Strange Tale

"Then what should we do now?" Si Ren stabbed Long Jiu's leg twice with his fingers.

"What do you mean?"

"Do you want it convenient? I'll carry you."

Long Jiu's complexion changed, "I'm a goblin, so I don't need to worry about it."

"Then are you hungry?"

"If you don't need to go to the toilet, you can naturally stop eating."

"Oh." Si Ren nodded thoughtfully, then stretched out his hand and dragged his backpack from the foot of the bed, "When I went out yesterday, I was afraid that I would not be able to return at noon, so I brought two steamed buns. If you don't need it, I will eat one first. Eat the rest tomorrow."

Seeing Si Ren sitting on the bed and gobbling it up, Long Jiu was a little speechless: This person can predict good and bad luck and divination the future, but he is so stupid that he thinks that he can get out of the city by pretending to be a woman. He is proficient in Taoism and Buddhism but greedy for money. Stuffing steamed buns with such a crude appearance... Is he weak-minded, heartless, or stupid?

"Don't eat it. Don't you want to ask me how I can recover?" Seeing that Si Ren was picking up the crumbs on the hem of his clothes after eating the steamed buns, Long Jiu couldn't bear it any longer.

"Hmm..." Si Ban stuffed a piece of steamed bun into his mouth, "How can you recover?"

"Needs water."

"Water? Tell me earlier." Si Ren found another water bag from his ragged backpack, opened it and took a sip, "Well, just right, I choked to death. Here, here you go."

Looking at the water bag that Si Ren handed over with a white unidentified object stuck to its spout, Long Jiu felt as if a dark cloud was drifting over his head, "I want to soak in the water, not drink it."

"That's it." Si Ban put away the water bag, "I saw it yesterday. There is a big tank in the kitchen, but it has been dried. If I remember correctly, there is a spring near the temple. I will go to clean the tank later. Fill it up for you."

"Spring water is not good, but heaven water."

Si Yan looked out of the bright window, "It's so sunny now, won't it rain for a while? Or... I'll move that tank to the yard, and wait until it rains again so it can catch up." ?”

"Anyway, you are also a mage, don't you even know how to pray for rain?"

Si Ren scratched his head and thought for a while, "How can you ask for rain casually? It takes a severe drought. Besides, there is nothing here, so it's not easy to open an altar and perform rituals."

A flash of lightning flashed across Long Jiu's mind, he really wanted to beat this guy up!

"Why don't you take me back to Yancheng to look for it?" Feeling that Si Ren is hopeless, Long Jiu remembered what he said before he passed out.

"I'm afraid that Jinji will find you after breaking through the barrier. It's dangerous to go back to Yancheng, but it's safer here. Although the place is a bit dilapidated, it's still a temple after all, and she won't be so easy to find."

"I'm not afraid of Jin Ji, why are you hiding from her? Without God, she's nothing to me!"

"Well... it's better to be more cautious. Isn't what you said to Jin Ji very arrogant, but what happened?"

"You..." Long Jiu had nothing to say, "Forget it. Please do something."

"what?"

"When you go back to Yancheng, you will often find him."

"How about that?"

"What's wrong?!"

"How could I leave you here alone?"

"What can't be done?!"

"What if there are monsters coming?"

"I'm a monster myself!"

Si Ren stood up and touched Long Jiu's forehead, "Don't burn it, why are you still so angry?"

Long Jiu slapped Si Ren's hand away, "Go and find me!"

Si Ren looked at Long Jiu with a straight face, "Look, how can you be so anxious after talking? You still have injuries on your body."

"Did you mean it?!" Long Jiu's hair floated up, as if it was going to change color again.

Si Ren bent down and got close to Long Jiu's face, hesitating whether to take advantage of his lack of demon power to force him to ask what kind of monster he is, and how he attached himself to the young man's body.But looking around, facing that angry and aggrieved face, Si Ren failed to say what he said while taking advantage of others.

Finally, he lifted the clothes covering Long Jiu, "Someone will come over tomorrow, and I will ask him to go and send messages."

"who?"

"I'll know tomorrow. You'd better lie down and have a rest. I'll go and see if your clothes are dry."

No matter what Long Jiu shouted again, Si Ren went straight outside the house.

In fact, he was not so hungry that he had to eat the steamed buns right away, and if he asked for rain, he was absolutely sure that it would start raining before noon.It's just that I missed a good opportunity last night, today I have to stay in Long Jiu for another night no matter what, and I can't let him recover so quickly.

Long Jiu's clothes were dry and warm under the sun.But Si Ren hung it outside casually yesterday, without washing it, the blood stains on it were still there, it looked like it was painted with strange patterns from a distance.Si Ren took the clothes and smelled them, and there was a smell of blood.He went to the gate of the courtyard, picked up a stone and drew a Dao talisman on the ground, thinking that he was lucky that no wolves, tigers and leopards were attracted during the whole night.

After helping Long Jiu get dressed, Si Ren began to tidy up the room and yard.Long Jiu didn't mention the matter of looking for Ye Changhe and treating his injuries, but just leaned on the bed and watched him go about his business quietly.

Si Ren hummed a little tune for a while to wipe the dust everywhere in the house, and for a while to sweep the yard with a broom that he dug out from nowhere.Later, when the packing was almost done, it was almost dark.Si Ren went into the house and took out the remaining steamed bun and went out again.From the open window, Long Jiu saw that he broke up the steamed buns and sprinkled them all in the yard.

Back in the house, Si Ren took out a chair and sat down to drink water. Long Jiu guessed that he was done with his work, so he asked, "You have spent so much effort cleaning up, are you planning to stay longer?"

