First-class Celestial Master [Rebirth]

Suspicious, Zhou Tong kept observing the two of them in secret. Zou Fei chatted with Mr. Cheng all the time, with clear thoughts in his words, and made one or two harmless jokes from time to time, which made Mr. Cheng laugh again and again. Even the more professional knowledge about woodcarving is at your fingertips, and it is very pleasant to talk about it.

When it was time for dinner, Mr. Cheng asked them to have dinner together. Zhou Tong promised Ling Yuan that he would go back to eat at night, so he didn't stay. Zou Fei and He Chou also refused on the pretext of having something to do, and left with Zhou Tong.

The three of them went back in the same direction, and took a taxi. Zou Fei was still smiling, looking very happy. Seeing that Zhou Tong was silent, he asked him, "Do you think I've changed?"

Zhou Tong smiled and said politely, "It's much more lively than before."

"It's not just lively, is it?" There was a bit of pride in the words, Zou Fei blinked at Zhou Tong, his eyes were extremely sly, "I was hit on the head when I was washed out of the underground palace by the flood in Pingshan Village, and I was hospitalized. After more than half a month, after waking up, I felt that my mind was much clearer, and many things became much easier to learn, such as wood carving, how could I know so much about such a boring thing? I made up for it all night and read a few books It’s all memorized in the monograph.”

Zhou Tong was slightly startled, looked at He Chou, He Chou nodded, agreed with Zou Fei's statement, Zou Fei smiled, and said: "Brother Chou was also very surprised, I was quite uneasy at first, but later I thought it was a good thing , I can take care of Brother Chou when I become smarter, no one can bully us, I want Brother Chou to live a good life."

When he said this, Zou Fei's eyes lit up, and the dark clouds accumulated between his brows dissipated a little. At this moment, Zhou Tong discovered that Zou Fei had actually entered the Tao.

Zou Fei looked at Zhou Tong with a smile, and didn't mind Zhou Tong's scrutiny at all. He said, "You should know the situation of Mr. Cheng's family. There is a problem with the woodcarving painting of the hairpin phoenix, but the problem is not the woodcarving painting. It's the tool pen Mr. Cheng used for carving."

Zhou Tong asked: "How to say?"

Zou Fei said: "Including that woodcarving painting, all the woodcarving paintings in the room by Mr. Cheng have a common feature, that is, the level of Qi attached to the painting varies with the depth of the carving knife. The strength and weakness will also change, the place where the knife is deep is heavier, and the place where the knife is shallow is lighter, so I think the problem is with the knife rather than the wood carving painting."

Zhou Tong asked again: "Have you seen that carving knife?"

Zou Fei shook his head and said, "No, I just figured it out just now, and I plan to take a look next time."

This is indeed a clue, and Zhou Tong also kept it in mind, but he didn't understand the behavior of Zou Fei and He Chou. These two people used to be in the business of cheating, but now they help solve the matter of Mr. Cheng for free. for what?

Zou Fei suddenly yelled to stop, and after the driver pulled over, Zou Fei said to Zhou Tong: "We're here, come and play with us if you have time, and you'll probably stay in City A for a while, so that's it, see you again!"

Before getting out of the car, Zhou Tong grabbed He Chou's sleeve and stuffed a piece of paper into He Chou's pocket calmly. He Chou looked back at Zhou Tong, who naturally smiled and waved to him. :"goodbye."

He Chou frowned slightly, reached into his pocket, and clutched the paper tightly.

After Zhou Tong returned home, he had dinner, tidied up a bit, took a taxi and went to the place where Zou Fei and the others lived. He sat in the nearby Starbucks and waited for Hechou.

He Chou hadn't come at the appointed time, Zhou Tong looked at the empty street outside, a little suspicious, could it be that he was really thinking too much?After waiting for another ten minutes, He Chou opened the door and entered.

He put his hands in his pockets, without looking at Zhou Tong, first went to the cashier to order a cup of coffee, and then sat beside Zhou Tong, like two completely strangers.

He Chou took a sip of his coffee, and said impatiently, "Why are you calling me out so late?"

Zhou Tong asked, "What happened to Zou Fei?"

