Please call me Huanxian

Chapter 253: Full Moon Night, Strange Things Happen

Xu Yuanchang gave a few perfunctory explanations and asked Bian Qiuyan if he had anything to ask for.

Judging from his words and actions, Bian Qiuyan had a hint of worry on his face, and it didn't look like he was going to come to Bailin Valley to live and grow vegetables.

Bian Qiuyan glanced at the woman who was reading and calculating in the tree pavilion dozens of feet away. She didn't know Xue Chunni and had no intention of disturbing her. She carefully recounted the difficult and strange case she had encountered.

She witnessed with her own eyes how her junior uncle raised his hand and cast a secret spell, releasing golden light all over the sky.

It was easy to break the ghost trap created by the half-demon's sacrificed blood and spirit, and solve the problem of ghost sounds and disturbing souls.

"Cangpuling, west of Yongchuan County, on the fifteenth day of next month, on the night of the full moon."

Xu Yuanchang repeated a few key words and agreed with a smile: "No problem, I will definitely be there by then. I want to see what kind of evil spirit can cause hundreds of thousands of people to lose their souls and become paralyzed?"

Bian Qiuyan asked worriedly, "Your eyes?"

Xu Yuanchang smiled and said, "It doesn't matter. I can still investigate the case even with my eyes closed."

With more than twenty days left, he was confident that he would be able to initially control the phantom fire and restore his eyes to normal.

The bunny with colorful fur in the Magic Fairy Ring crossed its legs and leisurely played with two strands of Yin-Yang flames that were about an inch long and as thick as a hair. It continued, "The world is about to go into chaos, and violence is growing. The evil bastards who have been hiding for hundreds or thousands of years are like flies that smell a fishy smell. They will all jump out to cause trouble. It has always been like this, but this is also a good time to pick up merits and virtues everywhere."

He was reminding the little Taoist priest to run outside more often.

Don't stay at home all the time.

The young Taoist priest has been slow to go out and do things. Where does he get so much good fortune and luck?
Xu Yuanchang ignored the rabbit and sent Bian Qiuyan away in a hurry.

There are only three fourth-floor masters in Sitian Palace. Elder Mei is so busy every day that he doesn't even have time to play chess.

An elder is to teach and supervise the training of all the monks from the three-story building gathered on the outskirts of the capital.

Before the gate to the dark world opens, train as many fourth-level masters as possible.

There is also an elder who is responsible for external communications and internal rewards and punishments, and he also has a lot of things to do.

Xu Yuanchang guessed that it was Elder Mei, who was good at fortune-telling, who gave Bian Qiuyan the idea. If there was any trouble, he could ask Elder Mei, an idler from the Monster-Catching Mountain, for help. Since he was one of their own, it would be a waste to use him.

Stroll slowly on the gravel ground, enjoying the comfort of the warm winter sun.

A snow cricket pupa crawled over, and it volunteered to act as the young master's mount. It slowly flew up with the young master on its back, and hovered over the Bailin Valley.

When Liu Xianfeng, who was checking the formation in the woods on the south side, saw this, he smiled and squeezed in to sit behind it. He praised Xueli so much with a few words that he was so confused that he flew even harder.

As the sun sets, wisps of smoke rise from the kitchen in the courtyard halfway up the mountain.

Xue Chunni, who had been sitting in the tree pavilion for most of the day, finished reading the entire booklet. He felt dizzy and put away the manuscript paper and pens on the tree table, his face full of excitement.

She planned to stay in Bailin Valley for a while.

When she returns to Tianzhen Mountain, she will brag to her friends for ten days or half a month that only if Qincai calls her "Senior Sister" a hundred times and makes her feel happy, will she not teach Qincai the new arithmetic content in the book.

Walking into the open courtyard door and hearing Xu Yuanchang's greeting, Xue Chunni walked up the stairs.

I was surprised to see Xu Yuanchang, who had difficulty seeing things, cooking in the kitchen, while Liu Xianfeng was busy adding firewood to the fire.

"Go sit in the main room for a while. The food will be ready soon."

Xue Chunni did not go into the kitchen to help. Apart from the art of formations, she was not interested in much. She answered "OK", turned and walked to the main room, continuing to think about the arithmetic recorded in the booklet.

Not long after, Xu Yuanchang and Liu Xianfeng brought the food and fruits to the table and invited the guests to eat.

Xue Chunni suppressed her academic questions. She hadn't had a proper meal for many years. As it was no longer necessary, she felt it was a waste of time. She followed the local customs and sat down, eating a few fruits in silence.

After Liu Xianfeng cleaned up the dishes and went to the kitchen, she followed Xu Yuanchang into the study, took out the "Basics of Arithmetic" booklet, and answered her questions before she could ask them.

Xu Yuanchang has already spoken: "I would like to ask you to help me annotate the contents of 'Arithmetic Fundamentals' in detail, otherwise most formation masters will not be able to understand this book."

Xue Chunni was stunned for a moment, then overjoyed, and nodded vigorously and agreed: "No problem, I'll do my best."

