Chapter 59 Ghost Moving
Tan Xiao was holding the flowers, and Kong Xuan had been staring at her with a hint of resentment. After she came down, Lin Yang immediately smiled and teased, "This kind of man is not worth having. He was so reluctant to give flowers to her, and he had to ask the dean to urge him. Do you regret having him as your deskmate now?"
They just swapped seats, and actually the difference from last semester wasn't that big.
But Lin Yang was despicable for saying such things, Kong Xuan glared at him.
Lin Yang: "I remember that Tan Xiao gave you flowers last semester..."
Kong Xuan couldn't help but said: "What do you know? This is the bouquet from last semester!"
Lin Yang still felt that this was all a continuation of the show's effect. When the students around him heard what Kong Xuan said, they all laughed. Lin Yang was happy to cooperate and said to Tan Xiao, "Your current boyfriend is very handsome, but he's also really stubborn."
Kong Xuan: “…”
"It's so funny. We were just talking about how only you two could perform that scene and even the dean was making a fuss. If it were someone else, they definitely wouldn't be able to do it." Yu Zhenzhen also joined in the conversation.
"What do you mean?" Kong Xuan thought, maybe the teachers could also see that he and Tan Xiao were different, and Ji Huiming had also transferred them to be legal deskmates.
"Uh," Yu Zhenzhen thought that everyone could understand this. We were all high school students, and the school was very careful about preventing premature love. "Because teachers are afraid of inducing students to fall in love..."
But they are boys, and the show was so good that the teacher just thought it was rehearsed and everyone was playing with memes after the show.
Kong Xuan was a little puzzled after hearing this. The reason for the commotion was actually the opposite. In fact, he had been confused for a long time. The school rules clearly stated that premature love was not allowed, but he had also seen a senior student and her deskmate having a strange relationship before.
He frowned and said, "But students can't fall in love too early."
Lin Yang said casually: "Boss, why are you so stubborn? If you get caught, it's premature love. If you don't get caught, it's just classmate friendship. We just review together and go to and from school together."
Kong Xuan: “!”
"You are here to teach Kong Xuan how to take advantage of loopholes, right? Haha, don't let him learn it." Yu Zhenzhen laughed. To be honest, the learning atmosphere in their class was very strong and basically no one had time to think about those things.
"Squad leader, can you come over here?" Tan Xiao called Yu Zhenzhen and ran to the side to mutter.
Kong Xuan was still thinking that the human race was really good at taking advantage of loopholes.
The event was almost over, and Lin Yang took out his phone out of boredom and saw a piece of news.
"Wow, what's this? It says there was a guy who sleepwalked barefoot from the vicinity of the Second Hospital to Qiyunling at night. He woke up in the mountains the next day and was late. Hahaha." Lin Yang saw a local push notification on the browser and couldn't help but click on it to take a look.
Locals all know that the Second Hospital is located in the center of the city, and the nearest place to the city is several dozen kilometers away from the Qiyunling Mountains. It is okay to run barefoot all night. The weather is still cold now, so isn't it just a cold?
At this moment, Tan Xiao and Yu Zhenzhen came back after whispering, and Lin Yang immediately showed it to him: "Hahaha, look at this!"
Kong Xuan took a quick look from the side and found that there were some unhealthy ads under Lin Yang's push. As an adult peacock, he immediately looked away and covered Tan Xiao's eyes: "He is still a minor, what are you showing him!"
Tan Xiao: "..."
"..." Lin Yang felt that Kong Xuan was exaggerating too much. He turned off the advertisement and said, "Keep your voice down, or people will misunderstand me!"
It must be her revenge for teasing her current girlfriend.
Tan Xiao didn't see anything clearly when Kong Xuan covered his eyes tightly. He felt that Kong Xuan was very nervous. "Hey, what, Lin Yang, what did you show me?"
"Look, look, this is a misunderstanding." Lin Yang said aggrievedly, "I was just watching the news."
Tan Xiao was still holding the flowers in one hand, and with the other he pushed Kong Xuan's hands away. Lin Yang raised the phone screen to his eyes, and he could see the news summary right away. He couldn't help but be attracted by it . "How can someone sleepwalk so far? No wonder it was on the news."
Because he was watching the news, he did not let go of Kong Xuan's hand immediately after he had pulled it away. He slowly let it fall down and paused unconsciously. It seemed that he was holding Kong Xuan's hand around his shoulder with one hand.
"You said this is real sleepwalking or fake sleepwalking." Tan Xiao turned to look at Kong Xuan, he didn't say anything, "Huh?"