Si Ren looked at Long Jiu with a smile, and seemed to be in a good mood, "No, it would be cleaner and more comfortable if you don't stay for a long time."

"Clean?" Long Jiu glanced around with critical eyes.

"Hehe, I'm not good at cleaning. But isn't it much better than this morning?"

"It's okay." Long Jiu didn't want to hit him again, "What were you doing just now?"

"Just now?"

"Why did the good food break up and throw it on the ground?"

"Oh, I saw bird nests in the trees in the yard, and I wanted to feed those birds something."

Long Jiu felt more and more elusive about this person, "What about you?"

"Eat one less meal and starve to death."

"But you only ate one steamed bun all day."

"Well, it's okay, I can hold on."

"Those birds are used to staying in this mountain, and they won't be hungry if you don't waste that steamed bun."

"I know, but there's nothing wrong with having an extra meal. I just want to see how happy they are."

"Okay." Long Jiu was speechless again.

Si Ren took out a stick of wax from his backpack and touched it, "The sun sets so fast."

"Your ragged pocket is really a treasure chest, you can get whatever you want."

Si Ren didn't answer Long Jiu's words, and walked to the bedside with his "broken bag", "Come on, let me see how your injury is doing, do you need to apply some medicine."

Long Jiu grabbed the collar, "No need."

"Huh? Why?" Si Ren didn't understand why he had such a reaction.

"It's all right."

"Liar, you're still sitting on the bed and can't move when you're fine?"

As he spoke, Si Ren stretched out his hand to pull Long Jiu's clothes.

"No! I said no!"

"Why don't you use it?! I treated the injury for you, and I will use it if I say it!"

The two tore for a while, and there was a squeak, and Long Jiu's clothes were torn.Si Ren reached out and touched his forehead, "If you don't let go, I will recite the curse!"

Long Jiu didn't dare to move again, "You will die when I recover."

"I believe you won't be so heartless..." The cloth that bandaged the wound was untied, and Si Ren was dumbfounded, "How could this happen?!"

Not only did the wound on Long Jiu's chest show no signs of healing, but it turned into a huge black blood hole that seemed to have no bottom.If Long Jiu was not still blinking and talking, Si Ren would have thought that this person would have died a long time ago.

Pulling his clothes to cover his chest, Long Jiu lowered his eyes, "I said, my vitality has been damaged, and this body has returned to its original form. It was a dead person before, so it's not bad that it didn't attract flies and maggots."

"What about that hand?!" Si Ren grabbed Long Jiu's hand.The fingers that were originally white and clear have turned black.Si Ren opened the cloth strip wrapped around it again, and the palm seemed to be torn off in the middle.

"The injury I suffered yesterday, if it doesn't rain before tomorrow's dark, the Taishang Laojun Tathagata Buddha will not be able to save this body."

"Why didn't you tell me earlier?!"

Long Jiu straightened the half of the palm that was about to fall, "Aren't you quite capable? You can't think of such a thing?"

"Don't be so calm, okay?!"

Long Jiu tugged at the corners of his lips, "Then what do you want from me? Do you want to cry? To me, this is just a body. Although it's a bit troublesome if it breaks, it won't break the soul."

Si Ren stared blankly at Long Jiu, not knowing what to say for a moment.

After a while, Si Ren sighed and stood up, "Okay. It's already dark, go to bed first. I leave the candle here for you, and wait for it to go out by itself. Be careful, don't lose your ribs, fingers, etc. Yes. Tomorrow...it will rain."

"where are you going?"

"The next door is also a wing room. I packed it up in the afternoon. I'll go to sleep there. If something calls me, I can hear you."

Si Ren left, Long Jiu looked at the closed door and smiled: I knew you had a way to pray for rain, so bringing me here clearly has another purpose.

Entering the next room, Si Ren found a suitable position, meditated cross-legged, raised his hands and chanted mantras, and soon he saw Long Jiu through the wall.

Long Jiu leaned against the wall in a daze, then he lifted up his clothes and took a closer look at his body.Only then did Si Ren realize that Long Jiu's legs turned into two thin sticks with only skin and bones at some point, which was extremely ugly.Yesterday at Jicuitan, that leg was definitely not like this, Si Ren remembered it very clearly.

Looking up, there is a big black hole in the chest, and Long Jiu's whole body can be said to be horrible.Fortunately, he quickly covered his clothes and continued to be in a daze.

After a while, Long Jiu seemed to think of something and stretched out his hand to grab the divine dagger from the pillow.

Suddenly, he raised the dagger to his throat.

Si Ren's eyes widened: what is he going to do? !

Finally, just when Si Ren could hardly bear to rush over, Long Jiu put down the knife again.Just as Si Ren breathed a sigh of relief, he raised the knife again...

After going back and forth a few times like this, Long Jiu threw the knife aside and finally lay down. It seemed that he was going to sleep, but he didn't know that Si Ren was already in a cold sweat from the fright.

After a while, Long Jiu yawned, his eyes slowly closed, and the thick shadows of his eyelashes gradually stopped shaking under the candlelight.Si Ren was sure: he was asleep.

Lighting the incense that had been prepared earlier, and burning the Taoist talisman, Si Ren closed his eyes and lightly recited "Po Shan Po Yan Di" seven times.Then he slowly opened his eyes, and there was a smog in front of his eyes, Si Ren knew that he was already in Long Jiu's dream.

The author has something to say: Yu Li: A ritual for praying for rain.

Po Shan Po plays the bottom line: the spell to get rid of nightmares.Lord Night Mantra. "Youyang Miscellaneous Zu · Strange Art".Couldn't find a dream spell, so I'll use this one.