I'm an antique shop owner, so it's reasonable for me to know some magic

Chapter 314 Young people, take care of your health.
Even though she couldn't see Su Fan, Katie could roughly imagine the other person's expression just by listening to his tone, and she felt very embarrassed for a moment.

"It's still a while before dark, maybe you can go out and do some shopping again."

Hearing this, Katie turned her head to look at the sky outside which was rapidly darkening.

"No, the round trip will take too long..."

She didn't have enough knowledge to tell whether the exorcism props were real or fake.

From the words of the Crowbar God, she already knew that there were corresponding methods and props that could restrain the power of the ancient mirror.

Now Katie only regrets why she didn't learn about the relevant information earlier.

"If I can make it through tonight, I will definitely learn more about the exorcism industry."

Su Fan, who was floating in the air in the middle of the room, rubbed his eyebrows gently.

Even in this situation, he still doesn't forget to say such things. He is really like an old general on the stage, with flags all over his body.

Just at this moment, the alarm clock not far away rang.

"It's time to eat."

Katie took out the meal she had prepared.

Just at this time, Tom, who had just gone out, came back.

He didn't say much, just walked to where Katie had placed the food earlier, took out a portion, tore it open, and started eating.

No words were needed, Tom's actions proved his choice.

There were only two people eating. After a while, Tom finally spoke.

“Most of what you said before can be explained in a more reasonable way. Those alone cannot prove that there is something wrong with the mirror.

You have to provide stronger evidence.”

"I have prepared this as well. Look at the green plants I placed around."

Katie gestured to the potted plants surrounding the mirror.

“When the mirror started to behave abnormally, all the flowers and plants in the house withered and died.

If the same scene happens again, it will prove that it does have supernatural power.

Furthermore, the plants are placed one meter apart to effectively measure the range of influence of the mirror’s power.”

"In addition, there is the anchor you saw. It is connected to a timer. If no one manually resets it within thirty minutes, it will fall and smash the mirror."

"If it keeps us trapped in the illusion for more than thirty minutes, it will be destroyed because no one resets the timer. This also guarantees our own safety to a certain extent."

"Um……"

In his heart, Tom still felt that his sister was a little nagging, but he had to admit that the preparations she had made were indeed sufficient.

Katie also noticed this psychological change.

Seeing that her brother was impressed by her careful plan, Katie felt a sense of accomplishment.

Unfortunately, someone soon poured cold water on it.

"It's really good, but it's nothing more than using one sense to verify another sense."

"All five senses are disturbed. On what basis should you judge that what you see is real?"

"What do you mean? Are you saying that mirrors have the potential to create multiple illusions?"

Katie was stunned.

“But it had not previously demonstrated this kind of power.”

"Just because it's not shown doesn't mean it doesn't exist."

When it comes to creating layers of chain illusions, Freddy is an expert.

In fact, judging from Su Fan’s strength at that time, if this guy had not been so arrogant and chose his dream as the underlying foundation, it would be hard to say who would win.

After hearing Su Fan's words, Katie's face became a little solemn.

She had tried her best to recall the power of the mirror in her memory and make a plan based on it, but she didn't expect that she still underestimated the opponent.

If it is true as Su Fan said, doesn't that mean that everything we see and hear cannot be guaranteed to be true?
"so what should I do now?"

Katie asked in a low voice, her tone urgent.

"Originally, you could have made a proper talisman, or a peach wood sword and eight trigrams mirror to ward off evil spirits to reduce the influence of the mirror, but unfortunately..."

Su Fan recalled in his mind the measures that ordinary people would take to deal with people possessed by ghosts.

"Here are two hand seals, maybe they will work, you can try them."

"Handprint? What handprint?"

"Spiritual Officer Seal and Open Sword Finger."

"ling...guan?"

Wang Lingguan is a Taoist guardian general of the mountains, whose full name is "The First General of the Innate World, the Loyal Protector of Taoism, the Three-Five Fire Train King, the Mighty Spirit Manifested by the Heavenly Lord".