She and Meng Caiqin had received personal instruction and explanation from Xu Yuanchang, and they could basically understand the contents of the book. However, if they were replaced by another formation master, they would not be able to understand the garbled calculation symbols.

She then responded and asked, "Master Xu Yuan, do you mean that after this book is published, all the formation masters from other schools and sects can learn the new arithmetic in it?"

"Yes, the Dark Realm is about to open. I am willing to do my best to improve the combat power of the formation master to fight against unknown dangers."

Xu Yuanchang responded to this question in a very official tone, and said with a smile: "The new book will be signed with my name and yours."

Xue Chunni was pleasantly surprised and smiled as he cupped his hands: "Captain Xu Yuan, I'm so lucky to be with you this time. I'll take care of all the small things like printing and distributing the books. Haha, if Qincai didn't come with me, she would have cried to death."

She admired Xu Yuanchang's courage to break down sectarianism.

He is much better than those masters who cherish their own things and hide their knowledge.

In the following ten days, while practicing, Xu Yuanchang helped Xue Chunni sort out the various doubts and problems he encountered from low to high levels, adjust the framework, and form an overall and systematic idea.

Two days before the New Year, Xu Yuanchang wandered alone in the open space in the southern valley, where there was no one around.

The snow grains never set foot in the South Valley without permission.

There was a green aura on his body, and he slowly opened his eyes. There was a bright flame in the depths of his left eye, and a dark green light swirled in his right eye like a will-o'-the-wisp. As his aura circulated, strange visions appeared and bizarre images formed in the air nearby.

He immersed himself in a state of illusion, controlling the two flames to gradually disappear.

After letting out a long breath, Xu Yuanchang's eyes returned to normal and a smile appeared on the corners of his mouth.

He was able to control the Yin-Yang Phantom Fire in a short period of time, taking advantage of the divine platform's refining and purification of the flame, removing impurities and weakening the flame's energy. From now on, he would use his own magic power to slowly nourish the flame.

With a slight movement of his mind, a tree thirty feet ahead suddenly ignited with red and green flames.

With the help of the mystery of phantom fire, he initially achieved "illusions from the mind", and was able to perform the secret method of "starting fire" without anyone noticing.

Within five breaths, the tree was silently turned into ashes under the burning of the two-colored flames.

The flames disappeared suddenly without affecting the nearby weeds on the ground.

Xu Yuanchang suppressed the excitement in his heart. He finally understood the profound meaning of "illusions arise from the mind".

The state of illusion is the cornerstone, and the illusion fire is the medium that enables him to perform illusions out of thin air.

From this, it can be inferred that he can use Yin Fire to create attacks or defenses such as ice crystals and snowflakes, and can also use Yang Fire to perform hot and high-temperature illusions.

It was he who used his imagination to try all kinds of new things.

His horizons were suddenly broadened, and he felt like he was standing at a certain height, looking down on the skills and methods he had learned before.

Only when the roots are solid can the branches and leaves flourish and the trunk grow strong.

My mood unconsciously improved at this moment.

Xu Yuanchang was alone in Nan Valley pondering and exploring illusions until Liu Xianfeng's voice came.

"Sir, Danwa is here to see you." "Oh, I'm coming."

Xu Yuanchang felt as if the fog in his heart had dissipated and he felt relieved and happy. He returned to the courtyard halfway up the mountain.

In the tree pavilion, Xue Chunni was writing and drawing at her desk, concentrating on making detailed annotations for the manuscript. Occasionally she would stop to think. This was a job that required patience and meticulousness, but she did not find it boring and rather enjoyed it.

Liu Xianfeng arranged a tree house for the guests to rest.

However, Xue Chunni spent most of his time in the tree pavilion outside or in the west wing of Xu Daoyou.

For her, there is nothing to avoid since they share the same ideals.

"Shengtian pays respects to Uncle San!"

The egg baby bowed and saluted, doing everything meticulously.

Xu Yuanchang held up the boy who had changed, and said with a smile: "When the teacher in the private school named you 'Shengtian', I thought it was too big and worried that you couldn't bear it. But your father said, 'My son is blessed, Shengtian is suitable'. I was wrong. You will definitely be 'Shengtian' in the future. But if you want to act like a decent person in front of me, I will kick you out."

Xu Shengtian chuckled, returning to his youthful nature, and said, "My nephew is where he is today, all thanks to Third Uncle."

As the uncle walked into the house, he whispered, "The village is still the same village, the people are still the same people, but I see something different, and I am more confused, so I came to your house specially to ask you something."

Xu Yuanzhang pulled out a chair and sat down, motioning the boy to take a seat. He said, "Tell me, what difference did you see?"

Xu Shengtian glanced outside the door and lowered his voice: "Uncle, I can see the life span of the elderly and the whereabouts of the souls of the dead. I can also hear strange sounds that others can't hear. These days, I dare not go out at night."

More than once, he had seen that an elderly person in the village was about to die.

When walking at night, you may occasionally see blurry shadows.

I realized that after that incident, I am no longer the same as before.

The rabbit lying in the Huanxian Ring lazily said, "The body of a god, the mind is enlightened, and he is born with a sense of mystery. There are many more wonders for him to slowly explore."

