First-class Celestial Master [Rebirth]

In the restaurant, the village head was accompanied by the village party secretary, and there was a table of people sitting around it. The condition of the small place was not very good, but the dishes and chopsticks were very clean.Zhengzheng is used to being tossed about by his second uncle, and he can adapt to any environment.Zhou Tong is also the kind of person who is not too picky. He can live in a five-star hotel safely, and this kind of old small restaurant can also sit in it.At the banquet, the friendly performance of the two quickly made the nervous host feel relieved.

After drinking a few glasses of wine, as soon as I let go of my anxiety, the chattering side of the simple people showed.

Zhou Tong took the opportunity to ask, "Are there any interesting legends in this village?"

But any village that lives deep in the mountains will have some legends, and Pingshan Village is no exception.

The village chief hiccupped and said, "There are some legends about wolves. A long time ago, there lived wolves in that lacquer forest. These wolves were very alert and always moved in groups. Attacked the village, attacked the flock, and occasionally a few wolves would sneak into the village to steal children. The villagers suffered a lot from it, and many wolf hunting masters were invited to catch the whereabouts of these wolves. One day the village A Taoist came, and after seeing it, the Taoist said that there was an old wolf who had become a spirit among the wolves, and was responsible for directing their actions. He asked the village to offer sacrifices to the old wolf. After all, the old wolf who has become a spirit also knows that he needs to accumulate virtue and blessings to help him practice."

These stories were told by the village head's grandfather, and his grandfather also listened to his grandfather's stories. The stories handed down by the older generation are missing or missing, and it is uncertain how true they can be.

Seeing that everyone else was listening quietly, the village head continued: "The people in the village set up an altar at the place designated by the Taoist priest, and according to the Taoist priest's request, they offered sacrifices on the fifteenth day of each month. Sure enough, it lasted for three days. Although those wolves still came to attack the village in the past month or so, they seemed to be more disorganized. The gathering of young and strong youths in the village would not only make the flock suffer a little loss, but also catch one or two of them. Experienced wild wolves peeled their skins to make clothes for their own family. The number of wolves became less and less, and the threat to the villagers became less and less. Later, there was a famine in the village, and there was really no sacrifice to offer to the old wolf. I bet my life and left the altar unused. In the end, nothing happened, so if it goes on like this, the ceremony that has lasted for more than ten years will be abolished."

After Zhou Tong listened, he thought to himself, probably the black wolf sculpture dug out of the earth pit was the god statue used for sacrifice at that time, and the wild gods did exist, but there were obviously other things in the mountain. Could it be that the wild gods didn't Continue to cause trouble, is it because the things in the mountain can't kill the wild god?

Zhou Tong asked again: "Are there any other legends besides this one?"

"Other legends..." The village head bowed his head in thought for a moment, and then told another legend, but it had nothing to do with these things.

At this moment, a young man who accompanied the wine at the banquet interjected: "When I was young, I heard a story from my grandma about things that children in the village often lost. There were so many children in the village that almost every family I can give birth to twins, but they always die for various reasons before they are five years old. When a pair of children were raised until they were five years old, their parents looked at them like babies every day, and at noon one day, they coaxed the two children to take a nap At that time, the adults also fell asleep in a daze, and when they woke up again, they found that the child was gone! I thought it was taken away by some beast, but there was no trace left, not even a sign of struggle, like It's like the child ran away by itself."

"I've heard this story before." The village party secretary also added, "During that time, it was basically twin births, and single children were fine, so some family members saw that the baby was twins and sent one of them away. Lost it, keep the other one safe, this way, the rest of the children can be brought up safely."

"It's really wicked." Zhengzheng whispered in Zhou Tong's ear, "I don't like children myself, and I insist on killing one. I don't really believe this, what do you think, Xiaotong?"

Zhou Tong didn't respond correctly, and asked, "How did those children die?"

"How did he die..." The young man and the village party secretary were taken aback for a moment. They hadn't thought about this issue, but they really didn't know how they died after hearing what the elders in the family said.They all shook their heads.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit tense, the village chief said briskly, "Okay, let's eat, talking about these things is creepy."

The others immediately agreed.

Zhou Tong took their words to heart.

After a meal, the sky darkened, and Zhou Tong and Zhengzheng checked into the arranged place.

At night, when Zhou Tong was packing up his things in the room, Ling Yuan asked, "Have you been thinking about the twins?"