He Chou took another sip of coffee, but didn't respond, and Zhou Tong was not in a hurry. The relationship between him and He Chou wasn't too good. Sorrow came out to bet on the relationship between He Chou and Zou Fei. If something happened to Zou Fei, He Chou would not stand by and watch.

He Chou didn't know what to say about it, even he didn't understand.

What Zou Fei said was true. At the beginning, after he touched his head and lived in the hospital for half a month, he became inexplicably enlightened. Apart from this, basically nothing strange happened. Only that night he dreamed about and saw a baby grinning at him.

But at that moment, the baby disappeared before he could react. It was just a blink of an eye. He Chou thought that he was under too much mental pressure. on heart.

But Zou Fei is getting more and more wrong.

Rather than saying that he changed his previous cowardice and timidity because of entering the Tao, it is more like a complete change of person.If Zou Fei didn't remember the past between him and himself, He Chou would have wondered if Zou Fei had been dropped.

Thinking of this, He Chou sighed depressedly, drank half a cup of coffee in one gulp, wanting to use the caffeine to stimulate his muddy brain, he said: "Zou Fei is weird, but I don't know what the problem is. Where, do you see anything?"

"His qi is strong and weak. What happened between us and now?"

"Nothing happened." He Chou thought about it, and told Zhou Tong about the baby. Zhou Tong thought about it, and said, "Maybe it's the bardo, you didn't see where he went?"

"The bardo body? Is that the monster in the mountain? He escaped?"

"Yes." Zhou Tong nodded, "The bardo body often appears in the form of a baby. I don't know the purpose of his coming out this time, but he will definitely come to find Ling Yuan. I have already asked the Han family and the Chu family to cast a net to check. There has been no news since then, and everything is peaceful.”

It would be bad if he was possessed by that monster, He Chou squeezed the paper cup into a ball anxiously, and said, "Call me, I will contact you if Zou Fei has any problems."

"Okay." The two exchanged phone numbers and left.

When He Chou returned to the rented house, he found that Zou Fei was not at home. He Chou turned on the light, and the house was empty. A few pieces of furniture were placed in the room coldly, and there was no popularity at all.

"Where did you go..." He Chou was suspicious and called Zou Fei. Zou Fei's cell phone rang in the room. He Chou found Zou Fei's coat on the sofa, and his cell phone was in the coat pocket.

Taking out Zou Fei's cell phone, He Chou looked at the screen. The word "Brother Chou" kept flashing. He Chou grabbed the cell phone and hung up.

Ordinary people may not be able to feel Zou Fei's changes, but he is Zou Fei's closest person, and he may feel any slight changes in Zou Fei.

Strangeness, the current Zou Fei only left him with a sense of strangeness.

Could it be that he was really possessed by that monster?

He Chou's heart tightened, the doorbell rang, and Zou Fei shouted outside the door: "Brother Chou, are you home? I saw the light turned on, come and open the door for me!"

He Chou put down the two mobile phones and opened the door. He Chou was carrying a lot of things in his hands and a few bottles of beer in his arms. After entering the room, he piled all the things on the table contentedly, rolled up his sleeves, With a smile on his face, he said to He Chou: "Come on, come on, I bought a lot of barbecue, and there is not enough to eat between my teeth at night, I am starving to death! There is also beer, I don't have so many in hand, so I bought three bottles , not enough time to go down and buy?"

"You went to buy wine so late?" He Chou asked.

Zou Fei was taken aback for a moment, seeing He Chou's gloomy face was a little unhappy, coquettishly leaned into He Chou's arms, and said softly, "Yeah, did you worry?"

"No." He Chou pushed Zou Fei's head away, and said calmly, "Eat when you're hungry."

Zou Fei blinked and looked at He Chou, lowered his head in frustration, then picked up a bottle of beer and capped it on the edge of the table, and said, "Let's eat together! I ate a bunch just now, it's delicious! "

Zhou Tong returned home with the stars and the moon, and there was no one in the room. Tianyan Zhentanmu flew over immediately, swaying in front of Zhou Tong, Zhou Tong flicked Tianyan lightly, and took off his cold coat The coat was hung on the hanger, and he asked, "Where did Ling Yuan and Yunxiu go?"

