It's not easy being a master

Shi Yi'an lingered downstairs for a long time, his mind was full of those more than 30 pairs of eyes full of expectation.

This Taoist priest is so ruthless, he made such a crap, trapped so many people here for so long, and even implicated him.

As time passed, Shi Yi'an wanted to pick up the talisman several times and stick it directly on the vine, but he stopped the car at the last moment.

He looked at the nearby schools after school, and the students were laughing and walking towards home in groups of three and two. He thought of his school days, and always felt that his school days were a long time ago. , Now think about it carefully, but a year ago, I was a college graduate majoring in applied chemistry, I didn't expect to become a celestial master now.This span is really big enough.

Thinking of this, Shi Yi'an suddenly burst out laughing, what's wrong with him, he just went to the mountain to learn Taoism for a year, so he was so obsessed with this feeling, at first he learned Taoism to protect himself and not to cause trouble for others, if If this kind of protection is based on sacrificing the innocent, it is better to abolish his Taoism and seal his spiritual power.At worst, go back and find another job in the laboratory, and be an ordinary person again.

After Shi Yi'an figured it out, he didn't wait any longer, took out his mobile phone, and dialed the number of the contact named "Help~", the phone rang once, and someone picked it up.

"My dear nephew, why did you call for help in the middle of the afternoon. The ghost is still awake." The uncle started to tease him as soon as he answered the phone.

Shi Yi'an smiled and said, "I want to give up the test."

"Well, what did you say? Give up?" The uncle's voice suddenly became serious, and he continued: "Do you know that after giving up, we will abolish your Taoism and seal your spiritual power, you All this year's hard work was in vain."

"I know, let's not talk about this first, you and uncle and third uncle should come over, I promised them, I will give them a definite answer before tonight."

"Why didn't I understand what you said." The uncle asked.

"You will know when you come here. There is a strange soul-suppressing rune on the outer wall here, but I don't dare to burn it easily. I want you to come and take a look." Shi Yi'an thought that he couldn't solve it anyway, so why not Give up early, and let these souls who have been trapped for a long time return to the underworld as soon as possible.

It's just that I didn't expect my uncle and the others to come so slowly. It was already dark and they hadn't arrived yet.

Shi Yi'an sat alone on the steps of the door in a daze. After a long while, he took out all the fire talismans from his satchel, activated his spiritual power, and made them ignite spontaneously.The flames imprinted on his face, jumping and jumping.

He heard movement behind him, turned around and saw the little girl in school uniform standing timidly behind the glass door and looking at him.Shi Yi'an smiled and waved to her, signaling her to come over.

The little girl thought for a long time before she moved to Shi Yi'an's side and sat side by side with Shi Yi'an.This was as far as she could go from the apartment building.It turned out that she would occasionally show up to play with the children who lived here, but for some reason, the parents of those children moved away in a hurry with their children.Later, playing tricks to frighten the tenants became the only pleasure in her long ghost life.

"You are looking forward to freedom, don't worry, people who can help you will come soon." Shi Yi'an helped the girl tidy her bangs with her hands, and said in a low voice, her voice was very gentle.

Seeing that the girl did not speak, Shi Yi'an just looked up at him and said, "After you leave here, you will be reincarnated into a family, and you will be able to enjoy the sun, go to school, and play with other children." .”

The girl didn't say anything, just leaned on Shi Yi'an's arm, and sat here with Shi Yi'an.

Not long after, a small bus drove in and stopped at the door of the apartment. As soon as the door opened, Shi Yiqun jumped out of the car, followed by the old man of the Shi family, uncle, third uncle, younger uncle, and teacher Yi Xing, Shi Yiming, a beautiful woman with exquisite makeup and a strange young man.If Shi Yi'an's guess is correct, one of these two is his third aunt and the other should be his eldest brother who has never been masked.

Shi Yi'an helped his forehead, smiled wryly and said, "Even if you want to see me when I'm in a mess, you don't have to organize a group so well."

The old man stood there, coughed twice, looked at his watch and said, "As the head of the No. 20 sixth generation of the Shi family, I announce that Shi Yi'an has passed the test. From today on, Shi Yi'an will become a real genius." teacher."

