Chapter 84 Rock Carvings
At this time, Tan Xiao didn't have the heart to chase the Corgi immediately, "Aunt Zhu, could you please lend me your car? I have to take my mother to the nearest community hospital." One is to get a rabies vaccine, and the other is that the wound is so big that it might need stitches.
"Is Teacher Tan afraid of blood? Oh my God, that dog..." Faced with this emergency, Zhu Yi panicked for two seconds, quickly arranged a car to take the person to the hospital, and called the city management department to inform them that there was a mad dog here.
After she finished the call, she saw Tan Xiao was also on the phone.
"...Okay, Sister Mu." Tan Xiao and Office 404 hurriedly told the story, and Office 404 began to hunt down the corgis in the city. As far as he was concerned, Tan Chunying didn't seem to faint from blood. She was a person who had lost her soul. It was more like she had been hit and her soul was unstable. This was why he had been hiding it from Tan Chunying. People who had lost their souls were more easily frightened.
Tan Xiao took his bag of props and carried Tan Chunying into the car. Kong Xuan followed and said solemnly, "Take a look at her talisman."
Tan Xiao suddenly remembered that, yes, after he found out that Tan Chunying had lost her soul, he specially drew a talisman with the words "Peacock is here" and asked Tan Chunying to wear it with her.
If Tan Chunying hadn't taken it off, the talisman should have been able to stop the evil spirit.
But at this time, "reason" seemed to be of no use. Logically, there should not be any evil spirits in the human world that can avoid the five-colored divine light - even if we take a step back, Kong Xuan's real body is not in the lower world at this time, and he cannot exert the maximum power of this life-saving magic weapon, but the evil spirits are just evil spirits after all.
Tan Xiao took out the card bag that Tan Chunying carried with and pulled out a talisman from it. The talisman in the frosted talisman case had already faded in cinnabar and turned gray as before.
——This shows that the talisman worked. It was thanks to this talisman that Tan Chunying’s life would have been in danger, otherwise.
However, Kong Xuan's expression became even uglier. Calling the god's name can cure the ghost. This talisman has a great deterrent effect. This beast dared to destroy the talisman and hurt people in front of him. There is nothing more provocative than this. Especially with Kong Xuan's personality, he squeezed out two words from his teeth: "Dead dog..."
He didn't say much, but his implication was obviously that he didn't want Huodou to stay in the human world any longer.
Tan Xiao frowned. The more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong.
When he first saw the Huotou, he thought they were out for revenge, but it was a bit mean to take revenge on his family. But then he thought again, there were twelve Huotou, and although he killed three of them, there were still nine that were captured by other mages in the 404 Office.
It doesn't make sense to say that he is bullying the weak and fearing the strong, as he even dared to confront Kong Xuan.
Zhu Yixin was also in the car, and the photographer followed along to capture the sudden incident.
At this moment, Zhu Yixin took a curious look, not understanding why Tan Xiao was in the mood to fiddle with Tan Chunying's talisman. Her face was not looking good, so she comforted him, "Don't worry, Xiao Tan. Fortunately, the bite was on the limbs instead of the face. We'll be fine after we go down and treat the wound."
"Yeah, okay." Tan Xiao responded with a forced smile.
"Are your legs okay?" Zhu Yixin looked at his legs. He had just jumped directly from the second floor, which was a considerable height. She was almost scared to death.
"Legs? Nothing." What could possibly happen to Tan Xiao? He glanced at the camera and said, "Oh, we also need to practice martial arts occasionally. It's better to be good at both civil and military affairs."
When they arrived at the community hospital, with the help of Zhu Yixin, Tan Xiao washed Tan Chunying's wound, gave her a vaccination, and sewed two stitches.
Tan Chunying was lying in the ward and had not yet woken up. Zhu Yixin was communicating with the doctor.
Taking this opportunity, Tan Xiao opened the bag, drew a talisman on Tan Chunying's hand with cinnabar, and chanted a calming spell: "The first soul quickly guards the seven spirits, the second soul quickly guards the Niwan, the third soul is controlled by the heart..."
