Chapter II

"Big brother, I knelt for you, you turned out to be a Taoist priest!" Guo Shuai was a nervous person, and after a short period of fear, he suddenly became excited, obviously he saw the legendary ghost hunt.

That night he took me to the food stall, roasted all lamb kidneys, he said that this can tonify the kidneys, I immediately felt that this can be had, regardless of the fishy smell, I ate several in one go.

Guo Shuai, as a rich second generation, in addition to the high point, rich point, handsome point, there are no other shortcomings, the person is not bad, there is no shelf, the key is that this product is a broken mouth, all night he nagged endlessly, listening to my scalp numb. For the sake of quietness, I will leave after telling him not to talk nonsense.

Since then, Guo Shuai has been lying in the kitchen with a dead face, following my ass all day long and asking me to take him as an apprentice, so the kitchen guys look at me strangely.

What scares me the most is Xiaomei, the black girl seems to hate me, every time she sees me, she has a resentful and angry gaze, as if telling me that she doesn't believe in love anymore!

Soon half a month passed, and the matter about the jade key was gradually forgotten by me. Because I could take a vacation, I soaked in the Internet café all night that day and jerked off Demacia all night, because I was a newbie and was abused all night, and I enjoyed it very much!

It wasn't until the early hours of the morning that I returned to the rental house with panda eyes on my head, and was about to sleep with my head covered, when the damn phone rang.

"Hey, who's that?" I said sleepily

The voice of a middle-aged aunt with a strong accent immediately came from the other end of the phone: "Hey, is it Xiaoyang, is it you?" Is there something wrong with your master, I haven't seen him for many days, you should come back and take a look. ”

"Oh, I know coming!" I also hung up the phone in the local dialect

"You're dead ...... than a child" I didn't care about the aftermath of the phone before hanging up

"The old man is missing? Is it possible? I shook my head, it was as unbelievable as I told someone I had found a girlfriend.

Although I have been under the old man's disciple for less than three years, I really think the old man is very awesome, because I have witnessed his extraordinary, and if it weren't for that incident, he wouldn't have accepted me as an apprentice!

Speaking of which, I have to talk about the strange thing that happened to me a few years ago.

My father and I originally lived in another village, our village was built on the mountain, near the river, the scenery was beautiful, and the village was sparsely populated, with only more than ten families.

The so-called relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, relying on the water to eat the water, although the people in the village are peaceful, they are also at ease

However, one day, a strange thing happened, one day in the end, the sky suddenly exploded a muffled thunder, and then there was a strong wind, torrential rain poured, and the sky was as dark as night, and everywhere there was an apocalyptic appearance.

This lightning and thunder continued for three whole days, during which time the key in my neck was a little abnormal, and it became as cold as ice.

It was only in the early hours of the fourth day that calm was restored, but that's when the strange thing began.

In the middle of the village, in front of my house, a large locust tree suddenly appeared overnight, and it was amazing that there was a black baby-shaped fruit hanging on the locust tree.

Of course, the people in the village were shocked, but after talking for a long time, they thought that a miracle had come, and they took back the fruit from the tree to eat

As a result, the next day, an earth-shattering case occurred, but all those who ate the fruit died in vain, and no men, women, and children were spared.

They died strangely, curled up like fetal babies, with a black fetal mark on their faces

And it just so happened that only our family was not involved in this matter and survived

The next day, a hunchbacked old man came to the entrance of the village, looked at the village for a long time, shook his head, and stood under the big locust tree and sighed, saying that he was still late!

My father went to the county seat that day to assist in filing the case, and I was the only one who stayed at home, and the old man knocked on my door and stared at me for a long time, with a look in his eyes that I couldn't read!

Just when I felt inexplicable, he suddenly said to me: "Son, there is one thing you must remember, if your house is gone that day, follow the white dog away!" Also, keep your keys! ”

After speaking, the old man sighed and left: "It seems that the legendary passage is about to appear, but in the vast world, where to find it!" His figure was far away, and his voice floated in his ears

When I was young, I thought I had met a madman, but I quickly forgot about it, and when my father came home at night, I didn't tell him

Regarding the major homicide case in the village, there is no clue or progress!

Two years later, I had forgotten all about it, and one day my father said that he wanted to dig a well in the yard so that it would be easy to use water

The well-drilling team was very efficient, and soon the well was laid, at this time, suddenly from the well, a golden king ba, the father was overjoyed, and he was going to kill the master who entertained the well.

