Devouring Evil Martial Arts, Eliminating Demons from All Heavens

Chapter 52 The Missing Ancient Book

At first glance, not much has changed in that room.

There is a flat bed and a cabinet with a TV against the wall at the foot of the bed.

Further inside, there are three large wardrobes.

It can be seen that there is a thin layer of dust in the room, but there are no handprints or footprints left.

Chu Tianshu opened the door, raised his hand to stop him, asked his second grandfather to stay outside, and walked in himself.

He was fixated on the bed sheet, especially the area near the headboard.

Although no one lives in grandpa's room, Chu Tianshu used to go there when he had nothing to do after eating and took a walk to digest his food.

Especially the bed. When he was bored, he would adjust the horizontal stripes on the sheets and the direction of the bed board so that they intersected vertically.

It's not just vertical as he said, he measured it with a triangle ruler.

I sweat and roll around in my bed every day, and even if I use several quilts in rotation, the sheets have long been deformed and there is no way I can make them straight and vertical.

The bed in grandpa's bedroom is easier to make, so he makes it extra tidy.

And now, the stripes on this sheet are obviously crooked.

Chu Tianshu walked towards the wardrobe, opened the rightmost door, stuck his head in, pressed the wooden board, and with a push of his mental power, he triggered a special mechanism and a secret compartment popped out.

The secret drawer is empty!
The original copy of "Ghost Gate Witch Doctor's Annotation" should have been stored here.

That book is simply an antique. When Chu Tianshu was studying on his own, he used a handwritten copy and kept it in his room.

The antique had always been with my grandfather, who would occasionally look at it and keep it in this secret compartment.

After his grandfather passed away, Chu Tianshu also felt that hiding the ancient book here was both safe and familiar, and there was no need to move it specially.

Now it has been stolen!
Chu Tianshu stared at the drawer, his breathing became a little heavier, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

With his clairvoyance, he took a deep breath and sensed the strange smell left in this room, especially on this drawer, by the thief in order to trigger the special mechanism.

Chu Tianshu walked into the living room with the drawers.

Mr. Chu felt the anger in him, and seeing the empty drawer, he thought for a moment.

"Something your grandfather left behind was lost? What did he leave behind that was worth stealing? Could it be the original secret manual?"

"Correct!"

Chu Tianshu responded sullenly, put the drawer on the table, took out a transparent plastic box that came with the instant noodles, and walked to the corner.

The several medicinal wine jars in the corner of the living room are all large glass jars, and are also equipped with water dispenser taps.

He estimated the quantities, took three kinds of medicinal wine, then got some mineral water and stirred it with a silver needle.

"When the mind is still and the water is broken, the mind is still and the waves are not disturbed... When you reach the end of the water, sit and watch the clouds rise, the sky is bright and clear, and the dyed clouds protect your body!"

Chu Tianshu muttered to himself and stirred with his hands.

Under his spell and stirring, most of the box of amber wine became transparent, like pure water.

He put the plastic box in the drawer.

The drinks were still spinning, but not very fast.

But after a full ten seconds, it still maintained that moderate speed of rotation, which seemed somewhat mysterious.

After a while, debris like bamboo charcoal ashes appeared in the wine.

The vortex is getting slower and slower.

Mr. Chu could also clearly see that the debris seemed to be created out of thin air and floated from the bottom of the water to the surface.

The Xiayi Mantra for Protecting the Heart and Body is a mantra for calming the mind and driving away evil spirits when used on people.

But if the spell is used on this medicinal wine, it will produce a strange effect similar to "yin and yang attraction".

It will absorb the external evil into the medicinal wine.

"Not enough!"

Mr. Chu also knows this usage.

"The person who stole the things probably didn't come here recently. The aura you can collect now is very small."

Chu Tianshu thought about it and walked to the bedroom door again.

There were only his footprints in the bedroom.

That person must have found the thing and before leaving, he used a small trick like a blower to blow up all the dust in the house, making it fall back down and eliminate his footprints.

