Strange Tale

Putting Qilin on the bed and covering him with a quilt, Si Ren sat beside him with his hands on his forehead and thought carefully about what happened these days.

Sure enough, since Long Jiu appeared, he has never been able to live a peaceful life.

Are you really leaving Yancheng?As is often said: to find a place far away from them?

no.But why "no"?Si Ren found that he couldn't think of any specific reason at all.

My mind is so messed up that I probably won't be able to sleep.Si Ren simply took out his brush and ink and drew Dragon Nine on the paper.But of course it wasn't the Dragon Nine that he usually saw, but the real Dragon Nine—the nine-headed monster that only appeared when performing the technique.

After finishing the painting soon, Si Ren took the painting in his hand and looked at it carefully: If only the master was there, he must recognize what kind of monster it is and tell the story.How to do it?Do you want to go back?But... No, it took several months to go back and forth, and I don't know what tricks Long Jiu will make in Yancheng.Alas - let's talk about it later.

With this in mind, Si Ren put the painted fan into his backpack, and prepared to show it to his master when he went back to Shuocheng.Reaching into the bag, he accidentally bumped into Jiugongge, and then he remembered seeing Jinji as soon as he came back that day, and he had no time to think about Huan'er again.

Taking out the Jiugong grid, Huan'er's father was dumbstruck and his mother was crying to death again in Si Bian's mind.Unable to bear a sigh, he turned the Jiugong grid to the front.

Huh? !Si Ren held the Jiugong grid in front of his eyes and widened his eyes: the numbers inside have been rearranged!He did the math quickly, and it was all right!This... is absolutely impossible!How old is Huaner...

Just as he was surprised, suddenly there was movement outside the door.That small, rustling sound.rat?Si Ren thought to himself.

Putting down the Jiugong grid, Si Ren tiptoed to the kitchen to find a dry steamed bun that had been stored for a few days, thinking that if it was a mouse, he would break some steamed buns and send it away.

When he came to the outer room, fearing to scare away the mice, Si Ban walked to the door carefully and gently opened a crack in the door.But the mouse didn't see it, but saw a figure instead.Si Ren suddenly opened the door wide, and threw the steamed bun out with force.The steamed buns were already dry and hard, and the people outside the door were knocked unconscious on the spot.

"Daoist Liu? Daoist Liu?!" Si Ren spit on Taoist Liu's face and patted hard.

Taoist Liu slowly opened his eyes, only to feel a sharp pain in his head, and when he raised his hand to touch, he actually felt a lump the size of an egg, "Oh! It hurts...Mr. Si, I know you don't like me, but you don't have to." Are you hitting so hard?"

Si Ren felt a little sorry and scratched his head, "I didn't see who it was, I thought it was a thief."

"Thief? Your house has been empty for several days. If you are targeted by thieves, you have to wait until now?"

"Oh? How do you know I've been empty here for several days?"

"I..." Daoist Liu blinked his small triangular eyes, "I've been waiting for you to come back. So I come to see you every day."

"Wait for me to come back? Is there something... eh?! What are you doing?!"

Taoist Liu had already slid from his chair to the ground and knelt down, "Mr. Si, please accept me as your apprentice."

Si Ren was stunned, "What? Me? Take you as an apprentice?"

Daoist Liu nodded seriously, "Yes."

"Hahahaha! What are you kidding? How old are you, how can I accept you as an apprentice?"

"How can learning spells depend on age?"

"That's not OK."

"why?"

"Because... because I have never planned to accept apprentices. Besides, you are a Taoist priest, and I am a layman, how can I accept you?"

Taoist Liu blinked again, "Ordinary? Impossible? I would rather believe that you are a monk."

"Really, I've never left home."

"How is it possible? Then how can you tell fortunes and catch monsters? Can you also save the dead?"

Si Ren smiled, "Who stipulated that if you are not a monk, you can't do these things?"

"This……"

Si Ren reached out to help Taoist Liu, "So get up quickly, Taoist priest, I can't accept you as an apprentice."

Taoist Liu pushed his hand away, "No, since you said that, there is no rule that Taoist priests cannot take lay people as their teachers."

"You...but I don't accept apprentices."

"There is a first time for everything, sir, let's make an exception."

"No."

"Don't worry, sir, let me kill someone again?"

"That's your business."

Daoist Liu rolled his eyes and smiled, "Mr. said so, but I could tell that day in the Hao Mansion. You seem to be indifferent to things on the surface, but you really care about them in your heart."

Si Ren bit his lip, "How can you see that?"

"Hey." Daoist Liu didn't answer.

"You get up first."

"You promised?"

"You get up first."

"You don't promise me not to get up."

"You do something for me, and we'll talk when it's over."

Taoist Liu thought for a while and stood up, "Then tell me, no matter what happens, just go up the mountain of knives..."

"Just wait." Si Ren hurriedly stopped him, "I don't need you to go up the mountain of swords and down the pan of oil, and I don't think anyone will need it in the future. You should stop talking nonsense like that. I think that's how you are. The one who caused trouble. Misfortune comes out of your mouth, and you haven't learned your lesson?"

"Mr. taught me that."

"Stop calling me sir."

"That's called... Master?"

Si Ren looked at the creases on Taoist Liu's face, thinking that he would be in his 30s if he wasn't forty, "Just call me Xiao Ren."

"How about that?"

"You can just call me by name."

"That's not..."

"Here, you take this." Si Ren didn't bother to argue with him about the title, and directly took out the Dragon Nine that he had just drawn, "You go and give this to someone for me."

Taoist Liu glanced at the painting, "This is... what kind of fairy?!"

"I don't know either. So I want you to take it for me and ask someone who can know."

"Who?"

"Dusuo City, Dushuo Mountain, go find an old man with a white beard and show him this painting, and he will naturally know what kind of monster it is. Just ask him to write me a reply."

"Old man with white beard? How do you ask me to find him?"

Si Ren took out three white hairs, wrapped them in paper, and handed them to Taoist Liu, "Go into the mountains and find the highest peak, go up and burn this, and he will appear naturally. If you cast a spell on him, you can see two bird."

Daoist Liu nodded and took the painting and paper bag away carefully, "Okay, don't worry. I will definitely deliver the painting to you and bring back the letter."

After finishing speaking, he straightened his clothes and seemed ready to leave.

Si Ren said "wait a minute", then turned and went into the back room.

After a while, Si Ren came out with a purse, "You take this."

Daoist Liu took a step back, "No need..."

"Have you paid back all the money about Hao Xiaobao?"

"It doesn't work if you don't pay it back."

"So..." Si Ban stuffed the money into Taoist Liu's hand, "Take it. Or is it worth the money for me to go on the road by myself? And I hope it will go back and forth, so don't give it any more People are going to see a doctor to catch monsters, so as not to cause any trouble. But don't get me wrong, I'm not afraid of you 'killing someone', I'm afraid you'll delay my business."

Taoist Liu thought about it, and accepted the money, "I will pay back the money in the future. When I get back, even if you don't accept me as an apprentice, I will follow you."

Si Ren trembled in his heart: Don't!Now I can't support these two people, how about you?Do you want to drink the wind in the future?

But Taoist Liu has to help deliver the paintings now, so Si Ren just smiled, "I'll talk about it when I get back."

Taoist Liu left, and before he left, Si Ren knew his name——Liu Chengfeng.

This name, that appearance, and that wicked look... Si Ren couldn't help but want to laugh.While muttering in my heart, someone knocked on the door suddenly.

Si Ren walked over and opened the door, "What's left..."