I was forced to cultivate immortality when I just wanted to lie down

Chapter 139 Midwifery, Poisonous Woman

It is neither difficult nor easy to build a complete immortal temple.

There are quite a few snakes, insects, rats, ants, chickens, dogs, foxes and ghosts who are capable of practicing Taoism, but most of these things lack education and their quality is also uneven.

Xu Qing has always adhered to the principle of quality over quantity, so he is not in a hurry to improve the structure of the hall. The Cat Fairy Hall still has a long way to go. During the long years, there will always be some fairies with good character. If the fate is right, perhaps he can establish a relationship with them and build a relationship of incense.

These are not things that can be achieved overnight. Xu Qing still prefers to be a hands-off boss. When he is free, he helps his cat fairy to take care of the hall and slowly consolidate the strength of the hall. Only in this way can the incense obtained be purer and more suitable for resisting disasters in practice.

In addition to resisting disasters, incense also represents the accumulation of good karma. Xu Qing feels that this thing is similar to reputation. It is never a bad thing to accumulate more reputation in the world of the living.

After the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the branch's opening was over, Xu Qing said goodbye to everyone and went to Jiugou Village with the crows from Luanshi Mountain and the yellow foxes from Huangtiao Mountain.

Earlier, when Maoxiantang accepted a job from a shepherd, it received the body of a hunter. The hunter used to be a herder in the mountains, but he died while chasing the shepherd.

At the beginning, Xu Qing had promised that he would wait until the abducted children returned home before taking care of the hunter's affairs so that he could travel safely.

Now that the shepherd is dead and the Temple of Childbirth has turned to ashes, the hunter's wish has been fulfilled, and it is time to see him off.

Banners and flowers of all seasons are placed in front of the grave, and incense, candles and paper horses are used to send off the deceased.

At the hunter's burial place, black crows circled in the sky, making low, hoarse noises.

Huang Xiaoliu squatted in front of the grave, put his two little paws together, and bowed to the hunter in worship.

Coincidentally, just after Xu Qing finished the ritual, a woman with a slightly bulging belly walked up to the cemetery on a path not far from the cemetery, carrying a basket woven from rattan.

Huang Xiaoliu smelled a stranger and rushed to Baicao Mountain.

Baicao Mountain is a term used by immortals, meaning places like haystacks and haystacks.

"Who are you?" The woman looked at the young man in front of the grave in confusion.

Xu Qing bowed and said, "I am a pilgrim passing by. I heard that this is the burial place of heroes, so I came here to pay my respects."

The fact that the hunter died while hunting down the human trafficker was no secret, and many people came to pay their respects in the past few days, so the woman was not surprised.

But the woman didn't know that the grave was just an empty hole.

The woman, who was four or five months pregnant, thanked Xu Qing, then took out incense, candles, paper money, some steamed buns, eggs and other offerings from the basket and placed them in front of the grave for worship.

Xu Qing remained silent. After the woman lit the incense and candles, he reached out and took out two amulets, handed them to her, and said, "It's fate that I met the wife and children of the righteous man today. These are the amulets for peace and protection I bought at the Xianjia Temple in Guanmen Village. I give them to my sister-in-law, hoping that they can bless her and my nephew with peace and prosperity."

After presenting the talisman, Xu Qing left the grave. Not long after, Huang Xiaoliu, who had run off to somewhere unknown, suddenly emerged from the bushes nearby.

“Sir, that four-eyed, half-dead woman in mourning is so pitiful. I have never seen such a pitiful person in my entire cultivation.”

Xu Qing shook his head helplessly after hearing this.

Four eyes and half life are jargons among immortals. Half life refers to a woman whose husband died after marriage, four eyes refers to a pregnant woman, and filial piety refers to a person whose parents, spouse, or children died within a hundred days.

These immortal jargons are rarely known to the world and are generally only circulated among the incense boys and disciples.

It was only after Xu Qing founded the Cat Fairy Hall that he understood these fairy terms.

