Chapter 5 Chapter Five: Red Ghost Fire Alchemy

Wu Qi almost fainted when he heard this: he came to the mountainous area to practice medicine, eradicating superstition and eradicating all the thoughts of ghosts and snake gods is as important as practicing medicine to save people. No matter what, I can't agree! Wu Qi kept shaking his head, and the crowd rushed forward without giving him a chance to refute. "Doctor Wu, you have to help no matter what. People in the village have always regarded you as a half-respected Bodhisattva. You can't shirk this matter!" "Doctor Wu, asking for a teacher is just a matter of nodding, you should just bend over and pick up straw tickets!"

"How about! Someone send a message to invite Erzhu's niece back, and let her come forward to beg...!" Wu Qi almost had the thought of bumping his head to death, but this time he couldn't tell with a hundred mouths open, and he was dazed for a moment, and a few strong men had already dragged him to Niu Laodao, and they were about to press him and kowtow.Wu Qi couldn't help but smile bitterly, but there was no other way at the moment, he simply pretended to be a master of medicine to find a psychological balance for himself, after all right now the most important thing was to save people, and at worst, cut off relations with him after saving people.The elders are respected, and this kneeling is not too much of a grievance.After Zhang Erzhu's illness is cured, he will have to fight for it no matter what he says.

So, with the testimony of the whole village, Wu Qi was held down by everyone, and he reluctantly gave three salutes to Niu Laodao, offering tea to his master.Niu Laodao nodded in satisfaction, and ordered the red-faced young man beside him to take out a red pill, opened Wu Qi's mouth, and stuffed it in. The taste of the red pill was extremely weird. As soon as I took it, an extremely spicy and obscure taste almost numb the whole mouth, making it impossible to swallow.Just as Wu Qi was about to spit it out, Ghost Wu immediately covered his mouth with his hand, slapped him on the back, and forced Wu Qi to swallow it.

Wu Qi couldn't bear it any longer. He picked up the cup of toast tea and drank it clean. His mouth was still numb and he didn't feel it. The old Taoist told him that this was the rule of his school. Take this pill.Wu Qi was a little worried, thinking that this old Taoist should not be afraid of dissatisfaction in his heart, and use some poison to control himself, right? Niu Laodao was making progress, seeing that the fire was imminent, he was not in a hurry, he had to let the villagers set up a few tables of banquets, and hold some kind of apprenticeship ceremony. That afternoon, the whole village was called, as if the old Taoist was afraid that others would not know that he had taken in an apprentice.The whole afternoon they clinked cups and cups, each of them blushed and their necks were thick. Those who didn't know it thought it was a happy event, and probably left the matter of Zhang Erzhu out of the blue.Of course, Wu Qi is the most depressing one. He is a firm materialist, but he has become a close disciple of ghosts and snakes by buying and selling so hard.As soon as the villagers said that Dr. Wu had worshiped a famous teacher and had a bright future, Wu Qi immediately wanted to find a crack in the ground and sneak in.

The teacher apprenticeship ceremony lasted long enough, and the whole village was tossing until the sun was slanted to half the sky. Wu Qi couldn't wait, and urged several times when and how to save people?Niu Laodao reprimanded him as if he was a teacher: You have no respect for your elders, I have my own discretion in how to save people, and when you show it! The group of people drank again until the day passed by Xishan, Niu Laodao finally spoke, and went to get the medicine primer to use Zhang Erzhu's medicine tonight. It needed more than a dozen strong laborers to help.At this time, the wine was almost drunk, the so-called wine is strong and cowardly, Niu Laodao immediately shouted, and soon a dozen strong young men were led by Liu San, and according to Niu Laodao's instructions, they brought thick poles , shovels, crowbars, ropes and other guys rushed to the direction of the back mountain with high morale.

After walking for a long time, everyone felt that something was wrong. When the villagers realized that they were going in the direction of Guizizhang, they immediately exploded, and everyone woke up from the wine immediately.This Liu San is a cunning person, seeing this, he hastily made some financial incentives (Liu San is the peddler of Chinese herbal medicine in the village), and Niu Laodao gave everyone a small light red pill, saying that not only would it be invulnerable to all poisons, And tonify the kidney and strengthen yang.The two worked together, and everyone felt relieved, swallowed the pills and continued on their way.

In Wu Qi's view, this Niu Laodao is as cunning as Liu San, but the red-skinned boy is not like an ordinary character. From seeing him to now, Wu Qi has not heard a word from him, only knows His name is Ghost Wu. At the banquet, I toasted Brother Ghost Wu, but he didn't make a smile. He seemed to be a domesticated walking dead. However, Ghost Wu's senses are extremely sensitive, he led the team and led the way, and the group quickly found the place where Zhang Erzhu and the others had an accident.At this time, night had fallen, and several people lit torches, and when they looked through the grass, there was indeed a collapsed and broken stone tablet under the grass, with the wordless side facing upwards, and the situation was the same as Zhang Erzhu described.

In this barren mountain and dense forest, although it is a summer night, it is extremely cold, and there is not even a single mosquito. It is very gloomy, and it can be called a dead place.Seeing this scene, everyone gasped, and the guy in their hands took a few steps back uncontrollably. That Ghost Wu was unequivocal, rolled up his sleeves, exposed his red arms, stepped forward alone and set up the stone tablet. The stone tablet was more than one foot high, thick and unusually thick, and its weight can be imagined.Looking at it by the light of the fire, the side of the stele that fell to the ground was covered with hyphae due to moisture, but it was actually empty, without any inscriptions on the stele.

