Chapter 41 Section 7 Chenzhou Corpse King Meeting

That night, Xu Qiuyuan's teacher and apprentice came to the courtyard. Xu Qiuyuan took out a stack of talismans, put them on the stone bench, and said to Nong Fan, "These talismans are the most basic talismans of exorcising evil spirits and thunder and fire. Try Transport the spiritual yang energy into the cinnabar on the talisman." Nong Fan nodded, picked up a Thunder Fire Talisman, and clasped it between his palms. I don't know if he is not proficient in the use of Lingyang Qi or what, but his face was flushed red, and his teeth were gritted. There was a bang, and after a while, he suddenly shouted: "Hey, that's fine."

Xu Qiuyuan took a look at it, and said indifferently: "Really? You try to see it." "No problem, look at the disciples." Nong Fan shouted, and threw it into the air. The Thunder Fire Talisman shot out quickly, and suddenly exploded in the air with a "boom".It's just that the Thunder Fire Talisman did nothing but make a loud noise. "That's the so-called all right? Isn't it just a bright light? Are you setting off firecrackers?" Seeing that Nong Fan failed, Zhang Xiaoluo couldn't help laughing. "Strange, I followed Master's instructions. How did it become like this?" Nong Fan stretched out his hand to catch a piece of falling debris, wondering in his heart.

Xu Qiuyuan didn't blame him, but comforted him: "Your technique of manipulating the spirit and yang qi is still very unfamiliar, and there is nothing wrong with failing. You need to take your time to learn the law and practice the technique. There is no rush. You have made progress these days. It's super fast. If you continue to practice hard, you will definitely be able to do something in the future." "Master, you said you wanted to collect the goods and drive away the corpses in a few days, have you really decided?" "That's right, the last time it was anticlimactic, I came back before I made any money. My teacher is almost being eaten up by you two little guys. If you don't make money, what will you do to support you two troublemakers?"

Last time, because Zhang Xiaoluo was shot on the way, she had to go back to Luyezhuang to recuperate. Now her injury is healed, and Nongfan has also learned spiritual yang energy. This is a happy thing for everyone, but Xu Qiuyuan suddenly said a few days ago : "Right now, the village is almost overturned, so next month I'm going to earn some money to support my family." He didn't know if what he said was true or not, but Nong Fan didn't believe his words at all, thinking: who are you lying to, because your robbery-like charges will make you no money, you are lying to ghosts.

Whether Nong Fan believed it or not, he still had to follow what Xu Qiuyuan said. After discussing with his master and apprentice, he finally decided on a date.It was decided to embark on the road of exorcising corpses again five days later. Zhang Xiaoluo smiled happily. When she heard the conversation between Nongfan and Xu Qiuyuan, her face darkened instantly. She glanced at Xu Qiuyuan and then at Nongfan. Disciples go together, okay?" "What?" Xu Qiuyuan thought he had heard it wrong, so he licked his ears, "Say it again." "Master, didn't the Tunfu Feng harvest last month, and the disciple is too busy staying at home, so you can take the disciple out for a walk."

"No! Why are you so inconsiderate, girl? The wind of swallowing rot has been harvested, but it has to be dried seven times before it can be sealed. If you want to follow, who will take care of it?" Xu Qiuyuan didn't give any room for negotiation. His head shook like a rattle. "Oh, master, why do you refuse it outright? It's not too late to dry it up and seal it up when you come back. Think about it, you're all gone, leaving the disciple bored at home alone. If this day is long, the disciple will inevitably die. I miss my master, and when I miss my master, my disciple will lose his mind, and if he forgets to take back the wind of swallowing corruption, master, you can just..." Seeing Xu Qiuyuan's denial, Zhang Xiaoluo rolled his eyes and said meaningfully.

"This..." Zhang Xiaoluo's words just hit Xu Qiuyuan's weak spot. After harvesting the rotten wind, it has to be soaked in rootless water for seven days and seven nights, and then it can be sealed after seven times of air drying. The second air-drying can only be done between Zishi and Choushi. After the air-drying, it must be taken back and sealed in a century-old altar. Repeat this seven times before the wind of swallowing rot can be considered to be formed.Once this process starts, it can't be stopped, and it can't be sloppy at all. If the rot-swallowing wind soaks in the rootless water and doesn't dry, or if it dries for a long time, the effect of the rot-swallowing wind will be greatly reduced.

Thinking of this, Xu Qiuyuan started to sweat a little. He knew very well that this girl was threatening him with his own life. Seeing that Xu Qiuyuan hesitated, Zhang Xiaoluo secretly winked at Nong Fan, who immediately understood, stepped forward and said: "Master, anyway, there is nothing at home now, and it would be good to have someone to take care of food and daily life on the way. Besides, like A woman like Ren Tianci is also ordered by her master to go down the mountain to practice, and we Tianguanmen should also experience the world and the world, I think you will agree."

Xu Qiuyuan was finally moved by Nong Fan's words, he was really afraid that Zhang Xiaoluo would "accidentally" ruin his hard work, and instead of letting this girl stay and take care of Tunfufeng, it would be better to take her with him and wait until he came back Air-dried and sealed up in person, so as not to worry about it during the corpse drive.But he was not reconciled to agreeing to him like this. If the little girl dared to threaten the master, wouldn't it be a monk holding an umbrella--lawless. After thinking for a while, Xu Qiuyuan coughed and said, "Since your junior brother has spoken for you, it's not impossible to take you with you, but you must agree to three conditions for being a teacher."

