Chapter 21 Playing False Ways
Looking at the ghost shadows slowly drifting towards me and Yingqiu, the killing intent in my heart gradually rose, and now the evil ghosts are in charge, all because I broke the seal of the Mass Burial Mountain, and the Mass Burial Mountain is the jurisdiction of Fangba Town, with a large population, it must also be a place where the evil ghosts invade.
"Yingqiu, the evil ghosts of the Mass Grave Mountain were released because of you and me, you and I should do our best to kill one less evil ghost who harms the neighbors. Looking at the ghosts floating in the distance, I glanced at Zuo Yingqiu with some melancholy and spoke.
"Young Master, after saving my wife, Ying Qiu is willing to follow the young master to kill all the powerful ghosts in this town. Zuo Yingqiu hugged his fists and bowed to me, but he still didn't forget to remind me of the rescue of Xu Siqing, it seems that the two ghosts of their husband and wife are really in love.
"Whoosh"
In the shadows, three figures quickly moved to the ghost thing that was not far from me, and surrounded the ghost in a triangle.
What's the situation?
Zuo Yingqiu and I glanced at each other, and with the mana of the Heavenly Eye, I looked vigilantly into the distance.
They are Buddhist monks!
"Do it!"
The three monks held the magic weapon in their hands, chanted incantations, and subdued the ghosts in the distance without much effort. The ghost was eventually sealed in an unknown diamond-shaped artifact by several monks.
"It's not good, Senior Brother Hui Xin, I feel that there is another powerful ghost attached to it, and it is extremely resentful!" a young monk said to the other two monks.
"I feel it too. The monk named Hui Xin answered, and then turned his head towards where I was standing.
"Shadow Autumn, you sojourn back to my arm first to avoid more trouble. β
In fact, I am not afraid of the three monks in front of me, but the death of Master Factor Ci caused me to form a grudge with Buddhism, and I don't want to cause more trouble at this moment, so I let Zuo Yingqiu live back on my arm. Zuo Yingqiu also saw my concern, and turned into a black gas and rushed into my arm.
As soon as Zuo Yingqiu jumped into my arm, three monks in the distance trotted all the way to my side, and I blocked my face with my hand.
"Amitabha, donor, why are you walking alone on the street when it's getting late?" Monk Hui Xin asked me, obviously because he was afraid that I would be attacked by ghosts and encounter accidents, so he asked like this.
"Masters, I can't hide it from myself, I feel that there has been a ghost invasion in Fangba Town recently, so I came out to find out. β
I deliberately lowered my voice and pretended not to know and responded to the three monks in front of me.
"It seems to be a fellow practitioner, the master of Pingle Temple in this town was killed by the demon road, and many disciples died in the temple due to a fire, and they were unable to catch ghosts. Cultivators from all walks of life have rushed to Fangba Town, and the three of us are disciples of the Shihua Mountain Ascetic Temple in Moyang Town, and we were ordered by the master to come here to eliminate the harm. There are many ghosts in Fangba Town, and all of them have deep resentments, and the Taoist Master is alone to catch ghosts, so he needs to be more careful!" Monk Hui Xin said to me with a worried face.
"Thank you, Master, for your kindness, although I am not a master of the Dao, but I will not pay attention to ordinary ghosts! By the way, Master, who do you mean by the people of all walks of life?"
Although I am worried about the safety of the people in Fangba Town, I am more concerned about the people of the Netherworld Sect coming to seek revenge, and the monks of Pingle Temple also have a little misunderstanding about me, with my current strength, can I still compete with it, so I inquired about the situation in the town.
"They are all righteous people who protect the peace of the party, the Fengqing Daoist of the Shangzi Wind Chime Sect, and the Zuo Daxiong couple of the Shuzhou Stargazing Platform are here. However, the most people who came were still the Netherworld Sect of Tianyang Dragon Mountain, and the Five Elements Master of the Netherworld Sect and his disciples were all within the scope of Fangba Town. β
Monk Hui Xin looked like he had seen the world, and told me about the people from all walks of life who came here to hunt ghosts.
"What? The Master of the Five Elements of the Netherworld Sect is also here, so is the Master of the Wood Sect, Mu Guhe, also here?" I looked at Monk Hui Xin in disbelief.
"Mu Guhe, yes, when discussing ghost hunting during the day, it seems that the Netherworld Cult did not introduce the Master of Mu Xing, but the disciples of the Mu Xing lineage came. Monk Hui Xin touched his bald head and thought.
