Seeing my confused look, the master laughed and said he was just talking nonsense. He also asked me how I was doing and whether I had any depth in my thinking.
Seeing how dishonest he was, I rolled my eyes at him and let him experience it for himself.
The master finished smoking a pack of cigarettes, knocked the cigarette pot on the sole of his shoe, looked at the sky, sighed and said to me: "Xiao Feng, I have to go out for a while for the master. Be obedient at home and don't get into trouble. The master will be here soon."
Just come back."
"Master, where are you going?"
"Go to Changbai Mountain Tianchi and take a look at the seal there. This matter is very important. We can't delay it and we can't always keep it in our mind." The master frowned slightly, it seemed that this matter was quite serious.
"Can you take me there, master? Now I have a friend and a fairy, maybe I can help!" I couldn't bear to leave the master and wanted to stay with him.
"Quickly pull him down! With your little Taoist skills, you are not enough to be criticized by others. What is hidden under the seal are all the great monsters and evil immortals who are making trouble in the world. They are all very powerful. As a teacher, I am not even qualified.
Make sure you escape safely. If you go, you will only cause trouble. If you hold back, you can't drag the old man's pants off!"
The master looked down upon my ability and dismissed me with a smile.
"It's so dangerous, can you please stop going? Why do you have to take care of this matter!"
I didn't want the master to go to such a dangerous place, so I stopped him.
The master smiled and touched my head, and after a moment of silence he said: "I don't want to care about these nonsense, and I don't want to go anywhere in my life. I just want to stay here and grow up with you. But there are things you don't want to do."
You don’t have to do it. Everyone has their own responsibilities and cannot shirk it. This is a destiny that was arranged when you were born. You will understand it gradually."
"Oh", I nodded as if I understood.
"Don't worry, Xiaofeng. This time your Grandpa Su and Uncle Liu are going with me. With them here, there won't be any trouble." The master was afraid that I would worry, so he pulled out Old Man Su and Liu Huzi to comfort me.
"Master, when will you come back? Can you come back during the Chinese New Year? Remember to bring me delicious food and lucky money!"
"Okay, okay! You brat, you just know how to eat! If nothing happens, you can come back before New Year's Eve."
Before the master leaves, he will make you a big sword for self-defense, as well as those two books, a talisman and a formation. If you have nothing to do, read through them. Don’t panic if anything happens in the future. Don’t be reckless. Keep it to yourself.
Communicate with the Immortal Family. When you meet the Immortal Family, you will be admitted to the hall, but you must strictly control it. This is no joke. If it doesn’t happen, it may be easy to break up the hall or blow up the hall...
You are not young anymore. When the master was as old as you, he had already been on his own. It is not like you have to rely on the master to protect you. I am too old to protect you for the rest of my life..."
The master rambled on without getting tired of it. Listening to his ramble, I had the urge to cry. My tears couldn't stop flowing out. It felt like he was explaining the funeral arrangements.
The master pretended to be angry and scolded me with a smile: "Little bastard, you are hoping that I will die early! I will definitely come back. I haven't helped you deceive the little girl from the Liu family. Her judge's pen is really a good thing. I miss it."
I haven't been able to get it for most of my life, so I will help you match it up this time, haha."
I was so amused by him that I burst into laughter. This old and crooked person could ruin the atmosphere.
The master left early the next morning, but at my strong request, he put on a new cotton-padded jacket and cotton trousers made by his mother. After a good wash, he looked much better. At least it was no longer as messy as a chicken coop.
The whole person was acting quite like that, and he was full of energy.
Before I left, my master made me a big money sword overnight. It was made of wicker soaked in cinnabar. The one hundred and eight gold mountain ghosts Liu Beard gave me were strung together with the money. The master tried it and felt that it was quite good.
Satisfied, he also explained how to use the stack of talismans left by Old Man Su.
The master also said that in an emergency, the Changxian Taiye tablet could be brought out. He had seen it and found that the tablet was not simple, but he could not see any mystery.
The bad old man left just like that. It was obvious that he couldn't bear to leave me. He turned back three times and I sent him to the entrance of the village without saying anything.
After the master left, I was all alone and felt like something was missing, so I packed up my things and moved back to my parents' house.
After finishing my winter vacation homework all day long, I looked through the tasks my master had left for me and studied the talismans and formation books.
Maybe it's because I'm gifted, but I feel that the talismans and formations in those two books are not particularly difficult. After a few days, I was able to learn some simple ones.
I tried to stick the amulet on the big yellow dog at home, and hey, the effect is really quite useful.
Even the few little bitches in the village who had reached puberty rubbed against him and didn't react. They remained motionless and didn't even blink. This made the little bitches think something had happened to Rhubarb and stared with sad eyes.
He shook his butt, grunted and looked for another male dog, and never came to our house again.
Because of this, the big yellow dog didn't eat or drink for several days, and bit me whenever he saw me. I was so scared that I put a confinement formation around the doghouse so that it couldn't get out, haha! It makes me feel like this when I think about it.
What a bad job!
I thought I would just wait for the master to come back for the New Year, but I didn’t know what delicious food he could bring me.
Unexpectedly, just a few days later, something happened in the village!
