Chapter 9 I am called Anling Xin

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  Today, I recalled all the things that happened in detail. If Zhou Wen found out it was me, he would have come to find me directly. How could he randomly beat people and cause such a big trouble? Moreover, he even killed someone, it's impossible for him to be so reckless. It's also impossible that he sent someone to do it. When we returned to the dormitory, they had already been beaten up. In my judgment, there must be a group of people with other purposes, absolutely not Zhou Wen.

  In a daze, my ears recalled the noisy sounds of the playground, as if it was time for morning exercises again. I hurriedly opened my eyes, only to find that my body couldn't move once more, with the huge boulder on my chest making me unable to breathe. I tried hard to turn my neck, but no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't move, and neither could my hands. This is terrible, another case of sleep paralysis! How unlucky am I? It just happened a few days ago, why did it come back so soon to press down on me again?

  At this time, the dormitory door opened, and the same bridge section seemed to give me a bad premonition. My premonition finally became a reality, after a piece of misty white fog dissipated, a woman slowly walked in from outside the door. She was wearing a light green long skirt, with her long hair coiled down to her chest. With elegant steps and a beautiful figure, she slowly approached me - it was the female ghost I had dreamed about last time.

  "Sir, are you well?" She even gave me a bow.

  My heart was both fearful and angry, fearing that this female ghost had found me again, wondering if she came to kill me or take me as a substitute, I'd be doomed. Angry because this female ghost was so annoying, and now she's even oppressing me with her presence. At this moment, I anxiously turned my eyes to look at him, but couldn't utter a word.

  "Husband, you don't look so good, must be tired, right? Have you forgotten who I am? How's the progress on things, do you still remember what I told you last time? We have to find our parents together. My name is Anling Xin, do you still remember my name?" A string of questions left me dizzy and disoriented. I really wanted to open my mouth and say something, but no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't get any words out. Just as I was straining my neck, I fainted.

  "Nie Yu! Wake up, you sleep like a pig, how can you be so dead? Get up quickly! I've asked for leave with the teacher, now let's go to the hospital to see Li Lin and Wang Xuebing!" Wu Shi Rong's roar almost shattered my eardrum.

  "Alright, I'm up! Stop calling me, it's annoying!" Yesterday, I dreamed of that female ghost again. This time, I remembered her name - Anling Xin.

  I put on my clothes and made up my mind to get rid of this female ghost. She had been haunting me, making it impossible for me to sleep at night. I followed the steps in the book and took out a cinnabar pen and yellow paper. I quickly flipped through "Nine Supreme Divine Strategies" and found a chapter on exorcising nightmares, which included an incantation called " Auspicious Dream Dispelling Talisman". It read: "If you have good dreams at night, it is auspicious to dream of them, and if your heart feels joyful, it is a sign of good fortune. When lying down to sleep, rub your eyes 27 times and recite the following incantation: 'The Great Supreme Lord's Auspicious Sign', 'Three Emperors' Cinnabar Spirit', 'Clear and Bright Palace', 'Auspicious Feelings Informing the Heart', 'Three Primal Soft Spirits', 'Heavenly Emperor Receiving the Scripture'. May all directions be harmonious, may flying immortals ascend to the clear heavens. Always with the Jade Truth, together we meet in the Purple Court. The Great Supreme Lord's urgent command is like a law." I recited the incantation several times and finally drew the talisman, sticking it under my bedboard.

  If that female ghost was looking for a substitute, it wouldn't be me either. Finding a substitute requires the same gender. Men find men, women find women. I couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, could she want to absorb my soul? My feet felt chilly. Thinking of Second Uncle and Little Sister's encounter, is this unlucky event happening to me again? So I flipped through the "Nine Supreme Divine Strategies" and found an incantation for calming the soul: "Taizu True Person teaches beginners how to avoid evil dreams. If you often have bad dreams, on the first day, ward off evil spirits; on the second day, test your heart; on the third day, eliminate corpse thieves - this is a method of dispelling evil. When you wake up from a dream, use your left hand to rub the center of your palm 27 times, knock your teeth 27 times, and quietly recite: 'Tai Dong True Mystery, Long Practice Three Souls... First soul, quickly guard the seven spirits; second soul, quickly guard the mud pellets...'

  I've memorized these two spells, got dressed and went to the hospital with Wu Shi Rong. When we arrived at the hospital, we found that Zhao Yun'er was already waiting for us there.

  "Nie Yu, Wu Shi Rong, you're here!" Zhao Yuer was dressed beautifully today, wearing a light and casual loose-fitting outfit. A blue hair clip held back her long hair, and I could finally see that her facial features were so pretty.

  "Beautiful girl, how did you know the news? You are really Song Jiang reborn! We were just worried about not having money to buy anything!" Wu Shi Rong looked at Zhao Yun'er with a big smile.

  "I've bought everything we need, let's go!" Zhao Yuer said, picking up the flower basket at her feet, and the three of us entered the hospital together.

  "Thank you for coming to see us, the doctor said we're fine, just a slight concussion, and we can be discharged this afternoon after taking some medicine." Wang Xuebing bowed politely to us. Li Lin, that strange guy, smiled at us and then turned his head away, pretending to sleep. This Li Lin must have autism, he never likes to say more than one sentence, I really don't know what to do with him.

