MTL - Twilight Boundary

Chapter 31 Five Ghost Techniques and Circle Light Technique

 “You silly boy is so lucky…”

Seeing that the young lady who looked like a pearl agreed to Hu Ma, the old shopkeeper also laughed out loud, looked at Hu Ma and said, "But our young lady is kind-hearted. Since I have agreed to you, it is you Your luck, tell me, what’s going on?”

Seeing this scene, the bearers and others next to him also looked at each other, feeling strange.

When the second master next to him saw it, he couldn't help but feel worried: "Although this nobleman in the sedan chair couldn't help but agree to Xiao Huma, the shopkeeper was not very happy in his heart. He turned back to Cao Xintang and went to the village. Come to collect herbs, I wonder if you can wear some shoes for us."

“Well, there’s nothing we can do about it. If it were other children in the village, they wouldn’t be so ignorant.”

“Little Huma, he is spoiled by his mother-in-law, but he seems to think that others should help him.”

　　　…”

"I…"

Hu Ma knew that this kind of "silly boy's luck" would definitely happen, and she just thought about how to say it appropriately.

He had realized how dangerous and treacherous this world was, and naturally it was impossible for him to tell everything stupidly. He just looked at the sedan and said, "My mother-in-law is a ghost walker. A powerful evil spirit appeared in the forest, so she entered Let’s deal with it in the woods.”

“But I don’t know what happened. I haven’t heard from my mother-in-law, and I don’t know how she is doing now.”

 “I want to know where my mother-in-law is.”

　　　…”

 “Ghost walker?”

Hearing this, the old shopkeeper frowned and said, "Do you have anything that your mother-in-law has used? Or something that you usually carry with you."

Hearing this, Hu Ma couldn't help but frown.

 The things that my mother-in-law needs are all in the village, and she doesn’t have time to go back and get them.

Although everything I have on my body was given to me by my mother-in-law, I haven’t seen her mother-in-law for almost half a month.

 “Haha, no?”

 The old shopkeeper couldn't help but sneered when he saw it.

But suddenly I heard the woman in the sedan say: "Isn't that the basket in the little angel's hand?"

　　　…”

 “Making ghosts?”

When the old shopkeeper heard this, he was suddenly startled, turned his head sharply, and glared at the second master and Hu Ma: "Are you surrounded by ghosts?"

The second master felt nervous: "Xiao Hongtang has been following you? How come he was seen!"

There are a lot of things to be cautious about when dealing with this group of nobles from the city. I came out to show people the way, but ended up with an evil spirit by my side. Maybe people thought we were harboring evil intentions and looking for opportunities to harm others.

 You may not be able to get the reward, or you may be chopped into pieces.

 “Don’t be so nervous.”

The person in the sedan spoke calmly: "It's just a little kid who has only been controlled. He is quite well-behaved and defenseless."

This kind of thing is a big or small matter. Seeing that everyone in the sedan said so, the old shopkeeper calmly put away his anger:

 “Forget it, just use a basket. Just use it recently. Bring it.”

　　　…”

Hu Ma nodded hurriedly, turned around, and took the basket covered with red cloth from the slightly frightened Xiao Hongtang.

 In the eyes of others, he just turned around and suddenly had a basket in his hand.

 Looking at it, the scene is quite scary, like a magic trick.

The old shopkeeper next to him looked at this scene with a normal expression, but the bearers couldn't help being surprised.

“It is said that in the eight hundred miles of Laoyin Mountain, not a single blade of grass there is evil. This is indeed true.”

 “This young boy who was brought out of the village at random actually has such a cunning method.”

　　　…”

Unknown to him, Hu Ma’s method seemed strange, but even the second master couldn’t do it.

This is the skill of a wanderer like Granny, and Hu Ma just borrowed Xiao Hongtang's help and picked up the basket casually.

This kind of behavior is simple and ordinary in the eyes of people who can see Xiaohongtang or know what is going on.

 But in the eyes of uninformed people, it is a bit evil.

Just like Cui Xie'er, who was fighting with him, he probably couldn't figure it out. Why did he fall flat on the ground despite being so good?

“You’re lucky, otherwise I wouldn’t bother to deal with this.”

The old shopkeeper took the basket from Hu Ma's hand, opened the red cloth and looked at it. When he saw that it was empty, he covered it again.

Then he walked a few steps to the side and stood in front of a clump of grass, holding a basket in one hand and pointing to his chest with the other. He closed his eyes and muttered something in his mouth, speaking very fast and each syllable very softly. , it is estimated that no one except himself knows what he means.

 But as he recited the incantation, the surroundings actually changed, as if a dark wind coming from nowhere was quietly blowing.

 The surrounding grass was blown to and fro by the wind, sometimes trying to fall to the east, sometimes trying to tilt to the west, as if being brushed by an invisible big hand, or as if something invisible was discussing something.

