Chapter 30: Fighting Counterfeiting
Taoist Master Mao stopped his "frivolous" steps, turned his head and saw that the person who was talking was one of the young men who came to visit the old man. An expression of displeasure immediately appeared on his face.
"Why do you ask this question, young man? Didn't you hear what I said just now?" Taoist Master Mao asked coldly.
Not only was Taoist Mao unhappy, but Director Chang was also a little unhappy when he saw that Taoist Mao was stopped by the people brought by Qian Bo and spoke to them in a very disrespectful tone. He turned his head and glared at Qian Bo, and was about to scold him, but Qian Bo just responded with a smiling face.
Qian Bo was not stupid. He knew that Tan Xuan would not come here without a reason. He must have discovered something. Even if Tan Xuan did not discover anything, he planned to let Tan Xuan find an excuse to ruin the Taoist's good deeds. He had worked hard for a whole day to find Tan Xuan, but the Taoist got rid of him. How could he have a chance to show off? This was really stealing his job.
Tan Xuan smiled slightly, walked to the side of Taoist Master Mao, seemingly unintentionally blocking the way of Taoist Master Mao, and said to Taoist Master Mao: "I heard everything you said, so I asked this question."
As he spoke, Tan Xuan cupped his fists towards Taoist Master Mao, raised his left index finger and pointed it at the ceiling, and bent his right pinky finger and pointed it at himself, "May I ask Taoist Master where is the immortal mountain and where is the holy water?"
Taoist Master Mao was even more displeased when he saw Tan Xuan posing in such a strange posture, and said impatiently: "I have no right to talk to a young man like you about where I am practicing Taoism in the mountains. Get out of the way!"
Tan Xuan did not move aside, and continued to ask in the same posture as before, "Then I wonder which lineage the Taoist priest belongs to, Quanzhen or Zhengyi?"
Taoist Master Mao was even more unhappy when his way was blocked. He said in a bad tone: "The inheritance of the master's sect should not be disclosed to outsiders. Don't ask around."
Tan Xuan smiled, put down his hands, and said with a smile: "When I was young, I followed my master to visit Zhongnan Mountain and Longhu Mountain. I was fortunate to receive the teachings of Master Li and Master Zhang, which benefited me a lot. It seems that you are not from the two orthodox families. They are not isolated from the world."
Taoist Master Mao raised his eyebrows, glanced at Tan Xuan, and sneered, "Who is your master? He took you to Mount Zhongnan and Mount Longhu. Did you buy tickets to go there? And you even met Master Zhang and Master Li? Nowadays, anyone dares to claim to be a master. How ignorant!"
Tan Xuan smiled again, "My master's surname is Guan. I dare not speak his name directly, but people who know him call him Mr. Guan or Master Guan. I wonder if you know my master?"
Taoist Master Mao waved his hand and said disdainfully: "I don't know any Mr. Guan or Mr. Liu. I rarely come into contact with secular people."
"Really?" Tan Xuan kept smiling and continued to ask, "Has the Taoist priest ever heard of 'The earth is dark and the sky is dim, the evening is bright and the night is dark'?"
"What nonsense! I haven't heard of it. Don't disturb me as I go back to the mountain." Taoist Mao didn't want to chat with Tan Xuan anymore. He pushed Tan Xuan away and walked straight to the door.
The smile on Tan Xuan's face disappeared instantly, and he reached out and grabbed Taoist Mao's shoulder, "If you want to leave, it won't be that easy."
Taoist Master Mao didn't expect Tan Xuan to suddenly attack him. He was frightened and struggled to shake off Tan Xuan's hand. He couldn't help but yelled angrily: "What are you doing? Let me go. Be careful not to break the jar and let the evil spirits run away."
"Asshole! What are you doing?" Director Chang was also completely angered by Tan Xuan's action. He scolded loudly and walked towards Tan Xuan and Taoist Mao at the same time.
Qian Bo stopped the angry Director Chang, winked and whispered: "Director, don't be anxious. Tan Xuan is not the kind of person who would look for trouble. You should listen to what he says first. What if that person is really a liar? Wouldn't it mean that Grandpa Chang's illness was not cured, and a lot of money was lost? The key is that it will not sound good if the news gets out..."
Tan Xuan ignored the reactions of the people behind him, twisted his hand hard, and directly pulled Taoist Mao over, then sneered and said: "Since you are not a descendant of the old man, and have no connection with my master, then it is inappropriate for you to deceive me and play tricks in front of me, right?"
Taoist Master Mao was stunned for a moment, then asked angrily: "Who are you calling a trickster? Who are you calling a swindler? I think you are a young man whose hair has not even grown out yet. I don't want to bother with you. Let go of your hand immediately, or don't blame me for taking action."
"Ha! You're still being stubborn with me. If you want to fight, then go ahead and do it." Tan Xuan exerted force with his hands, causing Taoist Mao to grimace instantly.
Tan Xuan stopped trying and pointed at the jar in Taoist Mao's hand. "Tell me what this jar is, and I'll let you go."
Taoist Master Mao said angrily, "There is an evil ghost here. Didn't you see it struggling in the jar just now? Didn't you hear it screaming in the jar? Be careful. If the jar falls to the ground and releases the evil ghost, no one here will survive."
"Haha... is that so?" Tan Xuan looked at Taoist Mao with a half-smile, "Are you sure there is something fishy in the jar, not in your heart?"
"You bastard, what are you talking about? Let go of my hand immediately. If I hadn't been seriously injured from catching ghosts just now, how could you be so arrogant in front of me?"
