Chapter 20: Talisman
Chapter 20: Talisman
Chen Shi bent his knees, squatted down, leaped onto the beam, and moved along the beam.
He held the ground cinnabar and black dog blood in one hand and a brush in the other, carefully painting on the five huge talismans.
The beam is not wide, so he must be careful, otherwise he will fall down if he is not careful.
These five talismans were obviously made by a monk who was proficient in talismans. He used the talismans to transform himself into an evil spirit and caught children by following the smell of boy's urine.
After being caught, they were hung here.
If he rescued people rashly, the power of these talismans would definitely be triggered, and he might not be able to save people but kill the survivors instead. Therefore, Chen Shi’s goal was to destroy the five talismans first and then rescue people.
However, if the talismans were destroyed by violence alone, their power would still be triggered. Therefore, he used ground cinnabar to change the structure of the talismans, making it impossible for the talismans to exert their power.
Soon, he had painted the eyes of the four talismans into a mess, and their heads were painted into a mess.
The most critical part is the mouth. The mouth of the ghost head is connected to a chain. If the talisman is activated and the chain is tightened, the tongues of these children will probably be pulled out of their throats on the spot!
Chen Shiyong used cinnabar to seal the mouths of the four talismans, so that even if the talismans still had power, they could not close the chains.
However, the cinnabar in the inkstone had been used up and could not be used to paint the fifth talisman.
The fifth talisman did not bind the child. Chen Shi felt there was no need to apply it and immediately walked towards the thin boy who was barely breathing.
But at this moment, the ghost head in the fifth talisman slowly opened its eyes, and the chain in the ghost's mouth slid a section.
Chen Shi's palm had already touched Liu Fugui's arm. Seeing this, he held his breath and did not move.
The eyes of the ghost's head in the fifth talisman gradually opened wide, and the eyeballs painted with cinnabar rolled around. It looked at Chen Shi with squinted eyes. The ghost's face seemed to be smiling, but it looked a little distorted.
Crash, crash.
Links of the chains began to twitch one by one, and the hanging chain heads slowly rose up like a snake's head.
Chen Shi's heart sank. He was discovered after all!
The fifth talisman ghost suddenly spoke with a booming voice: "Who are you? Why are you destroying my Taoism?"
The sound was so loud and deafening that it caused smoke and dust to fly down from the deserted house!
It is not the talisman ghost that is speaking, but the owner of the talisman, who is observing Chen Shi through the ghost's eyes, and then communicating with Chen Shi through the ghost's mouth!
Chen Shi was secretly shocked, this skill had already surpassed that of ordinary talisman masters!
"Why do you want to destroy your Taoism? What kind of evil magic did you use the children in the village to practice? What are four lives in your eyes?"
As Chen Shi spoke, he grabbed the fishhook that was locking Liu Fugui's eyelids. Without time to remove the fishhook, he pulled hard, trying to break the thin chain connected to the back of the fishhook.
He had been practicing the Three Lights Righteousness Technique for more than ten days, and had already become extremely strong. With a wave of his hands and a step, he could break stones and split rocks. However, this thin chain was very strong. Chen Shi pulled it with all his strength, but it did not break.
He exerted force again, and the chain finally broke!
He grabbed the other fishhook chain and used all his strength to break the chain.
Next are the fishhook chains on the nose and mouth!
“Are the lives of country folk also human lives?”
The ghost head sneered, "You are also a talisman master, so don't you use other people's lives to refine treasures? I just want to refine a life-extending lamp, and I need the essence of five boys to condense it into lamp oil. You broke into my Taoist temple and ruined my good deeds. Don't you even give me face?"
The fifth talisman became twisted, and the lines that made up the talisman moved like bright red snakes, forming a ghost's face.
"Shh-"
The chain hanging from the mouth of the fifth talisman danced like a python and rolled towards Chen Shi!
Chen Shi grabbed the hook that was hooked on Fugui's tongue with one hand, removed the hook, and reached for the chain with the other hand.
He must first remove all the fishhooks on Fugui's face, especially the big hook on his tongue. Otherwise, if he rashly untied the chains that bound Fugui's hands and feet, the fishhooks would only tear off Fugui's entire face and tear his tongue out of his throat!
