6kv Chapter 49 Old Kuai is here, isn't he?!
Chapter 49 Old Kuai is here, isn't he?!
It was midnight.
Inside the main room, Lu Yuan stood alone in front of the soft couch.
Outside, Xu Erxiao, Wang Chengan, Wang Fu, and others were busy setting up the high platform in the backyard.
In front of the soft couch, a charcoal fire was burning brightly.
Beside the brazier, there was a basin of "midnight well water" that had just been drawn from a deep well. The water was clear and had never seen the light of day.
Lu Yuan placed the pottery jar between fire and water and slowly opened the mouth of the jar.
Inside the container, the quicklime had reacted violently with the "sick embryo," dissolving most of it and leaving only a small clump of dark red, foul-smelling, gelatinous residue.
Lu Yuan took out a three-year-old, scarred willow branch.
Willows can provide shade and also guide water flow.
One end is inserted into the slag from the pottery jar, and the other end is suspended above the charcoal fire.
Then, Lu Yuan took out a silver needle and precisely pierced Zhao Qiao'er's ten acupoints, which are the fingertips.
He gently squeezed, and ten drops of slightly dark-colored blood dripped precisely into the basin of well water.
"Heaven and earth are the furnace, and creation is the craftsman."
"Yin and Yang are like charcoal, and all things are like copper."
Lu Yuan chanted ancient incantations, hung the Awakening Bell above the willow branch, and fully activated his magic power.
"This disease, this ailment, must be traced back to its source—go!"
The willow branch trembled violently, and a plume of black smoke suddenly rose from the residue in the jar.
The black smoke did not disperse; instead, it followed the willow branches, winding upwards like a living snake, before plunging headfirst into the charcoal fire!
With a loud "whoosh," the charcoal fire shot up three feet high.
The flames were a ghastly green, crackling and popping, and a distorted, pained human face could be vaguely seen flashing by in the fire.
At the same time, Zhao Qiao'er, lying on the soft couch, let out a muffled groan.
A few wisps of very faint gray mist escaped from her mouth and nose, and were quickly absorbed by the green flames of the surrounding Seven Star Lamps.
The ten drops of blood in the basin changed color from dark to red, and eventually regained their bright appearance.
The green flames in the charcoal fire burned for about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn before gradually turning red and finally going out.
Only a small clump of grayish-white, bone-like ashes remained, while the willow branches were completely withered and broken.
Then, Lu Yuan poured all the charcoal ash and residue from the pottery jar into the well water at midnight.
He then threw in three more Da Guan Tong Bao coins and prayed aloud:
"Dust to dust, ashes to ashes, illness to nothingness."
Then, Lu Yuan carried the basin of water to the doorway and handed it to Wang Fu:
"Tomorrow at noon, pour this basin of water at the crossroads and let the traffic and pedestrians trample it away."
Wang Fu nodded repeatedly and personally carried the basin of water away.
When Lu Yuan returned to the room, the green flame in the Seven Star Lamp gradually turned back to its normal orange-yellow color.
He collected the clumps of wick left after the seven lamps had run out of oil.
Wrap it together with the tattered "curse charm" in clean mulberry paper.
Lu Yuan then returned to the door and handed the packet of "Healing Charms" to Wang Fu, who had just returned after carrying water downstairs.
"Bury this item on a sunny slope of Nanshan Mountain, three feet below the surface, and plant a sprig of mugwort on top. Only then will this matter be considered settled."
Wang Fu immediately nodded and respectfully accepted it with both hands.
Finally, Lu Yuan took out a small packet of "Five-Colored Filth-Dispelling Powder," which was made by grinding and mixing realgar, cinnabar, calamus root, angelica, and patchouli.
He instructed the Zhao family to thoroughly sprinkle water throughout the four corners of the house, the threshold, and the window frames, especially the southwest corner of the beam, and to ventilate the house for three days.
After doing all this, Lu Yuan turned around and went back into the house to remove the soul-binding ring from Zhao Qiao'er's body.
A trace of color returned to her pale face, her breathing became steady and long, and she fell into a deep sleep.
The severe cough and wheezing that had plagued him for days and defied all medical treatment had disappeared.
The rest of the time was spent resting for seven days, taking a decoction of red dates, longan, and dried tangerine peel every afternoon.
But there's no need to instruct anyone else; Lu Yuan can do it himself.
Looking at Aunt Qiao'er sleeping soundly on the soft couch, Lu Yuan placed a "soul-soothing talisman" under his pillow, and then quietly left the room.
Outside, the night was deep, and on the nine-foot-high altar, candlelight flickered.
The high court platform has been erected.
Lu Yuan stretched out his right hand, revealing a corner of the "Illness-Inducing Talisman" in his palm.
The method of tracing back to the source has already been used. Now we must go up to the high platform to find the location of the King of Destiny!
"Is it all done?"
Lu Yuan looked down at Xu Erxiao and Wang Chengan below the three-meter-high platform and asked them.