If he had brought an electric fan with him and blew it wildly, Chu Tianshu would really have no way to stop him, but since he was using magic in the house...

Chu Tianshu used the insight method again.

The method of internal and external insight can capture the details of the outside world as much as possible, but of course it will also attract some evil spirits.

However, the little bit of evil energy absorbed through observation would be offset by the boxer's powerful yang energy as soon as it touched the body.

Chu Tianshu pondered for a while outside the door and said, "Second Grandfather, come and help. If you sense any unusual aura, take it away."

Mr. Chu came over and took out a jade pendant hanging around his neck.

This jade pendant has a crane engraved on one side and a crow engraved on the other, one side is white and the other side is black, and he bought it at a high price when he was young.

"The two characters "Dragon and God" are the key to finding the mountain. God is the spirit and dragon is the essence. Don't think that dragons only exist in the mountains, because they lose their true tracks when they appear on the plains..."

"When a dragon reaches the plain, do not ask where it is; only observe the water around it to see if it is a true dragon. If you can recite the Dragon Sutra without discernment, even ten thousand volumes of truth are useless."

Mr. Chu held it in his palm with the black side facing up, pinched his left hand and chanted a spell, then wiped it horizontally in front of his eyes, with a look of confusion on his face.

"I don't sense any strange smell in this room."

"Don't worry!!"

The light in Chu Tianshu's eyes expanded and contracted, and he began to take a deep breath.

The length of this breath made Mr. Chu's eyes change from confusion to surprise, and he couldn't stop looking at him.

As he inhaled, the breath in the room, which was so subtle that Mr. Chu could hardly detect it, flowed towards the door.

It's like steam gathering into dew!

Mr. Chu felt that a strange aura was faintly visible in front of Chu Tianshu's mouth and nose.

The black jade pendant was quickly pushed out and waved in front of Chu Tianshu's mouth and nose, absorbing the breath.

"This should be enough."

Master Chu hurried to the table, placed the black side of the jade pendant against his forehead, slid it to the tip of his nose, sniffed it quickly, and blew on the wine. As if an invisible hand were poking at the surface of the wine with a black pen, dozens of more crumbs appeared.

A simple sorcerer can use telekinesis to stimulate Yang Qi, or he can use telekinesis to suppress Yang Qi and temporarily contain external evil.

When necessary, they can use their mouths and noses to complete some simple casting steps.

My grandfather was very clean when he used a needle to prick people, but when he used a needle to prick evil things, he liked to lick the needle tip first.

This is because licking it can either increase yang energy or absorb evil energy.

Only the person who licks it knows what effect is added this time. It is very convenient.

Chu Tianshu didn't have this habit, so he just held the needle in his hand, recited the spell several times, and then placed the silver needle on the water surface.

The silver needle did not sink, but remained in the center of the water surface. Suddenly, it turned like a compass.

However, the tip of this needle points to the southeast.

Chu Tianshu closed the lid of the plastic box, grabbed the box and walked out.

"Wait a minute, why don't you ride a bike? It's too tiring to move your legs around."

Mr. Chu went to the corridor to push Chu Tianshu's electric scooter and asked, "Where are the keys?"

Chu Tianshu took a look and said, "It hasn't been charged for a month."

Grandpa had left behind a car, but when Chu Tianshu was driving it to treat a disease, it was smashed by a patient who was possessed by evil spirits.

Although he received payment and compensation afterwards, Chu Tianshu's medication dosage increased, so he did not change his car and only bought two electric scooters as backup.

"Second uncle, please go home first. I can walk pretty fast now."

As soon as he walked out of the river, he saw a car with the word "Public Security" printed on it driving down the high slope at the entrance of the village.

This happened to be a coincidence, so he simply stopped and waited for a few minutes.

The car drove over and Director Lin pushed the door open and got out.

"What? Did we really encounter a burglar?!"

