C27 Becoming Old Immortal Chen's Disciple

I...laughed?

Not only did I feel puzzled when I heard what Uncle said, I didn't laugh at all that night. Furthermore, I couldn't laugh at all in that situation! So why would Uncle say that?

Could there be something I didn't know that night?

When he saw my puzzled expression, Uncle continued to tell me what happened.

When he saw my situation, Uncle was very confused. He thought that something had happened to me and wanted to check on me. However, my dad stopped him.

Uncle didn't know what my dad was doing. My dad lowered his voice and said to Uncle, "Look at Fann's eyes!"

When he heard what my dad said, Uncle carefully looked at me. When he looked at me, he couldn't help but be shocked! At that moment, he saw that I didn't open my eyes at all. It was as if I was asleep, and I was tightly closed. It was as if I was in a dream.

When he saw me like this, Uncle started to panic. He couldn't help but ask my dad, "What should we do now?"

My dad frowned and fell silent for a while. Then, he quietly went to my side and patted the back of my head. I fell to the ground powerlessly!

When they settled down and looked at Wang Sicheng's wife's corpse again, they couldn't help but gasp. They saw that all the hair on Wang Sicheng's wife's head had been pulled off by me. Her head was red and white, and it flowed all over the ground!

The next thing was much simpler! Very quickly, Old Immortal Chen brought the eight immortals over. Then, everyone buried Wang Sicheng's wife in the ground again.

Although this matter had been resolved, a new problem had come up! Wang Sicheng had already died, and our Mountain Moving Craftsman had dispersed. I had become the same as before!

My dad originally wanted me to learn some skills from the others. However, other than Wang Sicheng, there were two other people in the village who could be considered to have some skills.

The first one was my dad, who was responsible for the autopsy of the dead. The second one was Old Immortal Chen, who was responsible for carrying the coffin and making the Zhizha Craftsman.

However, my dad didn't want me to come into contact with these things. So, I could only stay at home and do nothing but stay at home, not leaving the house.

Other than the two of them, our village was filled with farmers. We couldn't let me learn to farm with them, right? Even if I really learned this thing, our family didn't have any land. It would be useless even if I learned it!

In the end, my grandfather couldn't help but say to my father, "Why don't you let Fann inherit our family's legacy? Our Chen family's ability must be passed down!"

After hearing his grandfather's words, my father hesitated for two days. In the end, he gritted his teeth and actually took me to the Chen family.

This time, he brought me to Old Immortal Chen and the others' house. At the same time, he brought two pots of good wine and a few hundred yuan as the fee for taking me as his disciple.

When I arrived at the Chen family's house, my father immediately told Old Immortal Chen about his intention.

When Old Immortal Chen heard that I was going to take him as my disciple, he hesitated a little. He could not help but say to my father, "Second Master, I can understand what you mean. You said that your family's Fann has a special body and can't touch those things. So, I can understand that he can't do the work of corpse autopsy. However, the Eight Immortals have to face corpses all day long. Isn't it the same reason for you to leave him here with you?"

Since Old Immortal Chen had already said this much, my father straightforwardly said to Old Immortal Chen, "Immortal Master, actually, I have a certain selfishness in placing Fann here with you. Firstly, with our relationship, I know that you can take good care of him. Secondly, I hope that you can only teach him the things about the Zhizha Craftsman and not tell him anything about the Eight Immortals. I only need him to help me make paper!"

Hearing my father say that, Old Immortal Chen took out a pipe and put a bag of tobacco in it. He took a puff and nodded, saying, "Alright then! Since Second Master is the one who asked, then I will agree to it. However, no matter if it's the Eight Immortals or the Zhizha Craftsman, they are both very strict! After all, we don't dare to be careless with things that belong to dead people. Furthermore, in the future, Fann will be staying here for a while. Second Master, do you have any objections?"

Hearing that Old Immortal Chen agreed to take me as his disciple, my father was naturally very happy. How could he have any objections?

Thus, he nodded and agreed.

After discussing it for a while, they happily decided that they would come over to pay their respects to the master tomorrow morning. Then, they would follow my father home.

