Chapter 29: Social Death, and the Real Use of Water and Fire Talisman
Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
After Li Yu went back, he panted heavily and clutched the talisman in his hand. He still felt like he was in a dream, and his face was still in shock.
A hand was placed on his shoulder, which almost frightened him. He turned around and found that it was the other disciples.
"What's wrong with you? You look like you've seen a ghost. Did you secretly do something bad?"
Facing the crowd, Li Yu opened his mouth and was about to say something when one of the disciples with sharp eyes found the talisman in his hand and snatched it.
"Damn, you're good, kid. You actually have such good stuff!"
Just as Li Yu was about to stop him, he was stopped by the others. "You're too stingy. We're just looking at it, and we won't use it. What's wrong with letting us gain some knowledge?"
Li Yu could only watch helplessly as those people spread out the wrinkled talismans, and one after another, exclamations of surprise rang out.
"They really are Water and Fire Talismans! I thought I saw wrongly."
These disciples were all from ordinary families, so they had never seen such precious talismans.
A disciple saw the dried yellow stain on the talisman and couldn't help but touch it. "Strange, what is this?"
He even sniffed it and found it to be an indescribable smell.
He watched as they held the talismans as if they were treasures, studying them over and over again.
Li Yu died on the spot. His pupils gradually enlarged and became lifeless. If these people knew the origin of the paper, would they...
Thinking of the consequences, he quivered, and his expression suddenly became indescribable. He firmly closed his mouth and decided that he would never tell them the truth in this life. Otherwise, they might not be able to remain brothers in the future.
However, Li Yu's strange behavior still attracted everyone's questioning.
"You were so flustered just now, and this talisman paper looks like this. You didn't pick it up, did you?"
Li Yu shook his head violently. "How can there be such a good thing? I can't believe I can actually pick up such precious talismans."
"That's true." The disciples sized him up, their eyes sweeping back and forth as if they were interrogating a prisoner. "So you stole it!"
"No way!"
"Then tell me, where did this talisman come from? Leniency to those who confess, severity to those who resist!"
The few of them only joked like this because they had a good relationship. In the face of the crowd's repeated questioning, Li Yu finally couldn't hold it in anymore. With a desperate expression, he said, "Someone gave it to me in the toilet!"
How could there be such a good thing?
Everyone's eyes widened. Someone gave him Water and Fire Talisman when he went to the toilet!
They subconsciously ignored the location Li Yu mentioned and asked suspiciously, "Are you trying to lie to us? That's why you just made up an excuse."
"If I make up an excuse, I'd make a better one. As for creating such an unreliable excuse, if you don't believe me, go and take a look. Maybe that person is still there."
Everyone looked at each other and walked toward the back mountain with the idea of exploring.
Li Yu wanted to run away, but they also grabbed his shoulders and pulled him back. "You brat, come with us. Let's see if what you said is true."
Soon, they arrived at the back of the mountain. From a distance, they saw a man constantly going in and out of a few small rooms. He looked sneaky, and they didn't know what he was doing.
Was he a thief?
A few of them found it unbelievable. The problem was that there was only a toilet in the back mountain. What was there to steal?
"Hey, what are you doing?"
Hearing the voice behind him, Ye Xuan answered without turning his head, "I'm putting toilet paper."
They didn't hear it carefully and thought it was the odd job worker putting toilet paper. They looked around but didn't find the person Li Yu mentioned.
When Li Yu heard this voice, he felt that it was extremely familiar.
The other disciples walked over and realized it was Ye Xuan. They couldn't help but exclaim, "Elder Ye, what are you doing here!"
Previously, Li Yu was so shocked that he didn't see clearly who the person was. At this moment, his pupils were constricted, and no one noticed his strange expression.
The disciples immediately became reverent and fearful. With the intention of sucking up to him, they snatched the paper from Ye Xuan's hand.
"Elder Ye, how can you do such a thing? You should rest at the side. We'll help."
Ye Xuan showed a relieved expression. "Then I'll have to trouble you."
Just as the disciple was about to put the toilet paper into the basket, he caught a glimpse of it from the corner of his eye and finally realized that something was wrong. How could this be toilet paper? It was actually the Water and Fire Talisman!
"El-elder Ye, did you take the wrong paper?" he stammered.
Ye Xuan shook his head. "I didn't take the wrong one. This is it."
Using the Water and Fire Talismans as toilet paper!
Everyone gasped as if they had thought of something. They subconsciously looked at Li Yu, who was not in a good state.
He originally thought that Ye Xuan giving him the Water and Fire Talisman was just an accident and an emergency. After all, it was such a precious thing.
Now, looking at his posture, could it be that he wanted to change all the toilet paper and let every disciple use the Water and Fire Talismans?
"Elder Ye. You're not joking, are you? How can you use the Water and Fire Talisman to wipe, wipe..."
They really couldn't say the last words. They kept feeling that if they said it, it would taint the Water and Fire Talisman.
After all, this was an extremely precious talisman paper, whether it was a household necessity or for plundering.
As if they were making a big fuss, Ye Xuan smiled lightly. "I think it feels very good to use it. If you don't believe me, you can ask him. He used it just now."
Seeing Ye Xuan's eyes fall on him, Li Yu suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart. As expected, the moment he finished speaking, several pairs of eyes fell on him in unison.
At that moment, he finally knew what it meant to have complex feelings!
If it was in the modern world, it would simply be a large-scale social death scene.
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