C29 The Sound of Strange Footsteps

Listening to Old Immortal Chen's words, I couldn't help but sigh in my heart: I never thought that a Zhizha Craftsman would have so many rules. It seems that in this world, no matter what kind of craftsmanship it was, there would be its own story and faction.

After that, I started to follow Old Immortal Chen's instructions to perform the apprenticeship ceremony. Then, he also told me some rules about the Zhizha Craftsman.

It had to be said that although the reputation of the Zhizha Craftsman was not too great, there were quite a few rules! For example, when making paper man for the dead, they had to do it according to the rules of the red male and green female.

The so-called red male and green female referred to the clothes of the male and female paper man had to be distinguished. The clothes of the male were red, and the clothes of the female could only be green. It was absolutely impossible to mix them up! Otherwise, something unexpected might happen. In addition, the paper man that was done could not open its eyes no matter what, which meant that it could not have eyes on the paper man. Especially the paper man used for the dead. Otherwise, it was very likely to form a paper puppet!

Once a paper puppet appeared, it would usually leave with a substitute. Also, no matter if it was a paper man or the materials used to make the paper man, they could not touch the blood. Because when making the paper man, it was often used straw and embroidery knife, and it was easy for fingers to be cut. Once the blood stained the paper man, no matter what level the paper man reached, it had to be burned immediately. It was absolutely not allowed to stay overnight! Otherwise, in the middle of the night, no one knew what the paper man would become!

As Old Immortal Chen explained the rules of the Zhizha Craftsman to me one by one, I felt that this profession was not simple! However, the most unacceptable rule was that I had to stay here for the night. Furthermore, I would have to sleep in the big black coffin outside the house of Old Immortal Chen and the others.

To be honest, I was very against this kind of thing! After all, it was not auspicious for a living person to sleep in a coffin. However,

Old Immortal Chen told me that this was actually for my own good. Because we were living people, we could earn money from the dead. Although it could be considered as earning merits, it would still bring us some bad things. Especially when we were making paper man, we needed to breathe non-stop. As our breaths continuously hit the paper man, the paper man would gradually have Yang Qi.

When the paper man did not turn into a paper puppet, it might not be a problem. However, once something happened to the paper puppet, the first thing they would look for would be the person who had the most Yang Qi, which was the Zhizha Craftsman.

Therefore, on the first day of the newcomers entering the Zhizha Craftsman, they must sleep in the coffin. Furthermore, no matter what happened, they could not come out. This was called sheltering the sun! It meant that they used the Yin Qi in the coffin to cover the Yang Qi on their bodies. This way, they would not have so much trouble when they were making paper man!

Listening to Old Immortal Chen's introduction, I knew that I would have to sleep in this coffin for the rest of the night no matter what. However, thinking about it from another perspective, it didn't seem to be a problem. After all, when I was facing Wang Sicheng's wife's corpse alone, nothing happened. Not to mention that Old Immortal Chen was accompanying me in this house.

Thus, after paying respects to my master, I followed my father home.

Along the way, my father didn't say a word. Since he didn't say anything, I naturally didn't say anything either. Since young, the person I was most afraid of was him. Every time I was with him, it was as if a mouse had seen a cat. I was very nervous!

When I returned home, my father told everyone in the family about the matter of me having already paid respects to Old Immortal Chen.

After hearing my father's words, Grandfather was a little unhappy! He couldn't help but say to my father, "You must let Fann sleep in the coffin? You should know the harm in doing so."

My father nodded and said, "Of course I know. However, in order to prevent any problems from happening to Fann in the future, he must do it tonight."

As he spoke, my father said to me, "Fann, although the tradition of sleeping in the coffin before entering the sect is the Zhizha Craftsman's tradition, you still have to be careful! As long as you lie in the coffin, no matter who calls you up before daybreak, you must not agree. Under normal circumstances, it's impossible for people to sleep in the coffin. Unless it's some expert who knows Yin Yang Technique. This is because there is another saying about sleeping in the coffin. It is called Yin Connecting and also Yin Connecting. The meaning is that after midnight, the person sleeping in the coffin will see some things that he usually can't see. If these things are good, they won't harm you. If these things are evil, he will think of ways to trick you out of the coffin. As long as you come out, it means that you have already gone to another world and will never be able to return! So, as long as you lie in the coffin and don't come out tonight, no matter what, nothing will harm you!"

