Chapter 23
The cinnabar on the Thunder Talisman was so intricately woven that it was impossible to tell where the next stroke would fall.
Wang Sheng didn't know where to start, so he could only try to draw twice. The result was two ugly talismans that looked like twisted insects. He laughed and crumpled the paper into a ball and threw it aside, saying, "Just practicing. I'll try again."
Wang Sheng stared at the talisman paper, trying to guess the direction of the cinnabar. Under the gaze of the two, he drew a complete picture with more than ten crooked strokes, but it was still too ugly to be seen by others.
Shi Ye's eyebrows twitched. If you took this out and said it was a ghostly talisman, people would believe it. He picked up the talisman paper and examined it with some doubt. This was indeed the Thunder Talisman, right? He had even taken a glance at it and it formed a shape in one stroke. Wang Sheng couldn't even copy it.
He said, "Draw again, it's very simple."
Wang Sheng was completely bewildered by the talisman painting. He was seriously skeptical, but he was also teasing him. Just throwing a talisman and a brush at him and expecting him to learn how to draw a talisman—wasn't that nonsense? But he didn't just give up like he had before. Instead, he patiently changed the paper and continued painting.
After wasting more than ten sheets of paper, Shi Ye finally realized something and stopped Wang Sheng, who was blinking and looking up, and said, "Give me the pen."
Wang Sheng quickly handed over the pen. He didn't want to practice anymore, so he let the ghost catch him. If he wanted to be a ghost catcher before he took it back, this thunder talisman would be too difficult to draw!
Someone approached from behind, holding a pen in Wang Sheng's palm before wrapping it around his hand, smearing it with ink. Unprepared, Wang Sheng was suddenly pushed against the table. A handsome profile peeked out from behind, her long ponytail cascading down their shoulders to rest against Wang Sheng's chest.
"I'll help you draw it twice, and you need to understand it carefully." Without giving any time to explain, Shi pulled Wang Sheng to draw the talisman together.
He was also two inches taller than Wang Sheng, and could see Wang Sheng's hair, which was always tied up in a mess. His hand was also larger than Wang Sheng's, giving him the illusion that he could easily restrain it.
The slender hand on the back had thin calluses from years of holding a sword, and the touch was very novel. Wang Sheng stared at the hand for a while, and then it was squeezed tighter, so he moved it to the paper.
A cold voice came from beside my ear, "Every stroke of the talisman carries the determination to cast the curse. Each step is natural and can only borrow the magic power. You must be calm, trustful, and sincere. Once you understand the mystery, you will naturally find it easy to remember and draw."
This time, with someone bringing the painting, it was indeed much better, and it was already beginning to take the shape of a thunder talisman.
Wang Sheng pretended to understand and nodded. Shi Ye saw that he didn't remember it, so he said, "Since you remember it, then do it again."
"No, no, no, didn't you say you would let me draw it twice?" Wang Sheng quickly uncovered the new paper, moved his hands, and dipped some more ink while pulling it.
Shi Ye raised one corner of his mouth and started drawing again with him.
He said that he only led Wang Sheng to draw twice, and then he drew several more. Sometimes he would deliberately just hold Wang Sheng's hand without exerting any strength, and Wang Sheng would continue to draw on his own.
"Master, did you draw it wrong?"
"What?" Shi Ye looked at the picture he was drawing. It was indeed wrong. Wang Sheng realized that Shi Ye had led him to make a mistake, so he stopped where he was, and the ink spread out in that circle.
Shi Ye let go of him, took a step back, and said, "Let's stop here for today. The thunder on the table is for you to use. Take it all."
Wang Sheng was speechless. He pointed at the talisman paper, then at himself, "Give it all to me? Me?"
"Yeah." Shi Ye poured a cup of tea to moisten his throat.
Why are you so generous all of a sudden? Wang Sheng was a little uncomfortable seeing Shi Ye, a petty person, being so generous. He hadn't dared to take out the talisman papers he stole on the road, for fear of being discovered. He had never expected that one day he would be able to use the talisman papers to play cards.
He collected them carefully one by one. These were rare and valuable things. If he sold them, he could make a lot of money.
If a knowledgeable ghost hunter knew that Wang Sheng wanted to sell this top-level thunder talisman, he would vomit blood and fall to the ground.
After Wang Sheng put it in his pocket, his expression changed immediately. He respectfully poured Shi Ye more tea. "Master, please enjoy your meal. I will leave now and will not disturb you any more."
"Wait a minute," Shi Ye stopped him, "I'll go out for a while."
Wang Sheng: "What are you going to do?"
"Looking for ghosts."
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"Young master, please have a bite. We have heated up the food three times. You will feel unwell if you don't eat." The servant of the Cui family outside the door advised.
Since coming back last night, Cui Ziyao has been hiding in the quilt, not eating, and not allowing anyone to enter the house. No one knows what he saw last night.
On the bed, Cui Ziyao covered himself tightly with the quilt, not daring to show even a crack. He hid inside and muttered to himself as if he had lost his soul: "It's not me, it's not me, it's not me. I was wrong. Don't come looking for me. It's not me."