To be honest, Old Immortal Chen could be considered a very capable person. He had been a Zhizha Craftsman when he was young, and later on, he was brought into the Eight Immortals. Now, it could be said that he was very proficient in both.

As the saying goes, one should never be too good at something! Old Immortal Chen was basically in this situation right now.

However, such a powerful person had no children, and he didn't even have a wife. No one came to inherit his great skills!

In fact, Old Immortal Chen had a special experience.

A long time ago, Old Immortal Chen actually had a wife, and she was also very beautiful. At that time, Old Immortal Chen had not entered the Eight Immortals Sect, and he was only an expert in the Zhizha Craftsman.

Because Old Immortal Chen was a direct descendant of the orthodox Zhizha Craftsman, the paper man and paper horse he made were all lifelike, especially those who bought Old Immortal Chen's Zhizha. They would often receive the dreams of their deceased relatives, and they would say that they were very satisfied with the paper man and paper horse that their juniors had burned for them.

Therefore, in a short period of time, Old Immortal Chen's reputation spread far and wide! The people in the surrounding ten miles and eight villages would all come from afar to invite Old Immortal Chen to make paper man for them. Naturally, there would be a lot of money rewarded!

The couple's days passed just like that!

Unfortunately, the good times did not last long!

Around a year later, an old man from a rich family in the neighboring village passed away. Because the family was particular about it, the mister that they had invited requested that their family must bury the corpse on the second day. Otherwise, there would definitely be some trouble.

That family naturally believed it! So they came early to invite Old Immortal Chen to make the paper man.

One had to know that it was not possible to make the paper man in a short period of time. Therefore, Old Immortal Chen said to the poor family, "Looking at how short the time is, I can't make the paper man you want at all. How about this, I still have some paper man and paper horse that I usually make when I'm free. It's just that the style is a little old. If you don't mind, you can use these paper man and paper horse to bury the corpse!"

When the other party heard Old Immortal Chen's words, he knew that this matter was really too sudden. If he didn't do this, there might really be no other way.

Thus, he could only nod his head in agreement.

Just like that, Old Immortal Chen prepared a cow carriage and pulled the paper man and paper horse to the big family next door.

The big family did not say anything and directly gave Old Immortal Chen the money to pay. When Old Immortal Chen was about to go back, it was already evening. The sky had also become darker.

When he was halfway through the journey of the cow carriage, the cow that pulled the carriage suddenly stopped. No matter how Old Immortal Chen tried to hurry it, it refused to move forward.

After a while, Old Immortal Chen was so tired that his entire body was covered in sweat. Looking at the sky, it was already eight or nine o'clock in the evening. At that time, there were no entertainment activities in the village, so they slept rather early. If it was any other time, Old Immortal Chen would have already fallen asleep.

Since this cow refused to leave no matter what, Old Immortal Chen could not leave the cow here and go home. Thus, he could only lie down in the cow carriage and sleep first.

However, he did not know that just as he left the big family, a few children in the big family had never seen the paper man and paper horse before. They couldn't help but surround the paper man and paper horse and keep sizing it up.

At this time, a child suddenly opened his mouth and said, "Quickly look, there are no eyeballs in the eyes of these paper man and paper horse. Are they all blind?"

Hearing this, the other children also noticed this point. After a round of discussion, they found a pen and drew eyeballs on the eyes of the paper man and paper horse. The surrounding adults were busy with their own things at this time, so no one noticed the situation here.

Even if they did notice it, they would ignore it because they did not understand what it meant to have eyes on a piece of paper.

The real Zhizha Craftsman understood that no matter if it was the paper man or the paper horse, after it was done, it could not open its eyes. Once it opened its eyes, this thing would immediately come back to life and become another thing. This kind of thing was called the Paper Puppet! It was also a type of evil ghost! Because they did not have a real body, they would go around harming people, wanting to obtain a complete body.

And Old Immortal Chen did not know about all of this. He was still sleeping soundly in the carriage, but he did not know that something extremely terrifying had happened in his house!