Chapter 149 Taking the Sins of the Dead
The protective marks placed on Tao Huali and Qingzhu yesterday tied the two together, inadvertently giving Qingzhu a hint of life, so he could not detect the abnormality on Bai's mother.
At this time, the mark was lifted, and the ghost's original keen awareness was reawakened. Qingzhu was caught off guard and was dizzy and dazzled by the smoke.
Lao Jiu was laughing so hard that he bent over at the door, his face full of schadenfreude.
"What is it and what is it used for?" Qin Qinsen had never come across such a thing before. Even the golden book in his mind that contained all the sect's inheritance could not find the answer. The pages kept turning in his mind, making him very anxious.
Lao Jiu stopped laughing and floated over to Bai's mother, tapping her brows, which were still slightly furrowed in her sleep. "Start here, stuff the little bugs stained with the blood of the dead into her. Chant some incantations every day and feed her poison. Cut off her family and make her life worse than death, having the living bear the sins of the deceased."
"On behalf of...who?" Tao Huali felt his mouth dry and had some guesses in his mind.
"Of course it's the one who cast the curse." Lao Jiu withdrew his hand as if it had nothing to do with him and bowed in the direction of Qin Qinsen. "But with Master Qin here, the disease will be cured with medicine and the person will be captured easily."
Old Nine was always boastful, and Qin Qinsen was used to it. But Bai Muqing had no idea what this shady ghost was like. He just assumed that all the ghosts he saw today were brought by Qin Qinsen, so they must be good ghosts. So he asked him, "Didn't you say it was a curse? What's with this bug?"
"It's a curse, yes. The root of the problem lies with the little bug."
Receiving Lao Jiu's eye signal that seemed to be cramping, Qin Qinsen walked over and looked at him with raised eyebrows in confusion.
A man and a ghost were whispering in the corner. Tao Huali didn't have time to pay attention to them. He brought Qingzhu, who had recovered, to the bedside.
"I have a way to break the curse, I just need to prepare something."
"What is it?" Bai Muqing stood up and waited for Tao Huali to speak before he went to arrange it.
"Tao Xianzhi's ashes."
Bai Muqing was a little confused, "Who?"
"Tao Huaning's grandfather, the father of the head of the Tao family, is the one who cast the curse and made the Tao family rich overnight." Tao Huali's face turned pale.
The person who kept saying "Xiao Li has talent, don't waste it" and the person who opened the door of the study for her was Tao Xianzhi.
"You can't even die peacefully. I told you long ago that old man is smiling but he's hiding a knife, but you still don't believe me." Qingzhu sneered. Her feeling was right. No one in the Tao family was a human being. "Let's go."
Qin Qinsen suddenly appeared and said, "No need to run, I'll do it."
I originally wanted Tao Huali to take action to end the years of entanglement with the Tao family, but now it seems that there is no need for this.
"The Tao family has many sinister spells, and this one, the surrogate worm, which can only be used before death, is one of the more disgusting. The worm must be lured out using the caster's bones to eliminate its root cause." Tao Huali briefly explained the principles of the surrogate worm. "Only the head of the family can learn the surrogate worm. I only saw the ancient book once in the study and couldn't use it, but I still wrote down the solution."
At this moment, only she can break the curse.
"I promised Lao Jiu."
Qin Qinsen pushed her on the forehead and pushed her to Shangguan Yue next to her, "Don't run around."
Signaling Bai Muqing to move aside, Qin Qinsen cleared all the space in front of Bai's mother's bed, even moving the sofa and the coffee table away.
"No matter what you see later, don't scream." He was still frightened by Su Ming's scream.
Su Ming nodded embarrassedly, covered his mouth with his hands in advance, and stood in the corner with Bai Muqing and the others.
Qin Qinsen did not make any other unnecessary movements. He just sat down cross-legged in the open space, with his five hearts facing the sky, his eyes closed, and muttered to himself.
What is this for?
Everyone in a row turned their heads to look at Tao Huali. There was nothing they could do, as there were only two people from the Xuanmen sect in the room, besides Qin Qinsen, it was her.
But Tao Huali was even more confused, his eyes full of bewilderment, and he could only look to Lao Jiu for help.
This scene just happened because this Yinchai and Qin Qinsen were whispering about something. Isn't it appropriate to ask him?
"You can't. Your fortune is so up and down right now, sometimes you're on the verge of great fortune, sometimes you're on the verge of death. If you step out of Master Qin's sight, you'll be paralyzed. Besides, even if you can successfully break the curse, the surrogate worm will be destroyed along with the curse. It's better to remove the worm and let us study it carefully."
Tao Huali didn't want to know who this "we" was, but judging from Lao Jiu's expression, Qin Qinsen should be fine.
Who knew that Lao Jiu's next sentence would be——
"Master Qin is truly amazing. He's never encountered a curse before, yet he dares to take on such a difficult task for the first time."
Tao Huali immediately jumped three feet high, "He can't?! Then what is he doing now?!"
"Don't be impatient." Lao Jiu stopped Tao Huali who was about to rush forward, and stopped Bai Muqing who wanted to run over behind him. "You don't need to understand the curse, you just need to pull out the worm. Don't you think this makes sense?"
At this time, Qin Qinsen was completely immersed in the golden book, constantly flipping through the cases of spells handled by the ancestors.
That’s right, he struck a pose and then learned it on the spot.
He could have cast a normal curse directly, but the surrogate worms residing within Bai Mu's body were a secret technique of the Tao family. They fed on the emotions of the living, and combined with the power of the curse, Bai Mu became a substitute puppet for the caster. All the caster's evil deeds would be punished upon Bai Mu.
Qin Qinsen had a guess in his mind.
It was likely Tao Xianzhi who orchestrated the exchange of fortunes between the Bai and Tao families. However, this type of magic was insidious and immoral, and regardless of who performed it, karma would be involved. However, the Tao family's desire for wealth and power completely overshadowed their conscience, so Tao Xianzhi implanted a surrogate worm in Bai's mother and began to manipulate the Bai family.
Stealing the Bai family's daughter, discarding her as useless, and leaving her behind as a scapegoat for the karmic retribution between the two families. Not only does she absorb the Bai family's luck from her bloodline, but she also receives the blessing of luck in return for raising the Bai family's bloodline. Finally, when the time is right, she can be pushed out to bear the consequences of the Tao family's capture and death. It's simply perfect.
The Bai family is really unlucky to have encountered such a thing.
Qin Qinsen opened his eyes and kept changing the positions of his hands. As he moved, the stench in the air gradually dissipated. The skin on Bai Mu's forehead began to undulate, as if something was moving underneath.
The air condensed, and unfamiliar characters appeared out of thin air, hitting Bai's mother's flat body. The stimulation caused the thing under her forehead to accelerate continuously, and when it was about to break through the skin, it was pressed down by a hand.
Qin Qinsen's actions made Tao Huali's eyes widen. If it weren't for the immobilization spell, she would have pounced on him.
The surrogate worm is peaceful and non-aggressive. It serves as a medium between the caster and the victim, crafted from the caster's flesh and blood and the victim's hair. It is not a living being and naturally lacks emotions.
But it has one characteristic, which is that it will explode back when provoked.
This also explains why the name of the disease was not clearly written in Bai's mother's medical records - it could not be found at all.
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