Chapter Thirty-Two: Painting Talismans

  As I walked out of the payment hall, I made a phone call with a gloomy face. Today, I was thoroughly deceived by these scammers. When did China Mobile become so kind and allow others to owe over 50 yuan? Why can't I make calls when I owe just 0.5 yuan?

  After the phone call was connected, a lazy voice exclaimed in surprise: "Huh? How come my phone can make calls again?"

  "I paid you," I said with a straight face.

  "Haha, you submitted it just in time, I was thinking of changing numbers anyway --- by the way, who are you?"

  I said: "We met yesterday."

  "Oh, you mean those two train tickets? I'll get them arranged for you right away!"

  I was speechless and said: "Think again!"

  "Oh, so you're Mr. Ma, I told you that the layout of your house is not right, the front door is directly opposite the toilet and the air vent is not connected. You should seal the current toilet door and open a small entrance next to it, or if it's too much trouble, just hang a ** at the toilet door."

  "Can you still pee it out? Think again!"

  "What? Not Boss Ma? Then you are... Little Wang who bought a set of doors?"

  I was thoroughly convinced. What on earth is this old guy capable of? I said resentfully, "Sixth Master, have you forgotten about Little Dragon who watched you perform magic at People's Park?"

  Liu Lao Liu was taken aback and said: "It's you, what brings you to find me?"

  "I said very solemnly: 'Now there is something very urgent, if you can do it, say you can do it, if not, say you can't. If you dare to tell lies, the consequences will be severe. Think carefully before answering me.'"

  Liu Laosix also became serious and carefully asked me: "Are you dealing with land transfer documents or handling medical treatment outside the hospital?"

  "...... None of those, can you break the Soul Photography Technique?"

  "Hey——" Liu Laosix suddenly relaxed: "I thought it was something, this is just a small dish, you were framed by a villain?"

  "Alright then, let me ask you again: can you really?"

  "Sixth Master, I am indeed the 56th generation successor of Mao Mountain!"

  As soon as I heard "56", I felt uneasy again, this old guy is really rising fast! I said word by word: "This time the situation is special, if you don't have real skills, tell the truth early, if you want to cheat me, you'll be unlucky!"

  Liu Laoliu said impatiently: "Less nonsense, let's discuss the price first."

  "After it's done, I'll give you as much as you want."

  "Alright, great! Where can I find you?"

  "Where are you now?"

  "I'm helping someone buy tickets at the East Railway Station."

  "Wait for me there!"

  We took a taxi to the train station, and Liu Laosix was squatting at the entrance of the waiting hall, staring eagerly. Seeing me and Su Jing, he smiled and said: "I knew it, people who can pay my phone bill won't cheat me. For this deal, I gave up all my afternoon tickets to others."

  "Come with us."

  I brought Liu Laoliu to the hotel entrance, where Old Wu and his two companions were discussing something on the steps. I turned around and pointed: "The person is here."

  Three people suddenly stood up, and Old Wu and Jin Chengwu exchanged a glance, saying in a low voice: "It seems like nothing special."

  "Let's see about that."

  I led them into the house and pointed at Xiaoxian, saying to Liu Laosan: "This is the person you're going to help this time. Someone claims they want to capture her soul at midnight."

  Xiao Qian bowed to Liu Laosix with a smile: "Everything depends on your seniority."

  Liu Laosixi nodded with satisfaction and waved his hand: "Alright, alright."

  I said to Xiaoyan: "You introduce yourself first."

  Liu Laoliu closed his eyes and focused on his spirit, raising a finger adorned with a ring featuring an orchid pattern: "First, tell me your eight birth characters."

  Xiao Qian said: "I was born in the 5th year of Jiaqing."

  "Also in 1800, she is 210 years old this year."

  Liu Laoliu suddenly opened his eyes and rubbed his head, saying: "Don't joke around, all of you."

  Xiao Qian said: "Life and death are no laughing matter. I was born in the year after Emperor Qianlong's passing."

  Liu Lao Liu looked at us in surprise, then suddenly laughed and said: "You little monkeys aren't teasing me, are you?" He smiled and asked Xiaoxiang, "Little girl, I think you're just a 90s kid, did your big brothers put you up to this?"

