Chapter 36 Broken Mirror
I took the sail handed to me by my cousin. Judging from his posture, he seemed to be planning to set up a formation here.
My cousin lit the incense while muttering something.
Dong Jing was not idle either. He squatted next to his cousin and started burning yellow and white paper money.
It’s strange to say, there were many sacrifices in the village before, but I have never seen the fire and ashes flying everywhere when burning yellow and white paper .
Later, my cousin told me that it was because there were too many dirty things nearby.
They scramble to grab more money, so when they see someone burning paper, they will come over to take it.
Then it dawned on me.
Although I have spent a lot of time sweeping the house with my cousin, I only know the basics. The longer I stay in this industry, the more curious I become about it.
"Boy, quickly put the sail in the middle of the formation."
Seeing how anxious my cousin was, I didn't dare to delay and quickly put the sail in the middle of the formation.
"Boy Lifan, the evil spirit will retreat immediately!"
My cousin suddenly shouted, and I didn’t expect him to say "boy", which made my face turn red.
Dong Jing, who was burning paper, looked up at me. There was something in her eyes that I couldn't explain for a moment, but I always felt that she was laughing at me, so I could only turn my face away and not look at her.
"Bring me that mirror."
As my cousin gave instructions, I turned around, found where the mirror was, and took it over.
The closer the mirror was to the formation, the hotter I could feel it getting.
The surface of the mirror slowly turned into an ordinary mirror, but I still couldn't see myself clearly in the mirror.
This mirror was very strange, so we placed it next to the formation and let it stand upright, shining towards us.
But although the maze no longer existed in the mirror, countless faces continued to appear in the mirror like a kaleidoscope.
I frowned, not understanding what was going on.
My cousin also frowned, and his expression made me feel that he was a little uncomfortable.
Sure enough, not long after, he spat out a mouthful of blood, and the blood stained the surface of the mirror, causing it to break.
"uncle!"
I was a little anxious and wanted to go forward to support him. At this time, he was very weak and looked like he was about to collapse.
But he held on tight and waved his hands at me, signaling me to stay where I was and not move.
He cannot be disturbed when he is performing the ritual, otherwise his body will be injured, so Dong Jing and I didn't dare to move.
Only when all the incense beside the formation was burned out did he sit down on the ground, holding his chest, his face full of pain.
"Do you have any wine? I want strong liquor, preferably Erguotou."
He turned his head and looked at me. I always kept a bottle of Erguotou in my treasure bag.
I quickly took out the Erguotou from my treasure bag and handed it to him. After he took the Erguotou, he opened the lid and started drinking.
He held the last bite in his mouth. He struggled to stand up, walked to the mirror, and sprayed towards it.
At the same time, it hit the mirror and a cloud of black smoke came out from the surface of the mirror.
The wind was blowing here, and the black smoke dissipated as it blew.
The three of us breathed a sigh of relief. The black smoke was the dark air trapped in the mirror, and now it was blown away by the wind, which meant that the matter had been completely resolved.
Young Master Chen and Lin Mu didn't dare to say a word. Lin Mu, who had never seen such a scene, had been scared to death.
"Are you all okay?" Lin Mu looked at us with a trembling voice, a little worried.
I shook my head, but this time, I felt even more dizzy.
Just then, Dong Jing took out another pill from her arms and handed it to me.
"Eat this."
With the previous experience, I knew that as long as I took the pill, my body would be relieved for a period of time.
So I quickly put the pill into my mouth.
Just as I thought, the pill melted in my mouth, and a heat from my dantian spread throughout my body, and the dizziness in my head stopped abruptly.
When Master Chen saw what we were doing, he realized that we were really risking our lives, so he was no longer stingy with the one million, and his expression looked much better.
"Brothers, come home with me. I'll treat you. Rest at my house today. I'll ask the aunt at home to make some food for you to replenish your bodies. It's really not appropriate to go on like this." Young Master Chen walked to the side of his cousin and made an invitation.
My cousin didn't refuse, he just let me help him stand up.
"It's almost there, you guys wait on the side now."
Young Master Chen could tell that now was not a good time to talk about eating, so he could only stay aside with Lin Mu.
My cousin was still weak because he had vomited blood. He stood aside and taught me what to do next.
Following my cousin's instructions, I placed two Taoist talismans painted with cinnabar next to the iron cage.
Then my cousin recited the incantation, he said one sentence and I said one sentence. Before long, the talisman started to burn by itself.
The power of the Taoist talisman was not great, but it burned the big rat next to it.
It was like a rat being doused with white gasoline. It burned without any pause and we didn't use anything to help the combustion.
"That's because it ate a lot of corpse oil, which it can't digest all at once. As long as its fur is burned and its skin and flesh are broken, a large amount of corpse oil will start to flow out of its body, which is how it helps with combustion."
My cousin explained to me weakly and I listened carefully.
But I still had a lot of questions to ask, but when I saw how hard my cousin was working and how sweat was oozing from his forehead, I just shut up.
"The curse on you is not ordinary. It's an ancient curse that was passed from rats to humans. People in the past didn't know and thought it was a plague, but in fact, it's a curse. Someone kept this rat and fed it a lot corpses, which made its already yin constitution even more yin. The corpses were not allowed to rest in peace, so the resentment grew. People who are cursed are prone to losing their souls. They are all taken away by the yin and foul air, so your soul is now unstable, making you feel dizzy all the time. The pill Dong Jing gave you is actually a soul-gathering pill. When the yang energy is sufficient, the yin and foul air will be afraid."
My cousin looked at me and patted my shoulder. "My dear, I am sorry for you. I blame myself for letting you be cursed. Don't worry, kid, I won't abandon you. Follow me and I will find the Soul-Restoring Pearl for you."
I lowered my head slightly. I thought I was just bitten by a mouse and didn't expect there would be so many follow-up problems.
"Let's go home with Master Chen. I'm hungry too."
My cousin, hunched over, walked towards Master Chen's Mercedes.