The two nodded repeatedly and said:
"Don't worry, Brother Lu, everything will be fine!"
Lu Yuan stopped dawdling and, with a light and agile figure, climbed up the nine-foot-high platform in a few leaps!
Standing atop the high platform, the night wind howled.
The table was covered with eight feet of yellow silk arranged according to the Bagua (Eight Trigrams) directions. An incense table was set up in the center, with a bowl of water and three plain candles on it.
Other items include a dowsing rod, an ancient coin compass, and a piece of peach wood root soaked in tung oil.
He stood before the table and placed the corner of the "curse-inducing talisman" in the center of the compass's celestial pool.
Close your eyes, regulate your breathing, press your right hand in the "Searching Technique" on your chest (CV17), and lightly pinch three fingers of your left hand while silently reciting the "Tracing the Source Mantra":
"When the sky is clear and the earth is peaceful, all things have a spirit."
A touch of disease as the trigger, three strands of resentment as the evidence.
The Five Ghost Emperors granted passage, and the Nine Springs Underworld Officials allowed them to pass.
The fragmented talisman points to your hidden forms!
After reading it, he suddenly opened his eyes.
He quickly flicked his right index finger across the candle flame, but without touching the fire, he gathered a wisp of pure yang fire energy at his fingertip.
Ling Kong sketched a complex ancient seal script character for "traces" on the corner of the broken talisman.
The broken talisman moved on its own without wind, its edges turning a scorched yellow and curling, as if it were being baked by an invisible fire.
Lu Yuan put it into a bowl of clear water.
The talisman did not sink; instead, it floated on the water's surface and slowly rotated.
He took the piece of peach root, which was called "spirit medium wood".
It is most adept at sensing the direction of evil spirits, and should be suspended vertically three inches above the bowl.
"disease!"
The peach wood root suddenly trembled on its own, and the root pointed due south.
The talisman in the bowl stopped spinning, and its charred corner pointed stubbornly in the same direction.
But this is not enough.
Lu Yuan took seven Hongwu Tongbao coins and set up a small "Seven Stars Asking the Way Formation" on the table.
The direction indicated by the peach wood root is taken as the "Tian Shu" position, and they are arranged in order.
He then bit his tongue and spat out a mouthful of true yang saliva, which he then sprinkled evenly on the seven copper coins.
The copper coins hummed!
Three of them stood upright and trembled slightly on the table.
They are located in the three positions of "Tianquan", "Yuheng", and "Kaiyang" respectively.
It corresponds to the three directions of south, southwest, and west.
But the one at the "Yuheng" position vibrated the most, its surface emitting a sinister blue light.
"The Three Powers manifest themselves, with the principal position in 'Yuheng'..."
Lu Yuan's gaze was sharp as lightning, fixed on the copper coin:
"The southwest direction, the Kun position, belongs to Yin, where inauspicious energy gathers... distance..."
He reached out and pressed his hand against the "Yuheng" copper coin; it was icy cold to the touch.
With my eyes closed, I sensed things, and blurry images appeared in my mind...
To the southwest lies a desolate hilly area.
A jumble of graves lay scattered about, crows cried, and a few crooked locust trees groveled in the night wind.
Among them, the two largest old locust trees have strangely intertwined crowns.
Behind the locust tree, a low and dilapidated mountain god temple can be vaguely seen, with half of the temple walls collapsed and rubble scattered all over the ground.
The steps leading to the temple gate are not ordinary stone steps.
Instead, there were seven dark-colored, irregularly shaped fragments of a tombstone scattered around.
Seemingly unintentional, it actually aligns with the insidious scheme of "Seven Fiends Severing Souls".
Lu Yuan wanted to see things more clearly.
But gunshots rang out from below, along with various other noises.
The sudden turn of events unsettled Lu Yuan, who immediately withdrew from the illusion in his mind.
When Lu Yuan opened his eyes, he looked down with a blank expression.
The area below is in complete chaos.
It's not that there's chaos inside the courtyard, but rather outside the Zhao residence!
Standing on the three-meter-high platform, Lu Yuan could clearly see that a circle of soldiers had appeared around the Zhao residence at some point.
These people must be the ones Aunt Qin said she found from the security team to help.
only……
I have no idea what's gotten into these soldiers!
While frantically fleeing through the surrounding alleys, he fired blanks.
He kept shouting:
"We're quitting!"
"We're quitting!"
"We're quitting!"
Damn it!!
Old Kuai is here, isn't he?!
Coming to his senses, Lu Yuan immediately shouted loudly to Wang Fu, who was below and unaware of what had happened:
"Butler Wang!!"
"Quickly find out what happened!"
……
It's 1:30 a.m.
The main house in the front courtyard of the Zhao residence was brightly lit.
The soldiers of the security regiment were panting heavily, their faces pale, and they were trembling with fear.
According to them...
During the midnight shift change, they glimpsed another "self" on street corners and in the shadows of doorways.
That "self" had a dark, ashen face and venomous eyes, and was silently bowing towards the Zhao residence...