That's not saving people, but harming people!
As he took off the hook, he also grabbed the chain. However, the chain was like a giant python, wrapping around his arm and spinning around. The number of circles increased and became tighter and tighter!
Chen Shi stimulated his blood and energy, which immediately filled his arm, making it quickly grow strong. He exerted force with his feet, flipped his body upwards, and raised his hand to grab the other chain that was tied to Fugui's feet and hands.
He quickly wrapped the chain around his left leg to prevent himself from falling.
Above his head, the strokes of the fifth talisman had already taken shape, transforming into a scarlet ghost head, over ten feet in size, with its bloody mouth wide open, biting down on him, and a fishy stench filled his nostrils!
The huge mouth of the ghost seen by the villagers should be the result of this kind of talisman.
The long hanging tongues are the chains in their mouths!
Chen Shi exerted force on his hands, trying to lift up the ghost's head that was rushing towards him, but he failed. The ghost's head was extremely powerful, with more strength than him, and it could even float in the air. It was beyond human power to resist!
Chen Shi was in the air at the moment, relying only on a chain for support, so he had no chance of being a match for the ghost head.
Seeing that the red ghost head was about to swallow him in one gulp, Chen Shi stepped hard, and the roof suddenly rumbled and shook, and the wooden board tied with the chain made a crackling sound.
Although his strength was not as strong as that of the monster, it was also extremely amazing. With this kick, the roof could not withstand the force and collapsed!
Pieces of wooden boards with talismans painted on them, along with tiles, stones and straw from the roof, fell down together and hit the big head of the talisman monster!
The chains on Chen Shi's feet loosened immediately, and he moved like a swimming fish, hugging Fugui and falling down.
As soon as he landed on the ground, he saw that the beams of the house could not bear the weight. The beams weighing one or two thousand pounds broke and crushed the house with a loud bang.
Chen Shi didn't bother to untie the chains on Fugui's hands and feet, and immediately rushed out while holding him. Just as he rushed out of the main room, he heard a loud bang behind him. The main room and two side rooms collapsed at the same time, and the walls and beams buried the three rooms!
Houses collapsed and the gusts of wind created made Chen Shi and Hei Guo stagger. The smoke and dust filled the air, choking Hei Guo and causing him to cough repeatedly.
Chen Shi held his breath and quickly untied the chains on Fugui's hands and feet. Before he could stand up, he saw the beam of the collapsed house suddenly stand up with a whoosh. The beam weighing one or two thousand pounds turned out to be like a weightless firewood pole, which made Chen Shi and Hei Guo stare blankly. "Little country talisman master, you have angered me!"
There was a roar of a monster under the house, rocks were flying, smoke and dust were rising, but the head of the monster was completely unharmed. It rose from under the collapsed house, pushing away the soil, rocks and beams, floating in the air, staring down at Chen Shi.
There was a chain connected to its mouth, and the other end of the chain was tied to a palm-sized bronze tripod. Inside the tripod was the life-extending lamp oil that he had refined using the lives of his four children!
As the house collapsed just now, it did not bother to eat Chen Shi, but immediately went to grab the small tripod. Finally, it snatched the tripod, and the lamp oil in the tripod was not destroyed.
Although it managed to get the lamp oil back, it also gave Chen Shi the opportunity to save Fugui, thus ruining its plan to refine lamp oil.
Although the lamp oil was preserved, its quality was greatly reduced, and the effectiveness of the life-extending lamp was greatly reduced.
The other end of the talisman monster was controlled by its owner, the mysterious talisman master who made the life-extending lamp. He was furious and was about to urge the talisman monster to eat Chen Shi to vent his anger. Suddenly, he saw the vermilion talisman on the locust tree. He hesitated for a moment and sneered, "Little talisman master, we have a grudge against each other. You can't run away! I will definitely catch you and make you into lamp oil!"
Under the control of the mysterious talisman master, the talisman monster flew upwards and was about to leave with the lamp oil. Suddenly, Chen Shi in the yard took off his pants, took out the bird, and urinated on the collapsed house.
The mysterious talisman master looked down at this scene and was startled: "Could it be that this kid was frightened to death?"
