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Chapter 36: The Tragic Past of the Nailed Ghost

  My girlfriend is a goddess

  "No way!"

  Sakura didn't even think about it and immediately refused.

  I was stunned for a moment, not expecting Sakura to refuse so bluntly. I thought she would hesitate and deliberate, or test me several times before finally agreeing or refusing.

  "Why can't I? Give me a reason. Can you bear to watch me being hunted down by evil spirits?"

  I indignantly asked again and again.

  "No way is no way! Or rather, it's not time yet!"

  I don't know why, but Sakura's tone was still very determined, although her eyes were a bit flustered and flickering, as if she was avoiding something: "Grandpa asked me to come from my hometown to find you for the purpose of protecting you. Don't worry! But whether or not I teach you skills, Grandpa said it's up to me to decide!"

  "So your decision is not to teach me the skills? Why? Are you afraid I'll steal your rice bowl? Or are you worried that once I learn, I can beat you and bully you at will?"

  I repeatedly asked Sakura.

  "That's not it at all! You're overthinking! Anyway, no means no, don't ask anymore!"

  Sakura glared at me fiercely, her eyes filled with a hint of sadness and even a bit of resentment, and they were also reddened. Then she shook off my hand and stormed into her own room.

  "Why, why?"

  I scratched my head in reaction to Xiao Ying's words, and couldn't figure out why she said that.

  Looking at her expression, she seemed to be in a difficult situation and didn't intentionally want to reject me. However, she rejected me very bluntly.

  Well, since she won't teach me, I have no choice but to rely on myself, or maybe I can just practice some more.

  To be honest, I don't necessarily need Xiaoying to teach me in order to learn the skills of exorcising demons and evil spirits.

  I remember when I was a kid, apart from the abacus, my grandfather also taught me a set of "Diamond Fist". My grandfather said that this "Diamond Fist" is actually the simplest skill under his door, not only are the moves simple, but they're even a bit ugly, can be described as " rough".

  At that time, I couldn't learn the moves at all, and I wasn't interested in this set of boxing. Because when practicing this set of boxing, Xiaoyan often ridiculed me for being ugly when practicing boxing, just like a pig pushing a door, so I lost interest and simply didn't practice anymore.

  My grandfather tried to persuade me again and again, but neither gentle nor severe methods could force me to continue practicing. He had no choice but to sigh helplessly, give up on cultivating me, and instead focus all his energy on cultivating Little Sakura, passing on the entire set of skills to her.

  It's strange to say, when I was learning from my grandfather at first, Xiaoying also wanted to learn, but Grandfather refused; later, after changing to cultivate Xiaoying, he strictly ordered me not to learn his skills again, even "Jingangquan" couldn't be practiced anymore.

  At that time, I was just happy because I didn't have to go practice boxing anymore and didn't think deeply about it.

  Although I never mastered the boxing technique, the oral formula of the boxing technique is still remembered very firmly and can be recited fluently now. At that time, my grandfather used all his skills to make me memorize the oral formula of the boxing technique, using both hard and soft tactics.

  He often told me that not only should I recite the boxing mantra fluently, but also thoroughly understand it, and then I can practice Jin Gang Quan to a very high level, exert divine power, and subdue demons.

  "To save my life, I have no choice but to relearn the 'Golden Fist' now. Although it's simple, Grandfather said that when mastered, it can subdue demons and evil spirits. This is also a last resort, if I had a choice, I would still learn Sakura's mysterious spell techniques."

  After making up my mind, I recited the boxing mantra from start to finish once again.

  "Golden Fist" has a total of eighteen routes, the overall aim is to uphold justice, suppress evil, guard the land and protect the people, protect Buddhism and suppress demons, drive away disasters and bring peace and stability forever; according to the division of cultivation realm, it can also be divided into six realms: entry, small success, middle stage, great success, perfection, and divine communication. Each route has a mnemonic explanation of the moves and key points. For example, the first route "Golden Fist Subdues the Tiger", the mnemonic is "Right foot steps out like a bow, upper body straight like a pine tree, shouting voice like a huge bell, right fist holds up the sky like thunder, left hand punches out like wind..."

  Each road's oral formula is quite simple, only fifty or sixty characters, but the meaning is very profound and broad, making this set of fist techniques not as simple as it appears on the surface.

  Of course, what I need to do now is not to comprehend these boxing meanings, but to learn the basic movements first.

  "Hmph, don't want to teach me, huh? Hurt me, did you? Well, I'll just learn on my own. When I reach the Great Mastery realm, I'll make sure you're in for a big surprise!"

  It's as if I'm getting back at Xiaoying, I used the excuse of studying and preparing for the graduate exam to buy a large pile of books and put them in my room, so that they won't bother me whenever they have nothing better to do.

  In fact, apart from eating and drinking, I spend almost all my time cooped up in my room studying my "Diamond Fist", with the Diamond Fist incantation on my mind all the time.

