Red Dust Daqian

Another lama walked onto the stage, speaking in a non-standard Daqian dialect, and said, "Daqian County Magistrate, we are lamas from Tianzhu. Today, we will let you Daqian people see the real magic of catching demons, the oil pan frying magic of our Tianzhu lamas." After speaking, the lama signaled his companions to set up a wooden frame on the stage and light a charcoal fire. Then two accomplices of lamas came up from the stage, carrying a large iron pot, set it on the stage, and placed it on the charcoal fire. The lama who just spoke took out a dagger and put it into the pot. He rolled up his sleeves and showed his hands to the officials on the viewing platform and the audience, saying, "Wait a moment, wait for this oil pot to boil. When I use my magic, I can take this dagger out of the boiling oil pot with my bare hands without any damage." Everyone was surprised and unbelievable, thinking that the lama was bragging. Boiling oil, splashing it will hurt, not to mention putting your hands in it, it will be fried into tiger skin chicken feet.

Zhou Sen quietly leaned over to Xiangcao's ear while she was still watching in shock, and said, "Sister, the opportunity has come. Listen to my instructions later, send me to the ring, and then stop those lamas." Xiangcao looked at Zhou Sen in confusion and said worriedly, "Mumu, what do you want to do? Don't be stupid, there is an oil pan on it." Zhou Sen replied calmly, "Sister, you have heard it before, it's okay. Whether we can get the bounty and receive the monster-catching mission depends on this." Zhou Sen gave Xiangcao an affirmative look. Xiangcao replied doubtfully, "Okay, I'll listen to you, but don't hurt yourself."

When the oil pan was about to boil, Zhou Sen quickly signaled to Xiangcao to send him to the ring. "Senior sister, send me up quickly." Xiangcao grabbed Zhou Sen and jumped onto the ring. Before everyone could react, Zhou Sen had already run to the front of the oil pan and shouted to Xiangcao: "Stop those lamas." Xiangcao quickly drew her sword and stopped the lamas from touching the oil pan. The lamas asked inexplicably: "You Taoist nun, you are so rude, why are you interfering with our magic show?" Just at this time, the oil pan was boiling. Zhou Sen quickly rolled up his sleeves and put his bare arms and hands into the oil pan. "No." Seeing this scene, Xiangcao was scared and broke into a cold sweat. She anxiously shouted to Zhou Sen: "No, Mumu, what are you doing stupid?" Seeing everyone staring with wide eyes, they all took a breath of cold air, and even one person with less courage fainted from fear.

Zhou Sen placed his hands in the oil pan and moved them slowly, as if nothing had happened. While moving, he shouted to everyone, "I am the Heavenly Master of Longhu Mountain, Zhang Mumu. It just so happens that I also know a little bit about the art of catching monsters and exploding ghosts. Just now, when I saw the oil pan, I couldn't help but feel itchy for a moment, so I came up to show my skills to all the adults and spectators." After touching the hilt of the dagger, Zhou Sen did not rush to take out the dagger. Instead, he waited for a moment, finally grabbed the hilt, and stirred it in the oil pan, and then took out the dagger and showed it to everyone. Zhou Sen said calmly, "How is it? My skills are not bad, right? I have taken out the dagger." He showed his unharmed hands to the county magistrate, officials and spectators.

Seeing that Zhou Sen was fine, Xiangcao was relieved. Xiangcao was so nervous that she almost fainted. She cursed Zhou Sen in her heart, saying that he was such a worrying little enemy. There was silence at the scene. After a while, there was applause and cheers from the stage and the audience. Zhou Sen motioned for everyone to be quiet, put the dagger back into the oil pan, and said to the lama with a smile: "Master, I'm sorry, I showed this skill of frying monsters in oil pan first, and I stole your limelight. Now put the dagger back in, and then it's your turn to perform." The lama's eyes were wide open, and he wanted to kill Zhou Sen, but it was in public, and he couldn't beat Xiangcao, so he didn't dare to attack. Zhou Sen continued to sarcastically say: "Master, don't you know the skill of frying monsters in oil pan? Did you come to our Daqian to cheat and defraud money?" Seeing the lama's hesitation, coupled with Zhou Sen's guidance, the county magistrate, the county magistrate and the onlookers expressed their dissatisfaction with the lama and urged the lama to show it quickly. "This lama came to our Daqian to defraud money, right?" "If he doesn't show it, beat him to death" ... The crowd on and off the stage was in chaos and everyone was paying attention to the lama. Taking advantage of this, Zhou Sen shuttled back and forth among the group of people who had just come on stage to show their magic. It seemed that Zhou Sen had contacted everyone who had shown magic.

The public outrage cannot be offended. The lama knew that if he did not demonstrate, he would be embarrassed. Gritting his teeth and hoping for the best, the lama finally reached out to the boiling oil pan and tried to quickly pick up the dagger. But as soon as he put his hand into the oil pan, everyone heard a scream of "Ah~". The lama quickly took his hand out again, and blood bubbles appeared on the lama's hand at a visible speed, which was simply unbearable to watch. "Oh, it's hurt. It seems that the master is not good at learning. Hurry up and help the master go down to treat the injury." Zhou Sen gloated and called the other lamas, and quickly helped the injured lama off the stage. Several lamas looked at Zhou Sen angrily, but they could do nothing in public. You, a little Indian bastard, dared to come to my big job, cheating and deceiving, you deserve it.

