Strange Tales: The Yin-Yang Celestial Master

"Mao Mao." Qi Buyang put down what he was doing, and beckoned Jin Mao to come over.

The silly dog's ears moved, but his body didn't move.Qi Buyang had no choice but to go over by himself.

After the Golden Retriever came to Qi's house, he ate and drank, and someone combed his hair and rubbed his belly. His life was much better than that at Old Man Zhang's. Cleaned up.Qi Buyang found that it seemed to have no name, so he named it "Maomao", but the silly dog ​​obviously didn't think it was its name.

Although he is not sensitive to the name, Maomao is still very sensitive to danger by virtue of the survival instinct of animals. Just like now, he clearly felt a malicious sight burning on his buttocks, so he quickly stood up staggeringly, fascinated In a daze, he hid behind Qi Buyang.

At the door, Master Luo smiled sinisterly, fixed his eyes on the big tail exposed behind Qi Buyang, and said softly: "Maomao, can you listen to names? Really, be good."

The golden tail froze suddenly, and secretly stuffed it under the buttocks.

"Mr. Luo, why are you scaring it?" Qi Buyang stood in front and patted the golden retriever's head to comfort him.

"Just kidding." Luo Lang shrugged, "But it's too timid, how can it protect its family and country like this."

"...it doesn't need to defend the country."

Luo Lang curled his lips, he didn't like this dog at all, when it came, Qi Buyang spent the whole day with it except reading, and he didn't have time to be bullied by him, it was boring.

"Yangyang, aren't you going out to work?" Master Luo asked.

Qi Buyang shook his head, "It's nothing to do today, but you..." He wanted to ask Luo Lang when he was going to take the soul away, and he got a little impatient╭(╯^╰)╮But every time he mentioned Luo Lang would be unhappy about this, and he didn't know why.

"What about me?" Luo Lang narrowed his eyes, his half-smile expression looked a little dangerous.

"It's nothing." Qi Buyang said coyly. He still didn't dare to ask in the end. Fortunately, the dragon jade on his neck has been losing mana at an accelerated rate. It seems to have stopped in the past few days. Although it is still full of cracks, at least it is not more serious. , which reassured him a lot, so he changed his words: "I just want to say that Uncle Qi seems to have made a new pastry, do you want to try it?"

"Okay." Luo Lang returned to his smile, and walked out with his arms around his shoulders, "Let's go eat together~"

"And Mao Mao..."

"Dogs can't eat pastry and will die."

"……real?"

"Do you want to kill it?"

"In no mood……"

...

After dinner in the evening, Qi Buyang went into the study to work hard as usual, and the incident of the blood talisman reminded him that there were still many things he didn't know, even though he practiced the way of yin and yang since he was a child, he was now the head of the Qi family , but for the profession of celestial master, and even the Qi family itself, he still can't see the whole picture. It seems that there are still many secrets that he knows nothing about. This kind of ignorance makes him feel a sense of crisis, and he always hopes to learn more knowledge.

But what is the use of knowing so much?He was dying and there was no time.When this idea suddenly appeared in his mind, Qi Buyang couldn't help being taken aback, and stopped for a while.Mao Mao was sleeping soundly at his feet, making a snoring sound, drooling all over the floor.

He thought of his previous determination, he didn't know what happened in the future, and he couldn't figure out Luo Lang's thoughts, the only thing he could do was to live every day well.Thinking of this, he quickly patted his face and regained his energy.At this time, Maomao sneezed and looked up out of the window. There was a fine knocking sound from the window. It seemed a little uneasy, and rubbed its big head against Qi Buyang.

Qi Buyang put down the book, reached out to rub his ears, and asked softly, "Are you afraid of rain?"

The golden retriever turned his head and put his hand into his mouth with a woo.

"..."

"Dong, dong, dong." Butler Qi knocked on the door of the study, "Master, there are guests."

guest?Who would visit Qi's family in the wilderness on such a rainy night?Qi Buyang was puzzled, his expression changed, he took his hand out of Mao Mao's mouth and calmly wiped it on its back, got up and followed the housekeeper into the reception room.

The visitor stood there impatiently, but Qi Buyang saw a familiar face—the mother of the pair of blind sisters who came here a few days ago.This was the third time she came to Qi's house, maybe she didn't expect it to rain, she didn't bring an umbrella, and her hair was still wet.Seeing Qi Buyang, the woman hurried up to greet her, and said that her daughter was missing.

Qi Buyang asked her to sit down and said slowly, "What's going on?"

"It's like this. Before I went to work this morning, she was still at home. When I came back from work, I took a look and found that she had gone out. This happens often, and I didn't worry about it at first, but she waited until it was dark. I don't feel right if I don't come back."

