Artisans in Tunli

Chapter 62 The Fifth Person
Xiaoqi and I put the body of the security guard in the backyard, lit it with a fire talisman, and took out the paper money in the bag and threw it into the fire, hoping that this unlucky person would die soon.

Jiang Nianqing was very weak because of leaving his soul.I gently closed the door of her room, walked into the main hall with Xiao Qi and Yin Mei, and saw that my wife was offering incense to the patriarch, so I also picked up the incense and bowed respectfully three times.

"Sit down." Mistress ordered everyone to sit down with a kind face, then turned to look at me and said, "I didn't expect such a long time to pass."

The young Taoist nun served us tea at this time, and I took a sip. It was clear and light, and it should be the unique wild tea in Maoshan, with a unique flavor.After drinking a cup, I was really refreshed, and my exhaustion flew to the sky.

And the mistress sitting opposite has gray hair, compared with the master, they are like mother and child.But that was before the master was stuffed into the alchemy room.

But this old face can't hide her beauty when she was young.I thought to myself, if they had been together back then, I would not have met the master, and I would not have had to go through these life and death partings.

"Master, is Tao Ming your apprentice?" For a moment I didn't know where to start asking, so I might as well talk about Tao Ming first.

"He is indeed my disciple, but he disappeared later. As a teacher, I don't know his whereabouts, but I feel that he has become a demon and heretic." The teacher's wife sighed, her face was full of disappointment.

"Is it possible that the Soul Sect is obstructing it?"

Mistress suddenly raised her head, and said to me in a serious voice: "You have provoked the Soul Sect now, I am afraid that there will be danger at any time, I advise you to stop as soon as possible."

I wondered: "Master, I think you can fly, why are you still afraid of them?"

Mistress smiled, stood up and said, "I don't call it flying, but Yuqi. You should have heard of Yujian flying, and the principle is similar."

Hearing this, I felt as if I was an outsider at all. Apart from simple qi refining, I didn't know anything else.This time, if it wasn't for my wife's help, I'm afraid I would have to accompany Jiang Nianqing to the Senluo Palace to report.

After a long time, my wife said that what we Taoist disciples pursue is to become immortals and attain the Tao.Whether it is Zhengyijiao or Shangqing School, they all use various methods to achieve their goal of becoming a fairy.

In addition to our outer alchemy, combined with Qi refining and other methods, there is also the inner alchemy practice of Quanzhen Sect.

And refining Qi is also an essential element for Taoist disciples to become immortals.Qi refining is not something that ordinary people can learn casually. Firstly, it requires extremely high talent; secondly, it requires the ability to get rid of the impetuous mentality and practice in seclusion.When the qi refining reaches a certain level, it will naturally be able to control this qi.

"Master, I can also refine Qi." As soon as I finished speaking, my wife immediately cast a surprised look, and hurriedly asked me what level I am now.

I thought about it, and it seems that there is no progress. I have always allowed myself to perceive the changes in the natural world, and occasionally see ghosts and the like.

"Hehe, refining qi won't let you see your soul. Instead, your perception can be detected in advance through changes in qi. Did you suffer from a serious illness before?" said the lady-in-law.

Thinking about it carefully, I really thought that I hadn’t really suffered from a serious illness. I thought I had two car accidents and was in a coma for more than a year, so I said all these.

"It should be caused by the car accident that you indirectly obtained the ability to peek at yin and yang. Logically speaking, you had already lost your soul at that time, but I don't know what variables have caused you to not die."

She walked to the front of the altar and continued, "You probably haven't fully activated your pupil power yet. The two women you saw before the car accident may have just happened to be seen."

I don't know if what she said is credible, but according to my understanding, the underworld and hell we talk about should be another dimension.When it intersects with our real world, so-called ghosts can be seen.

However, why did the originally parallel worlds suddenly become unbalanced and converged?
I told my teacher my question, but she didn't give me a clear answer, she just said that the world is going to be very peaceful soon.

Hearing this, I thought to myself, it's not just peace, it's chaos.Looking at Yinmei and Xiaoqi, they both drooped their heads, looking drowsy.

"Get up, let's go in and have a rest first." I woke them up, and then said to my wife: "Master, I'm going to the hospital to see how the master is doing, let them rest here for a while .”