After a while, there was a simple sway, then the dark wind disappeared, and the grass gradually became quiet. Hu Ma felt very surprised, her eyes widened, and she couldn't help but glance at the second master, but she saw that the second master was also in awe, staring, and whispered to Hu Ma: "This shopkeeper is also capable, he This is the art of controlling ghosts, asking for directions to move money, and there are unpredictable methods."

"Eh?"

But while they were talking, the old shopkeeper had already opened his eyes, his expression seemed a little strange, and he looked at the sedan: "My five ghost methods don't seem to work."

"Laoyin Mountain is not the same as other places. Your five ghosts are not good enough to use any means."

The person in the sedan said calmly: "Bring me a pen and let me try it!"

The old shopkeeper hurriedly agreed and ordered a guard carrying a small bundle to come over. He opened the bundle and took out a pen case, an inkstone and a porcelain bottle.

Just outside the sedan, he poured the liquid from the porcelain bottle into the inkstone and ground it carefully. After a while, Fang opened the pen case and dipped the brush inside carefully. Then he held it with both hands and lowered his head and sent it into the sedan. .

Hu Ma didn't know what they were doing, but she smelled a strange smell in the small porcelain bottle, and turned to look at the second master.

 “It should be Master Tai Sui’s blood…”

The second master also looked at it carefully and explained to Hu Ma in a low voice: "It has been refined using a secret method."

“I have seen ghosts and cultists using this kind of magic. Most of the things they use are related to Master Tai Sui.”

　　　…”

Meat is used to eat or cure diseases, and blood is used to cast spells and spells...

Hu Ma thought silently in her heart, all the strange phenomena in this world seem to originate from Master Tai Sui?

 “Okay, let’s see if you are sincere or not!”

 After a while, a hand with crystal-clear wrists and delicate fingers stretched out from the sedan, holding out a delicate small mirror.

“Look in the mirror and think about your mother-in-law. As long as you are sincere enough, you can see her.”

　　　…”

Hu Ma nodded and wanted to go up to pick it up, but the old shopkeeper took it on his own initiative and handed it to Hu Ma.

Hu Ma nodded to take note of it, walked to one side and looked at the mirror.

There are some weird runes painted on the mirror, which look a bit scrawled, and I don’t know what they mean. The mirror that could have reflected a person’s face only looks fragmented because of the existence of these runes, let alone seeing the mother-in-law. , even if his own face is not fully photographed.

But Hu Ma had already seen that the man in the sedan had good skills, so he just breathed slowly and thought about her mother-in-law seriously.

Why am I so anxious to go to the forest to find my mother-in-law, just because she is the only one who can give me that kind of Tai Sui meat?

It seemed that it was not just that, she really cared for his grandson. In order to bring her grandson back to life, she stayed up all night chanting sutras, went to Laohuotangzi to plead with her ancestors, and went into the forest alone at the risk, Fight with the evil ghost sent by the Meng family...

 I am not her grandson, but I have gained all these benefits.

 I really felt the sacrifice and dedication of this old lady, and I did feel grateful...

　　When this thought occurred, Hu Ma's eyes suddenly blurred.

 It seems that my eyes are blurred just because I looked at the mirror for too long.

But when this blur appeared, the light reflected in the mirror and the runes painted crookedly jumped up, and the colors and lines recombined, forming a blur in his field of vision. picture.

 Even in my own ears, I seemed to hear a vague sound.

 He saw a huge ancient tree with bells tied to its branches, swinging in the air like thousands of snakes.

Mother-in-law, hunched over, was standing in front of the old tree, chanting a curse loudly.

Each branch on the tree looked like a python, waving and interspersing around. On the branches, groups of black shadows followed the swing of the branches, opening their **** mouths and biting at the mother-in-law. The mother-in-law is fighting with herself and is in a state of confusion.

 Suddenly, one of the branches seemed to sense something and suddenly burrowed towards the flax.

Huma originally borrowed this mysterious mirror to peek into that scene, but the weird branches actually tried to pull Huma into the battlefield.

"Snapped!"

Just when the branch seemed to be about to touch the flax, the mother-in-law reached out and grabbed the bell on the branch.

She also turned around, looked at Hu Ma through the mirror, and said hoarsely: "Don't look at it, and don't come to me..."

　　　…”

But amid her mother-in-law's warning, Hu Ma saw that the branches of the tree were all trembling, as if a strange voice was shouting:

 “Come on, come on, your mother-in-law is dying...”

　　　…”

"Snapped!"

Those kinds of sounds were like turbulent currents, flooding into Hu Ma's mind at the same time. They were intertwining themselves endlessly, and the mirror suddenly shattered.

Huma staggered back two steps and subconsciously looked at the sedan.

There was silence in the sedan chair. After a long time, a faint voice sounded:

 “You owe me a mirror.”

 (End of this chapter)