Kong Xuan's eyes wandered.
Tan Xiao was still distracted. He continued searching in the news and found that there were experts who interpreted sleepwalking behavior, but it didn't say whether they were experts from the hospital or from the 404 Office.
Kong Xuan slowly came back to his senses and looked around, only to find that there were actually several pairs of people doing similar actions, both boys and girls. It was normal for classmates who were close to each other to put their arms around each other's shoulders, no wonder Tan Xiao held him so naturally.
Kong Xuan had seen a lot in the human world, and was also actively learning the rules, physics, and mobile phones here, but this time seemed a little different. He imitated the movements of others, slowly leaned forward, lowered his head which had always been slightly raised, put his chin on Tan Xiao's shoulder, and gradually relaxed.
Tan Xiao felt some cold skin brushing against his ear. He shrank his neck and let go of Kong Xuan, but still stood where he was, supporting a body that was much bigger than his own.
This was not the first time that Tan Xiao and Kong Xuan were in an embracing posture, but it was the first time that Kong Xuan imitated an ordinary person and approached the posture of an ordinary high school student.
Compared to the time when he picked up Tan Xiao from under the rooftop, or held Tan Xiao's hand and made hand gestures on the altar, at this moment, in the chilly wind of early spring, Kong Xuan used the method he had learned as if he was half hanging on the young man, showing an increasingly different side of himself .
Tan Xiao had his back to Kong Xuan, so Kong Xuan couldn't see him either. Tan Xiao was still staring at Lin Yang's phone screen, then glanced to the side and smiled.
Lin Yang looked at the two of them and suddenly felt that holding the phone was quite boring. "Why don't you two say something? "
Kong Xuan was lying on Tan Xiao's shoulder, with half of his face exposed, looking a little gloomy: "Why did you bring your phone to school, Teacher Ji——"
Lin Yang: “Ahhhh what a big festival!!”
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Because the flowers were given in public, Tan Xiao had no choice but to hold the flowers all the time. It was not until they returned to the class that Kong Xuan stared at Tan Xiao without saying a word, but his expression was much more sunny than when he looked at Lin Yang.
Tan Xiao pretended not to know and lowered his head to smell the flowers, "Oh, so fresh."
"Don't rub the petals off!" Kong Xuan's tone was not fierce, but rather resentful. "Reflect on yourself, is this what a spirit witch should do?"
"Got it. Here are the incense and flowers as an offering." Tan Xiao finally returned the flowers to Kong Xuan.
Kong Xuan held it in his hand, but found that there was an extra flower inside, and the texture was a little different. He picked it up and saw that it was made of paper. He couldn't help but look at Tan Xiao in shock.
"I'll return it to you, with one more flower as interest. But I have nowhere to find flowers right now, so I asked the monitor for help and picked one. This one doesn't need to be kept fresh." Tan Xiao said.
Kong Xuan carefully put the paper flower back into the bouquet. He felt that Tan Xiao was very thoughtful. This paper flower was even folded using a page of answers to physics exercises, full of formulas and thoughtfulness.
Lin Yang ran by and saw this scene. He just returned the flower. It was indeed a prop, but why was there an extra flower? He shouted, "Oh my god, which school girl gave this to you? Wow, it's really girly. Can I see it?"
Kong Xuan put it down, and when Lin Yang turned around to look again, the bouquet of flowers had disappeared.
Lin Yang was stunned, "...What kind of close-up magic is this!"
Casting at such a close distance still made Tan Xiao a little worried, and he said guiltily: "Uh, do you want me to explain the principle to you?"
“No, no!” Lin Yang covered his ears directly, “Don’t tell me, the magic will be meaningless if you decipher it!! You absolutely cannot tell me!”
Tan Xiao: “…………Okay.”
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It had been a while since school started before Tan Xiao received any news from the 404 Office again.
It is said that Mr. Xu and the official from Qi Province went to Yunmeng and other places before coming to Nanchu, and brought the latest progress of the investigation.
Mu Fei made a video call to Tan Xiao and said, "Hello, brother Tan Xiao, say hello to Mr. Xu. It's been a while since we last met."
"Tan Xiao, are your grades okay? Is your study stressful?" Mr. Xu looked a lot thinner. Since he was talking to a student, he would always ask about his studies.
"It's okay." Tan Xiao saw a figure behind Mr. Xu. It was a young man wearing a leather jacket. His hair was dyed a little blue. Only half of his body was exposed, but his appearance was quite obvious. Tan Xiao suspected that this was the official from Qi Province.
This teacher looks quite fashionable. Tan Xiao really can't tell what race he is just from his appearance.
