Chapter 020 Carving Symbols
"What should we do? Just let that pervert hurt people?" Chen Duo was indignant.
At this moment, she really wished that she had encountered a wonderful adventure when she was a child, been accepted as a disciple by some great master, and then learned a lot of skills.
Then he said, "So we can't count on Section 9. We have to rely on the two of us."
"The two of us?" Chen Duo was surprised.
She knew her own business. She thought she had no ability and was just a mere extra. As for this guy, he was just a half-baked mage. Even the ninth department couldn't do it . What could the two of them do?
"Yeah, didn't you want to catch that guy right away?" Xu said.
"Yes...ah, but with just the two of us...with this level, can we do it?" Chen Duo had no confidence at all.
"Don't worry, I've got you covered." The guy looked confident.
But Chen Duo was really worried: "Are you serious?"
"certainly."
Chen Duo was speechless.
At this time, the food had been served, and the two of them started eating. After finishing their meal, they left the restaurant.
"How do we do this?" Chen Duo asked. There were only two of them, how could they catch the devil? It would be like looking for a needle in a haystack to find him.
"Since we can't find him, we'll have to let him come to us." Xu Lai said as he walked.
"Let him come to find us?" Chen Duo frowned and thought hard. How could he find us? After thinking for a long time, an idea suddenly occurred to him. "You don't want me to be bait, do you?"
Xu Lai looked back at her, sized her up and down, and nodded: "You know what, landlord, you're quite suitable as bait. You have a decent face and figure, and you meet the basic requirements of that man."
"What do you mean it's still acceptable!" Chen Duo gritted her teeth. However, it was only he who could come up with such a bad idea as being a bait. She would never do it!
"Fortunately, there are three beautiful models living in Room 2104, otherwise you, the landlord, would be the one who suffers." Xu Lai said again.
Chen Duo was shocked and was stunned for a long time: "Are you serious?"
"The building in Zijinyuan should be the main center of the formation, so someone in this building must become his sacrifice. However, this center is quite special and needs to be composed of three pictures, which means that he must kill three people here." Xu Lai explained.
"According to that person's choice, these three people must be young, beautiful, and have good figures and temperament. With your conditions, the landlord, you are definitely within his target range. It's just that you are not at home often, and there are three beauties who meet the requirements living in Room 04, so that person saved himself the trouble and directly chose that room."
Chen Duo broke out in a cold sweat after hearing this. If it was true as this guy said, she really had a close brush with death.
"But don't worry, I won't come looking for you now. There are already enough sacrifices at the center of the Zijinyuan formation, so it's useless even if you want to be bait." Xu Lai said again.
Chen Duo wiped the cold sweat from her forehead. She was still a little shivering and her legs were weak.
"But that person should go to Tianxiang Garden again." Xu said.
Chen Duo was surprised: "Go find Kang Lu?"
Xu said, "I don't know about that. According to common sense, as long as she's a beautiful woman who meets the requirements, it doesn't have to be Kang Lu. But it also depends on the man's mentality. If he has to find Kang Lu, then it's possible."
"Fuck, you pervert!" Chen Duo cursed.
"Don't worry too much. After what happened last time, Kang Wenlong must have sent a lot of people to protect his daughter, and maybe they are no longer in Tianxiang Garden." Xu said.
Chen Duo said unhappily, "Why should I worry?" After thinking for a moment, she came to her senses, "You don't want to wait in Tianxiang Garden, do you? What if he wants to go somewhere else first?"
"There are people waiting over there, so we are not needed." He just said.
"Who?" Chen Duo asked curiously.
"From the ninth department."
"You know all this?" Chen Duo was surprised.
"Guess."
Chen Duo was speechless: "Then what should we do?"
Xu Lai smiled and said, "Go home first and prepare something."
Chen Duo was confused and could only go back with him.
The two took the elevator to the 21st floor, and Xu said, "I'm going to sleep for two hours before getting up again."
"Did you get up very early today? Why don't you sleep a little longer?" Chen Duo said. They stayed up all night until five in the morning last night. This man went out early this morning and has been busy until now. I'm afraid he didn't get much sleep at all.
"Two hours is enough." Xu Lai waved at her randomly as a goodbye, then opened the door, walked into the room, kicked off his shoes, and threw himself on the sofa.
I waited until the alarm on my cell phone rang before I got up, washed up, went back to the kitchen and rummaged around for a while, found a few large plates and put them on the dining table, then went to get the acacia seeds I bought last time and poured them on the plates, making a total of three large plates.
Then he went to the bedroom, picked up his backpack, took out a carving knife, dragged a chair to the table and sat down.
He picked up a bean from the plate, held the bean in his left hand, held the carving knife in his right hand, and carved a rune with a rather complicated structure on it.
This acacia bean is slightly smaller than a fingernail and is round in shape, but Xu Lai's cutting speed is extremely fast and a rune has been carved in the blink of an eye.
Put the carved acacia seeds on an empty plate, and take another one to carve.
I don’t know how long it took, but I heard my phone ring. It was Chen Duo’s WeChat message: “Are you up?”
Xu Lai smiled. This girl looked careless, but she was actually very considerate. She was afraid that knocking on the door rashly would wake him up, so she sent a WeChat message to ask first.
He replied, "I am up."
Not long after, there was a knock on the door.
