I saw Mr. Lu's expression a little strange, and I couldn't help but ask, "Your master, why do you want to verify this?" ”

Mr. Lu sighed and said, "I don't know. I was young at the time. I only remember that Master asked the land for death at that time. Then he sat upright for seven days without eating or drinking. On the night of the seventh day, he suddenly said to me that he wanted me to practice diligently, and when I became stronger, I might see him again. ”

I was stunned for a moment and asked, "You didn't know why he did this?" Haven't tracked it down either? ”

Mr. Lu sighed: "I've been tracking for decades. At the beginning, I asked my brother, but he wouldn't say anything. After the master left, the senior brother became very irritable. You have to fight with people at every turn. It was at that time that he went on a killing spree in the cemetery. attracted a fierce ghost to chase and kill, and finally became like that. ”

Mr. Lu picked up the brush on the table and said, "I sometimes think that my senior brother refuses to tell me about things, probably because he is worried that I will go crazy like him." I guess Master is in some danger. He wanted to divide the work with me, one to save the master, and the other to inherit the Dao technique. I am Cheng Ying, he is the pestle and mortar......"

Mr. Lu said that the latter was a little incomprehensible. Fortunately, he didn't continue to speak, but asked me with a smile: "Zhao Mang, do you believe it now?" ”

I nodded, "I believe it." ”

Mr. Lu picked up the yellow paper and said, "If you believe it, draw a bet on it." Then let's go burn the paper. ”

I looked at the yellow paper, which was densely packed with calligraphy words. I was a little worried and said, "How do you draw a charge?" Signed? ”

Mr. Lu handed me a steel needle: "Use blood." ”

I immediately understood what he meant. I took the needle and carefully punctured my fingertips to squeeze the blood out.

Then he vigorously pressed a bloody handprint on the yellow paper.

Mr. Lu looked at the yellow paper. Satisfied, he said, "That's it." ”

Then he looked at me and said, "I'll have to disguise you, or the woman will see it halfway through." ”

Then he bit his middle finger and drew a very intricate circle of runes on my body with blood.

After painting these, Mr. Lu's face turned a little pale. He took a breath and said, "Don't take off this dress when you go out later." ”

I waved my hand and said, "Okay, why am I taking off my clothes?" What is this that you painted on me? "The island is numbered.

Mr. Lu said, "You are wearing this dress. For a short time, the woman will not be able to tell who you really are unless she sees your face. By the time she could tell it, it was too late, and the two of us had already returned safely. ”

Then he looked at my mom and my dad. said, "You two don't need to worry. Zhao Mang and I will be back in a while. Rest assured, he's safe. ”

My parents nodded and said to him gratefully, "Thank you." ”

Mr. Lu waved his hand and said with a smile: "It's nothing, Zhao Mang will be my apprentice sooner or later." It's my job. ”

Then the two of us hit the road.

When he was halfway there, Mr. Lu said, "It's a pity that the picture of the Buddha's lecture was taken away by the clay monk. Otherwise, hide your natal fire in that picture. You're much safer. ”

I sighed and said, "It's probably fate." ”

Mr. Lu smiled: "You can accept your fate, that's the best." ”

The two of us were staggering along the road. The street lights were dim, and there was no one on the street as usual.

Mr. Lu asked me, "Have you always been so empty here?" I've been here for a few days, and I can't see anyone at night. ”

I said, "Before the accident in our class, the streets were still very lively. There is even a night market in the evening. But now, I guess I don't dare to come out and set up a stall. ”

A town is not a city after all. It's small. I walked with Mr. Lu for a while. It's on the edge. At the place where housing meets farmland. There is a small temple.

I pointed to the small temple and said, "That's the Land Temple." ”

Mr. Lu nodded and said, "I'm standing here." I can't interfere in the matter of death. You will kneel in front of the Land Temple for a while, and your mouth will be chanting, "Voluntary death." Then burn the dead watch first, and then burn the paper money. ”

I nervously agreed. Then he walked towards the Land Temple step by step.

The town's street lamps don't shine on the Land Temple. It's dim here. I saw that the Lord of the Land was drawn on a piece of paper and pasted inside the temple. The small temple didn't even have an offering table, just some cold steamed buns and rotten apples scattered on the ground. More than half of them were even bitten by rats.

I sighed and thought to myself, "You can't even protect your own temple, can you protect me?" ”

I was stunned for a moment, and then I pulled out the yellow paper. lit with a match.

I watched as the fire lit up, illuminating the portrait of the Lord of the Earth in the temple. I saw that the land lord was just a mediocre old man. His face was a little blackened with paper ash. The flames jumped, and shadows struck him in the face, making his portrait seem to come alive, as if it were swaying back and forth.

I looked at Grandma Land again. I don't know why, but I always feel that she looks a little scary.

I see that the watch is about to burn out. I suddenly remembered Mr. Lu's instructions. So he hurriedly chanted: "Voluntary death, voluntary death, voluntary death......"

When I first read this, I didn't think it was anything. But after reading two sentences, I suddenly felt like I was really going to die. A great sadness welled up in my heart.

The death watch burned out and turned into a black cloud of paper ashes. All that was left was a few sparks dotted on it, and they were gone.

I took out the paper money and began to burn the paper piece by piece. When the paper money is also burned. I stood up and patted the dirt on my knee.

I turned around and was going back. Suddenly, I noticed that a layer of fog was rising behind me.

Mr. Lu can't see it anymore. The surroundings turned into a white expanse.

My heart sank: "It's broken." Could it be that the fake has come true, and the underworld has approved my death form? I'm in the Netherworld now? ”

I looked back at the Land Temple. The Land Temple still stands quietly there. Nothing seems to have changed. But I could clearly feel that something was coming out of it.

My five senses have failed, but my heart knows it. He's right in front of me.

Suddenly, I felt like he had turned into a thousand pairs of eyes, staring at me. From head to toe, inside to out.

This feeling of being scrutinized scares me. I shuddered.

Then, I heard a sigh. Immediately after, all the white mist around me poured into my body. My body started to get cold a little bit.

I stood stiff on the ground, unable to move. A few seconds later, the white mist came out of my body again. They quickly vanished, and I felt a pang of weakness.

The surroundings were calm. Those eyes also retreated into the Land Temple.

I touched my face, breathed a sigh of relief, and thought, "It's okay, it's still hot, and it's a little lively." ”

Mr. Lu saw me stand up. He walked over quickly and grabbed me.

On the way back, I asked with trepidation, "Did you see that just now?" ”

Mr. Lu asked, "What do you see?" ”

I said, "A white mist has gotten into my body." ”

Mr. Lu shook his head: "Like when I was a child, when my master asked for death, I couldn't see anything. ”

The two of us quickened our pace and fled back home.

As soon as we walked into the gate, Mr. Lu took out a yellow talisman and pasted one on the door.

I asked, "Can this yellow charm stop the woman?" ”

Mr. Lu shook his head: "This thing can't even stop the pulsatilla." It's just that if something wants to come in. I'll sense it. Then it's up to you to prepare. ”

After doing this, Mr. Lu dragged me under the lamp. I opened my eyelids and looked at it, like a Chinese medicine practitioner asking for a consultation. After a while, he nodded and said, "It's done, Lord Di has already taken your death request form." In seven days, we have to get things done. ”

I asked, "What's next?" ”

Lu walked around the room and said, "Next, find a way to get rid of that woman." ”