Chapter 123 Your Name

Chapter 123 Your Name

Chapter 123 Your Name (Votes requested at the beginning of the month)
Chen Shi was worried about the mental state of the evil spirit he caught, so he neither communicated with him nor went crazy to cause trouble. He just sat on the shrine and helped him practice.

In the past, the evil spirits that were caught, even the three ghost kings, struggled for a long time before resigning themselves to their fate and sitting obediently on the shrine. Even if they were trained to be very obedient, they would not take the initiative to help him regulate his qi.

But the big fat baby would eat if he was given incense, and would not cry or make a fuss if he was not given incense. In his free time, he would help him to refine his qi.

If you want to sacrifice it, it will not resist at all.

It can also help Chen Shi to restrain the sword energy. With its help, Chen Shi only feels that the power of the sword energy has greatly increased, and it is easier to control.

"From now on, you will be called Xiaozao." Chen Shi named the fat baby.

Zaoshu's mother did not resist and seemed to have resigned herself to her fate.

Chen Shi mobilized his true energy, treated Xiaozao as a divine fetus, and tried to activate Xiaozao.

His divine fetus is not a divine fetus in the normal sense. A normal divine fetus often only has the function of regulating qi and adjusting yin and yang, while Chen Shi's divine fetus is often evil. After being sacrificed, it retains the ability of evil.

Xiaozao used to be Chen Shi's godmother, and is still in an evil spirit state. After he invoked her, a towering jujube tree suddenly appeared behind Chen Shi. Its branches were like coiled dragons, with jujubes shaped like human heads hanging on them, emitting a giggling sound.

This scene also frightened Chen Shi.

Ding Ding was also frightened and hurriedly hid behind the black pot. When she saw that there was no danger, she walked out carefully.

She was nearly killed by Zaoshu's godmother, and she knew how terrible Xiaozao was.

Xiao Zao's evil spirit was so strong that it was even able to pollute her golden elixir, causing her to suffer severe damage to her vitality to this day.

Chen Shi circulated his true energy and felt that the ritual of refining the jujubes was going smoothly, so he stretched out his hand and pointed, only to see the ground cracking open. There were extremely thick roots underneath the ground, like dark poisonous dragons, wriggling and squirming, pushing the ground apart, and forming a criss-cross pattern of cracks.

The corpses in the village rolled into the crack, the human head jujube tree retracted its roots, and the crack slowly closed again.

Chen Shi went from house to house and buried the bodies in the village. If there were any bodies that had not fallen into the cracks, he had to push them in personally.

If these bodies cannot be buried in time, I am afraid they will mutate under the moonlight.

By then, there will be hundreds or thousands of evil corpses and ghosts, which will be a real headache for people.

Ding Ding also came to help. There were so many deaths in Sanhe Village that Chen Shi would have to work all day and all night to bury all these people by himself. Even with her help, he would still be busy until late at night.

The two were exhausted, especially Ding Ding. Although she was Madam Hua Li's personal maid, serving her in daily life, she had never done heavy work, especially such a terrible thing as burying so many corpses.

It was so exciting the first time I went out with Chen Shi.

Chen Shi originally planned to stay in Sanhe Village for one night, but Ding Ding refused to let him stay. So Chen Shi had no choice but to hang peach charms on the four corners of the wooden cart, light a lantern, let Hei Guo hold it in his mouth, and travel all night.

They arrived at Yanfeng Village. Chen Shi stood outside the village. He first burned incense to the godmother in the village and prayed. Only after the godmother in the village accepted the incense did he enter the village.

The villagers of Yanfeng Village were very surprised. It was really a miracle that someone could travel at night and still walk to the village alive.

The villagers originally did not intend to take them in, but when they heard Chen Shi claiming to be a talisman master and took out some talismans, they felt relieved.

However, the villagers still misunderstood and thought they were a young couple, so they arranged one room for them. Ding Ding blushed and kept looking at Chen Shi.

Chen Shi understood and whispered, "Don't worry, I'll make the arrangements."

He asked another family for a guest room.

That night, both of them were a little tired. Chen Shi was boiling medicine and practicing martial arts, so he went to bed a little later.

The next morning, I got up a little late.

Chen Shi dressed neatly and went to fetch water for washing. Before he reached the well, he heard several women who were washing clothes by the well discussing with Ding Ding whether the rooster should crow or not.

"The little rooster doesn't crow. Either he doesn't like it anymore, or he likes other hens." said a woman.

The other woman raised her hand, wiped her forehead with the back of her hand, and said, "It could be that she likes little cocks."

The women in the village were experienced people. One of them asked, "Could it be that the rooster is still young and will crow if we wait a little longer?"

Ding Ding's face flushed. She saw Chen Shi coming and said quickly, "Little rooster...Mr. Chen is here, shut up!"