  The days are temporarily peaceful and uneventful, Xiaoying is studying her painting skills and controlling techniques; while Fengya watches TV, when she's interested, she opens the computer to learn typing and surfing the internet.

  That ghost has been quiet for a while, probably because it was severely injured by my Nokia phone.

  "Sū Huài Huài, if nothing unexpected happens, I'll be able to master a higher level of spellcasting next month. At that time, I'll go to Lì Lěi's ghost cave for an adventure. You'd better hurry up and cultivate your courage."

  Sakura said to me one day.

  I nodded silently, just wanting to go back to my room to continue practicing boxing, when I saw the nail ghost floating out of my room and hovering behind Jiang Feng's back, dragging its long tongue and blowing air desperately at her shoulder.

  The little girl suddenly shivered and hugged her shoulders: "It's so cold, why do I suddenly feel that my shoulders are so cold?"

  I was curious and asked Xiaoying: "Hey, what game is that thing playing?"

  Sakura treated it as a trivial matter, watching TV with one eye while using her right index and middle fingers to swiftly draw a symbol on the palm of her left hand.

  I saw her fully focused, with a hint of golden light flashing at the tip of her finger, and the talisman she drew also showed a faint gold color, I knew that the ghost was going to be in trouble.

  So he picked up a cup of tea and smiled, waiting to see the show.

  Probably seeing Jiang Feng's slender figure, the evil spirit thought she was easy to bully and made trouble behind her back.

  After the golden symbol was drawn, Xiaoying's right palm turned over as if nothing had happened and slapped the Nailed Ghost with a loud slap.

  "Ah!"

  The ghost was like a kite with its string cut, and in an instant it was slapped flying out four or five meters away, heavily smashing into the wall, and then piercing through the entire wall without stopping its momentum. After several seconds had passed, a mournful scream could be heard faintly from far away. It's unknown which household it was slapped into.

  "This guy is really stupid, why blow on someone's shoulder? If you want to harm someone, shouldn't you blow on their heart?"

  I looked at Sakura with confusion and said.

  "Heh heh, I see you're stupid, silly and don't understand anything. A person has three soul lamps in total, one on the top of their head, and one on each shoulder. Long Tongue wanted to blow out Xiaoyu's soul lamp, then take over her body, drive away her three souls and seven spirits, and occupy her flesh. This is called 'Ghost Blows Out the Light'. Long Tongue is much smarter than you."

  Sakura looked at me with a face full of disgust and contempt.

  "What if she secretly blows out our soul lamps when we're not paying attention, such as when I or Feng Ya are asleep? Wouldn't that be very dangerous?"

  I felt a chill run down my spine immediately.

  "Don't worry, all living people have yang energy, and yang energy is the 'oil' for the soul lamp. Unless it's a fierce ghost, ordinary ghosts can hardly disperse your yang energy completely. Of course, everyone has their own destiny, and when one's luck is bad, or they are seriously ill or injured, their yang energy will be greatly weakened, and that's when ordinary ghosts have a chance to take advantage."

  Sakura said.

  I said with a cold sweat: "What if I'm seriously ill? Will it blow out my soul lamp?"

  Sakura waved her hand impatiently: "Then don't eat dinner, you might even choke to death from eating, coward!"

  I thought so too. If one is afraid of this and that, living on tenterhooks all day, what's the point of being alive? So I couldn't help but scratch my head and smile foolishly.

  But soon, that ghost came back again, this time walking behind me and blowing air on my shoulder.

  And she seemed to be very afraid of Xiaoying, and as soon as she saw her, she showed a timid expression.

  It's probably because of the protection of the mobile phone, I don't think it's cold.

  I was puzzled again: "Little Sakura, didn't you seriously injure him just now?"

  "Ha ha, no way! What if I accidentally killed her? I just sent her flying, that's all."

  I was speechless for a moment, being blown by the ghostly wind that made me feel annoyed and disordered, then I slowly turned around and took out my phone to take a photo of her.

  The ghost trembled with fear, shrinking to one side, and suddenly began to wail like a little girl, its shoulders shaking.

  I was stunned for a moment: what is she doing?

  Xiao Ying smiled slyly: Ah, big bad egg, your chance has come, hurry up and coax her.

  I was speechless and asked that stubborn ghost: "Alright, alright, stop crying. Can I help you?"

  The ghost nailed to the ground lifted its head, looked at me with a shrinking gaze, and nodded slightly.

  "Well, you'd better tell me how I can help you."

  It turned out that Ding Shaogui's real name was Lin Qian, a white-collar worker who had lived here for a month before.

  One day she was stalked by a thug. The thug broke into her home and brutally assaulted her, nailing her to the wall and cutting off both of her arms with a knife, also slashing her face into pieces.

  The next day, she still hadn't given up, hanging on the wall and twitching.

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