I begged my father to let him go, but my father refused, and I stewed and ate it at noon that day, and I didn't eat it at all, I remember that Wang Ba had been looking at me before he died, and he had shed a lot of red blood.

But in the afternoon, my father was in a situation and vomited incessantly, and I felt inexplicably lightheaded, as if something was pressing on my head, and in a hurry, I dialed 120, and my father was taken to the hospital

It's a pity that providence makes people, maybe it should be said that this catastrophe, the cause of the illness that the hospital has never been able to diagnose, my father did not survive after all, at the age of 36, and I also heard that those well drillers all had the same disease as my father, and all died

My father's departure was like a bolt from the blue for me, which made my world collapse in an instant, and since then, I have lost my only relative in this world, and even the burial is done by the public, and I can't do anything as a young girl! I feel so fragile about life.

The day after my father's burial, it was snowing heavily, and I was awakened by the sound of a dog barking, and I went out of the yard and opened the door, to find a big white dog outside the door, barking at my house

At this moment, there was a violent vibration behind me, and I turned my head to see that I was stunned.

"What's going on?" I couldn't believe my eyes, because my house was gone, leaving a huge pit in its place, dark and bottomless.

Suddenly, I felt a gust of yin wind blowing out of the deep pit, there seemed to be a black image in the yin wind I pounced, I was shocked, at this time I faintly felt a golden flash on my head, the black shadow hit the golden light, and suddenly disappeared

I shook my head, thinking that I was dazzled, and the big white dog was sitting in front of me and looking at me like that, but the look in his eyes was very human-like

Suddenly, I thought of the words of the hunchbacked old man, "The house is gone, follow the white dog away!" ”！

That was the first time, I believed that there were people in this world who could calculate the future, so I really followed the white dog in a daze

I followed the white dog and saw the person who affected my life, he was my master Zhang Bendao, the old man in my mouth, the successor of the Heavenly Master, he saw me and the white dog, and sighed softly and said to himself: "The person of yin fate, it's a pity that it's pitiful!" It's not long in life! ”

I didn't know why, but he turned to me and said, "Would you like to worship me as a teacher and practice Taoism!" ”

I was young and helpless at that time, and it was not easy for someone to take care of me, so I kowtowed to the master.

A few days later, he took me back to my village, and strangely enough, the pit was gone, as if it had never appeared, and along with the big locust tree!

The village where the old man is located is quite large, with hundreds of households, but the old man's small building is relatively back, and it is also a few hundred meters away from the village entrance.

Since then, my life has changed dramatically, meditation, memorization, and enlightenment have become the whole of my life, and it is then that I realized that the so-called homework and exams in school are simply too easy compared to my homework at that time.

"Ah...... Dead old man, why are you beating me again? "Because laziness is what I say the most, because it's so bitter!

As time passed, what I learned and saw gradually broke away from the scope of ordinary people, and I also changed from a teenager to a little Taoist priest today, and I am famous in the village! My relationship with the old man is deepening day by day, like grandchildren!

Far from passing away, the past is becoming clearer, and more and more mysteries surround me

Where does the weird big locust tree come from, and what does it have to do with me?

Who is the hunchbacked old man, why is he able to predict, and is there a connection in this? And that big white dog!

Why does the old man say that I am a person of yin destiny, and my life will not be long!

And what is that golden light above my head?

I have never figured it out, and the process of learning art is not long or short, it has been more than three years, until not long ago, the old man said let me come out to work, he has something to do, I came to the place I am now!

Now that I heard the news, although I didn't believe it, I was still not at ease, and when I picked up the phone, I decided to call the old man

"Sorry, the user you dialed was not answered". A mechanical female voice came from the other end of the phone

"Grass ...... "What is the plane doing, no one answers the phone, there won't really be an accident."

I remember the last time I talked to the old man was a month ago, and the old man said where he was going? ...... "I can't remember for a while

It stands to reason that the old man won't go out for more than half a month, is there really an accident? No, I'll have to go back and see."

When I got on the bus back to the countryside, there was a very handsome pot around me - Guo Shuai

There is no other reason, when I submitted the leave report, he Lao Tzu said that he would not approve it, and I simply resigned in a hurry, but he Lao Tzu smiled gloomily and said that the salary deposit was not refunded, because I did not resign in advance and violated the employment contract

Without the deposit, I guess it's not enough to even go out to find the old man's travel expenses, and it just so happened that this scene was just seen by Guo Shuai.