"Yeah." Zhou Tong didn't hide anything from Ling Yuan, and said, "I don't know why I think the wild wolf story is quite fake, but the statue placed there also confirmed the legend, but I always feel that something is wrong."

"Twins are also possible." Ling Yuan said, "In many places, it is believed that twins are unknown, and they are born directly from the two opposite sides of a person, one good and one evil. Only by killing the evil one can the healthy growth of the good one be ensured, and it is also for oneself. benefit the family.”

Zhou Tong shook off the quilt, spread two quilts on the bed, one on the left and one on the right, and responded to Ling Yuan: "Feudal superstition kills people."

Ling Yuan lifted off a quilt, threw it on the chair next to him, and got into the only remaining quilt without saying a word.

Zhou Tong: "We two big men can't squeeze together with just one quilt?"

"It's okay." Ling Yuan said solemnly, "I'll sleep with you in my arms."

Zhou Tong: "..."

Zhou Tong took off his clothes slowly, put on a piece of thermal underwear and got under the quilt, Ling Yuan's long arms and long legs wrapped around him immediately, hugged Zhou Tong tightly, kissed Zhou Tong on the forehead, and couldn't bear it anymore. She kissed down her eyes and nose, and muttered, "Why do you look so good..."

Zhou Tong burst out laughing.

"I'll go see the stone carvings tomorrow." Ling Yuan's body temperature was neither hot nor cold, and his palms were generous, making it very comfortable to hold his own. Feeling drowsy, Zhou Tong said in a daze, "I was disturbed by those two people today. Haven't looked carefully yet."

"Okay." Ling Yuan is not very interested in stone carvings, but he is very concerned about the big formation in the village. For some reason, he didn't go into the forest today, and went around to the lacquer forest. There are not many traces left, and they have deviated from the heart of the formation. Other things are just small troubles, and this big formation makes Ling Yuan feel trembling.

***

Zhao Jingshan vomited continuously. The doctor came to see him three times, but he couldn’t see the cause of the vomiting. It can only be seen from the blood test. Some targeted blood-enriching drugs, told Zhao Jingshan to rest more, work less, and relax psychologically.

After the doctor left, Zhao Jingshan sat up straight and his body softened. He gasped in pain, and casually grabbed the paper towel on the table and wiped his forehead. The paper surface was immediately soaked.

He lay down on the table and called Chen En: "Show me."

Chen En nodded, and took off Zhao Jingshan's suit and shirt, revealing his scarred back.

In the villa before, when the tail of the black dragon swept over, the hard scales on the tail scratched Zhao Jingshan's clothes, leaving several deep scars on his back. When Chen En found the scars, he could see the bones , It was finally dealt with, but within a few days, it was discovered that the wound that had healed opened again, but this time, thick black blood flowed out, accompanied by a disgusting stench.

Also since then, Zhao Jingshan vomited frequently, feeling that something had penetrated into his body and was replacing his blood.

Chen En had nothing to do with Zhao Jingshan's wounds, and the few celestial masters he invited couldn't do anything about it. Zhao Jingshan was infected with the evil spirit of the black dragon. As long as the evil spirit exists, these wounds will only repeat and never heal , and it is almost impossible to remove these evil spirits.

Can't do it, he really can't do it.

If Master is here, maybe it is possible...

Chen En has been searching for Ning Chenzi's trace, but he can't find it no matter what. Ning Chenzi disappeared suddenly just like in the past, and there is no trace of it.

However, what hurt Zhao Jingshan the most was not the scars on his back that were always healing and blooming repeatedly, but Su Jiran's ruined body.

Su Jiran was his wife, who accompanied him when he was in the most pain, but he couldn't share his wealthy wife with her when he suddenly became a master.

He has never believed in such things as fate. From the day he kicked over fate and achieved a great cause, he believed that his fate is controlled by him, and no one can control it.

However, when Su Jiran died, he still felt involuntary, but refused to accept it.

Since Su Jiran's death, he has preserved Su Jiran's body, nourished Su Jiran's body with evil recipes, and even maintained the appearance of a living person. He has been constantly looking for ways to bring Su Jiran back to life. He only hopes that one day, Su Jiran will be able to wake up. Take another look at him.

But now, the corpse has no hope of resurrection, nothing.

All suffering is void.

