Youbao Chapter 54: Request for Help (9)
You... The little beauty looked at me, then at the fruit. I swallowed the one in my hand, smiled and said: Eat it quickly, I'll get you some buns later, didn't he use the Taoist magic to trap you, you should at least hold on for seven days and eight nights, and tire the old Taoist to death.
Hum! The little beauty hummed and took a bite of the fruit. It was indeed fragrant and sweet. She finished it in two or three bites, and kept looking into my pocket with the juice flowing from her lips.
I took out another one and let her eat it. When she finished eating and looked into my pocket, I took out another one and said with a bitter face: This one...can't be given to you, you have to keep it...
Humph! She glared again.
This... is not that I can't bear to eat it, but... I explained: But, do you really want to eat it?
The beautiful girl just looked at the fruit and ignored me. Okay, I responded and handed the fruit to her mouth.
While watching her eat, I asked: "Do you remember that snake? The pink and tender one that crawled on your body?"
The little beauty trembled slightly, then glared at me fiercely and continued to eat the fruit.
When she had almost finished eating the fruit, I said: Do you remember the last time the snake spit out the fruit as saliva?
The little beauty was stunned. I looked at her in confusion: Eh? Why don't you eat it? Did I tell you that it brought this fruit?
"Puff!" The little beauty spat out: "You bastard! When I can move again, I will definitely kill you!"
I laughed out loud and ran up the mountain, saying: Let's talk about it when you can move.
After teasing the pretty girl, I felt much better. It was also a revenge for the glares she gave me before. After entering the Taoist temple, I saw the old Taoist putting the stone beast and the stone sculpture he had just brought back side by side. When he heard my footsteps, he asked without even looking up: Did you have fun?
I suddenly felt cold sweat all over my body. Fortunately, the old Taoist priest didn't ask too much and just said: Is the jade pendant not responding now?
I felt it and replied that it was gone. At this time, I saw Jiao Ye curled up in a circle on the bed and didn't move. I walked over and poked it twice, but it didn't react at all. It was really strange.
It ate the golden bone fragments and should be digesting them now, the Taoist priest explained.
Oh? Will it be hard to digest ? I'm a little worried.
There is nothing wrong with it. As long as it can absorb it, it will be very beneficial to its growth. The old Taoist said: The protective mana it released last time should have come from this. Otherwise, with its current level of Taoism, it should not have any mana.
I nodded. Since the Taoist priest said it was good, there must be no harm in it.
After putting aside the matter of Mr. Jiao, I walked to the table and looked at the two stone sculptures on it: Did you discover anything?
Indeed, I have made some discoveries. The old Taoist nodded and said: In ancient times, there were many strange beasts. My Five Elements Veins come from the Five Classics. When it comes to magical powers, I am naturally inferior to your Eight Rope Veins. But when it comes to knowledge, I am absolutely no different. When I saw this stone beast before, it was just a little familiar, but now I feel that it is very similar to a Yin beast recorded in the classics.
What is a Yin beast? I asked.
It is a strange beast born in the underworld, and can only survive in the human world for a short time. This kind of thing is transformed by the evil spirit of the underworld, and feeds on the souls of evil spirits in hell.
Are you saying that this stone beast is the Yin beast? I asked in astonishment.
But what I didn't expect was that the old Taoist actually hummed, confirming the answer: I once said that when this stone beast entered my five elements veins, a trace of flesh and blood could be seen, and it was not a real stone sculpture. If this is true, it is not surprising that it was once a Yin beast from the underworld.
So, the ghost messenger might be alive? I was even more shocked. This sounded like a fairy tale, and it was impossible to happen.
But the old Taoist said: If the Yin beast really exists, it is not surprising that the ghost messenger turned into stone. I don't know how the Wei family resurrected the ghost messenger, so he suffered a great disaster. The power of the gods is unpredictable, and they may have touched the taboo between heaven and earth.
Could this be possible? I asked in disbelief.
The old Taoist shook his head: There are all kinds of strange things in the world. The so-called ghost messenger may be a strange creature that we have never known. So even if it is resurrected, it is nothing surprising. But why did the Wei family resurrect the ghost messenger?
Wait... We haven't confirmed yet whether the Wei family really resurrected the ghost messenger. Maybe there is something else. I said.
Then what do you think is the most likely person besides the ghost messenger? The old Taoist asked me.
I was completely stumped by his question, and thought carefully about everything I had seen on the mountain trail. It seemed that I had indeed found nothing except the ghost statue, and even after carefully observing the entrance and exit when I left, I did not find anything.
I originally thought that someone or something was trying to leave from there, but the entrance and exit had many traces of footprints left by the Zhou family members walking back and forth, so I couldn't find anything unusual.
The old Taoist asked me a question, then turned to look at the statue and said: We practitioners respect ghosts and gods the most. According to ancient legends, ghosts and gods cannot be reversed, predicted, or disturbed. If the Wei family really resurrected the ghost messenger, it would be a great crime. Even if there is no human intervention, it will be punished by heaven.
Then let's do some reverse reasoning. I said, under the old Taoist's gaze, I pointed at the ghost and said: First, your judgment that the ghost was resurrected is correct, this is a premise, otherwise it can't be deduced. Secondly, the ghosts resurrected by the Wei family were almost killed, which verified your so-called rule that ghosts and gods cannot disturb. However, the Wei family is not an ordinary family, they must know this, why did he dare to do this? I think there are two reasons.
