C3 Flying insect

My body couldn't move, so I was helped to the bed by the little Daoist.

I don't know why, but after what the old Taoist did, I felt that my body was so weak that I couldn't even open my mouth.

The old Taoist touched my forehead with water from his utensils and said, Stay still as much as you can and go to sleep. Lie still for five hours.

"Hmm …" Un, I wanted to say something, but I could only say a few words. I don't know what exactly happened to my body, but I felt pain spreading throughout my body with just a slight movement, and my four limbs numbed as if a million worms were building a nest.

The old Taoist flicked his light sleeve and led the little Taoist out of the room. I was the only one in the room.

Because I hadn't slept last night, I was quickly mesmerized by the whisper in my ear.

The sun came in through the paper window, bright enough to dazzle the eyes, and the first thing I saw when I opened my eyes was the food.

Green bean curd soup with a bowl of rice was not a rich dish, but I immediately grabbed my chopsticks and shoved the rice into my mouth.

After dinner, I carried the chopsticks out the door and saw the other Daoists in the temple asking where the old Taoist had gone.

Normally, people rarely visited the monastery, so during this time, the old Daoist would be resting in his room.

I explained why I was there, and because I wasn't familiar with the place, he showed me the way.

"Duo..." Mos... "Duo..." The three knocks on the door took a long time.

The little Daoist said respectfully to the door, Master, the guest from this morning wants to see you when he wakes up.

The door suddenly opened and a gust of wind blew out. Come in.

The little Daoist stayed outside and gestured for me to go in.

The Taoist seemed to have already known I was coming and poured a cup of tea across from where he sat.

I crossed the threshold and took out half of the money I had on me and put it on the table. I said, "Thank you for saving my life. I brought so much money with me. Please …"

"Take it back!" The old Taoist sat me down with two cups in his hands. For a moment, I didn't know what to do. The person in front of me was my savior, and I didn't know how to repay him.

The old Taoist poured himself another cup of tea and said, Drink this cup of tea and then tell me what happened to you.

I picked up the teacup and placed it in front of my nose to take a sniff. I actually didn't know much about tea, but Uncle Zhou loved drinking tea, so he said that this was a form of respect towards tea.

Faced with the Taoist, I didn't dare to do anything rude, so I pretended to do it.

He took a sip, and the taste was quite bitter. It was just that when he touched it with the tip of his tongue, he felt as if his tongue was about to break.

I forced myself to drink it. When the Taoist saw that I didn't look as serious as I had expected, he smiled and said, Bring me another glass.

I quickly waved him off and asked him what tea it was. He told me that it was called gall bladder tea, and it helped expel the poison from the body.

When I thanked him again, he told me to stop.

"Tell me what happened."

I told him everything that had happened to me recently.

After he finished listening, his smiling face turned stiff, and he frowned. "What a good wicked marriage, taking the life and giving the money. This demoness is really shrewd at scheming."

I was confused and asked the Taoist what was going on. Could it be that Uncle Zhou didn't just want a title for his daughter?

It's not that simple. This is the answer the old Taoist gave me.

He explained to me that even though Uncle Zhou was the one who arranged the wedding, the truth was that the witch had been controlling it from the very beginning. She was an insect master.

Different from Gu arts, the insect masters could not refine Gu, and would not cultivate the most poisonous insects within the majority of the insects. Instead, they could control large amounts of insects to harm people, which was not as scary as Gu arts, but could still take their lives.

What was the reason for the witch's actions?

The Taoist looked straight at me and said six words, "making living puppets."

"It's not that she chose you, but that you bumped into her. The match was real, and being a puppet is also true, but fortunately, I found the place early, otherwise my body would have been devoured by the insects. Because this insect devoured me slowly, it would take me seven days to completely empty my internal organs."

I swallowed and felt my throat go dry.

The 'living puppet' was especially terrifying, and at that time, the witch would be able to borrow their puppet's power to control the entire village, leaving everything in her hands.

I could see myself standing at the entrance of the village with a group of people I didn't know, eating away at the signboard at the entrance …

The Taoist's sudden laughter brought me to my senses. I looked puzzled, but his laughter didn't stop.

I asked why Taoist suddenly laughed.

He pointed at me and said, "It's not all bad. You can call it a blessing in disguise."

Toad?

I had no idea what he was talking about. He wasn't looking at me.

Come out, stop hiding. Where are you going to hide from me?

I looked at my body and a red line suddenly appeared on it. It turned into a woman standing beside me.

The woman's gentle voice is exactly what I have heard these days. Thank you for your grace.

The woman looked at me, and her eyes met mine. She was wearing a red silk wedding dress, the same one I had worn when I was married, and I was familiar with her face — Zhou Ling.

The events of the past few days made me feel as if I had lived eighteen years for nothing.

I stammered out a whole sentence, "..." Daoist Priest, this again … "What's going on?"

It must have been my old playmate, who liked to drink. He must have mixed up with the party to make this a real wedding.

I did not understand, looking at Zhou Ling beside me, she shook her head at me, causing some of the fragrance to drift into my nose.

The Taoist let me, or rather we left, and he said that he would send the little Taoist to the village for a look at the witches. Since the living puppet had not succeeded this time, she would definitely proceed with her next move.

I returned to the guest room that I had arranged for Zhou Ling to float beside me.

As I sat on the couch, she suddenly called out to me 'hubby' in front of me, causing me to be stunned.

He didn't react for a long time.

I looked at her, and she was indeed very pretty, with a faint makeup on her face, and her long hair and red dress swinging slightly in the air.

The slender fingers tried to caress my face, but they suddenly passed right through me, waking me up from my dream.

I thought I was really married, that the person in front of me was not my wife, but a ghost, a ghost that was attached to me.

"Husband, what happened to you?" She called to me again.

I waved my hand impatiently. It looked like I was blocking her hand, but in reality, it was just waving in the air. Her hand didn't change from its original position.

Don't call me husband anymore, your wedding with me is ridiculous, people and ghost marriage is hilarious, I speak mercilessly.

If it wasn't for her, why would Uncle Zhou want me to have some kind of sinister marriage, and why would he want to put me to death? Right now, I have a family that I can't go back to.

"My father's way of doing things is indeed a bit excessive, but …" Her voice was gentle, but I interrupted her roughly.

I remember how gentle she looked when she was alive. If it weren't for that incident, I really would have wished that she was my wife and not that she was a ghost and I was a human.

She saw my unhappiness and slowly faded away, leaving a whisper in my ear.

Call me out if you want.

At least not for a while. I still can't accept it.

He took off his clothes, and the wound on his chest had already scabbed over. It was no longer painful.

At noon, the sun had been in the sky, but now not a single bit of sunlight shone in.

I opened the door to the room and saw a dark mass of sky blocking out the sun.

A buzzing sound could be heard.

I followed them. The Taoist stood in the middle with his horsetail whisk in his hand, facing a strange figure covered with reptiles.

When she turned, I recognized her, and she saw a wry smile on my face.

Who dares to offend the Clear Heart Monastery?!

The Taoist flicked his whisk, and the leaves on the ground formed a small whirlwind.

"Daoist leader, you've ruined my plans. Can't I offend your Pure Heart Monastery?" The witch waved her hand, and the ground was filled with centipede scorpions.

I only want this kid. Otherwise, don't blame me for trampling over the Pure Heart Monastery!