Chapter 62: Praying for Blessings for the World

  Xu Ji, who had been silent all along, suddenly rushed up with a group of people. But I didn't feel grateful. Instead, I felt hatred in my heart. What's the point of him showing up now?

  The four Taoists were all in their thirties. Each person held an ancient sword, the tip of which was pointing at Liu Weimin, while Liu Weimin was talking fluently. He lifted his hand that was pressing on my head, and Xu Qi's face showed vigilance, letting me retreat behind him. However, I rolled and crawled to You Wu's side, seeing that he still had a breath, only fainted and then let out a sigh of relief.

  Ran to the grave and took a look. The flat mud had no signs of anything. Where was the shadow of the coffin!

  Without saying another word, I picked up the iron shovel and wanted to dig out the coffin. The woman just now should be Shi Po Xiao Bai. She was swallowed by the coffin. I must help You Wu rescue her.

  Liu Weimin shouted loudly: "Stop digging, the dragon vein is gone, you can't dig it out, even if you dig it out, can you still save people from its hands?"

  A surge of grief and indignation rose from the bottom of my heart. I raised the iron shovel and rushed over: "Liu, you son of a bitch."

  Liu Weimin's expression didn't change, and he smiled lightly: "Don't care about Wenjing's life or death?"

  No need for him to say it, as soon as I approached, Xu Ji pressed me down with one hand, telling me not to be impulsive, he would take charge for me.

  He snatched my iron spade, I grabbed his sword-wielding hand and led him to the grave: "Quickly help me get the coffin out, my friend's girlfriend is inside, you hurry up and recite that... scripture..."

  Xu Qi's expression didn't change, I turned my face around and looked at him pleadingly, Xu Qi shook his head.

  Gritting my teeth, I was just about to kneel down and beg when Xu Qi supported me, saying sorrowfully: "Disciple, it's not that I won't help you, but even Master can't find that coffin. Even if we found it, even if Master and all your uncles died here, it would still be impossible to bring the person back."

  Seeing him insist on not helping, I got angry and shouted: "How can't you find it? Are you reciting scriptures? You're just like last time, reciting some precepts and doctrines, the coffin will definitely come out. Have you forgotten what happened that night?"

  Xu Qi sighed and said: "Alas, fortunately it didn't come out that night, otherwise the two of us would have been dead."

  I didn't care about anything else, and just kept bothering Xu Qi to think of a solution. Finally, he got annoyed, his face cold as he said that if I continued being unreasonable, don't blame him for knocking me out.

  I'm telling you, even if you beat me to death, you still have to get the coffin out first.

  Xu Qi's face suddenly tensed up, and he raised his hand to hit me. But instead, Liu Weimin hesitated and said: "Actually... actually, there is a way."

  Everyone looked at him, Liu Weimin shrugged and spread his hands: "My intention is that there are no difficult things in the world, only people with heart. I have some understanding of coffins. As long as you can find the coffin and deal with the things inside it, you can open the coffin to let Xiaobai out. Practice slowly for a few decades, until your Taoist skills surpass Zhang Yuangui's short-lived ghost, then you can come and rescue people."

  "How dare you!" The four of them shouted in unison: "You dare to insult Yuan Ji Tian Shi?!"

  Liu Weimin sneered, and Xu Qi pushed me away with one hand, saying: "Disciple, you step aside for now. Master will help you vent your anger first." He said to Liu Weimin: "Where did you learn the secrets of our Dragon Tiger Mountain from? Tell the truth, otherwise, Daoist Master will make you pay a price you can't afford."

  Liu Weimin tilted his head, sizing up the four Taoist priests one by one, then asked: "What's going on? Is Mount Longhu going to set up its own private court of law? What right do you have to stop me from leaving with my hands free? Do you still respect the law?"

  Xu Qi was taken aback for a moment, his eyes widened in shock, and he pointed at the corpses on the ground, saying: "Good, good, good! Master Dao, I've caught you. Let's go down the mountain and hand you over to the police."

  He finished speaking and swung his sword, ready to take action. Liu Weimin, however, showed no intention of resisting and instead reached into his pocket, pulled out something, and tossed it to a Taoist priest nearby.

