Chapter 98: Hard Training
"If it's not a bumper, then what is it?" Gao Xiang asked in a low voice. Although they were quite confident in their own judgment, since the great god said so, he must have his reasons.
"It's a fallen soul." Xu said.
"Lost soul?" Gao Xiang and Sun Muyu were puzzled.
Lost soul is actually a professional term in their industry. Similar to it are scattered soul, separated soul, lost soul, etc. Although these are similar, each has subtle differences.
The human body is divided into three souls and seven spirits. The three souls are Tai Guang, Shuang Ling and You Jing. However, people in the industry usually do not call these three souls this way, but call them Tianhun, Dihun and Youhun respectively.
The three souls and seven spirits are indispensable. If one of them is damaged, it will cause serious illness at best and death at worst, not to mention losing one of them.
This "soul-falling" is a type of soul-separation disorder, but it differs from ordinary soul-separation in details.
In general, soul-leaving syndrome is caused either by a person being suddenly frightened too much, causing the soul to become unstable and leave the body, or by the person encountering some evil spirit that knocks the soul out of the body.
However, this soul-losing disease is different from both of them. It is often caused by the soul being sucked away by something, which leads to a kind of soul-separation disease.
Gao Xiang and Sun Muyu have studied under Yuan Tianlin for many years, so they still know these basic common sense.
But the question is, how can we tell that this is a fallen soul? This is no different from an ordinary bumper?
The two men stared at the woman for a long time, but could not see anything unusual. Just as they were full of questions, they heard Xu say, "Look at that person carefully."
Gao Xiang and Sun Muyu understood clearly that the "that person" the great god was referring to was naturally the sloppy guy. They shifted their attention over there and saw that the man was still squatting there motionless, with a pair of big eyes staring like cow eyes, and no one knew what he was doing.
"Have you heard of the soul-reflecting technique?" Xu Lai asked.
The two shook their heads.
"It's a secret technique of the Beikun Sect, used to find souls." Xu said.
"Beikunmen?" The two thought about it but couldn't remember what Beikunmen was.
"It's a very low-key sect, but I guess there aren't many people left now." Xu said.
The two nodded thoughtfully, but when the great god said that this was some kind of soul-searching technique used to find souls, they found it a little unbelievable. The guy looked so weird, like a toad, which was too ugly. They couldn't believe that he was performing a magic trick.
"Haha, that's because his posture is rather different. If someone else performs it, you might feel it is very different." Xu Lai said with a smile.
As the three of them were talking, the slovenly man suddenly moved, put away his ugly posture, pointed at something in the room, and said, "What is that?"
Although this man is not tall, he has a very loud voice. When he opens his mouth, it is like thunder, making everyone in the room's ears buzz.
Gao Xiang and Sun Muyu did not bother to complain. They looked in the direction of his finger and found that it was a thin-necked ceramic bottle slightly larger than the palm. The bottle was mottled and many of the glazes had been worn away. It was obviously very old.
The uncle from the Li family was frightened by him and trembled, and said quickly: "This... this is a bottle. My... my daughter-in-law uses it to arrange flowers."
The slovenly man strode forward, picked up the bottle, glared at it and shouted, "You're using anything to put in flowers!"
After saying that, he picked up the bottle and walked to Li's daughter-in-law and stood in front of her. He held the bottle in his palm, and his lips moved rapidly, as if he was reciting something.
People like Gao Xiang and Sun Muyu naturally knew that this person was probably chanting a spell, but they didn't know what spell he was chanting. Turning his head to look at the great god, he saw that he was also watching seriously, so he quickly focused his attention and carefully watched the man's every move.
At this moment, the man's figure suddenly shook a few times.
To the uncle of the Li family and other ordinary people, they just saw a flash, but Gao Xiang and Sun Muyu saw more.
This person seemed to be walking around the Li family's daughter-in-law at a very fast speed, and his steps were moving according to a specific pattern, which should be some kind of footwork.
Regardless of what the footwork was, the speed of the change of position alone surprised the two. They thought they could not do such a fast speed.
While the two were thinking about it, the sloppy man walked around a few more times and seemed to do something else in the meantime. However, because his movements were too fast, Gao Xiang and Sun Muyu didn't look over for a while. They saw that the man was already standing aside with the bottle in his hand. He waved to Uncle Li and said loudly: "Untie the rope, it's okay!"
The uncle of the Li family stepped forward tremblingly, looked at his daughter-in-law, then looked at the sloppy man, and said hesitantly: "Master, is this... is this really okay?"
"If I say it's okay, then it's okay. Why are you wasting time talking?" The sloppy man glared at him.
At this time, the Li family's wife moved, exhaled a long breath, and raised her head. After a while, she asked blankly: "What... is going on?"
"Oh, it's done!" Uncle Li was overjoyed. He quickly asked someone to come and untie the rope on his daughter-in-law. Then, according to the instructions of the sloppy man, he sent her to the bedroom to rest.
