Chapter 6 The Lost City Chapter 32 The Dragon Master (II)
Chapter 32: Master Dragon (II)
Wan Li stood up.
Master Long waved his hand lightly, signaling him to be restless, and pointed to the window.
Wanli jumped over lightly, turned sideways and looked out the window, and saw a small beast that did not know whether it was a boar or a mountain dog was walking in from outside the courtyard gate, sniffing east and west along the way, and suddenly stopped when it was about to reach the door of the big stone house, and there was a threatening sound of 'grunt' in his throat, and he was about to scream!
"Don't let it scream!" Master Long also heard the movement outside and hurriedly ordered.
In a hurry, seeing that there were no weapons around, he simply grabbed a knife from the wooden frame, aimed it at the animal and threw it, hitting it in the waist. The animal screamed, took a few steps towards the courtyard gate, turned its head, and stared viciously at the window. The angry hair, the fangs that came out, and the dark green eyes suddenly reminded Wan Li of the black cat in Guan Zheng, and his heart moved.
He quickly turned around, grabbed all the knives on the wooden frame in his hands, and didn't even have time to get out of the door, but went straight out of the window, like playing a dart turntable, and beckoned all the carving knives in his hand to the little beast one by one.
He was strong and calm, and the knives were very sharp, and for a time the yard was filled with the frightened 'whin' of the beast, and not only did he not pounce and bite thousands of miles, but he lost his fierce spirit and escaped with his tail between his legs!
Its front feet disappeared, and it closed the door with its back feet, and then quickly ran to the door of the big stone house, and didn't care about the pain in its feet, picked up a big iron deadbolt next to it, and locked the door tightly! On the other side, Master Long also locked the door between the two stone houses, walked out unhurriedly, stood in the middle of the courtyard, and turned to face the stone house.
He can't see, but he is as familiar with his surroundings as his own body, and he doesn't hesitate to take every step.
Bang Bang Bang -
There was a sharp knock on the door, and a strange 'squeak' cry, apparently the puppets echoing the spirits of Newtown startled by the beast that appeared for no apparent reason!
"Go and get the sand table out of the house." Master Long commanded, "Also, there is a small wooden box in the kang box, bring it too." β
Wan Li didn't say much, and immediately went into the small stone house to get something, and when he passed the wooden door between the two rooms, the knocking sound was already terrifying, and the thick wooden door had begun to shake, as if it might collapse at any time.
At this time, he understood why Master Long had not built a warm wooden house in this mountain, but had built two cold but solid stone houses, and why all the doors were so sturdy and heavy, and they were bolted from the outside, it turned out that he had long been wary of such a day. What made him particularly admired was that in this emergency situation, the look on Master Long's face was still faint, as if nothing had happened.
"Open the wooden box and take out the black porcelain bottle and wine bottle." Master Long heard the footsteps of Wan Li approaching, and continued to instruct, "Splash the potion from the wine bottle on the door, and then pour the powder from the porcelain bottle on the ground in front of the door, and form a semicircular dotted line three meters outside the door, about a small dot every half a foot, understand?" β
Wan Li answered, and ran over to do so.
At this time, the knocking on the door became more violent, and the heavy blows seemed to hit people's hearts, and when Master Wan Li Yilong ordered these things to be done, the two doors were about to fall apart!
"Burn!" This time, Master Long only said one word.
"Burn?" Wanli didn't understand for a while.
"Don't you have a fire?"
"Yes." Seeing Master Long's calm face, Wan Li nodded and complied. He took a lighter from his backpack, lit a piece of paper, and went to burn the door between the two stone houses.
As soon as the paper coal was thrown out, the door that had been doused by an unknown potion immediately burst out of a fierce tongue of fire, and Wan Li never thought that this burning would be comparable to an explosion, and he was almost burned. But he didn't have time to think about it, so he hurried to burn the door of the big stone house, and when he was done, he retreated to Master Long's side.
After only a few moments, the thick wooden door of the stone house was completely engulfed in flames, and it collapsed with a roar of fire and a 'crackling' sound!