  The Taoist subconsciously caught it, and when he looked closely, his face changed color. He stared at Liu Weimin in surprise, as if he had eaten hundreds of flies, and was even slightly fearful. He tucked the sword under his arm and held out the object with both hands to Xu Qi, who followed suit immediately.

  He opened his mouth wide, subconsciously exclaimed a few times, took over the thing, and similarly held it with both hands to return to Liu Weimin. He didn't dare look at him again, his eyes dodging around as he said: "That, that, how did you end up here?"

  Liu Weimin put the thing back in his pocket, patted the nonexistent dust off his body, and smiled at me, but said to Xu Qi: "Do you want to leave a phone number, so I can report to you wherever I go?"

  Xu Qilian said he didn't dare, Liu Weimin nodded and walked in front of him, patted his shoulder and said: "You clean up here, go back where you came from, don't tell this kid my identity, otherwise... you know what the consequences are."

  Xu Qi nodded in agreement, but the hand holding the sword behind his back had turned white at the joints.

  Liu Weimin let out a long sigh, and said to me who had been stunned: "Wang Zhen's little friend, it's time for us to part ways. Oh, right, there's something I forgot to tell you. Since I have no children of my own, I've taken Wenjing as my adopted granddaughter. I was thinking that after resolving the matters here, I would return home with you all and enjoy family bliss. Who would have thought it would turn out like this? To be honest, I'm also heartbroken. It's all because of Li Bai's stubbornness to keep secrets even in death... what a pity..."

  Heaving a sigh, Liu Weimin walked down the mountain with his hands behind his back, swaying from side to side. The four people who had promised to help me vent my anger, including Xu Qi, instead stood in a row to see him off. I was so angry that I almost bled from all seven orifices. I picked up an iron shovel to smash that hypocritical old man, but was stopped by Xu Qi again. Liu Weimin halted his steps and sneered at me.

  "I cursed loudly: 'You're a damn dog, you've made me neither human nor ghost, you beat Yu Wu to half death, killed a large group of people, and finally said you were also helpless? Do you still want to have a face? I don't want to live either, go ahead and kill me!'"

  Xu Qi wanted to cover my mouth, but was bitten by me and let out a miserable howl. Liu Wei Min walked back with great interest, Xu Qi's three junior brothers hurriedly apologized to him, I said you don't have to beg for mercy from him, one person does things and one person takes responsibility, let him come over on horseback, I don't even care about my life, why should I be afraid of this old dog?

  Liu Weimin burst out laughing, pointing at my miserable state and saying: "You're already a dead man, yet you still dare to speak insolently? Wang Zhen, whether or not you believe me, I can only say that I was also forced into doing this. Seeing Xiao Bai recklessly rescue You Wu, I was deeply moved. Seeing your fearless provocation of me, I have great respect for you. But if you understand my situation, perhaps you'll have another way of thinking. I've already told you before, this world can't be judged by appearances alone. Think about it yourself."

  I turned and walked a few steps, still cursing nonstop. Liu Weimin turned around again and said: "By the way, I'm telling you one thing, don't spread this matter out, otherwise, you know what the consequences will be."

  I'm telling you to wait for me, go back and write a manuscript for the news department to submit, I know your real name is Liu Cangsong, let's see who will come after whom, one day I'll find you to settle accounts.

  Liu Weimin smiled indifferently and walked away with big strides, this time he didn't come back until his figure disappeared into the night, then Xu Qi let me go.

  After the outburst, I calmed down a lot. At this time, it's meaningless to chase Liu Weimin again. Turning around and looking at the mess, my heart is not feeling good, especially with You Wu still unconscious, I simply don't know how to face him.

  Maybe I should deceive him and say that Xiaobai never showed up from start to finish?

