Chapter 32 Part-time School Bully
The Peacock God did not say a word until Tan Xiao finished his work and just ate his food obediently.
After Tan Xiao finished the sacrifice, he began to set up the table and altar, stacking two eight-immortal tables together to form a high platform. On both sides of the high platform, there was another eight-immortal table, called one civil and one military.
In the middle of the front, he had to put another half table and hang the shrine curtain. It was very complicated. The boy who was guarding the meal helped him to arrange the decorations, tied up his robe, and ran up and down on his short legs, carrying incense and candles on his shoulders.
"Red candles, incense sticks, sandalwood, candlesticks, incense burners, pure tea and fruit offerings, silver pots..." Tan Xiao counted them one by one, and after confirming that they were correct, he picked up the incense according to the position.
The incense is lit and the smoke floats in the air.
Tan Xiao held a set of four divination cups in his hand. Each set of divination cups had two sides, yin and yang. The wizards asked questions based on the state of the divination cups. In the ritual of establishing a god that Tan Xiao was familiar with, "three yangs and one yin" must be thrown out, which means that the gods have been invited. If not, they have to throw again.
This step could have been omitted, but Tan Xiao also wanted to enrich the ceremony. Otherwise, many steps could have been omitted, and it would have looked very simple.
"On an auspicious day, the heaven opens its doors, and it is a good day to worship the gods..." Tan Xiao held the divination cup in his hand, chanted the witch words praising the gods, circled the incense five times, and dropped it on the ground.
The divination cups fell to the ground one by one, forming two yangs and two yins.
One of the divination blocks had not yet completely fallen to the ground, and Tan Xiao was about to sigh and throw it again, but Kong Xuan walked in leisurely, flicked his finger, and the divination block fell to the other side, forming three yangs and one yin.
God has arrived.
Tan Xiao smiled secretly in his heart and said solemnly: "The honorable god has descended, the witch altar is welcoming you!"
Next, incense, candles, paper, tea and other items were offered one by one, and Kong Xuan enjoyed them at the table with great satisfaction.
Finally, Tan Xiao took out the prepared pass and looked up and saw: Pray to the Peacock God to approve this in order to build a family hall.
Then they introduced their names and identities, and the list of gifts for today, expressing their wholehearted submission. If the gods agree, it will be considered a contract signed - of course, it was said that this was a supplementary ceremony.
Tan Xiao finished reciting the poem and signed it: "Please follow my instructions. Spiritual Master Tan Xiao."
While he was reciting, Kong Xuan had slowly put down the tea and walked over to him.
As the last sentence fell, Kong Xuan also stretched out his hand and touched Tan Xiao's eyebrows with his fingertips: "I promise now--"
When the fingers touched Tan Xiao's skin, both of them felt like they were pricked. Kong Xuan hissed and looked at Tan Xiao suspiciously. He hadn't felt pain for many years. "You attacked me."
Tan Xiao: "..."
I attacked you, how could I attack you? Why don't you say that I assassinated you?
Tan Xiao was puzzled: "I'm not, I don't have it."
He remembered, touched his body, and took out a string of talismans and seals, "...I forgot, maybe I have too many amulets on me."
Tan Xiao threw all those things away, then said in a relaxed tone: "Come again, come again."
Kong Xuan snorted and touched the target again. This time it went smoothly. The translucent soul touched his forehead and brushed across his head, bringing a strange cool feeling. He stared at Tan Xiao and chanted a blessing: "I promise now. The wizard under the altar will slay ghosts and demons!"
The peacock collects everything within the five elements. It has arrogance and murderous intent, so even its blessings sound fierce.
The ceremony was all over, and the boy who had been holding his breath while guarding the meal started to applaud, acting as a mood-setter. He did this not for Kong Xuan, but to celebrate for the spiritual master.
Kong Xuan looked at him disdainfully, and the boy guarding the meal was so frightened that his hands stopped and he froze in mid-air.
He felt a little aggrieved. Should the peacock glare at him if he made a little noise?
Kong Xuan said disdainfully: "Didn't you eat?"
The boy guarding the meal: “…”
Tan Xiao: “…” You really didn’t leave much for others!