As a result, under the coercion and temptation of Guo Shuai, I had to compromise and let him follow me, who called someone the boss's son!

Guo Shuai's broken mouth kept chattering along the way, and as soon as he got on the bus, he chattered: "Brother Long, do you think we are going on an adventure?" ”

"Hmmm"! I didn't bother to pay attention to him and nodded slightly

"Is your master really as good as you say?" Guo Shuai peeled an orange for me and continued to ask

"Hmm!" I nodded again

"Have you also inherited your master's skills?" Guo Shuai looked a little excited

"Damn, can you stop asking, it's more verbose than Tang Seng......!" I didn't reply to him angrily

"Why don't you just take me! Let's ride the horse together! Guo Shuai looked at the void with a yearning face

"Whoa......

Two girls next to him suddenly cast disdainful glances.

Misunderstood! I had the heart to die, so I directly covered my head with a hat, and I didn't bother to pay attention to the two comparisons

"As long as you promise to accept me, I will cover the expenses for the two of us to go out in the future, and I guarantee to eat the best food, live in the best hotel, and have a foot massage girl to wash our feet!" Guo Shuai is obviously not a person who gives up easily

"Really?" I sat up with a "brush", my eyes were bright, and even my sleepiness was much lighter, obviously, I was moved by Guo Shuai's "sincerity......

"Of course it's true, I, Guo Shuai, am talking"

"Interesting." I patted him on the shoulder

"Yes, we are good brothers." Guo Shuai looked very angry: "The premise is that you have to teach me everything within a week"

I didn't want to talk to him at the time

At ten o'clock in the afternoon, I finally returned to the two-story building where the old man lived, and the lock was slightly rusty on the door.

When he entered the house, it was already covered with dust, and it was clear that the old man had not been back for a long time

There was a note on the table that read "Ailao Mountain, return in half a month"

"Ailao Mountain, what do you mean?" Guo Shuai wondered

I frowned, my face full of worry: "The old man left it, saying that he was going to Ailao Mountain and would come back in half a month."

"Didn't he go out for a month after the master stayed? Guo Shuai said

"Maybe something happened."

I rolled my eyes, paid attention to it, turned my head to Guo Shuai and said: "Shuai Shuai, haven't you always wanted to have a long experience, I will meet you today, but there are a few things that you need to do"

Guo Shuai's eyes lit up when he heard this, and his chest slapped Bang Bang Xiang: "Brother Long, you have something to say"

"Well done!" I smiled secretly in my heart and said, "You go and get me the big white of Widow Liu's house in the west of the village."

"It's as simple as that?" Guo Shuai was puzzled

"Yes, it's that simple!" I smiled righteously

"Order". Guo Shuai made a warrant and went to do something

Looking at Guo Shuai's back, I smiled and said to myself: "Widow Liu's white rooster is a treasure, not only is it not half a stray hair, but it is also aggressive by nature, it is definitely a good chicken, she refuses to sell it for any money."

Guo Shuai, I'm afraid this guy is going to bleed! Tsk, it's good to have a local tyrant apprentice! ”

I myself was not idle, and rode the battery bike to the northern slope, which used to be a huge forest farm, but then it was directly abandoned, and most of it was covered with coniferous sand trees

The purpose of my coming here is very simple, that is, to take the "Fox Immortal Order". A shrub that grows in places frequented by foxes, and this shrub is only found in places where foxes live

The old man said that there was once a fox who had cultivated to perfection here and "asked him to seal" it, (when the fox fairy attained the Tao, he needed someone to enlighten it, and they would stop a person and ask with his hands like a scholar: Am I like a human?) If the person being asked says yes, even if it is successful, if not, it is a failure, and the hundred-year road is lost) So the old man has a good relationship with this fox fairy

"Hu Daxian is not strange, take two leaves and ask for a fairy road!" I took off the two leaves and went back the way I came

After about half an hour, Guo Shuai was late, holding the yellow paper in his left hand and the snow-white rooster without half a stray hair in his right hand.

"How did you go that long?" I asked

"It's been a long time, I'm feeling pretty fast!" Guo Shuai's expression was a little strange

I swept the white over, curious in my heart, and asked, "How much did it cost, Widow Liu's chicken is not good!" ”

"This!" Guo Shuai suddenly became a little embarrassed when he heard this

"How much did it cost?" I have long discovered Guo Shuai's abnormality, if you want to say that you are not curious, it is fake, Widow Liu's house is such a white rooster, is Widow Liu sitting on the ground and starting the price? I felt a little guilty in my heart

"No, I didn't spend money...... Guo Shuai got up

"Huh? You Nima doesn't fit his character, right? ”

"Should you be?"