"Did something happen and you came back late?"

The woman shook her head and said: "Impossible, my daughter is a sensible child, you know, she...she has bad eyesight, so she will definitely go home before dark every day, and she will tell me in advance if there is something to come back late , never came back until now.”

Butler Qi reminded: "You should go to the police for this kind of thing..."

"I just came back from there!" The woman interrupted him anxiously, "The police said that the disappearance could not be confirmed in such a short time, and asked me to wait. But I can't wait any longer! I always feel scared in my heart, like It looks like something is going to happen. Master Qi, I remembered what you said, that child still has a doomed fate..."

Before she could finish her sentence, the antique wall clock in the living room rang suddenly, "Dang-dang-dang--" The heavy bell was not in a hurry, and it struck ten times before it stopped abruptly.For a while, no one spoke, the hall was silent, the woman froze, her face turned pale.

After a while, she asked with trembling voice: "The doom...has it already come?"

Qi Buyang stared at the wall clock, it was ten o'clock in the evening - the last time the clock rang every day, he turned his eyes to the fidgeting woman, and she was not accompanied by another daughter's soul.He frowned, stood up and said, "Madam, you go back first, I'll look for it for you."

The woman followed him and stood up, as if she had grasped a life-saving straw, "You must help me find her! I only have this one daughter!"

"I promise you, I will do my best."

The young man's expression was solemn, and his tense jaw revealed a hint of majesty, which reassured the woman and thanked him repeatedly.Qi Buyang ordered Butler Qi to take her back, and finally stopped the butler: "By the way, Uncle Qi, if I'm not home when you come back, please tell Mr. Luo that I have something to do when I go out, and I'll be back soon. "

"Mr. Luo is not here." Butler Qi told him.

"Not here?" Qi Buyang was stunned, waved his hands and said: "Then there is no need, go quickly, go early and return early."

Butler Qi nodded and said, "Young Master, be careful too."

"I see."

"Remember to bring an umbrella when you go out later, so as not to get caught in the rain."

"Ah."

"Bring all your tools, don't forget something important."

"it is good."

"It's better to wear rain boots, cloth shoes get wet easily, if you catch a cold..."

"Uncle Qi!" Qi Buyang couldn't bear it anymore, and pushed him out, "I know everything! Don't make the guests wait."

Only then did Butler Qi open the umbrella worriedly, and left with the guests.

Watching them go out, Qi Buyang returned to the study room, quickly spread out the pen and ink, and found a stack of talisman papers from the drawer, picked one of the yellow papers with words written at the beginning and the end, but was blank in the middle, and dipped the pen to fill it up. Cinnabar, write down the blind girl’s name and birth date in the blank space, then find a small incense burner, light three sticks of incense sticks in it, the red dots of the incense head slowly erode downward, and the burnt part turns into blue smoke curl up.

After finishing this, Qi Buyang knelt down and stroked the dazed golden retriever, "Don't be afraid, wait for me to come back."

The silly dog ​​seemed to understand, and even shook his tail.Qi Buyang was very happy, fearing that it would be lonely, he comforted him: "Don't worry, Mr. Luo will come to accompany you soon."

"Woo--" Maomao immediately let out a series of strange noises, and lay back on the floor in a lifeless manner.

Qi Buyang got up, walked to the entrance with the small incense burner in one hand, and approached the incense burner with the talisman paper held between two fingers in the other hand. A corner of the yellow paper was quickly ignited, slowly shrinking and rolling, turning into black ashes.When the piece of talisman paper was completely burnt and the ashes fell into the incense burner, the three wisps of green smoke that were originally straight upwards suddenly changed direction, slowly drifting obliquely forward, as if pointing to a certain place.

He hurriedly grabbed an umbrella, held the incense burner and went out.It was still raining outside, and the patter of light rain had some influence on the movement of the smoke. Qi Buyang had to carry the handle of the umbrella on his shoulder and free one hand to hold the incense.He looked up at the black clouds billowing faintly in the night above his head, and knew in his heart that the rain might be even bigger, and the light smoke would not be effective by then, and he had to hurry up.

Following the direction guided by the green smoke, Qi Buyang walked for a long time, and when the three sticks of incense were about to burn out, he found himself at the edge of Longhu Lake.The black and calm lake water is like a layer of tulle under the rain curtain, and behind the hazy gauze curtain, there are actually two red dots.

Qi Buyang stopped by the lake and took a closer look. The red dots that looked like two big lanterns turned out to be a pair of huge fluorescent eyes.He subconsciously stood up straight, bowed to the lake, and greeted politely: "Hello."