Although Tan Chunying is missing her soul, the remaining soul still needs to be at peace.
While Tan Xiao was mumbling, the photographer was still filming from outside the door, but he didn't care. After he finished, Zhu Yixin and the doctor came over. The doctor checked Tan Chunying's condition and was about to start a checkup when he saw Tan Chunying groaning and slowly waking up.
Tan Chunying held her forehead, still feeling confused: "What happened?"
"It's okay, you fainted because of the blood. We are in the hospital now and have given you an injection." Zhu Yixin said softly.
"Really..." Tan Chunying thought for a while, looking a little confused, "That dog looks so abnormal." Its eyes seemed to glow, and when it pounced, there was a special sense of oppression that was inconsistent with its body size.
"It's definitely not normal. It should be rabies." Zhu Yixin thought she was talking about the symptoms of a mad dog. "You should have a good rest first. We will take you back later."
Tan Xiao went to get some medicine for Tan Chunying, and Zhu Yixin asked him, "I just saw you drawing talismans and chanting spells for your mother in there?"
"Yes, pray for her." Tan Xiao said naturally.
"So," Zhu Yixin asked curiously, "what did you think at the time? Do you think it would work?"
People are usually very curious about what a charlatan's inner attitude is towards the things he has learned and performed, or how much faith does he have in them?
Zhu Yixin knew that some wizards’ rituals might not be effective, but due to their fanaticism they could really enter a state of confusion and even deceive themselves.
Tan Xiao smiled slightly and said, "In that case, I hope it works."
Really? Zhu Yixin looked at the boy. For some reason, two details today made her wonder about what the boy said.
…
When Tan Chunying had rested enough and was ready to go home, Tan Xiao said, "Aunt Zhu, I won't bother you anymore. Let's go back by ourselves."
"You don't have a car, so we'll take you back." Zhu Yi thought.
"No, my friend is here to pick me up." Tan Xiao pointed at Kong Xuan across the street. The familiar license plate number next to Kong Xuan was a car issued by 404. After the people from 404 arrived, he went over there and showed his physical body.
As expected, Zhu Yixin saw the classmate Tan Xiao whom she had met before. He had an outstanding appearance and was easy to recognize even from a distance.
She felt that Tan Xiao must have done it on purpose. Maybe he didn't want to be filmed about what he wanted to talk about next. After all, Tan Chunying still had a performance contract. Zhu Yixin understood and said, "Okay, then you guys take a good rest and we'll keep in touch on WeChat."
Tan Chunying herself didn't think so much, and really thought that Tan Xiao had asked Xiao Kong to pick someone up. Although it was unnecessary, it was possible. After saying goodbye in a friendly manner, she took the bus arranged by 404. Tan Xiao took a look and saw that it was A Jin who was driving.
"Tsk." Tan Chunying looked at her wound and was indeed worried about the performance contract. "Sorry to bother you, Xiao Kong. Tan Xiao, you said that my injury will make it inconvenient to hold the drumsticks when the time comes."
She tried to gesture, but felt that it would affect the performance. She cursed the corgi in her heart. This was a big problem. The evening party was a great opportunity, and it was the best opportunity for their dance drama to appear. She thought about how to minimize the impact on the performance.
"Mom, let's not go home right now." Tan Xiao said, he wanted to take Tan Chunying to Room 404.
"Ah?" Tan Chunying didn't understand. "Then where should we go? Xiao Kong's house? Doesn't he live on our street? That's fine too. We can go to his house and then walk back."
Kong Xuan really wanted to say, I will live in your house. He and Tan Xiao looked at each other and said, "No."
After thinking about it, Tan Xiao felt that the evil spirit seemed to be coming directly towards Tan Chunying.
He didn't know why, but it was necessary to bring Tan Chunying to 404 for registration and inspection. Some things might not be easy to hide. If Tan Chunying was really involved, or even targeted at her. Even if she was a lost soul, it was even more necessary to explain and find out clearly in order to protect her.
"Mom, don't you think there's something wrong with that...that dog?" Tan Xiao asked.