"Everyone, everyone, I know magic, but it's more than that." Zhou Sen said to everyone confidently. Then he took out the black cloth from his back, which was used by the wizard who just performed Zhong Kui catching ghosts, and spread it on the stage. He said: "I just saw that the snake demon took advantage of the chaos to escape." After speaking, the snake demon slowly emerged from under the blanket again. Zhou Sen also pulled the snake demon twice on the stage, and then shouted: "Taishang Laojun, hurry up and order, take it back." The snake demon disappeared. The wizard under the stage looked at the cloth and wondered in his heart: "Hey, why does this cloth look so familiar? Isn't this my prop? When did this kid steal my prop?" Then Zhou Sen performed a simple performance, breaking bricks with his bare hands. Pretending to be profound, he said to everyone: "Breaking bricks, breaking rocks, these physical martial arts are child's play for me. I won't perform breaking rocks without the big stone slab."

Finally, Zhou Sen walked up to Zhenren Zhengyang and patted Taoist Zhengyang on the shoulder. He pulled up Zhenren Zhengyang's sleeve and said, "Daoyou Zhengyang, I just felt that there was a demonic aura around. Is it that the wolf demon king has arranged another little wolf demon to come and get information?" Zhenren Zhengyang didn't understand what Zhou Sen was going to do, and didn't have time to respond to Zhou Sen. Everyone in the audience looked at each other, nervous and scared, and started to make a fuss. Zhou Sen shouted loudly, "Everyone, everyone, don't worry or be afraid. Zhenren Zhengyang and I are here. The little wolf demon is nothing to be afraid of." Zhou Sen smiled cunningly at Zhenren Zhengyang, "Trouble, Zhenren, take action to subdue the wolf demon spy." Zhengyang didn't understand, but he could only smile and say to everyone, "County magistrate, folks, don't panic, watch me subdue the little demon." As he spoke, he reached into his sleeve to look for the talisman paper, and his expression slowly solidified. Why is the talisman paper gone?

Zhou Sen calmly took out a piece of talisman paper from his sleeve, handed it to Zheng Yang Zhenren, and said, "Is this what you are looking for?" Zheng Yang Zhenren took the talisman paper and responded with a smile, "Yes, yes, that's what I am looking for." After taking the talisman paper, Zheng Yang Zhenren took a closer look, his face instantly turned cold, and he stared at Zhou Sen with anger. Then he turned around and explained to everyone embarrassedly, "This kind of magic can only be used once a day. Let's ask this Taoist Zhang to subdue this monster." Zhou Sen said to Zheng Yang Zhenren, "Your magic power is higher than mine, how can you only use it once a day? If several monsters attack at the same time, after using it once, can we just sit and wait for death? Could it be that the real person doesn't want us to eliminate the monsters?" Zhou Sen winked at Zheng Yang Zhenren and hinted. Although Zhenren Zhengyang didn't fully understand Zhou Sen's hint, he had the talisman paper taken away. He was so angry that he gnashed his teeth, but he could only cooperate helplessly and said: "Master Zhang, you are young and promising, and your magic power has long surpassed that of this poor Taoist. I believe that Master Zhang will be able to capture the dog-wolf demon this time. I still trouble Master Zhang to capture the wolf demon who is trying to get information." Zhou Sen heard what he wanted to hear, and proudly said to everyone: "Then I will show my ugliness." Then he took out two talisman papers from his sleeves, walked to the candlelight and shouted: "Taishang Laojun, hurry up and obey the order, the wolf demon has no place to escape, take it." Two talisman papers, one of which showed a flaming wolf head pattern, and the other did not. After a moment, both talisman papers burned to ashes.

Seeing the wolf demon being burned to ashes, some family members whose children were abducted suddenly knelt down to Zhou Sen on the stage and shouted, "Master Zhang, please have mercy on us and help us kill those dog and wolf demons and save our children." Then another group of villagers knelt down and shouted, "Master Zhang, please help us kill the demons." Zhou Sen on the stage said righteously, "It is the duty of us cultivators to eliminate demons and uphold justice. We came to Changnan County to capture the dog and wolf demons. Everyone, please stand up quickly and kneel down. I cannot accept your kindness."

On the viewing platform, the county magistrate, the county assistant, the chief clerk and many other officials also recovered from their worshipful mood. They all walked onto the stage. The county magistrate directly ordered people to present 500 taels of silver as a reward, and bowed his hands and saluted, saying: "Master, please don't refuse. I hope you can capture the dog and wolf monster and save our county from danger. This 500 taels of silver reward is presented first." Zhou Sen pretended to refuse, then immediately put away the silver and replied: "Saving the people from danger, destroying the dog and wolf monster, and saving the missing children is the great justice of Taoism, and I will not refuse even if I die." Seeing that Zhou Sen's men offered the silver and agreed to catch the monster, everyone stood up and breathed a sigh of relief, as if they saw hope after a long drought. The county magistrate continued, "Where are the two Heavenly Masters staying? The county government can arrange accommodation for them. A welcoming banquet will be arranged later. I hope the Heavenly Masters will honor you with your presence." Zhou Sen agreed to the county magistrate's request and proposed to go to the inn to retrieve the luggage first, and then go to the government office to attend the welcoming banquet after a short rest. The county magistrate arranged two yamen runners to follow Zhou Sen and Xiangcao to the inn to retrieve the luggage. It was said that they were arranged for Zhou Sen to dispatch them, but in fact they were afraid that Zhou Sen and Xiangcao would run away.