Sure enough, Mr. Xu quickly introduced him, "This is Barry, a colleague from the 404 Office of Qi Province. Old Barry, this is our underage foreign aid."
"Master Tan Ling." Barry stood up and greeted Tan Xiao, not daring to look down on him because of his young age. "I've heard of your name for a long time!"
When he stood up, Tan Xiao saw that he was holding a sheepskin drum that was not particularly large. He carefully identified it and asked, "Hello... Are you practicing the Duan Gong method?"
Barry nodded vigorously: "Good eyesight!"
This is rare, it turns out that Mr. Barry also practices witchcraft!
Like the Lingshi, the Duangong is also a kind of folk wizard, spread across many provinces in China, and also distributed in Qi. They generally evolve differently according to local customs. Barry is obviously more influenced by the Qi wizard.
Qi, like Chu, had a strong witch culture in the old days. The most famous witch dance was the Shangyang Dance, many of whose movements were incorporated into their traditional operas. It was as famous as the Chu witch dance, the Snake Dance. The difference was in its function. The Shangyang Dance was used to pray for rain.
In the past, there was Elder Baoping who practiced the law in Laomei Temple, and now there is Barry who practices folk law and teaches witchcraft.
For Tan Xiao, the latter was relatively rare. After all, Barry had joined Office 404, and as far as he knew, most of the people in Office 404 were members of mainstream religions, and folk wizards like him were extremely rare.
Although the two were wizards from different places, they felt close to each other when they met and exchanged a few words in the video.
"Dear colleagues, and Master Tan, let me introduce to you that after our visits and investigations, we have traced the source of the Huodou to a pet shop in Qi Province. This pet shop was once hit by a meteorite, but it was also on the news because the owner was paranoid and bought a lot of insurance for himself and the shop. People laughed at him for worrying too much, but who knew that he was really hit by a meteorite like the people of Qi in ancient times."
Barry synchronized the current progress of the investigation with everyone, "Then we learned that the store should have lost twelve animals at that time. I now reasonably suspect that those twelve animals were formed into evil spirits because of the fragments of the Tengu Star. Their traces first started from Qi Province and then expanded to surrounding provinces. And this process must have been guided by humans.
"The power behind this is also a major focus for us besides the whereabouts of other beasts. Many of our colleagues have initiated divination on this beast. Perhaps the information is still too lacking, so we are also collecting more information.
"In fact, after tracking for a period of time, we have also locked down the traces of at least four or five Huotou, and we are organizing people to capture them. Then we have another direction of investigation, which is actually the investigation method."
It's a simple truth. There are definitely not many people who can escape Kong Xuan, and there are a few big monsters in the human world. Let's investigate them first. And this work actually overlaps with a task that the 404 Office has been doing recently, which is the monster population census that is conducted every 60 years. There are some ready-made data that can be used .
Twelve! Tan Xiao felt a little dizzy after hearing this. Fortunately, they said they had found other traces and were searching for them simultaneously. The progress was encouraging.
"The other party stayed in Chu for a long time, and the cases here are quite concentrated. I think it has something to do with the high concentration of Gengshen Ridi's slurry in southern Chu."
Everyone knew this and nodded. In short, Chu Province must step up its investigation.
"So I also plan to go to Qiyunling tomorrow or the day after tomorrow to observe the Feng Shui of Nanchu." Barry said. Qiyunling is an important mountain range in Nanchu and also a high point. Also, if there are any evil spirits hiding, they will definitely like to hide in such deep mountains and old forests. If you want to find any traces of other evil spirits, this place is definitely suitable.
Tan Xiao nodded, "If I don't have classes, I'll go there too. Oh, I also know a local wizard there, I can ask him to lead the way."
"Thank you for your hard work. You have so many classes and yet you still find time to help." Barry said, and then he saw Tan Xiao sighing in the video. "I can't help it. My Lord God said that you should not only just attend classes, but also go out and exercise. Physical fitness tests are also very important."
Barry was at a loss for a moment: "Did your Lord God say that in such detail?"
Tan Xiao moved his body, revealing the Sect Master God who was half floating and reading a textbook behind him, "Yes... the original words."
Barry almost spit out his anger, and looked at his colleagues from Chu Province with a questioning expression, "Why did Chu Wu evolve secretly without telling me?"
"Don't look at us. We are still counting on you to give us an answer. Can you wizards summon gods 24/7?" Mu Fei said half-jokingly, knowing that Kong Xuan was one of the few who went to the lower world to study.
Barry: “…”
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holiday.
