He even felt that the life in the Yin Yang Inn was the life he really wanted.
There is no hustle and bustle of big cities here. In the morning, you can get a basin of well water and squat in front of the inn to brush your teeth and watch the people coming and going in the village.
Just as he was about to walk out of the room, his phone suddenly vibrated.
He picked up the phone and took a look at it, frowned slightly and said, "Uncle Third? Why did you suddenly think of me?"
The Lao Hao family is relatively well-known in Tanzhou City. Although not everyone knows their family, the old families on the streets are still quite familiar with them.
Especially in the fighting world, Lao Hao's family is even more famous.
Hao Xie's father, grandfather, uncle, etc. are all seniors in the back-fighting industry, and their names are very famous.
However, Hao Xie did not inherit the family mantle. Instead, he first became obsessed with archeology, and now he went to the village to open the Yin Yang Inn with others.
This made everyone in the Hao family unable to understand, and therefore gradually alienated him.
At this time, Hao Xie received a call from his third uncle, and he couldn't help but feel a little confused.
But he still answered the phone and murmured: "Is there something going on at home?"
He shook his head and pressed the connect button, and then heard the deep voice of his third uncle on the phone: "Oh, my third uncle got up so early now?"
Hearing the teasing on the phone, Hao Xie put down the washbasin in his hand and said with a smile: "Third Uncle, please don't call me that. Isn't it because the Taoist priest calls me Little Third Master because you are the real Third Uncle? But I said Third Uncle. , why did you suddenly remember to call me? ”
The third uncle's voice continued to come from the phone: "Hey! That girl Huo Xiuxiu came to our house yesterday and said that she wanted to go to the north with you. I told her that you no longer fight backwards, but she She just didn’t believe it and said she had to meet you. I was so frustrated that I told her about you.”
Hao Xie frowned slightly, with a funny look on his face: "What did Huo Xiuxiu want from me? I was asked to fight upside down several times before but I didn't go. Now that I'm staying at the Yin Yang Inn, it's even less possible for me to fight upside down with him."< br>
He shook his head and smiled: "It's okay, just say it. I won't go with her if she comes to me anyway."
Immediately, the third uncle's voice came over the phone again: "Oh, it's not that I'm thinking about whether you will go with him, but she has already gone to find you. I guess she will arrive in two or three days, right? But you really You decide not to fight again? Our family has a lot of connections in this field. If you want to succeed, it will be easy. How can this young man not have the idea of fighting? In this way, I also found out about your third uncle in the north recently. A big tomb, do you want to go and see it together?”
Hao Xie couldn't help but think that the third uncle had tricked him into the Xisha Tomb they went to last time.
Not only did I find nothing when I went in, but I was almost chased to death by thousands of sea monkeys.
He thought to himself that it was so difficult to fight upside down, so why bother fighting upside down?
Driving corpses is very popular now, so why go back to the old business?
Moreover, the extermination of corpses still does not delay his archaeological work. Now he has discovered many places on the exorcism of corpses.
It's just that there are no complete clues yet. Once he gets the clues, he can still continue his archaeological career.
So he shook his head and said: "Forget it, I don't have that idea, and I have now found a new goal. It's not that I don't struggle, it's just that I don't want to fight backwards anymore."
A confused voice came from the phone: "Oh? New goal? What?"
At this time, Hao Xie walked out slowly with the washbasin in hand, and said in a calm tone: "I am determined to become a corpse exorcist, and I have mastered the skills of corpse exorcism. After completing a mission, I will I can officially become a walking master! So please stop trying to persuade me.”
After saying that, he opened the door and came to the well.
Just as he was about to fetch water, he was surprised to find that the well in Yin Yang Inn had changed.
He looked around and murmured to himself: "Is Brother Zhang Hao back?"
At this time, the third uncle on the phone looked confused, thinking that the third uncle of their Lao Hao family actually wanted to drive away the corpse?
Although they also deal with corpses, they have never heard of the profession of corpse exterminator.
So, he asked doubtfully: "Little Third Master, are you sure you haven't encountered a liar? Hasn't the profession of corpse exorcism been discontinued long ago? Where did you learn the art of exorcism?"
Hao Xie stared blankly at the bulging stone sculpture of Yin and Yang Pisces beside the well, and said perfunctorily: "Okay, Third Uncle, stop talking, and don't try to persuade me. I have something else to do, so hang up first!"
