Tie Banxian felt that today was truly a stroke of bad luck when he stepped out, as instead of having a smooth opening, he encountered an inscrutable Little Evil God. Well, in a way, it could be considered an opening since the Little Evil God did give him a piece of broken silver, weighing about five or six coins.
However, there was a condition attached to this broken silver; he was to go to the Coffin Shop.
This was ominously unfortunate.
If he didn’t go, could they really find him?
Tie Banxian pinched the silver, and just as the thought arose, Qin Liuxi’s warning echoed in his mind, "If you don’t show up, you’ll be plagued with the Five Disadvantages and Three Deficiencies."
Vicious, truly vicious!
Five Disadvantages and Three Deficiencies, anyone on the path to Enlightenment would know what that meant. Could that Little Evil God truly cause him to be fully afflicted?
Tie Banxian wanted to laugh at this thought, yet he dared not.
Deceived, no, having survived many years in the Martial World without being beaten to death, it was because he had a knack for sensing danger, and that Little Evil God made him feel the threat during the daylight.
Tie Banxian licked his lips, thinking that he would just take a look. If the appointed time passed and he didn’t show up, he would run.
No waiting after the appointed time.
With his mind made up, Tie Banxian carried his sign and swaggered towards Shouxi Square, observing the various shop signs along the street until he saw Guan’s Coffin Shop. His eyes shifted, and pretending to just pass by, he stole a glance.
The doors and windows of the Coffin Shop were tightly closed, the inside quiet as if devoid of people.
Tie Banxian frowned, squatting down in the corner of the wall, took out a pancake from his bag to eat while keeping an eye on any movement from the Coffin Shop.
It was then that Yu Changkong approached, recalling Qin Liuxi’s words, he couldn’t help but walk over, noticing Tie Banxian but his expression remained unchanged, probably guessing what Qin Liuxi wanted Tie Banxian to do.
Seeing the distinguished young master Yu Changkong, Tie Banxian quickly finished his pancake and walked over, only to be stopped by Da Qiong and Sifang.
"Young Master, where is that little friend of yours? What do you want Old Taoist here for?" Tie Banxian asked with a smile.
Yu Changkong replied, "Just wait."
Tie Banxian asked again, "I don’t know which eminent person this young master is, should I accidentally offend him? Could you enlighten me, young master?"
Yu Changkong indifferently said, "You have already offended him, and it was you who initiated it."
So it means, I really am damned by bad luck!
Tie Banxian grimaced and, seeing that Yu Changkong was not inclined to talk more, didn’t bother himself further and squatted down again.
But this young master, why has he changed into plain white clothes, wasn’t he wearing black during the day? Look at the fabric, it must be expensive!
While he was lost in thought, someone came carrying things, Tie Banxian glanced, ingot candles and paper money?
The Funeral Shop placed the items at the door and glanced inside the Coffin Shop with a sigh.
More people came, each carrying various items. When Tie Banxian saw a pair of paper-made child boys and girls, he couldn’t stay squatted any longer.
These items, they must be used for funeral rituals, right?
He vaguely guessed something and tried to stand up, but fell to the ground.
His legs had gone numb.
By late Shenshi, the sun was tilting westward and Qin Liuxi entered the alley with the last sliver of the setting sun, dressed in plain green, her hair secured by a green bamboo hairpin, with a baby-sized Jade Gourd fastened at her waist, the setting sun casting a layer of golden light on her.
Startled, Tie Banxian turned his head and saw the door of the Coffin Shop being opened, revealing a frail, hunched old man in funeral clothes.
Qin Liuxi had reached the door, looked at the old man calmly, and said, "I am here, to see you off on your journey."