Chapter 45: The Maze (below)
Seeing that I was so anxious, Uncle Nine didn't drag his feet, he said to me, "Although it's impossible to achieve the goal of seeing the real body of the Wutong, you can absolutely see its blurry outline by lowering your own fire qi. But that's not enough, because it's a Yin Spirit, its speed is completely above yours, so your talismans are basically nothing to it, if you want to destroy this thing, you have to use a palm talisman!"
Palm talisman? What the hell is that? Why haven't I heard of it? There was no record of it in the Book of the Three Purities either. I quickly asked Uncle Nine what a 'palm charm' was.
Nine uncle told me, the so-called 'palm talisman' belongs to the Taoist a kind of emergency painting techniques, this art is different from the ordinary means of painting talisman, only need to have a road in the heart, blood as a guide, in their own palms quickly draw the corresponding spell can be effective, belongs to the more advanced talismanic arts. Palm talisman has many functions, although the power is not as great as the ordinary paper talisman, but it is fast and effective to use. As long as the palm of the hand with the palm talisman is touched, the power of the talisman can be activated.
When I heard Uncle Nine talking about this palm talisman, my mind unconsciously recalled the bearded man in the classic Hong Kong movie "Sinister Souls". In the movie, Yan Chek Ha was not drawing talismans in his palm. Thinking of Yan Chek Ha's classic line, "The sun and the moon are limitless, Qian Kun borrows the law!" I unconsciously swallowed a mouthful of spittle, so there really is this kind of talisman ah!
Ninth uncle told me the essentials of drawing palm talisman, let me try it myself, in fact, I don't need him to say that I have been eager to try, to know this method of drawing talisman is simply too windy, but I looked at my palms of both hands, but a moment of dumbfounded.
I forgot that my palms in the early hours of yesterday morning and was possessed by the five passes of Zhang Yaxin wrestling have been all stuck broken, and now has not yet scarred it, this can do ah, I asked Uncle Nine "Master ---- that ---- my palms have been like this. Can I still draw the palm charm?"
Nine uncle through the mirror to see my palm that is full of wounds after a sudden shock, even half a long time can not speak ah, long, he sighed, said: "the number of days, really the number of days ah, Xiao Fei, this should be your life when there is this robbery, everything depends on your own."
You dead old man, what's the use of saying such words now. Looking at my palms, I really want to cry, I asked Uncle Nine: "Master --- that what --- with the back of the hand painting can?"
Nine uncle sighed again, said to me, "This ---- teacher has not tried, everything depends on your own creation."
I cry, you say this is to hit my own luck? As if I live so big there is no good luck. If I were lucky, I wouldn't have to talk to you, I'd be living a *rotten* college life right now. Where will still be in the darkness of the mountains in fear of adventure?
I'm responsible for the lives of our party now, Boss!
Alas, I now know that whining is useless, useful or not, there's only one thing to try. Waiting to break the boat, horse X overturned, with the girl to fight!
Thinking of this, I asked Uncle Nine again, "My friend who was blocked by the ghost, how can I save him?"
Ninth Uncle told me, "As long as he is blocked by the place, released a black cat, the black cat will take you to find his hiding place."
After listening to his words, I really want to cry out, where can I find a black cat in the darkness of this mountain? This is simply and you want to buy brother Luo Fang in the bathhouse the same impractical!
I asked him if there was any other way.
Ninth Uncle thought about it and told me: "Another way is to find a person who also has low luck, and this person to walk back to that place, but must give this person to wear the 'Ding has giant Qing body protection talisman'. If one enters the location of the person who was previously blocked by the ghost, the person will react. Then the trapped person can be rescued with the 'A Wu Jiu Qing Breaking Fury Talisman'."
Old master, you are really good at giving me problems, isn't what you said the same as what you didn't say? Where am I going to find someone with low luck at this late hour? You are simply as illogical as buying buttermilk liver tip in a public toilet!
But I can't help it, we must know that time is life ah, already here and nine uncle delayed almost twenty minutes, according to the habit of the past two days, the five gods will soon find the door. I must go back, think of Guan Ming, anyway, I know the 'A Wu Yu Qing break brake talisman' on that blocking his things effective, just give up the time, take the talisman around the building, I do not believe in touching the big luck still can not touch!
So I said to Uncle Nine, "Master, I'm leaving, I'm afraid tonight is the hardest time I've ever faced. If anything happens to me, I'll go straight downstairs to find your company."
Ninth Uncle said to me, "Do not give up lightly, be careful in everything."
I smiled bitterly, then put away the mirror, my cell phone was already showing that it was two twenty-eight at this point, if I didn't find Guan Ming soon, there would definitely be a big mess. Alas, even if I find Guan Ming, how am I going to explain to him? Moreover, there is still a five gods staring at us.
It's really hard, there's a wolf in front and a tiger behind, forget it, let's take one step at a time. This is all we can do now, the first step is to find Guan Ming first.
I looked at my hands and the dozen or so talismans in my pocket, it's all up to you guys.
