When Zhuang Li said that his cultivation wasn't strong enough to determine the location of the object, the woman's breath, which she had been holding on to, instantly vanished. However, the next moment, Zhuang Li said that he could ask the local deity to come out and help find the object, and the woman's heart, which had sunk to the bottom of the valley, rose again.
She had completely lost track of how profound or shallow this young man's skills were. Her already confused mind became even more tangled, turning upside down and becoming even more like a tangled mess.
She had no idea that her brain was overloaded with information and she had lost her sharp judgment and thinking ability, and that this state was most suitable for hypnosis.
Zhuang Li stared into her bloodshot eyes and said slowly, "Please stare at this incense stick without blinking. When the cigarette begins to shake violently, the land god will arrive. He will lead you to find what you have lost."
Zhuang Li took out a stick of incense from his bag, lit it with a fire stick, and inserted it into the crack in the ground at the side of the street.
The woman stared at the burning incense stick.
The people around also looked over without blinking, holding their breath unconsciously.
More and more people were attracted by this scene and began to stare at the incense stick intently.
The originally bustling streets suddenly became unusually quiet at this moment, and the flow of people coming and going also solidified in this small corner, as if Zhuang Li had cast some kind of spell on this place and the world had stopped functioning.
In a teahouse across the street, a young man in tight clothes noticed this strange scene and turned back to say, "Your Highness, come and see! Someone over there is playing tricks. It's quite a scene. I don't know how it will end."
After a while, a very tall but extremely thin man walked to the window and looked casually across the street.
The incense sticks were still burning, and the slowly emitting green smoke rose straight up in the windless environment.
7480 lowered his voice and asked, "Master, has the spirit arrived?"
Zhuang Li's eyebrows were slightly furrowed, his expression solemn, as if he was waiting for the arrival of God. However, in reality, he chuckled in his mind: "I don't know how to summon God."
7480: “…”
"If you don't know how to summon the gods, how will you end up like this?" 7480 was convinced by the host.
"In such an open riverside area, the wind will always blow. When the wind blows, the green smoke from the incense stick will sway violently. As the smoke sways, the woman will naturally believe that the spirit has arrived. The authority of the spirit far exceeds that of any hypnotist, and the woman will immediately enter a state of self-hypnosis.
"In fact, the spirit I summoned was in her heart and in her subconscious. Her brain forgot where the lost items went, but her subconscious didn't.
"With a little guidance, she'll recall every detail of the day she lost her things and find the clues. Now, everything is ready, only the east wind is missing."
As soon as Zhuang Li finished saying this, a small whirlwind blew over from the riverside, carrying with it a fishy and salty smell, as if an invisible person was quietly approaching.
Everyone felt a chill down their spine.
This was a natural reaction to the wind, but in this bizarre scene, it became unequivocal evidence of a divine presence. The bustling street corner fell silent, and everyone froze in place.
Zhuang Li pointed at the violently swaying green smoke and gave timely guidance: "The spirits are coming."
This psychological suggestion was like a huge hammer, smashing down everyone's defenses.
So everyone immediately believed this statement.
The woman was even more convinced. Her pupils suddenly widened as she stared at Qingyan. Her nerves were stretched to the limit, causing her to be completely overloaded with information.
If you want to hypnotize a subject quickly, the first way is to make him experience extreme relaxation. The second way is to make his mind occupied by too much information, so that he will be more receptive to psychological suggestion.
Zhuang Li used the second method. He pointed at the woman's eyebrows and said in a deep voice, "Close your eyes."
This is another hypnosis technique, called the stroking method, which is a type of operant hypnosis, that is, using the stroking technique to make the subject calm down quickly.
A mysterious feeling enveloped her brows, and the woman immediately closed her eyes.
Zhuang Li said slowly, "The spirit is hovering above you. When you fall asleep, it will lead your soul back to the day you lost your belongings and take you to relive every detail of that time. You must listen carefully and watch carefully. Do you understand?"
The woman closed her eyes and slowly replied, "I understand."
Zhuang Li said in a low voice, "Now, I will count from one to five, and you will slowly fall into a deep sleep. After you fall asleep, your soul will float out from above your head and follow the gods back to the past to find what you lost.
"First, your breathing becomes lighter and slower, and sleepiness slowly sets in. Second, your eyelids grow heavy, and your soul begins to drift toward your head. Third, you feel extremely weak and sleepy. Fourth, you fall into a deep sleep. Fifth, your spirit leaves your body and, guided by the spirits, travels back to the past, where you relive every detail of that day."
As Zhuang Li's story flowed like a stream in a valley, the woman closed her eyes and fell asleep.
For some reason, the crowd watching the excitement also wanted to sleep. Some of them closed their eyes and became unconscious, but their heads fell down and they were awakened by the fright.
This atmosphere was so strange! It was as if a spirit was hovering over them, trying to take their souls away.
"Oh my god! This scholar is actually a real master!"
"Luckily we didn't smash his sign!"
"Look again, look again, if this woman can find the things back, she would be truly amazing!"
Everyone was whispering and talking, looking forward to what was to come.
