In this way, it seems that Pragmatic knows Xu Xiazi better than we do, or he knows Wang Zhi better than we do.
Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain why he could discover the existence of the darkroom before us.
At this time, Lao Zuo asked: "Old senior, there is something I want to ask you about."
The Taoist Kankan nodded: "You say."
"A few years ago, Luofu Mountain ordered ninety-nine dragon-pressed coffins from me.
Have you heard about this?"
The Taoist Kankan smiled and said: "Of course I have heard of it.
I ordered those coffins.
But I am only responsible for ordering the coffins, but not for collecting them."
Lao Zuo was puzzled: "How do you say this?"
Kankan Taoist explained: "To put it bluntly, I am a middleman.
A man named Qi Zhiwu asked me if I could help him get some coffins.
I first collected his deposit, and then contacted the courier company in the name of Luofu Mountain.
People from Hunzhuang, ask them to give it to you After placing the order and waiting for the coffins to be ready, Qi Zhiwu gave me the remaining money and took the coffins away himself.
If I had to help him pick up the coffins, I would have to hire someone and a car, not to mention the time and effort.
If I spend money, my profit will be less.”
Lao Zuo asked him: "Why don't you order the coffin yourself?"
"Qi Zhiwu."
Kankan Taoist repeated the name, and then responded: "You Zuo Youdao is a dignified corpse Taoist sect.
You are one of the few figures in our industry.
In the eyes of most people in the industry, people like you are It’s very difficult to reach such people, let alone take the initiative to contact you.
It’s precisely because of their mentality that we, the middlemen, can do business.”
At this point, Kankan Taoist turned the conversation to me again: "If nothing else, let's just talk about Cheng Ruofei.
Now everyone in the industry knows that he took over the second master's stall, but those who go to Bohai Bay to do business , a few of them contacted him directly, either because they were in contact with the people under him or because they felt that they were too high to reach.”
I said, "That's different.
In Lao Qian's house, different shops have different businesses.
They don't do antique business, so of course there's no need to come to me."
The Kankan Taoist waved his hand: "Even if they go to your store to buy antiques, they still have to get in touch with the people under you first, give them a few gifts, and ask about your temper and temperament.
This is all in our industry.
It’s an unspoken rule.
You guys are either from well-established families, or you have become famous at a young age, or you are stuck in a big tree and have no access to the bottom of the industry.
You belong to the sky and the emperor are far away, and you cannot feel the atmosphere of the bottom. " After all these years in the industry, this is the first time I have heard of such a thing.
But I don't think it's strange.
After seeing the ins and outs inside the old man's family, I know that this industry is far from as healthy as it appears.
Lao Zuo asked Kankan Taoist: "What is that Qi Zhiwu doing?
Why does he need so many coffins?"
Taoist Kankan took a moment to think, and then responded: "He is just a barefoot Taoist priest.
His family has passed down some techniques of exorcising ghosts and suppressing corpses, but they are all miscellaneous and not as pure as the inheritance of a large clan.
I heard that Qi Zhiwu’s hometown doesn’t seem to be very peaceful.
That village There is a dead mountain at the back, and evil corpses are entrenched in the mountain.
Thanks to Qi Zhiwu's inheritance, he can barely suppress the evil spirits on the mountain.
When he ordered the coffin from me, I didn't ask much.
After all, there were many evil corpses in his hometown. , maybe it’s because we need coffins from the Shouzheng lineage to suppress the town.”
That was a dragon-pressing coffin.
Could it be that the evil corpses in Qi Zhiwu's hometown were all flying zombie demons?
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If that was the case, it would be strange that he could suppress them with his own ability.
However, Taoist Kankan may not know what the dragon-pressing coffin is used for.
This kind of coffin is very powerful and must be more expensive than other types of coffins.
The price difference that can be earned must be quite high.
Taoist Kankan must have been greedy for money at the beginning, so I didn’t ask any more questions.
Lao Zuo gradually frowned: "Qi Zhiwu's hometown has so many evil spirits entrenched, so no one will take care of it?"
Kankan Taoist smiled helplessly: "You can't control it.
Although Qi Zhiwu has no foundation in the industry, it is still someone else's territory.
As long as he doesn't ask for help, the industry can't send people there.
It's like running into someone else's territory.
Peeing is disrespectful to others.” disrespectful How much is such respect worth?
If Qi Zhiwu can't suppress the evil things in the mountains, and when ghosts and corpses become rampant and harm the village, which one is more valuable, his little self-esteem or the lives in the village?
I can finally see that Kankan Taoist is an old man.
He is very familiar with all the hidden rules in the industry, and he also fully accepts these rules.
In the past, I always thought that the reason why our industry declined so quickly was mainly because each family guarded its own inheritance and lacked communication with each other.
Once the major sects encountered a situation of lack of continuity, it would easily lead to the interruption of inheritance and inheritance.
Once it is broken, what is consumed is the foundation of the industry.
It's just that they don't want to communicate.
