"Tell me, is it possible that Fang Yin is not dead?"
"You killed him, you ask me?"
Yin Xiu's eyes rolled to the sky.
Zhuowu looked at his hand with a faint blood stain on it. His fingers opened and closed, as if he still couldn't believe it.
"I'm not saying that she can't die, I just mean that Fang Yin died too lightly.
I always feel that she has many ways to avoid being stabbed to death by me. "
Yin Xiu was still speechless, "How many top masters and powerful men in the world end up being stabbed to death.
It's just that some people were killed by other strongmen, and some were stabbed to death by thugs and gangsters, and the boat capsized in the gutter. "
Zhuowu raised his eyebrows, "Mr. Yin Xiu, judging from your tone, you seem to think I am the latter."
Yin Xiu spread her hands, "I didn't mean that. This may be your misunderstanding."
"I hope so, and it may be so."
Zhuowu sighed, "In fact, I always feel that my inherent inferiority and sensitivity are a big problem, and it even affects my path to seeking immortality."
Yin Xiu glanced at him and said, "Why, as an elder of Qi Refiner, the person who talks in name and in reality, you also have the troubles of such a small person?"
Zhuowu shook his head, "It's not the so-called worries, Mr. Yin Xiu, this is actually my character, something that is in my bones. Unless I am crushed to ashes, this kind of thing in my bones cannot be eliminated.
I was born into a wealthy family, very, very wealthy. My grandfather was a Justice of the Peace, and my father was one of the top ten outstanding young men.
It is precisely because I have so much money that I have never encountered any difficulties since I was a child. It is precisely because I have such a sum of money that I have expanded and improved the organization of Qi Refiners.
Many people's natural sensitivity and low self-esteem will change due to the influence of social environment and others. Even when they grow up, they still have low self-esteem, but they have learned to hide this sensitivity and low self-esteem in a deeper place.
I was different. Although I had an opportunity after suffering a serious illness, I was still so timid.
Because I never need to change myself to deal with this society or others. "
"Isn't this a kind of happiness?"
Yin Xiu suddenly sighed, "A person like you, who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth, would never know that those drug addicts in Kowloon Walled City, the women who sold their bodies in the dark alleys, beat their heads to pieces for a few cents." You can never imagine what these gangsters have been through.
These people may have been very cute and innocent people when they were young, but society has transformed them into this appearance and pushed them into this situation.
I'm not saying that those fellow Taoists are pitiful. They are reduced to poisonous insects dying on the roadside, and it is entirely their own fault.
But if they were like you and didn't need to change their personalities from the beginning, but just kept their innocence and kept their nature, wouldn't the ending be much better? "
"That may be the case, but I can't change myself at all. Isn't it also a tragedy and an unspeakable misfortune?" Zhuowu emphasized.
Yin Xiu had no intention of arguing with him, but just nodded and said: "You think so, that is, where is my mother now?"
"Don't worry, we just walked a short distance, we're not there yet."
Zhuowu held the torch, suddenly bent down and touched the cave wall next to him.
The place covered by vines, after being pulled left and right by his hands a few times, revealed a cave that could accommodate a person bending down and walking.
"Sorry, the passage is a bit narrow, I hope you can get used to it."
Yin Xiu glanced at him, "I'm sure I can't get used to it, but I can still accept it."
"It's all the same, Mr. Yinxiu."
Saying that, Zhuowu took the lead and got into the cave, followed closely by Yin Xiu.
The two of them walked one after another in the cave with their waists hunched and their knees bent.
Zhuowu was walking in front, and it was difficult to twist his neck in this narrow cave, let alone turn around.
But Zhuowu still walked and twisted his neck as far back as possible.
"Mr. Yin Xiu, compared to other places, I walk this passage more often. Every time I walk this passage, I always feel like I am reborn and reborn, like, like..."
"It's like a baby coming into this world from the mother's body, right?"
"Yes, that's it. This narrow, wrinkled, and somewhat moist passage does give me this feeling, but how do you know?"
Yin Xiu said calmly: "Those gangs with the prefix "and" also like to do these things when they trick new people into joining the gang, but they are more simple by drilling rings, and if they are more elaborate, they pull a piece of red silk to ask those people to get out of it. .”
