Chapter 135

“So, you are a python snake?”

After listening to Deng Chen’s narration, Tan Wenbin stared at him with a curious look, even reaching out to lift the other side’s sleeve, wanting to find snake scales.

Deng Chen smiled bitterly and actively rolled up his sleeves, letting the other side freely touch and feel:

“The black python is the appearance of my spirit body, but I have never had a real python snake’s physical body, and I have never eaten mice.”

“Then this body of yours is?”

“It belongs to someone else. At that time, he had a sudden heart attack and was actually already dead. I borrowed his body to live.”

“Borrowing a corpse to return a soul?”

“Sort of… yes.”

“Then since you are called Deng Chen, does that mean the surname of the previous borrowed body owner was Chen?”

“No, the original owner of this body was just surnamed Deng, and called Deng Chen. Deng was his father’s surname, and Chen was his mother’s surname. At his maternal grandmother’s house, he was called Deng Chen, and at his paternal grandmother’s house, he was called Chen Deng.”

“Oh, are you very familiar with his family?”

“Yes, we got along for many years. Before Dragon King adult…”

“When we chat in private, we don’t need to be so formal; it seems too distant.”

“Before Xiao Yuan… brother?”

Deng Chen remembered that Tan Wenbin called that Dragon King this way.

“Yes.” Tan Wenbin nodded, praising, “You are much smarter than A You.”

Just thinking of Lin Shuyou, Tan Wenbin felt a burst of depression. Although Yuan Zi brother had already finished handling the matter and it was almost the grand finale, he was originally supposed to appear and show his face before the end of this event.

Tan Wenbin didn’t want to come over and flatter Yuan Zi brother. Given the relationship between him and Yuan Zi brother, there was no need to deliberately do these things.

He wanted to realize the value of his life. The end of every wave was like the curtain call of a stage play, where the main actors have to go up hand in hand and bow to the audience.

Originally, he almost touched the white fog and was completely on time.

As a result, Lin Shuyou came in and shouted “Bin brother, I’ll take you in.” Then he followed Lin Shuyou and went round and round deeper into the thick fog. By the time the fog dispersed, the two of them had almost run to another street.

He had rushed over to provide support, but was almost led astray by this communications soldier, Lin Shuyou, and became a “deserter.”

Deng Chen didn’t continue this conversation. With his identity as an evil being, he was lucky to survive in front of the Dragon King and dared not get involved in the terrifying vortex of the Dragon King’s family power struggle.

“You continue.”

“Before Xiao Yuan brother came to my place to take photos for the first time, after washing the photos for Xiao Yuan brother, my eyes flowed with a lot of blood and it took a long time to wash them clean with tap water.

I knew I had encountered a terrifying person.

After Xiao Yuan brother left, I went to the credit union, took out all my deposits, and sent them to my… Deng Chen’s parents’ home.”

“Then you came back?”

“Yes, it was as if Xiao Yuan brother knew I would come back.”

“Normal, this is not difficult for my Yuan Zi brother.” Tan Wenbin asked again, “But the book says that borrowing a corpse to return a soul will cause the body to constantly have problems, appearing as corpse spots or decay. How do you still look fine and have smooth skin?”

“The body does have problems.” Deng Chen opened his left hand in front of him and used his right hand to forcefully pat the back of his own head.

“Di duo!”

Two eyeballs were patted out of their sockets and fell into his hand.

Tan Wenbin: “What the heck!”

Deng Chen himself delivered the two eyeballs in front of Tan Wenbin.

Tan Wenbin rubbed his hands on his clothes and asked: “That, do you need to wash them?”

“It doesn’t matter, I can wash my eyes.”

Tan Wenbin received the two eyeballs in his hand and gently played with them with his fingers. The eyeballs could still turn on their own, which was quite interesting.

After playing for a while, Tan Wenbin returned the eyeballs to Deng Chen.

After receiving them, Deng Chen took out a handkerchief, wiped the two eyeballs, and then pressed them back into their sockets one by one.

Tan Wenbin: “This might be much more convenient than wearing glasses.”

“This is the variation that appeared in my body. Currently, it has only appeared in my eyes.”

“This doesn’t count as a variation; it’s much lighter than what’s recorded in the book. I see that Si Uncle, who you should be calling the white centipede, also showed that his ears are very sensitive. He can’t see with his eyes, but he can use his hearing to cook dishes, and the dishes are quite delicious.

Looking at it this way, that white centipede should also have borrowed a body that had just died, borrowing a corpse to return a soul.”

