Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Shi Changxuan flipped his wrist and struck a sword with his backhand!
“Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhinging being got me, but…” the scream of pain sounded like a child’s, but much more piercing. The ghost rolled over, curled up, and crawled sideways quickly as if it were on all fours.
Cheng Jie felt panicked when he saw it coming toward him. Even though he had the talisman in his hand, he still subconsciously kept moving behind.
Xie Lingya was right next to him, about to stab him with his sword.
It was Cheng Jie who bumped into the table, knocking down the wine he had opened for dinner on the table, and the half bottle of wine inside was dumped. He opened his hand and saw that most of the spiritual ancestor amulet folded in his palm had turned wet.
Xie Lingya shuddered when he saw it. He had a bad premonition and stabbed the ghost figure with his sword. However, he rolled towards Cheng Jie with his one-legged five-armed body.
Cheng Jie yelled “Ah” and got up immediately.
After standing up, he was actually hunched over, his body as stooped as a monkey, his head was half tilted and he looked at people from the corners of his eyes, and he also let out a weird laugh of “hee hee”, which made people’s scalp numb.
…No, the amulet became ineffective when it got wet, and the one-legged Wutong took the opportunity to attach itself to Cheng Jie. Xie Lingya hurriedly glanced at Shi Changxuan. Seeing that his face was calm, he didn’t feel particularly panicked at all.
After being possessed by the one-legged Wutong, Cheng Jie jumped at Xie Lingya. Xie Lingya was afraid of hurting Cheng Jie and did not dare to stab him with his sword. Unexpectedly, Cheng Jie suddenly became extremely powerful and scratched Xie Lingya shamelessly, such that he couldn’t even push it away.
Xie Lingya was also furious. Regardless of whether he was possessed or not, he punched him until his left eye turned black!
But Cheng Jie didn’t care about the pain, so he hugged Xie Lingya’s hand and wanted to bite him.
Not to mention anything else, there was a lot of bacteria in the human mouth, and one bite would require him to get an injection. Xie Lingya resisted him with all his strength, feeling as if his hands were fighting against two iron pincers. He was wondering why Shi Changxuan was missing in action. So he reluctantly turned his head and saw that Shi Changxuan was burning a talisman.
“Hurry up!” Xie Lingya urged.
Cheng Jie’s face was ferocious, and drool was flowing from the corner of his mouth. He felt that he might not be able to hold on any longer.
Shi Changxuan burned the talisman paper, mixed it into talisman water, stepped forward, grabbed Cheng Jie’s neck from behind, pinched his chin with one hand to force him to open his mouth, and then poured the talisman water from the Spiritual Ancestor Amulet into him.
Cheng Jie kept turning around and struggling, but Shi Changxuan stuck his head, and Xie Lingya caught his hand. All the talisman water still entered his stomach. He suddenly started coughing and choking and howled loudly. His voice was hoarse and dry, as if he had been beaten. It sounded like he had swallowed charcoal.
Xie Lingya took the opportunity to get out from under his hand, climb to the side and take out a tightly wrapped knife from Shi Changxuan’s bag, then he quickly untied it and threw it out, saying: “Daozhang Shi!”
Cheng Jie took the talisman water, so the one-legged Wutong came out of his body, one shadow turned into two, and he fainted.
Shi Changxuan lifted Cheng Jie away with one hand, raised his other hand to accurately catch the knife thrown by Xie Lingya, and slashed down without stopping for a second!
Xie Lingya stared at the ground. Although there was nothing in the air, judging from the shadow, the knife had hit the one-legged Wutong, sinking deeply.
The head of the one-legged ghost figure slowly separated to both sides, and then from the place where it first touched the knife, it gradually spread and blurred, and finally the entire shadow dissipated.
When he looked at the knife again, there was a smelly, thick black blood stain on the blade.
….
Xie Lingya breathed a sigh of relief, sat on the ground and leaned back. He felt that the place where Cheng Jie pinched him was still raw. He saw that there were many bruises on his body, and his white skin made it even more dazzling. He looked a little miserable. Even Mr. Shi looked over several times.
He didn’t feel it when he was nervous just now, but now that it was over, the pain was obvious.
