Artisans in Tunli

Chapter 40 Difficult battle
When the first ray of sunshine in the morning shone on the Songhua River, I had already run from school to Zhang Feng's shop in Daowai District.

After taking something, he continued to run back.Now the temperature outside is not as harmonious as before, and it is too cold in the morning and evening.I was wearing my old sportswear, and I was running fast on the right side of the road.

I didn't know that exercising is actually not as uncomfortable as I thought, and the toxins in my body are quickly evaporating through my pores.The main thing is to be able to breathe fresh air, I am afraid, only at this time can you enjoy the purest air in Harbin.

Can't help but refine Qi while running, if you don't refine Qi in this situation, it will be wasted.

All things wake up, and the spiritual energy in nature begins to float around with the rising sun.And I am greedily and tirelessly absorbing it all.

As for why I want to run, I have already said it before, but there is another reason, which is to go to the old building with Zhuge in a week to slay demons and defend the Tao, and compete.Although I may not be as talented as him, I can make up for it through my own hard work.

After returning to the dormitory, he took a shower first, and then fiddled with his hair in front of the mirror.My hair grows fast, and the ends are a bit split. It seems that it is time to fix it.

I don’t know when, Nima stood behind me and looked straight at me.

"What's up, Brother Nima?" I asked.

"Can you lend me a rubber band?"

"You, you are a round inch, what do you need a rubber band for?" Before I could finish my sentence, I saw him pulling out a thin braid from the back of his head.

I suddenly realized, and said with a smile: "Oh, I didn't see it, you still have a braid? Take it yourself, it's in my drawer." I quickly pulled up my hair and tied a braid on the top of my head. .

Well, if a hairpin is inserted, it will look more like a Taoist priest.I was thinking this, but after opening my drawer, Nima didn't move. I walked over and asked him what was wrong, and he just said calmly:

"This box, I seem to have seen it before." It turned out that he had been looking at the box that the second master gave me, and I thought to myself, there are Taoist talismans carved on it, how would you, a young lama, know what it is.Quickly ask him:
"This is a Taoist utensil, how do you know what it is? By the way, I forgot to ask you, what are those two things you took earlier?" I said.

"Well, it's the Gabala and the Fazra."

"Can you speak Mandarin?" I looked at him seriously.

"It's the Dharma drum and the vajra, both of which are Buddhist instruments. The master passed it on to me before he was reincarnated. He said that I was born to conquer demons." When he talked about the master, his eyes were a little red.

Seeing him crying, he quickly brought the topic back to the box.If outsiders saw this, they would think I was bullying.

He said: "Your small box, I have indeed seen it before. It was placed in our temple before. The masters suppressed it with the statue of Asura. I asked the master why. The master said that there is divine power in this thing. Did you come from Where did you get it?" He rubbed his eyes and asked me.

"This is left to me by my second master before he died. Why was it at your place before?" I really don't know what's going on. It's already a complicated problem, but suddenly an extra lama comes in to mix it up. The whole thing started to get confusing.

"Do you know how to open it?" I took the opportunity to ask, but he said that it must not be opened, and then nervously started chanting.

Forget it, I'm afraid I can't shake his belief in religion, so let's hurry up and go to class.

Strange, I thought the weather was fine this morning.Why is it cloudy in just a short while?I quickly abandoned it to the classroom, and inadvertently saw a car coming in from the direction of the school gate. I got on and off the car, a man and a woman, and walked into the teaching building.

Logically speaking, I rarely pay attention to these things, but they are wearing military uniforms.

I have had an inexplicable admiration for soldiers since I was a child, or the admiration for heroes.I don't know when I am, my ambition has been smoothed by the years.I am a Taoist priest, not because of my interest, but because I have no other choice but to make the best decision.

When I went upstairs, I saw Jiang Shan, but what made me feel different was not her appearance, but Zhuge Xuanming beside her.How did this little calf get mixed up with Jiang Shan?When I saw this kid, I couldn't get angry.

"Jiang Shan, why are you going? Now it's a different taste, old cows eat tender grass?" I don't know why I made such an inexplicable sentence.

She may have been a little bit weird when she heard what I said, but Zhuge Xuanming opened her mouth after she gave me a blank look.

"What are you talking about? Sister, why do you still know this little ruffian?"

sister?It looks like I got into trouble.

"Don't talk to him, he has a brain problem." After speaking, he made an exaggerated expression, and Zhuge smirked beside him.

Later, the two of them started to communicate in dialect. I thought Jiang Shan was from the Northeast. It seems that I still know too little about her.

Forget it, anyway, they have become strangers, so it would be better not to communicate with each other forever.Although Jiang Shan's appearance is still so against the sky, her voice is still so magnetic.

As a result, I was in the self-study room all morning without doing anything, thinking about Jiang Shan's face all the time.

It can't be done, I can't be so cold all the time, we have been through life and death together twice, saying that we have no feelings, ghosts believe it!
I picked up my phone and sent a message to Jiang Shan, saying that I wanted to find a time to have a good chat, but I didn't hear back after lunch.