Early that morning, there was a loud knock on the door. When my father got up, he saw that it was Zhang Carpenter from the village. He asked his father anxiously where Master Bai was, saying that something had happened to his son Zhang Xiaohu.
Dad led Carpenter Zhang into the house and asked him to take a breath and speak slowly.
Carpenter Zhang said that his son cried all night last night. He pointed at the window and said that there was something lying there, grinning at him, and waved to him to go out. The strange thing is that except for his son, there was nothing else in the house that he could see.
No one else can see it.
Carpenter Zhang and his family were frightened to death. They originally wanted to find the master quickly, but when they thought that someone unknown was guarding them outside, no one dared to go out. They stayed up all night without sleeping, and ran away as soon as dawn.
I went out to look for the master. I found that the master's door was locked, so I found my house.
I said the master has gone out and won't be back for a while.
Carpenter Zhang's face was ashen, he fell to the ground, grabbed his hair with both hands and cried loudly. I have never seen a man cry so sadly.
Dad looked at me without saying a word, but I could see his thoughts from his eyes. He didn't want me to meddle in other people's business for fear that something would happen to me, but he couldn't bear to see Carpenter Zhang cry like that. It was quite confusing.
My heart is pounding. I have no idea if the master is not around. Although I have encountered many problems in the past, I was always with the master, so I couldn’t do anything. Now that something has suddenly happened, I can’t say I’m panicking.
Just bragging.
Just when I was hesitating whether I should take care of this matter, Carpenter Zhang suddenly stopped crying. He seemed to have remembered something, slapped his forehead, stared at me with red eyes, and prayed: "Eldest nephew, you are Master Bai's apprentice, follow him.
It's been so long, there must be a way, right? Please save my son, please, our old Zhang family only has one seedling, and if anything happens, our whole family will not be able to survive, please... please... I
I can kowtow to you no matter what, please..."
“Bang bang bang”
Carpenter Zhang's head hit the ground, banging bang bang bang.
"Hey, don't be like this, big brother, get up quickly!"
Dad was embarrassed to let him kowtow, so he grabbed Carpenter Zhang.
Maybe I have died twice, and my father has also had this experience, so he knows what it feels like.
"I won't. If you don't agree to save my son, I won't get up even if I die in your house today!"
Carpenter Zhang recognized me as a life-saving straw and refused to get up despite saying anything.
"Uncle Zhang, get up quickly. I'll go take a look with you, but we have to agree in advance. I don't have the skills of a master, so I don't dare to guarantee that I can do it. I'll take a look first before talking."
Looking at Zhang Carpenter like that, I knew that if I didn't agree to him, he would definitely not get up, and I couldn't keep him kneeling and kowtowing like this.
Besides, I have to go down this road sooner or later. I can't hide behind the master all the time. Everything is difficult at the beginning, so I decided to give it a try.
Thinking of this, I took out the mountain ghost sword made by my master, found some talismans, and followed Carpenter Zhang to his house.
As soon as I stepped into Zhang's yard, I saw all kinds of tables, chairs and benches, as well as some semi-finished products, wood all over the floor, and many arm-thick branches piled in the corner. It looked like a locust tree, maybe it had just been sawn down.
After a while, a refreshing fragrance penetrated my nose.
Carpenter Zhang led me into the house. A child of seven or eight years old was lying on the earthen kang, wrapped in several layers of cotton quilts one on the left and one on the right. He seemed to be afraid of the cold.
This child is none other than Zhang Carpenter’s son, Zhang Xiaohu.
"Xiaohu, your brother Feng is here to see you. Get up quickly and let your brother Feng take a look."
Carpenter Zhang grabbed my lapel, his eyes were like seeing a savior, and he shouted to his son.
Zhang Xiaohu lay on the kang without moving.
"You damn ghost, what are you yelling about? Xiaohu just went to bed. He hasn't slept all night. Let the child sleep for a while!"
A tall and thick girl came in from the door, holding her trousers with one hand and holding a bald red rope with the other hand to tie it around her waist. It seemed that she had just come back from relieving herself and had not had time to pull up her trousers.
This girl is none other than Zhang Carpenter's daughter-in-law, who is thicker than tall.
"Ah, don't... don't catch me... I didn't fall to death... ahhh... run... run... go away... don't catch me..."
Zhang Carpenter grinned and was about to speak when he saw Zhang Xiaohu kicking around in the quilt, screaming and talking nonsense.
The veins on his forehead popped out, and his face was ferocious, as if he had seen something terrible.
Carpenter Zhang and his wife hurried forward and wanted to hug their son, but I waved my hand to stop them. I wanted to carefully observe what was going on so that I could judge clearly what to do.
After a while, Zhang Xiaohu subsided, and his expression became a bit more relaxed. He huddled in the bed and continued to sleep, with only occasional tremors and twitches in his hands and feet.
I came closer and took a closer look. Zhang Xiaohu's eyes were half-open and half-closed, and his eyeballs were moving back and forth under his eyelids, looking a little distracted.
Dense beads of sweat appeared on the tip of his nose, his mouth was closed tightly, and his brows were furrowed.
I gently touched his forehead with my hand. It was so hot!
I probably understand. I heard my master say that in this situation, you must have lost your soul!
I was thinking about how to deal with it, but at this moment, there was a "dong" sound, and the door of Carpenter Zhang's house was knocked open by a huge force!