"I mean, something's wrong." Tan Chunying seemed to understand what Tan Xiao meant. Unlike Zhu Yixin and the others, she and Huodou looked into each other's eyes. "What do you mean? Does the dog carry some mutant virus? A zombie dog? A cloned dog?"
Tan Xiao: "..."
She did have a lot of imagination, but it was in the direction of science fiction.
"No," Tan Xiao looked at the calming talisman in Tan Chunying's hand, which was still bright, "Have you ever thought that we spiritualists might really be able to exorcise ghosts, and that there might really be monsters in the world?"
Tan Chunying said expressionlessly: "Your mother was just injured and you are still in the mood to joke? Did you eat poisonous mushrooms?"
"It's because you were injured that I don't want to..." Tan Xiao said helplessly.
Tan Chunying carefully observed Tan Xiao's expression. He was not crazy. She knew her child well. He was not ignorant. As an expert among charlatans, he was unlikely to fall into some unscientific scam unless he was really sure.
Thinking of this, Tan Chunying took a breath, "What do you mean?" She looked at Kong Xuan and the driver, and these two people. What was going on?
"Kong Xuan is my lord god." Tan Xiao said frankly.
Kong Xuan was about to speak, "I still..." but was nudged by Tan Xiao's elbow. One frightening thing was enough today. He wanted to scare his mother to death.
Tan Chunying was confused and speechless. She felt that her son was going crazy because of too much academic pressure, but she also felt that Tan Xiao seemed to be in good spirits.
"Auntie, let me try." After getting her consent, Kong Xuan pointed his finger at the air in front of her eyebrows.
A little inspiration led Tan Chunying to review the things that Kong Xuan and Tan Xiao had experienced in the past year - of course, they deleted their private interactions. This kind of spiritual manipulation was definitely not something that could be done by any trick.
"Oh my god!" Tan Chunying covered her mouth. Only then did she realize what part-time job her son was doing!
Tan Chunying's mood at this moment can be completely compared to when Tan Xiao just discovered that he was a real wizard.
"We now suspect that the evil spirit has a complicated origin and ulterior motives. It attacked you, so we told you the truth and took you to the 404 office for further investigation." Tan Xiao saw that Tan Chunying gradually came back to her senses, and then he said, he remembered something, "Mom, do you know that you were born with a lost soul? Did grandpa say anything?"
Tan Xiao is a descendant of a Chu witch, and his ancestors have all had spiritual powers, even the 404 Office has registered them. Tan Chunying is a lost soul, but does grandpa know something? There was no way to ask before, but now Tan Xiao asked, not only because there was a chance, but also because he began to feel that... there might be something fishy about this matter.
"I, I don't know, it seems... did he say that? But he should..." Tan Chunying found it a little difficult to organize her words. When she recalled it, it always seemed vague and fuzzy, and she had never realized this.
"Don't think about it for now. Let's talk about it when we get there." Tan Xiao stopped her in time. Tan Chunying couldn't stand too much stimulation.
Tan Chunying leaned back in her chair, staring blankly at the roof of the car to calm herself down.
"Auntie, are you okay?" Kong Xuan asked, tilting his head, without any flattery in the question.
Because she had seen Kong Xuan and Tan Xiao's experiences in the illusion, and because they knew each other before, and more importantly, because he had no respect for ghosts and gods, Tan Chunying would not suddenly feel a great distance from him. She nodded, then shook her head: "It's okay anyway."
Kong Xuan thought that this was much better than they had imagined. Tan Chunying's psychological quality was still good, and the calming talisman might have some effect.
"By the way," Tan Chunying looked at Kong Xuan and asked, "Little, big, uh, Kong Xuan, can I call you that?"
Kong Xuan nodded humbly: "You go ahead."
"That's the skill you used to catch up on the previous plot for me," Tan Chunying asked curiously , "Can you use it to catch up on TV dramas for me? I have saved up a lot and never had the time to finish watching them."
Kong Xuan: “…………”
Ah, isn't this calming talisman too effective? !
…
It’s not that the calming talisman is so effective, but that Tan Chunying’s idea is very simple.
Although her son seems to be a real mage, she is not. Then, she still has to be her mascot and be active in the cultural and tourism industry.
