chsdbacks Chapter 613 Tracking Techniques
Chapter 613 Tracking Techniques
"Little Ba, this time Fatty was wrong. Fatty apologizes, please forgive Fatty!"
Seeing Xiao Ba with tears in his eyes after being suppressed by Long Nier, Fatty Lin shamelessly apologized.
"Chirp!"
Little Ba snorted, wiped its eyes with its little paw, and turned its head away from Fatty Lin.
"Alright, let's not hold a grudge against Fatty. Here, you love chicken feet, right? Eat up!" Long Nier patted Xiao Ba's head and picked up a piece of chicken foot for him.
"Chirp!"
Xiao Ba snorted again, glared at Fatty Lin, and started gnawing on the chicken feet.
"Xiao Ba said, let's let it go this time!" Long Nier translated with a smile.
"Hehe, I knew it, Xiao Ba is the best!" Fatty Lin said with a grin.
"You're so easygoing, you'll only make Xiao Ba angry next time!"
Li Donglin picked up a piece of poached chicken, dipped it in some sauce, and ate it while cursing.
"We'll talk about next time!" Fatty Lin winked and said in a low voice.
Upon hearing this, Xiao Ba showed signs of getting agitated again.
"Brother Li, tell me, how many clues do you have?" I quickly changed the subject, otherwise Xiao Ba would have thrown a tantrum.
Sure enough, as soon as I asked the question, Xiao Ba's bristling temper subsided, and its little ears perked up, waiting for Li Donglin's answer.
Li Donglin wiped his hands, took down the bag hanging on the chair, opened it, took out a black waterproof bag, and said, "Last time in the battle of magic, although I couldn't stop him, I didn't let him escape unscathed either."
"During the fight, I beat him until he vomited blood. His altar exploded, and his clothes were torn to shreds, leaving only a piece of cloth, which I kept!"
As Li Donglin spoke, he opened the waterproof bag and took out a palm-sized piece of charred cloth, a blood-stained talisman, and two pieces of broken porcelain!
"Brother Li, with these things here, we're absolutely sure we can find them!"
My eyes lit up when I saw what Li Donglin took out.
In the Xuanmen (Taoist sects), the art of tracking is not a rare technique; each major lineage has its own unique skill.
Li Donglin confirmed that the person was in Hong Kong Island using tracking techniques.
But no matter what kind of skill it is, if you want to accurately locate someone, there is nothing better than their underwear and their blood essence.
There's a saying that goes like this: one's birth chart can be changed, one's appearance can be cultivated, and one's aura can be faked, but the innate aura in one's blood is imprinted on one's soul and can never be changed in a lifetime.
As for underwear, it is constantly permeated by one's own aura, and the body energy it carries is deeply ingrained and cannot be hidden at all.
"Yes, this is a crucial clue!"
Fatty Lin perked up and said, "With blood and clothes, just those two things, we can pinpoint his location by following his scent, no matter where he's hiding. We won't be searching for a needle in a haystack!"
"Finding people is easy, but getting them out of there after you find them is difficult!" Li Donglin said.
"really!"
Fatty Lin nodded and said, "If he's hiding in some nook or cranny, we can rush over and take him down. The problem is if he's hiding in some famous temple, then we won't be able to make a move at all!"
Fatty Lin was telling the truth; if you try to be tough, they'll call the police.
As for fighting, that wouldn't work either.
Famous temples are bound to be bustling with worshippers, and the accumulated merit and offerings within are difficult to manage.
Fighting someone in their own backyard is like an old man eating poison—it's courting death.
Looking back now, it was sheer ignorance that led us to rush into the temple that Luo Yufu had been supporting in order to help Shen Yuehong.
For those in the Taoist sect, exorcising evil spirits and catching ghosts is not the most dangerous thing; the most dangerous thing is overturning altars and destroying temples.
Our last action was actually the destruction of a temple.
If it weren't for that Guru Banma's many evil deeds, which resulted in him sealing too many vengeful spirits inside the human skin drum and the Buddha of Bliss, causing the vengeful spirits to turn against him, none of us would have escaped.
"It's not easy, is it?" Li Donglin asked with a smile.
"This won't be easy!" Fatty Lin and I nodded at the same time.
