Twilight Boundary

"what is that?"

After waking up, it took Hu Ma a while to slowly dissipate the fire of ignorance rising in her heart. However, the feeling of boredom and trouble and the strange scenes she saw in her dream still lingered in her heart, as if she was attached to it. The ghostly shadow of the dead body.

This feeling is very strange. It's not that I've been harmed by someone, nor is it a malicious curse, or a spell. There's no real harm, it's just that it makes me feel unhappy, and my mood is always ups and downs.

He also realized that this didn't seem to be a good dream, but he didn't know who to ask for explanation.

And after waking up, what I saw in the dream suddenly faded away. I forgot what I dreamed and heard, but I felt a little depressed.

Putting aside his thoughts for the time being, he also knew that taking good care of his body was the most important thing now. Now that his whole body had come back to life, theoretically, even without blood food supplements, he could slowly take care of the first three sticks of incense...

...The premise is that if you don’t take food, you won’t get hurt, you won’t get ghosts, you won’t break your body when you’re so weak, and you won’t consume too much.

Now that he was in the Blood Food Mine and recuperating carefully, he naturally would not do any of these things that were detrimental to his Taoist conduct. He only thought that within a few days, he would be able to regain the first three pillars of his Taoist conduct, but he did not expect that since then, From the beginning of the day, strange dreams appeared one after another.

Every now and then, he could hear the vague murmur, and the jumping flames and white flags in his dream were always dazzling in front of his eyes.

Sometimes, when people are awake, the white flags are still waving.

These few days made him increasingly restless and mentally weak. The first three pillars of Taoism that should have been successfully restored in three or four days were actually missing a lot.

It is so difficult to recover the first three pillars of Dao Xing, so there is no room to make up for the fourth pillar of Dao Xing. This kind of extra destiny is inherently more difficult to make up for than the first three pillars of Dao Xing.

I had a very bad premonition in my heart, so I walked out and consulted with Lao Abacus. When I got outside, I saw Lao Abacus playing chess with Zhou Datong. Zhou Datong's left arm was wrapped with cloth and hung around his neck. The abacus's right arm was wrapped in cloth and hung around his neck.

But of these two people, one has reached the stage of refining his left arm. After cultivating this arm, he has reached the stage of refining the five internal organs.

The other one regretted playing chess with Zhao Zhu, and was pinched by Zhao Zhu when they were fighting for chess pieces...

...Zhao Zhu had a reckless temper, and he had just strengthened his hands. He couldn't control his strength. When he saw Lao Abacus secretly moving the chess piece, he grabbed it and his arm broke.

... In response to this, Lao Baopan extorted ten taels of silver from him for medical expenses, which made Zhao Zhu so angry that he stopped playing chess and only focused on practicing the cross technique.

"Brother, are you having fun?"

Hu Ma put on a smile and greeted Lao Abacus from a distance.

As soon as he heard his movement, Lao Abacus suddenly changed his expression, and suddenly stretched out his hand to scratch the chessboard: "Suddenly I remembered that I have something else to do, and I can't play today."

Zhou Datong was stunned: "No, I won right away..."

"No hurries?"

Hu Ma blocked the path of Lao Abacus and said with a smile: "Brother, there is nothing going on in the mine. I will accompany you to the next game."

"Need not."

Lao Abacus distanced himself directly from him and refused sternly: "Playing chess with you is the most boring thing. I don't dare to win against you when I win, and I can't afford to lose when I lose. I'm going to suffer all the time!"

Hu Ma looked a little embarrassed, so she could only smile again and said: "There's nothing we can do about it, let's talk. Haven't you been thinking about the good tea that the seventh child of the Sun family sent over? I'll make a pot for you to try today!"

"Do you still need to make me a pot?"

Old Abacus looked at Hu Ma with strange eyes: "I have hands and feet, but it's not like I can't steal by myself..."

"?"

Hu Ma couldn't hold himself any longer. Seeing that the old guy was toasting and refusing to eat, he put away his smile and said, "Datong, go to the inner room and take out my knife."

"It's dark and windy tonight, perfect for sword practice."

"..."

Zhou Datong was heartbroken about the two taels of silver he had won away from the old abacus. Seeing that the old abacus was defeated, he laughed and jumped up: "I'll go right away."

Lao Abacus suddenly softened and said awkwardly: "Look, the thing about raising the knife again..."

"...How about we sit down and talk for a while?"

"..."

"I thought so too."

Hu Ma smiled, sat down with him, and said, "Brother, you have traveled extensively and experienced a lot. I wonder if you can interpret dreams?"

Old Abacus was stunned for a moment and said, "What kind of dream interpretation?"

Hu Ma was also a little surprised and said, "Are there any different ways to interpret dreams?"

"of course!"

The old abacus said: "One kind of dream interpretation is from the world of martial arts. I used to interpret it when I told people's fortunes. Anyway, if the other party is willing to give money, I will say the best. If he dreams of a dead person, I have to say that he will be lucky. Coffin to make a fortune.”

"If the other party is not willing to give money, then if he dreams of lying naked on the bed with his wife, I think this means that he is powerless, and it almost sounds..."