The women looked at Chen Shi and laughed. Chen Shi didn't understand what was going on. He fetched water to wash his face and caught a glimpse of a child in the well. He immediately swung the bucket and let the child sit in it.

The child in the well looked up at him in surprise and asked in confusion: "Brother, can you see me?"

Chen Shi nodded, pulled him out of the well, and asked quietly, "What are you doing in the well?"

"I was playing hide-and-seek with my friends, and there was nowhere to hide, so I tried to hide in a well. I grabbed the edge of the well, but my hands slipped and I fell in."

The child was soaking wet. He said, "My parents came here to look for me. I kept calling them, but they couldn't hear me. No one else could see me either. I couldn't get up, so I stayed in the well."

Chen Shi understood and asked, "Do you remember your home? I'll take you there."

"Remember!"

The child walked forward excitedly, and Chen Shi followed him, worried that there were talismans like door gods that would keep him out.

Ding Ding and the women by the well were surprised. They watched Chen Shi talking to himself in the air, and then raised his hand as if he was pulling a ball of air. Everyone felt a little uneasy.

Chen Shi came to an old house with a dilapidated wooden door and no talismans such as door gods.

The child rushed into the house in a hurry, shouting, "Dad! Mom! I'm back!"

The yard of the old house was deserted and overgrown with weeds, and everything was very dilapidated. However, the door creaked open, and two white-haired old people, a man and a woman, walked out, tremblingly looking at the child who was running towards them.

"Xiaojun is back!"

The old woman squatted down hurriedly and hugged the child who rushed over. Tears fell down and she choked up and said, "Xiaojun is finally back! Mother has been waiting for you for thirty years!"

The old man was also in tears. He hugged the mother and daughter and kept saying, "I knew you would come back! I knew you wouldn't forget the way home. I even left the door open for you..."

"Dad, Mom, why do you look so much older?"

The child looked at the faces of the two elders and was a little confused. "Mom, why is your hair white? Dad, why do you have so many wrinkles on your face?"

The old woman touched his face lovingly and said, "Silly boy, you have been gone for more than 30 years, so of course your parents are old."

The old man pulled the mother and son up, bowed and kowtowed to Chen Shi, and said repeatedly: "Thank you, benefactor, thank you for rescuing us!"

Chen Shi said, "Since you are already reunited, you should leave as soon as possible. Sooner or later, the godmother in the village will not be able to protect you. When you absorb the moonlight, you will become evil spirits. I will use a rebirth talisman to send you over."

The old man and his family of three were all confused and didn't understand what he meant, but they nodded anyway.

Chen Shi activated the Three Lights Integrity Technique to regulate his qi and blood. In the small temple, Xiao Zao sat on the shrine and helped him regulate his qi and blood.

Blood was flowing from Chen Shi's fingertips. He used the blood as ink to write the talisman of rebirth in the air. "Hurry—"

Chen Shi pointed his sword and the rebirth talisman flashed with light, becoming brighter and brighter, connecting the two worlds of yin and yang and opening up a path to another world.

The couple held their child's hand and walked along the avenue of light.

They only felt that there was a mysterious force in another world that was attracting them and calling them, so they walked along this road.

After walking a long way, they turned back and waved to Chen Shi who was at the end of the road.

As the light gradually faded, the family of three disappeared without a trace.

Chen Shi looked at the burnt talisman, stayed in the dilapidated courtyard for a moment, then turned around and walked out of the deserted house.

By the well, the women looked at him in surprise as he came out, and the sound of them whispering to each other could be heard.

"Isn't that Old Tiantou's home? Old Tiantou and his wife have been dead for four or five years."

"His house has been abandoned for a long time. Some time ago, someone got drunk and broke into his house. He saw the old couple sitting at the door. They said they were waiting for their son. His son has been missing for thirty-four or thirty-five years."

"It's so pitiful. The old couple has been looking for it for their whole lives."

……

While eating, Ding Ding kept looking at Chen Shi secretly. Breakfast was also prepared by the villagers of the boarding house, which included pickled vegetable and sweet potato rice, and sorghum steamed buns.

——In Fei County, corn is called "dashushu".

Ding Ding felt that Chen Xiucai seemed to be worried about something, and was about to muster up the courage to ask him, when suddenly Chen Shi showed a look of annoyance and slapped his thigh.

"Oops, Sanhe Village forgot to collect the money!"

Chen Shi was a little sad and angry. "I was wondering what I had forgotten. It turns out it was this! The scholar in blue still owes me twenty taels of silver!"

He slapped his thigh hard, full of regret.

Ding Ding thought it was some big deal, but she didn't expect it to be this. She couldn't help but laugh and said, "He did so many evil things and almost died in your hands. You're still thinking about the twenty taels of silver?"

Chen Shi looked at her seriously and said solemnly, "He asked me to exorcise the evil spirit, so I did. He did evil, so I killed him. These are two different things. Since I have eliminated the evil spirit in Sanhe Village, he has to pay me!"