The owner of the pair of giant eyes was just taking advantage of the rainy night to sneak out to get some air. He didn't expect that there would be people coming at such a time. He wanted to quickly sink to the bottom of the lake to hide, but he had already been spotted by the other party, so he had to swim slowly. He opened the mouth and said, "Little baby, you don't sleep at night, what are you doing out here?"

Its sound was like muffled thunder, roaring in Qi Buyang's head, making his ears buzz. Fortunately, he had experienced this feeling once before, so he wouldn't be frightened.

"We met last time, when Feng Baisui came to get his Samsara Orb." Qi Buyang reminded.

The old dragon in the lake blinked his red lantern-like eyes, "Oh, I remembered, you are the little doll who came with Lord Zhulong and Lord Yuanling last time. What's your name?"

Qi Buyang was flattered, and answered honestly: "Qi Buyang."

"Qi Buyang...that's a good name." The old dragon said as he swam a little closer, so close that Qi Buyang could almost see the shape of the scales on the dragon's back protruding from the water.

Qi Buyang opened his mouth, and before he could figure out how to answer it, the old dragon muttered to himself: "You seem to be a little older than last time, don't you? How long ago was that?"

"half year ago."

"It's only been half a year, it feels like 100 years have passed." The dragon seemed like no one had talked to it for a long time, and muttered, "I haven't come up for a long time, and I almost forgot what it looks like. Sleeping on the bottom of the lake, my tail hurts from sleeping, and if this continues, I will have... Well, what do you humans say? Rheumatism? Yes, I am about to have rheumatism, and look, my paws are stiff.” It even He really lifted a huge dragon claw from the water, and moved the fingers on it awkwardly. Both his movements and his tone were as natural as a middle-aged woman who was filing her nails and complaining to her neighbors about her family's shortcomings.

Qi Buyang stood on the bank with his mouth open, not knowing what to say, and finally managed to force out a word: "...Oh."

Such a careless answer obviously made the old dragon a little angry. It stared at its already big red eyes, and said dissatisfiedly: "I said so much, and you just said 'oh'?"

"That, that," Qi Buyang looked around meaninglessly, his face full of bewilderment, "Rheumatism is a disease, we must treat it quickly."

"...Forget it, I really can't chat." The old dragon put his paws back under the water in disgust, "Then, before I lose my patience, I have to ask you, baby, why did you come alone so late? What are you doing here?"

He didn't continue the topic just now, which made Qi Buyang heave a sigh of relief, and quickly picked up the incense burner in his arms and explained: "I'm here to find someone, and I came here with Chasing Soul Incense, the person I'm looking for should be nearby That's right. By the way, have you ever seen a young girl of about 20 years old, blind, accompanied by a ghost?"

A string of bubbles came out of the old dragon's mouth, "I haven't seen any girls, I never come up during the day."

Just as they were talking, the last bit of chasing soul incense was burned out, and before it disappeared completely, it finally pointed in the direction of Longhu Park.

"Could it be inside?" Looking at the silent incense ash, Qi Buyang looked across the lake and landed on the dark island in the middle of the lake. They seemed to be some kind of animals dormant in the dark, which made him feel a surge of emotion. strange feeling.Qi Buyang collected himself and made a decision, "It seems that we can only go in and look for it."

"It's not easy in there." Hearing what he said, the old dragon reminded meaningfully: "Be careful that you won't get out if you go in."

Qi Buyang heard something in its words, and wanted to ask it what it knew, but the old dragon shook his head and said: "I don't know much, but I feel that some people are not safe recently. I can't interfere with your human affairs." The copper-red pupils formed a straight line, and the tall and straight white figure of the young man was reflected in it. The old dragon's low-pitched dragon cry sounded the last words in Qi Buyang's mind: "Baby, take care of yourself." After speaking, he sank to the bottom of the lake, nowhere to be seen.The mist gathered quickly, and the lake regained its calm as if nothing had happened.

It is probably still remembering the things we couldn't talk about just now... Qi Buyang stood by the lake for a while, silently put the incense burner into his arms, and accidentally touched the sandalwood beads on his wrist with his fingertips, and the one at the knot. The red agate seemed to be shining with a faint red light—it was a gift from Uncle Lin for his 17th birthday. It has been several days since he turned 17, but Luo Lang's attitude confuses him... Thinking of this, he subconsciously He lowered his head and glanced at Longyu who was lying quietly on his chest, and was a little lost in thought for a moment, and somehow the inexplicable fear of Longhu at night dissipated quite a bit.

It will be fine, he will work hard to live until Luo Lang's original soul is completely returned to him.

Thinking of this, Qi Buyang moved, walked past the stone archway engraved with "Longhu" standing in front of him, and stepped into Longhu Park in the dark.