You have mastered the art of thunder and you tell me that it is in a strange world?

Chapter 121 The Child God

When the group returned to the Lu family, Lu Youwei immediately came out to greet them.

"Master, did you gain anything?"

"Something gained."

After Zuo Chen said this, he turned his head to look at Lu Youxin beside him.

It was only then that Lu Youwei realized that his brother was also following them, and for some reason his eyes were red and he reeked of alcohol.

Seeing his brother like this, Lu Youwei's heart skipped a beat and he had already guessed something.

Lu Youwei forced a smile:
"Brother, did you go out with the Taoist priest just now?"

"…Is my sister-in-law here?"

"I haven't gone to bed yet. I'm accompanying Shan'er."

The Shan'er that Lu Youwei was referring to was his son Lu Shan.

"I have something I want to tell you. Let's ask my sister-in-law to come over first."

Seeing his brother's look, Lu Youwei was silent for a few seconds, but finally nodded and went back to the house to call his wife.

Soon, both of them came in front of Lu Youxin, looked at him, and waited for the latter to speak.

After adjusting his mood, Lu Youxin suddenly knelt in front of the two people:

"Brother, sister-in-law, I'm sorry for you."

The next step was to tell them all about what had happened recently.

After hearing what Lu Youxin said, the expressions on the couple's faces changed from shock to anger.

They seemed to have been rationalized by their emotions, but suddenly they felt a spring breeze blowing in front of them, and the flames in their hearts began to slowly calm down.

After careful consideration, he realized that this was indeed the best decision Lu Youxin could have made at the time.

All that's left is helplessness in my heart.

Only after Lu Youxin finished speaking did Lu Youwei let out a long sigh, reached out to hold Lu Youxin's arms, and helped him up from the ground.

"Brother, I don't blame you. If it weren't for you, Shan'er would have passed away completely. But now we have to think of a way to prevent Shan'er from suffering any more."

After being helped up, Lu Youxin's expression was actually still a little dazed. He thought his brother would be angry, would get furious, would point at his nose and curse at him, would wave a broom and sweep him out of the door and never let him in again.

But after I really said it, I found that my brother was not as excited as I had imagined.

The same thing happened to my brother's wife. Although the look in her eyes when she looked at him was somewhat complicated, it was definitely not resentment.

Lu Youxin felt as if a huge stone had been lifted from his heart. He was also annoyed with himself for hesitating before and not trusting his family, which had caused his nephew a lot of suffering for no reason.

He really deserves a beating.

He looked at Zuo Chen hurriedly:
"Master, you said before that there is a way to cure my nephew, but is it true?"

"Of course." Seeing the whole family talking, Zuo Chen also nodded with a smile.

Walking up to the three people, Zuo Chen said:

"I do have a method that can restore your child to his physical body, but this method requires long-term efforts on your part to be possible."

"Just tell me, no matter what it is, I will do my best."

After hearing what Lu Youwei said, Zuo Chen nodded and began to introduce his own method:
"Your child's soul has completely merged with that dog. If I forcibly separate the two, his spirit will be damaged, which will be counterproductive. So I need to increase the strength of his soul. As long as his soul is strong enough, the beast's soul will naturally dissipate, and his body will slowly change with the human soul and return to its original form."

Lu Youwei didn't quite understand, so he could only ask Zuo Chen:

"What should we do to strengthen Shan'er's soul?"

"Build a temple and do good deeds. Make yourself a god of incense and worship the nearby land."

After the land is exposed to the aroma of incense, the image of the land god itself will become closer and closer to the image of the clay sculpture of the land. In this way, as long as time passes, the human part of the child will be far stronger than the dog part.

By then it won't be difficult to restore his physical body.

After listening to Zuo Chen's explanation, Lu Youwei finally understood what Zuo Chen was trying to do.

So he was shocked:
"Master, is this possible? My son is just an ordinary person. If he really becomes a landowner, wouldn't it... break the rules?"

It’s no wonder that he is worried. Although City Gods are rare in this world, they still exist.

Most of them were appointed to positions of honor among capable people in the imperial court. They were genuine official positions. The God of Land was not much different, being the village chief among the ghosts and gods.

If mountain spirits and wild ghosts want to become the city god and land god, and have not been specially canonized, once they are discovered, they will be killed on the spot.

Lu Youwei's family was in the livestock business, and they must have some connections with some officials in Dongshui City, but even so, they were far from being able to own their own land.

Zuo Chen smiled when he heard this:

"The City God of Youzhou was appointed by Master Liu, who is under the command of King Wei. I will go to visit King Wei and Master Liu in person in a while. I will ask for a position for your son then."

Hearing what Zuo Chen said, the Lu couple looked at each other in surprise.

King Wei is the lord of Youzhou, and the power he holds in Youzhou is even greater than that of the emperor.

But from the Taoist's tone, it seemed that meeting the King of Wei was not a difficult thing.

Only then did he realize that the Taoist priest's identity might not be simple. "But I must also make it clear to you in advance."