"Really? That's great, any condition is fine, as long as Master is willing to let me accompany you, I will agree to any condition." Zhang Xiaoluo was overjoyed. In fact, if Xu Qiuyuan insisted on not bringing him along, he would not dare to act recklessly. Yes, I really didn't expect him to agree so easily. "Don't be too happy. These three conditions are not easy to handle. First, you must disguise yourself as a man during the corpse hunt. Second, you must stay ten meters away from the dead at night and not take a step closer. Three, when you pass the dead body inn, you are not allowed to enter, and find another place for yourself."

The conditions proposed by Xu Qiuyuan actually have his own reasons, because men and women have always chased away corpses separately. Those who chase away male corpses must be Taoist priests or family men, while those who chase away female corpses must be driven by old mothers or family descendants. The boss is here to catch up.There is such a rule because yin and yang should not be in conflict with each other during the corpse chase, otherwise it is very easy to cause the corpse to turn into a fraudulent corpse, so Zhang Xiaoluo can't get close to Xu Qiuyuan and the others when they chase the corpse. Just when the three masters and apprentices were talking and laughing, there was a sudden knocking of a gong outside the door, which was particularly ear-piercing in the silent mountain field.The three master and apprentice were suddenly startled by the sound.The three couldn't help but wonder, it's dark and windy this month, who would be beating gongs outside the village to make trouble?Xu Qiuyuan came to his senses first, he stood up and shouted: "Who is it?" After the gong rang outside the door, it fell silent, and Xu Qiuyuan's question was ignored.Xu Qiuyuan couldn't help being very annoyed, and shouted: "Who dares to act presumptuously outside the gate of Tianguan?" He shouted, he stepped to the front of the house, just about to open the door to have a look, suddenly, an old hoarse voice sounded: "Three gangs and six Sect eighteen sects, Chenzhou Corpse King Association." As soon as the hoarse voice fell, a wooden plaque the size of a palm was suddenly thrown outside the door. Seeing the small wooden plaque, Xu Qiuyuan's expression changed, and he hurriedly opened the door to have a look, but there was no one outside.He looked around and confirmed that the other party had left, then closed the door and walked back.Nong Fan picked up the small wooden plaque and looked at it carefully. The small wooden plaque was black and smooth, cold to the touch, with the words "Decree of the Corpse King" engraved on it. Judging by the condition of the wooden plaque, it might have a long history.Seeing Xu Qiuyuan approaching, he handed over the wooden plaque and asked curiously, "Master, what is the corpse king meeting?" Xu Qiuyuan took the small wooden plaque and said: "The so-called corpse king's meeting is a meeting where corpse exorcists from three gangs, six sects and eighteen sects gather to compete in Taoism and thaumaturgy. The king. This small wooden plaque is the invitation." There are three gangs, six sects, eighteen sects and three gangs in the corpse-hunting world, namely the Henan Gang, the Xiangxi Gang, and the Guizhou Gang.The three big gangs are actually not sects, but are composed of all family exorcists in their territory, so their strength is the strongest.The six sects are Shennong, Miaosi, Chendao, Yiling, Gumen, and Henye.These six sects have established households and recruited disciples, if not more than the number of people, they really have traditional strength.As for the eighteen sects, it is actually just a literal name, not that there are really eighteen sects. It is said that there were a complete eighteen sects in the late Ming Dynasty, but today, only five of the eighteen sects remain. , that is, Tianguan, Qianling, Moyin, Hengbo, and Quling.The remaining thirteen gates have all disappeared in the torrent of history.These five sects are few in number and weak in strength. The combined number of the five sects is not as large as that of one of the six sects. If it weren't for the traditional competition of the Corpse King Society, the name eighteen sects would have been removed and deleted long ago.But even among the Eighteen Sects, the Tianguan Sect couldn't make it to the scene, just because of the pitifully small number of disciples.When Xu Qiuyuan told Nongfan these things before, he concealed the fact that among the eighteen sects of the three gangs, six sects, Tianguan sect is truly the last one. "Oh, there is such a competition among the corpse hunters, so shall we participate? It should not be difficult to win with the master's ability." Nong Fan was overjoyed, he never thought that there would be such a competition in the corpse hunter world.If Xu Qiuyuan wins by accident, then he will become the king of corpses, and his status will rise by then. Xu Qiuyuan stared at the imaginative Nong Fan, and said coldly: "Don't think about superfluous things, this Chenzhou Corpse King will be held every five years, and the participants will be the new generation of disciples. The older generation or Those with high seniority will not participate." "What? Why wouldn't the older generation participate? In terms of skills, seniors like Master are the real masters?" "The reason is actually that these so-called masters disdain to participate in this kind of competition. For them, winning is a good thing, but once they lose, it will ruin their reputation and even lose their reputation. You said they would participate ?" "Since that's the case, what's the point of holding this corpse king meeting? Even if a newcomer becomes king, it's still not worthy of the name." Nong Fan asked curiously. "You are right, but the purpose of the corpse king's meeting held every five years is not to elect the corpse king, but to unite the hearts of the corpse exorcists. So even if someone becomes the king, people from other sects are just On the surface, it’s just respectful to him. This king of exorcising corpses is just a name.” On the surface, Xu Qiuyuan was dismissive of the corpse king meeting, but Nong Fan and Zhang Xiaoluo didn't know that Xu Qiuyuan had participated in the corpse king meeting once when he was young, but he was eliminated early that time, and he has been treating the corpse king ever since. Will not like it very much.Of course, he would not let the two disciples know about this disgraceful history. "Master, the disciple wants to participate." "Okay." Xu Qiuyuan was thinking about something on his mind, a little absent-minded, and casually replied to Nong Fan's words. When he came back to his senses, he couldn't help being surprised, "What? What did you say? Say it again?" Nong Fan bowed and said firmly, "I hope Master will allow me to increase my knowledge!" "You also know that this is a competition in name only, why do you still want to participate?" Xu Qiuyuan really didn't understand, how could Nong Fan want to participate in this kind of competition?