Hearing Master Chu's words, Master Qi and I turned back subconsciously.
Master Chu was seen holding a branch and digging something out of the corpse of the woman in red that had just been burned to ashes. Then a charred object was dug out from the ashes by Master Chu.
When Master Qi saw the charred substance, he exclaimed, "Ghost poison, it's actually ghost poison!"
Then Master Qi ignored me and ran directly to Master Chu. The way he jogged along was really funny. It was obvious that Master Qi didn't want Master Chu to take the ghost poison alone.
I rolled my eyes at Master Qi and followed him.
At this time, Master Jiang and Fatty Li also surrounded the skeleton of the woman in red, holding branches in their hands and constantly digging something in the ashes. But what made Fatty Li and Master Jiang feel helpless was that they dug for a long time but did not find the second piece of ghost poison.
Master Chu and Master Qi stood aside and started to argue.
Master Chu said that he was the first to find the ghost poison, so it should belong to him. But Master Qi refused to give in, saying that if he and Master Chu had not worked together, the soul of the woman in red would have turned into a demon by now, so Master Qi asked Master Chu to give him some of the ghost poison.
However, Master Chu was like a miser. He wrapped the black ghost poison with a handkerchief and refused to share it equally with Master Qi.
This made Master Qi so angry that he scowled, put his hands on his hips, and his shoulders trembled.
"You are so cruel, old man! Isn't it okay for me to just give up on you?"
Master Qi said this in a somewhat angry tone. After that, he rolled his eyes at Master Chu who was holding the ghost poison, and walked towards Zhao Xilan who was unconscious not far away. It seemed that he felt that Master Chu was disloyal.
But Master Chu also has his own explanation.
He smiled at the few of us who were looking at him and said, "Don't blame me. I worked with Lao Qi before. But he always kept the good stuff to himself. I will never share this piece of ghost poison with him no matter what."
Master Jiang shook his head and said nothing. He continued to dig in the ashes with a branch. It seemed that he also wanted a piece.
Ghost poison.
As for Fatty Li, he was a straightforward person. Seeing Master Chu's stingy look, he muttered in a low voice: "What a shameless miser!"
Unfortunately, Master Chu actually heard Fatty Li's muttering again this time.
Master Chu glanced at Fatty Li, put away the ghost poison, and said to Fatty Li with a smile: "Little Li, come here for a moment. I have something to discuss with you."
Fatty Li didn't know that Master Chu had heard his words. He thought that Master Chu asked him to step aside because he wanted to give him some ghost poison for the sake of his master.
Fatty Li followed Master Chu with a smile and went behind a tree on the side. Then, I heard Fatty Li screaming in pain.
While yelling, Fatty Li also shouted, "Master Chu, I didn't say anything, really. Ouch! Please don't kick my butt, okay? Even my master has never kicked me... Ouch!"
While listening to Fatty Li's voice, Master Jiang and I shook our heads.
But what surprised me was that I originally thought that the ghost poison would be something like the bead containing the "Pure Yang Water" that Master Qi had taken out earlier. But I didn't expect that the ghost poison would be in blocks, and it was very irregular, looking like solidified asphalt.
In the Yin-Yang Soul Crossing Notes, I learned some things about ghost poison.
It says that ghost poison is not only harmful to humans, but can also harm the souls of ghosts, and its effect is no less than that of high-quality talismans.
The notes said that if just one gram of ghost poison came into contact with a person's body or a ghost's soul, both the person and the ghost would die and be reduced to ashes within 24 hours.
It is conceivable that if the woman in red who has mastered the ghost poison becomes an evil ghost, she will be a terrifying existence. Fortunately, her resentment has been eliminated, and her soul has entered the underworld.
I saw Master Jiang was busy searching for ghost poison in the ashes, so I asked him, "Master Jiang, what is the price of ghost poison in the ghost market?"
Master Jiang didn't look up as he explained to me, "The price of ghost poison is much higher than that of ghost pill.
It can be sold for tens of thousands of dollars.”
"What? One gram of ghost poison can be sold for tens of thousands of dollars?"
I swallowed and without asking Master Jiang anything else, I quickly used the branch in my hand to search for the ghost poison in the ashes of the corpse.
I thought to myself, if I could find a piece of ghost poison as big as the one in Master Chu's hand, wouldn't I become a small millionaire in an instant? No wonder Master Chu didn't give Master Qi the ghost poison. It turns out that not only is the ghost poison powerful, but its price is also quite considerable.
But what I didn't expect was that just when Master Jiang and I had almost dug up all the ashes and were about to give up the search for the ghost poison, the branch in my hand suddenly touched something hard.
I was delighted at the time, and thought to myself, could it be a ghost poison
When I hurriedly used the branch in my hand to dig away the ashes, I suddenly became excited. It was indeed a piece of ghost poison, and it was definitely not smaller than the ghost poison in Master Chu's hand.