He has a highly respected status and is ranked first among all spiritual officials. He is also known as the "Great Spiritual Officer of Dutian". He is extremely strong and brave and hates evil.

But at this point in time, Su Fan didn't bother to explain to this silly foreigner the origins of Wang Lingguan, and directly told him the method of making seals.

"The index finger of the left hand is bent from behind the middle finger and hooked by the index finger. The index finger and the middle finger are placed on the middle finger and count from the bottom to the first joint of the finger..."

Katie immediately put down the food in her hand and started following the gestures Su Fan said.

It took me a long time to finish it.

"Is this good?"

"All right?"

"It's that simple?"

Katie looked at her left hand, which had already taken shape.

“It doesn’t seem to be any different.”

"When you can feel it, it means something is entangled with you."

Su Fan explained casually.

"Even if ordinary people don't have a master, they can still protect themselves by pinching the Spiritual Official Seal with their hands. It doesn't consume blood or mana."

Su Fan himself has never used the Lingguan Seal, mainly because his own magical powers are more powerful.

When studying Taoist classics, Su Fan just glanced at them and wrote them down roughly.

But I didn't expect it to come in handy in such a wonderful occasion.

"Draining health? Draining mana?"

"It refers to a person's lifespan and vitality. You can also understand the latter as spiritual power."

"Using this kind of exorcism power will cause harm to yourself?"

"Sometimes."

Katie nodded as if she understood, but she did not harbor any doubts about Su Fan's description.

It seems normal for ordinary people to use their power to fight against ghosts and monsters and pay a price.

"What about the other one?"

Katie continued to spread out her palms, make seals, and familiarize herself with the method of performing the Spirit Official Seal.

"I'll teach you how to use the sword finger later. Let's deal with your brother first."

After hearing Su Fan's words, Katie noticed Tom, who had a unhappy expression on his face.

"who are you talking to?"

"I'm... I'm..."

Katie didn't know how to explain it for a moment.

Seeing his sister hesitating, Tom's trust, which was finally awakened by family affection, was shaken again.

The two were chatting happily, but the other person suddenly started talking to himself, as if he was talking to some invisible being.

Then he gave him the middle finger.

He now increasingly doubted whether his sister was a potential mental patient.

"Just tell him directly. It's not a good idea to be secretive."

When Katie was almost sweating from anxiety, Su Fan's voice appeared again.

"You still want him to act with you, so you still have to have some trust."

"But he will think you are my imagination!" Katie was anxious.

Once he is diagnosed with a mental illness, it would be a small matter for Tom to leave. The big problem would be that the siblings would not be able to get along normally.

"It doesn't matter. I have my own way."

Listening to Su Fan's confident words, Katie let out a long sigh.

"I was just talking to a being who calls himself the Crowbar God."

"..."

"I know it sounds like the soliloquy of a madman, but he really does exist and can tell what's going on inside my head and what I'm planning before I even start.

He agreed to help me verify the supernatural phenomena and destroy this weird mirror that can kill people. "

"...So, you bought these strange things under his instructions?"

Seeing Tom pointing to the many props not far away, Katie nodded resignedly.

"Yes."

Tom wiped his face, pursed his lips, and shook his head.

"I now feel that I was so stupid to decide to come back. There was a moment when I believed that what you said was true."

"There is no such thing as a murderous devil mirror. The truth is, Katie, you suffer from a mental illness, so serious that you even have auditory hallucinations and delusions."

"It could be split personality disorder, or something more serious."

He spoke faster and faster, with disappointment, anger and a little sadness.

It seems that he was not the only one who suffered a huge blow and developed mental problems at that time.

"My suggestion is that you go to a mental health institution with me and receive scientific treatment instead of wasting your time here."

"...He can hear and see our conversation. He just told me that he lets you ask any question you want."

"This doesn't make sense, Katie. You and I are siblings, and we've lived together since childhood. If you know something, your split personality also knows it."

Tom waved his hand.

Katie's face opposite her suddenly became anxious.

She was now eager to prove that she was not sick, but the more she did so, the more anxious she became, like a mentally ill patient.

