Chapter 57: Courage Training
"I thought of a name for you." Zhang Sheng was very stubborn about this matter at that time.
The new disciples recruited in the Tao are talkative and talk behind their backs about the master's magic weapon that has transformed into a human form, saying that it is an unprecedented spirit that only Master Xun can nourish.
It seems that because of what he said, "Everyone loves beauty," the monster he met that night never showed his true form again.
Becoming Zhang Sheng's "Reverse Thirteen" was also a mistake. Zhang Sheng went to the market at the foot of the mountain and accidentally saw a watch shop. The master who repaired watches in it was a family he had helped. To express his gratitude, he handed over the new watch. A foreign-style pocket watch was given to him, which was expensive in those days.
Zhang Sheng declined intentionally, but his peripheral vision always fell on the pocket watch. He wanted to sell the compass he picked up before just to exchange for it and experience new things.
The man who turned into a human and followed him silently lowered his head, came closer and said, "Do you like this?"
Zhang Sheng smiled awkwardly: "If you don't like it, leave it to the old man and sell it, and you can get some silver..."
The man didn't like Zhang Sheng. The name given to him was Yaya, which sounded as unpleasant as that little stutter.
Isn't it because he dislikes the compass he is on as too bulky and the real body is ugly? I guess this idiot has long wanted to sell it to him elsewhere.
"Old man, how much does this cost?"
The man took out a pile of jewelry from his pocket and gave it to the watch repairman. "Is this the best in the pile?"
The old master repaired many famous watches, and the shop The boss himself is also a big collector. He repairs and sells watches. He has seen many markets. Nowadays, foreign watches are rare and expensive. The pocket watch he collects can be regarded as a heirloom.
"It's the best. It's rare for Master Xun to come down the mountain, so I will definitely take the best..."
"I want it."
Just like that, Ni Shisan found a new container for himself and looked at Zhang Sheng with a half-smile. Asked: "What name do you want to give me when I'm here in the future?"
Zhang Sheng took out the pocket watch and looked up and down happily, not polite at all.
"Twelve hours pass by, and one day passes. Life is just this one moment, one lifetime..."
The man glanced at him: "You can only live one life, how can there be another life."
Zhang Sheng thanked the old master . , rewarded the man with a popsicle from West Street, took a bite first, and then handed it over: "Most people in my profession have a short life, and they may die one day, but I know that my master went to a shelter. I really don't understand. What place was that old man talking about? I hope I can go there and see him again even after I die."
At that moment, surprise flashed across the man's face, and then he darkened.
He just discovered that idiots will die.
Just like Yang Heime, who had been fighting with him for decades without catching a trace of him, from the generation of the Ghost Exorcist Sect's high-spirited king to the white frost creeping up on his brows, mortals suddenly age, and when they die, their souls leave their bodies and become Light as cicada wings.
This idiot was still keen on naming him, and it took him a long time to come up with "Reverse Thirteen".
He didn't understand the meaning of the name, but it sounded just like Zhang Sheng calling his other disciples. Sometimes when Zhang Sheng wanted to drive away ghosts in a town farther away, he would shout into the room: "Thirteen, take my Bring the talisman, come quickly—"
He was surprised. When he was in a daze, he had already followed Zhang Sheng in and out of the ghost realm dozens of times.
Since when did he get used to cooperating with humans like this?
Zhang Sheng is a completely different person when he steps into the ghost realm and outside. He is thoughtful and does not show a smile. He says that goodwill should be left to others, but he is not ambiguous when judging evil. He must find out the truth to determine whether Kill.
"Ni Shisan, you are not allowed to show up in the ghost realm."
Zhang Sheng reminded him seriously more than once.
"Why, I can move freely out of that broken watch, can't I just help you?"
Zhang Sheng shook his head, staring at Ni Shisan's drooping eyelashes and bright red lips, and said in a low voice: "You look so similar. You know, I can't be distracted when I'm exorcising ghosts. I always feel like you'll die if you don't pay attention."
After hearing this, the man laughed and said, "You think those ghosts can kill me?"
What a joke, even those ghosts made him angry. It is his innate ability to dispel evil spirits with ease. Inheriting half of the evil god's mantle means that no matter how violent and cruel evil spirits are, they will surrender when they see him.
The fool was actually worried that he would die... He
had been in and out of the ghost realm with Zhang Sheng for about a year. He had a general understanding of this man's magic power, his strengths and weaknesses. Zhang Sheng is most proficient in using strong formations to turn the ghost realm into a prison that is difficult to break through. He is accurate and patient in judging evil. He can use gentle magic to slowly disperse the grudges in the hearts of the domain owners, so the chance of soul salvation is very high. .
But there are also ghosts who are disobedient to discipline and fall into madness. They pounce on them when they are not prepared. Zhang Sheng's escape skills learned from the Yu family will come in handy at this time. He first hides in a safer area, and then uses Minghuo secretly subdued the evil spirit, and if that failed, Ni Shisan would secretly help him.
It's just that Zhang Sheng's talisman drawing is really bad, and it should be the worst among the spells he masters.
Experienced exorcists usually draw talismans to summon puppets or phantoms of birds and beasts, and travel thousands of miles on their own, but the idiot seems to be unable to do so.
Zhang Sheng was blessed with the supreme magic weapon, and coupled with his hard work in practicing magic, he quickly made a name for himself among ghost exorcists.
He took his apprentices one after another into the ghost realm to practice bravery. The young apprentices who had not yet demonstrated their skills were very uneasy. The thought of facing all the unknown things in the ghost realm in person, and then recalling that every time the master came back With blood all over his body, he felt like he was going to die there.
