Chapter 145 I'm Afraid I'll Scare the Ghost
If he wanted to see himself, he couldn't just lower his head, so Du Ruo began to close his eyes, concentrate his spirit, and then his spirit began to penetrate out of his body, observing a few sounds from another perspective.
When Du Ruo closed his eyes normally, he could vaguely sense the surrounding environment and then outline it in his mind, but this was the first time he tried to let the "spirit" out of his body.
When Du Ruo finally let the "spirit" out of the Baihui acupoint and scanned the surroundings, no specific scene appeared in front of Du Ruo with his eyes closed. Instead, the red mist he had just seen emerged. Judging from its intensity and distance, it was the red mist he had just seen when he opened his eyes. In the kitchen a little further away, a similar mist appeared. Du Ruo knew that it should be Yang Chenguang's mother.
Apart from this, nothing else can be seen, nor can anything further away. But this is already amazing, considering that Yang Chenguang's mother is in the kitchen, separated from the outside by several walls.
Du Ruo only felt that after the "spirit" left the body, it began to rise uncontrollably, as if it wanted to float out of the body and merge into nature.
Not daring to let the "God" stay outside for too long, Du Ruo glanced downward, looked at himself, and then quickly pulled the "God" back into his body.
In just this quick glimpse, Du Ruo saw a strange sight.
If the "spiritual" fire of the people around him was ordinary red mist, then the "spiritual" fire around him was a real flame. Not only was it burning violently, but the fire was so strong that it could even light up the surroundings, covering and illuminating everything around him.
Not only that, perhaps because of the observation of himself, when Du Ruo looked at himself, he found that his body was like a small universe.
The positions of the five internal organs seemed to be occupied by five stars of different colors, and the surrounding veins were like galaxies, with starlight running in a regular pattern. Above Du Ruo's head, the area covered by the "essence" fire vaguely showed the shadows of three hazy flowers, one shining with lead color, one shining with silver, and one covered in gold.
Du Ruo understood that what he had just seen were the "three flowers" and "five qi" in his body.
When the "three flowers" condense into a physical entity and the "five qi" return to the five internal organs and limbs, that should be the moment when the progress bar on the panel reaches 100%.
Du Ruo closed his eyes, and his mind was still reviewing the shocking scene he had just seen. How could he describe that feeling? It was indescribable, as if he had seen the "Tao" in an instant, and the degree of shock was indescribable.
"I can't look at it anymore. I can't look at it anymore. My mind is still unstable. I was unconsciously attracted by nature and the external universe. If I look at it for too long, I might lose myself."
Du Ruo suppressed the urge to continue watching his own little universe, and repeated to himself over and over again. Just now, the "God" left his body for a moment, and his back was wet with sweat, which showed how dangerous it was.
"Du Ruo, what's that look in your eyes?"
After burning the paper, Yang Chenguang was about to ask everyone to start eating when he saw Du Ruo looking at him with a bit of pity. After looking at him, he closed his eyes as if he couldn't bear to look any longer. This made Yang Chenguang feel offended.
As a man, what he cares about most is his wife saying that he is not good enough and his brothers' sympathetic looks.
"Ahem, well, you need to exercise some restraint."
Du Ruo opened his eyes, temporarily suppressed the images in his mind, and joked with Yang Chenguang as a way to divert his attention.
"What nonsense are you talking about? Why should I exercise restraint? I am full of energy... How about this, I will go get another bullwhip tomorrow, and then we can make up for it."
Yang Chenguang patted Du Ruo on the shoulder and wanted to argue, but he became less and less confident the more he spoke.
"Hey, let's put it this way. The last time I went to Yuanyuan's house, I drank a jar of her treasured tiger penis wine. I'll talk to Yuanyuan tomorrow. There might be some left from last time. I'll ask for some and bring it over to replenish you."
Du Ruo thought about it, patted Yang Chenguang on the shoulder, then leaned over and whispered something.
During this time since he came back, Yang Chenguang had nothing to say to him and truly treated him as a brother, so he decided to help him.
"There are still such good things? Brother Du, don't forget, you got some good wine, when the time comes, tell me what you want to eat, there will be plenty of bullwhips and bull eggs."
When Yang Chenguang heard this, his eyes lit up. What do Chinese people believe in? Of course, like cures like, not to mention tiger penis wine. Moreover, Du Ruo said it was a treasure, so it must be a good thing. In addition, Du Ruo seemed a little mysterious recently, which made him believe what Du Ruo said even more.
"Eh? That's not right. Have you been to the boss lady's house? When did you develop so fast? Have you met the parents?"
But suddenly, Yang Chenguang seemed to have discovered something remarkable. He put his arm on Du Ruo's shoulder and started gossiping.
"No, I came to visit you for some important matter."
Du Ruo was speechless. This guy's focus was always different from others. Couldn't even the tiger whip wine attract all his attention?
"Okay, stop talking. Let's eat. I have to go back after dinner."
Du Ruo didn't want to say more to Yang Chenguang, so he said loudly.
"Hey, okay, don't forget to eat."