As soon as the door burned down, the puppets in the house, who had become evil creatures, scrambled out of the door despite the ferocious fire, including those who had been burned because they were close to the door, and rushed out like a burning stick.
But as soon as they reached the dotted line drawn by the black powder, they faltered, as if an invisible wall had stopped them, and no matter how much they struggled, they could not break through! And it was as if a cold wind was blowing inward, so that the flames burned along the puppets for a while.
Wanli stared at the sea of fire that had formed in a moment, not knowing what to say.
In front of him, all the 173 puppets were on fire, and they let out a sharp scream, as if they were alive, and a chill rose from the bottom of their hearts when they heard it. Seeing them desperately trying to escape from this merciless sea of fire, but no matter how they couldn't avoid it, they could only be frightened, crazy, and aimless in the fire, and collided with each other aimlessly, looking for a way out at all, Wanli's heart suddenly felt a deep pity.
What a blessing it is to be born peacefully and die peacefully in old age!
Although these puppets have no soul, since they echo each other with the resentful spirits in the new town, they should also be regarded as a remnant of their consciousness, so will the resentful spirits suffer again because of this? The cause of their death is still a mystery, but it is conceivable that they must have been tortured by fire, and now they have to do it all over again!
"They don't feel actual pain, they don't know what's going on here, they just bring back some memories." Master Long said, "I believe this will not affect your friend's actions in New Town. β
Wan Li turned his head and glanced at Master Long, very suspicious that he could read minds, only to see that his face was so pale that there was no trace of blood, and his eyes flickered under the cover of the firelight, and he suddenly felt a little terrifying.
On the other side, the fire continued to burn as if it would never stop. And because it was an ordinary puppet, the fire burned for an hour before it was slowly extinguished, and the air around it turned from hot to cold, and all the stones in the two stone houses were blackened, and everything in the house was only black ash on the ground!
"I'm sorry I couldn't stop that little beast from barking and startling the puppet." Looking at the devastated stone house, Wanli apologized.
"As soon as the beasts entered the door, they were already alarmed." Master Long said with regret, "That can't be stopped, but fortunately, you drove away the beasts in time and didn't give them more strength." β
"Nowβwhere are you going to live?" Wanli looked at the sky.
The dawn in the mountains came early, and now it was summer again, so there was already a little blue-gray dawn in the east.
"Go where I'm supposed to be." Master Long spoke in such an esoteric tone for the first time, and as he spoke, he took out a black folding umbrella from the wooden box and opened it, "Let's go too." β
"Where to go?" Because Master Long did not clearly explain that he would go with him to pick up Ruan Zhan outside Xinzhen, Wan Li was not sure, and hurriedly asked.
"To Newtown." Master Long let out a long sigh, "It's time to finish!" β
When I heard it, I was overjoyed. He had gone through all kinds of hardships and dangers to come to this place just to find this mysterious master and then help Ruan Zhan solve all the mysteries, and now he could finally do so.
After carrying the bloodwood sword, he wanted to help Master Long get something, but he knew that Master Long was only willing to let him hold the sand table, but the wooden box had to be carried by himself.
"You don't have to be nervous, this sand table, as long as you don't turn it over, the things on it won't shift, including the water dish."
Wanli tried it with disbelief, and sure enough, he couldn't help but be very surprised. But before he could satisfy his curiosity a little, he was ordered by Master Long to go to the stone house and push out a flatbed cart, and then pull Master Long away.
Before leaving, Master Long hadn't forgotten to whisper to the ghost attached to the patrol puppet, and the umbrella he had opened had never been lowered. After Wanli inquired, he learned that his old man had a rare skin disease and must not be exposed to the slightest bit of sunlight.
Maybe it's because he's been staying in this gloomy little stone house for ten years!
Thinking like this, Wan Li and Master Long went on the road to the north gate of Xinzhen. Because according to Master Long's calculation in advance, if Ruan Zhan made a move today, that direction would be the most beneficial to them.
