Beipai Tomb Raiders Notes

Chapter 631 The Mad Taoist Priest Ma

"Make way! Make way!"

The situation happened so suddenly that when I chased after her, Xia Shuishui was already cornered against the wall.

I have never seen a Taoist priest like this before, not even that night at the tofu shop. At this moment, the Taoist priest's aura was like a sword, and his angry eyes were like a Vajra.

Xia Shuishui, on the other hand, was terrified. The moment she saw me, she seemed to grasp at a straw and immediately cried out, "Xiang Yunfeng! What's wrong with this person! I called my uncle! My uncle is coming right away!"

The Taoist priest twisted his neck and took a step forward.

Xia Shuishui immediately took a step back.

"You are him."

The mad Taoist priest stared intently at Xia Shuishui and uttered those three words.

"I...I don't know who you're talking about! You must have mistaken me for someone else! My name is Xia Shuishui! Xiang Yunfeng can vouch for me!"

I rushed forward and exclaimed, "That's right! I can vouch for him! There must be some misunderstanding!"

As I spoke, I gestured to Xia Shuishui with my eyes to run away quickly. The Taoist priest's thoughts and actions were unpredictable; he was different from normal people. I couldn't understand some of the things he said.

Xia Shuishui understood my look and tried to run away, but as soon as he moved, the mad Taoist priest grabbed his shoulder.

As the Taoist priest exerted force, Xia Shuishui immediately let out a painful scream.

Her little face was deathly pale, and she cried until her eyes were streaked with tears.

"Although it is still unclear what methods you used, you may be able to deceive Heaven and the old Taoist, but you cannot deceive Yang Jinhua on the road to the Yellow Springs."

"The white crane has long been buried in the green hills, leaving only the broken hexagram to guard the spring sun. You will not be able to wait for that person. If the old Taoist can kill you once, he can kill you twice."

I understood what was going on, and my expression changed.

Xia Shuishui's eyes were pure yet filled with fear; I tried to find a trace of the sixty-year-old in her.

But it's impossible to find.

I exclaimed excitedly, "Master! That man is dead! Your palm strike took his life!! I watched him burn to ashes with my own eyes afterwards! Xia Shuishui is my friend! There may be some things I don't understand! But please, Master, make a careful decision!"

At this moment, Guo Qingzhong came running over, panting, having lost one of his slippers in the process.

The mad Taoist priest held Xia Shuishui tightly in his hand. He turned to Guo Qingzhong and said, "Guo Cai, we didn't have time to deal with her earlier. She's right here. Does she smell like Yang Jinhua?"

I don't know why the Taoist priest called Guo Qingzhong "Guo Cai," nor do I know what Yang Jinhua is. I only saw Guo Qingzhong glance at Xia Shuishui, then step forward and sniff her, shaking his head and saying, "Taoist priest, the smell in that building was very strong just now, but this girl doesn't smell at all. Are we mistaken?"

"Yes, yes, yes! There must be a mistake! There's a misunderstanding!" I said.

The mad Taoist priest's eyes changed slightly. He frowned and stared intently at Xia Shuishui's face, as if trying to discern something.

Xia Shuishui cried, and she dared not meet the Taoist priest's eyes.

However, it is an undeniable fact that Bu Guo Liu is dead. How could Xia Shui Shui possibly be Bu Guo Liu? Isn't this a joke? Given Bu Guo Liu's incredibly arrogant personality, he would definitely look back with the same eyes. Analyzing this detail, it is definitely a misunderstanding.

I tried to say, "Master, since you can't be sure right now, you should presume innocence. You should release her quickly. Her family is not an ordinary family, especially her uncle. I'm afraid that if things get out of hand, it will be bad for you."

After hearing this, the mad Taoist priest said, "This person is proficient in the Five Elements Feng Shui and the Yin-Yang arts. He is quite skilled. I can't see through him, but I have another method to try."

"It hurts! It hurts!"

Xia Shuishui cried out.

The mad Taoist priest showed no mercy and forcibly pulled a handful of hair from Xia Shuishui's head.

Then, the Taoist priest pinched the little finger of his left hand with his right thumb and forefinger.

Clear sounds of bones breaking could be heard at the scene!

