Chapter 25 Magical Spells
Seeing that I was not moved by her soft or hard tactics, the old woman Lei Xueting used the beauty trap on me. If it was someone else, I would definitely not be fooled, but I still care about Lin Yuxi. This girl is affectionate and kind-hearted, that's my type. When I heard this, I was dizzy and couldn't help but look at Lin Yuxi to see how she would react.
Lin Yuxi said to Lei Xueting with a cold face: "I am not your daughter, nor am I an object. You can promise me to anyone. I will not marry him. Forget about it!"
My heart immediately sank. No matter how we had been through life and death and shared hardships, it was just a kind of "comrade-in-arms" friendship. How could such a beautiful city girl like her be attracted to a village toad like me? I was also bewitched. Besides, the old woman was cheating and would definitely not admit it later.
Lei Xueting slapped Lin Yuxi in the face, leaving five fingerprints on her face. She cursed, "Little slut, I raised you since you were a child. Although I never let you call me mom, you are still my daughter. You must marry whoever I tell you to marry, or I will beat you to death!"
Lin Yuxi covered her face with a bitter look, tears flashing in her eyes, and she dared not talk back to this old woman. I don't know why, but I suddenly felt blocked in my heart. There was nothing to be nostalgic about between heaven and earth. Let's die, it would be better if we all died together.
The water on the ground had risen a few feet without anyone noticing, almost reaching the knees, and the venomous snakes on the wall were slowly crawling downstream, approaching the top of our heads. They all knew how to swim, and the vanguard that came down from the stone steps had already raised their heads above the water and were swimming towards us.
The old blind man was about to get angry with me again, but when he looked up and saw a group of black-browed vipers approaching, he screamed and the four of us quickly waded through the water to the middle area.
Lei Xueting grabbed my hand and begged, "Xiao Yu, even if you don't care about us and yourself, you don't want Xiao Xi to die, right? Time is running out. Those two talismans can't suppress the demon corpse for long. If we don't take action, it will come back to life and the poisonous snakes will attack us, and we will all die. Aunt Ting, please, even if you hate me and want me to die, please let me die with an intact body. As long as I escape from here, you can do whatever you want!"
I sneered, "Whatever I want to do?" I'm not an old blind man. I don't like to touch your bones and tell fortunes. I won't kill anyone. Besides, killing you will dirty my hands. But I thought, can I really be so cruel as not to save Lin Yuxi? Thinking of this, I stole a glance at her. The girl was covering her face with her hands full of worries. I don't know what she was thinking. Seeing her pitiful appearance, I suddenly softened my heart and finally nodded to the old woman.
Lei Xueting was immediately delighted and said to the old blind man, "Quickly take out your realgar and block the poisonous snake first. I'll go help Xiaoyu deal with the demon corpse." Then she turned around and pulled Lin Yuxi, "Let's go. Xiaoyu is very weak now. Help him."
Lin Yuxi raised her head woodenly, looking at me with a hint of hostility in her eyes. She asked me, "Do you need help? Weren't you very strong just now? Why did you lie to me and carry you on your back to run up the stairs?"
I suddenly felt that we were somewhat estranged. Perhaps she was afraid that I, a "little hooligan", would have to marry her, and that our friend had suddenly become an enemy? I smiled bitterly and said, "No need to help me. I wasn't pretending just now. Later... we'll talk about these things when we have a chance." After that, I didn't dare to look at her anymore and waded towards the demon corpse.
The old blind man took out the realgar and burned it with fire. The pungent smell came out, and the poisonous snakes on the wall stopped. Some of the ones swimming in the water also turned back. But he didn't have much realgar in his hand, so he couldn't hold on for long. I hurried to the old Zongzi and asked Lei Xueting to stick a corpse-suppressing talisman and a ghost-suppressing talisman on its top and back of the neck, and then tied it up again with a red rope. Finally, I took a piece of red rope and put it around the neck of the old Zongzi, and stood behind to hold it, to prevent it from suddenly waking up and opening its mouth to bite me.
I bent down and shone the flashlight on the disc with the spell on my chest. In fact, I had already thought of the method to break the spell in the Ghost Talisman Sutra, but I just didn't want to say it. Among the several strange spells in the Ghost Talisman Sutra, there is this one. There is a note below that says to use your finger to follow the strokes of the spell, draw upwards, and after the last stroke, write the word "imperial" in blood on the palm of your hand, press it on the disc, and the mechanism will be released.
I took a deep breath and looked back at Lin Yuxi before I took action. She followed me and stood behind me, looking at me coldly, which made me feel very uncomfortable. At this moment, a black-browed viper suddenly fell from the top and landed on Lin Yuxi. She screamed loudly and fell into the water with her limbs flailing around, splashing water. I forgot the danger in my surprise, reached out and grabbed the floating venomous snake, and threw it far away.
Then he pulled her out of the water and asked, "Are you okay?"
"It's okay." The girl said these two words coldly and shook my hand away.
The old blind man shouted from behind: "Is it done? The realgar has burned out!"
"Xiao Yu, hurry up!" the old woman urged anxiously.
I nodded to Lin Yuxi, turned around and shone the flashlight on the disc, and stretched out my hand along the raised spell cast on it, starting from the last stroke at the bottom and moving upwards. I didn't pay attention at first, but after a few strokes, I found that the black iron color turned red where my fingers passed. So I understood that this was a kind of spell, including the carvings on the stone slab at the top of the tower, which had been opened and performed with rituals, and at least 49 days of sacrifice before it could take effect. Once used according to the method to crack it, the spell mechanism will be opened.
This is somewhat mythological, but it is indeed a very magical spell. Just like chanting a spell to invite a god, the principle is basically the same, except that one is to invite a god to the hall, and the other is to have a god already in the hall.
As the spell was about to be completed, the old Zongzi finally woke up. Although I added two more talismans, it didn't work. After waking up, he struggled hard with the red string, twisting his body constantly, causing me to miss several strokes. Fortunately, this kind of spell didn't have the rigid rule of starting over once it failed, and the previous strokes were still red. I hurriedly asked Lei Xueting to add two more talismans and tighten its neck, not letting it break the red string.
Seeing that Lei Xueting couldn't hold the old Zongzi by herself, Lin Yuxi stopped being angry and walked around me, holding the old Zongzi's shoulders, temporarily calming it down. I took the opportunity to finish the last few strokes, and when I saw that the spell had all turned red, I bit my finger and quickly wrote the word "imperial" on the palm of my right hand.
Just as he covered the plate with his palm, the old zongzi suddenly lowered his head and the red rope in Lei Xueting's hand broke. The old zongzi's chin just hit Lin Yuxi's arm, and he immediately smelled the breath of a stranger, and opened his mouth and took a bite regardless of everything!
I was shocked, raised my hand and grabbed the old Zongzi's throat, and pushed back desperately. This thing is like a dog biting a bone, it won't let go, no matter how hard I push, it won't open. Lin Yuxi cried, "Don't worry about me, go and open the mechanism quickly, it's the same if you escape alive!"
What do you mean I am still alive? Just as I was thinking about this, the iron cage on the old Zongzi's chest clicked and the disc opened outward. Even though I only pressed it with my palm, it worked. When the old woman saw the mechanism open, she didn't care about the two of us. She cheered, walked around to the front, and reached out to take something .