"If it were that easy, I wouldn't have bothered you!" Li Donglin said lazily.
"Hey, what can I do? You're our Brother Li, so even if it's difficult, I'll take care of it!" Fatty Lin said, feigning helplessness.
"That's right!"
Li Donglin smiled and said, "I'll eat some more, then I'll go back to the shop and search for him immediately to pinpoint his location!"
After dinner, we returned to the shop. To prevent any unforeseen complications, we cleaned out a clean, empty room and found a flat wooden table to serve as an altar, where Li Donglin performed the ritual.
There are different schools of thought on how to make it.
After all the materials were prepared, Li Donglin personally made the arrangements.
He placed a wooden table in the center of the room, and placed four plain candles of blue, white, black, and red on the four sides, corresponding to the four elements of heaven and earth.
Then, a plain yellow cloth was laid on the wooden table, and the fragments of the evil master's clothes, the blood-stained talisman paper, and the broken porcelain pieces were stacked together in order.
After placing the items, Li Donglin washed his hands, took three sticks of incense, stood before the table, practiced the Meridian Step with both feet, concentrated his mind and breathed three times, then lit the incense and began the incantation: "Heaven and Earth, the Mysterious Ancestor, the Root of All Qi; Sun and Moon, Dividing the Fields, Four Symbols, Rotating the Circuit. Courier Riding the Directing Talisman, Swiftly Drive the Cloud Wheel; Holding my token, Pursue and Capture the Yin Person. This person's essence and blood remain in the mortal world; Clothing preserves their life, Qi locks their soul. A thousand miles are no barrier, ten thousand miles are no separation; Following the guidance of Qi, reveal their hiding place. Disciple Donglin, holding the talisman, humbly requests, urgently as the Primordial Laws of Searching and Desiring!"
Recite the mantra three times, then place incense in the burner. Three wisps of blue smoke rise straight up without dissipating, which proves that the altar is pure and that the messengers of heaven and earth are in place.
"All done!"
Upon seeing this, Fatty Lin's lips twitched, and he silently uttered two words.
"Um!"
I nodded and looked at it more carefully.
Li Donglin exhaled lightly, his left ring finger clasped his palm, his thumb pressed down on the tip of his ring finger, and his index and middle fingers joined together and raised to form a sword finger; with his right hand, he took a cinnabar water bowl, dipped his fingertip in cinnabar, and drew a talisman on the yellow paper in one go.
Fu Cheng placed the talisman lightly over the blood-stained talisman paper.
Then, pointing his sword at the talisman, he chanted: "Blood stores the primordial spirit, clothing carries the body's vital energy; a single true soul, never to migrate. Though Yin and Yang are separated, their veins are interdependent; with the talisman as the guide, with the energy as the means of movement. East, west, south, north, let them be separated; summoned on the altar, their dwelling place will instantly appear. Dare to conceal their traces, dare to hide their foundation; the Five Thunders will search and capture them, leaving them nowhere to hide!"
As the incantation was cast, the sword finger lightly touched the talisman, and a wisp of faint black smoke drifted out from the gap in the fabric, lingering on the tip of the sword finger.
"It's done!"
Seeing this, Fatty Lin couldn't help but pinch me.
I glared at him and continued reading.
Li Donglin glanced at the black mist clinging to his fingertips and then lit the candles placed on the four sides one by one.
Each time a stick is lit, a spell is recited.
When lighting the green candle located in the east, chant the incantation: "Azure Dragon of the East, guide the energy eastward; if it resides in the east, the candle flame will flicker red!"
When lighting the white candle located in the west, chant the incantation: "White Tiger of the West, your pursuit is unimpeded; if you are in the west, may the candlelight dance wildly!"
When lighting the red candle located in the south, chant the incantation: "Vermilion Bird of the South, follow the Qi and rush past; if it resides in the south, the firelight will soar and flicker!"
When lighting the black candle located in the north, chant the incantation: "Northern Black Tortoise, where evil dwells, if it resides in the north, black energy will come to it!"
After all four candles were lit, the four flames, which were originally calm and still, suddenly began to flicker violently after a short while. The flames tilted, and the wisp of black energy that had been wrapped around Li Donglin's fingertips also wrapped around the white candle.