Chapter 15: The White Line

"Sassy ......"

The wind beats the branches and leaves of the trees by the river, and the fallen dead leaves fall on the babbling and flowing river and make ripples,

Jing Chen held the cloth printed with "Five Elements Gossip", and carried a long banner of "a thousand gold and a hexagram, no money will be returned",

Walking around the river, looking at the sparkling river from time to time, I was a little distracted.

He hadn't taken potions yet.

After some exchange and 'transaction' with the Abnormal Investigation Bureau,

Although he obtained the potion materials for the 'Lord of Flesh', he did not immediately prepare for it.

One is the risk of taking potions,

He doesn't know if he can resist or not, is he, a person who is temporarily out of low-level interests, determined and peaceful?

Second, he wanted to know if the drop of blood he fished out of the blood-colored world could be used to configure the "Lord of Flesh" potion, and whether that drop of blood was directly related to the 'Lord of Flesh'.

As far as Jing Chen has now, too many coincidences are telling him that that drop of blood, no matter how you look at it, has something to do with the 'Lord of Flesh and Blood'.

Of these two reasons, the latter one may be more important...... Because as long as he wanted to take the potion, sooner or later he would have to take the risk, and he didn't think that his will would be stronger in two days.

So he ...... now? Maybe you should take the other potion first.

'Lord of Shadows' or 'Puppet', are good choices,

The problem was that he didn't have the materials for the two potions, and he didn't know where to get them.

Buy it with money? It's just a pity that there seems to be a shopping platform that can trade these mysterious materials.

Jing Chen stood by the river, looked at the river, and paused again.

Then take the 'puppet' recipe and swap it with the Alien Bureau?

But for the time being, he didn't want to hand over the 'puppet' recipe to the Alien Bureau.

Or rather, he didn't want the Bureau of Anomalies to know that he had the potion.

No matter how you look at it, the 'puppet' potion is very suitable for wearing vests.

thereupon

He fell into a kind of embarrassment,

Probably wanted everything, and as a result, things came to a standstill.

Jing Chen, Jing Chen,

You are too greedy, greed hurts people know it!

scolded himself twice in his heart, but he still seemed indifferent.

"Hey......"

Jing Chen sighed, took the rags of the fortune-telling stall, and walked forward along the river.

It's noon, after lunch.

Jing Chen was separated for several days, and then came out with rags to play the fortune teller, purely because he was a little irritable about this matter, and came out to relax.

In addition, there is also a faint idea that I want to know more about what happened in the north city of Wang'an City and what happened.

It's just that he coaxed him, and now he is unarmed, and he really doesn't dare to go to Beicheng.

So I was going to squat by the river here.

……

“…… Young man, are you also here to tell your fortune from Master Hong? There's a queue at the back. ”

Jing Chen pondered and walked to the place.

I saw the riverside place where the stalls were set up two days ago, and it was very lively at the moment.

To be precise, it was the old man Nahong's stall that was very lively.

There were a few young people mixed in with more than a dozen uncles and aunts, and there was a long queue in front of Old Man Hong's stall.

The people sitting in front of Old Man Hong, the people who were still queuing, all had expectations and nervousness on their faces, and the people in the queue behind them also tilted their heads from time to time and looked forward.

There was also a diligent aunt, standing next to the line, taking over the responsibility of maintaining order,

Even there were a lot of people gathered here, and from a distance, there was a snack stall that was moving towards this side with a cart.

"It's not."

Jing Chen shook his head at the aunt who maintained order, and walked away a little more aside.

Next to the river, the pony is released, and the gossip map is paved, and it is spread out in a long way.

While sitting down, Jing Chen also looked at the stall of the old man Hong next to him with some interest,

I haven't seen you for two days, why is this old man Hong's business so good?

The people queuing up over there, the aunt who maintained order, watched Jing Chen spread out a stall not far from the side,

After looking at it, they all withdrew their gazes, and the line that was originally a little crooked was also a little crooked in the direction away from Jing Chen, for fear that Old Man Hong would misunderstand.

Jing Chen didn't care about that, just watched with great interest at the old man Hong telling fortunes.

"Master Hong......"

Just when another person walked away, an aunt in line hurriedly sat down in front of Old Man Hong's stall with some nervousness.

"Ask about the marriage of children?"

Master Hong's face was full of red light, and he looked at this aunt with a smile,

Without waiting for the aunt to speak, she said with a smile,

"Yes, yes, yes......"

The aunt nodded hurriedly in response, and then looked at the old man Hong nervously,

“…… Marriage is predetermined by heaven, but people come to force it. ”

"It's better to let her marry her."

"Arranged a blind date for my daughter?"

"Yes, yes, yes."

"Hmm."

Old man Hong muttered softly again, and then looked at the aunt who was looking forward to it,

"Children's affairs, children, we are elders, so don't worry too much."

