Chapter 17: The Ancestor's Treasure?

  As the sun was about to set completely, Qiusheng also hurried back with a unicycle.

  In the living room, Qiū Shuǐ and Jiǔ Shū were pasting talismans on the door frames of the house, while Wén Cái sat on a stool grinding glutinous rice, looking at a water vat beside him which was almost full of white glutinous rice water.

  Xiao Yu and Ren Tingting were holding a rope as thick as a child's arm, weaving it into a net-like shape.

  Xiaoyu looks delicate, but she's not an ordinary person, she's a female ghost. This kind of work is nothing to Xiaoyu, but Ranting can't take it. As a spoiled rich girl, she has never done such rough work before, and now her fingers are all red from grinding. However, Tingting knows that everyone is doing this to help him, after all, when the zombie comes out, the first person it will look for is its closest relative.

  At this time, Qiusheng rushed back with things and saw Tingting doing the rough work. The ten white onions had already made her fingers bright red. He felt heartbroken and ran over to say: "Tingting, let me help you."

  Jiu Shu saw this and couldn't bear it either, so he opened his mouth to persuade: "Ting Ting, go to the kitchen and make something to eat, let Qiu Sheng handle the rest."

  After hearing everyone's words, Ren Tingting felt a bit self-reproachful. Everyone was trying to help her, but she couldn't do anything herself, which made her feel sad. However, after hearing Jiu Shu's words, she suddenly realized that everyone had been busy all day and hadn't eaten yet. If the zombies came tonight, their empty stomachs wouldn't be able to handle it. Alright, I'll listen to Jiu Shu, I'll go cook for everyone.

  "En, thank you, Ninth Uncle," Tingting said with tears in her eyes to everyone. After finishing speaking, she didn't care about the others and directly went to the kitchen.

  Jiu Shu saw this and shook his head helplessly, saying: "Autumn-born, go comfort Tingting, there's not much left anyway, Xiaoyu can handle the rest alone."

  Xiao Yu heard Jiu Shu's words and also stood up, saying: "Yes, the rest of these, I can do them myself in a short while."

  At first, Tingting was still a bit afraid of Xiaoyu after knowing she's a ghost, but after chatting for a while, they became as close as sisters. So, it's said that women's world is something we don't understand.

  After hearing the master's words, Qiusheng felt like running to the kitchen. Wén Cái saw this and sighed, shaking his head: "Alas! Qiusheng has Tingting, Autumn Water has Xiaoyu, why am I alone?"

  "What's with you being alone? Don't you have a master?"

  Wencai was shaking his head when he suddenly heard Jiū Shū's words and quickly turned around to take a look, Jiū Shū's big face appeared in front of him, startling Wencai.

  "What's with the dawdling? Quickly get into the vat!" Ninth Uncle said harshly to Wen Cai, who was grumbling.

  Wencai quickly poured the last bucket of glutinous rice water into the vat, feeling relieved. Just as he was about to take off his pants after removing his top, Ninth Uncle glared at him and said, "What are you doing?"

  "Isn't it supposed to be soaked in glutinous rice water?" Wén Cái said with an innocent face.

  "Let you soak in glutinous rice water, but who let you take off your pants." Ninth Uncle was speechless and quickly explained: "The wounds on your body that were scratched by the zombie are all on your upper body, and today you've been jumping on the glutinous rice all day, there's no corpse poison on your lower body at all, just take off your upper clothes and come in to soak for me."

  "Hey, speak clearly, if you don't say it, how will I know?" Wén Cái muttered to himself as he jumped into the vat. As soon as he got in, he shouted loudly: "Ah, refreshing! Comfortable!"

  Jiǔ shū gū jiǎng shì kàn bù guàn wén cái mǎn liǎn de shū fu yàng yǎn zhōng xiào yì yī shǎn ér qì, shǒu lǐ tí zhe yī gè dài zi zǒu le guò qù, shuō dào: "Shū fu ba, dāi huì wèi shī ràng nǐ gèng shū fu diǎn." tóng shí bǎ dài zi lǐ de dōng xī dào le jiàng lǐ.

  When he saw that the master was pouring live snakes into the jar, his face turned green with fright and he quickly jumped out, stuttering: "Master, what are you doing?"

  "What are you running for? Don't you want to be done early? If so, then go back. This snake is a zombie poison." Ninth Uncle glared at Wen Cai after he jumped out, but if you look closely at Ninth Uncle's eyes, you will find that his eyes are full of smile.