“What a close call…” Xie Lingya murmured. They did not expect such an accident, which disrupted their rhythm. Fortunately, they were not in danger.
The knife that killed the one-legged Wutong just now was a “killing tool” prepared by Shi Changxuan. It was cut from an old mulberry tree branch and had a charm painted on it.
The one-legged Wutong was originally a mandrill ghost who had cultivated his skills, and what the mandrill was most afraid of was the mulberry knife.
In the past, people who lived near mountains hung mulberry knives in front of their doors so that the mandrills would not come near them. They were afraid that they would not be able to get close if they took out the one-legged Wutong knife at first, so they had specially wrapped it up and put it away.
Shi Changxuan put on his coat, took down the paper-cutting from the wall, turned on the lights in the living room, and packed his equipment away silently.
Xie Lingya was in great pain and had been without clothes for a while, so he shook Cheng Jie awake first.
“Ah…” Cheng Jie cried out in pain and opened his eyes. When he saw Xie Lingya, he quickly asked, “What’s wrong with me? Where’s that one-legged Wutong guy?”
“It’s dead. You were just possessed by it.” Xie Lingya pointed at himself, “Look, you gave me these bruises!”
Cheng Jie felt ashamed for a while. Then he felt severe pain as soon as he moved his face. He covered his eyes and said, “It hurts so much.” He took out his mobile phone and used it as a mirror and saw that there were purple circles on his face, “Damn it…”
Xie Lingya and Cheng Jie looked at each other, hehe, no one should say anything about the other!
….
Xie Lingya threw the stone statue with one leg and five hands into the garbage along with blood, water and other objects.
Cheng Jie said, “Does Taoist Shi really not want some of the pork and mutton?”
He bought two pigs and two sheep. He and his wife, even with their parents, couldn’t finish them all at once. After removing the one-legged Wutong, the issues he needed to consider became particularly practical: how to deal with these.
“That’s right, Taoist Master Shi, aren’t you a Wandering Taoist? You can give this meat to a restaurant and ask them to cook it for you.” Xie Lingya took some meat without any courtesy.
Shi Changxuan said: “I’m looking for a house and will move out of Taihe Temple soon.”
Xie Lingya understood that it was quite troublesome and not suitable for Shi Changxuan to live on campus. Thus, it was natural that Shi Changxuan would want to look for a house. If he usually did some Taoism or the like, it would be very inconvenient to live in the dormitory.
However, Xie Lingya thought a little more and said tentatively: “Taoist Master Shi, if you want to go to school more conveniently, why not come directly to our Taoist temple to place an order? There is a subway station in front of our door, so you can get to school without changing.”
“School?” Cheng Jie was stunned, “Master Shi, are you still in school?”
“I didn’t tell you, he is still a fellow alumnus of our school, a graduate student in religious studies after school starts this time.” Xie Lingya said.
Cheng Jie suddenly became more enthusiastic and said that if you need anything in the future, just ask him, “But it’s more convenient for you to find Xie Lingya, haha. The location of Baoyang Temple is really convenient. Wherever you want to go after living there, it’s easily accessible and everything is around. Yes. I slept there for one night yesterday. It’s a bit old, but the rest is pretty good. Anyway, there’s still one room with an attached bathroom.”
Moreover, due to the initial consideration of lay people staying in the Taoist temple and the increase of Taoist priests, the independent bathroom was also a good thing.
Shi Changxuan remained silent.
Xie Lingya said guiltily: “You don’t need to do anything to place orders. I just think it’s convenient for you to live there in all aspects, such as resting, practicing, and attending classes. Of course, I really want to make it easier for me to ask you some questions…”
Cheng Jie looked at Shi Changxuan’s silence, and also advised from the side: “Do you want to rent a new house? But new houses in that area are quite expensive, and the facilities around you might not be very good!”
Xie Lingya reluctantly said, “Daozhang Shi, if you are willing to, it’s okay to first go and have a look. Last time you gave our Taoist temple a sum of money, so I won’t charge you for it!”
….
Xie Lingya and Cheng Jie dug out all the advantages of Baoyang Temple, and finally under their expectant gazes, Shi Changxuan nodded slowly, “Okay.”
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