In this case, it is really not her business to worry about it. She might as well develop something useful and leave professional matters to professionals.
When they arrived at the Laomei Temple, Tan Chunying got off the bus. She was not unfamiliar with the place, as they were all in the same industry. It was the 404 Office, and she had an impression of it before, but she always thought they were similar to people practicing qigong.
There are many monsters and ghosts coming and going in Office 404, but Tan Chunying can hardly see them, unless they show up on purpose like Kong Xuan, or appear in their original form, which saves them from being frightened.
"Lingzi is here!" Fang Zhu shouted. He looked very excited and didn't even look at Tan Chunying. "Do you know what I found out? My grandmother's ashes!"
"I know." After seeing you go crazy in the group, Tan Xiao looked at his excited expression and asked, "Are there any new developments?"
"I'll have it soon! As long as we know who that is." Fang Zhu was like a person with ADHD. He couldn't stay for a moment and continued to work on his laptop.
Mu Fei walked out and shook hands with Tan Chunying, "Teacher Tan, are you okay with your injury? I am Mu Fei, the person in charge of Office 404 of Nanchu." She smiled embarrassedly. She had originally gone to see Tan Chunying, but they had never even met formally.
"Hello, thank you for your concern. I'm fine now." Tan Chunying looked at Mu Fei curiously. Director Mu also appeared in the clips that Kong Xuan showed her, but more often he and Tan Xiao were enemies.
Mu Fei led Tan Chunying into the room. Many wizards had already arrived, including an old acquaintance that Tan Chunying had met in some religious occasions.
However, everyone was not very interested in each other, and even looked down upon each other in the past, with orthodox religion on one side and folk law on the other, and regular army on the other side switching tracks.
So many people gathered together to discuss Tan Chunying's situation and the matter of the evil fight. Tan Chunying described the scene in detail and accepted the examination of the magicians, but they could not find any clues.
"This Huodou must be new! There must be something wrong!"
"I think we should rethink the twelve huotou from before. Now that I think about it, they are not even black dogs. How did they become huotou?!"
"The most terrifying thing is that this evil spirit can actually avoid the five-colored divine light. Everyone, we must raise the mission level."
"With such power, why did it hurt Tan Chunying... Fortunately, it failed to hurt Tan Chunying's soul, but at least it got her flesh and blood. With blood, flesh and hair in hand, there are many ways to do it."
"Fortunately, the Peacock God is here..."
The meeting room was filled with solemnity. Mu Fei suddenly asked, "Tan Xiao, was your mother really born with a lost soul?"
Tan Xiao shook his head. He also asked Tan Chunying, but there was really no answer.
"Let's take a rest first." Mu Fei drank a sip of tea, asked Tan Chunying if she wanted to go to the bathroom, and took her there with him.
After the two of them had gone for a while, Tan Xiao heard someone outside shouting, "Comrade Spiritual Master! Comrade Spiritual Master!"
The voice sounded familiar. He leaned over to look and saw that it was Kui Eleven who had transformed his energy into spirit. The ghost figurine on Guizai Ridge was actually still in Nanchu 404.
But at this time, Kui Shiyi was shouting at Tan Chunying who had just returned from the bathroom. Stone Head mistook her for the wrong person and kept shouting at her.
"Kui Shiyi, can't you tell the difference between boys and girls?" Tan Xiao said as he walked to the door. He and Tan Chunying were mother and son, of course, they looked somewhat alike, but it wasn't so much that they couldn't be told apart.
Kui Shiyi rubbed his eyes and said, "Oh, I thought the spiritual master's hair seemed to be a little longer."
"This stone-headed guy, whenever wood or stone becomes a spirit, it can't recognize people clearly. It's probably because you and your son look and have similar auras." Mu Fei said with a smile.
After she finished speaking, there was a sudden and strange silence at the scene.
After a moment of silence, Mu Fei, Tan Xiao and Kong Xuan all looked at Tan Chunying.
Tan Chunying couldn't see Kui Shiyi at all. She saw them talking to the air and suddenly stared at her, "What are you doing? What's wrong with me? Don't scare me."