"Xiao Liu, you are the head of the Chaotang Immortal Sect of the Cat Immortal Hall. The news between the various halls must be passed on by you. I know you are smart and clever, but if you want to do a good job in Chaotang, the most important thing is to be diligent in learning and putting it into practice."

"As long as you don't fall behind in your cultivation studies, after a year or so, I will find you a young master with good character or a beautiful female disciple to help you officially establish the hall and let you be the head of the hall."

In the jargon of the immortals, "shao dangjia" refers to an unmarried man over three years old, and "nvhuarong" refers to an unmarried woman over three years old.

Throughout history, why are most of the disciples who tell fortunes for others very old and unmarried?

This is actually a simple matter. People who are not married have not lost their yin and yang essence, so when they invite immortals to come, they are often more in tune with the inspiration of the immortals, and the Taoism and magic power they display are also more profound.

This is also the reason why people like Guan Huapo always stay alone and don’t get married and have children.

Once you get married, the immortals will leave.

Here, Xu Qing was painting a big picture for Huang Xiaoliu, but suddenly a voice of chanting the Helping Soldiers Technique was heard in the distance.

In the wilderness among the mountains, if someone howls, you can hear it from three or four miles away.

Nowadays, the noise made by beating drums and singing in Jiugou Village is no less than that of opera. Xu Qing can hear the lyrics of the disciples singing while standing on a high hill in the distance.

"Look at the God of Land, you are smiling brightly, standing at the gate of Qilin Cave. I, the immortal, stepped forward and bowed three times, then I climbed over the Hu Huang Bai Liu and went through Guanling alone."

Overhead, an old crow flew over a distance of three or five miles, took a look around, and then turned back.

"It's the disciples of Yuehua Mountain who are asking for help. Perhaps they've encountered someone who brought disaster upon them, and they're asking the Immortal Liu to heal them."

Those who come to the immortals to see their fortune or are sick are called people who bring disasters. If you cure people's illnesses and make them recover, it means they have brought disasters.

As long as the disaster or illness is cured, the disciples and the immortals will have completed their mission.

When Xu Qing heard about Yuehua Mountain, his heart moved.

He remembered that the head of the Immortal Hall on Yuehua Mountain was a highly skilled white python named Bai Xiangu. When he had dealt with the matter of the shepherd and the female ghost in red, the other party had invited him to visit the Baicao Cave on Yuehua Mountain.

Bai Xiangu's sect is best at curing diseases and exorcising disasters, and most of her disciples who go out to perform rituals are bell doctors.

What is a bell doctor? It means a traveling doctor, a travelling doctor, or a rural doctor.

Bell doctors traveled around the countryside and had no fixed place to practice medicine. They often used ringing bells, hanging gourds, or carrying medicine bags on their shoulders as signs to attract patients.

This kind of bell doctor has many folk prescriptions for treating diseases, but their medical skills vary greatly. The low-level ones may only know one prescription, such as treating a child's cough, or they may only be able to treat some gynecological diseases.

But the upper limit is also extremely high. There are some rare practitioners who like to shake bells, hang gourd medicine banners, and treat people everywhere when they travel. The medical skills of these people are even better than those of the imperial physicians.

Xu Qing had never seen anyone go out to cure people's illnesses. Since he had nothing to do at the moment, he took Huang Xiaoliu with him and walked towards the home of the person who brought the disaster with his hands behind his back.

When we arrived at the scene of the accident, many villagers were already gathered at the door. Some were there to watch the fun, while others were anxiously looking for ways to lend a hand.

Xu Qing walked closer and saw a woman in her forties gossiping there.

"If praying to a deity was effective, I would have become a mother long ago! Back then, I went to the Songzi Temple in Huangpi Village to worship the Bodhisattva and finally had a child, but in the end, the child died when it was born."

A highly respected old man at the door said, "The Songzi Temple is a lewd temple and a place of worship. How can it be the same as the guardian deity?"

The middle-aged woman seemed to have her heart sore, and her face turned red and white.

The old man slammed his cane to the ground and continued, "Has anyone who has worshipped at the fertility temple in recent years managed to have a child born safely? The Li family's wife is the first to give birth after the temple was demolished. As long as both mother and child are safe this time, then what the guardian spirit said is true."