"Oh? I thought they all wanted to cut off chicken heads and burn yellow paper to make alliances based on blood."
"It was originally like this, but then wasn't there a chicken plague? Several people used the knife to pull the chicken's neck and pulled it on their fingers several times, and they all died.
So now it's just a matter of adding a few drops of red potion. Even killing chickens requires a license. That's pretty much it.
But I think it’s because of this that no one is loyal anymore, and everyone is betraying their brothers to seduce their sisters-in-law. "
"People say that when there are more people slaughtering dogs for justice, I thought we were the only ones in the upper class who betrayed our brothers all day long and were willing to betray our families for a little money."
Yin Xiu said calmly: "Yes, I learned those things from you gentlemen and gentlemen. If you hadn't set a good example, those short mules would never be able to learn it in their lifetime."
Zhuowu heard the sarcasm in Yin Xiu's mouth, but he didn't take it seriously.
"Except for last week's Jockey Club, I haven't been in high society for a long time. To be honest, if it weren't for the crisp suits everyone wore, I almost handed a piece of butter to someone's hand.
Things that are more precious than life underground don't seem to be worth much on the ground.
Some people use a large bag of salt to soak their feet and take a bath.
Some people use butter to rub leather goods and wipe their hands. Sometimes I always feel that this is a bit magical. "
"What's so strange about that."
Yin Xiu didn't take it seriously, "Do you think it's just a difference in materials? Mechanical technicians like us are all arrogant in front of the workers, but in front of those bosses and those rich people, we are nothing!
In our line of work, repairing machines is one thing, but you need to be able to attract business and maintain customers.
You also know that you rich people are all perverts.
For business, we have to do everything.
For example, I use my tongue to lick the soles of rich people's shoes, hit them, and scold them.
Occasionally we meet some dead men who don’t like women but like men, so we have to act according to circumstances, and sometimes we even pretend to be real..."
"what!?"
Zhuowugui screamed, suddenly put his hands on his hips, and turned back to look at Yin Xiu nervously.
After realizing that he was a little rude, Zhuowu smiled awkwardly, "I thought that with your character, Mr. Yin Xiu, you wouldn't..."
"What do you think I am!"
Yin Xiu glared at him, "Of course I can't do such a thing!"
"Then it seems like what you said is true..."
"What is written in the magazine is more true. I just want to see if you rich people are really that perverted?" Zhuowu let out a long sigh of relief, "Mr. Yin Xiu, now do you think I am what I just said?" Do you want to breed people?"
Yin Xiu thought for a while, "I'm not sure."
"Not sure?" Zhuowu's eyes widened.
"Of course! Do you think I know you very well? We have only spoken a few words until now. Even with Fang Yin, I feel I know her relatively well."
"But she's dead, isn't she?"
As he said this, Zhuowu turned his head speechlessly.
But at this moment, in front of the passage, a woman's figure flashed past quickly. No matter her figure or the clothes she was wearing, she looked very much like Fang Yin.
"Mr. Yin Xiu... you have been behind me. Did you see anything wrong?"
"Have!"
"Huh!?" Zhuowu's whole body trembled.
"I noticed that you, wearing shoes without socks, are a bit unhygienic."
"That's not what I'm talking about...I mean, did you see a figure floating in front of us?"
Yin Xiu shook his head. He suddenly remembered that Zhuowu was in front and couldn't see him shaking his head, so he said: "No, I only saw you and nothing else."
"But I just felt like Fang Yin ran ahead of us."
"Run over?"
Yin Xiu was a little confused, "Shouldn't she have floated over?"
When he said this, cold air oozed from the pores of Zhuowu's body, "Mr. Yin Xiu! Did you see it?"
Yin Xiu shook her head, "Of course I didn't see it. And even if Fang Yin really turned into a female ghost and came to claim her life, she would definitely be looking for trouble with you. I didn't kill her, and she wouldn't kill innocent people indiscriminately, so she didn't let me see it. There’s nothing surprising about that.”
"But aren't you a Taoist priest?"