Tianyan Zhentanmu: "..."

The little puppet cat ran over, grabbed Zhou Tong's trouser leg, and pulled it forward. Seeing this, Tianyan immediately took a step forward and stopped in front of Zhou Tong. The little puppet cat meowed fiercely. The courageous Tianyan actually flinched a little, and stepped aside.

The puppet purred in satisfaction, and continued to pull Zhou Tong's trouser legs forward. Zhou Tong saw that his direction was the backyard, bent down to pick up the puppet, and walked towards the backyard.

Seeing that the situation was getting worse, Tianyan slammed into the coffee table immediately, with a bang, Zhou Tong turned his head and stared at Tianyan, "What are you covering up?"

Tianyan lay on the coffee table and pretended to be dead, motionless.

The sliding door of the backyard opened, and Ling Yuan came out with mud in one hand, followed by Yun Xiu with his hands in his sleeves and a calm face, Yun Xiu chuckled and said, "You're back so soon?"

Ling Yuan walked into the bathroom and washed the mud, Zhou Tong leaned against the bathroom door and asked, "What are you doing?"

"Playing with mud." Ling Yuan took off his shirt, revealing his muscular upper body, with butterfly muscles bulging, Ling Yuan stretched his waist, and said to Zhou Tong, "Get me a change of clothes, I want to take a bath."

"Playing with mud?" Zhou Tong raised his eyebrows and looked at him. If he believed this reason, his brain would be kicked by a donkey...

"En." Ling Yuan replied without changing his face and heartbeat.

"Do you think I'm stupid?" Zhou Tong put his foot on Ling Yuan's buttocks, and Ling Yuan took advantage of the situation to slide into the bathtub, moving like a loach.

This person is really... more and more slippery...

Zhou Tong sighed, so he had no choice but to go back and get Ling Yuan's clothes, and then went to the backyard to check for any clues.

Yunxiu drifted over and asked him, "Your yin and yang eyes have moved a lot today, haven't you?"

"What?" Zhou Tong glanced at the backyard, and found that they moved the well, and the well water gushed out, and the surrounding soil was muddy.

"People with five disadvantages and three deficiencies, the more they use spells, the more cruel the punishment from heaven will be. Your life is not long in the first place. If you continue like this, you may not even be able to live to be 35 years old. You should know this .” Yunxiu said flatly, as if chatting normally.

Zhou Tong said, "I know."

"Then you are still so keen on this? Don't want to live?"

"It's not that I'm keen." Zhou Tong closed the backyard sliding door. He probably knew what they were doing. Ling Yuan wanted to extend his life, but the way of heaven, just fortune-telling to avoid evil, and changing Feng Shui are enough to affect people's lives The bureau brought five disadvantages and three disadvantages, not to mention changing one's fate, there is no other end but tragic death for going against the sky, even the soaring dragon has no way to do it, let alone ordinary people like them?

Zhou Tong sighed and looked at Yunxiu: "These have been integrated into my life to form my siblings and even my heart. Think about it differently. If you were me, would you be able to let go of these?"

Yun Xiu: "..."

"It's not that you can't change your fate." Feeling the same, Yunxiu also looked helpless, he said: "I was the best at fortune-telling when I was alive, and I did a fortune-telling for you. You are not short-lived, but your longevity is not. Long, this is a conflict in itself. Ling Yuan told me that the date of death in your life and death book has been revised twice. The first time was forcibly changed by your father, but the second time it was marked with a dotted line. The date of death is undecided, that's why... Ling Yuan and I want to give it a try and turn your life around. Bai Yuxie used the substitute method to help Ling Yuan escape the thunderstorm back then. We got inspiration from this and want to emulate it .”

"So you are learning how Nuwa made people out of clay, and are planning to make me again?"

"Smart." Yunxiu nodded, "He didn't intend to hide this from you, but you know that he is a person, he keeps everything in his heart, he is not [-]% sure, he would rather be misunderstood and suspicious by you than say it .”

"You know him well." Zhou Tong smiled slightly.