"Actually, Widow Liu is not bad, and she is very young...... She said she wanted and let me go with her, so ...... It didn't cost anything. Guo Shuai couldn't hide it anymore, so he simply confessed directly

I froze in place, my mouth open in an O-shape. Actually, I wanted to ask him if he stole it

"I'm !!! …… I obeyed you" I feel that my outlook on life has been subverted in an instant again

"Nima, being handsome is good!" I muttered to myself while bleeding the white

At the same time, I instructed Guo Shuai to close all the doors and windows, and pull down the curtains, and the room immediately became dark

"Brother Long, what are we going to do here?"

"Bright candle asks for directions!"

"Bright candles?" Aren't you waiting for the night? Guo Shuai was very curious about these novelties

"Who told you to wait until the night, don't talk if you don't understand." I am very worried about Guo Shuai falling into Widow Liu, "I said in my heart, but Widow Liu is a little beautiful"

Asking for directions is actually very simple, I have seen the old man get it a few times, so he is not unfamiliar at all

I first pressed eight sheets of yellow paper into a fan shape, burned them in each of the four corners of the house, east, west, north and south, and poured wine at the same time, and spat out words of forgiveness

Then I set the censer on the offering table. I opened the drawer, lit the picture of the old man with a lighter, let the ashes fall into the incense burner, took three sandalwood sticks, lit them, spread them out into the word "mountain" on the left and right, and then bowed to the incense burner three times, and said in my mouth:

"The ten directions of heaven and earth, all belong to the year, the sun is too yin, according to my front, east and west, north and south, the gods are in power, the avenue Kuigang, Ke Bu Ji is fierce, help me ......" This is the Taoist mantra, mysterious and mysterious

After doing this, I put a candle on the incense burner, took out the four copper coins prepared in advance, dipped them in chicken blood, placed them in the four corners of the incense burner, and finally poured all the chicken blood into the incense burner along the candle.

After doing all this, I recited a few more mantras at the offering table, then stepped aside and sat down on the floor with Guo Shuai

All that's left is waiting

There were only a few red dots of sandalwood burning in the dark room, and the atmosphere was a little eerie

"Brother Long, is it over? , weird," Guo Shuai was a little excited and a little nervous

"This is the bright candle asking for directions, specially used to measure good fortune and bad luck, I want to see if the old man is safe!" I whispered

"How?" Guo Shuai asked

"If the light is on for a while, it proves that the old man is fine, if the light is not on, it means that the old man is not there"

"So wicked, is it reliable?"

"A Hundred Trials and Results"

"What if the lights don't come on for a while?"

"Crow's mouth, shut up for me," I gave Guo Shuai a slap, and Guo Shuai said with a sigh in my heart, the most taboo when asking for directions is this kind of crow's mouth, and if I am an outsider, I will directly break the sole of my shoe

There was a sudden silence in the room, and we were both in different moods

One minute...... Two minutes......

Seeing the time slowly passing, I couldn't help but feel a little anxious in my heart, when the old man was bright, it was a matter of tens of seconds! Why is it that it's been a few minutes now, and there is no response?

Guo Shuai couldn't hold it back, and couldn't help but pull my sleeve

And at this moment, I felt something, and pressed Guo Shuai's arm and signaled him not to move

At this moment, there is a change in the house......

"Pop ......"

There was a slight noise on the table, as if something had touched the copper coin, a slight sound, but it was very clear in the dark room

This slight voice was in Guo Shuai's ears, and I felt him tremble and shiver, and I pressed him hard

I can hear his heartbeat, like a drum, I guess~ his whole body is stiff

"Poof"...... There was a slight sound, and a faint blue flame suddenly appeared out of thin air on the offering table

"Here it is".

I was also nervous, and I couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat in my palms, and the key was to see this step, and I secretly swallowed my saliva.

The incense burner began to shake, and some of the cinnabar inside spilled outward

Guo Shuai pinched my arm, his nails wanted to pierce my skin, and cold sweat ran down his forehead......

The blue flame moved slowly, gradually reaching the top of the candle, and under the nervous gaze of Guo Shuai and me, the candle was about to be lit.

However, at this critical moment, with a bang, the incense burner exploded