Seeing that Tan Xuan had no intention of letting go, Taoist Master Mao looked at Director Chang again, "Mr. Chang, is this your way of entertaining guests? Or do you, Director Chang, want me to lose my skills in vain and are reluctant to part with the money, so you deliberately find this kid to humiliate me."
"No, Taoist priest, please don't misunderstand..."
Just as Director Chang was about to explain, Tan Xuan grabbed Taoist Master Mao's robe, pointed at the "blood" on the front of the robe and asked, "Is this what you call a loss of Taoist practice?"
Taoist Master Mao stretched out his hand and forcibly broke Tan Xuan's hand that was grabbing his clothes, and said angrily: "You are ignorant, you know how important the heart blood is to the people who practice Taoism. If you lose the heart blood, it is inevitable that your vitality will be greatly damaged, and it is unknown whether you can cultivate or not. If I didn't want to see the Chang family suffer this hardship, I would not do this."
"Bah!" Tan Xuan spat at Taoist Master Mao and sneered, "You are still shouting so vigorously even though your vitality is seriously damaged? Do you dare to say that the blood on your clothes is human blood? Do you need to find a place to test it? It is not difficult to test it now."
"You..." Taoist Master Mao was stunned for a moment, then snorted coldly, "I don't have time to argue with you."
Taoist Mao turned around to leave, but the jar in his arms was snatched away by Tan Xuan again.
Taoist Master Mao reached out to grab it but failed. He immediately became anxious and shouted, "Hurry up and return the jar to me. The evil ghost inside is full of resentment. If it escapes, we will never be able to subdue it. Do you want to cause us all to die miserably? What is your intention?"
Tan Xuan looked at Master Mao's poor acting skills with disdain and said disdainfully: "Really? Is the guy inside so powerful? Stop talking nonsense. You are afraid of it, but I am not. It's a good opportunity for me to see what the evil ghost you always talk about looks like ."
As he spoke, Tan Xuan reached out and tore off the yellow talisman on the tank cover.
"don't want!"
Before Master Mao could stop him, Director Chang started to yell. Seeing that Tan Xuan had already torn off the talisman, Director Chang, his wife, and the driver were all dumbfounded, their faces full of panic. In comparison, they believed Master Mao's words more, after all, they had seen the whole process of sealing the ghost in the jar. Now that Tan Xuan said to tear off the talisman, he tore it off. Isn't this harming everyone? They wanted to press Tan Xuan to the ground and tear it off, but thinking about the things in the jar, they not only did not move forward, but retreated instead.
"Boy, you are so brave , help me quickly."
Taoist Mao stepped forward to stop him, but Tan Xuan turned around and dodged him.
"Oh my god, it's a self-adhesive one, no wonder it's so easy to stick on."
Tan Xuan shook the yellow talisman twice before throwing it to the ground. He then asked Qian Bo for a lighter, then looked at Taoist Master Mao with a smirk and said, "Master, I said that the ghost in the jar can be lit. Do you believe it? I will show you now."
Without waiting for Master Mao to speak, Tan Xuan reached out and lifted the lid of the jar. A puff of smoke came out of the jar. Tan Xuan dodged and reached out to light a lighter. The smoke in the air, which had not yet dispersed, suddenly turned into a light blue fireball. Before anyone could scream, the fireball quickly extinguished itself.
Everyone was stunned, even Qian Bo was confused by Tan Xuan's actions. Wow, I've heard of ghost fires, but I didn't expect that ghost fires could be ignited by a lighter.
Tan Xuan stuffed the jar back into Taoist Mao's arms and asked with a sneer, "Is this the ghost you were talking about?"
Tan Xuan looked at Taoist Master Mao and curled his lips in disdain, "Do you want to test the composition of the water in the jar? Do you still dare to say that it is tap water? I don't need to tell you what it is. You have the nerve to use this trick that has been known to the public for a long time to deceive people. Shame on you."
Taoist Mao didn't say anything, just stood there with a deathly pale face.
Director Chang recovered from his shock. After being disturbed by Tan Xuan and looking at Master Mao's expression, he knew what had happened to him. Director Chang walked slowly to Master Mao's side and took the jar containing the "ghost" from Master Mao's arms. He did not see any ghost in the jar, but only smelled a choking smell.
Director Chang's face turned ugly. He looked at Taoist Master Mao coldly and asked, "What's going on? I need you to give me an explanation."
"This..." Taoist Master Mao lowered his head, not daring to look Director Chang in the eye.
Qian Bo came over, pulled Tan Xuan, and deliberately said loudly: "Explain to everyone, what is going on?"
Tan Xuan snorted deliberately, "What's there to explain about a fake Taoist priest who pretends to be a god?"
"You said he is fake?" Qian Bo opened his mouth wide, pointed at Taoist Mao and Tan Xuan with an exaggerated expression and asked.
Tan Xuan nodded. "It couldn't be more fake. Even the last name is probably fake."
"Then there was a sound and shaking in the jar just now, what's going on?" Qian Bo continued to ask, and the others also looked at Tan Xuan. This was also the reason why they believed in the Taoist priest.
"That's even simpler. His silver talisman was coated with some kind of metal powder. When the metal came into contact with water, there was a hissing sound. You saw the jar shaking, but that wasn't the evil spirits banging around inside. It was just the metal banging around during the reaction. Look at the talisman inside, isn't it completely rotten now? As for what happened in the bedroom, it was just a one-man show directed and performed by him."
After listening to Tan Xuan's explanation, everyone understood, and when they looked at Taoist Master Mao again, there was only anger in their eyes. Especially Director Chang, that look seemed be able to kill people.
"Xiao Shi, take him away and give him to Xiao Zhang. Ask Xiao Zhang what happened. I need him to give me an explanation."
