Lin Dan put the talisman aside to dry, and said to Yao Bishui, "Bring the kettle on the stove over here, and go to my room and bring over the copper furnace I use to make the elixir."
Yao Bishui didn't dare to ask more questions and left in a hurry. Xu Miaomiao quietly moved to Lin Dan's side and grabbed her broad sleeves.
Lin Dan rubbed her head and whispered, "Just watch me act. In the future, my unique skills must be passed on to you."
Xu Miaomiao nodded in confusion, but Marquis Yongxin and his wife looked even more respectful. If he were not an immortal with profound Taoism, how could there be such thing as unique skills and inheritance? They might have turned a disaster into a blessing and got lucky today!
The middle-aged man suddenly chuckled, and finally pulled the young man to sit on the cushion. He even put aside his prejudice and prepared to watch it carefully. He never believed in the existence of ghosts or gods in the world. The reason he loved coming to Hanguang Temple was just for some peace and quiet. He wanted to see what kind of opera this Mrs. Lin would perform today.
Yao Bishui walked in with a kettle in her left hand and a one-foot-high thin-walled copper stove in her right hand. She placed them in front of Lin Dan and then quietly retreated behind her.
Lin Dan flicked his fingertips slightly, and the talisman ignited without fire. The dark ashes fell into a deep bowl, and then a unique herbal fragrance emanated. Lin Dan picked up the kettle and poured water into the bowl. Then he handed it to the wife of Marquis Yongxin and said, "Feed this good friend some water."
“Okay, okay.” The wife of Marquis Yongxin originally hated these tricks the most, but in front of Lin Dan she bowed her head and was extremely obedient.
Marquis Yongxin couldn't wait to raise his head, gulp down the magic water, and then let out a sigh of relief.
Seeing his useless look, the middle-aged man curled his lips, as if smiling, but did not say anything to stop him. He had persuaded those who needed to be persuaded and helped those who needed to be helped, but this man insisted on playing with his own life. What else could he do?
After the wife of Marquis Yongxin helped her husband finish drinking the magic water, she looked at Lin Dan eagerly.
Lin Dan turned the thin copper furnace upside down and chuckled, "To be honest, Madam, the three Taoist priests were all swindlers, so I spent a lot of money to take over this Taoist temple, fearing that they would tarnish the reputation of my Taoist sect. In fact, this good friend's illness does not require any elixir at all. Just the little residue left by my elixir can make his illness completely go away."
Alchemy remnants? What is that? The wife of Marquis Yongxin was a little confused, but she saw Lin Dan scrape the black ash at the bottom of the copper furnace with a thin slice, put it into a bowl, and then roll it into a ball with fine gauze, rub it repeatedly and filter it, to get a handful of very fine black ash, mix it with some salt grains and yellow ochre, crush it with a pestle, add beeswax, and knead it into three shiny black pills, which are then put into a porcelain bottle.
“After a quarter of an hour, take out one pill and feed it to the good friend. Take the remaining two pills every hour. Take all three pills. The good friend should be able to recover before the sun sets.” Lin Dan handed the porcelain bottle to the wife of Marquis Yongxin.
"But this thing is ash!" Lady Yongxin held the porcelain bottle stiffly.
"It's not ash, it's the remaining elixir! Take it quickly!" Marquis Yongxin believed Lin Dan's words without a doubt.
The middle-aged man sitting at the door closed his eyes, as if trying to suppress the urge to hit someone. His old friend was so wise, but since when did he become so stupid? It’s all the Taoists’ fault! The young man who came with him looked at Lin Dan, then at the half-dead Yongxin Hou, his eyes sparkling.
The wife of Marquis Yongxin could not persuade her stubborn husband, so she waited for a quarter of an hour before taking out a black pill and asking him to swallow it. Then she stared at his face anxiously, fearing that he would eat these dirty things carelessly and make his condition worse. To be honest, when she saw Lin Dan rubbing the medicine with the ash from the bottom of the stove, she had already come to her senses. She even felt a little regretful. How could she have believed this person so easily? The remnants of the elixir, what is that? There is no such thing as an elixir in the world!
Lin Dan had done everything he needed to do, so he threw a green incense pill into the small copper furnace and then closed his eyes and meditated. She raised her five hearts to the sky, sank her Qi into her Dantian, and secretly guided her internal energy to flow through her limbs and bones, slowly widening her meridians. After several big cycles, a cyclone formed around her, blowing her Taoist robe fluttering and flying up and down, as if she would fly away on the clouds in the next moment.
Seeing this, the wife of Marquis Yongxin quickly stepped back, and the suspicion that had just arisen in her mind was completely dispelled. If this person is not an immortal, who is the immortal?
The middle-aged man and the young man also showed expressions of doubt and uncertainty, and their inner beliefs seemed to collapse.
Only Yong Xinhou showed an enthusiastic attitude, murmuring: "Real immortal, I have met a real immortal!"
Time passed bit by bit, and at 3:30 in the evening, when the sun was about to set, Marquis Yongxin was still lying on the ground, unable to get up. The wife of Marquis Yongxin walked forward and saw that he was drooling at the corners of his mouth and had fallen asleep. She was immediately angry and amused. Being able to sleep in a place like this shows that he is really comfortable.
The wife of Marquis Yongxin poked his face, and he slowly woke up. Then he covered his stomach and shouted anxiously, "Oh no, I have to go to the bathroom again!" After being tortured by illness for half a month, what he feared most was defecation, because he could not excrete anything except basins of black blood.