He bit hard on the extremely solid steamed bread and said in a muffled voice, "When he recovers from his injuries, he will come to me for revenge. Before I kill him, I must make him pay the twenty taels of silver!"

Ding Ding secretly laughed at his greed for money and asked in confusion: "Can't you collect the money first in the future?"

Chen Shi shook his head: "Grandpa said that we can't set a precedent of collecting money first. This is the rule. If you collect money first, it will seem like you are using evil spirits to blackmail others, and the victim will be worried about the gains and losses, and worry that you, the talisman master, will not be able to do your job well. Collect the money after solving the evil spirits. The victim will be happy and will be grateful when you give him the money. He can also have a meal with you, and others will address you respectfully when they toast you."

Ding Ding didn't know that the talisman masters in the countryside had these strange rules.

She had traveled extensively with Madam Hua Li and had seen a lot. She had met many talisman masters traveling between cities and towns, but she had never had an in-depth understanding of them.

After they finished breakfast, Chen Shi did some morning exercises, then packed up and said goodbye to the two villagers who were staying with him. Chen Shi gave each of the two families half a tael of silver. The men and women from the two families hurriedly chased after him, saying, "You gave too much! You gave too much! Why should we pay you for just one night's stay!"

They stuffed the silver in Chen Shi's hands and asked him to take it back.

Chen Shi hurriedly refused and signaled Hei Guo to drive the wooden cart.

Hei Guo grabbed the compass, and the wooden cart gradually accelerated and ran very fast, rushing out of Yanfeng Village in a flash.

The two couples chased to the village entrance, but when they saw they couldn't catch up, they had to give up.

Suddenly, one of the men seemed to remember something and asked in surprise, "Did the black dog just now run on two legs or four legs?"

After he said this, everyone came to their senses and said, "That dog seemed to stand up on two legs, and was holding a round object in its hand!"

"That dog seemed to talk to me last night!"

"What a dog——"

The crowd dispersed, each returned to their homes, locked their doors, and lived in fear.

Chen Shi and Ding Ding continued to go to the nearby town to sell talismans. Chen Shi was responsible for drawing the talismans, while Ding Ding was responsible for selling them.

The talismans are still drawn with black dog blood and cinnabar. Although Chen Shi can draw talismans with bare hands, it consumes a lot of energy and blood, and the effect is far inferior to the talismans drawn with black dog blood and cinnabar.

More importantly, the effect of using the black pot to draw talismans has been getting better and better these days. Chen Shi is even a little worried that the effect is too good and will cut off his business. For example, if the peach talisman is too effective, it will not go bad for a year, which means no business for a year.

However, there are more important things waiting for Chen Shi.

While Ding Ding was in charge of the talisman stall, he concentrated on practicing drawing talismans with his bare hands. He drew over and over again, trying to become proficient in drawing talismans of all kinds with one stroke, and his energy was constantly flowing.

His grandfather taught him a large number of talismans. Chen Shi had an excellent memory. He selected out the talismans used for fighting and protection and practiced them attentively.

His purpose was to welcome the revenge of the blue-clad scholar.

This time the scholar in green fell into his hands because he caught him off guard, but the scholar in green's southern school of talismans was indeed very powerful and must be guarded against.

Especially the speed at which the scholar in blue drew the talisman was so fast. He used his own blood to draw the talisman and completed it in an instant. His speed was much faster than Chen Shi's current speed!
The injury of the scholar in blue will heal sooner or later, so Chen Shi must prepare early to deal with the attack of this talisman master!
"Blue-clothed scholar, are you almost healed?"

At dinner that night, Chen Shi said to Ding Ding, "He still owes me twenty taels of silver."

Another day passed, and Chen Shi was practicing and thought of this matter. He said, "The injury of the scholar in blue has probably healed. I should have asked him his name. He still owes me twenty taels of silver."

On the third day, Chen Shi looked at the distance with some melancholy, and said to himself: "Twenty taels of silver..."

On the fourth day, Ding Ding discovered that Chen Shi did not mention the scholar in blue, nor did he mention the twenty taels of silver. He just looked much more haggard. While practicing drawing talismans with his bare hands, he kept looking around.

"Master Chen Fu!" Someone greeted him.

He showed a look of joy, but then a little disappointed.

The person who came was not the scholar in blue.

"It's the uncle who owes the money, that's right." Ding Ding thought to herself.

On the fifth day, Chen Shi was feeling a little depressed. Suddenly, an evil wind blew, chilling him to the bone.

Chen Shi was greatly encouraged, laughed loudly, and said in a loud voice: "Scholar in blue, what is your name?"

In the sky, the silkworm transformed by the blue-clothed scholar stood in midair. Upon hearing this, his heart jumped: "He wants to kill me!"

——At the beginning of the month, I’m asking for monthly votes to get on the list. I’m only two hundred votes away from the previous one!

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