"...All in all, I make a living, not shabby, but I have a sharp tongue."

"..."

Hu Ma was speechless by his frankness, and then said: "So, what about real dream interpretation? Through dreams, you can understand what happened?"

Old Abacus said: "That won't happen."

"?"

Hu Ma couldn't help but gnashed her teeth and Hanako said, "Are all those in the world so thick-skinned?"

"I thought you were going to ask about that friend of yours again..."

Old Abacus rolled his eyes at Hu Ma first, and then showed a slight expression of interest. His old face was full of curiosity: "Ignore the unexplainable things for now, what dream do you want to ask me about?"

"Very weird..."

Hu Ma said slowly: "As soon as you close your eyes, you will dream of a group of people taking white banners and chanting curses, just like calling the soul..."

"That can't be..."

The old abacus said: "Your fate is so important, who in this world can move you..."

"It's really not like calling a soul. It's not tied to my past intentions, and it doesn't harm me like a nightmare spell. I didn't even hear my name. It's just a group of people casting spells there and shouting some strange words... "

Hu Ma also frowned and slowly recounted that it was indeed the first time for him to encounter this kind of problem, and it was difficult to analyze it clearly.

However, as he told it, Lao Abacus's face changed slightly, he took a deep look at Hu Ma and whispered: "I don't know how to interpret dreams, but what you are encountering now may not be a dream. Maybe it's not a dream." Someone is really calling you with a banner..."

"But I don't care about this!"

He stood up from the table next to him, shook his head, and sighed: "No one can take care of it. It's hard for an upright official to deal with household affairs..."

"..."

"Is it difficult for an upright official to take care of household chores?"

Hu Ma was slightly startled by what he said, and her brows furrowed tightly. The shadow of the white banner, the strange fire, and the strange smile of the old abacus seemed to flash in her heart. It matches what Mr. Meng said.

He was stunned for a moment, maybe because he was in a state of confusion and his reaction was slow, so he couldn't calm down for a long time.

It was already getting dark, and when it was time to turn on the lamp and eat, Hu Ma hadn't thought about it yet, but she didn't want to do it, when a dark wind blew into the valley.

From this wind, he actually vaguely heard the sound of suona gongs and drums, and the sound of blowing and beating. As the dark wind came closer and closer, he looked up in a daze and saw a procession of people in festive clothes outside the valley. Came over.

The team was surrounded by jumping little devils before and after it came to the valley and stopped.

"Eh?"

The guys in the valley, who were cooking and washing clothes, all stuck their heads out to look at it and thought it was very fresh.

Hu Ma also frowned. Normally, this blood food mine would easily attract evil spirits, but now it does so again?

It happened that Zhou Datong was excitedly holding the knife over to him, so he picked up the knife and walked out of the valley, facing the empty and blurry ghost there, without the slightest fear.

However, as he got closer, he felt the existence of the sword that punished officials. Although it was in the sheath, it slightly released a ray of energy, which suddenly made ghosts cry and wolves howl outside.

Those little devils couldn't care less about the sedan. They threw away the gongs and drums and dispersed with a bang. The wedding sedan was thrown away on the spot.

Hu Ma was about to go over and pick out the curtain with a knife to see which kid was so blind and causing trouble in the mine.

But it didn't matter. Before he even touched the curtain, a cry came from the sedan: "I have never seen such rude people..."

"Uncle Hu Ma, who is Uncle Hu Ma? Come and make the decision for the slave family..."

"..."

Hu Ma was stunned, took back the knife and said, "I am Hu Ma, what did you say?"

Inside the sedan, the bride cried: "I was married from Laoyin Mountain, just because a tiger master asked me to go here to deliver a message to a flax uncle, saying that someone from the mountain over there is coming. There are a few uninvited guests, please go back and take care of them."

"I was thinking about my neighbors, and I was worried that I might miss the right moment and come here to deliver this message. Instead of thanking me, you are so fierce and arrogant, drawing your sword at the slightest disagreement."

"If you scare away my messenger, is it possible for me to run over and get married on my own two legs?"

"..."

"ah?"

When Hu Ma heard her mention Mr. Tiger, she knew that she had misunderstood.

Seeing people crying again and saying they were sad, I hurriedly glared at the official sword to make it take away its evil spirit...

...You are a punishment official, how can you be so cruel to ordinary people?

Then he bowed hurriedly and said, "It's true that I was reckless. Hu thanked the bride for sending the message."

"Don't worry, I also know how to deal with ghosts. I'll just call those little ghosts back for you."

"..."

After that, he started a simple altar, burned incense, and made offerings. He forcefully recruited the little ghosts who had scared away and ordered them to lift the sedan properly and send the bride there on time.

A good time was wasted, and everyone's legs were broken.

This coaxed the bride into feeling better, and asked Hu Ma if she wanted to go over for the wedding banquet. Hu Ma didn't go, but gave her a share.

After sending off the bride, Hu Ma returned to the valley. After receiving the letter from the tiger, her mind, which was still confused just now, and the doubts in her heart became clear.

After walking back, he said to Zhou Datong and others: "It seems that I have to prepare to go back to Mingzhou."