Xu Yuanchang examined the boy and injected another 10% of his residual spiritual energy into him. He pretended to be thinking and asked the boy to wait.

He sent a voice message to Rabbit to ask: "A great chaos is about to happen. How can we guide him so that he can have enough strength to protect himself?"

"Let him read by himself. You have collected many Shinto books, as well as some useless Shinto secrets that you don't need. Copy them all for him. Go to the capital to find more Shinto books in the future. He can choose what suits him to study."

"So simple?"

"It's easy as long as you don't interfere and teach him."

When the rabbit is insulting people, he is very sharp-tongued and beats around the bush, and he looks like he deserves a beating.

Xu Yuanchang stood up and walked into the room. When he came out, he brought out a pile of books of varying quality. He found a backpack for the boy to carry them in and said, "The answers you are looking for are all in the books. Go back and copy a copy of these books and return them to me. Don't let anyone else read these books."

Xu Shengtian was overjoyed. He picked up the basket and said goodbye before leaving. He turned back and asked, "Uncle San, can I practice the way of the gods?"

Xu Yuanchang silently complained that you already have the body of a god, and laughed and scolded: "You already have the answer in your heart, but you want me to praise you, kid, get out of here!"

The boy ran away happily.

One word from Uncle San is worth ten years of study.

After the Chinese New Year, Xu Yuanchang nurtured the yin and yang fire every day, and controlled it with his illusionary mind. He discussed problems with Xue Chunni, and added a lot of connecting content to the thin book "Basics of Arithmetic", turning it into three volumes.

At Xue Chunni's strong request, the title of the book was changed to "Qingping Suanjing".

Otherwise, if such a magical book modestly calls it "the basics", how would the masters of formations from various schools and sects feel?
On the tenth day of the first lunar month, Liu Nayun came rushing in to pay New Year's greetings.

After staying for half a day, he hurried north again.

On the Lantern Festival, Xue Chunni happily flew to the northwest with the completed "Qingping Suanjing".

After ten years of silence, her next move will shock the world, and she is looking forward to it.

Xu Yuanchang and Liu Xianfeng arrived at Cangpuling, west of Yongchuan County, at the beginning of the afternoon and met up with Bian Qiuyan who had been waiting there.

Bian Qiuyan carefully looked at Xu Yuanchang, who seemed to have changed. Seeing that his eyes had recovered, he smiled and said, "Tonight, I will rely on the power of Junior Master to find out the evil creature that is causing trouble here."

Xu Yuanchang laughed and scolded, "Stop trying to fool me with your words." The two of them got along well with each other and there was no formality.

"Is there still no news of the monster hunter monk who disappeared here?"

"After such a long time, I'm afraid it's going to be bad."

Bian Qiuyan waved his hand towards the distance, signaling the monks who were monitoring nearby to retreat.

She walked to the top of the ridge, pointed downward, and said, "To the east is Shichang Village, and to the southwest is Pucao Village. Every full-moon night, at the third watch, men, women, and children from the two villages get up from their sleep, dress neatly, and wander around the village until the fourth watch. All the dogs, poultry, and livestock in the village are fast asleep and don't make the slightest sound."

"It has been four months. A passing monk occasionally discovered something strange and reported it to the monster hunters in Yongchuan County."

On the full moon night before the New Year, Bian Qiuyan and two guards explored this place, but found nothing. When they questioned the villagers again after daybreak, they found that the villagers were sleepwalking and were in poor spirits, and knew nothing about anything.

Xu Yuanchang planted several red willow branches more than ten miles away, walked into two villages, and looked around.

I checked the health of several villagers and found that except for some damage to their earth souls, everything else was normal.

Night falls and the full moon rises.

There was no festive atmosphere in the village, and many villagers fell into bed in a daze as soon as night fell.

Xu Yuanchang and the other two were walking in the dead silent Shichang Village. It was eerily quiet everywhere.

Check the conditions of several villagers in succession.

I walked back and forth between the two villages twice, looking everywhere in front of and behind the villages, including the hundred-meter-high Cangpuling Ridge, but I didn't find any clues. I waited until three o'clock in the morning, when men and women from every household got up, dressed, walked out of the yard in the dark, and wandered around the village in a strange way, which was extremely eerie and scary.

Xu Yuanchang finally discovered something unusual.

The altar for summoning gods in his spiritual space was vibrating rhythmically.

"There are gods causing trouble here!"

"God?"

The rabbit heard the Taoist priest's message and asked, "Why do you think so?"

Hearing the warning from the God of Creation in the young Taoist's spiritual space, Rabbit pondered and analyzed, "To be able to cover nearly a thousand people in two villages and cause such a large-scale loss of soul, the power of the god behind the scenes must be very strong, or the residual god is connected to the roots of the earth, so that the monks in the third floor cannot detect it. I will teach you a way to determine what kind of god is hiding here."

Xu Yuanchang was worried and asked, "Will this alert the enemy?"

"You can cast the spell farther away and run away at any time."

"..."

Xu Yuanchang was speechless. Can you be more reliable?
(End of this chapter)