"Congratulations to Ling Wu." The boy who guarded the meal drummed a little harder, "Congratulations to Ling Wu for inheriting His Majesty the Peacock."
Um?
Tan Xiao suddenly remembered what Peacock said when they first met. He said that he was succeeded by Peacock. Why did the boy guarding the meal say something different? "Oh... I inherited His Highness Peacock!"
Kong Xuan's face turned black. If his soul hadn't been floating, he would have jumped up. "What nonsense! Chu Wu and Yuan Feng made a thousand-year alliance. I am his successor!"
The boy guarding the meal said in confusion: "But the Kitchen God said that it is up to you to decide where you are. From the perspective of the lower world, Chu Wu has inherited your highness."
Tan Xiao: “Hahahahahahahaha!”
Kong Xuan held his breath for a long time, then said coldly: "What are you laughing at? It was me who forced you to renew the contract."
Tan Xiao: "..."
Shit, that's right. No matter who inherits who, it's Peacock who's making a tyrannical treaty. Forcing me to inherit him doesn't sound much better.
"How could you treat Party B as such a bully..." Tan Xiao said speechlessly.
But if it weren't for the boy guarding the meal, Tan Xiao wouldn't have known about it. He secretly stuffed a grape into the boy's pocket.
The boy guarding the meal held the grape that was almost as big as his head. He turned his back to Kong Xuan, tore open the skin and took a bite. The juice was so rich that it flowed directly into his mouth.
The ceremony was almost completed here at Tan Xiao's place, and Tan Chunying also came back.
Kong Xuan heard the noise below and said, "Collect it."
When he left the altar, he kicked the boy guarding the rice away.
The boy guarding the meal: “…”
He was so angry that he got up and threw a few air punches while cursing. Then he wiped his mouth and went to the kitchen to help Tan Xiao clean up.
When Tan Chunying saw Tan Xiao moving the Eight Immortals Table down and the air smelled of incense and candles, she immediately teased, "Congratulations, you are now an independent spiritualist and can compete with me for business in the future."
Tan Xiao corrected: "It is to carry forward the Tan family spiritual master and serve as the general manager of Nanchu Spiritual Master Cultural Communication Co., Ltd."
The mother and son smiled at each other happily.
Kong Xuan was floating nearby, looking at Tan Xiao with a sneer.
"..." Tan Xiao whispered in a low voice that Tan Chunying couldn't hear, "I'm also going to continue writing The Classic of Mountains and Seas and try to get the manuscript approved."
The boy watching over the meal in the kitchen looked at Tan Chunying from the window and scratched his head, thinking that she looked familiar. After a while, he remembered, "I have seen Ling Wu's mother!"
Tan Xiao had just moved the eight-immortal table and was entering the kitchen to clean up the dishes. "Really? Where is it?"
The boy who was guarding the meal shook his spoon and said thoughtfully, "It seems like she is stealing someone else's skills."
Tan Xiao: "..."
Not surprising at all.
The boy who was guarding the meal helped to clean up the kitchen, clasped his fists and bowed, saying: "Thank you again for the help from the witch. I hope we will meet again." He secretly looked up at Tan Xiao.
Tan Xiao understood: "If we open the altar to offer sacrifices to the East Kitchen God of Life in the future, you can come to my house to enjoy it - just don't scare my mother, her soul is not complete." There are many ghosts and gods in the Nanchu witch altar, and the East Kitchen God of Life is often offered sacrifices in the kitchen.
"Understood, sir!" The boy guarding the meal was so excited after getting Tan Xiao's permission that he almost couldn't control his voice. Seeing that Tan Xiao's family had an integrated stove, it should have been able to communicate with the stove normally, but modern stoves have been improved a lot.
Now I have to go back and find a way. "Spiritual Master, what model is your integrated stove? I want to see where the flue is. It's not good to jump randomly. Last time it jumped to the dishwasher."
Tan Xiao: "...Let me read the instructions."
The boy guarding the meal made up his mind and recommended two models of integrated stoves to Tan Xiao that would be useful in the future. Then he shouted "Hey!" and jumped into the chimney and disappeared.
…
Early in the morning, Tan Chunying got up early because she had to go out to do some errands, so she drove Tan Xiao to school.