Shi Yi'an froze for a moment, and then heard warm applause from the lobby of the apartment building behind. It turned out that the ghosts in the apartment building had gathered in the lobby at some point.The family members next to him were all smiling, and Shi Yixing gave him a thumbs up winking.

"What's the situation?" Shi Yi'an was completely stunned, what and what, he passed the test.

"Our teacher's family has no requirements for the cultivation of the descendants of Taoism. That is to say, no matter how bad you learn, the teacher's family will recognize you. But our teacher's family has very strict requirements on moral conduct. If you Today, if you choose to burn the ivy so that you can continue to be a celestial master, then your test will fail." The uncle explained.

"You..." Shi Yi'an's words were stuck in his mouth, but he didn't know what to say at all. You people are so naughty, is this really good?

The uncle came over, put his arms around Shi Yi'an's shoulders and said: "I didn't expect you to be able to see the rune on the outer wall here. I originally arranged for Mr. Zheng to tell you, but Mr. Zheng told me You knew it a long time ago, and I was also taken aback, if you burn this thing indiscriminately, we will be guilty of serious crimes."

"Actually, it was an old gentleman who said this building was very interesting, so I noticed it." The more Shi Yi'an thought about it, the more he felt that the old gentleman had a problem. He first asked him questions, and then said it for no reason Such a sentence led him to find this rune.

"By the way, you just found such a group of good ghosts, so you've given me a test?" Shi Yi'an said helplessly.

"You are still young, you don't understand, in fact, good ghosts are more difficult to deal with than evil ghosts. Come on, don't think so much, we drew soul-gathering charms on the other side of the wall this afternoon, now you can put those evil ghosts The creeper was burned." The uncle put a fire talisman in Shi Yi'an's hand.

Shi Yi'an held the fire talisman and looked at the ghosts standing in the hall. They all smiled and nodded.The uncle pushed him and said, "Hurry up, or they won't be able to catch up with the good time for reincarnation."

Shi Yi'an poured spiritual power into the talisman paper, pasted the talisman paper on the root of the ivy, and the flames burned all the way up the vines. After the ivy was burned, it no longer had the strength to lie on the wall, and the whole piece fell down. When it came down, those vines burst open in mid-air, scattered a little flame and disappeared into the air.

When Shi Yi'an returned to the door, he was relieved to see those ghosts still standing there.

The uncle opened a small altar in the open space, and summoned an ordinary small door.He raised his voice and said to the ghosts: "After passing through the gate, there will be ghost messengers leading the way. Don't get separated, everyone."

Those ghosts would bow deeply and say "thank you" before entering the door.

Until the last little girl came over and hugged Shi Yi'an lightly, said: "Goodbye." Then bounced and left with the others.

Shi Yi'an looked at the door that hadn't closed yet, and was filled with emotion.

Shi Yi walked over and bumped into him and teased him: "You beast, the little girl is only so young, and after reincarnation, she will be a baby. You must be hopeless."

Shi Yi'an turned his head and gave Shi Yixing a white look and said, "Can your thoughts not be so dirty?"

"Please, I stay on the mountain all day long. I don't care what I want for entertainment. If I can't think about dirty things, I really can't live." Shi Yixing said happily, holding Shi Yi'an's arm: " Let's go, let's go back to the mountain, and tomorrow morning we will go to the back mountain to find a guardian."

Choosing to guard the Shi family is definitely a big deal, after all, this is an important sign that a Shi family can go outside independently.Shi Yi'an was asked to put on the costume of a celestial master and come to the ancestral hall early in the morning.

All the people stood still at the door, the old man took three sticks of incense and lit them in the incense burner, then lifted the house rules hanging on the wall and walked in, the uncle stood behind and pushed Shi Yi'an and said in a low voice: "What are you in a daze for, just follow in."

"Ah, oh." Shi Yi'an followed in second, and the others followed Shi Yi'an into the cave one after another.

With the light coming in from the entrance of the cave, Shi Yi'an saw several hideous stone statues standing at the entrance. The stone statues were so lifelike that they seemed to be able to walk off the stone platform at any time. The old man took a match and lit a lamp at the entrance of the cave. Oil lamp, and then lit a talisman paper, the old man blew on it, and the flames scattered in the air like fireflies, lighting up all the other lamps in the cave.

