After leaving Yamagou, I really had nowhere to go, so I had no choice but to return to the Taoist temple where I had lived with Xuan Zhenzi for five years.
Although Xuan Zhenzi is gone, the Taoist temple is still there.
I still repeat the boring homework every day, practicing martial arts during the day and meditating and drawing talismans at night.
I used to only think about how to be lazy, but now that Xuan Zhenzi is gone and there is less supervision, I am more concerned about it than before.
The seasons changed, and another year passed. I clung to that Taoist temple, hoping that one day, Xuan Zhenzi would finish his own affairs and come back with a cigarette stick as before, and guide me in my homework in a humble manner.
It's a pity that nothing can go back.
I waited for him for a whole year, but there was no news from Xuan Zhenzi, as if he had completely disappeared from this world.
I had no choice but to go down the mountain and start my wandering career.
The years in the mountains were quiet and peaceful. In the past, I had always been with Xuan Zhenzi. I had never experienced the intrigues of this world, nor did I know the complexity and dangers of this society.
It wasn't until I had suffered enough in life that I realized how difficult it is for a person to settle down in this troubled world.
The first thing to solve is the problem of eating.
In those years, I slept under bridges, swung sledgehammers and twisted steel bars on construction sites, picked up rags, set up stalls at night markets, sold second-hand goods, and even started a fortune-telling business under an overpass. It’s been another three years, and I can’t see where my hope in life lies.
Because I didn’t have a diploma, I couldn’t find a decent job at all, so I could only live at the bottom of society, struggling around.
Fortunately, I made a lot of friends during my wandering. A contractor named Song took a fancy to my size. He thought I was very efficient in moving bricks and was down-to-earth, so he would take me with him no matter which construction site he went to.
I followed him all over the country, going to Guiyang today and Sichuan tomorrow. I would go to any construction site to do odd jobs, barely making ends meet.
There is not work every day at the construction site. When I have free time, I stay in the rental house and study the spiritual practice taught to me by Xuan Zhenzi.
In the past few years, I have not dared to slack off. Whenever I had time, I would study the Taoist scriptures. Gradually, I also developed a sense of energy and subtly learned many Taoist spells.
It's just that I haven't had the opportunity to practice it.
In 2013, I followed the construction team to Chongqing and did carpentry work at a large construction site near Jiangbei Airport Road.
During the Labor Day holiday, I had nothing to do and took the bus to Feng Shui Street in the city.
Feng Shui Street is located in Nancheng Market. There are many antique shops in it. There are many stalls in the streets and alleys, most of which are Feng Shui calculations and fortune telling.
I usually go to this place whenever I get a chance, buy some ready-made yellow paper, and go back to practice how to draw talismans.
Cultivation is not a simple matter. Take drawing talismans as an example. You have to prepare several kinds of materials.
The talisman paper used to draw the talisman must be a specially made Taoist talisman. You cannot just find a piece of yellow paper and write on it.
Secondly, before drawing the talisman, you must also prepare cinnabar, chicken blood and wolf hair brush and ink. These things alone are very difficult to get, and they can only be sold if you find a special stall.
I often visit a Feng Shui restaurant. The owner of this restaurant is named Long. He is a businessman who specializes in selling antiques. He is in his fifties and has a kind personality. He gets along pretty well with me.
Anyone in this industry knows that the origins of many antiques are not very clean, especially some "yin vessels" that have just been excavated from the ground. Because they have been stored under tomb pits for a long time, they have absorbed a lot of negative magnetic fields. If they are handed over to In the hands of ordinary people, it can easily cause trouble.
Whenever Boss Long received a vagina, he would find someone to do some "cleaning work". Over time, we became partners.
That afternoon, I went to Boss Long’s antique restaurant as usual. I planned to buy materials for dot talismans. Unexpectedly, not long after I entered the door, Boss Long ran over in a hurry, pulled me directly to the corner, and whispered softly. asked,
"Zhou Xuan, let me ask you something. In addition to knowing how to remove evil spirits from yin organs, do you also know other things, such as exorcising evil spirits and catching ghosts?"
I was stunned for a moment and asked Boss Long why he asked me this?
He stroked his moustache and winked with a stern look on his face, "This is the situation. A female customer came to the store just now. She said that there was something unclean at home and she couldn't sleep well recently. I am often troubled by nightmares, and I want to find a capable person to help calm things down."
Boss Long's words made me couldn't help but smile and curl my lips. How could it be so easy to see ghosts in the clear sky? What's more, Chongqing is a big city with a population of 30 million. In this place where there are so many people that they can crush ghosts to death, how can there be evil spirits at work?
I have a basis for saying this. In a big city with a permanent population of more than 10 million, the probability of ordinary people seeing a ghost is lower than winning the lottery.
Places with many people can gather yang, and ghosts are also afraid of places with strong yang energy. How can they go to the city center to cause trouble?
Boss Long said, "I also find it mysterious. To be honest, I have been in this business for more than 20 years and I have never seen what a real ghost looks like. However, the customer this time said he has a nose and eyes. It doesn't look like he is here." You’re kidding, why don’t you come with me to meet her?”
I hesitated for a moment, then agreed.
Anyway, the construction site has a seven-day holiday, and I have nothing else to do these days. If I really encounter someone who hits evil, it would be good to take the opportunity to practice my skills.
Just like that, I went to the back room with Boss Long. When I opened the door, I saw a young girl sitting in the room. She was about the same age as me. She was quite fashionably dressed, with a fair face and very delicate appearance.
Boss Long walked up to the girl and said, "Zhao Na, I have contacted the gentleman you are looking for. If you have any trouble, you can just tell him."
"This is the gentleman you are looking for. Why do you look so young?"
Zhao Na raised her head, revealing a delicate face with oval eyebrows, big eyes, and her eyes were full of suspicion when she looked at me.
When she looked at me, I also looked at this girl's face.
Her facial features are beautiful, but her complexion is a bit dark yellow. The sun horns are smooth and rosy, indicating that her family's economic conditions are good. However, the moon horns, which are echoing in the distance, fail to form a line. A fine line between the eyebrows blocks the sun and moon correspondence. It can be concluded that My parents probably didn't have a good relationship, and I was probably born in a divorced family.
Secondly, I also caught a faint misfortune at the root of Zhao Na's nose, covering the atrium, and a wisp of gray air extended between the eyebrows, covering most of her forehead. It seemed that her luck was indeed bad.
I learned these simple physiognomy skills from the books left by Xuan Zhenzi, so there should be nothing wrong with them.
Seeing that I kept looking at her, Zhao Na was a little embarrassed, so she looked away and said, "Are you really sir?"
I smiled and said that I am not a gentleman, but I just happen to know a little bit about this. Judging from your bad look, you must not have had a good sleep for a few days. It is not easy for a young girl to live alone. Why don't you live with your parents? Together?
Zhao Na's eyes widened and she asked in surprise, "How do you know I live alone?"
I pointed to her forehead and said that not only do I know that you live alone, but I also know that your parents' relationship broke down in their early years and they have been divorced for many years. Most of your troubles are related to your elders.
She was even more shocked and stood up from her chair and said, have you investigated me?
I smiled and told her not to be nervous.
"I know a little bit about physiognomy, which I learned from Ziwei Dou Shu. I'm not sure if it's correct, but I'm sure you've been in trouble recently."