"Monuments without characters?" Niu Laodao raised his brows, stroked his beard and thought for a moment, then took out a Luban ruler and measured all around, drawing out an area.Then he pondered for a while, then suddenly waved his hand, pointed to a slope covered with grass behind the monument and shouted "Dig!" As soon as the words came out, everyone was sober from the wine and broke out in cold sweat. There is a precedent of Zhang Erzhu, who dares to mess around here?Wine and meat are delicious, but they have passed through their intestines, and now they are all reluctant to risk their lives.When Niu Laodao saw this situation, he cursed angrily, so Liu San took the opportunity to give them some aggressive tactics.

"Let me sit here, besides, you all took Jiuhua Yulu Pill, which is invulnerable to all poisons, so be afraid of a bird!" "If you are a man, hurry up, whoever behaves well will turn back to the entire advanced elements, a role model!" He said boldly and took the lead to dig the first shovel. Only then did the crowd get excited, and went forward with their shovels in their hands and dug hard for a while. After a while, there was a "click" sound, and the shovel touched a corner of a square stone.Continuing to dig, the thing revealed its true colors, and everyone was shocked when they saw it, it turned out to be a sarcophagus.

Wu Qi was puzzled at this time, didn't he come to find a medicine primer, why did he rob the tomb?Is there any medicine primer in this coffin?He couldn't help linking the current incident with the strange experience of the third uncle. "Open the coffin! You must get it before tonight, otherwise the man's life will be..." Niu Laodao gave an order, then turned his head and said to Wu Qi: "Ready to get things, open the coffin in no more than one breath, the coffin The cover should be lifted up to a height of more than one foot and then drawn to the side, and you must not vent your anger on the coffin!" As soon as everyone heard this, they all thought that there were so many bullshit rules, but they didn't dare to neglect the old man's words. They held their breath according to what he said. There are many people because of their strength. They only heard another "creak" sound, and the coffin lid It loosened, and suddenly a burst of black air rose up, spreading towards the surroundings.The few people who opened the coffin were almost fainted by the fumes, but after hearing the old man's scolding, they held their breath according to his instructions, and lifted the coffin lid high, the black air quickly dissipated, and the coffin The situation inside is clear at a glance. Inside the coffin was a well-preserved wet corpse, dressed in an official robe of the Ming Dynasty, lying upright in the sarcophagus. Although the corpse was not decomposed, it emitted a stench, and several people present were about to vomit it out.What is even more shocking is that the head of this well-preserved wet corpse has disappeared. It turned out to be a headless wet corpse! "You're holding back, so don't vent your anger. Apprentice, do it quickly. The things are in his jade pillow, and you bring them out together with the jade pillow!" Niu Laodao frowned, urging Wu Qidao. Although Wu Qi had seen some strange illnesses in his daily life, it was the first time he saw this wet corpse that hadn't decomposed for a hundred years, and he was surprised and surprised.But judging by Master's serious expression, the situation seems to be very bad, so I don't dare to be negligent right now, saving people is the most important thing, so I don't care too much about it.Fortunately, this thing has no head, and the jade pillow is directly exposed. If I let myself break his head to take the jade pillow, I would never dare.Wu Qi bravely held his breath, and reached out to take out the jade pillow from the coffin. Niu Laodao reached out to take it, and yelled "Down!" Everyone dropped the coffin lid back to its original position in relief, and couldn't hold it any longer, there was a burst of "wow" in an instant, and they almost vomited up all the food and wine they ate at noon. Niu Laodao waved at Ghost Wu, and Ghost Wu deling quickly took out a half-worn copper incense burner from the sandalwood box, took out a handful of chaff-shaped things and put them in, and Niu Laodao also opened the jade jade from the coffin Looking at the pillow, I saw that it was stuffed with yellow round lumps the size of pigeon eggs, which looked ugly, I don't know what they were, and there was a white stone box carved with different patterns. Niu Laodao quickly took out one of them, crushed it into ashes in his hands, sprinkled it on the chaff of the copper incense burner, and then lit it on fire. In an instant, a strange fragrance permeated the air.Niu Laodao put the copper censer on the stone tablet, and told everyone to hide it in the surrounding grass and wait for changes in the surrounding area. The chaff in the copper censer started to burn and crackled, a wisp of pale yellow smoke rose into the air and diffused towards the dense forest, and the strange fragrance around it became stronger and stronger.The scent was very pleasant, Wu Qi smelled it and felt refreshed, but he knew medical skills, so he knew that what was taken out of the coffin was not unusual, so he told everyone to be careful. After a while, there was a sudden commotion in the grass, accompanied by the sound of "sizzling", a few strange lights shone in the dense bushes in front of me, and they slowly approached here.Wu Qi turned his head, only to see that Niu Laodao's eyes also became tense, and he waved at the crowd to signal them to back off.Ghost Wu suddenly pulled out a steel knife with a black handle that was more than a foot long from his waist, and moved it forward carefully. Suddenly, there was a sound like a wild cat meowing in the grass, and then a "chirp", a big red snake sprang out.