After hearing my father's words, although I had not experienced what happened tonight, I am now a little scared!

Looking at my appearance, Uncle could not help but say to my father, "It's not that I'm criticizing you, but why do you insist on letting Fann take this risk? If it really doesn't work out, then let's not learn the Zhizha Craftsman! Our family's ability is not worse than Old Immortal Chen's! In my opinion, our family's Fann should just learn the ability of corpse measuring from me."

Grandfather also chimed in, "I think it works! Our family's ability is passed down from our ancestors. We can't just give up on it in this generation, can we?"

I was very happy that the two of them were agreeing with each other. It didn't matter if I went to sleep in the coffin tonight. What was important was that I had long wanted to learn the ability of our Chen family's corpse measuring!

However, at this moment, my father coldly said, "When the ghost eyes open, the hundred ghosts worship! Do you think that with his body, he can withstand it?"

Hearing my father's words, Grandfather and Uncle stopped talking. I, on the other hand, was confused and completely did not understand what my father meant.

Just like that, after I finished dinner at home, the sky had already turned dark. Under the advice of Grandfather and Uncle, I left the house.

The sky was still bright when I left the house. I could vaguely see that there were people rushing behind me, so I wasn’t particularly afraid.

However, the sky gradually darkened. Everything in front of me became blurry. However, I could still hear footsteps coming from behind me. It seemed that the person who was rushing was following me.

I couldn’t help but feel uneasy. So, I quickened my pace and ran forward. However, the footsteps behind me were still walking forward at a constant pace. However, the distance between them didn’t widen because of me taking a few steps forward.

I was slightly stunned. Then, I couldn’t help but pretend to squat down and start tying my shoes. At the same time, I secretly looked behind me from the corner of my eyes. I also picked up a half brick from the ground.

I felt a lot more secure with this thing in my hand. I thought, ‘As long as you dare to come up from behind me, I will knock you down regardless of whether you are a human or a ghost!’

However, what made me feel cold was that I had already squatted here for about a minute. However, the figure behind me hadn’t come up. However, the footsteps hadn’t stopped! It was as if someone was intentionally stepping on the ground. I couldn’t help but feel numb in the face of this situation. The person was clearly coming for me!

Thinking about this, I immediately ran towards Old Immortal Chen's house without looking back. The sound of footsteps behind me was closely following behind me. Moreover, I didn't know if it was because of my mental power, but I only felt that the footsteps were getting closer and closer to me!

However, there was nothing behind me. Could it be that what was following behind me was something that I couldn't see?

Just as that thing was about to catch up to me, I had already arrived at the entrance of Old Immortal Chen's house. Then, without thinking, I directly knocked open the door and rushed in. I casually called out, "Immortal Master, I'm here!"

In my opinion, Old Immortal Chen was the leader of the Eight Immortals, so it shouldn't be too troublesome to deal with the thing behind me. However, just as I arrived at the courtyard of Old Immortal Chen's house, I couldn't help but freeze on the spot!

Because, at this time, I discovered that although Old Immortal Chen's house was wide open, the house was completely dark. There was no light at all.

Although the villagers slept rather early, it was still a little too early! Moreover, didn't we agree that I would come over to sleep in the coffin tonight? Could it be that Old Immortal Chen had forgotten about this matter because she was old?

Fortunately, since I came to Old Chen's house, the footsteps outside also disappeared! It seemed that they were afraid of Old Immortal Chen's house. This made me believe that Old Immortal Chen actually had some ability!

However, I don't want to think about that anymore. I should find Old Immortal Chen first!

Just like that, I walked into Old Immortal Chen's house.