  Wencai was frightened by the master's words, but compared to the snake, Wencai was even more afraid of the master. He quickly jumped back into the vat and carefully soaked in it, not daring to say anything rash this time.

  At this time, Qiū Shuǐ also pasted the symbols all over the house, inside and out. When she returned to the house, however, she saw a ridiculous scene in front of her and was so stifled that her face turned bright red. Xiǎo Yù also saw it and covered her small mouth with her hand, secretly laughing at the scene before her.

  Don't think that just anyone can stick these talismans, tonight we're dealing with a Golden Armor Corpse, the talismans stuck inside and outside the house are all arranged according to the talisman formation, otherwise it would be beneath Ren Tingting to do such rough work.

  Inside and outside, the talismans are all painted with chicken blood to suppress the stiff corpse. Suppressing the stiff corpse is a special talisman for suppressing zombies, but it's not enough for Ren Lao Tai Ye who has become a golden armor corpse. However, using a large quantity can cause a qualitative change. Although it can't be suppressed, it can still cause some harm to Ren Lao Tai Ye.

  As for the two books left by Feng Shui Master, they were the same as those obtained by Qiushui from the tomb of Feng Shui Master's senior brother. Jiū Shū specially checked the records about zombies on them and only then did he know that this kind of quick-made zombie must absorb the essence of the moon for 49 days to become a real Golden Armor Corpse. Now, Lǎo Tàiyé had just absorbed the corpse energy of the Golden Armor Corpse King and hadn't reached the point where he could use it freely.

  Ordinarily, a zombie would avoid detection after an encounter like this and only come out to harm people after thorough refinement. To lure it out before its refinement is complete and eliminate it, one must find something that can attract it. And that thing is the zombie's family from when it was still alive.

  Zombies are generally attracted to their own blood after transformation and will unknowingly be drawn out to suck their essence.

  It just so happens that Ren Tingting, as the direct granddaughter of Old Man Ren, has a very close blood relationship with him. Moreover, the zombie is not far away, and it goes without saying that she will be attracted to the zombie.

  After reading the records on the book, Ninth Uncle knew that the zombie would come tonight and it was certain that this zombie had not yet developed spiritual intelligence. If you let him evolve into a true spiritual intelligence later, that would be really troublesome.

  These town-destroying talismans only have a restraining effect on zombies, and are useless against ghosts. Generally, Taoist priests carry with them the "驱邪符" (expelling evil talisman), which contains yang energy that has a restraining effect on both zombies and ghosts. However, today they are dealing with Ren Lao Tai Ye's zombie, who is about to evolve into a golden armor zombie, so the zombie-restraining talismans are much more effective than the expelling evil talismans. That's why they all stuck up zombie-restraining talismans, and as a result, the female ghost Xiao Yu didn't feel much of an effect from them, just a slight discomfort. After all, these talismans were drawn with chicken blood, which has a strong yang energy.

  After the talismans were all stuck on, Ninth Uncle had Qiu Sheng bring out the black dog's blood that he had obtained from the slaughterhouse. Then, he soaked all of the woven nets in the black dog's blood and placed them on top of the house.

  When Ninth Uncle saw that everything was almost ready, he said to Qiushui, "Qiushui, now that everything is almost ready, go take a bath and change your clothes. Prepare to invite the god to descend."

  Qiu Shui felt like going back home to take a bath after hearing that.

  After autumn water comes out, it is found that Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai have already arranged the altar.

  Only to see Ninth Uncle jumping up and down, muttering a few incantations, then taking out an eight trigram mirror to shine under the moonlight, after which he said to Xiaoyu: "Miss Xiaoyu, come here, let me cast a spell for you to gather the Taiyin energy."

  Xiao Yu heard and walked to Jiu Shu's side with a somewhat dejected look, occasionally turning her head to glance at Qiu Shui. Seeing Xiao Yu's expression, Qiu Shui nodded firmly and gestured to her not to be afraid.

  Ninth Uncle saw the expressions of the two and shook his head helplessly, thinking to himself, Alas! Don't know if they can make it through tonight yet. Let's not bother with them for now.

  When Xiaoyu walked to Jiū Shū's side, Jiū Shū took out the Bagua mirror that had been used for divination and held it against Xiaoyu's forehead. With his other hand, he slowly opened the shutter in the middle of the mirror, and a stream of Taiyin energy visible to the naked eye shot onto Xiaoyu's forehead. Then Jiū Shū chanted a few incantations and slowly rotated the Bagua mirror. The originally scattered Taiyin energy gradually condensed into a single point at a speed visible to the naked eye and shone onto Xiaoyu's forehead.