If the ghost poison in Master Chu's hand was the size of a fingertip, then the ghost poison I found was as big as a palm. When I pulled out the palm-sized ghost poison, Master Jiang was already dumbfounded.
"Then that... is that ghost poison?!"
Master Jiang's eyes lit up and his face was full of disbelief.
And I was even more pleasantly surprised.
But just as I was about to reach out and pick up the ghost poison, the branch in Master Jiang's hand hit my arm at the right time.
He growled, "Be careful, don't touch!"
“Ouch!”
I screamed in pain and hastily withdrew my outstretched hand.
"What are you doing?"
I said angrily. I think Master Jiang might be greedy for money and doesn't want me to get the ghost poison.
Who would have thought that Master Jiang would explain to me, "Brother Tianyi, you are so damn lucky to have found such a large piece of ghost poison. I think you can buy a villa with this piece of ghost poison!"
I still glared at Master Jiang.
Master Jiang saw that I was serious, so he waved his hands and said, "Don't look at me like that. It makes me feel scared. I'm telling you, I just hit you with a branch.
But for your own good, you may not know that ghost poison is poisonous and cannot be touched directly with your hands! "
Yes, ghost poison is poisonous and cannot be touched directly with bare hands. I know this.
But I was so overwhelmed by the surprise that I forgot this.
An embarrassed expression suddenly appeared on my face. If Master Jiang hadn't opened my hand, I would have been poisoned by the ghost. And if a person who is poisoned by the ghost can't be cured within 24 hours, then there is no hope.
"I'm sorry, Master Jiang!" I smiled awkwardly.
But Master Jiang didn't care. He smiled and said, "There's nothing to be sorry about. We are all Taoists. It's only natural for us to help each other. It's not easy to find such a large piece of ghost poison. You should put it away first to avoid being seen by Master Chu and Master Qi... Otherwise, those two old guys will definitely find a way to get the ghost poison in your hand to them."
"This... This is not good! Although I found the thing, Master Jiang, you saved my life. How about this, let's divide this ghost poison. Half for each of us."
For a moment I felt embarrassed again.
What I didn’t expect was that when faced with the priceless ghost poison, Master Jiang shook his head and said he didn’t want it.
He said to me, "Brother Tianyi, I know you mean well, but I can't accept it. Although I also want to find a piece of ghost poison, you don't know that I have the "lack of money" among the five disadvantages and three deficiencies. In other words, I am not destined to be rich and powerful!"
"If you give me the ghost poison in your hand, I won't be able to enjoy it. It might even bring me trouble. So, you should keep it for yourself."
My face turned red with embarrassment.
I feel like I am judging others by my own standards.
I stammered, "But, Master Jiang, you've been looking for the ghost poison for such a long time..."
Before I finished speaking, Master Jiang smiled and said, "It's okay. I'm looking for ghost poison because of the instinct of a Taoist priest. When Master Chu found that piece of ghost poison before, I thought it was incredible. So I started looking for it. Even if I find another piece of ghost poison,
, I won’t keep it for myself. I will give it to you too!”
"Don't take it to heart. I'm just like that. I'm used to it. Although I'm not destined to be rich, I'm still very serious about what I do."
After saying that, Master Jiang threw away the branch in his hand and slowly stood up.
He patted the dust off his hands and whispered to me, "Well, we've searched the ashes around the corpse, so there shouldn't be any more ghost poison. You should quickly collect that piece of ghost poison."
"kindness!"
I nodded, tore off a piece of cloth from my clothes, wrapped the ghost poison, and put it into the cloth bag on my body.
The bag was given to me by the thin boss when I bought something at the ghost market. Just now, after Master Chu and Master Qi dealt with the soul of the woman in red, I retrieved it from the bushes in the south.
At this time, Fatty Li and Master Chu came out from behind the tree. Master Chu smiled, looking calm, as if nothing had happened.
Looking at Fatty Li, he kept covering his butt with his hands. It seemed that Master Chu had done a lot of harm to his butt.
While rubbing his butt, Fatty Li was grimacing, and it looked like it was really painful.
When Fatty Li saw me looking at him, he asked in a low voice, "Brother Tianyi, did you find anything?"
How could I possibly tell Fatty Li about the discovery of such a large piece of ghost poison? After all, that piece of ghost poison is very precious. Besides, wealth should not be exposed to the public. I was also afraid that Master Chu, the old guy who only knew how to bully many young Taoists, would come to rob me.
I shook my head and said, “I found nothing.”
Master Jiang on the side did not say anything either, and continued to stand there sullenly.
We were busy all night and the sky was already slightly bright.
The trees hidden in the darkness gradually revealed their features, as if they had come alive again.
Fatty Li yawned, looking very tired, and muttered, "It's almost time! Should we go back to the city?"
I have no objection, Master Jiang did not say anything. But Master Qi in the distance said solemnly: "Why go back? We still have to go to Fengmen Village. That woman in red must have been tricked by the black-faced Taoist priest!"
(to be continued)
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