Lin Dan, who was in a trance, opened his eyes at the right time and ordered: "Help him, you can go home after that."
Several guards hurriedly helped the marquis behind the screen. They thought they were about to witness another tragic scene of blood flowing like a river, but they saw his body tremble and he actually pulled out many black lumps, which fell into the basin with a bang. After that, there was another loud noise, but what came out was a large mass of dirt, without any trace of blood.
The stool that had been held in for more than half a month was finally discharged from the body, and along with it came an indescribable stench. The guards who supported Marquis Yongxin tried to suppress the urge to vomit. Even the elegant middle-aged man turned pale for a moment, as if he could not sit still. The boy didn't have as much self-control as him. He covered his nose and ran out quickly, hiding in the corner and retching.
The wife of Marquis Yongxin blocked her nostrils with a handkerchief, looking extremely embarrassed. Yao Bishui held Xu Miaomiao in his arms and quickly ran into the back hall, not daring to come out again. I never expected that this matter would develop to such a strange level.
Only Lin Dan had a calm expression. She twisted a scented ball between her fingertips and threw it into the copper furnace, letting the rich fragrance drive away the stench.
Half a minute later, the rustling sound finally stopped. Marquis Yongxin brushed aside the guards on both sides, tied his belt himself, walked out with square steps, and bowed: "Thank you for saving my life, Immortal! I have never felt so comfortable. May I ask if you have any extra pills? I am willing to spend a lot of money to buy them!"
"Yes, yes, yes, Immortal, do you have any elixirs? No matter what they are, just sell them to us!" The wife of Marquis Yongxin also knelt on the cushion and kowtowed again and again, her face full of desire. The immortal saved her husband's life with just a little bit of elixir residue. If she could buy a finished elixir, wouldn't she be able to prolong her life and cure all her illnesses? They never expected that a real immortal would come to this shabby Xuanqing Temple. It really was a blessing in disguise for them!
"Why take elixirs to avoid illness and disaster? You must know that every elixir contains elixir poison, and taking too much will not help. I have fourteen health-building talismans here, you can take them back, mix one with water and drink it every day, and you will be well in half a month." Lin Dan warned carefully: "My good friend, don't drink alcohol or eat spicy food when you go back, eat less meat and more fruits and vegetables, so that your body can always stay healthy."
Marquis Yongxin felt quite regretful that he failed to obtain the elixir, but he thought it would be good to get some talismans, so he accepted the request respectfully. Anyway, this deity is going to practice in Xuanqing Temple, so he can come to burn incense often and build a good relationship with her. If he gets sick in the future, he can ask his family to send him to the temple, and nothing will happen to him!
Thinking of this, Marquis Yongxin felt at ease. He bowed again and again and left a thick stack of silver bills. Then he strode out of the Taoist temple with his head held high, holding a stack of talismans. When he saw the middle-aged man and the young man sitting at the door, his knees went weak and he was about to kneel down.
The young man shook his head secretly and made a gesture to keep quiet. Marquis Yongxin understood what he meant, straightened his knees again, and walked out pretending nothing had happened. His wife lagged behind him by a few steps and kept looking back at Lin Dan, as if she wanted to say something but hesitated. She didn't even notice the arrival of the two important figures.
Lin Dan took in all the arguments of the few people, but his face remained unmoved. Instead, he stared at the wife of Marquis Yongxin for a while, and suddenly said, "Madam, please stay."
The wife of Marquis Yongxin immediately stood still.
"I see that your forehead is black and your body is filled with bad luck. You must have encountered evil spirits." Lin Dan said slowly.
The wife of Marquis Yongxin's eyes lit up, but she dared not say a word. She only glanced at her husband out of the corner of her eye.
Lin Dan understood and continued, "This evil spirit is not coming for Madam, but Madam was accidentally contaminated by it somewhere. It can be eliminated by basking in the sun more during the day."
The wife of the Marquis of Yongxin was in a state of turmoil. Seeing her husband walk out the door and seem to be talking to someone else without paying attention to her, she grabbed Lin Dan's hand tightly and said quickly, "Please help me, immortal! My daughter has been possessed by an evil spirit recently. She talks to herself, cries and laughs, scolds her parents-in-law, fights with her husband, stays awake day and night, and doesn't eat a grain of rice. She is extremely excited and even has suicidal behavior. She jumps into the lake when she can't be controlled. She almost died several times. However, after this period of time, she is fine again. When asked about the previous things, she knows nothing. Now her parents-in-law are afraid of her, and her husband hates her. If my marquis is not seriously ill, I am afraid he would let her come back with the divorce letter. Immortal, please save my daughter, she must be possessed by a ghost!"
Lin Dan considered these words carefully and said, "Please write down your daughter's recent behavior in detail on a piece of paper and send someone to Xuanqing Temple later. I will go with you to your daughter's husband's house tomorrow to see it with my own eyes. Remember, you must write down everything she did, so that I can determine the origin of the evil spirit."
"Okay, okay, thank you very much, immortal. I will go back and write you a letter. Can I pick you up at dawn tomorrow?" The wife of Marquis Yongxin grabbed Lin Dan's arm like a drowning person grabbing a piece of driftwood.
"Okay, I'll wait for you here. See you later." Lin Dan escorted the person out of the Taoist temple. A mountain breeze blew, lifting her wide sleeves and skirt, as if to send her straight into the sky.
Seeing her fairy-like appearance, the middle-aged man who lifted the curtain of the car to examine her was stunned for a moment.
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