After that long fire, Wanli's physical strength recovered a little, and Master Long was very thin, so although it was a mountain road, Wanli could still deal with it, and he took this opportunity to ask Master Long about the affairs of the new town. Except for how the one hundred and seventy-three people died back then, Master Long did not answer, he did not hide anything else, and he knew everything.
It turns out that all the feng shui qi of the new town is concentrated in the location of that tower, and the construction of the new town is the first tower and then the town, and everything is built around this tower. The reason why the site was chosen here is because there is a vein with a lot of yang energy here, and on the other hand, it is also because this place was originally the kiln.
Wanli's guess was correct, the first kiln that came out of that year was indeed made of these one hundred and seventy-three corpses mixed with clay. However, they were not sent to the kiln alive, but were destroyed after death. Most of the first kiln was made of bricks, and only a small part of it was porcelain in order to hide people's eyes, and this part of the porcelain was destroyed and refired on the grounds of poor quality, and the result was made of bricks.
The bricks were transported to the new town to build houses and mixed in each house. It stands to reason that these houses are unlucky, but if these grievances are successfully resolved, and when a large number of townspeople move in, the yang energy is vigorous and the breath flows, there will be no more problems.
As for the six pieces of porcelain that flowed out, it was because of Feng Yongzi's strong obsession, he couldn't let go of his mother, so after being made into porcelain, his soul didn't go, and he kept begging Boss Sun's father. And Boss Sun's father didn't agree with Mayor Yuan to do this, and he was so scared afterwards, plus he felt that Feng Yongzi was pitiful, and he wanted to leave a way back for himself, so he secretly took out a few pieces of porcelain. He didn't know which ones had Feng Yongzi's remnant soul attached to them, so he took six of them.
Soon after Master Long was invited to take over this matter, he knew the whereabouts of Feng Yongzi, but he was ashamed of the Feng family, so he pretended not to know, he thought that the matter of Feng Yongzi and the other two unknown remnant souls would not affect the overall situation, and he did not expect that one day Feng Yongzi would become an 'accomplice'.
"It's such a big project, no wonder they stayed in the kiln for two weeks in secret!" Wan Li gritted his teeth and said, he didn't think that people could be so ruthless, and the murderer turned out to be the head of a town that was greatly supported by the townspeople, as well as many relevant officials. He just didn't understand, how a normal person could do this in that state, in front of so many corpses, weren't they afraid? Aren't you weak-hearted? Is it really like the old people said, at that time, there was evil power in people?
Master Long didn't speak. Seeing that he refused to continue talking about this topic, Wanli simply asked something else.
"How do you know that Ah Zhan - I mean my friend is born with good ability?"
"It's simple. You look for me everywhere, I already know, I will naturally understand your situation, besides, the sand table shows that after the feng shui array is cracked, the top of the new town is shrouded by the enchantment, and then this enchantment is broken, and a new enchantment is laid out, and soon the feng shui array of this tower has signs of repair. You also said that you had a friend who inadvertently broke in, so I guess he was the one who came into the town later, and he was born with good ability, because that feelingβ" Master Long pondered the wording, "It feels very unusual, and it is not something that can be cultivated after tomorrow." β
"Do you think he'll win?"
"What do you think?" Master Long asked rhetorically.
"He's going to win, because he's always winning, and even though he's beaten all over the ground every time, he's going to win in the end!" Wan Li smiled, "Look at what I'm worried about, just help him as much as I can." β
"The opponent is strong."
"yes. I suspect that the little beast was sent by him. Therefore, it is risky for us to help Ah Zhan in this way, as long as it does not affect you. β
"Trouble meβ" Master Long said softly, "I'm afraid it's not that easy." β
Wanli was pulling the cart with his back to him, so he couldn't see his face, he only felt that his tone was lonely and proud, and suddenly felt very sad for him, such a feng shui master actually fell into this step of the field because of a little family bond!
He was able to find Master Long entirely because of Feng Yongzi's words. At that time, he asked Feng Yongzi to inquire about the unjust case of the year to no avail, and he almost quarreled, Feng Yongzi said in excitement: Good report? In this world, good people don't live long, and they will be plagued for a thousand years! My mother was kind, during the Cultural Revolution, she risked being criticized and helped a 'four old elements' who should have been eliminated, who cared about him at that time, but he was about to starve to death with such great ability, what was the result, that bastard for his own nephew, unexpectedly-!
