Divine Lucky Star -
Chapter 700 - 698 "Collect!
Chapter 700: Chapter 698 "Collect!
A group of people collected their belongings and entered the room.
The temperature inside the room was about thirty-three or thirty-four degrees Celsius, like a large steaming basket, and everyone started sweating profusely as soon as they entered.
By then, the curtain above the heated brick bed had been pulled back, and Wang Hao saw a pale face lying on the bed, her two-foot-long hair spread out over the quilt.
The girl looked visibly emaciated. Her eyes, nervous and tightly clutching the blanket, watched Wang Hao and the others with anxiety.
"Xiaoxue, darling," Fang Huai De gently sat on the edge of the bed and said, "Your great-grandfather has brought many people here to treat you. Don’t be scared. Once they’re done, your illness will be better, and you’ll be able to get out of bed and play."
"Okay," Fang Xiaoxue nodded slightly, then struggled to sit up.
Her condition was clearly very poor. She looked extremely weak. Initially a beautiful girl, the illness had left her gaunt, with sunken eyes, making her look pitiful.
"Easy does it," Wang Hao, seeing how severe Fang Xiaoxue’s condition was, quickly grabbed two pillows to support her back.
It was just a small action, but Fang Huai De observed it with great appreciation and nodded silently.
"Great-grandfather, who is he?" asked Fang Xiaoxue, looking at Wang Hao. "Is he here to treat me?"
"Yes, he is here to treat you," confirmed Fang Huai De, nodding. "Don’t be afraid, Xiaoxue. His name is Wang Hao, and he will surely cure your illness. Don’t worry."
"Wang Hao?" Fang Xiaoxue thought for a moment then hesitantly said, "Okay..."
Now that they had entered, it was naturally time to observe her reactions and inquire about her condition through traditional diagnostic methods.
Interestingly, apart from being a bit shy, Fang Xiaoxue acted quite normally, and no obvious abnormalities were found. Her father then told everyone that her seizures were erratic, characterized by thrashing limbs, foaming at the mouth, and running around the room without remembering anything. When not having seizures, her main complaint was feeling cold, but otherwise, she was much like anyone else.
"Ah, she was such a good child," sighed Fang Huai De after her father had finished the introduction. "To think she got this illness and now is so fearful, her personality has become timid and reclusive, poor thing..."
As he spoke, tears glistened in the corners of his eyes, clearly distressed.
Now that they had seen and asked everything necessary to understand her condition, it was time to draw conclusions.
Everyone looked around at each other until finally, all eyes turned to Lin Shengyun.
"Master Lin, what do you think?" someone asked. "I didn’t notice anything unusual, perhaps due to my lack of experience. You have the most experience here, do you have any insights?"
"Well..." Lin Shengyun glanced at Wang Hao, eager to demonstrate his abilities, then approached and began a thorough examination: "Xiaoxue, don’t be scared, listen to Grandpa, cooperate with Grandpa and do a few movements so Grandpa can treat you, okay?"
Fang Xiaoxue, somewhat fearful, looked at him. However, since her mind was still clear despite the mysterious illness, she nodded and said, "Okay."
Lin Shengyun then took Fang Xiaoxue’s wrist, manipulating it through several movements, flipped her eyelids to look, then examined her tongue and took her pulse. The entire process took over half an hour, after which he returned to his chair and sighed deeply.
"This child Xiaoxue is not cursed," Lin Shengyun stated confidently. "I have never seen such a condition before, but according to the records in the books, it is clearly a case of ghost possession."
Ghost possession!
Everyone was shocked upon hearing that, and Fang Huai De hastily asked, "Master Lin, with this ghost possession, how can it be cured?"
Ah, in times like these, it naturally becomes about negotiating terms, right?
Lin Shengyun sighed softly and said, "To get rid of a ghost indeed consumes a lot of mana, and I dare not act rashly. So, Great Elder, please don’t be anxious. After I bathe and change clothes, today at six o’clock in the afternoon, I’ll perform a ritual for Xiaoxue and expel the ghost from her. Then there should be no problem."
"Good, good, good!" Upon hearing that there was a solution, Fang Huai De kept nodding his head, "Master Lin, as long as you can save my Xiaoxue, we can talk about the conditions later!"
He is the Great Elder of the Fang family, and when he says conditions are negotiable, they truly are.
"Alright then, I’ll go prepare!" Lin Shengyun exclaimed with joy in his heart. "Great Elder, just relax and wait, I guarantee you won’t be disappointed!"
With that, he went to prepare for exorcising the ghost, and a group of people filed out of the house, all waiting for six o’clock in the afternoon.
"Brother Hao, do you think he can actually do it?" Fang Wenbin didn’t understand such matters and, pulling Wang Hao aside, asked, "The last time, Master Wang Long turned out to be a charlatan. Can we trust his master? Why didn’t you just expose him?"
"What do you think?" Wang Hao shrugged, "In times like these, he definitely needs to show some performance. You know, Great Grandpa is desperately seeking a cure in his condition, you get it? In such a mental state, he definitely needs to try every possible method. If it doesn’t work, then you can say he’s no good, that’s when it counts. Otherwise, if you don’t even let the person show what he can do and just say it’s fake, how would you feel if it were you?"
"That makes sense," Fang Wenbin thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "If it were me, I’d definitely get more upset the more you argue, and in the end, I’d still have to try everything."
"That settles it then," Wang Hao said cheerfully, "Don’t worry, I was only eighty percent sure before, but after seeing him, there’s no problem at all."
Fang Wenbin was overjoyed and whispered, "Really?!"
"Of course," Wang Hao confidently nodded, then added, "With Brother Hao here, just sit back and feel at ease!"
Time flew by, and soon it was six o’clock in the evening.
After his bath, Lin Shengyun donned a gray Taoist robe, holding a three-foot Peach Wood Sword, with a ritual incense table set up in front of him, his expression solemn.
Fang Xiaoxue, wrapped in a thick pile of blankets, sat in front of the incense table, shivering from time to time.
At six o’clock sharp.
"Shah!" Lin Shengyun shouted loudly, then started performing!
"Swift as a decree, Supreme True Monarch, manifest!" Lin Shengyun waved the Peach Wood Sword, burning joss paper and beheading chickens, hopping and jumping around the yard—a truly energetic display!
Wang Hao was dumbfounded—good heavens, this deity sure knows how to put on a show!
Lin Shengyun danced for more than half an hour. Then suddenly, with a loud shout, "The world has its mighty way, diversely established in drifting forms, below as rivers and mountains, above as sun and stars, bound to time and showing in sequence, each and every one drips down Qinghua!"
Then, there was a whoosh as a burst of sparks exploded from the fire pit with burning joss paper; Lin Shengyun held the Small Donghuang Bell above the flames and with a "dong", placed it on the table: "Capture!"
"Ding ding ding—" The clear sound rang out, and everyone in the audience stood up, all eyes fixed on the Small Donghuang Bell!
Wang Hao was staring in disbelief—Is that it?
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