Chapter 21 Qualifications

"However, even a psychic... Unless he is the most advanced psychic, he will not be able to see the past and present lives of monsters and ghosts... The kind of precognitive dream you said you had is almost a special case. special case."

"...Really? Then am I a psychic?"

I was a little confused myself, but when I thought about it carefully, I felt it was a bit strange. Regarding things like slaying demons and slaying demons, my father will not talk about them for the time being. In my eyes, grandpa is considered an expert among experts.

However, because my grandfather was taboo about the curse brought by the Burial Sutra, he was unwilling to talk too deeply to me about these things. He only told me the most basic things, and the purpose was to give me the tools to protect myself when encountering similar things in the future. strength.

But if I am really a psychic, I think it is impossible for grandpa not to know, and he should tell me the matter.

"I can't say for sure. After all, in my opinion, you don't have the qualities that a spiritual medium should have. Besides... you are the descendant of a ground burial master, so it is possible that you are a spiritual medium." Even less sexual.”

"Is there still such a thing?"

Sister Lan nodded and said, "Yes, maybe you haven't seen the world yet so you don't know much about these things, but according to the most common theory, it is impossible for one person to hold two professions at the same time. It can be done People are almost like one in a million."

"I see..."

"Furthermore, there is also a compatibility theory for the profession of demon slayer - I will give you an example and you will understand. For example, the compatibility of the profession of witch is relatively high. Therefore, a person who is both a witch and a psychic The possibility will be higher. And the compatibility of the underground burial master is almost the lowest among all the demon-killing professions..."

I scratched my head and said helplessly, "In other words, it is almost impossible for an underground burial master to practice another profession, right?"

"To put it simply, that's it, but we can't rule out the existence of special cases. You now are a special case among special cases."

Sister Lan held her chin and stared at me, her beautiful eyes full of curiosity. He would also reach out and pinch my face from time to time, which made me feel uncomfortable all over, as if I was being treated as some exotic animal.

"I said Zhang Jun, you didn't lie to me, right?"

"It depends on what you are referring to." I said angrily and slapped away Sister Lan's extended hand.

"?What do you mean?"

I snorted and said, "If you are referring to the part where I praised you, it does contain elements of lies."

"You're looking for death, aren't you, brat!" Sister Lan was startled. She understood that I was taunting her and immediately grinned.

"Don't argue, don't argue. If you two have time to argue, you might as well settle the matter!"

Wang Ermazi hurriedly stopped Sister Lan, and then said with a grimace, "Is it human language that you two just spoke? What about psychics, earth burials, witches, fault tolerance, it's all a mess, why didn't I listen to a word of it? Understand."

I chuckled and said, "As expected of a man who got zero points in the Mandarin test, his understanding is top-notch."

Wang Erpazi's face, which was thicker than the city wall, turned red in a rare sight, and he said indignantly, "Brother Jun! Isn't it a bit too much to expose someone's shortcomings! And how many times have I said it! It's 3 points! Not zero." point!"

"Okay, okay, three points, three points..."

Seeing Wang Erpazi blushing after a long time, I found it quite amusing, and my bad mood became a little lighter.

"But having said that, if what you just said is true, it means that you may have the potential to be a psychic."

"Didn't you just say that I don't have the characteristics of a psychic? Why did you change your story again?"

Sister Lan shook her finger and said, "Everything has a special case. Moreover, I am talking about potential, not characteristics. The two are not the same thing at all."

"All ears."

Sister Lan tilted her head and thought for a while, then clapped her hands and said, "To put it simply, potential is equivalent to talent, and characteristics are the characteristics of a profession."

I thought for a moment, and then I seemed to understand what Sister Lan meant, and asked, "You mean, I have the qualifications to become a psychic, but I am not yet an official psychic?"

Sister Lan showed a smile, nodded and said, "The brain is not stupid, that's all. If you think about it this way, it can be explained clearly that you can have precognitive dreams and the highest level of precognitive dreams - But because you are not a real psychic, you definitely don’t have the skills that other psychics have.”

I thought about it and then said with a wry smile, "But in this case, it seems that the problem still cannot be solved."

After that, I glanced at Wang Ermazi, and then continued, "Although this guy has been trying to urge me to take high-priced private jobs, but... if I can't have a precognitive dream according to my own last wish, what will happen to me when the time comes? It’s too dangerous when you get to that monster.”

Sister Lan nodded slowly, seeming to agree with my statement.

"That's right, you said you are not yet an official underground burial master, right?"

"Well, because my grandfather didn't want our Zhang family to have no descendants, he also banned the study of burial scriptures starting from my father's generation."

Sister Lan sighed and said, "Although I can't understand your grandfather's mood, but there are no underground burial masters who learn burial scriptures... Well, no matter how you think about it, it is useless."