Director Lin handed a mobile phone in a sealed plastic bag to Chu Tianshu and saw the box in Chu Tianshu's hand.

"That silver needle tracking thing again? You've never even seen a thief, how can you track him with that?"

Chu Tianshu said, "This man is not an ordinary thief. Can the director give us a ride?"

Director Lin asked nervously, "He's not an ordinary person. What did he steal?"

"Hope it's not a big case. I'm almost retired."

Having said that, he still opened the passenger seat and asked, "Wait for me to make a call and then find some help from the station."

Mr. Chu came over and said, "Goodbye. You grassroots soldiers don't usually carry guns. You only have flashlights, batons, explosion-proof forks, and axes. It doesn't matter whether you call people or not."

"Tianshu and I will go together. Let's take a look there first. There's no need to rush into anything."

Mr. Chu opened the back door of the car and got in.

After getting in the car, Chu Tianshu looked in the direction of the silver needle and pointed the way.

After climbing up the high slope at the entrance of the village, turning a corner, getting on the road and driving a short distance, you will turn into a small road in the neighboring village.

Director Lin only remembered it when he was going down from the village head of the neighboring village.

"Wouldn't it be a bit too conspicuous to drive the police station's car directly over there?"

Mr. Chu sighed, "Old Lin, you've been living too comfortably these past few years. You make such a fuss over the slightest thing. This is just a police station car, not one of those cars from the city bureau that hoots all the time."

It is not uncommon to see the police station's cars driving through nearby villages and towns.

Director Lin retorted, "Not all the city bureau's cars have honking hoops. Most of them are in plain clothes when they go out, and you wouldn't recognize the cars they drive."

As they were talking about this, they saw it from a distance.

About two hundred meters ahead, there were several cars parked on the bridge and the small road of a house in the village.

A large group of people were coming in and out, some in plain clothes and some in uniform.

Chu Tianshu looked down at the silver needle, which was pointing at that family.

Director Lin's face changed.

"Oh no, it seems like they are from the Municipal Bureau."

He drove the car closer, unbuckled his seat belt, and got out to inquire.

Chu Tianshu also got out of the car, but did not go over. He just stood outside the car and looked at the family.

He was concentrating so hard that he could hear not only Director Lin's conversation with others, but also the noises in every room of the house.

Mr. Chu got out of the car, looking puzzled: "Isn't this Kong Wenju's home?"

Chu Tianshu turned his head and asked, "Do you know Second Grandpa?"

"We live in the neighboring village. We are all experts. Of course we have dealt with each other before."

Mr. Chu said, "But your grandfather and I don't know exactly what he practices. We only know that he seems to have some attainments in antiques and cultural relics, and he opened an antique shop in the city."

"Well, he might have some genuine items. The ones in that shop are pure handicrafts."

Mr. Chu got angry as he spoke, "Your grandfather treated him in the past. If this idiot really stole something from your family, I will spit in his face!"

Chu Tianshu said quietly, "I'm afraid you won't be able to spit on him."

According to these people from the Municipal Bureau, Kong Wenju did commit a serious crime, but this matter would not fall on Director Lin and his men.

Because Kong Wenju stole calligraphy, paintings, ancient books and other valuables from several collectors in the city.

The means were very strange. The person involved could not explain how the things were stolen. The safe where they hid the things had even been opened. It was as if they had taken the things out themselves and gave them to the thief.

But it seemed like this was his first time committing a crime and he had no experience in this area.

It's no use just being cunning, because all the people he stole from were people he had known for a long time and had frequent dealings with.

After the city police questioned several owners and established a network of connections, they directly identified several suspects, including him.

Then we came to check and found out that the man had sold the antique shop and had gone on a long trip a few days ago. He basically confessed everything.

As for where exactly he went, the people in the Municipal Bureau were more cautious and did not disclose it.

Chu Tianshu got back into the car, borrowed his second grandfather's cell phone, and called his centenarian brother.

(End of this chapter)