He now deeply regretted having caused trouble for Fang Zhitao yesterday. If Wang Sheng hadn't stopped him in the end, he would have been killed by that witch long ago!
Isn't there a statue of a deity in Fangjia Village? Why is there such a terrifying demon woman here? Cui Ziyao only begged the demon woman to spare his life because he apologized.
"I was wrong, witch, no, fairy, please let me go..."
Cui Ziyao was suddenly pulled at the quilt that had wrapped him tightly. He screamed in fear and dodged frantically to the corner of the bed, "Who! Who! Get out of here!"
A deep voice sounded: "Cui Ziyao, tell me the truth about what you saw last night, and maybe I can spare your life." These words, as if a ghost came to claim his life, scared Cui Ziyao so much that he almost died.
This witch came to take his life. She must be trying to kill him. If he told her everything that happened last night, she would definitely kill him immediately.
Cui Ziyao kowtowed repeatedly while carrying a blanket on his back. "My lord, I didn't see anything. You must believe me. My father said that I would be chosen by the statue to become an immortal. When I become an immortal, I will definitely speak well of you in front of the immortal so that you, my lord, can also ascend to become an immortal!"
"Wow, I didn't realize you're quite smart."
Seeing that he failed to blow the person out, Wang Sheng loosened the quilt and sat on the edge of the bed.
After a while, the person under the quilt quietly opened his eyes and looked out, and saw a familiar face approaching him. He was startled again, "Why is it you!"
Wang Sheng: "Why can't it be me? Do you have any objection?"
Besides Wang Sheng, standing next to him was Shi Ye, who looked like a tough guy. Cui Ziyao immediately jumped off the bed and hugged Shi Ye's thighs, crying miserably, "Wuwuwu, Master! You must save me! That witch saw me, she saw me!"
Cui Ziyao's nose and tears started to flow, and Shi Ye immediately shook him off in disgust, moving further away. Wang Sheng saw that Cui Ziyao was still trying to get close to him, so he grabbed his collar and said, "What kind of witch is this? Where did you see her? Last night?"
Cui Ziyao: "Wuwuwu, that witch with a veil yesterday, I saw it clearly last night, she was the one who set a trap for you, you don't know, she has no skin at all, no skin at all, wuwuwu." Cui Ziyao described it with his teeth and claws bared.
Wang Sheng let him go and stood up. That girl? Cui Ziyao's description was exactly the same as what the other people in Fangjia Village had said, but Wang Sheng couldn't connect the dots between that timid girl and the witch Cui Ziyao had mentioned.
"Are you sure she was the only one there at the time? What else did you see?" Shi Ye asked.
Shi Ye's voice was very calming. Cui Ziyao stopped howling, sniffled, thought carefully, nodded in confirmation, and said, "Aren't you Taoist priests? When are you going to take her in?"
Wang Sheng made a knife gesture, and Cui Ziyao hid for a moment with his head in his hands, but then he saw a golden light in Wang Sheng's eyes, and he looked at him as if he had seen a piece of fat meat.
"Do you think it's so easy to capture a ghost? Do you know what our price is?"
Cui Ziyao immediately said, "My father has all the money he needs. I'll ask him for whatever you want."
He didn't care about the robber's behavior, but just said seriously: "Mr. Wang, we may have encountered the legendary half-life man."
Wang Sheng and Cui Ziyao looked at him at the same time and asked, "What is a half-life person?"
"Do you remember those two ghost-revealing talismans from last night?"
Wang Sheng nodded, and Shi Ye continued, "The ghost talisman did react at first, but it quickly became ineffective. At the time, I thought it was my judgment and technique that were wrong. When we met Fang Zhitao yesterday, we didn't notice anything unusual about her. Now it seems that it's very likely that she met a half-life person."
He had only read about it in his master's books, but he didn't expect to actually encounter it.
"This kind of half-living being is half human, half ghost. Ordinary talismans and magical instruments cannot detect it. It can blend into the crowd as a human, and can also kill people wantonly as a ghost. Most ghost hunters will never encounter a half-living being in their lifetime, and if they do, it's a dead end."
The more Cui Ziyao listened, the more desperate he became. "Then can you deal with her?"
Shi Ye raised his chin and said with some disdain: "What do you think?"
Cui Ziyao wiped away his tears, nodded and said, "I believe you, you are very powerful at first glance."
Wang Sheng was the one least worried about Shi Ye. He pondered for a moment and said, "Since this Bansheng person is so powerful, hasn't anyone discovered her? She lives so brazenly in Fangjia Village. Could that statue be related to her?"
"Let's go and take a look." There was no point in thinking more, so Shi Ye planned to go directly to find the person named Fang Zhitao.
Cui Ziyao usually looks tough, but he becomes very timid when encountering something. When he didn't dare to get close, he went to pull Wang Sheng away tightly, saying that he would not stay here alone anymore and shouted that he would lead the way for them.
In this way, Wang Sheng had a little follower. Shi Ye was in front, and several servants of the Cui family followed behind. This combination was very conspicuous as they walked along the way.
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