Zuo Chen's expression suddenly turned serious, interrupting the couple's thoughts.

Seeing him like this, the Lu couple also became nervous.

"If you want to build the God of Incense and Fire, you must do more good deeds. He is young now and may not understand it, so you two need to do this. But after that, in about ten years, he will find that he is different from ordinary people and will understand many of the wonders of the God of Incense and Fire. If he is not educated properly in the future and uses his divine power to oppress innocent people, I will kill him."

Zuo Chen's tone was serious this time, and his voice was like the sound of a bell ringing in the ears of the Lu family.

They nodded hurriedly, keeping this warning deep in their hearts and not daring to neglect it in the slightest.

"Do you two agree with this method?"

"If you can save my child, I will follow the Taoist's instructions."

After saying this, Zuo Chen asked the couple to carry the child out of the inner room.

The couple immediately called the servants, and then together with their brother's servants, they steadily lifted the child in the basin and carried it from the room to the courtyard.

The child who had fallen asleep opened his eyes dazedly and called out softly:
"Father, mother, what's the matter?"

Lu Youwei gently touched his son's hair, then nodded to Zuo Chen.

Zuo Chen also took out a yellow paper talisman and wrote on it:
The first is to avoid disasters, the second is to relieve pain, and the third is to transform into flesh.

Then he directly threw out the talisman and pointed it at the child who was still in the basin.

The talisman spun in the air and flew directly to the child's chest, merging with his skinless flesh.

Immediately afterwards, a subtle stream of innate true qi emerged from the talisman and covered the child's entire body like a trickle.

In the blink of an eye, the child's flesh began to grow rapidly, and his torso changed like liquid to become more human-like.

In just two or three breaths, he had turned into a normal child, and there seemed to be no defects on his body.

Only the talisman on the chest was faintly visible, turning into several bright red threads wrapped around the skin.

Only then did Zuo Chen stop.

This was the recipe Zuo Chen came up with on the way back.

It is definitely not possible to directly infuse the innate Qi, as that would only create a complete human-dog.

So Zuo Chen simply used some tricks like throwing beans to create soldiers, plasticizing the flesh into a child, and then slowly infusing it with a small amount of true Qi. The child's body would always be in a state of repair, which would not only relieve the pain, but also prevent it from being alienated by excessive true Qi.

Of course, this method will definitely not last long, so Zuo Chen needs his parents to make good preparations, open a land temple, do more good deeds, and worship the god of incense.

The child came to his senses belatedly, propped up his arms and stood up from the basin.

His limbs were still obviously a little stiff, as if he hadn't exercised properly for a long time.

When he stood up completely, the black mud and herbs wrapped around his body all rolled into the basin, revealing his newly born white skin.

Those eyes, which originally had no spirit, finally became more colorful at this moment.

He stared blankly at his three family members and tilted his head slightly:

"Dad, Mom, Uncle, why are you...old?"

Hearing his childish voice, the three members of the Lu family could no longer bear it and rushed to the child. They wanted to hug him, but they were afraid of hurting his tender skin. They could only shed tears and sob.

……

When Lu Youwei held a banquet, he served all the best dishes he could find at home.

His family raised sheep, so they simply built a large bonfire, shaved off all the wool, removed the internal organs, used a knife to make a few cuts on the mutton to make it easier for the flavor to absorb, pierced the sheep from head to tail with a wooden stick, and roasted the whole sheep over the fire.

He wanted to give some silver to Zuo Chen again, but Zuo Chen waved him off:

"You'll have plenty of places to spend your money in the future, and you shouldn't spend it on me."

Lu Youwei was deeply moved and said that he would keep Zuo Chen's teachings in mind and would never forget them.

After three rounds of the night, Lv Youwei and Lv Youxin were both drunk. They had a quarrel. Lv Youwei slapped Lv Youxin, and then they hugged each other and cried. Finally, the two brothers fell into a deep sleep.

Mrs. Lu brought her son Lu Shan, who had already packed his clothes, to Zuo Chen to thank him repeatedly. She also asked Lu Shan to kowtow to Zuo Chen respectfully several times before she took her son back to rest.

The only people left were the servants who were still cleaning, and Zuo Chen and his two companions who had eaten and drunk their fill.

"Today I have really broadened my horizons. I should have thought that you would need to spend ten days or half a month to resolve this matter." Old Tang could not help but sigh at Zuo Chen's great ability: "Caiyi is also very lucky to meet you and learn skills from you."

"It's not a big deal." Zuo Chen said modestly.

Mr. Tang laughed twice.

Isn't this a big move?
Without saying anything more, he got up and went back to his room to rest.

Seeing that the servants were almost done packing up, Zuo Chen suddenly spoke:
"Actually, I've had a question since this afternoon."

"Ah? Taoist priest? What's wrong?" Caiyi next to him also wanted to get up and rest, but was stopped by Zuo Chen's words.

"Ghosts come to me in dreams. Can they send dreams across a state?"

(End of this chapter)