Tan Xiao took the Sect Master God to Qiyunling again. Because he had not finished his homework, he did not set off with the car organized by 404, but arrived a step late.
Coming to Qiyuling again, nothing seemed different here. When passing by the fish pond at the entrance of the village, there were still fishermen pointing and talking at him... Tan Xiao didn't expect that they still remembered him. Netizens were about to forget him!
This was not the peak holiday season in Qiyunling, but there were still many people going out for spring outings since the beginning of spring. Tan Xiao and 404 made an appointment to meet at the government homestay on Panlong Xiangdao Road. He walked to the door as if he knew the place well and heard a commotion coming from inside.
"I told you you're possessed and you don't believe me. Who the hell runs a hundred miles barefoot in one night, and chooses Sunday specifically, and wakes up without any lactic acid pain."
"... Really, don't try to cheat me out of my money, okay? You can't even win an argument with me."
"Who is arguing with you? Then tell me why you stop sleepwalking when you go to the hospital to sleep."
"Nonsense, because it's a hospital!"
"Bullshit, the hospital didn't prescribe you any medicine, they just told you to sleep. It's obvious that the evil problem is in your family!"
Tan Xiao looked and saw that the two people who were talking were a young man in a leather jacket and a middle-aged man with a stubble on his face and a cigarette butt in his hand. The two were arguing with each other.
"Is that Ba Duan Gong?" Tan Xiao asked Kong Xuan in a low voice. He was a little unsure because he didn't see anyone else from Office 404. "What is his true form? Can you tell?"
"Yes." Kong Xuan took a look and tried to identify Barry's background, "...I can see it but I don't recognize him."
I don’t know and can’t name the object.
Tan Xiao wanted to continue discussing a few more sentences, but was attracted by their words. It sounded like Barry seemed to realize that this uncle had encountered some strange thing, but his uncle refused to admit it.
Moreover, the content of this incident sounded very familiar. Tan Xiao thought about it. Wasn't it the sleepwalking man in the news that Lin Yang shared when the school just started? At that time, he was wondering whether this was real sleepwalking or fake.
——It could be that the 404 Office has been too busy lately to take care of him, or maybe they just decided to suspend him because they thought he was not dangerous. Tan Xiao speculated based on his understanding of the 404 Office.
Over there, Barry and the "Sleepwalker" were arguing fiercely.
Every once in a while, this sleepwalker would inexplicably leave his home at night and appear in Qiyuling the next morning. It had been reported in the city news, but he hadn't solved it even after such a long time.
Everyone thought it was a sleepwalking incident, but he appeared in Qiyunling again this morning, and simply ran to the village to eat at the farmhouse. Who knew he would meet a strange man in leather jackets, and when he heard him and other diners talking about his experience, he insisted that he must have been possessed by evil spirits, and even said that he was an official.
What a joke!
The sleepwalking boy has been watching "Science of Walking" since he was a child. How could there be ghosts moving and flying at night in the world? The doctor said it was probably sleepwalking, and not feeling tired must be a psychological suggestion.
As for the official person, that was nonsense. The moment he heard it, he laughed and said, "You mean, you are from the Dragon Group?"
Barry came over in advance and had already greeted Pan Longxiang. He then pulled Pan Dad over and said, "This is the Taoist priest of the Yao family. Ask him if he thinks there's something wrong with you."
He felt that wizards from two different factions had told him that he had a problem, and yet he still refused to admit it. He was now ready to reveal his true colors when he was accused of lying!
Panlongxiang nodded repeatedly: "It looks like it!"
The sleepwalker laughed, "You said he was a Taoist priest, but what you two said is equally unreliable."
"Who do you want to listen to then?" Barry asked with amusement. He had already decided to show off his skills to the sleepwalker.
The sleepwalker looked around, trying to find someone to talk to among the diners, but it was the off-season, and the people who had just talked to him continued fishing and were not even interested in watching. But when he looked around, he saw Tan Xiao and Kong Xuan at the door.
The sleepwalker's eyes stayed on Tan Xiao's face for a few seconds and he recognized him. The sleepwalker also had a daughter who went to school and had watched Tan Xiao's show: "Hey, you are Tan Xiao, right?"
Tan Xiao nodded.
No mistake. The sleepwalker threw away his cigarette butt and stretched out his hand, saying, "You heard what we said, didn't you? Please say something. I'm willing to listen to you. You are the inheritor of the spiritual master culture and you are well-educated. What you say must make sense!"
Tan Xiao looked at him and said innocently but firmly: "Listen to me, you must be possessed by evil spirits."
Sleepwalker: "..."