Tan Xiao got out of the car at the door. Tan Chunying opened the car window and said to him, "Hey, I say, you have fooled your sister Maomao enough. She has been asking me about Feng Shui on WeChat. Haha, isn't she looking for you for psychological massage?"
Tan Xiao: "..."
Sister Maomao, you still don’t believe what he said.
However, Tan Chunying would not cast spells on people randomly. When she talked to Maomao, she only talked about Feng Shui culture. She had a rich reserve of spells, so it didn't matter.
"Tan Xiao?" Someone behind him greeted Tan Xiao.
Tan Xiao turned around. He didn't recognize him, but he nodded anyway, "Good morning."
Tan Chunying also nodded to her son’s classmates.
The classmate smiled shyly and walked away quickly, as if he had run out of courage to say hello.
It's true. Given Tan Xiao's past behavior, few classmates dare to say hello to him on the street, for fear that Tan Xiao will treat them coldly.
Tan Xiao walked along the artificial lake to the classroom. He saw fish floating on the surface of the lake and started to skip stones, which startled a group of fish. He broke off some bread and threw it in, and saw the fish and ducks fighting for food.
Hmm, steam one and braise one...
Tan Xiao was bored and simulated a hundred ways of cooking fish in his mind.
When he arrived in the classroom, classmates around him also greeted Tan Xiao: "Good morning."
——Tan Xiao guessed that the person at the door just now was also his classmate. After spending so much time together, the classmates all knew that Tan Xiao only looked arrogant, but was actually a nice person.
But Tan Xiao always felt that they were whispering something.
The moody classmate Kong Xuan showed a sunny mood today. He was quite friendly and nodded slightly at him.
Because of Wu Tianyu's matter, Tan Xiao's impression of Kong Xuan is now very different from before, and he smiled at him.
Lin Yang saw this and thought to himself that Kong Xuan was very kind today and actually took the initiative to greet Tan Xiao. How strange. He didn't dare to ask Kong Xuan, so he just approached Tan Xiao and asked, "Xiao, I heard that a tattooed guy sent you to school today?"
Tan Xiao: “Ah?”
He thought for a long time and said in disbelief: "It's only been a few minutes since it was passed on and you already know about it? What big shot? That's my mother."
Lin Yang: “…”
Lin Yang said awkwardly, "I've been fooled. These people are so gossipy. Auntie is so fashionable, and she even has a tattoo."
"That's our tradition as spiritualists. The snake tattoo symbolizes the ability to control snakes." Tan Xiao said with a smile, "If it weren't for school, I would have gotten a tattoo when I was 18."
So cool? Lin Yang wanted to praise it.
"Hey, hey, did you know that the cafeteria is going to have a new contractor?" Yu Zhenzhen turned around and interrupted Lin Yang to bring everyone the latest school news. "There are three companies competing now. The school decided to let them cook for one day each, and then let everyone vote in the end."
"So good!" Lin Yang clapped his hands like a seal. "I've been fed up with it for a long time. This chef's cooking is really bland, so bland it's almost boring."
But he always eats it all up every time. He is a little picky, but not very picky.
Even Tan Xiao became interested. He was quite picky and the food cooked by the canteen chef before was not to his liking. But what if it was good ? He would definitely go and taste it.
“Also, there will be a senior student coming to give a lecture in a couple of days. He’s ten years older than us.” Yu Zhenzhen recalled the name, “He’s a writer...but I don’t read physical books much, so I’m not sure.” Textbooks and recommended books are enough for students to read, and extended reading has not really expanded to the seniors’ books.
"A lecture, are you sure it's for seniors, not a thank-you lecture?" Lin Yang couldn't help but complain, "It's always the same sentimental stuff. Also, they won't ask us to buy books on the spot, right?"
"Hahahaha, I don't know about that!"
Tan Xiao was somewhat interested after listening to this. After all, he was also currently writing a sequel to the Classic of Mountains and Seas. It would be nice to listen to the writer's experience. He also wondered what genre the senior wrote.
By noon, Kong Xuan had gotten used to the fact that Tan Xiao would not eat with him at school, and he became absent-minded.
Unexpectedly, today Tan Xiao actually invited: "Kong Xuan, do you want to go to the cafeteria for dinner together?" He and Lin Yang had agreed to go to the cafeteria for a group tasting and voting. When they saw Kong Xuan, since their relationship had improved, of course they invited him to participate in the group activities.