Gao Xiang and Sun Muyu originally believed that the other party was a liar and were waiting to see him make a fool of himself, but they didn't expect that this guy actually cured the person , and they couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed.
Just when he was about to ask the great god if he wanted to leave, he saw the sloppy man carrying the bottle and clattering over to him. He stared at Xu Lai with his big eyes and asked, "How did you know that I was using the soul-illuminating technique?"
It seems that the conversation between Xu Lai and the other two was overheard by the other party.
"It's normal to know such a famous spell as Soul-Reflecting Technique." Xu Lai said with a smile.
Gao Xiang and Sun Muyu were thinking in their hearts, is it very famous? How can a spell that even they have never heard of be too famous?
In fact, their idea was not bad. The Beikun Sect itself was a small school with a short history and little fame. Naturally, even fewer people knew about their soul-illuminating technique.
But after hearing what Xu Lai said, the man seemed a little happy. He chuckled and said loudly: "You are a man with some vision, unlike these two rubbish!"
Damn it!
Gao Xiang and Sun Muyu almost jumped up and hacked people. What the hell was this? Who was being called trash?
"Haha, your magic is really good." Xu Lai laughed.
"Of course!" the sloppy man was quite pleased with himself.
Gao Xiang and Sun Muyu couldn't help feeling uncomfortable when they heard the great god praising each other, but since it was the great god who said this, they couldn't bear to give him a hard time.
Just as I was feeling depressed, I heard the great god say: "It's a pity that you used it so badly, you ruined this spell."
Gao Xiang and Sun Muyu's eyes lit up when they heard this. Did you hear that? The magic is good, but you are not a good person!
"You're talking nonsense! No one in the world can use my soul-reflecting technique better than me!" The sloppy man suddenly became furious.
"Does it take more than half an hour to find the soul using the soul-searching technique?" Xu Lai wondered.
"I... I don't have half an hour. It's obviously less than half an hour!" the sloppy man argued.
"Okay, then I'll give you twenty minutes. Does it take twenty minutes to find the soul using the soul-searching technique?" Xu Lai continued to wonder.
The sloppy man's face turned red, but he was speechless for a moment.
Gao Xiang and Sun Muyu originally thought that the master was just speaking casually to embarrass that guy, but looking at the guy's expression now, it seemed that the master really hit the nail on the head.
"It takes you more than half an hour even with your soul-viewing skills. It's not surprising that others can't spot the lost soul at first glance," Xu said.
"It's less than half an hour!" the sloppy man reminded with gritted teeth.
"What's the difference? In such a small area, shouldn't it be possible to find the soul within two minutes using the soul-searching technique?" Xu Lai wondered.
The slovenly man glared and shouted, "Come and try if you can!"
Xu Lai chuckled and said, "This is in someone else's home. We are sorcerers here to exorcise evil spirits. Is it your fault for making such a fuss?"
"That's right, look at yourself, you talk trash all the time. What kind of quality is this? You really bring shame to us mages!" Gao Xiang and Sun Muyu immediately started to mock you when they saw the opportunity . They were really frustrated just now.
The slovenly man's face flushed red, and he glared at the two of them angrily, cursing, "Look at what you are wearing, you don't look like a wizard at all!"
Gao Xiang and Sun Muyu almost cursed out "Fuck", what kind of person is this, dressed shabbily like a homeless person, they haven't accused this guy of ruining the image of the mage yet, he turned the tables on them!
"Whether you are a wizard or not, it doesn't matter what you wear. Come on, the master is waiting for you." Xu Lai didn't pay attention to his words, but just reminded him that Uncle Li was waiting anxiously.
Uncle Li was also smart, and hurried forward and said, "Master, thank you very much, please take a look at your reward, and let's settle it first."
The sloppy man glared at Xu Lai and the other two hatefully, but stopped pestering them and followed Uncle Li to the side.
"What kind of person is this!" Sun Muyu was still angry. He had never seen such a top-notch colleague.
"This person should be from the ascetic sect. It's normal that he is not on the same wavelength as us." Just listen to what Xu said.
Gao Xiang and Sun Muyu were both very surprised when they heard this. It turned out that this person was from the Ascetic Sect.
There are many schools of thought in the magic world, one of which is called the Ascetic School. As for what the Ascetic School is, in Sun Muyu's words, it refers to some weird people who deliberately take pleasure in abusing themselves.
These people often live in the open air, travel everywhere, have no fixed place to stay, and insist on the most difficult life to practice.
If this person is really a so-called ascetic, then it is no wonder that he can't stand them.
While the three were talking, Uncle Li had already taken out three neatly stacked piles of money from the room. Even with this, Gao Xiang could estimate that there were at least 30,000 without counting.
The sloppy man took the money and stuffed it into the torn bag without counting it.
"Damn it!" Gao Xiang and Sun Muyu cursed inwardly at the same time.