The reason is very simple. If one were to occupy a body at will, who would actively choose a blind person?

Deng Chen nodded and said: “It should be like this.”

“You haven’t had contact before?”

“No, actually, when we awakened our self-consciousness and produced our respective spirits, we were already in a separated state. The five of us… now there are four, and we have no feelings.

Perhaps, only that little bit of common memories, for example, about that grass map, which I have already offered to Xiao Yuan brother.

If we really had contact, all four of us wouldn’t live in Jinling. Wouldn’t that give that pig an opportunity?”

“That’s indeed correct.”

“I was also shocked that all four of us unexpectedly live in the same city.”

“No need to be shocked, the Jiang water pushed you here.”

“Jiang water?”

“You don’t need to understand this, because I also half-understand and half-don’t.”

“Yes, understood.”

Tan Wenbin walked to the counter and checked the yellow cloth wrap. Inside were sealed three little figures.

This seal, at first glance, was Xiao Yuan brother’s handwriting, and it was a blood seal.

“Si…” Tan Wenbin suddenly slapped his hand.

“How… how?” Deng Chen asked doubtfully.

“Xiao Yuan brother is injured?”

Deng Chen immediately rubbed his eyes: “Yes, his right hand is injured, I have a picture in my eyes.”

“Oh my god, I didn’t notice. I should have first helped Xiao Yuan brother treat his wound.”

“Then you now…”

“Forget it, let’s first handle your matter properly.”

Tan Wenbin looked at the memorial frames on the cabinet.

He suspected that Deng Chen’s body wasn’t mutating because he had always been doing good deeds and accumulating virtue.

Just like that Si Uncle.

Tan Wenbin had witnessed Si Uncle’s scene of cutting his abdomen and committing suicide. His belly was white and tender, and the blood that spurted out was also very healthy and fresh red.

“First thing, you must guard these three well.”

“Please rest assured, in their current state, without sixty years of rest, they don’t even have the strength to cause trouble.”

“Sixty years, that long.”

“Yes.”

“Is there any method that can speed it up?”

“I… I haven’t thought of it. I absolutely haven’t, absolutely haven’t.” Deng Chen hurriedly waved his hand.

“I’m really asking you, is there or isn’t there?”

“Yes, there are. For example, some supplements, and places with good Feng Shui or weather, these can all accelerate their recovery.”

“Then can they be used as spirits? I mean, after they recover a bit.”

“Your meaning is…”

“Similar to detaining spirits and dispatching generals.”

“You want to tame them?”

“Don’t say it so unpleasantly. What’s called taming? That’s called mutually beneficial cooperation, building a win-win situation.”

“This… this…”

“Can you see the two children on my shoulders?”

Deng Chen tried to look but shook his head: “I can’t see. Do you have a seal on your body?”

“Yes, it’s a sticker. But I have two vengeful spirits on my body. Now they follow me to accumulate merits and reincarnate.”

“I understand what you mean. To be under the Dragon King is our honor.” Deng Chen stepped back and prepared to perform the kowtow ritual.

He had nothing to hesitate about. Before this, the four of them lived a life of fear, afraid of being seen through their identity by righteous people.

If they could become subordinates of the Dragon King and gain protection, they would not only be safer in reality but also have extra benefits according to heavenly laws.

Tan Wenbin reached out to support him and said: “Our old lady says the era is different, so we don’t need to pay attention to those old rituals.

Moreover, it’s useless for you to bow to me. I’m just making arrangements here; I still need to report to my Xiao Yuan brother and get his consent before it’s effective.”

“Yes, I understand.”

“You go write a plan, from simple to difficult, detailing the methods that can help them accelerate their recovery. Then write down their respective special abilities and roles. When you’re done, just notify me to come and get it. I’ll leave my pager number for you.”

“Good, please rest assured, I will personally deliver it to you when it’s done.”

“I said, I’ll come and get it.”

“Yes, yes, I’ll wait for you to come and get it.”

“Second thing, your signboard is not good-looking. My Xiao Yuan brother’s calligraphy is first-class.”

“If the Dragon King can bestow words, I would really wake up laughing in my dreams.”

“I’ll go back and tell Xiao Yuan brother, but we also have some requirements. You can see if you can accept them then.”

“Understood, absolutely can accept.”

“Yes.”

Inscribing counts as stamping, probably meaning that this store and the four Yin beasts inside this store are protected by someone.

This is on the surface. In the follow-up, some specific control measures will definitely be added, but this is beyond Tan Wenbin’s ability, so he can only ask Xiao Yuan brother for a method after returning.