Lin Yang secretly glanced at Kong Xuan, wondering if Tan Xiao was instructed by the teacher again. He became enthusiastic towards Kong Xuan, but Kong Xuan always kept to himself and even seemed to be incompatible with the atmosphere of the cafeteria and did not seem like he would agree.
Kong Xuan slowly raised his head and thought for a moment. He disliked the cafeteria food very much, so he said arrogantly: "Whatever you want."
What does casual mean?
Tan Xiao looked at Lin Yang in confusion. Was there any need to play dumb about a word? "But we are going now. Are you going or not?"
Kong Xuan stood up: "...Go."
Therefore, the team from Class 3 that went to the cafeteria today was particularly cool and attracted a lot of attention along the way. In addition, the "love-hate relationship" between Kong Xuan and Tan Xiao seemed to be a hot topic throughout the school.
Seeing Kong Xuan and Tan Xiao walking together, everyone became more and more confused.
What's going on? They said there was a fight before, and we analyzed it over and over again. Now you're going to eat together, so is there any confirmation of the gossip spread by your classmates in Class 3?
Not to mention them, the students in Class 3 themselves were also very confused.
I went all the way to the cafeteria and lined up to get my food.
Nanchu No. 1 Middle School has a semi-open kitchen, which is transparent and visible. The dishes are by the window and the stove is behind it. When Tan Xiao arrived, he did not look at the dishes first, but bent down slightly and took a look inside.
Because Tan Xiao also cooks, he knows that when watching the master chef, he also has to watch the stove, which represents the level of the master chef, and also represents the level of cooperation and tacit understanding between him and other roles in the kitchen team, such as the cutters and waiters.
But at this glance, the first thing Tan Xiao noticed was a very familiar image of "Big Kitchen God" on the wall next to the stove.
It is the same as the one in Wu Tianyu's house, but this one is much newer. To be honest, it is much more common here than in homes. Many traditional Chinese chefs will put it up, just like many stores will offer sacrifices to the God of Wealth.
So, is this something that the new canteen team put up? No, that's not right. There are three teams competing for this, and they haven't decided yet. How could they bring all the Kitchen God images and put them up right away?
Tan Xiao suppressed his doubts and ordered three dishes first. He and his classmates had agreed that they would order different dishes over the next few days so that they could try them in turn.
When everyone gets together, it's like having a buffet.
Kong Xuan opened the disposable chopsticks and saw the dishes on the table. He thought back to the dishes that Tan Xiao prepared for him. Ha, there was no comparison. But since Tan Xiao invited him, he reluctantly tried it.
"Hey, hey, it's Wu Tianyu, look at him." Just after sitting down, Lin Yang pointed at a person and said, "I heard from my brother that he seemed to have seen him in the hospital. He must have been beaten. Look, there are wounds on his face."
"But you know what, after eating the hospital meal, my face didn't look that skinny anymore."
"...That's right. Although he was skinny before, he looked very excited and beat people ruthlessly. Now he is not as energetic as before. Maybe his spirit has been defeated. He is a freshman in high school, and he is so popular that he will be hated by others."
"That's what they call, still waters run deep, the wise have no intentions, those who are too arrogant will be beaten."
"Who beat him up then? Wu Tianyu is so powerful... Could he have been attacked by a group of people?"
Wu Tianyu was also serving food. In the past, he would not have queued up at all. But after being sick, he became much more obedient. It’s not that he is not as energetic as before, but it’s more like he has just recovered from a serious illness.
Just because of his reputation during this period, the students next to him still didn't dare to look at him for too long.
Wu Tianyu got some food and saw the statue of the Kitchen God.
The Kitchen God statue was sent to school by Wu's mother, who thought of some ways to have it posted in the cafeteria. It was said that the Kitchen God statue in his kitchen was somewhat effective, and his mother hoped that he would eat well in school to avoid any more accidents...
The period of time before was like a dream to Wu Tianyu. He could still recall some things, but it always felt like there was a layer of fog between them, and he was extremely excited at that time. There were also some things that he could not remember at all, because at that time his body was occupied by another existence.
Some things are forgotten, but the feeling of embarrassment is forever...