Yin Xiu nodded, "Yes, but I don't know much about Taoism, and I don't know enough about Taoism. I can deal with zombies and monsters, but I'm not very good at fighting ghosts."
"But you can't just let those monsters and monsters mess around here, right?"
"What can't you do?"
Yin Xiu didn't take it seriously, "I can go with you. Do I still need to take care of other monsters and ghosts?"
Seeing Yin Xiu say this, Zhuowu already knew that no matter what, Yin Xiu would not take action.
After a pause, he no longer expected Yin Xiu to take action, but continued to move forward with an attitude of pretending it didn't exist if he didn't see it.
As long as Fang Yin didn't stick it in his face, he would regard those previous stories of strange creatures as just legends or even nonsense.
If you kill someone and your life is taken away by the wronged soul, then those generals might as well stop messing around and just go fast and chant the Buddha's name.
How can it be so easy to just treat everything as a dazzle and ask for one's life? The two of them continued walking in silence, one just pretending that nothing happened, the other not wanting to care about anything, not to mention he really didn't see anything.
He didn't know how long he had been walking, but when Zhuowu walked out of the passage that was so familiar to him but now made him feel suffocated, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"How long do we have to go?" Yin Xiu was already a little impatient.
Although he felt that there was no need for Zhuowu to lead him around in circles at the moment, as long as he brought him to his mother's side, it would be a matter of course and the goal would be achieved. There was no need to play tricks.
But considering that the minds of these Qi refiners are not normal, Yin Xiu still has to confirm again.
Zhuowu was used to Yin Xiu's urging from time to time, so he just said calmly: "Come on, you are not the only one who is anxious, even my mother is also eager to see you."
"Then let her walk two steps faster." Yin Xiu said suddenly.
"What do you mean?" Zhuowu was a little confused.
"It just means asking her to walk two steps faster.
It was like every time she wanted to see me, she always appeared suddenly in an unpredictable way.
If you want to enter someone else's house, you should knock on the door before entering the room, right?But Buddha Mother seems to still live in the way of the ancients. She comes uninvited and likes to be the kind of person who breaks into the house without permission. "
"Oh?"
Zhuowu also became interested, "You mean, my mother has already met you once?"
"More than once." Yin Xiu emphasized.
"Amazing! Amazing!"
Zhuowu clicked his tongue in surprise, with an expression of envy on his face, "Until now, I have never been summoned by my mother, but you have already met me several times. This is really a rare blessing."
When he said this, Yin Xiu became angry and stared at him: "Do you want this blessing?"
But as soon as the words came out, Yin Xiu regretted it. Saying this to a fanatical believer, isn't it rewarding him to a certain extent? "But, since you have not been summoned by my mother, how do you contact each other?"
"It's very simple. It relies on some kind of induction, or enlightenment, just like those rice goddesses and goddesses on the ground. Do they have to see the victim himself in order to gain insight into a certain idea?
Not necessarily, they just rely on a sudden idea.
And although I have never met my mother, I have had dreams like other Qi practitioners. "
Yin Xiu paused and asked, "What does the mother in your dream look like?"
"Are you talking about appearance and figure? This is a bit disrespectful."
Zhuowu chuckled, "But if I have to say it, my mother's appearance and figure are extremely difficult to describe. It's like..."
"She looks like a human and a god, a woman and a man. I can't tell her appearance. I can't tell whether she is tall or short, fat or thin, right?"
"Sin, sin."
Zhuowu clasped his hands together and muttered softly, "What you said is very accurate. This is what it feels like."
"I guess the old mother that every Qi practitioner talks about is like this." Yin Xiu said with a smile.
"You already knew? Or did you hear them talk about it?"
"No need to ask, just look at these things in front of me, I will know everything clearly."
Yin Xiu pointed around.
Around them are various statues, clay sculptures, reliefs, and murals.
Every art form depicts a "woman", but the woman's form is extremely vague, and each one has its own charm and state.
Yin Xiu was very sure that the works here were actually all the records and descriptions of the old mother in their dreams by the Qi Refiners.
All sorts of strange things! (End of chapter)