The Happy Farmer Wanderer-Chapter 353: Soul in the Mirror_1

The car required a twenty-minute journey, yet under the old Daoist’s feet, it seemed to arrive in just a few minutes.

Li Qing hadn’t checked the time, but he felt it was quick.

Probably just seven or eight minutes.

This made Li Qing feel a strong sense of awe towards the old Daoist for the first time.

This old Daoist was definitely an unworldly master.

Perhaps even higher in skills than the Qi Family’s master who held the Money Sword.

After arriving at the county hospital, the old Daoist didn’t need Li Qing to lead the way and headed straight for the intensive care unit.

Qi Mengru was still by her son’s bedside, but Qi Xuelan was not there, having gone somewhere else.

After Li Qing walked in, he pondered his words before speaking to Qi Mengru, "Principal Qi, this Daoist is an elder I know... He specializes in difficult and complicated illnesses. Please let him take a look at Xiao Shu."

The word ’elder’ seemed to please the old Daoist a lot as he instantly smiled, revealing his darkened teeth.

Qi Mengru lifted her swollen, tearful eyes and shook her head, "Li Qing, I know you mean well, but I won’t joke about my son’s life. Both the hospital and... our house are at a loss; I can’t trust a Daoist you just found."

"Try it, what if he can cure Xiao Shu!" Li Qing urged again.

Even though he got scolded, he couldn’t bear to see such sorrow.

Seeing Qi Mengru like this, he still couldn’t help wanting to lend a hand.

Qi Mengru shook her head and took out some money from her bag to give to Li Qing, "You’ve gone to a lot of trouble; take this money and treat the Daoist to a meal."

Li Qing didn’t take Qi Mengru’s money and, seeing this, he also had to give up the idea of trying to help.

If Qi Mengru was unwilling, he truly was out of options.

But at that moment, the old Daoist suddenly said, "The old Daoist has already eaten, and I don’t need to do much, just to have a look."

"Fine, but you cannot touch my child!" Qi Mengru said firmly.

"The layman can rest assured, the old Daoist always keeps his word," chuckled the old Daoist, suddenly pulling a small knife from his sleeve.

Seeing this, Qi Mengru immediately tensed, barking harshly, "What are you doing?"

"Nothing, nothing," the old Daoist waved his hand, grabbed Li Qing’s arm, "Come, lend a drop of blood!"

"Daoist, what are you grabbing me for?" Li Qing was also nervous.

Before he could finish speaking, the old Daoist already sliced his fingertip with the knife.

A droplet of bright red blood instantly welled out,

The old Daoist flicked his finger, shooting the blood toward the barely alive Xiao Shu on the sickbed, hitting him right between the eyebrows.

"Ah!"

As the drop of blood fell, Xiao Shu on the bed suddenly reacted.

As if he’d been burned, he let out a scream and his body started convulsing violently.

Qi Mengru’s eyes instantly reddened, and she hurriedly rushed over to hold Xiao Shu down.

"Xiao Shu, Xiao Shu, what’s wrong with you? What’s happened?"

Xiao Shu’s cries were hoarse and guttural, yet they sounded like an adult’s voice, somewhat old.

"What have you done to my child?" Qi Mengru suddenly turned her head sharply towards Li Qing and the old Daoist, her gaze fierce.

"If anything happens to my child, I will never forgive you!"

Li Qing didn’t know what the old Daoist was doing.

But he believed that the old Daoist was doing this to save Xiao Shu.

He could only say to Qi Mengru, "Principal Qi, don’t panic. The Daoist must have discovered something!"

Just then, the unexpected happened.

A mass of black qi visible to the naked eye burst out from Xiao Shu’s forehead, accompanied by faint, eerie screams.

"You little rat, you think you can escape!" the old Taoist priest shouted, flinging a Yellow Talisman with his hand.

The Talisman flew like an arrow, instantly piercing into the black mist and igniting with a bang.

A sharp wail came from the mist, taking a sudden turn in mid-air and drifting out the window.

"You little rat, try running again, old Taoist is coming for you!" the old Taoist pushed Li Qing aside and charged out of the ward with big strides.

Li Qing glanced at Xiao Shu on the bed, noticing his complexion had returned to normal and was slowly regaining color.

It seemed to be working, at least to some extent.

With his mind eased, he hurried to follow the footsteps of the old Taoist priest, rushing down the building.

Li Qing saw the old Taoist at the flowerbed downstairs.

Standing on the edge of the flowerbed, he kept flinging Yellow Talismans one after another.

"You ferocious little rat, keep running, why don’t you!"

"Come on, run!"

"Playing ’feint to the east but attack in the west’ with the old Taoist, you think you can outsmart me? I’ll see how skilled you are!"

The corner of Li Qing’s mouth twitched slightly.

If he didn’t know what had just happened, he would definitely consider the old Taoist as a madman.

And the kind that was outrageously mad.

After the old Taoist finally stopped, Li Qing walked over and asked, "Taoist priest, what exactly is this?" 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

"Well, in terms of Feng Shui, this would be considered as malevolent qi!" the old Taoist sat down on the edge of the flowerbed with a thump, stroking his white beard, and after some thought, he said.

Li Qing’s face darkened, "Taoist priest, I am not a three-year-old child."

Does malevolent qi even shout?

And scream so heartrendingly at that!

"Alright, I can’t really fool you, it was an old ghost!" the old Taoist priest said with a twist of his mouth.

"Such things... they really exist?" Li Qing swallowed quietly.

The affirmation from the old Taoist priest brought a significant shock to his mind.

Though recent events had almost convinced Li Qing of this fact.

Still, receiving such a confirmation from the old Taoist made him unavoidably shocked.

"The world is vast and filled with wonders; don’t be overly surprised. You see the world you’re in; to the common eye, the world is mundane, but to some, it is full of bizarre and strange things," the old Taoist let out a light sigh, then chuckled, "How about it? Are you interested in coming up the mountain with me now? I can take you on as a disciple on behalf of my master, and you would be my junior, which is quite a high status."

Li Qing immediately shook his head, "Taoist priest, don’t bother, I’d rather stay an ordinary person."

"Well, well, it’s bound to happen sooner or later; the old Taoist should not be impatient. I’ve gotten older, and my temper has been a bit fiery recently," the old Taoist priest shook his head and said.

This made Li Qing feel particularly uneasy.

But he firmly believed one thing: My fate is mine to control!

He turned and asked, "Taoist priest, is the child alright now?"

"If he can’t jump around lively now, then he might indeed be truly ill," the old Taoist said with a laugh.

Li Qing: ...

"Taoist priest, there’s a rumor about a mirror in our school’s logistics area; maybe you should take a closer look?" Li Qing was still somewhat uneasy about that place and wanted the old Taoist to check it out again.

"No need to look further; it was that thing," the old Taoist priest surprisingly spoke plainly this time, "Some creatures, their Yin Souls lingering and influenced by the geomancy, gradually gain momentum and take refuge in mirrors, employing the souls of the living as their servants."

"The old Taoist chased that thing once before; never expected it to have hidden here."