Wu Tianyu turned around and saw an impressive face at the dining table.
It’s Tan Xiao.
In fact, Wu Tianyu had heard of Tan Xiao before. He was very famous, and many classmates also knew that his family was engaged in folk performances. Of course, now when Wu Tianyu thinks back on it, he just thinks it is a bit funny.
A wizard with real skills is actually in their school, and is famous as a folk inheritor?
Wu's mother had told Wu Tianyu that he must go and thank Tan Xiao when he saw him. However, he was not feeling well that day and fainted several times, so he did not thank him in person.
In his heart, he was actually grateful to Tan Xiao. After all, Tan Xiao saved him, and the feeling of being confused and hungry was very painful. However, whenever Wu Tianyu saw Tan Xiao, he would dig his toes into the ground.
Whenever he thought about how he and Tan Xiao had acted, he wanted to sit up and slap himself in the middle of the night: Why is life so long!
And for some reason, he felt an inexplicable sense of fear when facing Tan Xiao.
It's like...
It was as if he had been beaten by Tan Xiao.
Wu Tianyu didn't know that his unconscious body had really been beaten by Tan Xiao, and most of were caused by Tan Xiao and Kong Xuan. Although he had no memory, he was still affected.
But I still have to say thank you. Wu Tianyu stared at Tan Xiao for a while before he prepared himself mentally and walked over there.
Lin Yang was just gossiping about Wu Tianyu when he saw him walking towards him with an uncertain look on his face. He immediately became flustered and almost couldn't hold the chopsticks steady. "Oh my god, oh my god!"
He had seen it before, and when others looked at him a few more times, Wu Tianyu grabbed his collar.
Could it be that he found out that he was saying bad things about him and came here to pick a fight?
As the sports commissioner, Lin Yang is also tall and strong, but he has always been a good citizen and cannot be compared with these thugs. He also doesn't really want to fight in the cafeteria.
But Lin Yang thought too much. Wu Tianyu came over and only spoke to Tan Xiao. He greeted him with evasive eyes: "...Hello." Alas, he didn't dare to look into Tan Xiao's eyes at all. As soon as he saw him, his toes wanted to curl up again.
you??
Lin Yang was shocked. Wu Tianyu could use honorifics? He had never been so polite to a teacher.
Wu Tianyu rubbed his face with one hand, feeling embarrassed and at a loss. He felt that he and a good student like Tan Xiao were completely different people. Now he didn't know how to start the greeting when he came to thank them.
He saw Tan Xiao looking at him quietly, as if he had never seen him before, so he could only bite the bullet and say, "Well, sorry, I just saw you here and wanted to come over to say hello." He thanked you by the way, but he didn't dare to say too much about Tan Xiao's private practices.
Wu Tianyu didn't tell these things to his peers, not only because no one would believe him even if he told them, but also because he only had some gangster friends around him, and these people were scared by his beatings recently.
If he goes to tell others that I was possessed by evil spirits, I guess those gangster friends will just look at him like an idiot.
Tan Xiao was actually just looking at Wu Tianyu's complexion and felt that he was recovering well.
Seeing Wu Tianyu being inexplicably nervous and using honorifics, Tan Xiao found it a little funny and reached out to pull Wu Tianyu: "Sit down and talk. Does your body no longer hurt?"
Tan Xiao just stretched out his hand, and the people at the table and even those around who were secretly noticing them were shocked to see that Wu Tianyu suddenly shrank back and quickly covered his head and face!
Everyone: “???”
No, you...what are you afraid of...
Seeing the new leader of No. 1 Middle School, the school bully Wu Tianyu, cowering timidly, a weird feeling rose in everyone's heart.
Lin Yang turned his head slowly and looked at Tan Xiao. Like many people, he had an irresistible thought in his mind: Oh my god, was Wu Tianyu beaten by you? ?
Those who are not familiar with him are even more wondering, is the tattooed boss in the rumors real?
What's more, he slowly looked at Kong Xuan and suddenly realized, Kong Xuan followed Tan Xiao so obediently and didn't even glare at Tan Xiao, could it be that he was also beaten into submission?
...You are a physics nerd, when did you start working part-time as a school bully! No wonder you are always so arrogant!