  Xu Qi led three junior brothers to stand in front of me, clearing his throat. At a time when my mood was low, he surprisingly put on an air of a benevolent elder and began introducing them with a smile: "Disciple, these are your three uncles, Xu Fu, Xu Tian, and Xu Xia. The four of us together form the phrase 'Qifu Tiandi' (auspicious blessings under heaven). And the surname Xu is a homophone for 'virtual'. From now on, when someone asks about your master's Daoist name, just say it's Longhushan Virtual Qi Zi, Virtual Qi Dao Zhang. All the fellow practitioners from all directions give me face!"

  Three Taoist priests nodded at me with a hint of something, then surrounded me and said that since it was our first meeting, my masters had left in a hurry without bringing any gifts, and when I have the chance to go to the observatory, they will definitely entertain me well.

  I really don't have the mood to play along with their master-worshiping ceremony, and that cheap master Xu Qi was just a makeshift shield at the time. Now that things are over, although it's impossible to deny knowing them, I will absolutely not follow them as some carefree Taoist priest.

  Xu Qi saw that I didn't look too good, so he put on a dignified attitude and called out to his junior brothers: "You guys go take care of these corpses, burn the ones that need to be burned and bury the ones that need to be buried. Later we'll head down the mountain and treat your friend's injuries."

  Three Taoist priests immediately became cleaners, but I would have liked to slap Xuzhi to death. To say something unpleasant, isn't this his mother's cheap bones? Liu Weimin bullied me for a while, and we still had to clean up the mess for him?

  I told you guys not to move, just let the corpse stay here, and wait for the police to find out how that old dog will deal with it.

  "Go, go, go! Hurry up and work, don't listen to your master's nonsense." He pulled me aside and said with a bitter tone: "Disciple, listen to your master's advice. We can scold him behind his back all we want, but never say it out loud. Not only will our sect be ostracized in Dragon Tiger Mountain, even if we bind the whole mountain together, we still won't be able to offend that old dog. When the police come, he'll definitely be fine, and instead, we'll be the ones who can't get away with it!"

  I asked him, what's the story with Liu Weimin anyway?

  Xu Qi said seriously: "It's not something that can be said, anyway it's a big shot, this loss is inevitable, but men always have to go through hardships to grow up, Master and your three Shifu are all experienced people."

  "Are you used to being bullied by others?"

  Xu Qi didn't get angry, but instead smiled and said: "We have to survive after all! If we tolerate for a moment, the wind will be calm and the waves will be quiet. If we always fight for victory, someone would have driven us out of the school gate long ago. Do you want Master and your three masters to end up on the streets telling fortunes?"

  I let out a wry smile and sighed, "Your heart is really big, I'm not going to follow you and suffer that kind of humiliation. Let's not talk about this anymore, my mind is preoccupied right now!"

  Xu Qi hastily waved his hand: "Don't underestimate us, I'm asking you, have you sat on that coffin?"

  I don't know what he meant, but after recalling it for a moment, I told him that it was roughly equivalent to sitting down. Then Liu Weimin slapped me with one palm and half of my buttocks were pressed on the coffin.

  "That's right, the Heavenly Master's official position is among the immortal class. This was the last words of a certain generation of Heavenly Masters before his death. Whether it's being an official or sitting in a coffin, no one knows, but you've taken both, haven't you?" Xu Qi looked at me seriously, I nodded my head, he continued: "And this coffin has been buried for who knows how long, unknown to the world, yet you just happened to stumble upon it. This is fate, you should follow Master and cultivate the Tao, in the future there will be a day when you can hold your head high. The Heavenly Master's lineage is all in our sect, it's just that no one has understood it clearly for hundreds of years, but Master believes in you, you must be able to make our Mingdao Temple flourish."

  I slightly raised an eyebrow and asked him, am I a good seedling for cultivating Tao?

  Xu Qi awkwardly said: "Just by looking at your facial features, your heavenly court is deficient and your earthly palace is narrow. You don't seem like someone with good fortune, let alone cultivate the Tao, even as an ordinary person you would be among the most ordinary... but nothing in life is absolute..."

  "Cut it out, you're having a grandiose dream of revitalizing the Taoist temple. Now you've caught me and are forcing your own beautiful dream on me. Never mind that, where have you been these past few days? And what about that horse-faced monster?"

  Xu Qi pointed at me and said: "This has something to do with you..."