As I was walking from the cafeteria to my dormitory, I suddenly heard a few classmates around me discussing something. I quickly got closer and wanted to hear what they had to say.

“It seems like the old building is going to be demolished.”

"Yes, I heard that the building belongs to the military area. Two people came here today to discuss the demolition with the school."

"Really? How did I hear that it was going to be rebuilt?"

I can say anything, and I can't tell whether it will be dismantled or not, but during class in the afternoon, trailers pulling prefabricated houses and colored steel sheets drove into the school one after another.I knew that this building would not survive no matter what.

After class, I quickly returned to the dormitory.

"Slow down, if you fall to your death, wouldn't I win without a fight?" Before entering the building, he ran into Zhuge.

"If you can talk, say it, and if you can't, keep your mouth shut." I gasped and said, "The old building will be demolished soon, let's go there tonight!"

Zhuge was also a little surprised when he heard what I said, but the surprise on his face immediately turned into joy.

"Okay, then I have to go back and get ready." After finishing speaking, he was about to run back.

"Wait a minute, are you and Jiang Shan really siblings?"

"If you win, I'll tell you."

When I returned to the dormitory, I quickly rummaged through the boxes and cabinets to find the charms I had saved before, as well as a few charms I studied in the master's shop.Including the diamond amulet that Jiang Shan used before, and the master's peach wood sword.

This sword has been with the master for many years, and the blood that has penetrated deeply into the sword can be clearly seen on it.

These alone are not enough, I must be fully prepared.

Although it's not a good time for calligraphy, but this month itself is very cloudy, so it doesn't matter.He took out the yellow paper and put it on the table, blended the cinnabar bought online into the ink, filled the pen and began to write symbols.

It wasn't until around nine o'clock in the evening, when everyone outside had dispersed, that I put down my pen, stretched my muscles, and packed up.

Put everything in the backpack, and put on the sportswear that I took off in the morning.Although it smells of sweat all over it, it smells terrible, but I only have a set of black clothes.

"Why are you going?" Sun Hao walked in with Nima, and Nima asked me hurriedly when she saw that I was wearing night clothes and carrying a bag.

"I went out for a walk. Have you ever heard of running at night?" I didn't mean to lie, but I didn't want more people to get involved in this matter, as it might be dangerous.

Nima thought for a while, then leaned into my ear and said, "Are you going to fight Zhuge? I advise you not to go, it's dangerous."

"No, brother, you are worrying too much. I really want to go out at night." After finishing speaking, I hurried out, afraid that he would tie me to the bed.

As soon as I walked outside, I found that Zhuge was already waiting for me at the door.

"Why so slow? Are your legs weak?" I looked at his mocking face, and I didn't want to argue with him. I was hoping that nothing would go wrong.

I glanced at Zhuge's clothes, and said in surprise, "Why are you wearing a Taoist robe? It's too obvious, don't let the security see it."

"What? You still dress like a thief, what did I say?" To be honest, this Zhuge Xuanming always gives me a very childish feeling.

I was too lazy to talk nonsense with him, so I concentrated on practicing Qi while walking forward.In front of the cafeteria, I saw Jiang Shan standing there with a long package on her back.

"Jiang Shan? What are you doing here?" I said.

"Didn't you say you want to talk, let's have a good talk." She said to me in a vicissitudes of life.I thought in my heart that Zhuge probably tipped her off, and based on my current observations of him, he is the only one who can do this kind of thing.

"I still have something to do, it's not suitable for small talk now." I said seriously.She had an indifferent expression on her face, she said it was fine, just talk as she walked.

After walking for a while, Jiang Shan spoke first: "Speak quickly if you have anything to say."

"I want to say, have you been mad at me?"

Before meeting her, I made up a lot of nasty words, but after seeing her lovely face, I forgot all of them.

Jiang Shan said calmly: "Why should I be angry with you?"

"Then why do you keep ignoring me?" There seems to be something wrong with my words, obviously I don't want to contact her.

She snorted coquettishly, and then said, "You still have the nerve to say that, I called you before, but you didn't answer."

But I don't remember this incident, did she call me?I quickly said: "Then I sent you a message, did you reply?"

Zhuge hurriedly interrupted our chat, looked at us with contempt and said, "Okay, okay, you two don't know how to communicate, hurry up, we'll be there soon."

Looking at Jiang Shan's back, I sighed and said, "I just wonder, can we still be friends like before?"

Suddenly, I felt a little sad when I asked this question.Although I am a person who likes to complain about myself, it seems that the current environment is not suitable for saying such things.

After waiting for a long time, Jiang Shan did not answer my question.

Bypassing a pile of miscellaneous equipment unloaded in the afternoon, we quickly got into the woods.I don't know what's going on, I remember that every time I came here before, the trees in the woods here are lush and lush.But now it seems to be withered, not the ordinary feeling of the autumn wind sweeping the fallen leaves.