Yunxiu's back froze, obviously he was in a ball of anger but felt the biting coldness, he hurriedly explained: "No, no, if you have known someone for thousands of years, you will know him like this, no, for Ling Yuan, Even if you haven't known him for thousands of years, you know him better than I do."

Zhou Tong couldn't help laughing, shook his head, and said to Yunxiu: "I won't stop what he wants to do casually, but you have to persuade him that my life is important, and his life is equally important. Such a shop can be regarded as half a businessman, and I don’t do buy-for-one-for-one deals.”

After a pause, Zhou Tong turned to ask in surprise, "However, isn't he afraid of creating another me and following in his footsteps?"

As soon as Zhou Tong asked this question, Yun Xiu's expression changed, his sour and mean face looked like an evil mother-in-law who put on shoes for her daughter-in-law, Yun Xiu curled her lips, and said disdainfully: "What is he afraid of? He said that his stand-in went astray because his heart was impure and had evil thoughts, but you are different, your heart is as pure as a white lotus in a snow mountain, noble and cold, ah—”

Yunxiu suddenly let out a soft cry, and the breath in his body was almost blown away. Ling Yuan, who was getting wet from the shower, came out and looked at Yunxiu with a cold face: "Get lost."

Yun Xiu: "..."

The little puppet cat meowed and rolled happily on the sofa.

Yunxiu glared at the little puppet cat who had fallen into trouble with grievances, and murmured in his heart: I am afraid that you will have a knot in your heart, so I kindly help you to explain clearly, why don't you want to see anyone?It's too much...

Ling Yuan came over and hugged Zhou Tong, abused the dog in front of Yun Xiu, and asked, "How did you go to see it today?"

"There are a few questions that I need your help to look at."

Zhou Tong took a pen and paper, roughly drew the layout of Cheng Jiuan's house, and said: "Water grows wood, and black is water. Cheng Jiuan's house is very particular about Feng Shui layout. The furniture in his house is mainly black, and even the walls are black. They were all painted to a dark tone, and the light had to be turned on when entering the house, otherwise the light would be very poor. Considering that his house is full of wood carvings, it is understandable to use black water to raise wood, but the small door of the house is wide and there is no curtain to block it. A situation of dissipating qi has formed, instead of being cultivated, it is dissipating. I don't understand this. The spirit wood qi that was finally cultivated by black water is all dispersed outside the house. What is the reason for this? "

Zhou Tong told Ling Yuan about the woodcarving painting again, including the changes between He Chou and Zou Fei. After hearing this, Ling Yuan also felt that it might be a substitute, but there was no evidence, so he made an appointment with Zhou Tong. The next time we went to meet Zou Fei and the others together, as for the problems at Cheng Jiuan's family, we had to see them on the spot before making a decision.

The matter of Cheng Jiuan’s family can be put aside for now, but Zou Fei and the others cannot. Zhou Tong took Ling Yuan to Zou Fei’s rented house the next day. They got up early, but Zou Fei and the others got up earlier. When Tong went there, the building was empty and there was no one in the house.

Zhou Tong called He Chou, and He Chou waited for a while before answering the phone. Hearing the voice there, he knew that Zou Fei had gone to Cheng Jiuan's house again.

What the hell is this kid up to?Did they really go after the wood carvings in Cheng Jiuan's house?But obviously not.

After thinking about it, Zhou Tong took Ling Yuan directly to Cheng Jiu'an's house. As soon as he entered the house, he saw Zou Fei talking sweetly and warmly to Cheng Jiu'an. Cheng Jiu'an was showing them a treasured wood carving look.

Zou Fei was holding the wooden carving with a smile on his face. When he saw Zhou Tong Lingyuan, he stood up and said hello, "How are you guys?"

Ling Yuan narrowed his eyes to look at Zou Fei, and looked at Zou Fei up and down, back and forth, but didn't find anything unusual about Zou Fei. He stood beside Zhou Tong and shook his head at Zhou Tong, who was even more surprised. Seeing a large rosewood log on the balcony, he asked, "Mr. Cheng is carving wood carvings?"

