Chapter Twenty-Six: Calling the Beast
"That's right."
These two words are very short, but they seem very helpless.
Li Chenfeng was stunned for a moment, and said, "Then they are indeed very powerful, and the demon spirits whose abilities are above Wei'er should be very tricky to deal with." ”
"Actually, they are not necessarily better than Miss Lu, they can only break in because they have a special charm on their bodies."
"Special charms?"
"Yes, the demon spirit wearing that kind of charm is completely unaffected by the Demon Suppression Pillar, so it can only be resisted by me and my master. Since I can remember, their attacks have never stopped, and in the past ten years, there have been no less than a hundred demon spirits that have died at the hands of my master and me, but they seem to never be able to kill, and their number has increased over the years, and I really don't know how long we can last. ”
"What is the purpose of attacking this place for more than ten years? Could it be that there is something in this temple that they want? ”
"I don't know, whenever I ask the master about it, he is always silent, he only says that as long as I take care of this place, I will leave here when he dies."
Li Chenfeng scratched his head, "It seems that this matter is indeed very strange, but in my opinion, those demon spirits are organized, there must be something behind them, and their charms should also come from." ”
"I think so too, but I just don't understand what I have done with my master over the years, my master has been injured again and again, and his health is getting worse and worse, I really don't know what we are doing this for."
Li Chenfeng looked at the sky in the distance, and the stars were shining.
"One day you'll know, like when I first became an exorcist, I didn't know what I was supposed to do, and I didn't know what I was living for."
"You know now."
"yes, I know, so I think one day you'll know too."
The deep night passed little by little in silence.
The morning in the mountains is very cool, Li Chenfeng doesn't know how long he hasn't breathed such air, in fact, there is nothing wrong with living in this kind of place, after all, Japan is a country with the highest forest coverage in the world, if you really live in this temple for a few years, maybe your life will be extended, but the premise is that there are no demons that spoil the scenery.
Although the temple is small and remote, there are still some devout Buddhists who come to offer incense every day. Ironically, Qiming and his mentor were monks, but instead of Buddhism, they practiced Taoism in China.
Legend has it that their ancestors came to Japan to preach during the Three Kingdoms period, and have since settled in Japan, passing down the secret method of catching demons and eliminating demons from generation to generation.
Unlike other religions, they do not have a wide range of disciples in Japan, and each generation often has only one or two, and no more than three, so although they have great abilities, they are little known in Japan.
They often see people with the appearance of monks, live in temples, and do what monks usually do, which obviously means selling dog meat on the head of a sheep. But in fact, they just want to use the temple to hide their identity, so as not to have more right and wrong, but even so, this place has long become a place of right and wrong.
Every day when pilgrims offer incense, they are most vigilant, because if a demon attacks at this time, it will endanger many innocent lives.
On this day, Qiming went down the mountain to buy medicine for the master, and Li Chenfeng and others took care of the temple in the time.
After a while, a thin middle-aged man walked in, wearing a new suit and gold-rimmed glasses, and although he looked a little unattractive, this dress still showed his unusual status, at least he was someone who should not be here.
Lu Youwei and Zhou Ming were taking care of the old mage, Li Chenfeng was guarding outside alone, and the middle-aged man generously took out a wad of banknotes and threw them into the merit box, then put on a few sticks of incense, and knelt down a few times reverently.
At this time, there were only two people in the temple, him and Li Chenfeng, he stood up and walked up to Li Chenfeng and said with a smile: "May I ask if Master Chengyun is here?" ”
Master Chengyun is Qiming's master, perhaps because he is Chinese, and this middle-aged man also speaks Chinese, but his Chinese is really not very standard, and Li Chenfeng has an indescribable awkwardness when he listens.
"May I ask who you are?"
The middle-aged man took out a business card from his pocket and handed it to Li Chenfeng, saying, "I am a professor in the Department of Archaeology of Kyoto University and an old friend of Master Chengyun.
It turned out to be a professor, no wonder Li Chenfeng felt very strange about him. In China, professors have basically become a derogatory term, and netizens like to affectionately call them "beasts".
Although the professor spoke politely, Li Chenfeng felt very unhappy, just like a cat seeing a mouse, and instinctively had the urge to beat him.
"Mage, he's a little unwell, and he may not be able to see guests today."
"Really? That's a pity, but I just want to say a few words to the mage, and I'll leave without disturbing the mage's rest. ”
"Okay, I'll go in and ask the mage what he means."
Li Chenfeng didn't know how badly Master Chengyun was injured, but he had been lying down since last night, and he hadn't eaten a drop of water or rice.