Not only was I frightened, but Guo Qingzhong, who was standing next to me, was also frightened!

The mad Taoist priest's left little finger was completely detached from his palm... It wasn't chopped off with a knife, but rather "pinched" off! This kind of thing, which is simply inhuman, actually happened right before my eyes, and it happened in an instant.

Looking at the "severed finger," the mad Taoist priest frowned, but no pain appeared on his face. He wrapped Xia Shuishui's hair around his severed finger, and then, with blood staining his finger, he drew three horizontal lines on the wall.

Or it can't be called a horizontal line, but rather a "bloodline".

These three blood lines, short at the top, long in the middle, and short at the bottom, are somewhat similar to the three needles of a compass, but the blood lines are parallel to each other, unlike the compass needles which point to different directions.

Xia Shuishui was terrified, staring blankly at the three blood lines drawn on the wall.

The mad Taoist priest lowered his head, constantly calculating something with one hand. Occasionally, he muttered a few words that I couldn't understand. For example, I seemed to hear him mutter to himself: "My flesh and blood are all grown together, and I can't tell them apart on the road to the Yellow Springs. When I turn twenty-six, I will take off my blue robe and put on a red one."

He spoke very quickly, and I couldn't hear him very clearly. It seemed like he said a few sentences, but in short, the scene was very bloody and mysterious.

Suddenly, the mad Taoist priest stopped muttering and calculating. He abruptly raised his head, stared at Xia Shuishui's small face, and shouted, "One tael and eight mace, only two mace short! Are you really that person?!"

"Even Heaven cannot see clearly! This old Taoist cannot defy Heaven, so be it!"

The mad Taoist priest turned and left, shaking his head as he went, saying, "Wrong? Right? Wrong or right?"

"Master Dao!"

"Daoist Master, wait for me! How am I supposed to get back!" Guo Qingzhu shouted as he chased after the mad Daoist, leaving only Xia Shuishui and me behind.

Xia Shuishui squatted on the ground, covered her face, and began to sob.

No wonder she cried. From the Taoist priest's sudden appearance to the whole ordeal, it was truly frightening. I wouldn't be able to handle it either, let alone a naive young lady like her.

Xia Shuishui suddenly looked up, her eyes red, and asked me, "But who is Liu? Do I look a lot like it?"

I whispered to comfort him, "No, not at all. The Taoist priest has always been like this, sometimes a bit clear-headed, sometimes a bit crazy."

"Don't cry, it's okay...it's alright now. There are some things I don't know how to tell you, and I guess your dad doesn't want you to know either. Who was that guy? Your boyfriend?"

She whispered, "He's not my boyfriend yet, don't tell my dad."

"If he's not your boyfriend, what are you doing sneaking around in that little building with him?!"

"Yes...it was him who asked me out...I just got back yesterday..."

"Couldn't he have asked you out somewhere respectable?! Let me ask you this: if that guy were to harm you, who would be able to find you in that building?!"

"Forget it! I don't care about your personal affairs. You can hang out with whoever you want. I won't tell your dad. I'm leaving right now."

"Where are you going?" Xia Shuishui asked me, her eyes red.

"northeast."

Are you going back to your hometown?

"No, I have something to do somewhere else."

"Are you hurt anywhere?" I asked.

She shook her head.

I took a deep breath, stood up and said, "Then I'm leaving. The passenger ship leaves at 11 o'clock. Don't tell your dad or your uncle what happened earlier. Just treat it as an accident. Anyway, you'll be moving away from Qiandao Lake to live somewhere else soon."

Xia Shuishui wiped her eyes and said, "Then I'll see you off."

The old man was getting on in years and his legs were slow, so he didn't witness what had just happened. Xia Shuishui accompanied me to the dock, and before I boarded the ship, she said that my old number was no longer working and she wanted a new phone number.

After much consideration, I gave him a fake number. Just like I said at the beginning, we're not from the same world, so it's better to have less contact.

Standing on the deck, she looked up at Xia Shuishui on the shore and asked me what had just happened.

At that moment, a strong wind blew up, and I saw on the distant shore that Xia Shuishui's hair was blown loose by the wind and fell down to her waist.

Xia Shuishui shouted loudly and waved goodbye to me vigorously.

I waved back to her.