Looking at Jiang Shan's back, I miss the feeling of being behind her, very safe.I lowered my head, thinking about Jiang Shan and Sun Jing, why they are all people I value, but they seem to be just passers-by.

"Let's not talk about anything else, you should get rid of them first, and then you can talk about everything else." I raised my head when I heard Jiang Shan finished speaking.The scene in front of me stunned me for a while, and when I realized it, I found that Zhuge was checking the numbers.

"12313, there are 13 in total!"

In front of the old building, there are 13 ghosts standing. They are dressed in different costumes, but they are not the same as the previous wraiths, and they don't seem to be threatening.

I quickly closed my eyes and started practicing Qi. Before I started practicing, I glanced at my phone. It was now ten o'clock, which is Hai hour, and it would be midnight in two hours.If we can't get rid of them before midnight, things will be in trouble.

"Why are you so scared that you dare not open your eyes? Then I will go first!" While waiting for the warm air to circulate in my body, I heard Zhuge say.

He quickly opened his eyes and wanted to stop him, but it was too late. He had already stabbed the mahogany sword in his hand into the body of a "male ghost" wearing a Chinese tunic suit popular during the Republic of China.

"Humph, die!" After saying that, he pointed his sword with his left hand and muttered something in his mouth. Without hearing what he was saying, a white light suddenly appeared on the male ghost's body, and it disappeared in an instant.

"It's one to zero. Why are you still standing there, you're doomed if you don't make it, you celestial masters, you're really weak!" Zhuge sneered conceitedly in front.

"Come back soon!"

This time Jiang Shan opened her mouth, and she seemed to have noticed what I wanted to say, and quickly asked Zhuge to withdraw.He was quite obedient, he did a backflip and ran back without turning his head.

I didn't expect this kid to be able to kung fu. Maybe this is the gap between us. I am a monk halfway, but I am not as good as others.

"What's wrong, sister?" Zhuge retreated to Jiang Shan and looked around warily.

"Hmph, didn't you look carefully, the position they are in is actually a formation." Jiang Shan seemed to be very dissatisfied with Zhuge's performance, and said a little angrily.

For everyone's safety, I still reluctantly said: "Although I didn't see the formation, I saw a talisman on them. Look carefully at their feet."

"Really! Who posted the talisman? What talisman?" Zhuge seemed to prefer the same way of questioning as Jing Jing.

"This talisman, I, I have never seen it!" Jiang Shan walked into the side of the ghosts at some point, squatting on the ground and carefully looking at the talismans on their feet.

"When did you live? Come back quickly, be careful of an ambush! There should be an expert nearby." I expressed my thoughts, turned around and saw that Zhuge had also gone over and knelt down to watch.

He turned his head and asked: "Sister, this thing doesn't seem to be a new product. I saw it when I peeked at the ancient books in Guanli before. What's this thing called? It's called? By the way, it's called 'Gou Di'. It's from the underworld. The subpoena, to put it bluntly, is King Yama's death talisman." Zhuge's voice was loud, and he was afraid that he would call the security guard over.

"You can't keep your voice down, you know a lot, you're awesome."

Seeing the two of them talking about you coming and going, I can't just stay behind by myself, it seems that I don't fit in, so I walked a few steps to get closer.

I glanced at the "hook" in their mouths, and asked suspiciously: "Is this talisman drawn by someone? Or..."

"Ordinary people can't draw this thing, it's done by a master. Among the Taoists I know, those who can draw this talisman have already ascended to the throne." Zhuge said, looking at the talisman intently.

"Is it possible that someone from the 'Soul Sect' painted it? Then this place is dangerous." After I finished speaking, I quickly looked around to see if there was anything suspicious.

"Soul Sect? What is it?" Zhuge looked at us in a daze, and I looked at Jiang Shan. She didn't speak, but kept checking.Since Zhuge didn't know, there was no need for him to wade into this muddy water.

My legs were a little numb from squatting, I slowly stood up and stretched my muscles, and said casually: "Let's overtake them all quickly, if some strange person comes in a while, I'm afraid we won't be able to deal with them with our strength." After speaking, there was a "swish" sound from the position on my left.

Looking for the sound and watching, I didn't see anything, maybe it was a wild cat.There are a lot of stray cats around here, and the girls who have nothing to do in school often come here to feed the cats.

I looked down to see what they were doing now.Suddenly, I noticed that the surrounding aura seemed to have changed, and a very strong resentment spread around.

"Come back, something's wrong!" I said while stepping back.

Zhuge said impatiently: "What's the matter? I was surprised." Zhuge was still squatting, and Jiang Shan heard what I said, and quickly got up and became alert.

"Get up, Mingming. Thirteen knows how to refine Qi, and he can detect danger in advance!" Jiang Shan said quickly, except that the "Mingming" sounded uncomfortable, but the following words are still very useful to me, because as far as I know You know, the only person around who can refine qi is me.

"What?" Zhuge stood up, walked back and looked at me and said, "You know how to refine Qi? You're not bragging, are you?"

(End of this chapter)