  She is a real post-80s - after 1800.

  Liu Laoliu stood up and said displeased: "Grandpa has no time to play with you."

  Xiao Qian's eyes shone with tears as she said, "I truly dare not deceive you, senior. I, a young woman, died in the 22nd year of Jiaqing at the age of 17. After nearly 200 years of diligent cultivation in the wilderness, I was reborn into a new body. But unexpectedly, I have been entangled by an enemy from my past life again. This time, I beg you to help me and rescue me. Your great kindness and virtue will never be forgotten."

  Liu Lao Liu said indignantly, "The more you talk, the less it sounds like the truth. If there's nothing else, I'll leave." Then he told me, "Consider the 100 yuan you paid me as taxi fare, and I won't refund it." He then headed towards the door.

  Xiao Qian pulled him and begged: "Senior, please save me. If you don't believe what I said, then look..." Xiao Qian said as she lifted her skirt, revealing her bare legs underneath...

  Liu Lao Liu originally didn't hear what she was saying at all, and unintentionally glanced down, suddenly stunned: "What's going on here?"

  "I don't dare to deceive seniors, because my cultivation is not enough, my physical body is not yet formed, and I still have a pair of feet that are not fully shaped. For now, I can only rely on crude wind control techniques to move around." As she spoke, Xiao Qian floated around in a circle on the ground in front of Liu Laosan...

  Liu Laoliu suddenly fell silent, he quietly sat down, occasionally looking up at us, and occasionally looking at Xiaoxian, his eyes unclear whether it was clear or dull, just like a newborn baby staring at the dazzling fireworks. I was about to go forward to comfort him when Liu Laoliu suddenly jumped up, wailing and howling:

  "There's a ghost!"

  Jin Chengwu pressed him back into his seat, Liu Laosix pointed at Xiaoxian and spoke incoherently: "You... you didn't see? She... she is..."

  Old Wu said: "We all know, so we asked you for help." As he spoke, Old Wu turned his head and said to me, "This person is probably not going to work out."

  Liu Liuxi grasped Jin Chengwu's hand tightly, and Jin Chengwu laughed: "Don't move around, or you'll be the one to suffer." Then he took off his right-hand glove, and a scorching hot breath rushed straight at him.

  Liu Lao Liu immediately stopped struggling, and his expression returned to normal. He looked up at us sincerely and said: "Brothers, I didn't know the depth of your cave and mistakenly intruded. Just consider me a fart and let me go. Don't worry, even if you kill me, I won't say anything about today's events!"

  Jin Chengwu looked at me and said: "What to do, it seems he is not the person we are looking for."

  I sat down in front of Liu Lao Liu, pulled out a cigarette and handed it to him. Jin Chengwu immediately stretched out a finger to light it for him. The cigarette at the corner of Liu Lao Liu's mouth was shaking like a clothes rack in a 12-level typhoon. I calmly told him: "Liu Ye, before you came today, didn't I tell you that today's situation is very special? If you can do it, then do it; if not, don't force yourself."

  Liu Laoliu shook his head and said: "I've told you before."

  "Didn't I tell you that if you deceive me, there will be severe consequences?"

  "...I've said it before."

  "Why did you still cheat me?"

  Liu Lao Liu sighed and said: "I am blinded by wealth."

  I said to Yan Yuese: "Then what should we do?"

  Liu Lao Liu held the cigarette with a trembling hand, took two heavy puffs, and exhaled slowly like a suspect about to confess. He said calmly: "I've figured it out, you all have your own unique skills, just do whatever you want."

  "Alright, I don't care what method you use, just help my sister get through this crisis."

  Liu Lao Liu cried with a sad face: "Big brother, you also saw it, I'm just a swindler who runs the rivers and lakes to make a living, why are you making things difficult for me?"

  "I said: 'There's no way, you should have told me earlier, I could have found someone else. Now it's this late, where can I find someone to go? You have to take care of this, whether you want to or not!'"

  Old Wu said with a kind heart: "Old brother, even if you just muddle through life, at the very least you should have learned some basic skills like drawing talismans to ward off evil spirits?"

  Liu Laosix's eyes flashed: "Draw a talisman? I really did learn it!"

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