When she heard me say that she wanted to see the master, she immediately asked the little Taoist nun to make arrangements to go with me.I think this should be the first meeting between the two of them after many years, and I don't know what the scene will be like.But he nodded and strode out of the hall.

First, I called Lao Wu and found out that they are now in the Maoshan Scenic Area Health Service Center.So, I took a taxi and arrived at my destination quickly.

Old Wu was waiting for us at the door. When I got out of the car, he didn't say much, and led us to the inpatient department.

"Sister Liu will arrive soon. Juanjuan is now past the critical stage, but after the doctor saw her injuries, he called the police." I was a little confused, why did the police call the police?But when I heard that Liu Chunli was coming, I really felt confident.

"What about my master?" I asked him.

"Mr. Zhang's situation is not optimistic." He turned his head to look at his wife, and then said, "The doctor said that he was seriously dehydrated before, and".

Seeing him hesitating, I knew there must be nothing good, so I approached him and asked what was wrong.He whispered in my ear: "The doctor said they found a shadow in his lung, which may be lung cancer."

After listening to what he said, I felt a "buzz" on my forehead, and I was a little dizzy. It may be because I haven't slept for a long time, so I quickly grabbed the handrail of the stairs.

"Are you okay?" Lao Wu and his wife hurried forward to support me.

"It's okay, maybe I'm a little tired, let's go on."

I walked into Juanjuan's ward and saw that she was sleeping soundly.After changing the medicine, the nurse turned to us and said, "The patient is out of danger now. When she was brought in, her legs showed some signs of infection. Although the fever subsided, we still need to continue to observe."

I nodded to the nurse, then looked at Juanjuan, my nose was a little sore.Thinking that he was too weak, seeing her hurt, but he was helpless.

"The patient needs to rest, just leave one of you here," the nurse said.

I nodded to Old Wu, asked about the master's ward, and then helped the master's wife out.

Outside the intensive care unit of the ICU, the doctor was telling me about the situation of the master.

At first, I thought that the master was simply in a coma. He had neither fever nor substantial trauma, so why did he go into shock?
"This is the X-ray of Mr. Zhang's lungs we did. Look here, there is a shadow, which is initially diagnosed as lung cancer." The doctor said, pointing out the location of the shadow, "We have to wait for the blood test results to come out." Just known."

I was always worried about the master, so I just watched the film casually.Suddenly, a picture flashed in my mind, that is, the photos Liu Chunli and Li Qing Li had shown us, the "tick" in the body.

I turned my head and snatched the X-ray film, and looked at it carefully, it really looked like a talisman.Although it is not a standard rectangle, I think it may be because the lung is not a plane, and the talisman may have been bent.

The mistress noticed something strange about me and came over to ask me what was going on.I put down the movie, took my wife outside the house, and briefly described what Liu Chunli had said before.

"What? 'Tick ultimatum'?" She seemed a little disbelieving, and asked several times over and over again.

"I'm not sure, but it's true that four people have died because of this incident." I told her with certainty.

"It's just devoid of conscience!"

The teacher's wife was very emotional, I hurriedly helped her to sit down, and comforted her to calm down, the most important thing now is to find a way to get the talisman out of her body.

"Think about it as a teacher." The teacher closed her eyes and began to think.

At this time, a nurse walked into the doctor's office with a few pieces of paper.I got up quickly, wanting to see what was going on.

"Doctor? What's the matter? Is it lung cancer?" I asked him anxiously.But his frown suddenly relaxed, and then he said to me: "It's okay, the blood test report is negative, not lung cancer."

After listening to it, my heart was raised instead, and I said to him: "Then what else could cause this?" I pointed to a large black shadow on the film.

"Maybe it wasn't taken well. Shouldn't it? We've taken pictures several times, but every time it's like this." The doctor started to frown again.

Then I can only use the old method.

Seeing an open piece of chocolate on the doctor's table, he immediately picked it up, put it in his mouth and ate it.He quickly stopped me and said that he had already taken a bite. When he saw me swallowing it, he shook his head helplessly.

I'm afraid that I'm not in good condition now, and if I practice Qi again, I'll pass out, so I support the table with both hands.Close your eyes and concentrate on feeling the changes in the Qi in your body.

When I opened my eyes, I found that the lower part of the master's chest was exuding a wisp of blue mist from the inside to the outside.I didn't notice it before, maybe I was too nervous all the time, but this time I saw it for real.

