Chapter 59: Tracing Bones with Blood Drops

  My master told me all this because he wanted me to understand that the exterminating nun who was after me was what kind of person.

  Mengmen Po is such a ruthless and venomous person, even to her own biological daughter. To me, who has no familial or friendly relationship with her, she killed my five-step snake's little brat, of course, she wouldn't show any mercy.

  My master was very serious and sincere when he said this to me, his purpose is to make me listen obediently, go home immediately after school, don't run around and play, and don't give that exterminating grandma a chance.

  At the same time, my master also told me that in order to make myself completely safe, I must go to Mie Menpo and get back the lower door tooth. As long as I can get back the lower door tooth, Mie Menpo will not be able to collect my soul. In other words, I have to follow my master again to Dong Songpo Village.

  Because last time I went to Dong Songpo Village with my master, and stole a little ghost raised by the Exterminating Witch, this time when we go there again, the Exterminating Witch will definitely be on guard. It can be said with certainty that this trip will be much more dangerous than the last one.

  However, even if this trip is perilous, it's a must-go for me. Because if I don't go, even if my master goes, he won't be able to find the exact location of my lower door tooth in a short period of time.

  My master can only confirm that my lower front tooth is in the old mansion of the exterminated family. As for where the lower front tooth was hidden by the exterminated family in the old mansion, my master is not clear either. However, my master told me that as long as I follow him there, he will be able to find my lower front tooth within half an hour in that old mansion.

  Because my master and I are going to steal something this time, we will go to the old mansion of the extermination lady on the first or fifteenth night of the lunar calendar. Only then can we avoid the extermination lady and avoid some unnecessary trouble.

  Two days later was the fifteenth day of the month. That evening, Master took me again to Dong Songpo Village.

  After arriving at Dong Songpo Village, I found that this time's Dong Songpo Village was no different from the last time my master and I came. After entering the village, on the way to the old mansion of Mie Men Po, my master and I didn't encounter any situation either.

  Everything went smoothly, and my master and I walked to the front door of Mie Men Po's old mansion. The reason we chose to walk through the front door instead of going through the side door we took last time was that my master said that since we had taken that path before, Mie Men Po would definitely be heavily guarding it this time. Therefore, if we were to take that side door again, we would likely encounter a lot of unnecessary trouble.

  Although I think my master's explanation is far-fetched, since he has already decided to enter from the main gate, I have no way of changing his decision. In fact, in my opinion, it makes no difference which door we enter from.

  This old mansion is the lair of the exterminating witch, and if she has any precautions, entering from any door would be guarded. So, whether it's entering from the side door or the main gate, it's all the same.

  Just as I was lost in thought, my master had already crept up to the front of the big gate like a thief, with careful and light steps.

  It wasn't until then that I discovered the old mansion's large gate was actually locked from the outside with a big, black iron lock. The fact that the gate was locked from the outside could only mean one thing: the Mistress of Destruction had definitely gone out.

  The exterminator's house was full of frightening things, even thieves didn't dare to sneak in. So I always thought that the exterminator wouldn't lock her door when she went out. But now it seems I was wrong, the exterminator also locks her door when she goes out.

  As soon as my master saw the big iron lock on the door, his expression relaxed a lot.

  "It seems that the Exterminating Grandma is not at home, this makes things easier." My master said quietly to me.

  The exterminator is not at home. Before coming to Dong Songpo Village, it was already expected, so this thing can't be considered a surprise at all.

  Looking at that big black iron lock, my heart immediately felt a bit apprehensive. Judging from its texture, the big black lock should be very sturdy. My master didn't have a key, so how was he going to open it?

  "How can this lock be opened?" I knew that asking such a question out of the blue would spoil my master's mood.

  However, whether I ask or not, this big black lock exists. If my master can't open it, even if the exterminator is not here and hasn't set up any defenses in the house, we still can't enter the old mansion and retrieve my lower front tooth. In that case, my master and I taking a risk to come here would be completely meaningless.

  My master didn't answer my question, but instead pulled out a thin iron wire as thin as a thread from his pocket. After pulling out the wire, my master gently inserted the thin iron wire into the keyhole and moved it slightly several times.

  "Crack!"

  In less than five seconds, the big black iron lock was actually opened by my master.

  I couldn't help but admire my master's skill in opening locks, which was no worse than those who had been thieves for years. Even if my master didn't become a Taoist in the future, he could still make a great thief and be a charming figure among them!

  "Master is really awesome! With your lock-picking skills, if you were to become a thief, you'd definitely be able to steal from one house after another." I said.

  I really wanted to praise my master with these words. However, as a young kid, I didn't know how to speak tactfully, so when I said this, not only did it fail to make my master feel praised, but it also made him quite embarrassed.

  "You're neither big nor small, how can I not lose face because of you?" My master glared at me with a bad temper.

  After staring at me for a moment, my master let out a loud creak and pushed open the large gate.

  "Take off your shoes." My master said to me.

  After finishing speaking, my master first took off the shoes on his feet and then put his cloth shoes into the grey-blue cloth bag slung over his shoulder.

  As soon as my master took off his shoes, I smelled a foul odor that almost suffocated me. My master's foot odor can be said to be one of the most pungent in the world. The key is that the smell also has a sour taste, which I think even flies that like to fly around in manure can't stand.

  My master's smelly feet, I won't say more. Since my master asked me to take off my shoes, I had no choice but to do so. After I took off my shoes, my master took them away and also put them into that gray-blue cloth bag.

  After putting away my shoes, I followed my master into the big gate.

  Beyond the gate was a large hall. The hall looked like a main room, but there was nothing in it, not even a small stool, empty and bare. My master walked around the hall in a circle, then took out a compass.

  "Come over." My master called me over.

  As soon as I walked up to my master, he took out a silver needle and then pulled over my hand, pricking my finger. After the prick, my master dripped the blood that oozed from my fingertip onto the eight trigrams pattern in the center of the compass.

  After shedding blood, my master began to recite his scriptures.

  My master started reciting scriptures, and the needle on the compass in his hand, which had been still, suddenly moved. The needle first spun rapidly in a circle, and after a while, it suddenly stopped.

  After the needle stopped moving, my master stopped reciting the sutra and whispered to me: "The direction this needle is pointing is the same as the direction of your lower front teeth."

  Apart from this, my master also told me that this move is called "Dripping Blood Seeking Bones".

  Teeth can also be considered as human bones, so the method of tracing blood to find bones can be used to find teeth. As for the specific principles and operating techniques, my master said that it's hard to explain in a few words, so he didn't tell me.

  However, my master told me roughly about it, and I also roughly understood some of it. Those teeth were the ones I dropped, so there was my breath inside the teeth, and the blood I just dripped must have had my breath in it too. Both breaths are mine, so when they meet, they will immediately merge together.

  My master just did that trick, which is to let the breath in my blood float away. The direction that the needle on the compass points to is the direction of the floating breath in my blood. Just now, the needle was spinning wildly, proving that the breath in my blood was still floating wildly. When the compass stopped, it means that the breath in my blood has stopped floating and merged with the breath under the lower teeth.