  Afternoon at three o'clock, we finished the discharge procedures. Zhao Yu'er drove her dad's Audi to send us to school, and we went back to the dormitory to get our books and then directly went to the library because tomorrow is the day of the test, time flies so fast, these days Linna's bracelet thing delayed me for several days I didn't even look at a book, now I can only rush to finish it.

  I went to the library with Zhao Yuner, only to find it packed with people, not a single seat available. We then went to the study room, where every pair of students were huddled together. I was especially impressed by the couple next to the blackboard - the boy had his arms around the girl, who was sitting on his lap. One of his hands was wrapped around her waist, while one of her hands was wrapped around his neck. Their remaining hands were each holding a book, which they were reading aloud from. I thought to myself, "Amitabha! Is my willpower too weak, or have I just seen too little?" In the end, I returned to the dormitory, and Zhao Yuner went back to the library to study on her own.

  I read books in my dormitory for more than two hours, but I couldn't continue reading. My mind was a mess and I didn't know what I was reading. Before I knew it, the sky had darkened and I fell asleep with my head on the computer desk.

  At this time, the window of the dormitory suddenly rang loudly. I took a look and it was Zhao Yuer. She had finished reading books in the library and came to find me.

  "Beautiful girl, how are you? No problem with the exam tomorrow?" I rubbed my sleepy eyes and put on my clothes to walk out of the dormitory building.

  "I read books every day, but I always do it at home. Today, I came to school just to send you back to the dormitory, so I took the opportunity to take a look at the library. I've never been to the school library before, so I'll take a look!" As she spoke, Zhao Yuner pulled out a big red apple from her bag.

  "Nie Yu, my mom brought this for me this morning, I forgot to eat it and if I bring it back home tonight, my mom will say that I didn't listen to her again. You can have it, I had a delicious one yesterday, here!" Zhao Yuner's pale and tender hand stretched out.

  "I'm so sorry, how could I just take your things like that? Last time I didn't even treat you to dinner, just a cup of coffee." I scratched my head in embarrassment.

  "You're being too polite, aren't you? What's with the eating or not eating, I've been living in this coastal city since I was a kid, which restaurant haven't I been to? I'm just giving you an apple, don't think too much of it." Zhao Yuer looked at me with disdain.

  "Alright, the exam is tomorrow, I hope you get a good score. Beautiful girl, I don't have anything to give you, so I'll just walk you to the school gate." Saying that, he grabbed Zhao Yu'er's backpack and walked out...

  Yesterday evening, I didn't dream of that Anling Xin, probably because my talisman took effect. I really admire myself, I'm simply too clever. According to the "Nine Royal God Strategy", I actually solved the problem of nightmares. I think in the future, I will also become a great master-level figure. Moreover, if I learn through the content above, I can lift the curse on my little sister and the evil spirit on my second uncle...

  It was already the time for the exam, and I hurriedly walked to the examination room with Wu Shi Rong, Wang Xue Bing, Li Lin and a few others. The several of us were not in the same examination room. At this moment, I again thought of that time when Wu Shi Rong intercepted Professor Liu a few days ago. I secretly wiped away cold sweat. If I didn't follow Professor Liu's words to get into the top ten, I would have to retake the exam. It was really depressing.

  Unconsciously found the location of the examination room, and sat down according to the test number.

  "Classmates, this is the entrance examination for our archaeology major. You must show your true level. No cheating is allowed. If discovered, you will be expelled from the exam room immediately. The exam time is only 10 minutes. Alright, let's begin now!" A strange female teacher in her thirties took out a file bag and pulled out thick white test papers from it.

  I took the exam paper and looked at the questions on it. A small part of them I was very familiar with and knew how to answer, but there were many that required calculations that I just couldn't think of. Especially one question, "How to extract age samples from ancient artifacts", I hadn't studied hard enough and had no idea what to do.

  Unconsciously, my left hand grasped the gourd on my neck, and my right hand pressed against my cheek, thinking slowly. Perhaps it was because of the heat that I fell asleep in a daze, and even had a dream.

  In my dream, Second Uncle and I were walking on the lower road of Lion's Tooth Ridge to hurry home. At this time, the sky suddenly darkened, with thick clouds, lightning and thunder. Second Uncle and I quickly hid under a big tree, the rainwater in the sky poured down like a waterfall, the whole sky was gray and misty, and we couldn't see the distant scenery. The two of us were standing on a hillside, and the water on the upper slope rushed us into a pit like a river.

  Suddenly the pit collapsed, and my second uncle and I fell into it. But the water outside couldn't flow in no matter what. Inside this large pit was actually a tomb, and on top of the tomb was an enormous gravestone. My second uncle and I quickly went to see what the inscription said, but when we walked over, the gravestone suddenly smashed onto me. My second uncle and I used all our strength to push the gravestone up, but it was too heavy for us to move, as it was even taller than a person.

  "Xiao Yu, quickly use the gourd in your hand! Hurry up!" Er Shu stared at me with wide eyes.

  I hastily took out the gourd from my neck with my left hand, pointing it at the entrance, and let the gourd take us flying out. The gourd really worked, just like that, I and Second Uncle crawled out from under the tombstone. Then I held the gourd and flew out of the hole in the ground, suddenly a surge of water poured into the hole where I and Second Uncle were, and we both fainted...

  "Wake up, wake up! Hey classmate, which class are you from? It's time to go, hurry up and leave, the next batch of examinees will be coming in soon." I opened my eyes to find that it was the female invigilator pushing my arm, while the bell for submitting papers kept ringing loudly.