The key point is that most sects are blindly conservative and always hold on to their family knowledge and inheritance.
They all believe that what has been handed down from their ancestors must be the best, so they neither innovate nor make new additions to old books.
Explanation, there is no life at all, the whole sect is lifeless.
But now I understand that the above are just appearances.
Ironically, the crux of the industry's loss of vitality is actually the lack of people's hearts.
Lao Zuo's face didn't look good either, but after all his mood was more stable than mine.
After a moment, he secretly exhaled and suggested that I drive and take him to Qi Zhiwu's hometown to have a look.
I asked Taoist Kankan for Qi Zhiwu's address, and then immediately left Luofu Mountain and headed towards the Qinling Mountains with Lao Zuo.
I was really exhausted halfway through, so I found a service area and slept for two hours.
Lao Zuo was eager to see Qi Zhiwu, but he didn't dare to rush me.
When I opened my eyes in confusion, the look on his face had become a little anxious.
In fact, I also know what Lao Zuo is worried about.
He is worried that Qi Zhiwu is likely to be silenced by Pragmatic.
Once Qi Zhiwu dies, the evil spirits in the Death Mountain will rush out to harm people.
Then I didn’t dare to rest anymore, and rushed all the way to Qi Zhiwu’s hometown.
It was evening, and the village was auspicious.
When we arrived at the entrance of the village, several old people were sitting under the wall at the entrance of the village, watching the sunset and The night tones blended with the darkness as they chatted about the last few homely words.
There was also a woman who stretched out her hand from the courtyard door and called her old man back to eat.
Seeing this scene in front of him, Lao Zuo breathed a sigh of relief.
Then we successfully asked the old man at the entrance of the village where Qi Zhiwu lived.
From the old man's tone, I could tell that Qi Zhiwu was not popular in the village.
When Lao Zuo and I entered the village, the old man gave many warnings.
Please tell us not to believe Qi Zhiwu's words easily, saying that Qi Zhiwu is a liar and his fortune-telling skills are all lies.
When I heard the old man's words, I couldn't tell what I felt in my heart.
No matter what kind of person Qi Zhiwu is, without him, it would be impossible for you to live peacefully in this village.
The old man's attitude towards Qi Zhiwu reminded me of Pragmatic's early experience.
If our industry hadn't been too snobbish, perhaps practicality wouldn't be what it is today.
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Most of the houses in the village are made of bricks and tiles.
Only the small courtyard of Qi Zhiwu's house has rammed earth walls.
The courtyard door is also a tomb door that cannot be completely closed.
If you look over the top of the door, you can see Qi Zhiwu lived in that low house made of stone and clay for fifty years.
Lao Zuo glanced at the brick buildings on both sides of the courtyard with a complicated expression.
I knocked on the door for a long time, but no one came out to open the door.
I asked Qi Zhiwu's neighbors, and they also said that they had not seen Qi Zhiwu for a few days, and claimed that Qi Zhiwu was idle and it was common for him not to go out for several days in a row.
Lao Zuo and I felt that something was fishy, so we broke into Qi Zhiwu's house while no one was paying attention.
At first I thought Qi Zhiwu might have been killed.
Even if we entered the house, we would probably only find his body.
The house was indeed in a mess, but no bodies were seen.
Lao Zuo looked through the wardrobe and several small cabinets and found that all the drawers had been rummaged through, and some scattered cinnabar was scattered in one drawer.
In addition, Nothing else.
Lao Zuo carefully sensed the smell in the drawer and immediately concluded that there were originally many magic weapons in there, but they were all taken away.
The cinnabar was accidentally scattered while collecting the magic weapons.
We immediately concluded that Qi Zhiwu had abandoned his home and fled.
He left in such a hurry that he left the house in a mess while packing his luggage.
After leaving Qi Zhiwu's residence, Lao Zuo and I went to the mountain behind the village, which is what Kankan Taoist people call the dead mountain.
There are indeed some evil spirits remaining in the mountains, but Lao Zuo said that the evil spirits are dissipating and the vitality of the mountains is slowly taking over.
It is speculated that all the evil spirits in the mountains were either suppressed not long ago or were transported away.
So there are still evil spirits left, just because they stayed here for too long.
At nightfall, we found an ancient tomb on the shady side of Death Mountain.
It was an open tomb.
There was a very simple enchantment circle around the entrance of the tomb, but it was enough to keep out ordinary people.
The area of the entire ancient tomb is very small, with only one tomb passage five or six meters long, plus two side chambers of about five square meters and a main tomb chamber of twenty square meters.
But each tomb is filled with coffins, and all coffin lids are open.
There was a lot of corpse gas left in the air, but the rotten smell was very light, indicating that the evil corpses here were not suppressed but transported out.
If the evil corpse is suppressed and the air circulation in the tomb passage is not smooth, a strong putrid smell will inevitably be left behind, and the remaining corpse aura will also be thinner.
There was no way Qi Zhiwu could have transported so many evil corpses out alone
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