"Can't your explanation be nicer?" I looked at Sister Lan speechlessly and said.

"How do you put it nicely? This is the truth. I originally thought that you, the boy, could see demon spirits because you used the skills of the underground burial master. But now it seems that this is not the case at all... You are just a good-for-nothing A little bumpkin and trash."

I was so angry, but there was nothing I could do to refute this woman who was laughing and scolding me.

"Hmph, women are fickle. Just now they praised me as a genius, but now they suddenly changed."

"I'm not praising you as a genius, I'm just saying that you have the qualifications."

Sister Lan took out a peanut from the plate placed aside and placed it gently in the center of the table.

"Look, this is a peanut. We all know that there are delicious peanuts in this shell, right?"

"so what?"

"If we can break the shell, then the peanuts will have value - become delicious food."

Sister Lan threw the lightly crushed peanuts into her mouth, and then took another one.

"But, if there is no way to open the shell of this peanut, then the pulp inside it will be useless no matter how delicious and rich it is. It will automatically rot after a long time. By then... .It’s no different from rotten peanuts eaten away by bugs.”

I didn't speak, I just stared quietly at the peanut that was sitting motionless in the center of the table, feeling something inexplicable in my heart.

Sister Lan didn't explain it clearly, but I already understood her meaning clearly.

I am like this peanut, and my ability to have precognitive dreams, if considered a talent, is equivalent to the pulp in the peanut.

Ultimately, if I can successfully become a psychic or cryptologist, then I will have my own value - becoming a unique demon slayer.

However, if I can't become any kind of profession and remain in my current state of being neither an underground burial master nor a spiritual medium, then no matter how high my talents are, it won't make any sense.

As time goes by, if you stay in the same place for a long time, things like talent will decay sooner or later.

Seemingly noticing that I was feeling somewhat depressed, Sister Lan smiled softly, pretended to be relaxed and patted my shoulder, saying, "But you don't have to worry too much, little bumpkin, you're still young. The days ahead are still long, and I think you haven’t made any plans for the future, right?”

"...Plan? What do you mean?"

Sister Lan blinked and said, "Of course you have to live as an ordinary person, or you have to live as a demon slayer."

"...have not thought."

Thinking about it carefully, I seem to have never planned this carefully.

The most profound education I have received since I was a child is that I must leave a legacy for our Zhang family.

In order to stay in the future, one must not study burial scriptures anymore. Once you learn the Burial Sutra, you will be cursed and become a short-lived ghost who will not live past thirty years old. Then you will have no descendants and no more offspring.

Maybe I am born with no independent opinions, or maybe my grandfather’s obsession is too strong. In my heart, I subconsciously regarded my grandfather’s last wish as my own wish.

If you think about it that way... I should have been living my life with the goal of being an ordinary person.

Now, the reason why Wang Ermazi was found and took risks to take high-priced private jobs was actually to save funds for marriage. Who made me face the embarrassing situation of having no money to marry a wife?

But what do I really think?

Is it really the life I want to stay away from monsters, not to be a demon slayer, and to live as an ordinary person?

After pondering for a long time, I found that not only did the answer not appear, but my head was getting more and more painful.

Damn it, I find it disgusting that things related to life plans are always so ambiguous.

It seems like there are countless possibilities at my age, but in fact the more I think about it, the sadder I feel, and the more I realize that everything has already been doomed.

There are not that many options at all. For example, this is what I am doing now. Either I can live as a salted fish, or I can take a desperate risk, completely violate my grandfather's last wish, and live a completely different life as a demon slayer.

Of course, the idea of a second life was completely new. If I hadn’t met this woman named Sister Lan, I would have thought that there were only a few demon slayers in the world until now.

Sister Lan looked at me without speaking for a long time, stretched greatly, then stood up and said, "Okay, little bumpkin, I understand your situation now. Since you don't have the ability to eliminate demons, then this Just pretend I didn’t say anything.”

After saying that, Sister Lan also turned to look at Wang Ermazi on the side and said, "Let's go and find someone else. If it doesn't work, I will have to go into battle myself."

Wang Ermazi looked at Sister Lan blankly and said, "Sister Lan, didn't you say it's too risky for you to do this private work yourself?"

Sister Lan pinched her waist and leaned down, squinted her eyes and stared at Wang Er's pockmark, poked his chest, and said, "So if you brat don't want to see me being killed by a monster, go find it for me as soon as possible." A reliable demon slayer is here, do you understand?"

"Ming, I understand!"

The clothes on Sister Lan's upper body were a bit wide, and even when she bent down, she could vaguely see the outline of the plump mountains. The evil fire in Wang Er's pockmarked eyes couldn't be concealed at all.