Chapter 37 The Dead

"Has he succeeded?" Wanli was still a little nervous after all.

Master Long pointed to the direction of the sand table, "Take me the bamboo tube first."

Wanli knew that he couldn't be anxious when talking to these somewhat unfathomable people. He had to follow their rhythm, so he had to go over and pick up the small bamboo tube first.

The small bamboo tube is green in color and is engraved with strange patterns. Its size just exceeded the size of the small wooden tower in the center of the sand table. After they got the signal from Ruan Zhan, they used the bamboo tube to cover the wooden tower, and cooperated with Ruan Zhan inside and outside, temporarily cutting off the tower energy.

"Do you want to put away the sand tray?" Wanli asked hurriedly when Master Long saw that he carefully placed the bamboo tube in the wooden box he carried with him.

Master Long shook his head, "This sand table corresponds to the new town, just like the heart of the new town. New town dies, sand table dies, new town dies, sand table is born. Now the big thing has been done, it is useless." He said with relief, "It turns out that there is no way out. By chance, there is a solution."

Wanli couldn't help but look at the sand table again when he heard this.

He had been staring at it just now and had already understood the changes in the landscape above. He only wanted to confirm Ruan Zhan’s victory from Master Long’s mouth because he was too concerned about the safety of Ruan Zhan and Xiaoxia. This was a psychological affirmation behavior of others. At this moment, he finally let go of his heart when he heard Master Long say this.

On the sand table, the messy streets had become clean and tidy, the water in the plates had become turbid and clear again, and the small wooden tower stood there safely, and it was obvious that everything was normal.

Now he admires Master Long and is promising. Master Long is different from Ruan Zhan. If Ruan Zhan is a killing general in the front, Master Long is like a rear military advisor who is planning and deploying troops. He has no killing skills and physical strength advantages, but he can set up such a clever Feng Shui array and can also make a new town heart like a sand table, which makes him feel very magical!

From the moment they met Master Long, he had never seen him laugh. He thought that this master would not laugh. But from the moment they started to cooperate with Ruan Zhan's actions, Master Long smiled from time to time, with the smile containing understanding, appreciation, approval, and approval, in short, it was all positive information.

Shortly after the blue electric spark flashed in the air, the small wooden tower stopped shaking. Master Long said that the resentment surrounding the tower had dissipated. After a while, the water in the water dish began to shake, and a bloody aura appeared on the wooden tower. Master Long said that Ruan Zhan was fighting hard. At that time, his expression was quite serious, as if he had been feeling something carefully. He was relieved until the time for the bamboo tube to cover the wooden tower came. After that, the bamboo tube began to shake, and Master Long ordered him to take down the bamboo tube and release the tower energy.

"Smart boy, these three steps are good!" Master Long murmured to himself.

"That means he won!" Wanli was also very happy, "Why didn't you tell me directly? I wasn't sure."

Master Long smiled again and shrank into the tree nest.

It was almost noon at this time, and the sun was relatively strong. Master Long seemed to be extremely afraid of the sun. He hid under the shade of the tree, and the black umbrella was also covered with his head. Wanli wanted to ask him what disease he had and why he was so afraid of the sun. He also wanted to tell him that the sunshade effect was not good when using a black umbrella, but he always felt that Master Long was strange, so he didn't dare to say it.

Master Long stood deep in the shade of the tree, his face turned pale. He opened the wooden box he carried with him, put the small bamboo tube in, and slowly took out a pair of black gloves and a transparent water bottle, and then handed the wooden box that he had never left his body to Wanli.

Wanli was stunned and mechanically caught it.

"This is for your friend." said Master Long.

"Azhan?"

"I hope he will find some fun things interesting!" Master Long looked ahead with empty eyes and handed the water bottle to Wanli, "This bottle of talisman water is poured on the sand table."

"Pour on the sand table?" Wanli repeated, feeling a little confused. Master Long wasn't going to destroy this sand table? Although the resentful spirits in the new town have been suppressed again and the sand table is useless, wouldn't it be a pity if such a magical thing is destroyed?

"Are you really going to do this?"

"I said that this is the heart of the new town. I made it so that I could guard the Feng Shui array in the new town in my stone house. Now I believe your friends will handle the affairs of the town well." Master Long paused, obviously a little reluctant. "However, since its mission has been completed, it should be destroyed, otherwise it will be used by people with ulterior motives, which will cause greater harm."