In Tan Wenbin’s view, since they were left behind, he himself is also involved in a cause and effect relationship. It’s impossible to just be like good brothers sharing a cup of wine; there must be means of restraint installed. Anyway, normalize things, don’t emotionalize.

Thinking about it, if this matter can be successfully implemented in the end, it means his side will have four more… oh no, three usable spirits in the team. This scene is quite beautiful just thinking about it.

The White Crane Child is a high-ranking Yin god. Since they have Xiao Yuan brother, it’s not impossible to cultivate their own Yin god beast.

After finishing the important business, Tan Wenbin reached out and patted Deng Chen’s shoulder.

Deng Chen’s body trembled slightly and then continued to show a flattering smile.

“Okay, no need to continue like this. Except for that pig, you, including these three, probably didn’t do anything bad, and most likely only did good deeds.

Good people don’t need to be so humble.

But the world is like this, please also understand that public is public and private is private. You have your grievances, and we also have our difficulties.”

“Yes, I know. I’m very grateful, truly.”

“Think in a good direction. Although that sealed map caused chaos when you didn’t exist yet, it’s also inseparably related to you. This calamity is just when you are repaying debts from the past.

Later, work hard. The future is still very beautiful. If you want to join the establishment, you can enter the Dragon King’s family and be a guardian Yin beast; if you want to be free outside, you can also be sealed as a small river god of a lake or river.

If you want to reincarnate and be a human in the next life, if we can help, we will definitely help.”

These things were all lectured to Tan Wenbin by the old lady.

Before, he definitely felt like he was listening to ancient and strange stories from novels, until later, he himself was already in this story.

Deng Chen’s face showed a longing expression, and even inside the yellow cloth wrap, three bumps stood up.

Obviously, everyone was very satisfied with this pie.

Tan Wenbin felt that this matter had ended well.

It wasn’t bad, although he didn’t catch the pig-killing banquet, he at least got a seat at the end.

After leaving the photo studio, Tan Wenbin was not in a hurry to go back to school to report to Xiao Yuan brother. He knew where Xiao Yuan brother should be resting now, and there was no need to disturb him for unimportant matters. He took a taxi and told the driver to go to the Eight Hospital.

On the way in the car, Tan Wenbin’s waist pager rang: Runsheng is receiving hospital treatment, no danger to his life.

“Heh.”

Tan Wenbin couldn’t help but laugh. You say Runsheng’s luck is good? Including Lin Shuyou, he was the most miserable among the four this time, but you say his luck is bad? Hey, the person was injured right next to the hospital.

While he was looking at the message, the taxi driver on the other side was also talking on the intercom.

Tan Wenbin heard the voice inside. It seemed that a taxi driver had just had an accident, his car hit a slag truck, he was covered in blood, and was being sent to the emergency room.

“Heh, ha ha ha ha, this beast deserves it!”

Inside the intercom channel, there was a happy and harmonious atmosphere.

Tan Wenbin curiously asked: “Master, aren’t they your colleagues?”

The driver replied: “Ai, you don’t know how much of a beast this turtle grandson is. Before, when he gambled all his money and couldn’t afford to eat, one of our old big brothers helped him, often took him home to eat, and even helped him collect money for shared rides.

Later, this turtle grandson got together with the old big brother’s woman. After the woman divorced, she lived with him.

Look at it this way, we’re not saying that woman is not a good thing for cheating, but this turtle grandson, isn’t he even more of a beast than a beast?”

“That’s true.”

“Tonight might be heaven opening its eyes, finally giving this turtle grandson retribution.”

Saying that, the driver just pressed the button on the front of the car, and the meter also stopped.

“Ai, master, what is this?”

“I’m not collecting your fare. Several of us were just about to go to the Eight Hospital. After that incident happened to the old big brother, he got angry and had health problems. He’s been hospitalized at the Eight Hospital these past few days. Several of us bought some wine and food and are going to have a good drink with the old big brother tonight to celebrate, ha ha!”

“Then thanks.”

“Thanks for what? Originally, when you said you wanted to go to the Eight Hospital, I just thought about visiting him in the ward when I got there. Who knew I could still hear this good news halfway there, just like borrowing your good luck.”

“Ha ha.” Tan Wenbin also laughed, “Okay, same joy, same joy.”

The taxi drove to the Eight Hospital. Tan Wenbin was dropped off first at the hospital entrance, and the driver drove into the parking lot.

Just as he drove outside the parking lot, he saw a young nurse holding things and walking past in a hurry. Her foot twisted, and she fell to the ground.

