The second book in the Oolong Wizard series, titled The Normal Mind

Chapter 20

“Fang Long was only a few years old at the time, and he was already like this—” I exclaimed.

"There's nothing I can do. It's all my fault for being a child prodigy and precocious," Fang Long said self-reproachfully.

---janeadam

Reply [37]: "Fortunately, Master Fang once instructed us that although this fox committed great sins, it later reformed due to Fang Long's good intentions. If we can destroy it, we should destroy it; if we can't, we shouldn't force it. It's not bad to let it live. As for your relationship with it, I heard from the Master that your past life was that of Yuan Yingzi, a grandmaster who dominated the world five hundred years ago. You will understand the details when you become enlightened." As Ya Xian spoke, ignoring my stunned expression, she went back to the kitchen to serve the dishes.

Am I Yuan Yingzi? No wonder I've offended so many monsters in my life. What about Tianyizi? It turns out he was the one I sealed underground. But why am I so useless now?

Moreover, it's hard to imagine that a smooth-talking guy like Fang Long could have a kind side.

Forget it, I don't want to think about it anymore, my head hurts, my head hurts!

At this moment, Fang Long looked around furtively and mysteriously before handing over a business card.

I took a look out of curiosity, and it read: Fang Long, President of the Four Directions Immortals Group. The background was an Eight Trigrams diagram and a talisman for protection and exorcism, but since it was a copy, it had no spiritual power whatsoever and was purely decorative.

"What are you up to now? Would the government allow a company like this to be established? How much capital have you invested? Do you have a business license? How many employees does the company have?" I asked in quick succession, leaving Fang Long overwhelmed.

"Don't be so loud. My senior sister, Ya Xian, is an undercover agent that Master sent to my side. Don't let her know! This is an underground company. Currently, there are only two people in the company: Xiao Feng and me. Xiao Feng is the CEO and Vice President."

Then, Fang Long took out a bunch of strange talismans from his pocket and said, "These are our products. We specialize in researching and selling all kinds of interesting talismans."

"In the 21st century, witchcraft should undergo a comprehensive reform. It should not only be used for warding off evil, summoning spirits, cursing, and praying, but also bring people some form of entertainment, such as the once-popular Ouija board. However, the method of gathering spirits with a Ouija board is too old-fashioned and has certain dangers. It would be better to use talismans to borrow the power of minor deities and play a more wonderful and interesting role."

They want to transform the Fire Spirit Talisman, which relies on the God of Fire and is extremely offensive, into a Fireworks Talisman; the Earth Escape Talisman, which is used for defense, into an Invisibility Talisman; the Demon-Revealing Talisman into a Forgetfulness Talisman; the Wind Arrow Talisman into a Fast-Talking Talisman; and even more outrageous, they want to transform the Sealing Talisman into a Transformation Talisman, and so on.

"There are too many minor psionic gods in this world. They take the incense offerings of taxpayers, and they're just sitting around doing nothing. They're too embarrassed to play mahjong or chat like ordinary people to kill time, so it's only right that they do good deeds, entertain the masses, and think about the happiness of the masses." Fang Long said smugly, twisting his words with a crooked mouth, enjoying himself immensely.

"What do you want me to do?" I observed coldly.

Actually, I'm very curious to know how they torment and torment those poor little deities, but I'm also worried that they'll drag me into this mess, ruining my reputation as a teacher, and of course, wasting too much of my sleep. Besides, I don't even know the most basic exorcism and attack techniques.

"This is our flyer. Please help us expand our local market," Fang Long said longingly, but I immediately pushed it away.

"I'm sorry, I can buy a few tickets to show my support, but I don't encourage it, much less act as an accomplice to evil."

"What?! I'm your savior!"

"If you hadn't let that fox go, I wouldn't have suffered this undeserved misfortune!"

"You! You! You!" "You! You! You!"

