MTL - Twilight Boundary

Chapter 16 Fire to ward off evil spirits

 Light a big furnace in the body to ward off evil spirits and diseases, and fight against strangeness?

While Hu Ma marveled at the magic of this world, she also gained great comfort in her heart:

 First, in this weird world, we finally have some way to protect ourselves.

Furthermore, according to Er Ye, once the stove is lit, your body will be unbearably roasted if evil spirits get close to you.

Doesn’t that mean that although I am not the original one, I will not be burned by this body like an evil spirit in the ordinary sense?

 Is this because of my status as a "reincarnator", or because of some other reasons that I don't know about?

 Perhaps, you need to talk to other reincarnated people to know these questions.

 The second master checked and made sure that the stove had been lit for Hu Ma, and then took him to a side room to rest.

 Good guys, a big shop full of half-grown young men.

 When he first woke up, Hu Ma had been sleeping in a side room at home. There was only a mother-in-law who had been chanting sutras all night, and Xiao Hongtang, who didn't know whether she was a human or a ghost.

He was hiding in a side room, alone and frightened. But now it was better, as more than a dozen of his peers were given to him at once.

 Everyone is very energetic, running in the mountains and practicing boxing during the day, and they are obviously not very particular about hygiene.

 As soon as he entered the house, he almost got drunk.

Hmm, it’s full of virgin odor…

"When you get to Erye, you will definitely not be as comfortable as you were in the village."

When the second master noticed that Hu Ma had entered the room, he immediately frowned, looking very uncomfortable, and sighed: "My mother-in-law pampered you to no end before, but you came here to learn your skills, so just make do with it, always." Can't you take me to sleep in my room?"

　　　…”

Hu Ma thought to herself: I just came out of your house, and the smell was almost the same as here...

On his face, he nodded and just asked the second master where he would sleep.

The second master also took a look, pointed to a boy by the stove, and asked him to move outside to make room for the flax.

In the left corner of this large Tongpu, there is a stove built into the stove. In this season, of course there is no firewood in the stove, but the chimney is still connected to the stove.

It is precisely because of this stove that Datongpu is divided into two halves. There are many people sleeping in one half, seven or eight people are crowded together.

On the other side of the stove, against the wall, there is only a narrow space of about half a meter, and only one person can sleep at most.

 Compared with the conditions in this room, this is a single bunk.

 It seems that the second master said that he would not give special treatment to Hu Ma, but he still gave him this special treatment.

Hu Ma agreed and spread out his own bedding.

 Looking at other people, some of the quilts were in tatters, with the cotton leaking out, and some were as thin as a ball of rags.

But what her mother-in-law brought to Hu Ma was a thick and wide black cloth quilt, half of which was spread out and half of which was covered. The others didn't have any serious pillows. They could just sleep by putting a pair of cloth shoes under their heads. But the mother-in-law But he brought a wheat bran pillow for Hu Ma, so that he could sleep soundly and comfortably.

“Go to bed early and get up early tomorrow morning to practice the poses. Don’t make trouble at night so that you can practice your exercises and don’t think wildly!”

 The second master was a little surprised to see Huma sleeping honestly without making any noise or complaining.

After leaving in a sullen manner, he still felt that there was something wrong with him, so he scolded the teenagers with a straight face, and then slowly returned to his main room with his hands behind his back.

“Hey, I’m such a greedy person. I lit the stove as soon as I arrived. This is such a good treatment...”

 “Hee hee, I can’t even keep up when I’m running up the mountain, and I’m still lighting the stove...”

　　　…”

As soon as the second master left, there was silence in the side room for a moment. The teenagers winked and then gradually started to make noises.

According to the second master, the teenagers here all lit the stove just like him, and the heat was darker than him. Of course, they were more angry than him, and they had so much energy that they couldn't use it up. Even if nothing happened, something would happen. Because of his age and the fact that his treatment is better than others, it's a wonder he didn't get into trouble.

Hu Ma understood in her heart, so she just kept silent, ignored the others, and lay down silently to sleep.

“Hey, Hu Ma, they say your family eats meat every day. Is this true?”

“Is it true that mother-in-law can raise little ghosts?”

　　　…”

There were bursts of whispers, some were testing in a low voice, and some were giggling lowly.

But Hu Ma just pretended not to hear and said nothing.

 You have to have a certain understanding of the world before you can relax. Now it is better to remain unchanged in response to all changes.

“Haha, it’s the young master from my mother-in-law’s family who is so arrogant and ignores us...”

