blogombal Chapter 10 Uncle 9 presents a magical artifact
Chapter 10 Uncle 9 presents a magical artifact
"Master, I..."
"Ayi, you..."
Zhao Yi was stunned for a moment, not expecting that Uncle Nine would also need to call him.
"Master, is something the matter?" Zhao Yi spoke first.
"Ayi, although I have given you the cultivation method after you joined my sect, I have not yet given you the initiation gift."
"I'll give you this magical artifact!"
Uncle Nine smiled and took something out of his clothes and handed it to Zhao Yi.
"This is......"
Zhao Yi took the item, and his eyes lit up immediately.
He remembered this thing; it was one of the magical artifacts that Uncle Nine in Mr. Ghost constantly carried with him.
It exudes an ancient yet solemn aura, with the Bagua (Eight Trigrams) pattern outlined in vermilion lacquer, carrying a hint of the power to suppress evil.
The two wooden leaves even seemed to glow with a touch of ethereal light.
"Ayi, this magical artifact can temporarily open one's Dharma eye, allow one to see yin and yang, and suppress evil energy."
"I also added magical power to it and engraved talismans for warding off evil and suppressing ghosts."
"With this magical artifact, you'll be much safer," Uncle Nine said slowly.
Wencai rarely left the mortuary, and Qiusheng was quite skilled in martial arts, having reached the peak of Ming Jin.
Only the newly accepted apprentice, young and impetuous, was not as well-behaved as Wencai, which made Uncle Jiu somewhat worried.
"Thank you, Master!"
Zhao Yi felt a warmth in his heart.
He never expected that his Ninth Uncle valued him so much, giving him all his personal magical artifacts.
"I'm glad you like it!" Uncle Nine nodded with a smile.
"Master, I also have something to give you!"
Zhao Yi also took out an exquisite Western-style box from his pocket.
"Master, this is my gift to you as I formally become your disciple!" Zhao Yi said, handing the gift box to Uncle Jiu.
"Ah Yi, you're so thoughtful!"
Uncle Nine accepted the gift, a hint of relief and warmth flashing in his eyes.
Wencai and Qiusheng have been by his side for so long, but they have never given him a gift.
On the contrary, Zhao Yi, who only had a master-disciple relationship with him for one day, gave him such a precious gift.
"This thing must be expensive!"
Uncle Nine was also a little curious, wondering what Zhao Yi had given him.
"Judging by the box, it's a Western product!"
Uncle Nine opened the gift box and found a gilded pocket watch inside.
"What a beautiful pocket watch!"
Some of the elders and wealthy people in Renjia Town all have this.
Not only is it convenient for telling time, but it also makes you look very elegant.
Unfortunately, they're too expensive. The cheapest ones cost at least 30 or 50 yuan, and some of the better ones can even cost over 100 yuan.
"Ayi, this gift is too precious!"
Uncle Nine liked it very much, but he still closed the box and was about to hand it back.
"Master, it's just a hundred or so silver dollars. You know I'm not short of money right now."
"So please don't refuse, Master, otherwise I won't accept your initiation gift," Zhao Yi said with a smile.
"Master, please accept it. Junior Brother is not short of money, and he gave me a gift too," Wen Cai said.
"You brat, how can you be so shameless!" Uncle Nine glared at Wen Cai, who was so frightened that he gave an embarrassed smile.
"Master, Senior Brother Wencai is right. I'm not short of money now. It's just a pocket watch. Please accept it," Zhao Yi said.
"All right!"
Uncle Nine nodded and accepted it somewhat reluctantly.
But Uncle Nine couldn't help feeling a little smug: "Ah Yi is really good; I didn't spoil him for nothing!"
"By the way, Ah Yi, how are your house and shop looking?" Uncle Jiu put away his pocket watch, in a good mood.
"Master, I've asked the comprador Wu for help, and I should hear from him in two days," Zhao Yi said.
"The comprador Wu?" Uncle Nine frowned upon hearing this.
