After hearing these words, I couldn't help but feel excited. It was the voice of my great-grandfather. He actually came. I felt relieved.
A trace of resentment suddenly flashed in Mei Ruoqi's eyes, and he gritted his teeth and said, "How dare you come back, you old immortal..." As he spoke, his figure disappeared without a trace.
The door creaked open and Grandpa walked in. I happily held his hand and said, "You came just in time, otherwise we would never see each other again."
Grandpa smiled and nodded to me, then closed the door tightly. He reached out and touched my head and said, "Help Master Ba up."
I helped Master Ba onto a chair, and he stretched out his hand and waved it in front of Master Ba's tightly closed eyes. Then Master Ba exhaled and opened his eyes. He frowned and looked at the two of us, with a puzzled look on his face, as if he didn't understand why he fainted on the ground for no reason just now.
"Old Xi, why are you here?" asked Mr. Ba, touching his head.
Grandpa Taizu laughed and said, "Xiaoxue was taken to the underworld. How could I stay out of it? I just ran into you when I got here."
At this time, I heard the waiter knocking on the door opposite, calling out that Master Ba was here to deliver wine. So I opened the door, hooked my fingers with the waiter, and told him that Master Ba was here. The waiter brought two pots of wine. I opened the lids and smelled them. They were so fragrant, many times more fragrant than the wine in the human world. I couldn't wait to pour the wine and drank a glass first. It was delicious, and the taste and texture were much better than the stuff mixed in the human world.
The three of us chatted over a glass of wine. Grandpa Taizu first talked about how Mei Ruoqi had charmed Master Ba. It was a kind of ghost technique called "Drunken Soul Eyes", which was refined from the spirits of the temple. This kind of soul-bewitching technique was very unique. There was no sign of it when it was used. Just blinking could capture the soul. Even a ghost messenger like Master Ba couldn't resist it, let alone me. Grandpa Taizu happened to arrive in time and used the "ghost bee needle" to break the drunken soul eyes. If Mei Ruoqi dared to use this ghost technique again, his eyes would be scrapped.
Damn, I didn't expect there are so many strange and evil techniques in ghost magic. Take Mei Ruoqi's ability to transform into the appearance of Grandpa Taizu, for example. It's amazing. You know, ghosts can't hide their transformations from the eyes of ghost catchers. It's really extraordinary that he can deceive the eyes of Master Ba.
Grandpa Taizu got the news about Xiaoxue from an old friend in the underworld. When he talked about this, his face was gloomy and full of worry. However, he still praised my action of risking my life to enter the underworld. He was far inferior to my ancestors in terms of ghost veins in the underworld, so he could only wait for an opportunity to enter the underworld. He took a fancy to the inn, a place where good and bad people mixed together, and wanted to find out some information from here.
At this point, Master Ba drank a glass of wine and said, "Since you are here, Old Xi, there is no need for me to look after Xi Feng. I will go find Judge Cui and ask him to report Mei Ruoqi's absence from the court to the Chief Executive."
We both nodded, and Mr. Ba hurried out. We continued to drink and talk. I gave him a brief report on the situation of Duanlong Village and Shiyuan Village. He said nothing after listening, and seemed to be worried.
After a long time, he sighed and said to me, "I have heard of the jade refiner refining his heart, but I only met that old friend for a few days, so I don't fully understand it. Now that his descendants are dead, there is no way to glue the blood jade together. It seems that I have to think of another way."
"Didn't I say there is a Gu Xiaoning? She is also a jade refiner. If she finds the secret score, she can glue the blood jade together." I hurriedly explained to him.
Grandpa Taizu shook his head, looking quite depressed, and said to me: "Although I don't know much about the jade refining technique, as far as I know, it is a masculine and fiery magic, which is not suitable for women to practice. What is refining? Refining involves fire, so it must be a very masculine and very strong technique. Jade is a feminine thing, and the true meaning of jade refining is to melt the masculine with the feminine. Blood beasts are very feminine and very soft. If a girl insists on practicing it, she will suffer the consequences and will eventually be refined by the jade refining technique!"
I was stunned and said, "No way, the blood beast is made of broken glass, and glass is not something that is extremely yin and soft."
Grandpa Taizu smiled and asked, "What happens when glass meets fire?"
"It will turn into liquid." I answered blankly.
"The liquid is water!"
Uh, I slapped my head. Glass turned into water. Isn't that the most yin and soft thing? It turned out that it was waiting for me here. I touched my nose in surprise, thinking that if Gu Xiaoning couldn't practice the jade refining technique, why did Boss Gu still let her practice it? Isn't this deliberately harming his niece? And Gu Xiaoning's last hope was shattered. This trip to Shiyuan Village was meaningless. It would be better to leave early, so that Xiaoxue would not be detained.
"Then how can we find a way to get Shen Bing and the others to leave Shiyuan Village?" I asked.
"There's trouble in Shiyuan Village. How can you leave without settling it?" Great Grandpa stared and shook his head, as if he felt that I, his grandson, was too unkind.
Damn, the village is in chaos, there are Fox Mask Lady, Thousand Human Skins, and Painted Lips Zongzi. I said with a frown, "Thousand Human Skins are easy to deal with, but what about Fox Mask Lady and Painted Lips Zongzi? I have nothing left. Great Grandpa, why do you think there is a Painted Lips Zongzi in that village?" This matter made me almost break my brain.
Grandpa Taizu smiled and said, "After you told me about the painted lip zongzi, I thought about it carefully. That was not a real zongzi, but a corpse whose mind was controlled by the jade refining technique."
"Oh, old man, please tell me what happened?"
Grandfather Taizu touched his chin and said, "The jade refining technique can control the human mind, the ghost mind, and the demon mind. But their descendants don't have that aptitude and can't reach this level of cultivation. They are still good at controlling a corpse."
I slapped my forehead in sudden realization and said, "I see. You said that Old Man Miao was actually a corpse a long time ago, but he has been controlled by the Jade Refining Technique to stay alive, right?"
Great grandfather touched my head and said: "You are very smart, you understand things at a glance."
Damn, you keep touching my head, do you think I'm a three-year-old child? It reminded me of Wei Ziling's annoying little face. Fortunately, it wasn't that little hand that was touching my head, otherwise it would have been a funny scene.
"But there is one thing I can't figure out. Since Old Man Miao has turned into a corpse, why can't I see any flaws when I see him?" I asked another question.
"It turns out you are still not smart enough." Grandpa Taizu shook his head in disappointment again.
I was stunned. What do you mean? Am I not smart enough? If I were smarter, I would be like a monkey. But I changed my mind and understood the key. I slapped my forehead and said, "Although the mind control technique cannot control people's hearts, it can still confuse people's minds. The spell that the jade refiner casts on the corpse makes people feel telepathically and think that this is a living person. As long as the seven orifices and the spiritual orifice are closed to prevent the spell on the corpse from invading oneself, the truth of the corpse will be seen!"
Grandpa Taizu laughed and said, "How could my grandson be such a fool? He can't even understand this."