At this moment, they all felt something was wrong!
When Kui Shiyi first met Tan Xiao, he had "chatted" with him and said that he had worked for Tan Xiao, but Tan Xiao sneered at him at that time. Now, when he saw Kui Shiyi admit that he was wrong about Tan Chunying, he couldn't help but have some doubts in his heart, and thought of a possibility that was incredible to him.
No way…
Really?
"Kui Shiyi, you said before that 'I' invited you? When and where was that?" Tan Xiao looked at Kui Shiyi and asked.
"Well, I don't have a good concept of time," many monsters are like this. Kui Shiyi scratched his head, "Anyway, there was a lot of rain that year and it caused floods. You asked me and my brothers to go to Jiuyi Mountain to search for a Feng Shui treasure land for you."
Tan Xiao and Mu Fei looked at each other.
"I'll check it right away!" Mu Fei rushed to the office immediately.
…
In the office, everyone was busy, answering calls from time to time. Now there was still a monster wandering around Nanchu.
"There's a lot of rain? In Mount Jiuyi?" Tan Chunying asked in confusion, "I have been to Mount Jiuyi, but I went there to learn performance experience. Didn't they invite Sun Wukong and Nezha to attract children's audiences in those years? Why did I invite soldiers? Did I accidentally invite them during a ritual, but I can't see them?"
She could accept this new worldview, but she had doubts about what Kui Eleven said. At the same time, she couldn't help but feel a little confused about her memory.
Even Tan Chunying himself was so skeptical, and other colleagues were even more skeptical. As far as they knew, Tan Chunying was a well-known charlatan. If it weren't for Tan Xiao, the spiritual master lineage would have become a complete decoration.
"It said, please do something." Tan Xiao's heart was pounding. He realized that there might be something fishy about his mother's condition, and it might even be related to the purpose of the evil spirit. If it was really his mother who summoned Gui Shiyi, then it would mean that Tan Chunying was also a serious spiritual master.
Tan Chunying was speechless, and after a while she said to herself, "Didn't you recognize the wrong person?"
Tan Xiao was also speechless. One of the manifestations of a lost soul is that the memory is affected. He just thought that Tan Chunying was a little confused and it affected other aspects. What happened?
"...Yes, yes, you're here?" Mu Fei came over with a laptop computer that was playing a video. On the other end of the video was her colleague in Jiuyi Mountain.
Mu Fei put down the notebook and said in the questioning eyes of everyone, "We found out that Teacher Tan had a record of being punished for public security in Jiuyi Mountain Scenic Area for scribbling on the cliff carvings in the scenic area."
Everyone: “…”
Tan Chunying said awkwardly: "Same name, right? Have I ever done something so uncivilized?"
"What is she carving?" Tan Xiao couldn't help but stand up, thinking of what Mu Fei had said, "Is it... a parts case? Is she carving runes?"
"My colleague has arrived at the scene, and I am asking him to search." Mu Fei clicked on the picture in the video. Most of the cliff carvings are inscriptions of ancient people, so it is also called the Forest of Steles. It dates back to a long time ago, and no one knows where Tan Chunying carved it in the first place.
At the other end of the video, colleague Mu Fei went into a rock cave and used a flashlight to illuminate a painted area. Because of the long time, some cracks here were repaired with cement, and on the cement, there were traces of paint. "I asked the old administrator, it should be here."
He used the tools he brought to scrape away the traces of paint. As the surface peeled off, the mottled stone carvings underneath were revealed, with a few crooked words: Tan Chunying was here.
Everyone looked at Tan Chunying.
Tan Chunying half covered her face in embarrassment. This was a public execution.
Tan Xiao's throat tightened, "Master..."
The wizard on the opposite side was also quite experienced. After a careful look, he shoveled a few more times and scraped off this layer of traces again. It turned out that there were more words underneath.
There were only five large characters in ancient and clumsy snake-foot script below it, which read: Tan Chunying has arrived here!
Everyone in the room was shocked. The difference of just two words revealed the spirit of being in harmony with heaven and man, and being in tune with ghosts and gods.