But suddenly, Katie's expression froze, and gradually changed from aggrieved and urgent expression to subtle and even embarrassed.

"Tom...he asked me to tell you that psychiatric treatment is indeed painful, but it is not a reason for you to overdraw your body. Young people should still take care of their health..."

"?"

"He said that you have obvious eye bags, unsteady steps, and your face is very oily... These are signs of dampness and kidney problems.

You should sweat a lot while you sleep and it should stop immediately when you wake up…

This is a manifestation of kidney...yin...deficiency..."

Katie didn't understand what kidney yin deficiency meant, but based on the context, she could roughly understand its meaning.

Excessive indulgence.

"I didn't! I wasn't! Don't talk nonsense!"

A hint of panic flashed in Tom's eyes, and he immediately denied it.

But this reaction made Katie, who had been skeptical before, suspicious.

And soon, Su Fan's voice appeared in her ears again.

"...He also said..."

"What else can you say?"

"He also said that you forgot to take the adult videotape that you hid in the cabinet in the northwest corner of the room in the mental treatment center, so he asked you to go back and get it when you have time."

Katie looked at her brother who seemed to be breaking apart, and she didn't know how to comfort him.

"…I'll just find a girlfriend when the time comes."

After thinking for a long time, Katie finally said this.

……

Su Fan, sitting comfortably in a chair indoors, looked at Tom who was dying on the spot, with the corners of his mouth curled up wildly.

You see, it was you who asked me to prove myself.

"Can't you say something else?"

Seeing Tom's red face, Katie complained to Su Fan in a low voice.

"Say something innocuous. He might even suspect that you are secretly investigating him."

"Look, now the effect is obvious, he won't say that I am your split personality anymore, right?"

Katie was stunned when she heard this, and then glanced at her brother.

It seems true.

The method is simple and crude, but it is too crude...

After a while, Tom calmed down and finally admitted this astonishing fact.

"…Does the Crowbar God really exist?"

"Ah."

"Male and female?"

"He's a man. His tone isn't that condescending, and he's pretty easy to get along with."

Katie tells it like it is.

"..."

Easy to get along with?
I think he has a lot of bad intentions!
Tom was full of resentment and grumbled in his heart, while looking around.

"He said, 'Don't look at it, I know you're looking for a pinhole camera.'"

“…Damn it…”

Can this guy really read minds?
How did they do that? It's not scientific at all!

……

After the previous wave, Tom finally accepted that there was an unobservable existence watching their every move.

Under this premise, the first question he was most concerned about was naturally the motive of this crowbar god.

"Why would the other party help you? Does it look like he has bad intentions?"

"The purpose is unclear, but the other party does not seem to be an evil god."

To prove her point, Katie told how she communicated with the Crowbar God in the company.

And took this opportunity to explain that he was not giving him the middle finger just now.

That is the magical hand seal that can protect oneself from evil, the Lingguan Seal.

The God of Crowbars… The Devil in the Mirror… The Magic Handprint…

Tom seemed a little confused as concepts beyond his comprehension were instilled in him one after another.

After briefly sorting out the information, a terrible guess suddenly emerged in his mind.

"Okay, let's assume that what you said is true, there are indeed many evil spirits in the mirror, and you can indeed communicate with unknown beings."

"So, do you think this Crowbar God was also created by the mirror?"

"You were alone with the mirror in the company warehouse when you started to connect with each other."

"According to your description, he disappeared while you were coming to pick me up. The second time his voice appeared, I happened to be out, and you were alone with the mirror again."

"That guy always appeared when you were alone with the mirror. Didn't you have any doubts about this?"

Tom's suspicion was well-founded, logical and impeccable.

Even Katie was stunned for a moment.

But soon, she shook her head.

"The mirror doesn't need to go to all that trouble, and from what I've observed, it hasn't really woken up yet."

"If you don't believe me, look at the potted plants..."

As Katie spoke, she looked at the ground, only to find that the plants that were once green and lush had died at some point.

(End of this chapter)