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Cast a golden body!

It's easier said than done. Even though I've grasped the essence of bone painting, I don't know how to start if I really have to do it. Su Xiaoniu told me to do it boldly, and she believed in my ability.

I gritted my teeth and started my career of painting bones.

Although it's called bone painting, it's not done with a brush or anything like that; it's done by hand. First, you have to pick a Yin day, then a Yin site, and then, at a Yin time, place the blood and meat in a basin and mix them. Today is the Yin day Su Xiaoniu and I chose together. As for the Yin site, Su Xiaoniu's hometown is a Yin site, and the Yin time is undoubtedly the evening hours of Xu, Hai, and Zi.

Just tonight, on this "auspicious day", the moonlight is dim, the night wind is howling outside, but I am in Su Xiaoniu's dark hometown, not allowed to turn on the lights, pouring blood clots and meat pieces into the basin, and then inserting my hands to stir it like a raging sea.

Every now and then, a thunderclap would appear in the sky, illuminating the room a bit. Su Xiaoniu sat next to me, sipping tea. Her silver dress, flawless white skin, and pale complexion frightened me to death several times. But perhaps the most frightening thing was the person I saw outside. Looking in, I'd see someone stirring a bowl with both hands. When they reached up, I'd see blood-red flesh churning in their hands.

Disgusting! Horrible!

Even I find it scary.

This was something Cui Han, the bone painter, did frequently throughout his life, even more horrifying than what I was doing. Since it was my first time, I was inevitably a bit overwhelmed. I stirred the flesh in the basin three times, and after about an hour, I finally finished.

The meat paste is done. Next, I pour all of Su Xiaoniu's ashes into the meat paste, stir it evenly, and then start to piece the bones together.

At that time, Grandma Huanxi gave me a lot of bones with flawless texture. In fact, I was very surprised. Grandma Huanxi and her friends had such a weird hobby that they collected so many exquisite human bones, even with flesh and blood. It was really incredible.

Until Su Xiaoniu told me that because they were corpse drivers, they often encountered many dead people. Some of them were too dead to be turned into zombies, but their bones and flesh were still good. They would peel off some of the better bones and save them. As for their zombies, although they would not die, they would sometimes break arms and legs due to various reasons. At that time, they would use the bones they had collected to piece them together.

Moreover, the bones collected by the two elders are basically very precious and exquisite. They were so generous to give me such a big box that day because of Su Xiaoniu's face. Otherwise, they would not give these precious and exquisite bones to others casually.

A whole box of bones: 29 skull bones, 51 trunk bones, and 126 femurs. All 206 bones in the human body—skull, trunk, upper limb, lower limb, and so on—were present. The bone-drawing manual included an anatomy of human bones and various methods of joining them. Following this diagram, I joined each bone. I smeared each joint with the meat paste I'd already mixed. Then, when the two bones met, they instantly adhered like glue.

It's amazing.

I was secretly amazed. I didn't expect that it would be so smooth to put the bones together for the first time. I connected them faster and faster, and in a moment, a white skeleton appeared in front of me!

I placed the skeleton on the altar. From a distance, I could see that the bones were beautiful, slender, and extremely beautiful, just like a beautiful woman slowly emerging into the world.

Su Xiaoniu took a look and immediately praised, "Not bad, not bad! It's my first time drawing bones, and you've already achieved such a high level. You're truly amazing. All my hard work paid off... How much meat paste is left?"

I looked at the basin: "There's only so much left as a fist."

Su Xiaoniu pondered and said, "Roll the remaining meat paste into the size of two dates and place them on the eye holes."

I did as I was told, split the last lump of meat into two halves, kneaded them into the size of two dates, and then stuffed them into the eye holes of the skull, sticking them to the eye bones.

Mission accomplished!

"That's fine. I'll go in and try it." As she said that, Su Xiaoniu suddenly disappeared, and I was stunned.

After a while, the white skull on the altar began to move. I swallowed and quickly stepped back. However, the skull only shook a few times and then stopped. I subconsciously called out, and Su Xiaoniu reluctantly said, "Don't make any noise. I'm going to retreat. Go to sleep first."

I breathed a sigh of relief, washed my hands, and went to bed.

The next day, while I was eating breakfast, I saw the skeleton still sitting there on the altar, motionless. I said helplessly, "Now that I have this golden body, does that mean you don't need me anymore from now on?"

The skeleton shook, and Su Xiaoniu said with a smile: "What's wrong? Are you jealous?"

I rolled my eyes. "Who is jealous? Besides, who would be jealous of a skeleton?"

"Huh? You're so jealous, and you say you're not jealous!" Su Xiaoniu was both angry and amused.

I pursed my lips.

Su Xiaoniu smiled and said, "Alright, alright. No matter how good the golden body is, it can't compare to your extremely yang body. I just came out to get some fresh air and liberate your body. You have to know that although I won't affect your body in an instant, I am a ghost after all. If I live in your body for a long time, no matter how much yang energy you have, it will slowly be sucked away by me, causing your body to become weaker and weaker. So, I asked you to make this golden body to share some of the burden with you. While I live in the golden body, your yang energy will slowly recover, and I will naturally return to your body. - What's more, the golden body contains my ashes. Every night, I can absorb the essence of the Yin Moon faster. Under the nourishment of the rich Yin energy, my Taoism will soon recover."

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