Xu Lai went to open the door and saw Chen Duo wearing light pink casual clothes, with a cartoon bear on her chest, and her long hair draped over her shoulders. It was still a little wet and had a faint fragrance. It was obvious that she had just taken a shower.
He was holding two packages in his hands and there were several more at his feet.
"The things you bought have arrived. I'll receive them for you." Chen Duo said as she moved the things in. Xu Lai also went over to help.
When I opened the package, I found some bed sheets and some daily necessities.
"Where should we put these?" Chen Duo asked while holding the bed sheets and quilt covers.
"Let's go to the bedroom first." Xu Lai threw packages, boxes and other miscellaneous items downstairs and came back and said.
"Do you know how to make the bed? Do you want me to help you?" Chen Duo shouted from inside.
"No need, I can do it myself." Xu said.
"Oh, you can't see it? Then I don't care." Chen Duo clapped her hands and came out of the room. She went to the bathroom to wash her hands. When she came out and saw several plates of acacia beans on the dining table, she went over.
"What are you doing?" Chen Duo was curious and picked up a bean from the plate and looked at it. "Hey, there are words engraved on it!"
"What word?" Xu Lai asked with a smile.
"I don't know what the words are. I can't make out your shabby handwriting." Chen Duo looked at it for a long time but couldn't recognize what it was.
"This is a rune." Xu Lai came back and sat down, took the carving knife and continued carving the rune.
"Rune?" Chen Duo was immediately interested. Just as she was about to ask a few more questions, she saw Xu Lai carving a small acacia bean with a knife. In a few moments, he had already carved a rune. She was shocked and said, "Oh my god, you have this unique skill?"
"This is the basic skill." Xu said.
"Do you mages need to learn this skill?" Chen Duo wondered.
Xu Lai smiled and continued to concentrate on carving the talisman.
"What's the use of this thing?" Chen Duo asked.
Xu Lai carved a love bean and threw it into the plate, saying, "You want to catch the murderer, don't you?"
"Can we use this to catch that pervert?" Chen Duo was surprised.
"This is one of them." Xu said.
Chen Duo couldn't help but pick up another acacia bean with runes engraved on it, held it in the palm of her hand and looked at it carefully: "Why do you need to use acacia seeds to engrave it?"
I only heard him say: "It is not necessary to use acacia seeds. There are other materials that can be used as substitutes. This one is considered to have a relatively poor effect."
"Then why did you choose it?" Chen Duo asked curiously.
"Because it's cheap, I can't afford the others." Xu said.
Chen Duo sweated a little.
As time passed, more and more acacia seeds were carved on the plate.
Xu Lai continued to carve the talisman, and his hands did not slow down at all.
Chen Duo held his chin and watched for a while, then yawned and said, "How many pieces does it take to carve this?"
"Eight hundred. Taking into account the loss, we need to carve at least a thousand." Xu said.
"Ah? You don't plan to finish carving it tonight?" Chen Duo was surprised.
"Yes, we will need it tomorrow." Xu said.
"Are you planning to stay up all night tonight?" Chen Duo said.
Then he said, "Hold on a little longer. Landlord, go to bed first."
Chen Duo looked at the time. It was already past nine o'clock. He yawned and said, "You look quite bored. I'll keep you company for a while."
Without even raising his head, Xu Lai said, "You don't dare to go back to sleep alone, right?"
"Stop talking nonsense!" Chen Duo was angry. But ever since she heard Xu say that Zijin Garden was the center of the murderous demon's formation, she was indeed a little afraid to sleep in that room alone.
Xu Lai smiled and said nothing more, continuing to concentrate on carving the rune. His knife flew, and in a moment a rune took shape.
I don't know how long it took, but I finally finished carving a plate. Xu Lai stretched and was about to get up to drink some water, when he saw Chen Duo leaning on the chair with his head tilted to one side, having fallen asleep.
"And yet you still say you'll stay up all night with me." Xu Lai went to find a coat and threw it on her.
I went to the kitchen to get a glass of water, then came back to continue carving the talisman.
Outside the house, the night was as dark as water, and inside the house was quiet and silent. Unconsciously, the east began to turn white, and the night began to recede like the tide.
When a ray of sunlight shone into the living room through the gap in the curtains, Chen Duo woke up from her sleep and felt warm, indescribably comfortable and lazy.
She couldn't remember how long it had been since she had had a good sleep like this. She had the ability to see ghosts and goblins since she was a child, which not only allowed her to see some strange and dirty things from time to time, but also made her sleep very badly.
Every night, as soon as she fell asleep, all kinds of shrill or strange cries would echo in her ears. No matter how hot the summer was or how thick the quilt was, her body was always cold, as if she was entangled by a wet and cold poisonous snake, and nightmares continued.
Therefore, her sleep has always been very poor, and she would be woken up easily at night.
But what happened today?
She actually slept soundly until dawn, and her body was dry and warm. The warm feeling made her even unwilling to open her eyes and wanted to stay in bed a little longer.
I heard a slight rustling sound in my ears, the sound was very thin, with some indescribable rhythm.
Chen Duo was startled and opened her eyes quickly, only to see Xu Lai holding a carving knife in one hand and twisting a love bean in the other, concentrating on carving a talisman. She suddenly remembered that she had fallen asleep sitting on a chair last night, with a coat covering her body.