"Eh, how can I not worry about it, but Master Hong has said so, so I'm relieved."

The aunt sighed first, then stood up with some joy and moved out of the way.

"Master Hong...... I think...... I would like to ask about my marriage. ”

Immediately after, someone else sat down.

Jing Chen looked at one or two of this old man Hong in a row, and he was even more interested in his eyes.

He also verified Old Man Hong's words, and peeked into the future of those fortune tellers, which was basically the same as what Old Man Hong said, but the details were not enough.

This is interesting, Old Man Hong has also gained the ability to peek into the future?

Jing Chen paused, and then looked directly at the old man Hong who was telling fortunes with a smile, and concentrated.

He was going to take a direct look at Old Man Hong's future,

What is past and what is present will surely leave traces in the future.

And then

Jing Chen saw a few ordinary and somewhat weird pictures.

In the first picture, Old Man Hong is probably walking on the way home, holding the cleaned up cloth in his hand, his face full of red light, obviously happy.

It's just that in this ordinary picture, Jing Chen looked up, but saw a straight white line connected to Old Man Hong's head, which led straight to the higher sky, and he didn't know the final source.

Old man Hong is like a doll adorned with silk threads, and himself, the people next to him are still ignorant.

Another picture is of Old Man Hong having dinner with his wife in the house.

At the dinner table, Jing Chen saw the old couple smiling and talking, and above their heads, a white line was connected, and the white line extended up until it penetrated the roof.

The last picture,

It is a picture of old man Hong and his wife, praying sincerely in front of an offering statue.

"Fairy ......"

As Old Man Hong's prayers rang out, new white lines gradually emanated from his and his wife's bodies, coming out of their limbs, and still very illusory.

Make the two of them look like marionettes......

Jing Chen's attention was more focused on the statue of the god in this picture.

It was a statue of a goddess with a mask on her face and white all over.

Jing Chen only thinks that this statue of the goddess makes people feel friendly, and the statue is also very exquisitely carved.

Then when Jing Chen kept paying attention to the goddess statue, the goddess statue changed its appearance.

The body, which originally looked like a white jade carving, suddenly squirmed a little, and looked carefully,

It seems to be a pile of white messy lines, mixed together haphazardly, into the appearance of this goddess statue,

It was like a white, slender worm, because the lines were twisting and wriggling.

Immediately after, the wriggling, messy, and twisted threads expanded in the field of vision in front of Jing Chen's eyes.

It seems to take over the whole world.

Waiting for the moment when the messy and wriggling lines densely scurry through the whole world picture.

Jing Chen closed his eyes directly, ending his peeping into the future.

What do you think...... It doesn't look like it can handle itself, does it?

After waiting for a while, Jing Chen slowly opened his eyes again, and the picture at this moment was in front of him again.

Seeing that the old man Hong was still telling fortunes there with a red face, Jing Chen was a little silent.

Then he tried, and then peeked at those who had been told by Old Man Hong.

…… More silent.

At this moment, I saw that those who had been fortune-tellers also had a white line on their heads in the future picture, extending to the sky.

Doesn't this kind of performance have anything to do with the 'Lord of Flesh and Blood'?

Does that mean that there are other things like the 'Lord of Flesh' in Wang'an City......

The idol?

Jing Chen was silent and silent, and suddenly wanted to move.

“…… Guru? ”

At this moment, a shout sounded in Jing Chen's ears,

The voice was hesitant and uncertain.

"Huh?"

Jing Chen turned his head and looked at the person in front of his stall.

Isn't this the last time the fortune teller met the plainclothes city manager?

"Why are you not at home with your mother?"

"Master! It's really you! ”

The young man was a little excited, excited, ecstatic, and said aloud.

“???”

Jing Chen typed a question mark, and after only two days, he didn't know each other.

The young man, on the other hand, was very excited, and his feet moved repeatedly as if he could not stand steadily, raised his hands, opened his mouth to speak, and did not speak for a long time.

At this moment, his face is haggard, his eyes are full of bags, his hair is messy, his face is full of oil, and at this moment, because of his excitement, his face is a little white, and then it is sickly red.

"Don't recognize me?"

Jing Chen felt a little strange, so he asked directly.

“…… The master has great powers...... When I wanted to see the master, I realized that I couldn't remember the master's face. ”

As the young man spoke, his face was filled with strong awe and respect, and he felt that he was standing up, a little condescending to the master, and he did not dare to sit down privately, so his waist was very low, and he looked awkward and uncomfortable.

“……”

Jing Chen paused, I still have this ability?

Is it my ability to peek into the future, and my passive ability to hide my identity?

It's like a person who peeks into his fate, and he can still cover his fate?

But in the end, I gained the ability, and I didn't have less contact with people, and I didn't see anyone who couldn't remember me?

What is the trigger?

Jing Chen couldn't help but think, and then glanced at the young man in front of him who was hunched over and bowed down,

"You sit down first."