Among the group of little ones, Lu Yao was the one who was most attached to Zhang Sheng. Every time the weather suddenly got cold, Lu Yao had to hold Zhang Sheng's hand and complain that he felt uncomfortable. He would look at the master with tears on his face, waiting for the man to boil the medicine packet for him and feed him one mouthful at a time.
Ni Shisan felt helpless. How could a human cub be in discomfort every two days and be full of ailments? It wasn't that he had an extremely sinister physique and was just pretending to gain sympathy.
He lay on his side on Zhang Sheng's bed, looked at Lu Yao bleakly, and said with a click of his tongue: "If you keep pestering your master, I will eat the child."
A child cannot stand being frightened, especially if he is treated as a companion by his master. After the spirit in the magic weapon was threatened, Lu Yao would avoid him whenever he saw him.
"Little stutterer, ah, ah..."
Ni Shisan imitated the tone of the child's speech a year ago and played with him. Zhang Sheng caught him and scolded him with a stern face: "Thirteen! You are going to rebel, Ayao." He is the youngest disciple in my Taoist sect. No one is allowed to bully him. "
It is really pitiful for a child to have experienced a conspiracy and lose his parents, but no one in the Taoist sect dared to laugh at him. Instead, he started gossiping about Ni Shisan who had turned into a human form. The disciples discussed what other aristocratic families said about Xun Baishan who jumped to the top of the list——
"Have you heard that the masters of other aristocratic families are speculating that the master's magic weapon is an evil object. Without the magic weapon, you can move freely after signing the oath..."
"There is always movement in the master's room at night. I don't know. "Did you see it wrong? There is a very strong evil spirit."
"Last time, the corpse claw ghost was a high-level ghost. He killed Ni Shisan in two strokes. He tore his head off and tore it into pieces. The scene... was too bloody. "..."
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It's human nature to follow what everyone else says.
Ni Shisan did not feel accepted in the Taoist sect. Even though he had restrained his personality and obeyed Zhang Sheng's request, and helped the idiot gain a status that was almost untouchable before, no one respected him.
After getting rid of the confinement of the underworld, he thought that he would feel relieved when he came to the human world and stopped doing evil. This would make the evil god realize how troublesome it is to control the underworld without helpers, and he should be allowed to relax some restrictions and swim for a while.
However, being scolded by this group of people who did not distinguish right from wrong made him suffer from headache and headache, and the place where the divine core was dug out began to hurt again, as if there were sharp fire burning through it. He took advantage of Zhang Sheng's absence and fell down on the bed, curled up, and mouthed Let out a low moan.
The evil spirit sucked from the ghost realm was originally good nourishment, but now this body seems to be unable to accommodate it and keeps rejecting it...
Sweat overflowed from his forehead, and the black mist wrapped around his neck and tightened it hard, the man His pupils shrank, and he didn't expect that even he could not control those evil spirits. The evil god must have discovered his hiding place, looking for the weak power where the divine core was once stored, and wanted to torture him.
"Cough...cough..."
[Qi Luan, when will you return to the underworld, evildoer. 】
The evil god's voice suddenly rose. Ni Shisan looked up and gasped in pain. He gripped the corner of his quilt to swallow the unbearable pain, but unexpectedly touched a round object.
Ni Shisan was shocked, why did Zhang Sheng go out without a pocket watch!
In this case, even if he was in danger in the ghost realm, he would not be able to find the exact location, let alone where the idiot went.
Under the skinned and rotten chest, a gap opened silently. Ni Shisan felt that the feeling was very complicated and unfamiliar. It was a sense of oppression that spread along his heart, making him unable to breathe.
All I could think about was that white shirt and that person.
He recovered his true body, cut open the flesh and cut the area where the divine core was peeled off more cleanly. Although it would still grow back, it was good enough to last for a while.
That was the fate created by the evil god to spread fear in the world. The wandering black mist, the pain in people's hearts, and the tears in the corners of their eyes... were all the source of his strength. Following Zhang Sheng, the black mist dissipated and the smile returned to that of a child. On the face, tears no longer only represent sadness.
He once again entered the ghost realm where the Taoist sect planned to take his disciples to practice bravery. Zhang Sheng was also there, but the place was small and dark and deep. After searching for a long time, it was not the planned corridor bridge area.
The blood all over Zhang Sheng's body was like lava everywhere in the underworld, and the flowers on the other side were dazzling. A hand in the air weakly stretched out to him, and his lips moved: "...Thirteen, don't remember what I told you. ...Come on..."
It was a ghost cave that all the current exorcists would remember in their minds. Thousands of flying corpse chrysalis emerged from the cocoon and bit off the idiot's flesh piece by piece.
If he didn't save him, maybe he would just wait for Zhang Sheng to fly up into the clouds and then fall down hard, as he originally planned, and his pair of bright black eyes would gradually turn gray.
Countless ghost exorcists have died in the evil god's game. Zhang Sheng is just an ordinary person. Expelling ghosts has never been his luck, but his misfortune.
Zhang Sheng was lying on the ground. He didn't know whose blood was covering his sight. The wails of evil ghosts were everywhere, being torn apart and raised. Then the man's ferocious and twisted face flashed past, and the remaining blood in the ghost cave was Kill all the evil spirits.
The man's voice was hoarse, and his palms passed under his body to hold him up: "Are you going to die?"
"Yeah." The weight of his body decreased, and the moment Zhang Sheng fell into a sense of void, he clearly felt death.
Ni Shisan's red pupils looked down, passing over Zhang Sheng's closed eyes and the black blood sticking to the corners of his lips, and chanted: "Zhang Sheng, this is called the Reincarnation Formation, I can teach you... don't die... I'll teach you..."