Thinking of this I got up and walked in the direction of the hotel, late at night, the woods near the lake occasionally heard the hooting of owls, cooing, cooing. The lake is very windy, blowing me straight shivering, I looked at the direction of the hotel, at this moment in the heart of the apprehensive. Surprisingly, it's a bit like the feeling I had after my charms were confiscated during the college entrance exam.
I know that I will fail the exam, but I have to go down to the next exam. What the hell.
But I did not walk a few steps, suddenly saw a black shadow in front, seems to be a person, which immediately let me have a layer of goosebumps, our school should be back to the hotel, in front of who will be?
Out of reflex, I immediately pulled out the dozen of talismans from my pants pocket, and at the same time, my right hand knotted the sword finger, and shouted, "Who the fuck are you!!!"
To say that these two days I was scared, and has not been sleeping properly, the spirit has been tense to the extreme, see a figure in the dark night, can not help but to think of ghosts and gods.
The shadow in front of me seemed to be scared by my shouts, only to hear "ouch!" I heard "Ouch!", "Damn, it's a woman's voice, at the same time, a little light appeared at the shadow, I went forward to take a look.
This is not Zhang Yaxin? Oh my! What is this little auntie doing running here at this time!
She seemed to be startled by my shout and sat down, I quickly went forward to help her up, under the light of the cell phone her face was still so white.
Really one thing is not yet calm one thing again, I'm already messed up, even there is a mess waiting for me, think of this, I asked her angrily: "so late do not go to bed, you come out to do what ah? Do you know it's dangerous to come out alone?"
She lowered her head and raised her head to look at me after brewing for a while, her eyes made me feel awkward, she said, "Who were you ----- just talking to?"
Finished!!! Could it be that she heard what I said to Uncle Nine???! God, you can't play with me like this one after another, right? What kind of person am I? Why did another little aunt come out in the middle of the road?
No, I can't let her know, so I changed the topic, "What and who? I was just at the lake to facilitate it, where there is no one, you are not misheard ah, right, why are you here? Why don't you know how to sleep in your room?"
After I finished saying to her in a bad mood, she still looked at me with that kind of strange eyes, she said to me: "In fact, I haven't been back, just now when you ran upstairs, I went back to the entrance of the hotel and waited for you, but I couldn't wait for you, and then I saw you running towards the lake, so I came to look for you."
I was furious and said to her, "I say little aunt, we are not very familiar, you wait for me to do what ah?"
She bit her lower lip, then gathered enough courage, took out something from her jacket pocket and handed it to me, then said, "I wanted to give it to you when I went upstairs with you, thank you for saving me."
I fixed my eyes on what appeared to be a sterling silver necklace. The pendant was in the shape of a cross, and it sparkled in the light of the cell phone.
I was speechless, I didn't know what to say, to say that I should have been touched, in fact, I was really quite touched, because this was the second girl to give me something. But now is really not the time ah! You know that there could be danger at any time now. Still early to send her back to sleep is the king, touched what, wait until I can save Guan Ming survive tonight and then say it.
I took the necklace, sighed, and said to her, "Thank you, really, but it's too late now, let me send you back to bed."
She shook her head, then firmly told me, "Who the hell were you talking to, I heard you. It's unbelievable, but it should have something to do with Brother Guan Ming's disappearance and why exactly I was at the lake yesterday! In fact, I felt something was wrong yesterday because I remember seeing a dark shadow in the corridor after I made the phone call yesterday, and then I don't remember anything. You know right, what happened, why don't you tell me?"
I'm really cracking up, why is this chick so smart when she looks stupid? It seems like it's impossible to hide it from her, if it's really like what she said, she pretty much heard the conversation between me and Uncle Nine just now. But how am I going to explain it to her? How long will I have to explain to her with this pig brain and stupid mouth of mine? Even if I told her, what would I do if she told someone else the next day? I'll lose the peace and quiet that I wanted to have in my college life!
But the way I see it now, if I don't tell this girl, then I won't be able to do anything about it, and she'll definitely be possessed again when the five gods come. I'm doomed by then, even if it doesn't come, it'll still be a big deal! What should I do?
Wait, I suddenly remembered, she just got possessed yesterday, isn't she the one with the lowest luck now? I'm going to talk to her anyway, so I might as well borrow her body to find Guan Ming first, so I can buy more time, right?
It's just that this move is too risky and too unfair to her, but do I have a choice now?
Thinking of this, I don't know where to get the courage, a hand pulled her hand to the direction of the hotel, she trembled for a moment, did not object.
As I walked, I said to her: "This matter is very complicated, but I only ask you to believe me, no matter how absurd and strange what I say. And you can't tell a third person, can you do that?"
She nodded firmly.
I was relieved in my heart, but my story was too long to be finished in a moment, and with Guan Ming still trapped in the empty building in front of me, I said to her, "I can only tell you that I'm not an ordinary person, and what you're going to see next is not something that can be explained by common sense. You just have to trust me, and wait until tonight if I can get there safely, I'll answer whatever you want to ask me tomorrow. Okay?"
I took her hand, her hand was cold, but it was as if sweat had appeared in the middle of her palm, and it hurt quite a bit when it touched the wound in my palm.
She nodded firmly again and told me, "Okay, I trust you."