Zhuang Li's slender fingertip still touched the woman's brow from a distance, and he asked in a deep voice, "That morning, you woke from a dream, and the spirit was beside you, guiding you. What did you see?"
The woman replied in a daze, "The spirit showed me my dressing box."
"Is that thing still there?" Zhuang Li was not curious about the lost valuables, and since the woman didn't want to talk about it, he didn't ask.
"Still there." The woman nodded affirmatively.
"When was it gone? Let the gods tell you." Zhuang Li continued to guide.
This spirit is actually the woman's subconscious mind, which remembers everything she has experienced and never forgets it. The human subconscious mind possesses unimaginable superpowers, which is why Zhuang Li calls it a spirit.
There is such a god hidden in everyone's heart.
The woman's memory sped forward like a movie. She saw herself opening her dressing box, taking out the large pearl earrings, and happily putting them on her earlobes; she saw herself walking out of the courtyard, visiting every friend she knew, and showing off the precious earrings to them; she saw herself returning home, hearing the news that her master had returned early, and hurriedly walking through the path lined with flowers and trees and returning to the backyard to hide the fact that she had been showing off outside all day.
She saw a branch scratch her cheek, knocking off one of her earrings; she saw herself panicking, running without stopping or looking back; she saw herself rushing to the backyard before the master returned to his room, taking off her earrings in front of the mirror, but one of them was missing...
The sleeping woman's face showed expressions of horror, panic, and sudden realization.
Only then did Zhuang Li ask in a deep voice, "Did you find it?"
Tears slowly flowed from the woman's closed eyes, but her tone was filled with relief and joy: "Found it! The spirit is standing by the path, pointing to it. Found it!"
"I'll count to five, and you can wake up..."
Zhuang Li's fingertips were always hovering between the woman's eyebrows, as if calming her soul, and he slowly counted from one to five.
The woman opened her tightly closed eyes, and then showed an ecstatic expression, "Master, I know where that thing is! Master, you are really a god! Is this gold ingot enough? I also have a jade pendant." The woman hurriedly took off the jade pendant from her waist.
Zhuang Li returned the gold ingot and said gently, "When you find the thing, you can reward me later."
His calmness and outstanding demeanor made the woman more convinced.
"Okay, okay, I'll go back and find it right away. Master, please wait a moment." The woman ran away in a hurry. Some of the onlookers chased after her to watch the fun, while some of the onlookers stayed on the street, looking at Zhuang Li with respect and awe.
Many people tried to grab the small stool in front of him and asked him to help them tell their fortunes, but they were all ruthlessly rejected.
Zhuang Li closed his eyes and said calmly, "The sedition ritual has consumed too much of my energy. Let me rest for a while."
Everyone immediately fell silent, quietly retreated to the side and waited, not daring to say a word of questioning.
They all experienced it firsthand when the gods descended to the earth just now, and their souls were almost led away by the gods. This is not a trick!
Zhuang Lao Er was stunned. He walked slowly behind his son and asked in a low voice, "Dabao, did you really invite the gods here? When did you learn Taoism? How come Dad didn't know?"
"I read it in a book. Don't worry, Dad, I won't lie." Zhuang Li opened his eyes and said seriously.
Zhuang Lao Er believed in his son unconditionally, so he didn't ask anything. He sat aside and stared at the street corner, waiting for the woman to come back.
The woman lived near the dock and her family ran a jewelry shop, so it took less than a quarter of an hour to go back and forth.
She left in a hurry and looked extremely disheveled. When she came back, she had changed into clean clothes, her hair was neatly combed, and she had a bright smile on her face.
"Master, I found that thing! This is your reward. Thank you so much this time!" The woman took out two small gold ingots and a bracelet with a lot of water, and spoke in a very loud voice.
After clearing up her guilty conscience, she regained her confidence and stood up straighter than anyone else.
"Be careful in the future." Zhuang Li accepted the reward generously.
"Yes, yes, I will be careful in the future. Master, thank you very much." The woman bowed repeatedly, thanked him repeatedly, and then left happily.
When people asked her what she had lost, she just waved her hands and didn't answer. People who went to her house to watch the excitement couldn't even get in and were all confused.
The tall man standing in the teahouse opposite was so fascinated by the scene that he turned around and asked curiously, "What did she lose?"
The guard who had accompanied the woman to the jewelry store to gather information had returned and bowed to report, "The wife of the prefect Qin sent a pair of Dongzhu earrings to her family's jewelry store for maintenance. She liked them and secretly wore them outside to show off. On her way home, they were knocked off by a branch and fell into the grass. They have been found since we returned."
"Those Dongzhu earrings were a gift from the emperor and are priceless. If they were lost, their entire family would be killed. That's why she was so distraught and turned to the gods for help."
"You know what, the gods and ghosts really helped her find it! This young man is an expert!" another guard exclaimed sincerely.
The other guards also showed expressions of awe.
The tall man stared at the young man who stood in the crowd but seemed to be exceptionally otherworldly. He suddenly became interested and said, "Let's go and ask him for a fortune-teller too."
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