After saying that, he hung up the phone, squatted down, and touched the two statues next to the well, full of doubts in his heart.
He gently touched the two stone sculptures and suddenly felt a sense of coolness sweeping through his body.
He even seemed to hear the howling of ghost foxes and wolves, and was shocked in his heart.
He suddenly retracted his finger, a flash of shock flashed in his eyes, and thought: "Did Brother Zhang Hao do this too? Isn't this too dangerous?"
He recalled the last time the inn changed drastically, a mist rose outside the courtyard wall.
During those days, Zhang Hao, Fatty Wang and Zhang Qilin were not at the inn. He was bored and squatted by the wall to study.
He found that the mist came out of the cracks in the wall. In other words, these thin mist came from the wall.
Moreover, I don’t know when the lantern was replaced with a leather lantern, which feels very good.
Although he didn't know what it was, he could feel that it must be related to Zhang Hao.
The Yin-Yang Pisces stone sculpture in front of him made him even more confused.
These two stone sculptures look heavy. How did Zhang Hao move them in?
He thought to himself: "Brother Zhang Hao is really awesome. I wonder what changes have happened to this well now?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Hao opened the door and walked out of the room. When Hao Xie saw Zhang Hao, he quickly walked over with a smile and asked, "Brother Zhang Hao, why didn't you call me when you came back? I'll pick you up."
Zhang Hao waved his hand and said with a smile: "It's too late. Besides, it's not like I don't know the way."
Hao Xie nodded, then looked at the well and asked: "By the way, brother Zhang Hao, did you also make this well? I slept so hard yesterday that I didn't hear a sound at all."
Zhang Hao snickered in his heart and thought: It's weird if you can hear it. After all, this is a system upgrade, so it will definitely not make any noise. But he still admitted it: "Well, I have modified this well. In the future, if the inn collects the client's lifespan, luck, etc., it can be stored in this well. But it's not interesting now. It will be fixed later. Let me tell you. You can drink more well water at that time, which will increase your luck and longevity.”
Hao Xie looked at the well in shock and asked in disbelief: "Ah? Brother Zhang Hao, you said this well can store life span? It can also store luck? Is this... is this true?"
Zhang Hao smiled and waved his hand and said: "You will know later whether it is true or not. Besides, our inn has not received such a commission yet, and we don't know whether it will have any effect. But it will definitely happen in the future."
Hao Xie nodded repeatedly, still looking at the well, and murmured: "Oh my God! Brother Zhang Hao, is there anything else in this world that you can't do? This will do! I am still the first in terms of storage life. I heard it once. Then if you drink the water from this well, won’t you be able to live a hundred years?” Zhang Hao smiled and said, “A hundred years is the most basic thing.”
Then Zhang Hao walked to the morgue, took a look and found that there were a lot of paper figures, ghost coins and wreaths piled inside. He couldn't help frowning and asked: "This? Did you go to purchase goods?"
Hao Xie shook his head and said: "That's not true, but there are no corpses in the inn these days, and there is no way to practice corpse exorcism, so I made some paper people and ghost coins when I was bored. Anyway, our inn can do these It’s okay to buy it if you need it.”
Zhang Hao picked up a paper man and looked at it carefully. He raised the corner of his mouth and nodded in praise: "That's great! Your paper man is very realistic! It's completely different from the crude paper man in ordinary white goods shops! ”
Indeed, the paper figures in Zhang Hao's hands are more exquisite, and the details are also very well done.
Although the paper man cannot be lifelike due to the material, this one is already very good compared to ordinary paper men.
Zhang Hao continued: "To be honest, I really didn't think you had the potential to become a papermaker! You know, not everyone can do this, and it's really impossible without a little aura."
Hearing this, Hao Xie frowned slightly and looked at Zhang Hao with confusion: "How difficult can this be? Isn't it just a paper man? What kind of potential is needed? Is the industry involution already so serious now? ” he said half-jokingly.
Zhang Hao glanced at Hao Xie, then took out the brush and gold sand from his arms, and skillfully drew the eyes, skeleton and meridians of the whole body on the paper man.
Then, he ordered: "Go to the warehouse and find me a bowl of chicken blood." Although Hao Xie looked confused, he still nodded and turned around to go to the warehouse.
After a while, Hao Xie came back with a bowl of chicken blood and handed it to Zhang Hao.
I saw Zhang Hao pour chicken blood on the paper man, and all the chicken blood was absorbed by the paper man without a drop spilling out.
