"Zhiyun, let me do it. Human life is not something to be taken lightly."
"But······"
As Chen Daozhi approached, the thing inside Li Qing's belly struggled even more violently. Even through her clothes, her belly could be seen bulging high. Zhu Dahai was terrified and hurriedly said, "I believe you, I believe you, Master, please save my wife!"
"Ugh, ah! It hurts so much!" Li Qing had lost her mind from the pain and was howling in agony.
"Zhiyun, quick, get my suitcase from my car, be fast!" This was the first time Chen Daozhi had encountered a ghost baby inside a woman's womb. If the baby were outside, he would have a hundred ways to eliminate it, but when it came to the pregnant woman, things became tricky.
"Okay." Bai Zhiyun stopped worrying about who Zhu Dahai believed more and got up to run outside after hearing the instructions.
He just glanced at Chen Ke with disdain as he passed by.
Chen Ke didn't care. He kept striking the wooden fish at Chen Daozhi. It would take two thousand merit points to eliminate this ghost infant. He was only one hundred strikes away. It would be done soon.
"Move the pregnant woman over here, I need to set up the formation," Chen Daozhi said.
"good."
"Ahhh! It hurts... Ahhh..."
Zhu Dahai and Dong Rou quickly tried to hold on, but Li Qing struggled too much and they couldn't hold her.
"Here it comes, here it comes, Brother Daozhi, I've brought your box."
Chen Daozhi took the box, but since he couldn't move Li Qing, he had to instruct Zhu Dahai to clean up the things around Li Qing.
Zhu Dahai quickly threw everything away. When he turned around, Chen Daozhi had already taken out the array flags and set up the array. Setting up an array is a method that ghost hunters use when they encounter powerful ghosts. Today, this ghost infant is not very powerful, but because he is pregnant, he is hesitant to act rashly. He can only set up an array to suppress the ghost infant before he can use magic to destroy it.
Once the battle flags were set up, Chen Daozhi took out a gourd from the box, then a small golden basin. He slowly poured the rootless water from the gourd into the basin and began to wash his hands.
Zhu Dahai was anxious. His wife was in so much pain, how could this master have the leisure to wash his hands?
"Master, this..."
"Don't speak. Brother Daozhi needs to wash his hands before drawing the talisman. This talisman is not the kind you see at the street stalls. It is a real talisman with magical power. It is extremely difficult to draw and every step must be completed."
"Oh, okay, okay, I won't say anything." Zhu Dahai stood anxiously to the side, rubbing his hands. He could only stand there comforting Li Qing, "Qingqing, Qingqing, just bear with it a little longer, just bear with it a little longer, the master's talisman will be ready soon... Waaah..."
As Zhu Dahai tried to comfort himself, he couldn't help but cry too.
Everyone says childbirth is difficult for women. Seeing my wife in so much pain, I think if she were really pregnant with a child, the delivery would definitely be just as painful.
"Waaaaah, honey, we don't want the baby anymore, we absolutely don't want it anymore. I don't want you to suffer like this, waaaaah, it hurts so much, my heart aches so much... waaaaah..."
Seeing Zhu Dahai crying with snot and tears streaming down his face, Dong Rou couldn't bear it any longer. "Uncle, don't be so scared. Not all women give birth like this. Aunt, this is just a special case. Don't worry too much."
"Waaaaah, Rou Rou, you don't understand. It breaks my heart. Your aunt has never suffered like this before. Waaaaah, it's all for me. I don't want the child anymore, I don't want it no matter what!"
Zhu Dahai's wails grew louder and louder. Li Qing cried out in pain, and Zhu Dahai tried to howl back, looking even more pained than Li Qing.
"Alright, Dong Rou, tell your uncle to stop crying. Dao Zhi needs to be quiet when drawing talismans."
"uncle!"
"Alright, I'll do it." If we wait any longer, the neighbors might call the police and say that a brutal murder has occurred here.
"You've come? You fake Taoist priest, how dare you come?" Bai Zhiyun said rudely.
Dong Rou was also furious. "You'd better leave now while we don't have time to deal with you, or don't blame us for calling the police and having you arrested!"
Chen Ke gave the two of them a strange look, then pointed to himself, and then to Chen Daozhi, who was drawing talismans all over the ground. "You said the police were coming. Let's see who looks more like a liar between us?"
"Who are you calling a fraud? Brother Daozhi is the legitimate heir of a family of ghost hunters. How can a charlatan like you compare? Besides, these are all genuine magical artifacts. Oh, I can't blame you. A fake Taoist like you probably hasn't even seen them before, so it's normal that you don't know them," Bai Zhiyun said arrogantly.
Chen Ke reversed the wooden fish, and the wooden fish stick drew a strange talisman in the air. In that instant, his aura changed, and his Taoist robe fluttered without wind. Even Chen Daozhi, who was concentrating on drawing the talisman on the ground, couldn't help but look up at him.
Chen Ke's eyes sharpened, and a faint golden light flashed in the dark wooden fish stick in his hand as he struck the inverted wooden fish.
A soft "thump!" was heard.
Li Qing's violently struggling stomach suddenly quieted down.
The people at the scene suddenly held their breath, unable to believe what was happening before their eyes. This... this worked?
Li Qing's groans of pain gradually subsided, and he curled up on the ground, motionless.
Only the lingering sound of the wooden fish remained.
Like the first sound of all things rising in the silence between heaven and earth, it cleansed the soul and dispelled all evil.
"Poor students have too many stationery items..." Chen Ke's faint, mocking voice broke the silence.
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It was an invisible but audible slap, a loud "smack!" Whether it hurt or not, only the person experiencing it truly knows.
"Cough cough cough..." Zhu Dahai coughed strategically twice, then rubbed his hands together. "Um, um, Master Daoist, my wife..."
"Daoist Master" is just a small prefix, but it has already made the best distinction from the title of "Master".
"It's all over now. Let's send the rest to the hospital for treatment." After all, the ghost baby almost formed in the womb, so there must be a lot of unclean things left in the uterus. We can only leave that to the doctors.
"Oh, okay." Zhu Dahai quickly ran in and picked up Li Qing.
"No, impossible!" Bai Zhiyun suddenly exclaimed. "You say there's no problem and then there's no problem? What if that ghost baby is just tired and wants to rest!"
Chen Ke looked at Bai Zhiyun in surprise, somewhat curious about her thought process, and wondered if she even knew about the idea that ghosts were tired.
Perhaps realizing that her statement was somewhat ridiculous, Bai Zhiyun pulled Chen Daozhi along, "Brother Daozhi, you can sense the ghost infant, so tell me, has the ghost infant been destroyed?"
Chen Daozhi was still in shock and doubt that Chen Keyi had destroyed the ghost baby with a wooden fish. He only came back to his senses after hearing Bai Zhiyun's words.
“Zhiyun, this…” Chen Daozhi paused, as if thinking about how to address Chen Ke, “…this Taoist priest did indeed destroy that ghost infant.” Chen Daozhi admitted with a sense of defeat.
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