Thinking of this, the scars on Zhao Jingshan's back were excruciatingly painful. The sweat dripped from his forehead and hit the table, moistening the paper on the table. He gritted his teeth and ordered: "Chen En, go check it out for me. What is the details of the person who rushed in that day!"

"Yes." Chen En applied the ointment on the scar on Zhao Jingshan's back, and responded calmly.

***

Zhou Tong was woken up by screams in the middle of the night. A scream pierced the night sky outside the window and woke up all the surrounding households. Zhou Tong got up and pulled Ling Yuan: "What's going on outside?"

Ling Yuan was sleeping on the side of the bed, next to the window, he opened the curtains with his upper body naked, opened the window and looked out.

The sky was dark, and several flashlights were shining, emitting beams of light one after another.

Ling Yuan has excellent hearing and can hear clearly from such a distance. A man said, "Why are all the chickens dead?"

"I don't know either." The woman said anxiously, "I heard movement outside, so I went out to have a look, but I found that the chickens were all dead, or were killed by animals."

"Then how could there be no sound at all, where are these dozens of chickens?" The man looked at the chicken coop, and there was no sign of damage at all. It would be fine if a beast came in and killed a chicken, but it happened. A dozen of them were killed without any movement. Isn't this a joke?

Ling Yuan replied to Zhou Tong: "More than a dozen chickens were killed without making a sound."

"Go and have a look." Zhou Tong didn't go to sleep anymore, he put on his clothes and went out, he woke up a little late, and went out wearing big pants, when he bumped into Zhou Tong, rubbed his eyes and asked, "What's the matter, Xiaotong? "

"I'll go out and have a look, don't go out, don't take off the Jade Buddha wearing it on your body." Zhou Tong urged.

Hearing the serious tone, he woke up most of the time, touched the Jade Buddha hanging around his neck, nodded seriously, closed the door, locked it, lay down on the bed, and chanted Buddhist scriptures.

Zhou Tong ran down while putting on his overcoat and asked, "What's wrong?"

The people in the village were simple-minded. Seeing that Zhou Tong stayed up in the middle of the night and came down to condolences to them, he was very moved. The man sighed and told the story. With a shiver, he said to the woman: "Quickly, go back and offer up the Buddha statue left by the ancestors at home, go quickly."

Zhou Tong took a look around the scene with a flashlight and found some straw beside the chicken fence. Zhou Tong squatted down and pulled out the straw from the cracks in the wood to take a closer look. There was still residual aura on it. The one who killed the chicken was really not an animal. , but people.

Those two people can't be... Zhou Tong frowned, he already had a suspect in his heart.

The next day, the village head took Zhou Tong to see the barrel of raw lacquer where the human bones were recovered.

Now is not the season for picking lacquer, and the amount of lacquer produced is pitifully small. This bucket of lacquer is still in order to see the color, and the villagers are temporarily going to the mountains to collect less.

Now that it is over-oxidized, half of the bucket is as dark as ink with a very high viscosity. Zhou Tong stirred it with a stick, and it became a paste, probably unusable.

He picked up the stick, and the paint sticking to the stick was stained with evil spirits, but it was not strong, and it had existed for a long time. It was probably brought out from the sumac tree, and had nothing to do with the previous human bones.

Zhou Tong put the paint back and asked again: "Where are the human bones, show me."

Duanzheng handed over the human bone, and Zhou Tong couldn't laugh or cry after seeing it: "Who said it was a human bone?"

"what?"

"This is not a human bone, but a chicken bone." Zhou Tong said with certainty.

These people didn’t believe in evil and took it over to take a closer look. A few professional households who have been dedicated to killing chickens and raising chickens for 30 years finally recognized it. It is indeed not a human bone but a chicken bone. The concept of human bones is preconceived. I didn't see it, I was played by someone.

After Zhengzheng realized this, he gritted his teeth and asked, "You mean that there is actually nothing wrong with this paint?"

"No." Zhou Tong shook his head, "There is a problem. There is indeed evil spirit in the lacquer, but it has nothing to do with the so-called human bones. I went to see it with Ling Yuan yesterday. The statue is a wild god, but it has died long ago."

"Evil spirit? Where did the evil spirit come from?" Zhengzheng asked again hastily.

"In the mountains." Zhou Tong glanced back at another mountain adjacent to the lacquer forest, and said, "Today, Ling Yuan and I will go into the mountains to have a look. No matter what strange phenomena happen in the village, you must first calm down. Here you go." Do you have your Jade Buddha with you?"

