Chapter 57: Failure and Birth

Facing my disapproval, Brother Chengxin couldn’t take it anymore. At this time, the morning sun had already penetrated the layers of obstacles and shone on this valley. It was a good day in winter with sunshine.

Chengxin forced my head and said to me, “Now that the sun is out, you can take a closer look at the trunk of the locust tree in the sunlight. You know that if you are bitten by a bug, you are not necessarily parasitized. The person just now was not parasitized. As long as he is parasitized, there will be changes in the tree trunk.

I had no choice but to stare at the tree trunk as requested by Brother Chengxin. I was hoping that a flower would suddenly grow on it, and then I wouldn’t have to keep staring at the tree trunk and get eye strain.

Uncle Chen was very fast, and in the blink of an eye he had reached the third person. This time, Uncle Chen took a little longer, and before I could see anything, Brother Chengxin’s expression had already become very serious. He pointed to a certain part of the tree trunk and said, “There, look carefully at the changes there. If you can’t see it, I don’t mind if you go over there to look.”

I wouldn’t be like a fool staring at a tree, I said to Chengxin, “I have good eyesight, don’t get excited.”

Next, I really saw an incredible scene. The trunk of the tree, which was originally plain and unremarkable, gradually bulged and became an oval shape before stopping. At this time, Uncle Chen wiped his sweat and said, “It’s done.”

I was speechless, my mouth agape. The oval shape was originally a pale purple color, but that pale purple color was only a flash in the pan. The entire oval shape of the bulge turned into the same color as the tree, looking like a tree knot.

I tried to convince myself, but I couldn’t. I was too familiar with the shape. It was the shape of the demon’s eggs. This tree could not have grown a knot out of thin air. There was only one explanation. Uncle Chen’s so-called spiritual healing technique was to transfer the eggs from the person to the tree, and then for some reason it turned into a knot.

No wonder the ritual was so complicated, and why they had to recite a prayer. No wonder it could only be used in the name of justice. This technique is truly against the will of heaven.

Seeing my surprised look, Chengxin let out a sigh of relief and said, “See? This is the highest level of spiritual healing, stealing the day and changing the day! In order to isolate the vitality of the object being transferred, a dead tree is usually chosen as the bearer. This kind of cause and effect is also smaller. This time is different. The yin-bearing locust tree must be chosen as the bearer. You shouldn’t think that the task of exorcising evil spirits is all in your hands. Just like the golden needle in my hand, it can seal, injure, and pin down evil spirits. However, doctors have a benevolent heart. Whether it is a male or female, it is always a manifestation of life. We in the medical branch generally do not get involved in this.

I nodded. Of course I believed what Brother Chengxin said. The medical branch of our school, which my master had mentioned to me, is not the kind of doctor who saves the world with a cup of medicine, but rather a more ethereal existence鈥攁 spiritual doctor, just like a witch doctor in the world of witchcraft.

It is also a role of a charlatan who accidentally becomes a god. Therefore, under normal circumstances, Uncle Chen and Brother Chengxin only reveal the ‘medical skills’ known to the public, and they also devote themselves to studying that. Spiritual medical skills are not used lightly.

Now, I have finally seen it in the hands of Uncle Chen, and I have to admit that the magic of the medical lineage is not much worse than the mountain lineage. So next, when Uncle Chen performed the art of displacement, I was a little numb. Whether he was displacing the eggs or the larvae on that tree, I watched numbly. I said that my master and my uncles were here to destroy my three views.

It was just after 8 a.m. and the light was so pleasant. At this time, Uncle Chen had already finished collecting information on everyone. He looked a little weak, wiped the sweat off his head, and leaned quietly against the tree to rest, talking with my master.

The old hedgehog monster was right under the tree. I didn’t understand why Uncle Chen wasn’t in a hurry to get started, but they always have a reason, right? Just like my master set up the trap, I have no idea how Uncle Chen got involved. I just saw him and Brother Chengxin when they were already exhausted. I guess they were preparing for the locust tree.

During our casual chat just now, Brother Chengxin told me that there are certain rules for how and how deep to plant the locust tree.