The first rule: The Wei family believes that rules are handed down from their ancestors and cannot be trusted, so they are so bold...
Impossible! The old Taoist priest immediately interrupted me: The three veins of the Heavenly Corpse are fighting against the Heaven, which is the most against Heaven, so among all the sects, they are the most likely to be punished by Heaven. Although there are very few bad retributions now, they will never ignore this one.
Okay, you are right. I nodded and continued: Since the Wei family knew something bad would happen, but still did it, then it is the second possibility. The benefits gained from resurrecting the ghost messenger are enough to compensate for the heavy loss of most of the clan members, and there are even additional benefits. This can be verified from the fact that they did not hesitate to sacrifice more than a dozen bronze-armored corpses to attack Yaoyang Town.
The old Taoist nodded and said: What you said makes sense, but the most crucial question is whether the Wei family has already gained any benefits, and perhaps what benefits they can get in the end?
In fact, I personally think that there is still room for speculation in this regard.
Hmm? The old Taoist looked at me and said: You go ahead.
I sorted out my thoughts and said: Just like you said, the bad guys are in power, the good guys are in trouble, and the world is in chaos. It is very likely that even if the ghost messenger is resurrected, he will not be punished by heaven, otherwise there will not be so many bad guys. However, it is impossible to verify whether this news was told to the Wei family by others or they knew it themselves.
The old Taoist thought for a while and said: There is some truth in this. Perhaps it is because of the great changes in the world that the Wei family dared to do this. But this is not important. We must find out why the Wei family did this. Knowing this and knowing the enemy, otherwise, we will not be able to deal with Gamu who is involved with the three veins of the Heavenly Corpse.
You said... The Wei family suffered such a great loss, and the source was that Gamu sent the stone beast. Will they turn against each other, drive Gamu out again, or even help us kill him? I speculated.
The old Taoist thought for a moment and said: "It shouldn't be the case. Although the Wei family suffered heavy losses, the Zhou family didn't find too many important people after investigation. They have a deep foundation, and the loss of a large number of clansmen and bronze-armored corpses is just a bruise, not a big deal."
The Taoist's words were shocking. There were at least two or three hundred dead people on the mountain path, and the deepest part was a road of corpses piled up layer by layer. Thinking about it now still makes me feel cold. But in his words, it was nothing.
I know that people who practice cultivation are the most indifferent to life, but also the most concerned about life. For the sake of personal and family interests, they can sacrifice anything. The old Taoist priest is already a good person, but he used me as bait to attract the zombies.
In fact, after talking here for a long time, the two of us still haven't obtained any useful information. All reasoning is based on conjecture. If this premise is broken, then all speculation is in vain.
The old Taoist didn't seem to care about it. Perhaps in his opinion, when the time came, everything would come to light. This indifferent temperament made people admire him.
Afterwards, the old Taoist took away the two stone beasts without conducting any further research.
Because they had tried it before, the stone beast was invulnerable to all methods, so how the Wei family could revive the ghost messenger was a big mystery. However, each sect had its own methods, and the three veins of the heavenly corpse could drive the dead body, so reviving the stone ghost messenger should not be a big deal.
After the old Taoist priest left, I had nothing to do. The old man Jiao was lying there sleeping soundly, and I didn't know when he would wake up. This guy is too greedy, he wants to try everything, and I didn't expect that he would get addicted to eating dead bones. No wonder he didn't come out when I left no matter how I called him.
I moved to the side of my pillow and dozed off for a while. A series of unimaginable horror experiences had exhausted me physically and mentally. I didn't know if the Taoist's elixir had a stimulating effect. Although I felt tired, I couldn't fall asleep.
He tossed and turned in bed, feeling uneasy. Finally, he took out the jade pendant from his arms and looked at it.
There were more and more red lines on the jade pendant. The black essence that was inhaled before did not seem to have any effect on it. Instead, it promoted the growth of the red lines.
Now the whole jade pendant has turned dark red, as if it was injected with blood. I can't help but wonder, if this jade pendant is alive, then is the essence equal to the injected vitality, allowing the blood to flow, so that I can be granted the Tao by the gods?
This speculation is groundless and too mythical, but what I am experiencing now is almost the same as a myth.
The last time I was able to obtain the Taoist inheritance was because the jade pendant was accidentally attached to my forehead. I was extremely bored, and I accidentally attached the jade pendant again. Suddenly, a burning sensation spread across my forehead, and the scene in front of me suddenly changed.
I was originally lying on the bed, but now I am thousands of miles high in the sky again.
There were dark clouds above, and thunder flashed in the clouds. Occasionally, a few golden lightning flashed and disappeared with a roar, almost reaching the limit. This was the power of heaven, which made people awed.
I was floating in the air, and it seemed like something was holding me up, preventing me from falling. Fortunately, I had had the same experience once before, so I knew it was an illusion, so I was not very surprised, but looked around curiously.
To my surprise, no matter how I turned, I couldn't see my body. It was a strange feeling, as if when I looked at my body, there was just a blank space.