Just as he thought of this, the monster suddenly broke away from his control, whizzed down, and rushed straight towards Chen Shi!
The mysterious talisman master was confused for a moment, then suddenly came to his senses.
"My talisman monster will attack and capture the boy when it smells the smell of boy's urine. This country boy talisman master is a boy, and he used the smell of his own urine to lure the talisman monster over!"
As soon as he thought of this, it was too late to change the structure of the talisman monster, and the talisman monster pounced in front of Chen Shi.
At the same time, on the old locust tree, the Five Mountains House Guarding Talisman left by Chen Shi was activated, and a bright light was emitted, forming the shape of five shining mountains, which pressed down on the talisman monster, causing it to fall to the ground with a loud bang, unable to move!
The small tripod in the monster's mouth suddenly rolled down, and the lamp oil in the tripod spilled all over the ground.
Chen Shi shook his head, pulled up his pants, walked forward, raised his foot, and stepped down heavily, flattening the small bronze tripod. Then he squatted down and looked into the eyes of the monster that was over ten feet in size.
The mysterious talisman master was furious, but was pinned down by the Five Mountains and could not move.
"We have indeed become enemies. Don't let me run into you."
Chen Shi looked directly into the eyes of the talisman monster, as if he wanted to see the true appearance of the talisman master through the talisman monster.
"If I meet you, I will beat you to death!"
Chen Shi stood up, raised his foot, and stepped on the big head of the talisman.
With a loud bang, the talisman monster exploded, turning into scarlet blood plasma and cinnabar, which fell to the ground and merged into the soil.
Some water also splashed on Chen Shi's feet.
Although he eliminated the monster, rescued Liu Fugui, and solved the case of eating the bed-wetting child, he still felt resentful and had no way to vent it.
This mysterious talisman master was indeed very powerful, much stronger than those Jinyiwei he had met. He should not have conflicted with such a master, but he just wanted to find this mysterious talisman master and beat him up until he died!
"Come in."
Chen Shi suppressed his anger, waved to the stunned villagers outside the yard, and said, "I have eliminated the evil spirit, and Fugui has been rescued."
After hearing this, the villagers still didn't dare to come in.
Sanwang was the bravest one and walked in. Then the others bravely followed him into the abandoned house of the Tian family.
Fugui's parents rushed over, picked up Fugui, and kept calling Fugui's name.
Fugui opened his eyes in a daze and whispered, "Dad, Mom." Then he closed his eyes again.
"He has lost too much energy, let him get some sleep. Don't give him any supplements yet, just give him some rice soup."
Chen Shi gave a few instructions and asked Fugui's parents to carry Fugui back home.
Other villagers cleared the collapsed houses and found the other three children. Unfortunately, the three children had been dead for a long time and could not be saved.
A low cry was heard, and finally turned into a loud wail.
Chen Shi was panicked when he heard this. He walked out of the deserted house with the black pot and turned back to Sanwang and said, "Find someone to bury the eight coffins of the Tian family as well."
Sanwang was shocked and said quickly, "They died because they offended their godmother and were punished by her. Who dares to bury them?"
Chen Shi's face darkened and he sneered, "Not burying them? If their family of eight cannot rest in peace, if they are left here any longer, their resentment will surely grow and they will become evil spirits! By then, everyone in your village will be eaten by them! You can do whatever you want!"
The villagers were shocked when they heard this and hurried to prepare.
Just now they saw that Chen Shi was young and thought he had no ability, but when they saw that Chen Shi actually killed the "evil spirit" that was as big as a mountain, they were convinced.
The village elders ordered people to bring tables and chairs for Chen Shi to rest, and brought him some fruits. Seeing that Chen Shi was young, they called two young girls to massage his shoulders and legs.
"Sanwang, come here!"
Chen Shi called Sanwang over again and asked, "Have any strangers come to your village recently?"
"stranger?"
Sanwang thought for a moment and said, "Indeed, he has been here. I heard that he is from the provincial capital. He is an old talisman master. He said that the second daughter of the Zhao family in the provincial capital has gone missing, and he came to inquire about the news. It is getting late, so he wants to stay in our village for one night and leave at dawn. The talisman master is a very nice person and even drew a few talismans for us."
(End of this chapter)