"Yeah." Cheng Jiu'an nodded and said, "Last night, I was so itchy that I couldn't sleep in the middle of the night. I got up early in the morning and went to the old street to find this log and came back. I just wanted to carve it. You guys come here gone."

"Coincidentally." Zhou Tong said with a smile, "We have the opportunity to witness the birth process of a masterpiece."

"That's flattering me." Cheng Jiu'an said shyly. He really wanted to see some young people when he saw them. Thinking that most young people would rather play some PSP or the like than calm down. Looking at some traditional crafts, he felt quite sour. He sighed and compromised: "Okay, today I will show you some basic carving skills."

"Okay."

Yesterday, Zou Fei pointed out that the strangeness of the woodcarving paintings is that the evil spirit will change with the depth of the groove. He saw that this is the case today, but it is not a problem with the carving tools. Today is just a chance to verify it. Several people came together with Cheng Jiuan balcony.

The light over there is much better than in the room, and it was specially expanded by Cheng Jiuan. In terms of area, it is a circle larger than the living room, and the wooden boards are piled there. After Mr. Cheng washed his hands, he started to hold a carving knife, ready Engraving on wood carvings.

The woodcarving process is complicated, and the tools used are various, basically divided into chiseling, engraving, carving, grinding, etc. The tools placed on Cheng Jiuan's right hand are scattered there, with different sizes and styles, but in Cheng Jiuan's hands It was as if it had come alive, moving flexibly on the wood carving.

Zhou Tong carefully looked at the tools, there was nothing special about them, and even the woodcarving under Mr. Cheng's hands did not emit any strange aura.

Mr. Cheng has carved woodcarvings for most of his life, so he naturally knows what kind of logs are good, and he also has a good eye. The log he picked out is full of aura. If it is carved, it will be another treasure, but it will not cause resentment.

Zhou Tong didn't see anything special in the half-hour-long carving work.

He turned his head to look at Zou Fei, and found that Zou Fei was watching very intently, as if he had completely forgotten his identity, and regarded himself as a woodcarving junior who was humbly learning.

He Chou watched it casually, not interested in this skill.

Mr. Cheng was sculpting and explaining, when he suddenly started to cough, Zhou Tong handed him a cup of tea and said, "Let's rest first." "

Old Master Cheng put down his teacup and said, "I'm getting old and I can't do what I want. I'm tired after just over half an hour."

When he put down the carving knife, the aura of the whole woodcarving painting changed.

Zhou Tong watched as the aura on the small carved flower on the painting was sucked away by something. It first gathered into a ball, and then flung it out of the gate amidst the ripples.

The door, which was wider and taller than ordinary doors, turned into a huge gaping mouth, sucking the aura out of the door.

The log that was originally full of aura immediately lost a piece, and the lifelike little carved flower seemed to be dead and sluggish.

Mr. Cheng was not in good spirits and didn't notice this. He packed up the tools, covered the box, covered the board with oiled paper, and said, "If you still want to watch it, come back tomorrow. I'll take a good rest in the afternoon and recharge my spirits." , Woodcarving requires concentration, but what can I carve if I can only carve for half an hour a day, I can’t carve even a flower.”

Zhou Tong glanced at the door and asked, "Why did Mr. Cheng make the door so big?"

"It's convenient to move the logs." Mr. Cheng said with emotion, "These logs are all baby bumps. To put it bluntly, the price is not cheap. If you accidentally damage the corners, it won't be worth it."

Zhou Tong heard the words and looked at Zou Fei and the others. Zou Fei was standing in the middle of the living room, looking up at the pair of crested hairpin woodcarvings hanging on the wall. When he noticed Zhou Tong's gaze, he turned his head and looked over, and smiled at Zhou Tong with clear eyes. simple.

Zhou Tong smiled back, and the two people's eyes collided with each other, and there was a bit of indistinct inquiry in their eyes.

After leaving Mr. Cheng's house, Zhou Tong checked the time, held Ling Yuan's hand, and said in a good mood: "Let's go, I'll treat you to dinner, and after dinner, accompany me to the old street to do some shopping."

"Okay." Ling Yuan agreed without asking.

Zhou Tong said with a smile: "I think I should know how to break this mess."