Yang Chenguang glanced at Du Ruo with a smile, but didn't ask any more questions. He started to invite everyone to eat.
The dinner was very sumptuous, with all local specialties and dishes unique to the Ghost Festival. Du Ruo enjoyed the meal very much. While eating and drinking, everyone chatted and the atmosphere was quite harmonious.
Only Maomao lay on the side with a look of despair, allowing the two little guys who had already finished their meals to wander around him and occasionally scratch him.
"Uncle Yang, Auntie, Shasha, I'm going to go back with Yuanyuan first."
After eating, Du Ruo didn't stay long and prepared to go back with Yuanyuan.
"Okay, come back for dinner some other day, and treat it like your own home."
Yang Chenguang's mother didn't keep Du Ruo for long. It was the Ghost Festival, so it would be better for her to go home early.
"Okay, uncle, aunt, and sister-in-law, let's go." Xiang Yuanyuan also waved to the Yang family, and then followed Du Ruo and Maomao out.
"How was it? You didn't drink enough today, did you? Do you want to go to the tavern and drink some medicinal wine?"
Walking on the slightly dim road, the smell of burning paper was everywhere, but Xiang Yuanyuan didn't feel scared at all. It seemed that she felt particularly safe when Du Ruo was around.
"No, today is the Ghost Festival, rest early, you too, go to bed early."
Du Ruo looked around and shook his head to reject Xiang Yuanyuan's proposal.
"It's only eight o'clock now. Why are you going to bed so early?"
Xiang Yuanyuan looked at the time and was a little bit surprised, but when she saw that Du Ruo was speaking so seriously, it was obvious that he was not joking.
"Well, it's the Ghost Festival. I think it would be better for me to go to bed early. It's not that I'm afraid of others, but I'm mainly afraid that others will be afraid of me."
Du Ruo thought about it and said something meaningful, especially emphasizing his tone when talking about others.
Du Ruo felt that no matter whether there was a soul in this world or the existence of another world, judging from the intensity of his own "essence" when he observed himself with "God" today, even if there really was a soul, he would not dare to come back to take a look.
That's why Du Ruo decided to meditate all night and practice Hunyuan Yi Qigong to gather all his energy and spirit into his body.
After all, those souls may be terrifying beings in the eyes of others, but in the eyes of the villagers, they may be their long-awaited relatives.
So whether there is such a thing or not, Du Ruo doesn't want to disturb others because of his own reasons.
"Oh, good night then."
Xiang Yuanyuan nodded as if she understood, then turned and walked towards the second floor of the tavern.
Du Ruo watched her go upstairs and see the lights on the second floor. Then he turned around and went back to the yard.
Du Ruo really didn't have any extra activities that night. He went home, washed up, and didn't even do any boxing. He went back to the bedroom and started practicing Hunyuan Yi Qigong.
The purpose is to gather the essence, energy and spirit, and prevent them from leaking out, and just circulate them within the body.
Maomao was very well behaved tonight. He lay in the nest that Du Ruo prepared for him and fell asleep early as well.
Maomao, who is seven years old, has entered old age. He almost grew up with Yaya, so he is very smart and obedient.
The next morning, I don’t know if it’s because we have entered autumn, but the weather started to become less hot. It even became a little cooler in the morning because of the weather, and the breeze was quite comfortable.
Du Ruo was doing boxing in the yard. He had been meditating all night without sleep yesterday, but he was still energetic and his eyes were bright, without any signs of staying up late.
"Uncle, these are the offerings from yesterday's ancestor worship. Grandma asked me to bring them over for Maomao to eat."
Du Ruo was still boxing when Yang Chenguang's eldest son came over carrying a plastic bag.
"Okay, have you had breakfast? Do you want to have breakfast with your uncle?"
Du Ruo took the bag and rubbed it on the child's head. Hmm, the hair was a little short and didn't feel good, not as good as Maomao and Clouded Leopard.
"I'll go back and eat. Goodbye, uncle."
The little kid was tanned black, and he said one sentence and ran back quickly.
"Haha, it seems like having a child is not bad."
Watching the little brat leave, Du Ruo thought of this question for no reason, and then looked up and saw a figure appear on the second floor of the tavern opposite.
"Good morning, let's have breakfast together."
"Okay, wait a minute, I'll wash up and come downstairs."
Faced with Du Ruo's invitation, Xiang Yuanyuan agreed without much hesitation. In fact, she didn't eat breakfast before, but her diet has become more regular recently, and of course her figure has become fuller. Recently, she is preparing to start hiking as a daily routine, otherwise her old clothes will not fit into her.
Du Ruo poured the food that the little kid had brought for the ancestor offering yesterday into Maomao's dog bowl. Food for ancestor offerings is usually not wasted, and one can eat it oneself or feed it to the dog.
Then he went out to have breakfast with Xiang Yuanyuan.
"Boss Du, Sister Yuanyuan, good morning, let's have breakfast together."
As soon as the two arrived at the breakfast shop, Long Zhirou's voice came over.
(End of this chapter)