"Yes." Duan Zheng took out the Jade Buddha and showed it to Zhou Tong.

Zhou Tong said: "If the Jade Buddha responds, you can call me. Don't forget, you should find a way to fool the other things and talk about them when I come back."

"Success!" Duanzheng agreed, patted his chest, "Xiaotong, don't worry, the mission will be completed."

"Yeah." Zhou Tong took advantage of not paying attention to the left and right, straightened up and said in a low voice, "The two newcomers in the village are Landao liars, and some of the previous things may have been caused by them, so you should be careful and don't startle them. "

When he listened carefully, he raised his eyebrows. What he hated the most were these Ran Dao liars, who had cheated money from him a lot before!

After the matter here was dealt with for the time being, Zhou Tong made some preparations in the village, took a pocket, changed into convenient clothes, and went into the mountains with Ling Yuan again.

Zou Fei saw them entering the mountain, and asked He Chou: "Brother Chou, we made such a big fuss last night, why didn't there be any splashes? Zhou Tong ignored us at all this week."

He Chou said: "It's best for him to leave. While he's not around, if something happens and his signboard is smashed, let's see if the villagers believe in him."

Zou Fei felt that what He Chou said was too fucking reasonable, so he nodded fiercely, "Brother Chou, I'll listen to you!"

Seeing that Zhou Tong was gone, He Chou grabbed a handful of dogtail grass. Her slender fingers were very nimble, and she quickly made a grasshopper.The grasshopper came back to life after being thrown on the ground, and chased in the direction Zhou Tong left.

The environment is not good, so they can only rely on their legs. Zhou Tong and Ling Yuan have a clear purpose. When they enter the mountain, they will go straight to where they are. The cuffs of their clothes and trousers are tied tightly with ropes, for fear of any biting insects in the mountains. went in.

As Zhou Tong walked, he took out a small compass from his bag. Ling Yuan said in amazement, "It's the first time I see you using a compass. Is the direction here so ugly?"

"Yeah, the air here is too mixed, and the yin and yang look tired. It's much more convenient to use a compass." Zhou Tong's compass is divided into three layers, the sky, the person, and the earth. , is the most basic compass, which Zhou Tong bought back casually, thinking that it might be useful in the future, but it turned out to be really useful.

On the compass, there are 24 mountain directions in the eight palaces, each with its own direction.

While looking at the compass, Zhou Tong divided the points, and finally found 35 directions, each of which may contain seven things: pottery puppets, wooden stakes, copper nails, jade plates, copper coins, peach wood chips, and red silk cloth. Take it over and take a closer look, each thing is more or less covered with fragments of talismans.

The talisman paper has festered like this, and the spiritual energy on it has dissipated. These small pieces used to suppress evil have all turned into a pile of waste, and we can only tell future generations what they were used for in the first place.

Zhou Tong memorized the 35 directions, arranged them, and said, "I don't think it's enough, there must be more than these, let's look for it later."

The two went around in the mountains, found a few more pieces, and put them together, a total of 41 pieces.

Zhou Tong vaguely had an idea, and asked Ling Yuan for his opinion: "I guess there are 49 such parts in total, and the number of 49 and 49 is the number of renewal of Vientiane. According to legend, after the creation of the world, it took seven days for the gods to create man, but Unsatisfied once, it was overturned six times in total, and it was not finalized until the seventh time. Qiqi [-] has the meaning of rebirth, and it is also the same reason that after death, Qiqi should be passed. Look.” He sorted several parts into categories Put it away, and sure enough, the most common category is seven. He then pointed to the layout diagram he drew according to the location of the parts, which is exactly a triangle formed by the sequence of seven. Layer, what is the formation, ready to come out.

"Seven Treasures Seal the Bardo Formation." The two said the name of this formation in unison.

The so-called bardo body refers to a form between life and death. It looks like a boy. After death, the bardo body will seek life in the underworld. The chance of resurrection is repeated seven times. .And Qibao seals the bardo body array just to seal the bardo body and prevent it from being resurrected again. In the long years, there is still a chance for it to be rebuilt, get rid of evil thoughts, and regenerate itself.

The sealed evil body is naturally at the very center of the formation.