"But - OK!" Wanli did not persuade him anymore, and turned around and sprinkled the talisman water on the sand table.

The water of the talisman is colorless and odorless, but it is like a strong acid, corroding to make the sand tray melt quickly. In the blink of an eye, it becomes a pile of ordinary sand, integrating with the ground.

Master Long sighed and put on the gloves seriously.

In an instant, Wanli suddenly had a bad premonition. He always felt that the joy of victory had not been tasted, and Master Long seemed to be about to make a will.

"What should we do next?" He has completely become Master Long for his people on his side.

"Next step?" Master Long smiled bitterly, "I'm afraid I can't help the next step. You have to rely on yourself."

"Then where are you going?"

"I'm going to wait for someone and go back."

Wanli wanted to ask where Master Long went back? But before he could ask, Master Long said, "The thing is not over yet! So you ask me if your friend has won, I didn't answer you. Because he just won one game. If he can't hold on, he may lose all the chips in the next game, even his life and everyone's life!"

"You mean Sima Nan?"

"It turns out that his name is Sima Nan." Master Long murmured, "I am not wronged if I destroy it in such a hand."

"Destroy? You mean-" Wanli was a little surprised, but when Master Long looked confident, he immediately made a quick decision, "Then let's leave quickly, while Sima Nan hasn't found this place yet!"

"I can't escape what should come. He has been looking for me for a long time, much earlier than when you looked for me." Master Long showed a smile on his lips, and he looked a little proud, "But I hide it well, and he is not as smart as you, so he can't find me."

"Wouldn't I lead him to find you? No, I can't let you be implicated because of our affairs. I must protect you from leaving!" Wanli said as he went up to Master Lalong, but he did not pull Master Long's arm, but saw his hand passing through Master Long's body, which was so shocked that he choked his next sentence in his throat.

"You-you-"

"Yes, I'm a ghost." Master Long nodded, "The cold entity you touch, the heat and breath you feel, the shadows you see are all hallucinations I pass on to you. Now I don't have the strength to control these illusory things anymore. I'm sorry, I hope I didn't scare you. However, you are a bold boy, I'm afraid you're more surprised than afraid!"

Wanli was stunned for a long time, so surprised that he couldn't speak.

No wonder he couldn't feel any weight when he pulled Master Long with a cart, no wonder he was so pale and afraid of sunlight! It turned out that it was not a skin disease, but because he had died long ago. It must be very difficult for him to appear in broad daylight as a spirit body. In addition, he had to cooperate with Ruan Zhan to seal the tower energy, so he couldn't hold on and reveal his true body in front of him!

“When did you-”

"You should know that my nephew did this too badly. But he is the only descendant of my Yuan family. When my elder brother passed away, he entrusted me with his orphans. I really couldn't leave him alone." Master Long said calmly, as if he was telling a story rather than his own. "I couldn't let it go, and I didn't understand that 'killing people to pay for their lives, owing debts and paying for their money' is the way in this world. If you owe others, you will be able to pay them back sooner or later. You can't protect them."

"Did you do this for this?"

"That's right. Although I want to resolve the resentment, I still want to relieve my nephew from the bottom of my heart. This is my selfish intention and my debt, and I can only pay it back with my life. Haven't I told you? I don't have natural skills, and I can't reach the highest level of cultivation. So when I tried my best to calm these 173 unjust souls and set up the Feng Shui array, my life was exhausted."

"Master Dragon--"

"There is nothing to blame." Master Long interrupted Wanli's words, "I just owe someone my nephew, so I have to pay it back with my life. It's so fair. But I only have a cheap life, and I can't pay back the 173 people! Therefore, I can't be peaceful even if I die, so I can only stay in that stone house with the remaining spiritual energy. It's ten years, only a little bit away! I'm talking to you now, not for anything else, but just to know that no matter what you see, you must understand that this is the price I should pay, and it's my own willingness. No matter what the result is, it means liberation for me."

"What did you know?" Although the time we spent together was short, Wanli had a good impression of Master Long. Now, he heard his tone as if the situation in the future would be very unfavorable to him, which made Wanli a little unacceptable, "Is Sima Nan coming here?"