"Master, is there something wrong with this person?" Zhao Yi asked, somewhat curious, seeing his uncle's reaction.
"It would be best to find the comprador Hong. That comprador Wu is surrounded by yin energy and evil spirits; he's probably a very wicked person. It's best to avoid dealing with him," Uncle Nine said.
"Oh, Master, I understand. I'll be careful." Zhao Yi nodded.
A person with a sin value of over 500 is definitely not a good person.
However, Zhao Yi didn't care, since such a person was a walking merit bank for him.
"Ah Yi, have you practiced the Maoshan Great Cave True Scripture?" Seeing that Zhao Yi had a good idea, Uncle Jiu stopped talking and asked about the practice.
"Master, I've started reading it, but there are many parts I don't understand."
As Zhao Yi spoke, he took out the "True Scripture of Maoshan Great Cave" and earnestly asked Uncle Jiu for guidance.
......
Time passed slowly, and two days went by in the blink of an eye.
"It's time to go see the comprador Wu to look at houses!" Zhao Yi immediately drove the carriage to the town.
"Oh, Mr. Zhao, you've arrived!"
As soon as he got off the carriage, he saw the comprador Wu Zheng come out from inside. When he saw Zhao Yi, he immediately smiled and went up to greet him.
"Comprador Wu, have you found the house I wanted?" Zhao Yi asked.
"Haha, Mr. Zhao, don't worry. I used a lot of connections to find a shop that's just right for you," Wu, the comprador, said loudly.
"How's the house?" Zhao Yi asked curiously when he heard the other party say that.
"This house used to be a restaurant. It has three floors and can accommodate more than forty tables of guests. There is a yard of about half an acre in the back," Wu, the comprador, said hurriedly.
"That's great! Where's the location? Can we see the apartment now?" Zhao Yi asked with a smile.
"Of course you can."
Wu, the comprador, spoke excitedly, though he usually didn't smile.
Unless you can't help it.
"Let's go take a look at the house!" Zhao Yi said with a smile.
Although Wu, the comprador, is likely to have problems, who can refuse an opportunity to acquire a luxury mansion?
Moreover, both of them have their own ulterior motives, so it's still uncertain who will be tricked by whom.
"Okay, okay!"
The comprador Wu immediately took Zhao Yi to see the house.
The house isn't in the best location; it's not in the most bustling part of town, but the surrounding roads are wide open, and it's a hub connecting to other parts of town, so it's not bad.
Looking at the old house in front of him, Zhao Yi's eyes flickered slightly.
As you can see, the store's decor is quite nice.
Although Wu, the comprador, said that no one had come to the shop for a long time, there was no cobwebs or dust.
It was clean, but also had a chilling feel to it.
"It feels like there's a lot of yin energy here!"
Although Zhao Yi has not yet entered the Dao, or even entered it,
But just by looking outside, you can sense that something is amiss.
This is very similar to the descriptions of dwellings with abundant yin energy in the book "The True Explanation of Maoshan".
"Mr. Zhao, this restaurant, along with the house in the backyard, would cost at least 1,200 silver dollars if you were to buy it."
"But the hotel owner is selling it for 200 silver dollars now, that's a rock-bottom price," Wu, the comprador, said with a smile.
"So cheap?" Zhao Yi was also taken aback.
There must be a demon in the abnormal situation.
The restaurant, though a bit old, is still quite good.
It's not several thousand dollars, but it's definitely more than a thousand.
But the other party is only selling it for two hundred silver dollars?
"Haha, it's cheap, but there are a few minor flaws," Wu, the comprador, said with a smile.
"A minor flaw?" Zhao Yi raised an eyebrow.
"Yes, a minor flaw." The comprador Wu continued with a forced smile, "Six months ago, the owner of this restaurant killed his wife and children, a family of four, and then ripped out his own heart and died."
"屮!"
Zhao Yi was stunned and couldn't help but ask, "Did you find me a haunted house? The kind where a whole family of five was brutally murdered?!"