  At this time, Xiaoyu's eyes were dull and her whole body emitted a chill. Ninth Uncle's temples also sweated out a few drops of sweat, it seemed that this matter was not easy to accomplish.

  "No, it's reached the limit." Ninth Uncle thought to himself after a moment, then quickly withdrew the Bagua mirror and stretched out two fingers to point at Xiaoyu's forehead. He muttered a few incantations, and Xiaoyu's forehead flickered with a small silver dot that soon disappeared.

  After Ninth Uncle finished his spell, Xiaoyu also regained her spiritual consciousness and felt that her whole body was filled with the power of the law. With some joy in her heart, she looked towards Qiushui.

  Qiu Shui saw it and anxiously asked: "Xiao Yu, are you okay?"

  Xiao Yu shook her head, indicating that nothing was wrong. Then she bowed to Jiu Shu and said, "Thank you, Master."

  Jiu Shu awkwardly waved his hand, after all, Xiao Yu was here to help get rid of the zombies. Although it was because of his disciple's face, this wasn't about helping a female ghost, but rather just to deal with the zombies.

  "Master." Chiu Shui suddenly remembered Ninth Uncle and asked with a hint of inquiry.

  Jiǔ shū lā zhe gè liǎn, shuō dào: "Hái kàn shén me, tuō yī fu a."

  Translation:

  "Still looking at what? Take off your clothes."

  Qiu Shui felt like he had taken off his upper garment after hearing this, revealing his lean and strong muscles.

  Xiaoyu saw Qiushui undressing beside her, and she was so embarrassed that her face turned bright red. She quickly ran back to the house, but as she walked away, she couldn't help sneaking glances at Qiushui's body.

  Jiū shū saw that and hummed coldly at Qiū Shuǐ, then quickly picked up the cinnabar brush to draw talismans on Qiū Shuǐ's body. Although inviting a ghost to possess one's body is an inferior method, it's not something that can be learned in just one or two days. That's why Jiū shū had to draw talismans on Qiū Shuǐ's body, so that when the time comes to perform the ritual, it will be easier to succeed.

  This is also why Ninth Uncle knew that Little Jade had a deep affection for his apprentice, even to the point of sacrificing her life. Otherwise, Ninth Uncle wouldn't have dared to let his apprentice practice this method of inviting ghosts to possess one's body.

  After drawing a red talisman on Qiū Shuǐ's body, Jiǔ Shū drew talismans on Wén Cái and Qiū Shēng's bodies one after another. However, the talismans drawn on their bodies were Jù Yáng Fú (聚阳符), because neither of them had any ghosts or monsters merging with them to practice the method. Therefore, the talismans on Qiū Shuǐ's body and theirs were completely different.

  When Ninth Uncle finished drawing the talisman, he was already drenched in sweat. After all, drawing a talisman required utmost concentration and couldn't have any slight mistake, or else it would be useless.

  Qiu Shui saw Jiu Shu's condition and quickly went into the house to fetch a bowl of hot tea, handing it over to Jiu Shu.

  After drinking tea, Jiu Shu nodded his head in relief and took a sip of hot tea. Suddenly, he looked at Qiu Shui's upper body with a thoughtful expression.

  After seeing Ninth Uncle's gaze, Qiū Shuǐ felt a chill in her heart and looked down at herself before weakly asking: "Master, is there something wrong with me?"

  Jiushu listened and shook his head, instructing Qiusheng: "Qiusheng, go under the ancestor's spirit tablet and bring back our ancestor's treasure." After finishing speaking, Jiushu slightly curled up the corners of his mouth, pretending to be nonchalant as he returned to the house.

  But when Autumn Water heard Ninth Uncle's words, she suddenly knew what it was and her face changed greatly.

  Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai immediately understood what Jiu Shu said, and the two of them burst out laughing, holding their bellies. They looked at Qiu Shui and said: "Qiu Shui, Master really loves you, he actually gave you the treasure of our ancestor! Haha!" The two of them laughed while holding their bellies.

  Qiu Shui heard and seemed about to go up and catch the two people. Qiu Sheng Wen saw it later, feeling like he had run back into the house.

  As she saw both of them return to the house, Qiū Shuǐ raised her head towards the pale moonlight in the sky, her face filled with helplessness, despair and embarrassment.