In the courtyard.
With trembling hands, Wencai scattered handfuls of glutinous rice from a basket onto the path leading from the front door to the main room.
Compared to when they were marking the coffin of Old Master Ren with ink lines, Wen Cai and Qiu Sheng were now extremely diligent. Jiang Fan witnessed the two of them gradually making the courtyard as solid as a rock after Uncle Jiu left. Of course, "as solid as a rock" refers to the fact that there was no place to step on the glutinous rice in the courtyard, which was indeed as solid as a rock for the zombies.
"Chirp chirp chirp..."
The area around the mortuary is full of trees, and mosquitoes are constantly buzzing around it.
Jiang Fan stood at the entrance of the main room, expressionless, a stark contrast to his demeanor when he was chatting and laughing with Uncle Jiu. He quietly watched Wen Cai scatter glutinous rice in the courtyard, toying with the small copper coin sword he had received from Uncle Jiu.
The copper coin sword felt cool to the touch when held in my hand.
Logically speaking,
This sword, made of copper coins and thread, should not be very sturdy, but Jiang Fan found that it was actually extremely strong. Even with slight force, it could not be bent in the slightest. This was with Jiang Fan, whose strength had been enhanced. Anyone else would not be able to break it easily.
After Uncle Nine left,
Jiang Fan carefully examined the three magical artifacts. The one he examined most closely was the copper coin sword, which he valued the most. He couldn't help it; the copper coin sword, which had been the center of attention in the movie, had left a deep impression on him.
After examining it, Jiang Fan discovered that the copper coin sword was made of seventy-two copper coins. The blade was made of two layers of copper coins stacked together, and the hilt was made of twenty copper coins stacked together. Because copper coins are very thin, even twenty copper coins stacked together were only a little over three centimeters long.
At the junction of the hilt and the blade, more than a dozen copper coins are intertwined in a complex formation, making the area appear extremely solid after it is completed.
at the very end,
It is the end of dozens of strands of red thread twisted together, which crosses and fixes four copper coins into a plum blossom shape. Finally, the end of the red thread is closed by a yellow brocade cloth engraved with runes. This is the general outline of the copper coin sword.
Jiang Fan gently stroked the cool copper coin-shaped sword, already making a plan to protect it properly.
Jiang Fan saw,
The red thread connecting the sword blade and hilt was a different color from the red thread on the outside of the sword; one was dark red, and the other was bright red. Jiang Fan guessed that the dark red thread had been soaked in talismans like chicken blood and dog blood by Uncle Nine. Furthermore, the arrangement of the even-numbered copper coin swords in various places was extremely meticulous.
Most importantly, this copper coin sword has been blessed!
The other two treasures, the peach wood needle and the Bagua mirror, were carefully placed into a package by Jiang Fan and stored in a corner of the main room.
The peach wood needle is a magic tool similar to a compass used in Uncle Nine's movies to catch female ghosts. Jiang Fan only knows that this magic tool can point out the location of a ghost when it gets close, but he doesn't know any other effects. However, Jiang Fan thinks that this peach wood needle probably doesn't have any other uses.
The orientation on the surface of the peach wood needle is not the traditional cardinal directions (north, south, east, west).
After all, the peach wood needle refers to a ghost, not a person.
The brown peach wood surface was polished very smooth, and the most important needle in the center was not a traditional silver or iron needle, but made of peach wood. The peach wood was densely covered with directional markings. Jiang Fan only learned the meaning of the directions after asking Uncle Jiu; the directions on the peach wood needle were represented by constellations.
There are a total of twenty-eight constellations.
Each group consists of seven constellations, divided into four groups, forming a complete constellation based on the four sacred beasts.
Of the three magical artifacts, the Bagua Mirror was the one Jiang Fan was most familiar with. It consisted of two layers: a convex mirror about the size of a palm, surrounded by the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches, the Eight Trigrams, and the Nine Stars of the Hetu and Luoshu diagrams; and a concave mirror representing the Twenty-Four Solar Terms. Separately, it could be used to illuminate a copper coin sword with moonlight, enhancing its power. When combined, it could be placed close to the chest to ward off evil spirits, or hung in the home to protect against misfortune.
To be able to obtain these three magical artifacts,
Jiang Fan felt much better after being unable to practice Maoshan Taoist magic.
"Um?"
Jiang Fan, who was playing with the copper coin sword, raised an eyebrow and looked indifferently at the mortuary beyond the wall.
It's coming.
They arrived as expected.
Through the wall, Jiang Fan sensed an aura even more sinister and chilling than the previous female ghost, rushing towards him rapidly. If he wasn't mistaken, this sinister aura should be that of the zombie.
"Wencai, let's put a pillar over the door. We can handle the trouble when Master comes back. Tingting and Young Master Jiang are here, so safety is the priority." Qiusheng, who had checked the doors and windows, walked to the door, smiled at Jiang Fan, and then said to Wencai.
"ah?"
The trembling Wencai was not focused and did not hear what Qiusheng said to him clearly.
Seeing Wen Cai's performance, Jiang Fan secretly shook his head. If he had been the one at the cemetery that night, given Wen Cai's cowardly nature, he probably wouldn't have made it through.
"I said..."
"Bang bang bang".
Just as Qiusheng was about to repeat himself, the tightly closed door suddenly made a slight noise, sounding like someone was knocking on the door from the outside.
The sound was very clear in the quiet courtyard. Qiu Sheng thought it was his master and said happily to Wen Cai at the door, "Master is back. Go open the door."
When Wencai heard that his master had returned, a smile immediately appeared on his face. He nodded and went to open the door.
Standing to the side, Jiang Fan closed his eyes, took a deep breath, clenched his fists and then relaxed them.
"boom!"
"Bang bang bang!!"
Just as Wen Cai stepped down the steps in front of the main hall, the two tightly closed doors were suddenly blasted open by the zombies from the outside. Dust flew up, and the two doors were smashed into pieces, which landed in front of the courtyard. Wen Cai screamed "Ah!" and immediately ran back into the main hall.
Jiang Fan followed closely behind.
"Close the door!"
After the two entered, Qiu Sheng and Ren Tingting hurriedly closed the main room door. The door bolt and two thick wooden sticks placed next to it were also placed on the door to prevent the zombies from rushing in from the outside.