After about twenty minutes, Master stood up and told everyone to go rest at the barracks. Only our family and Grandpa Hui, Grandma Lingqing and Ru Yue were left here.

At this point, the master said to Grandma Lingqing, “No matter how it changes, it is still a kind of insect. I know that the kind of medicine that restrains insects in your village is rare and there is no more left…”

At this point, Grandmother Lingqing interrupted the Master, saying, “I always know the relationship between the powerful and the weak. What is the point of keeping it? Where can you be stingy with steel that is used on the blade?”

The master looked at Grandma Lingqing, nodded with relief, and then began to draw a formation. Uncle Wang also came to help. It was just a simple combined attack formation, and the two of them quickly completed it.

At this time, the master said to Chen Shishu, “Second Brother, let’s get started. Success or failure depends on this one move!”

Uncle Chen nodded solemnly and took out a pill. I recognized it at a glance. It was the stimulant pill again. He swallowed it without hesitation and then looked at Uncle Wang with a tacit understanding.

Uncle Wang also took out a pill and said, “I will do my best to help you. You just do it without worry. I will swallow it when the time comes.”

Uncle Chen did not hesitate, and entered the formation with Uncle Wang. Uncle Chen was in the main position, and Uncle Wang was in the auxiliary position. Then Uncle Chen took out the box he had just used, opened it, and there was only one golden needle left inside.

This golden needle was the one that Chen Shishu had left over. I saw him hesitate and put it back. At this point, he no longer hesitated, but instead stared at a position and without hesitation, he stuck the needle.

I don’t know what this position represents, but as soon as the needle fell, the old monster’s stomach, which had been quiet, began to writhe violently, as if something was struggling. The old monster’s body began to rapidly carbonize, and the area around its stomach began to become transparent, with some areas torn open.

“It’s starting. The previous needles only sealed off part of the vitality with your lock-in knot. This needle is equivalent to the key point, the key moment, completely blocking off vitality. But the thing in the belly, the master said that the vitality is extremely strong, and it will be stimulated in a desperate situation, causing a violent rebound. It’s true.” Cheng Xin Ge was very nervous, and he didn’t forget to explain to me in a hurry.

The thing in the belly is of course very powerful. It has absorbed the life force of so many people, so how could it not be powerful?

My lock-life knot and Uncle Chen’s golden needle technique could not possibly block its vitality, let alone kill it. At this moment, Uncle Chen placed one hand on the old monster and the other on the locust tree, and once again began the magical technique.

I can’t describe what it was like. I occasionally saw a strange human face and half a body appear on the tree, and occasionally it would disappear. The reason it was strange was that the thing had become human, but the characteristics of the insect had not completely disappeared. It was simply impossible to describe it in words.

Uncle Chen was sweating profusely as he performed the spell, and Uncle Wang’s face didn’t look any better. They were forcibly pulling the unknown, terrifying, unborn life into the dead tree.

As time passed, I didn’t know if the situation was good or bad, because I saw that the old monster’s belly had split open, and from the split came a forelimb that looked like a hand or a claw, um, I don’t know what it was, and it was going to be born forcibly!

But on the tree, the other forelimb had also been solidified into part of the tree…

Grandma Ling Qing also joined in, sprinkling a kind of medicinal powder on the forelimb, which was accompanied by blood flowing from the wrist. My master kept pacing back and forth, his face full of tension!

At this moment, Uncle Wang roared, a trickle of blood flowed from the corner of his mouth, and Uncle Chen directly sprayed out blood. The two of them were shaken from their sitting positions at the same time and collapsed.

My master’s expression suddenly changed, becoming extremely despondent. He muttered, “Have we failed again?” The next moment, his expression suddenly became tense, and he roared, “Chengyi, Chengxin, Ruyue, hurry!”

At this time, the old monster’s stomach was like a blooming flower, completely split open, and the front limb was completely stretched out. Then I saw a strange head come out, staring at all of us with a look of contempt, coldness, anger, and hatred.

“Is it too late?” Master’s face showed a wry smile, and then he reached into the yellow cloth bag on his back.

We all understood, and everyone began to concentrate all their mental energy, preparing to fight to the death.

But who would have known that something unexpected was about to happen…