Zhou Tong roughly calculated the next position, and he was already [-]% certain. He looked up at the sky, it was a bit late, and it would not be safe to go deeper. Anyway, this big formation has been here for thousands of years. Do not rush this day or two.

Zhou Tong packed up his things, put the clues back into his bag in an orderly manner, and said to Ling Yuan, "Let's go."

Ling Yuan nodded.

When the two went back, they went to the statue to have a look. Zhou Tong said: "Take the statue back, let them fill up the pit later, the paint is usually cut in the early morning when the sky is bright, and people often come here Wild mushrooms are collected nearby, so it is dangerous to leave this pit here.”

I don't know what material the statue is made of. It's about half a person's height but not too heavy. Ling Yuan can carry it by himself. It seems to be hollow, but when he hits the surface, the sound is dull and there is no echo, which proves that the inside is real. is solid.

On the way, Zhou Tong and Ling Yuan carried the statue back to the village in exchange for each other.

As soon as I returned to the village, I found that there was a lot of trouble, and it was a mess.

Zhou Tong looked at the mess on the ground, then glanced at Zou Fei and the others who were in a stalemate with Zhengzheng, and asked Zhengzheng: "What's wrong?"

Duanzheng kept Zhou Tong's teaching in mind, and said: "Not long after you left, these two boys came to deceive people."

"What a lie, show respect!" Zou Fei couldn't help but fight back, but He Chou pulled his arm back and pulled him back. Seeing Zhou Tong and the others, He Chou sneered and said, "Bring the wild god back, you won't be afraid." Wild God got angry and directly destroyed the whole village?"

Zhou Tong didn't respond positively, but asked with a smile: "Then what's going on with you?"

There was a large pool of blood on the ground, spreading for nearly ten meters. A long line of blood splashed there could not be ignored even if you tried to ignore it. At the front of the bloodstain, lay a wolf, not completely dead, and stared fiercely at the people around him. Holding hatred, the blood-red eyes did not blink.

The kid next to him boldly picked up a stone and threw it at the wolf's eyes. The wolf let out a howl, but still stared stubbornly, refusing to show any timidity.

Zhou Tong walked a few steps beside the wolf, saw that he was about to go over, and hurriedly tugged Zhou Tong: "Xiao Tong, what are you doing?"

Zhou Tong didn't see how ferocious the wolf was, but he could see it clearly. When the wolf stood up, it was as tall as a grown man, with strong limbs and sharp fangs. wall.

He Chou said with a straight face: "This wolf is possessed by wild gods, don't go there, and let the wild gods take advantage of it."

Hearing the words, the village head leaned over and flatteringly said to He Chou, "Look, master, how to resolve it, please help us."

When He Chou saw the village chief talking to him, there was a bit of ruthlessness in his eyes, but he held back his hand and said, "You have offended the wild gods. The sin of neglecting to worship for hundreds of years is not easy to pay for, but now you have taken the wild gods out of worship. The location of his treasure point has been moved back, and the connection between him and the heaven and earth has been cut off, I am afraid I can't help with this matter."

Mr. Landau often said this kind of thing, one sentence of "can't help" can completely make the other party flustered, and then just say "but" or "no matter" can make a lot of money, dissecting people's fear psychology to the fullest. Simple and most effective.

But He Chou underestimated Zhou Tong. He frightened other people, but he didn't frighten Zhou Tong.

Zhou Tong ignored He Chou, who deliberately pointed the finger at him, and ignored the correct warning, went straight to the dying wolf, squatted down, and felt the stranger approaching, the wolf immediately moved and tried to stand up. Standing up, it showed its fangs and looked at Zhou Tong viciously. Although it has no strength to stand up now, as long as this person gets close, it will not be a problem to bite him to death.

The instinctive sense of self-protection makes this wolf full of hostility to everything around it.

The moment Zhou Tong approached, fierceness flashed in the wild wolf's eyes, his weak body bounced up with all his strength, opened his bloody mouth and aimed at Zhou Tong's neck, and the onlookers suddenly exclaimed when they saw this, they had the guts Little hurriedly covered his eyes.

Who knows, the wolf was stepped on the head hard by someone before it bounced high, and stepped back again.

Ling Yuan stepped on the wolf's head with one foot, disgusted that the blood on the wolf's body stained the soles of his shoes, and urged Zhou Tong: "Quick, this thing is fishy and smelly."

Zhou Tong: "..."