After going out the door, my wife just stood up and told her what I saw.She nodded and said that she had already thought of a way, but there was one thing she didn't understand.

"What's the matter?" I asked her.

"If I could know the birthdays of the four deceased before, I would know what's going on, but now."

I quickly interrupted her, saying that I knew where there was information about them, and then I walked downstairs quickly and came to Juanjuan's ward.I told Lao Wu about the matter, and asked where Juanjuan's backpack was.

After opening it, I saw a sealed bag containing a folder.He took it out and saw that it was the information of the four deceased who had been found before, turned around and ran out of the ward.

"Well, that's how it is." The lady took a serious look at the information, and then stretched her eyebrows and said to me: "They cast the spell according to the mutual generation and restraint of the five elements. It may be used to refine magic tools. It may also be used for alchemy. The specific situation is not clear, so I dare not jump to conclusions."

"Master, can he be saved?" I asked.

"Don't worry, when the 'Hook' is cast, it needs to be activated by chanting. The talisman has been in his body for such a long time, and it hasn't happened yet, which means that you rescued it in time, and the caster has not yet completed the ritual. But Take it out as soon as possible, otherwise the talisman's own ability to counterattack may kill him." The teacher said and returned the information to me.

"The first four people are earth, wood, metal, and fire, four attributes. Only this one is left, water. The way of the five elements, mutual generation and mutual restraint. If you want to crack this talisman, you must use the attribute spell of mutual restraint to solve the talisman ” My wife said eloquently, and I thought to myself, she probably found a way, otherwise she wouldn’t be able to be so leisurely.

"Is it soil?" I said pretending to cooperate.

"That's right, Tukeshui, the application in the ancient art of war can prove it." She said.

"Master, can we stop playing tricks, Master, his old man's life is at stake!" I was eager to know what method, but this teacher kept showing off her knowledge.

"Young man, don't be impetuous, listen to me slowly." She sat back again, and then said: "Among the talismans in Maoshan Shuli, there is only one kind of earth-attribute talisman, which is mainly used to protect the house. .Go and prepare pens, ink, paper and inkstones, and find some ashes from the bottom of the pot."

I nodded and hurried downstairs to get ready.After getting into the taxi, I wondered if there was any cooking pot in Shiniang's gym.Otherwise, where can I find the bottom of the pot.

Fortunately, accompanied by the little Taoist nun, they found a cauldron in the backyard.I lay down on the ground and scratched the black ash at the bottom of the pot with my hands. The little nun asked me strangely what I was doing, but I didn't bother to explain.

After getting ready, he looked at the burnt corpses in the middle of the courtyard and asked the little Taoist nun: "Does this happen often?"

She looked back and said to me: "Hehe, this is the first time I've seen it, but the master said that something similar happened before, but I haven't been born yet."

I nodded and hurried into the house to find my backpack.Jiang Nianqing had already gotten up at this time, saw that I was in a hurry, and asked me weakly what was wrong.I explained to her quickly, turned around and ran out.

The hospital is not far from the Taoist temple, and it took more than ten minutes to go back and forth.After going up the stairs and turning the corner, I saw Liu Chunli sitting next to my wife, and they seemed to be chatting about something.

"Master, here it is." Panting, I sat down on the chair.

"Are you not injured?" Liu Chunli looked at me and said.

I shook my head, keeping my eyes on the movements of my wife's hands.This seemingly ordinary talisman can actually play such a big role.

"The sky is round and there are nine laws and regulations. I am writing now, and all the ghosts are hidden, as urgent as the laws and regulations!" Then he saw the master's wife taking a mouthful of mineral water and spraying it to the east.Then I concentrated again and brushed dots on the yellow paper.After I finished drawing a talisman, I was muttering something silently, but I didn't hear it clearly.

"I'm asking the God of the Earth Temple to make a prescription with me. It's as urgent as a law." She asked me to clean it up and handed the talisman to me. "The talisman has already worked. Find a way to stuff it into Mu Zhen's mouth."

I nodded, picked up the talisman and entered the doctor's office, but he refused to let me in, saying that the patient was still in the observation period and that the equipment inside was afraid of dust.

Liu Chunling opened the door and walked in, and asked me to go out and wait. I thought to myself, it might be easier for women to communicate with men, so I walked out.She came out after a while, looked at my questioning face, and whispered in my ear: "Money can make ghosts turn mills."

(End of this chapter)