"What are you two doing? Staring at each other like that! You were best friends in your past life!" Ya Xian said again.

"Wow, what? How is this possible!" Fang Long and I screamed at the same time.

---janeadam

Reply [38]: Chapter Eighteen Cousin

Fang Long and Ya Xian have been gone for four or five days. Xiao Ling recovered after lying at home for two days. To put her mind at ease, I went to her house for two nights to tutor her on her lessons.

Her parents were very kind to me, which put my mind at ease; besides, because of this brush with death, Xiaoling seemed to have matured a lot all of a sudden, her mood was very peaceful, and she was no longer as nervous and anxious as before.

On Monday afternoon—the same day the fox spirit Ren Qiushui left—Zhao Di woke up to the doctor's astonishment. Without any warning, she came to school full of energy on Tuesday.

The school returned to calm, but after the chaos of the past few days subsided, the principal and his bored leaders suddenly remembered the promise I had made to them.

"Teacher Luo, where's your girlfriend?" "How did you meet her?"

They seemed to be saying, "What makes you think you can catch such a fairy? It's none of your business." I cursed inwardly, but thinking about the recent events at school, most of which were related to me, I made up a romantic love story for them to distract them.

The story takes place during summer vacation. While traveling, a sudden flash flood occurred in a famous mountain. I was swept to a small village in the scenic area and rescued by a beautiful girl... Later, we fell in love, and so on.

The story was told for an entire noon, with the audience asking about every detail repeatedly before they finally stopped. In short, Xiaoyue was a descendant of royalty, with royal blood flowing through her veins, which explained her natural beauty.

To be honest, based on their understanding of me, someone as useless as me could only have stumbled upon this story by sheer luck—it's more believable than the truth. And I could only smile bitterly to myself.

Another week has passed amidst all the hustle and bustle, and another wonderful weekend is here.

To release the tension of the week, I started playing Qin's Legacy like crazy. One night, I found three copies of the Book of Poetry in Hetai Village and one copy of the Lu Ban Manual in Hengshan Village. I sold them for sixteen yuan and bought two copies of the Classic of Mountains and Seas from other players, which gave me two skill points and allowed me to learn more advanced skills.

When I went back to kill tigers and bears, it was incredibly satisfying!

The next day, I planned to sleep like a log, since no one could control me now.

"Ding! Ding!" The windowpane was struck several times by a hard object, the sound reaching my still-sleeping ears with a strange, jarring noise. What a beautiful morning! Why can't I ever get a proper night's sleep?

I was enraged when I saw five or six small grains of sand fall onto the balcony window.

"Who did this?!" I angrily pushed open the door leading to the balcony, leaned over the railing, and shouted at the walkway outside the back wall.

Standing below are Xiaoling and Zhuer, pointing at each other with a wronged expression.

"It was Pearl who threw it." "It was the class monitor who instructed her to do it."

“We rang the doorbell, but your doorbell breaks every weekend.”

My head immediately started to ache, so I had to go downstairs to open the door for them. Standing at the door were Xiaohui and Jing'er, practically surrounding them from all sides!

"Is there something you need? I've been doing exactly what you asked of me this past month, arriving at work on time, and giving preferential treatment to struggling students and younger children."

Tutoring, cutting test papers, arranging duty students, checking self-study sessions... I poured my heart and soul into it, it was so hard for me! I rubbed my eyes red with sadness, hoping to gain their sympathy, let me off the hook, and leave quickly.

Xiaoling and Zhu'er ignored me and walked straight past me upstairs, plopping down on the sofa in my study. Then, Miss Lin Caixia also appeared, dressed in a pure blue school uniform.

Pearl said casually, "Teacher, you should rinse your mouth first. It smells awful when you talk. It's almost nine o'clock. You haven't had breakfast yet!"

"Teacher, you seem like a different person lately. We're both worried and happy!" Xiaoling said, blinking her eyes. Her concern was almost overwhelming.