Later, he thought that the four old elements should refer to monks and Taoist priests, and Feng Shui masters like Master Long should be counted among them; In addition, Feng Yongzi's words mentioned that his mother had saved this person, and this person betrayed this kindness for his nephew. If the culprit was Mayor Yuan, then he could guess that Master Long was Mayor Yuan's uncle.
At that time, Sima Nan used evil magic to make the whole city fall into a nightmare, and no one dared to talk to him about the events of the year. But he forgot one thing, there is Feng Yongzi guarding his mother, and Feng Niang will not fall into that dream. Although Feng Niang was stimulated by the pain of losing her child, she was not crazy, it was just a psychological escape and a self-protection behavior, which of course could not be difficult for a psychiatrist of his very high level.
Therefore, when he went to talk to Feng Niang in broad daylight, Feng Yongzi couldn't jump out to stop him at all. And Feng Niang was very happy that someone talked to her about the past, and Wan Li also learned smoothly that the person she saved back then was really Mayor Yuan's own uncle! That is, the dragon master he is pulling with a flatbed truck now, originally named Yuan Long, a mysterious feng shui master who is famous in the neighborhood!
It's like a thread in a mess, pull out this one, and all the clues will be straightened out, and then he just needs to follow the normal means!
He didn't care that Master Long didn't tell him the cause of what happened back then, and he didn't force him. He thought that Master Long must have something unspeakable, and now that the culprit has been found, will the root of all the evils still be unclear?
Thinking of this, Wan Li stopped talking, and wholeheartedly pulled Master Long smoothly to the north gate of the new town.
By the time we arrived at the north gate, it was already full of light.
After getting out of the car, Master Long turned around in place a few times, and then stretched out his hand and pointed, "Are there any tall trees in that place?" β
Wan Li looked in the direction that Master Long pointed out, and saw that there were not only tall trees in that place, but also more than one, and each one was also very lush, and from a distance, it was lush.
In fact, the site selection and construction of this Hongqing town are very good, surrounded by mountains and rivers, except for the asphalt road leading to the main road in the middle, both sides are full of verdant mountains and forests, the scenery is good, and the environment is also good. Regardless of what is going on in the new town, the outside of the town is decent.
"There are a lot of tall trees." Wan Li replied to Master Long.
"Okay, just follow this direction and help me keep walking." Master Long stretched out his hand.
Wan Li hurriedly supported him, and between the tentacles, he only felt that his body was very cold, but fortunately it was still soft, otherwise he would have thought that he was holding a corpse.
I only listened to Master Long walk all the way, chanting words all the way, and I didn't know what to say, so I walked straight out for more than a hundred meters before stopping. The place where he stopped was a flat place, surrounded by several large trees and overgrown with weeds. Being in it is like being buried in a plant, and if someone looks at it from the outside, they can't see it at all. And on this sunny morning, the chill and humidity in the trees also hit!
Master Long asked Wan Li to pull out the weeds in a radius of two meters, and then handed him something like a hollow copper bell, "Hang this path on this tree, about two meters high." Remember, the side with the words should be facing the direction of the north gate. β
Wan Li did so, and then Master Long ignored him again, and walked around the small clearing alone, in a strange footwork, as if measuring something, clockwise, counterclockwise, and whenever he paused, he took out something full of charms from the small wooden box, with small flags, small bells, small wooden swords two inches long, and many small woodcut signs and stuck them on the ground.
It didn't take long for the clearing to be covered with these strange things.
As soon as Master Long raised his foot, he accurately crossed the obstacle on the periphery of the clearing, sat on the ground guarding the sand table that had already been placed in a certain direction, pinched his fingers and said: "The array has been arranged, this is the best correspondence point with the tower on the qi veins in the town, now your friend can do it at any time." β
Before the words fell, I saw a blue electric spark flash in the air in the new town!
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