"He has arrived a long time ago. Unfortunately, he has not been able to rush into the formation I set up." When talking about his formation, Master Long couldn't help but be proud under any circumstances. "He has been wandering around outside for a long time, probably already knowing that the trap he set up in the new town has been filled in. Now he has to deal with the children inside, and he may have to do it himself!"

"Formation?" Wanli looked around, except for the messy footprints on the ground and the strange things inserted around, he found nothing unusual. But then he thought, since he was once trapped in the formation in the mountains late at night, if Master Long had not let him in, he might have been running around inside, then Master Long would not have made Sima Nan unable to find Bei.

In the past, he didn't believe in formations and other things, and always felt that this statement was too mysterious and unbelievable. Although he had indeed heard of this in college, it is said that the ruins of the Tianmen Formation set up by Mu Guiying were still there, and many people still couldn't find out the mystery with modern technology. But he still didn't believe it very much, just felt it was incredible. Now the scene he witnessed with his own eyes has made him deeply immersed.

There are too many wonderful things and too many great and magical knowledge in this world, which cannot be fully understood by humans!

"Boy, he is not like you. He can break this formation, it's just a matter of time. In fact, according to my guess, he is coming soon!" Master Long smiled. For a moment, Wanli actually felt a little kind and could not bear to see this old man even suffer a blow after his death for his selfish mistakes ten years ago.

"I'm not afraid of him." Wanli gritted his teeth, "Even if he is more powerful than the King of Heaven, I'm not afraid. This is called 'Can he be beaten to death, and not scare him to death'. I fought with him today and must not let him hurt you. After all, I led him to you. If I didn't go to find you, he wouldn't have come to him!"

Master Long shook his head, "This is my ending. I already know, or I have my own arrangements."

Wanli had to argue, but when Master Long waved his hand and his face became serious.

He listened carefully, then waved his hand decisively to Wanli.

Wanli was not prepared, and felt his whole body numb. He fell to the ground in a "gudong" and fell into the grass next to the open space. He wanted to speak, but he couldn't speak. He just hugged the wooden box with both hands, curled up in a ball, and lay on the ground on his side.

Because he was lying on the ground, he saw things he could not see when he stood. It turned out that he thought the strange things inserted on the ground were not rules, but at this moment he found that they were arranged in an orderly manner one after another. Moreover, the small flags, small signs, and small stones were not what he saw when he stood, but small human figures, all with clear facial features and different expressions, holding swords in his hands, and looking like guards.

It turns out that these small wood carvings and small stone carvings are guarding the formation! It turns out that Master Long is really an amazing carving master! The little people he made can see different looks from different angles!

Master Long is dead. How should Sima Nan deal with him? Do you want him to be destroyed? He is just a moment of selfishness. Moreover, he has been condemned by his conscience over the years and prayed for the resentful spirits to eliminate disasters. Is it necessary to kill him like this? Is this the way of heaven? How can there be such a ruthless way of heaven?

"If I don't want my things to your friend, it will ruin them and must not fall into the hands of the evil ones." Master Long instructed, "Good things may be used for bad things when they fall into the hands of good people, let alone in the hands of bad people? Also, there is a booklet in it for you. You can take a look immediately after I leave. Be sure to remember!"

Wanli agreed, but still couldn't speak out. He struggled desperately, but couldn't move.

Crack--It seems something is broken.

Then, Wanli, who was lying on the ground, saw a pair of feet wearing famous leather shoes walking into the grass slowly. A voice sounded contemptuously but angrily, "Old guy, how dare you ruin my business! If you hide in your own mouse hole and don't let me find it, I don't want to kill you. But today I can't spare you because no one can offend me and die."

It was Sima Nan's voice.

"The boy in the town not only offended you, but also said he defeated you many times. Aren't he dead yet?"

"I'm almost dead." Sima Nan laughed without anger, and seemed even more threatening, "You go and open the way for him first!"

"Just try to do it quickly! Because I happen to be at my weakest time." Master Long did not show any weakness, "But I won't open the way for that kid, you are the one I'm waiting for there!"

"oh?"

"I advise you to go into town after dealing with me. If you don't take advantage of others' danger, you will still lose this time!"

Before he finished speaking, Master Long suddenly took the initiative and rushed towards Sima Nan!
Chapter completed!