The young driver immediately got out of the car and went forward to help: “Are you okay? You didn’t hurt yourself, right?”

“Thanks.”

“It’s nothing, I’ll help you pick up the things.”

When picking up and handing the things to the other side, the driver actually found that the nurse’s appearance was really sweet, and he was a little stunned for a moment.

The young nurse shyly turned her head away.

“Sorry, sorry, you are too good-looking, I misspoke…”

“You all say you drive a taxi, your mouth is slick, but you look very honest.”

“I’m not. I’m telling the truth, you are really too good-looking.”

…

Tan Wenbin found Runsheng’s ward, pushed open the door and saw Runsheng on the hospital bed, wrapped up like a mummy.

“Pfft… ha ha ha ha!”

Tan Wenbin burst out laughing.

Runsheng closed his eyes, looking as if he was sleeping very soundly.

Yin Meng rolled her eyes at him.

Lin Shuyou, who was peeling an apple, looked at Bin brother with a little envy. He had also found it funny when he saw it earlier, but he didn’t dare to laugh for fear of affecting unity.

“Tsk, I say, Runsheng Hou, wake up, wake up and look at me. I hurried to catch up, just afraid of missing seeing your last face.”

Runsheng helplessly opened his eyes and asked: “Is Xiao Yuan okay?”

“He’s fine. Xiao Yuan brother is so powerful, how could anything happen to him?”

Tan Wenbin took the apple that Lin Shuyou had just finished peeling and took a big bite. He didn’t tell Runsheng about Yuan Zi brother’s injury.

Among the four of them, only Runsheng didn’t call Xiao Yuan “brother”.

Runsheng truly regarded Xiao Yuan as a close younger brother in his heart. If he knew Xiao Yuan was injured, he would feel useless and blame himself greatly.

Tan Wenbin ate the apple while telling the story of what happened this time. When it was almost time, he took Lin Shuyou back to school, leaving Yin Meng here to take care of Runsheng.

Before leaving the ward, Tan Wenbin added another teasing sentence:

“Meng Meng, make some good food to help our Runsheng Hou recover.”

…

After drinking the Can Jian Li Bao until not a drop was left, Li Zhuiyuan fell asleep.

He originally wanted to take a bath at Liu grandma’s place, change into clean clothes, and then sit down and tell A Li about what happened today.

But he was really too tired. He just sat on the blanket and fell asleep directly.

A Li originally wanted to move him to her own bed, but she was afraid of waking him up, so she gently put him down on the carpet.

During this process, A Li discovered that the teenager’s right hand was injured. Although it wasn’t bleeding, the flesh was also blurred.

She walked to the bedroom door and opened it.

Liu Yi was standing three meters away from the door. At this distance, she still moved quickly after hearing A Li’s footsteps approaching. Earlier, she had almost been sticking to the bedroom door listening.

A Li pulled Liu Yi into the bedroom. Liu Yi was also doubtful. When she saw Xiao Yuan earlier, she didn’t see him with any injuries on his body. No, that’s not right. When the teenager came in, his right hand was clenched into a fist and hidden inside his sleeve.

This child, really.

Liu Yi brought the medicine box. Seeing the girl kneeling beside her and looking at her, she moved the medicine box in front of the girl and pointed at the cleaning water, golden wound medicine, and bandages one by one.

Xiao Yuan’s right hand was just a simple blast injury. Although the injury was not light, it was not difficult to treat.

Although the girl hadn’t done these things before, her hands were skilled at handicrafts, so doing this was naturally not a problem.

Every step, she did very carefully, afraid of hurting or waking him up.

Liu Yi had the feeling of supervising and teaching on site. She just kept squatting beside her and watching, occasionally nodding slightly to the girl’s method to express affirmation, and feeling greatly addicted in her heart.

After A Li finished treating the wound, Liu Yi ended up and went out with the medicine box.

Closing the door, she stood at the door and gently stroked her chest. It had been a long time since dinner, but she felt even fuller now.

Putting away the medicine box and serving the medicinal soup, she took the medicine bowl and went upstairs. There was no sign of the old lady on the rattan chair in the second-floor room, so she went to the third floor.

Pushing open the door of the spirit hall, the window was open, and the old lady was standing by the window.

“It’s windy outside, and you’ve been coughing again recently. Don’t catch a cold.”

“My old bones might not be that weak.”

“Yes, yes, yes, but you still need to drink the medicine.”

“Xiao Yuan is back.”