Hao Xie's eyes widened and he couldn't believe the scene before him. He quickly asked: "What's going on? This paper man has absorbed all the chicken blood!"
Zhang Hao did not answer, just smiled faintly, and then said: "Close your eyes!"
Although Hao Xie was confused, he still closed his eyes as ordered by Zhang Hao.
About five seconds later, Zhang Hao said: "Okay, open your eyes and look."
Hao Xie opened his eyes and saw a woman wearing a white silk dress standing in front of him.
This woman has a beautiful appearance, a graceful figure, and is a perfect beauty.
But Hao Xie had no intention of admiring her beauty at this time. What he was confused about was, how could she become a living person now when she was just a paper figure?
He turned to Zhang Hao with wide eyes and asked: "Brother Zhang Hao, just tell me, what is going on?"
Zhang Hao pinched the woman's chin and looked around, and then explained: "Didn't I just say that? The paper maker I'm talking about is not the kind of paper maker who can only make paper figures for burials. The paper maker has a short life! Have you ever heard of spreading beans and making soldiers? ”
Hao Xie nodded, then shook his head: "I knew it originally, but now I don't know."
Zhang Hao said with a smile: "There is a passage in "The New Commentary on the History of the Five Dynasties" that there is a demon soldier under the Zhiyuan Army, called Ma Yin, who can hide himself, drink grass to make swords, and scatter beans to become soldiers. What is the so-called demon soldier? This is the ability to spread beans and make soldiers. And in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhang Jiao and Zuo Ci both learned this technique. However, success depends on people, and their failure has nothing to do with this paper-tying technique." br>
As soon as he finished speaking, Hao Xie looked at Zhang Hao excitedly, his eyes full of expectation and desire.
He looked at the paper man in front of him, then looked at Zhang Hao and asked: "Brother Zhang Hao, you just said that I have the potential in this area? Then do you think I can learn this paper-tying technique?"
Zhang Hao smiled. After he saw that Hao Xie had the potential to be a papermaker, he came up with the idea of teaching him the art of papermaking.
He explained: "My paper-tying technique was developed by myself. Although I now have two major professional skills: driving corpses and fishing out corpses, I am also very interested in paper-tying technique. I referred to some ancient books. I have also developed some entry-level paper-tying skills. The paper figures I made can help with simple tasks, but they are not very intelligent and cannot complete complex tasks. Moreover, they are easy to damage and have a short shelf life. It’s very short. But for you, it’s enough to learn these entry-level techniques. If you have the chance, I will teach you some advanced paper-tying techniques.”
Seeing that Hao Xie offered to learn the paper-tying technique, Zhang Hao did not shirk.
He thought to himself that if the Yin Yang Inn wanted to upgrade and establish a ghost market or even a ghost town in the future, it would be impossible without a few people who could control the situation. So it’s right to cultivate talents in advance.
So he nodded and said: "I just said that you have a talent in this area. It just so happens that there are no corpses in the inn for you to practice the corpse exorcism technique. It would be good to learn the paper-tying technique. In the future, whether you are looking after the shop or It will be very useful when you go out to do tasks. If you use it to visit the store, it can help you handle the chores in the store. ”
Having said this, he paused and then asked: "But how far have you mastered the art of exorcising corpses now?"
Hao Xie touched his chin, thought for a while and said: "As for driving away corpses, I think even without the Corpse Sacrifice Order, we should be able to drive away corpses a hundred miles away. Besides, with the help of the Corpse Sacrifice Order, we can now chase four corpses at the same time. A corpse. Of course it can’t compare with Brother Qilin, but it should be able to help the inn complete some corpse removal tasks.”
Zhang Hao nodded slightly, expressed his approval and said, "That's good. It can help Zhang Qilin share the pressure." After delivering the body from the military area, he went directly to Sanjiashan. He was very busy with the next order. There was already one I haven’t rested for many months, so I left a message for him in Sanjia Mountain, asking him to rest for a few days before driving back. If you can drive the corpse hundreds of miles away, you will be doing him a favor.”
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After saying that, he stood up, walked to the center of the yard, sat by the well, and said to Hao Xie: "Go and bring me the materials you used to make paper. I will demonstrate it to you in detail. Although the paper figures you made can also be given temporary meaning. Life, but only for one or two hours, that paper man can't bear too much." (End of Chapter)