The hall extends upwards in a spiral shape, and there are various stone statues standing on the walls, and a stone disc is placed in front of each stone statue.The old man brought a porcelain bowl, poured some wine into the bowl, took out a sterilized needle, took some Shi Yi'an's blood into it, and poured the wine mixed with blood into the stone butterfly one by one.

Just like that, Shi Yi'an followed behind the old man, acting as a blood bag, his feet were sore.Because there are too many stone statues, Shi Yi'an has bled several times, and now he feels a dull pain in his hand whenever he sees the needle.It may be that the other people behind are also a little impatient, and the whispering at the beginning has turned into a chaotic chat.The old man's brows became tighter and tighter.

Shi Yi leisurely followed behind and asked the old man: "Grandpa, after toasting these stone statues, can we start to choose guards? How about I come, I think you are very hard."

As soon as Shi Yi'an said this, the whispering of other people behind him stopped. The old man stood up straight, touched the sweat on his forehead, looked at Shi Yi'an, rolled his throat and said, "I can do this matter." gone."

Later, I went to another floor. The old man was getting older, and he couldn't hold on any longer. He turned his head and said to everyone: "Let's go here first, and continue after the remaining three days."

Everyone left without saying anything.

"Yi'an." Shi Yixing was the last to leave, grabbed Shi Yi'an, and said to him: "By the way, you have been here for more than a year, and you have been busy studying, and you didn't go around the mountain. There is a hot spring in the mountain, let's ask the eldest brother and the third brother to go together tomorrow."

"Isn't it called Shang Yiming?" Shi Yi'an asked first, and immediately realized that the gentlemen were going to soak in the hot springs, and what did they ask the little girl to do? What's not there?"

"No, gather at the gate at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning."

Shi Yi'an was lying on the bed at night and was going to sleep. When he recalled today's ceremony, he felt that something was wrong. After pondering for a long time, he suddenly patted his forehead and sat up. He is really an idiot. , It's basically a ceremony to summon guardians.I used so much blood and tried the guards in the middle of the cave, but none of the guards were willing to follow him.No wonder everyone looked so strange when they left.

Shi Yian was lying on the bed, feeling more and more uncomfortable when he thought about it. He turned over and got off the bed, took a flashlight from the emergency kit, and came to the ancestral hall by himself. The door of the ancestral hall was simply not closed. He went straight into the cave.

He didn't have the fancy skills like the old man, he was able to light up all the oil lamps, so he could only use the beam of the flashlight to smear the wine jar, and then found a dagger on the shelf next to the wine jar.Instead of taking acupuncture again and again, it is better to let the pain go away once.

Alcohol cotton for disinfection was also placed on the shelf. Shi Yian used tweezers to hold the alcohol cotton to disinfect the dagger hastily, then gestured on his left hand, chose a position, and wiped it on his index finger.

The dagger was very fast. Shi Yi'an hardly felt any pain when he just finished wiping it off. Only slowly did he see blood seeping out drop by drop from the knife edge and falling into the wine jar. In the quiet cave, blood drops fell into the The jar's voice was exceptionally clear and obvious.In order to prevent the wound from healing, Shi Yi'an pushed the index finger of his left hand with his right hand, trying to push the blood out.

He didn't know the ratio of blood to wine, so he swung his flashlight into the wine jar, but it was so dark that he couldn't see it, so Shi Yi'an carried the wine jar and began to "toast" the stone statue behind.

Those stone statues are of different shapes, occasionally using a flashlight to shine a hideous one, and it will scare Shi Yi'an himself. After tossing like this all night, these stone statues are still sitting there without moving, staring quietly. Shi Yi'an.Shi Yian sat down on the wine jar, feeling a sense of powerlessness.

He thought of what Shi Yixing had said, and he was a little unsure if he could face all this calmly like him.If there is no guardian to sign a contract with him, basically his life has entered the countdown.

The light of the flashlight was already very weak, and it flickered and finally went out in the darkness.