"Okay, thank you...... Thank you. ”

The young man hurriedly responded, and sat down with some restraint.

With awe and respect in his eyes, he lowered his head a little, and endured the excitement of finally meeting the master again.

The day before, after being forced to stay in the Qingming Temple for half the night, he returned home with his delightful mother.

The young man wandered back and forth in the house, not sleeping all night.

The terrifying and distorted flesh and blood of Qingming Temple, obviously an extraordinary sight, made him frightened and creepy,

At the same time, they are helpless.

After calling the police before going to Qingming Temple but not responding, he didn't know what to do.

And then...... He thought of the 'homestay lover', the 'master'.

After what had happened to his mother, it was clear that the 'master' was extraordinary.

And then...... He found that when he really wanted to find the master, he found out,

He couldn't even remember the appearance of the master, at first he just couldn't remember the face,

Later, the more I thought about it, even the figure in my memory was blurred, but I just remembered that something like this happened.

I remember what the master said.

The young man, who didn't know where to find the master again, could only run here at dawn in the early morning, and then lingered until now.

As for his mother, he had to be tied up with rope and locked up in the house.

lest his mother be affected by the unknown ghost and run to Qingming Temple.

When he was wandering here before, he also saw that Master Hong.

He couldn't remember what the master looked like, and he also wondered if it was that Master Hong,

It's just that he judged based on his previous title and attitude towards that master, that the real master might be a young man.

And finally,

The emperor lives up to his wishes!

He's finally waiting for this master to appear!

Jing Chen first appeared here, and when he set up the stall, the young man couldn't confirm it.

It wasn't until Jing Chen asked him what to say that he finally decided.

"What are you looking for me?"

Jing Chen looked at this anxious and excited, even a little helpless young man,

Temporarily put aside the thinking about his identity to cover up his passive ability, and asked directly,

“…… Guru...... Help, Master! ”

“…… Last night my mother took advantage of me to fall asleep...... I climbed down from the window on the sixth floor and went to Qingming Temple. ”

"I was prompted by you, Master, to wake up from my sleep only to find that my mother was gone...... I hurried to the Qingming Temple......"

And then ...... I was in the backyard of Qingming Temple and saw something terrifying......"

“…… They said...... That's the Lord of Flesh ......"

Listening to Jing Chen's questioning, the young man finally couldn't stop his emotions, and with the fear of the picture in his memory, he recounted to Jing Chen what happened in the Qingming Temple the night before.

“…… Lord of Flesh and Blood? ”

Jing Chen spat out the name from his mouth, and vaguely felt that the word seemed to come out with a secret reaction.

“…… Right...... Right...... That's what they say...... At that time, I just looked at the mass of flesh...... It just feels ...... It feels like I have seen the greatest, the most indescribable, the most perfect thing......"

As the young man spoke, his face became a little more agitated, and when he raised his head, some obsession gradually appeared in his eyes.

This reaction made Jing Chen's heart a little hairy.

The young man was also deeply affected...... It is not known if this effect is reversible.

"I see."

Jing Chen said another word, and then the young man listened to Jing Chen's voice and shook his spirit, as if he had woken up.

“…… I...... I...... At that time, if it weren't for the words of you, Master, suddenly sounding in my head, I would ...... I'll just ...... Master, help......"

"My mom she'......"

"Master ......"

The young man said, with fear, fear, pleading on his face, and even wanted to kneel on the ground and kowtow to Jing Chen.

Jing Chen stretched out his hand and grabbed the young man who was about to kowtow.

“…… I know. ”

"The Master ......"

"I'll call the police for you. You go back first. ”

"Master, Master...... I've called the police before...... But it's useless...... Guru...... I don't know what's going on. ”

"Master, I beg you...... Help, help...... Master ......"

Unexpectedly, Jing Chen said this, and the young man was even more anxious and frightened, and begged hard.

"I know. You can rest assured. My 'alarm' will work. ”

"Go back first, and watch over your mother patiently...... There will be someone there to deal with it in Qingming Temple. ”

"Master, that ......"

Hearing Jing Chen say this, he raised his head and carefully looked at Jing Chen's calm face,

The young man gradually understood that the 'alarm' in the master's mouth should mean something else.

After stopping some emotion, he asked again with some nervousness.

"Go, go back first, guard your mother, and try to let her not go to Qingming Temple again."

"Thank you, Master...... Thank you, Master......"

The young man stood up, took a step back, kept saying thanks, and looked at Jing Chen a little nervously, so that after several times, he finally left.

Jing Chen watched the young man leave, paused, lowered his head again and touched his phone.

He really planned to 'call the police' and 'call the police' to the Abnormal Investigation Bureau.

Otherwise, let him go to Qingming Temple by himself?

No matter how you look at it, the Qingming Temple is like the base camp of the 'Lord of Flesh and Blood'.

Is he going to feed people?