“Yes, he’s back. He suffered a little injury, and A Li has already helped him treat it.”

“Where is he?”

“Sleeping.”

“In A Li’s room?”

“Yes.”

“See, the child is tired out.”

Liu Yi couldn’t help but feel amused in her heart. Thinking back to that year, the old lady was still determined not to find someone too smart to come to the door. Now this person is sleeping in A Li’s room. Although one is sleeping on the bed and one is sleeping on the carpet, with the old lady’s old-fashioned temper, she actually sighed that the child was tired.

“That day I went to A Li’s room and saw her drawing clothes, so I just added a few strokes for her, adding some practical and beautiful elements.

Coincidentally, I saw A Li’s drawing book frame and just casually flipped through it.”

“That drawing book frame A Li usually puts under the bed and doesn’t casually place on the desk. How was that coincidentally casually flipping through it?

No wonder you’ve been coughing and haven’t gotten better. The problem is here. You should know which things can be looked at and which things we need to avoid now.

Before A Li went to Jiang, you even specifically taught me.”

“You girl, your temper is really big now, you’re even teaching me.”

The old lady muttered a sentence of dissatisfaction, but still actively reached out to take the medicine bowl and drank it.

“A Li and I are still young, so it’s fine to actively bear a little. You are not the same.”

“Okay, okay, I’ve already finished drinking the medicine, and you’re still rambling.”

“What did A Li draw in the drawing book frame?”

“I’m already coughing. If I tell you, won’t you cough blood?”

“You…”

“I won’t tell you. Go down and cook me a bowl of lotus seed soup. This medicine is too bitter. If I don’t drink some sweets to neutralize it, I won’t be able to sleep tonight.”

“How can you be like this!”

“Go, cook the soup.”

Liu Yi sighed, took the bowl, and went out.

After the door closed, Liu Yumei turned back and looked at the memorial tablets.

She thought about the day Xiao Yuan went to Jiang, holding A Li’s hand, coming downstairs, and making an oath.

But since seeing that drawing book frame, Liu Yumei truly realized what Xiao Yuan was doing.

The second wave was related to Liu Qingcheng from the Liu family. For the first and third waves, A Li had already drawn out half of the five Yin beasts, and she also saw clues.

She once sighed that encountering someone too good and too smart at a young age is not necessarily a good thing.

But these two children, what are they still calling childhood sweethearts? Which other two children who didn’t understand things would carry knives out at the age of eleven and kill off the people who bullied you one by one?

Those miscellaneous things, she knew they existed, but she had no way to find them. They hid themselves very well. Some even remained silent in reality for hundreds of years, and you simply couldn’t find their traces and clues.

The more things that hide themselves in places that cannot see the light, the more they can often produce the biggest dirty noises.

Not to mention that there is no one at home now, even when there were many people before, who among them could think of such a method to walk Jiang?

Let the Jiang water push them one by one to the front, and then deal with them one by one.

Liu Yumei’s gaze swept over these memorial tablets and said with hatred:

“It’s all your fault for not handling things thoroughly and cleanly back then, now you have to let someone else’s child help you clean up!”

…

A Li pulled up the curtains in the room so that the early morning sun wouldn’t wake the tired teenager too early.

First, that pig disappeared, and then the other four also disappeared.

The originally noisy thin fog suddenly retreated and became quiet and thick.

When her world suddenly became quiet, she knew he had succeeded.

He said that he found topics from her to exploit the loopholes in the Jiang water, and that she was helping him.

But this time, she saw that because of herself, the Jiang water also seemed to have changed, as if it was targeting him.

This was also the reason why she was unwilling to hand over the map when he came in the afternoon.

She didn’t want to become his burden.

Although she knew that when he woke up tomorrow, he would definitely tell her the story of yesterday with full confidence and would still tell her to continue like this in the future, as this was a good method.

The girl lowered her head. She felt very useless and could help him too little. Even walking a short distance to buy a can of his favorite drink almost drove her crazy. The moment she returned to the yard, her whole body was instantly soaked with sweat.

The girl moved gently to the edge of the bed, hugged her knees with both hands, and turned her head to look at the teenager lying on the carpet beside the bed.

The outside world is really scary.

It’s not as simple and easy as you say.

The girl looked down at the boy’s sleeping face from above. As she looked, she smiled.

It was as if she was back to more than a year ago when he sat in the corner of the second-floor balcony, also looking down at her from above.

You are really, so powerful.

The curtains were already pulled, isolating the moonlight outside, but inside the bedroom, there was moonlit glow everywhere.