I sat down at the stone table, looked at the old woman and Feng Dahai, opened my mouth, but for a moment I didn't know what to ask or where to start.
Seeing my pleading expression and not knowing how to begin, Granny Ku smiled and slowly said, "Let me speak first, Changming. The reason I came here is because I owe your grandfather a favor. As for that knife, it was your grandfather who asked me to give it to you."
"Does my grandfather want you to take a thousand yuan from me?" I asked out of the blue.
"Um, this was my own idea, after all, I'm in business too." The old woman's face showed a hint of embarrassment.
Several black lines appeared on my forehead; this business is too easy to make money from.
"Alright, Fellow Daoist Feng will tell you the rest. It's getting late, and I should head back. I need to get up early to open for business tomorrow." After saying this, Granny Ku stood up, clasped her hands in a fist salute to Feng Dahai, and walked out of the courtyard.
"Master, I haven't properly thanked you yet!" I hurriedly chased after him.
The old woman turned and looked at me, saying, "Wait. The reason I helped you is to repay your grandfather's favor and to avenge the great grudge from back then. You don't need to thank me. If it weren't for your grandfather, I probably would never have been able to avenge him in my lifetime."
After finishing her words, the old woman continued walking outside, her soft voice drifting back, "Changming, if you need to buy incense or paper money next time, come to my shop, and I'll give you a discount."
I watched as the old woman disappeared through the doorway, then walked back to the stone table and sat down, looking at Feng Dahai.
"What do you want to ask?" Feng Dahai took out a cigarette, lit it, and handed me one as well.
I lit my cigarette, took a deep drag, and said, "I want to know everything."
Feng Dahai exhaled a puff of smoke and slowly said, "Let's start from when you were born..."
“No, I want to hear what my grandfather said when he came to Dafeng Village,” I quickly interrupted Feng Dahai and said.
"Alright, you should know about these things now." Feng Dahai paused, then continued, "This story begins with the digging of the reservoir in Shantang'ao."
“When you first established the country, the nation was engaged in large-scale construction. Our Dafeng Village is located at a high altitude, so we needed to build a reservoir to supply the water resources of the entire city.”
"Later, the construction team chose Shantang'ao. Everything was going smoothly until they started digging and blood started flowing out. Then many people died. When I got there, Shantang'ao had become a living hell."
“I am actually a member of the Taoist sect, and I am a good friend of your grandfather. However, I am not as good as your grandfather in terms of dealing with evil things. At that time, in order to stop that thing from coming out to harm the world, I temporarily sealed it at the cost of serious injury.”
"But my seal can't last long. Later, I used my connections to tell the higher-ups about it, and that's when they sent your grandfather over."
"When your grandfather arrived, we worked together to seal this thing in Shantang'ao."
"Then what exactly is this thing?" I asked hesitantly.
"I'm not entirely sure what it is. Some say it's a blood demon, others say it's a human red. It's always extremely evil, representing the bizarre and ominous. In ancient texts, every time this thing appears, it brings great disaster."
"Then why don't you just kill him completely?"
“We can’t kill him. This thing has existed for countless years. Your grandfather guessed that the reason he was in Shantang’ao was probably because he was sealed there by people in ancient times. It was just that when the reservoir was dug, his seal was broken.”
Feng Dahai gave me a deep look and then said, "Until you were born, you had a rare yin-yang left eye, and your fate was unpredictable."
"On the day you were born, the blood demon in Shantang'ao seemed to have been stimulated by something, becoming agitated and constantly attacking the seal."
"Later, your grandfather had no choice but to use the Dragon Blood Coin to seal your eyes."
"At the same time, we have also found a way to completely kill that blood demon. We will first suppress him with the Dragon Blood Copper Spear, and then use your Yin-Yang Eyes to kill him completely."
"That's roughly how it is. Do you have any other questions?"
"Yes, I want to know how my grandfather died?" I asked the question that I most wanted to know.
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