"How's it going, is the master better?"
Zhou Ming shook his head, "The situation is not very good, according to my meaning, it is better to go to the hospital." ”
Lu Youwei said: "But the master is not willing to go to the hospital. ”
At this time, Master Chengyun slowly sat up from the bed and said, "There is no way to deal with the injuries caused by the demon spirit, this is not the first time in so many years, I have long been used to it, just raise it for a few days." ”
That being said, after all, people are getting older day by day, and their bodies are not as good as day by day, and when they are young, their self-healing ability is better, and when they are old, it is difficult to say. The mage spoke lightly, but everyone was worried about him.
"Master, there's a university professor outside, saying he wants to see you."
Master Chengyun frowned, "Is he wearing a suit and glasses, tall and thin?" ”
"That's right, it looks like you really know each other."
The mage smiled deeply, "It's more than just knowing ......"
"Master?"
"Get him out of here, I'd be very grateful if you could help me beat him up."
Lu You and Zhou Ming were stunned for a moment, Li Chenfeng was silent for a moment, and then said with a smile: "No problem, although I don't know who he is, I still really have an urge to hit him." ”
As soon as Li Chenfeng turned around, a head shrank back like a turtle, it was the four-eyed boy just now.
He walked in with a hippie smile on his face, "Don't be impulsive, you have something to say." ”
Master Chengyun glared angrily, if it weren't for his physical condition, he might have already started to roar and curse.
"I don't have much to say to you."
Although the professor was very unpopular, he still did not give up. "I think we can talk about it, I think so, I'll add two million, please give me that thing."
Master Chengyun seemed to be reluctant to say a word to him, so he just whispered to Li Chenfeng: "What you promised me just now, I hope you can keep your promise. ”
Li Chenfeng smiled slightly, "No problem." ”
The professor suddenly sensed that the situation was not good, and said as he stepped out: "If you have something to say, don't do it yet, it's a big deal, I'll add another million." ”
Li Chenfeng learned the way of catching ghosts and exorcizing demons, but he also spent a lot of time on physical exercise, not to mention anything else, it is difficult to find his opponent among ordinary people.
He punched the professor straight into one of his front teeth.
"Don't do it, okay, you guys remember it for me......"
He staggered out of the temple, but suddenly bumped into a person, it was Qiming who came back from buying medicine.
Qiming didn't say a word, and directly punched the professor in the face, Qiming, who has always been kind to people, would actually fight like this, Li Chenfeng also felt very interesting when he looked at it.
The professor went down the mountain in despair, and Li Chenfeng said with interest: "Although I don't know why, it seems that this guy really deserves to be beaten." ”
After taking the medicine brought back by Qiming, Master Chengyun's body really recovered a lot, and he was able to get out of bed and walk after a day.
Li Chenfeng noticed that in their daily lives, both Qiming and Master Chengyun rarely spoke, and even the exchange of firewood, rice, oil and salt was only a few words, such a life was really peaceful, so calm that Li Chenfeng felt a little strange.
Master Chengyun seems to be guarding a lot of secrets, which Qiming doesn't even know, and it seems that he doesn't plan to tell these secrets to anyone, maybe he wants to take them to the coffin after death.
It was another quiet night, it seemed that everyone was asleep, Qiming was sitting alone at the door again, and Li Chenfeng slowly walked to his side.
"It seems that you really have a lot of troubles, a monk, so much sentimentality, it doesn't seem to fit this identity, you must know that Buddhism talks about the four major emptiness."
"Strictly speaking, I'm not a monk."
"Oh yes, I almost forgot about it, I don't know if we're really all the way."
"What's wrong with being a person all the way, I don't have any friends, but I really hope to have a friend like Li Shizhu."
Li Chenfeng said with a smile: "Then I want to tell you a good news, you already have this friend, but I seem to be more and more interested in you." ”
"Almost everyone who has seen me thinks I'm bored, and you're the first to be interested in me."
Li Chenfeng felt that he couldn't go on anymore, because the feeling was a little weird at the moment, he didn't want to start a forbidden love, it was better to go straight to the topic at a critical time.
"Since we're already friends, why don't we talk about something?"
"What to talk about, I don't know how to chat."
"Let's talk about that strange professor."
Through the reactions of Master Chengyun and Qiming, Li Chenfeng knew that that guy was definitely not a good person, and he even punched him without asking for a reason, this matter had passed, but Li Chenfeng had always been curious.
Qiming didn't seem to be willing to mention that person, but he didn't intend to refuse Li Chenfeng's first friend.