulty is not high, you grit your teeth and it will pass......."
As he spoke, the old man pulled out the silver needle from his cloth bag, his eyes shining.
"It might be a little cold, you bear with it."
As soon as the words fell, the silver needle in his hand also fell, and after piercing through the abdomen of the Yin Earth Toad, it was inserted into my flesh and blood, and finally rested on the bone.
The Yin Earth Toad, which had not moved, also reacted at this time, opened its mouth wide without warning, croaked twice, and a stream of green smoke came out of its mouth, like a living one, directly at my nose......
"I know you can't move now, but you should still be able to maintain the most basic breathing." The old man patted the tail of the silver needle and whispered: "Don't ink, suck it in quickly, don't waste it at all!" ”
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