Xu Qing didn't expect that the melon would end up on his own head.

Judging from the situation now, there is most likely a woman about to give birth and needs to be delivered, but why do they need to invite immortals to deliver the baby?
Xu Qing came to the old man with questions.

The old man was a gentle person. When he heard Xu Qing's question, he said calmly, "The midwife was Liu Wengpo. She is the most capable person in the area. If Li Shan's wife had asked Sister Liu to come, she might have had the child long ago."

The middle-aged woman next to him was Li Shan's wife. When she heard the old man mention this, her face became obviously uglier.

After giving Xu Qing and the old man a fierce look, the woman returned to her home without saying a word.

Xu Qing watched the woman open the gate to the next courtyard and realized she was their neighbor. The old man shook his head and said, "This Li Shan family's daughter-in-law is just too angry. I think it's because of the child."

Sighing, the old man continued, "Where were we just now? Oh, right, you asked Sister Liu why she needed to ask the guardian spirit to help her deliver a baby. Actually, I'm not really sure about this."

Xu Qing was stunned. He understood what the old man meant. Sister Liu asked the guardian spirit to protect the family, which meant that the midwife who delivered the baby was actually a spirit medium.

"Sister Liu is very capable. She usually doesn't ask for help from a celestial being when delivering babies. She only sings this tune when she's seeing patients and treating illnesses."

The old man looked a little worried and said, "This girl must have encountered something during childbirth that even Sister Liu found troublesome, otherwise she wouldn't sing this tune. Please ask the guardian spirit to come forward."

After hearing this, Xu Qing's eyelids twitched.

The Temple of Childbirth was demolished not long ago. According to the old man, this family happened to be the first one to give birth at this critical juncture.

If something happened to this woman and the fetus in her womb, and it got out in the future, the merits of the Cat Fairy Hall in overthrowing the Temple of Childbirth would at least be reduced in part.

People who like to gossip will definitely discuss this and say that when the Temple of Childbirth was still standing, the children could not be saved. Now that the Temple of Childbirth has collapsed, aren’t the children still lost?
If it gets more intense, perhaps some people who don't know the truth will try to overturn the verdict on Songzi Temple and criticize Maoxiantang instead.

When Xu Qing saw himself being the one watching the fun, his mood suddenly turned sour.

As he stepped into the yard, someone came forward to block his way. Xu Qing took out the Immortal-Chasing Whip and King Wen's Drum like a magic trick, and said that he was a sorcerer and had come to help.

The man in charge of the Li family invited him to the yard without thinking too much.

Xu Qing frowned when he heard the noise in the bedroom.

Hei Lao Ya and Huang Xiao Liu stood side by side on the roof, also looking at the place where the woman was giving birth.

About a cup of tea later, a woman with blood all over her hands suddenly jumped out of the delivery room where the cries of pain were getting quieter and quieter.

"Sister Liu, what's going on?"

The woman said with a grim expression, "Your wife is pregnant with twins, making it difficult to deliver. The guardian spirit has already protected her breath, but if we delay any further, the fetuses won't be able to smell the outside air, and that's not going to happen."

The fetus died of suffocation in the womb due to difficult labor. This is the common excuse used by nuns in the Songzi Temple.

If the result is really as Liu Wenpo said, it will definitely not be a good thing for Maoxiantang.

In the yard, Xu Qing bared his teeth.

Now that he was here, whether for the reputation of the Cat Fairy Hall or for the lives of the people in front of him, he had to take action and find a way to solve this matter.

He had acquired the skills of midwifery when he was helping the nuns to pass away, but he had never used it.

When Xu Qingjian came to Liu Wenpo, he spoke simply and clearly, stating his intentions.

When Liu Wenpo first heard that Xu Qing was the headmaster of the Cat Fairy Hall, she was quite respectful.

But when she heard Xu Qing wanted to assist in the birth, Midwife Liu immediately frowned and said, "How can a woman give birth to a man? Not only can I not agree to this, her husband will not agree to it either."

