Merchant of the Underworld

After taking the medicine, we had a simple meal. Now I had no time to chat with Li Mazi. It was only a few hours before twelve o'clock, so I asked Li Mazi to find some cinnabar and black dog blood nearby. I was making preparations in the room!

After getting the Eternal Spirit Ring and the Scimitar, I rarely draw the one-time talismans I used to do before. Now I take great pains for the sake of the little one.

Because my hands were a lot unfamiliar, it was very difficult to draw. I only finished a few sleepy charms, and my shoulders became swollen.

"Bad brother, go and rest for a while!"

Oyu said distressedly, her eyes were red. Seeing her concern for me, she somehow thought of Xinyue and wondered what Xinyue was doing now.

Li Mazi went out for nearly an hour before coming back, cursing that it was really hard to find this thing in Kunming, but he finally found it.

After saying that, he put the things in his arms on the table, and I mixed the cinnabar and black dog blood together.

Afraid that Li Mazi might buy a fake, I specially dipped a little on my finger and put it on the tip of my nose and smelled it. It was full of yang energy, and it seemed to be the blood of a strong male black dog!

After mixing it up, I used dog blood to draw the Zhang family's unique amulet on Huanhuan's body, and then used the remaining black dog blood combined with the spirit-binding spell to scatter around the room.

"The gods lead the way, bind the immortals and rope spirits, break!"

As I shouted, the four surrounding talismans were running rapidly, and finally turned into ashes, and the burned dog blood formed a halo invisible to the naked eye, firmly protecting Xiao Huanhuan inside.

After doing all this, I breathed a sigh of relief. Even if the little Yin spirit comes again at night, it will never be able to break through the formation I set up. I will just wait for it to be deflated, and I will rush out to close the net!

But it was past twelve o'clock, and there was still no movement from Huanhuan, and there was nothing strange around the house. I was a little confused in my heart, and more anxious.

If the little guy doesn't come, shouldn't I have to guard against him every day?

I was thinking hard when the sound of light footsteps suddenly came to my ears. I looked up suddenly and saw the little boy from the Mu family who had lost his arm walking away from me.

"Uncle, can you save Huanhuan?" He asked carefully, his simple voice made me feel sad.

Before I could speak, the little boy continued: "Uncle, Huanhuan was not like this before, he was very cute; but since I gave him a small peach wood sword, he has become like this. Uncle, am I not like this? Hurt Huanhuan?"

He looked like he was asking me to admit his mistake, but I was shocked. That peach wood sword was definitely the breakthrough point in the matter.

Thinking of this, I tried my best to show a gentle expression, held his hand and asked: "My child, where did you get that peach wood sword?"

"I bought that wooden sword from a street stall in the ancient city of Dali. I thought it was very beautiful at the time. I saw Huanhuan also liked it very much, so I gave it to him..."

After the little boy finished speaking, he looked at Mu Huanhuan with a guilty look on his face. He probably felt that he was the culprit who killed his mother. I secretly decided to find an opportunity to provide psychological counseling to the children after the matter was settled.

There were no accidents the whole night. The next morning, I followed the address given by the little boy, grabbed Li Mazi and went to find a small vendor selling wooden swords.

"Brother, what are you doing this early in the morning? I haven't woken up yet." Li Mazi asked while yawning, as if he didn't know how critical the situation was.

I angrily repeated the little boy's words to him, and he calmed down.

Li Mazi and I walked around the ancient city of Dali, but we didn't see the vendor selling peach wood swords that the little boy mentioned.

The two of us were tired and hungry, so we found a restaurant and had a bowl of rice noodles. Yunnan's cross-bridge rice noodles are indeed well-deserved. The rice noodles are chewy and the soup is delicious. After eating, Li Mazi and I were both a little unsatisfied. We were about to order another bowl when we heard a shout from outside: "Everyone, come and take a look." , authentic peach wood sword to ward off evil spirits, pure peach wood craftsmanship, high quality and low price..."

Li Mazi and I looked at each other and quickly paid the bill. After exiting the store, we followed the shouts and ran over. Only then did we find a stall selling tourist souvenirs in the corner, mostly with mahogany swords.

These peach wood swords vary in size and are all exquisitely carved.

I lowered my body to take a closer look at what was wrong with these peach wood swords, but suddenly I felt that these peach wood swords were exuding yin energy without exception!

I used my mind to ask Oyu to help me judge, and soon she gave a reply: This Yin Qi has the same smell as the little Yin spirit.

It seems that the problem lies with these peach wood swords. I am afraid that the vendor is deliberately trying to harm the Mu family, and I don't know how to say anything for a while.

Fortunately, Li Mazi was very good at observing people's emotions, so he quickly took out a cigarette and handed it to the hawker, and started to get close to him.

Apparently, Li Mazi showed his special skills, and soon he and the vendor began to call each other brothers.

"Brother, I think your peach wood is quite good. Can you tell me where the wood comes from?"

Seeing that the time was almost up, I asked.

When the vendor saw that Li Mazi and I came together, he started talking frankly.

"Two brothers, I collected these peach trees from a sunken ship on the shore of Erhai Lake. Although the sunken ship is quite old, the wood on it is quite well preserved."

I didn't waste any time and spent money to buy the peach wood sword owned by the vendor and asked him to take me to the location of the shipwreck.

The vendor was very happy to get my heavy money and immediately agreed to take us there. Only Li Mazi said with a straight face: "Brother, are you a melon? How can this piece of junk be worth so much money?"

Li Mazi's character of treating wealth as life is probably something he will never change in his lifetime, and I don't want to complain about him. After walking with the vendor for about twenty minutes, we arrived at the edge of Erhai Lake.

Speaking of it, Erhai Lake is a place where I want to go on vacation with Xinyue. Now... I almost have a psychological shadow.

The vendor took us to a place with almost no people, and I saw something dark and similar to a boat not far away.

"This is it, brothers, go and have a look!" the vendor said with a smile.

Li Mazi and I thanked the hawker, and he left first if he had something else to do. Then Li Mazi and I quickly ran towards the black thing.

My intuition tells me that the answer is here!

When I took a closer look, I found that this was indeed a sunken ship. Although the ship was dilapidated and the wood in many places had long since rotted, some parts were better preserved.

"Brother, I'm afraid this ship is quite old."

Li Mazi smacked his tongue and said, this guy also has a good eye for antiques.

This ship has four floors and is obviously a 'warship' used by the ancient navy. It looks very much like a building ship from the Three Kingdoms period, because the shipbuilding industry had not yet adopted keel technology at that time, so it is easy to identify.

The core of the ship is made of pure peach wood, and the carved patterns on it also have the characteristics of the Eastern Han Dynasty, which makes people sigh again and again.

"Brother, why do you think there are two such deep scratches on this ship?"

I was watching intently when Li Mazi suddenly asked in confusion.

Are there nicks on the boat?

I thought this was nothing strange. It was normal for a large ship to hit the rocks after thousands of years of ups and downs under the water. But I still walked to Li Mazi and observed the two notches.

I saw that the two scratches were very deep, one high and one low, and they were drawn horizontally. If this mark was scratched by a stone, it wouldn't be so neat.

So these two carvings must have a special meaning!

As soon as I got close to the sunken ship, I felt a faint yin energy. As time went by, the yin energy became more and more obvious.

It seems that this sunken ship is where the little Yin spirit lives.

Because the ship was too big, Li Mazi and I couldn't carry it, so we had to take a few photos of the sunken ship and then headed back home.