Seeing that Hu Ma remained silent, the friends also lost interest. After a while, some people quietly counted the days until they returned to the village and what they could eat. Others planned how they could follow him when he prays to the Tai Tai in the spring of next year. No matter how much money you make, you can become a wife after working for a few years. Occasionally, there were some jokes about "You like Sister Dong's sister" and "You're hard again", and gradually fell into sleep.

 Hu Ma had been pretending to be asleep, but in fact he was listening to their words quietly and trying to deepen his understanding of the village. It wasn't until everyone around him became quiet that he combed his mind silently and turned his attention to the talisman drawn on his chest.

 He could clearly feel that after having this talisman, the heat in his body no longer radiated out of the body, but slowly accumulated.

 As it gradually accumulates, the body will feel bloated.

Hu Ma, on the other hand, tried hard to stabilize her mind. According to the instructions of the second master, she put her tongue against the roof of her mouth, half asleep, and deliberately guided the hot air along the chest with the symbols drawn by willow branches, and guided it bit by bit into the lower abdomen. , stored in your own "stove".

 After trying it, Hu Ma was slightly surprised.

 According to Erye, this first step, called Xinggong, is a hard work that requires getting used to slowly.

Because the human body’s yang energy is scattered and weak, it needs guidance step by step. If you are not used to it at first, it will be difficult to grasp the subtle feeling.

However, after Hu Ma tried it, he felt that the fire in his body was boiling and extremely strong.

With almost no effort, he quickly followed the cold talisman and led it into the furnace one by one.

 The process was extremely comfortable. After a while, he felt that his lower abdomen was hot and full of energy.

 When the energy is full, the courage is also strong.

 Huma no longer even felt the frizzy hair and fearful feeling she had had since her reincarnation.

Thinking of the dark winter night outside, he even dared to go out to pee alone at night...

 …Forget it.

 But this discovery really surprised him.

"This is the really useful method, isn't it? Why didn't my mother-in-law let me come here earlier?"

 He felt pleasantly surprised, remembering that when he encountered evil spirits before, even in Laohuotangzi, he first felt a chill in his body, followed by strange hallucinations.

Some kind of instinctive consciousness made him think that the fire in his body was completely different from the coolness.

 When the body is hot, it will naturally not be afraid of the cold. When the fire is bright, how can any evil spirit dare to pester itself?

 This method seems to be better than Lao Huotangzi!

It’s better to seek external things in vain than to have a strong foundation, isn’t it?

If my mother-in-law had allowed me to learn this method, I am afraid that I would no longer be afraid of those evil spirits. Could it be that...

 …Is the mother-in-law really just worried that she won’t be able to find a wife in a short time after learning this method?

There are no answers to these questions yet, but Hu Ma feels confident for the first time since coming to this world.

The first time you perform the exercise, you have such effects. But when your fire is strong, where can you go?

In my heart, I felt some unprecedented peace and ecstasy, and I never tired of "doing the work".

 He made the fire in his belly grow stronger and stronger.

Then…

With a sharp gasp, Hu Ma suddenly woke up.

 Looking up subconsciously, I saw that it was still dark outside the window, and I didn’t know what time it was.

The teenagers around him were sleeping peacefully. Some were grinding their teeth, some were talking lazily in their sleep, and some had turned over, clamping their legs in their pants and rubbing against each other.

　　It is now the end of autumn and the beginning of winter. With only one thigh and half of the body bare, the young men are strong and not too cold.

 But Hu Ma was awakened by the cold.

 He slept well, with the thick quilt still wrapped around him.

But his body was as cold as a piece of ice, and a faint cold air rose up, from his limbs and bones, and slowly penetrated into his body.

Only when it reaches the lower abdomen, the cold air is slightly dissipated, as if the few burning coals left in a cold and silent stove are emitting a faint firelight.

"its not right…"

 The more Hu Ma felt about her current state, the more uneasy she became.

Didn’t Er Ye say that after lighting the stove for himself, the heat that is always emitted from the body will be sealed?

 Guide these hot air to gather in the lower abdomen, which is like a ball of fire.

This fire should be growing continuously, accumulating day by day, but why does my own fire seem to be shrinking?

 Why is my body emitting cool air instead of hot air?

The sudden strange feeling made Hu Ma dare not fall asleep. He half-bent his body and stared blankly out of the window.

I saw that the dark purple night sky was quietly covered with a touch of fish-belly white at some point. In the distance, a rooster raised somewhere in the distance suddenly crowed loudly.

 “Boys, get up and run in the mountains...”

 Outside, near the main room, the second master's loud cry suddenly rang out.

 (End of this chapter)