Beside him, Li Mugen, who had been in dire straits, said without hesitation: "As long as my wife and child's lives can be saved, I can agree to anything!"

Midwife Liu's breath stopped when she heard this. She said this was just an excuse. In fact, she didn't believe from the bottom of her heart that a man could deliver a baby.

But since the man in charge has said so much, what else can she say?
"Okay! Then come in with me!"

Xu Qing stood there without moving. He raised his hand to his mouth and whistled. The next moment, the black crow on the roof flew over.

"What the midwife said makes sense. There are indeed differences between men and women."

Seeing the puzzled look from midwife Liu, Xu Qing explained, "I have a way to help Sister Liu with the birth without having to go in."

As he spoke, Xu Qing took out a bird's eye talisman and stuck it on his forehead. Then he pinched his fingers and chanted an incantation, and cast a mountain-driving secret technique on the black crow.

"This is the immortal from Luanshi Mountain. Sister Liu, you can take it in. I will answer Sister Liu outside the tent."

The black crow landed on Liu Wenpo's shoulder, and the latter walked into the delivery room doubtfully.

Xu Qing stood outside the tent with his hands hanging down. Li Mugen brought a stool for him to sit down, but he raised his hand to stop him.

With his eyes closed, the bird-eye symbol on Xu Qing's forehead emitted a faint white light. The next moment, his gaze shifted from outside the delivery room to inside the delivery room.

I saw Mrs. Li lying on the couch with sweat all over her head and pale face.

There was a white python coiled in front of the couch. It looked up at the black crow, who subconsciously glanced at it, but was awakened by Xu Qing who was outside the room.

"Don't be distracted, Master."

When Black Crow heard the reminder, he quickly calmed down and looked at the woman in labor on the couch.

Midwife Liu followed Xu Qing's instructions and began to deliver the baby according to the steps.

Sterilize scissors and delivery instruments with boiling water, perform episiotomy, and reposition the fetus.
One of them had a lot of practical experience, and the other was familiar with all kinds of delivery matters. With the two working together, everything went surprisingly smoothly.

But when Madam Li needed to exert force, Midwife Liu said anxiously, "Madam Li has no strength left. What should we do?"

Upon hearing this, the white python next to them exhaled a breath of green air and passed it into the mouth of the lady from the Li family. However, the green air was only effective for injuries and could not increase the strength of an exhausted person.

Outside the house, Xu Qing raised his eyebrows and decisively took out a powerful pill and threw it to Huang Xiaoliu.

"Xiao Liu, send this pill in and let Madam Li take it!"

In the room, after Mrs. Li took the powerful pill, she immediately felt full of energy!

Before midwife Liu could come to her senses, the baby's left and right shoulders were delivered one after another, followed by the baby's body and lower limbs.

But the matter here is far from over, because Mrs. Li is pregnant with twins.

After the umbilical cord was cut and the fetus was born, the maid helped to clean and wipe it. Only after the second baby was also safely landed did Liu the midwife breathe a sigh of relief.

Outside the delivery room, Xu Qing opened his eyes with a smile. When he was about to congratulate Li Mugen, a figure suddenly rushed in from outside the door.

Li Mugen was stunned and asked, "Li Shan, what brings you here?"

Li Shan is Li Mugen's neighbor. Xu Qing has also met the person in front of him. She is the woman who was gossiping outside the door before.

At this moment, the squinting-eyed woman smiled and said, "I heard the child crying, so I came over to bring a bowl of hot soup to Madam Li."

When Li Mugen heard this, he thought it was a good thing. He quickly raised his hand to lift the curtain and was about to invite the other party in.

Xu Qing looked at the woman. When she came closer, he suddenly reached out and grabbed her wrist. He ignored the spilled soup and shouted, "What a vicious woman! How dare you harm others in broad daylight!"

"Sir, what's this..." Li Mugen was confused.

Xu Qing sneered, "The baby has just been born, and the mother's placenta hasn't fallen off yet, so it's still empty inside her belly. She can't even eat half a bowl of soup right now."

"Once you are stimulated by the soup, you will be in danger of death!"

(End of this chapter)