Looking at the way Monk Hui Xin pondered, I probably guessed that Mu Guhe should not have arrived in Fangba Town. In fact, even if he comes, I won't be able to repay my humiliating hatred, but the disciples of the Netherworld Sect will take the opportunity to seek revenge on me for killing my fellow disciples.
After some thought, I hurriedly said goodbye to the monk in front of me and walked towards the remote and dark corner of Fangba Town. The purpose of this is to avoid encountering the people of the Netherworld Cult and the Peace Rakku Temple, but it is getting late, where should I go? Like a thief, I walked in the darkness in the direction of the hotel.
On the way back to the hotel, a group of people gathered around the door of a large family, and they probed their heads to look through the door. Out of curiosity and instinct, I wanted to go up and find out, hoping that it wasn't the ghosts who killed the family.
"Hey, fellow, what's going on here?" I asked, standing at the back of the crowd, patting the little man who was pooping his toes into the door.
The little man glanced back at me and said impatiently: "Fangba has been haunted recently, and many poultry and people have died, and the children of the old Zhou family are sick, and it is said that it is a ghost.
It's a terrible ghost harming people again, but it's not right! My heavenly eye can see the black aura emitted by the evil ghosts, but in the house in front of me, there is not half a bit of ghost spirit! On the contrary, there is a little bit of pure yang and golden light in the courtyard of the Zhou family's house, how can there be yin and evil ghosts in such a house? Anyway, I don't believe it, I have to go in and take a look.
"Let's make it. β
"Squeeze what squeeze. β
"I'm sorry to let me go."
The denim bag on my back touched one or two people watching the excitement from time to time, which made them quite resentful, but in order to find out about the Zhou family's children being ghosted, I didn't care about the complaints of others.
After some struggle, I came to the front of the crowd, and as far as I could see, a young Taoist priest dressed in a yellow Taoist robe, holding a wooden sword in one hand and a charm in the other, was dancing an unknown exorcism step in front of a sleepy child! The child had a white towel on his forehead and a red silk quilt on his body. Next to the child is an old man about 70 years old, and a couple hugging and crying, they should be the child's relatives.
Judging from the mana of my heavenly eye, it is impossible for a child to be invaded by ghosts, but it looks like he has some kind of disease!
"Mother, it's cold, I'm so cold. β
The unconscious child talked nonsense, and the woman who was crying in the man's arms couldn't help but have the urge to hug the child, but was pulled back by the man on the side, signaling the woman not to disturb the Taoist priest's practice.
I drove the mana of the Celestial Eye again, and looked at the sleeping child, but still didn't find anything abnormal. The yang energy in the child's body is extremely strong, and there is no trace of yin soul qi, I haven't seen it at this moment, like Gong Yinqiang's wife, the ghost possessed by the ghost, it seems that the mana of the little Taoist priest is too low, maybe this Taoist priest is the master of cheating money at all! No, I have to take care of this matter.
"Demons and monsters, get out of here, get out of here!, lonely souls and wild ghosts, get out of here!" The Taoist priest in a Taoist robe put down the wooden sword in his hand and picked up the copper bell.
He shook the brass bell and chanted the incantation aloud, sometimes waving a yellow spell to the sky.
But what kind of spell is this, although his body and steps are similar, there is no trace of Taoism in the posture of the rattle and the spells flying all over the sky.
"Fake Taoist, hmph, I really can't stand it. β
An iron chain was added to the door of Zhou's house, and I grabbed the iron chain and collided with each other. Originally, everyone's attention was on the fake Taoist priest, but now everyone's eyes were on me again. I didn't shy away from reaching into the gate and waving to the people inside the gate to signal them to come.
It stands to reason that I should try to keep a low profile at the moment, so as not to attract the attention of the people of the cult and the Pingle Temple. But I'm really afraid that the child of the Zhou family will be delayed by this fake Taoist priest, and when the time comes, if you don't have a ghost, this child will become a powerful ghost because of his deep resentment.
"I wonder what you're up to?" asked the man who had been supporting the woman.
"Is it your child lying there?" I cut straight to the point.
The man nodded and shook his head.
"It's really unfortunate at home, my name is Zhou Jin, and it's my son Zhou Zihao who is lying down. The day before yesterday, the child suddenly had a high fever that did not go away, and the town of Fangba was not peaceful recently, and many people and poultry in the town were killed for no reason, and the hearts of the people were shaking. The Taoist chief inside passed by the door today, saying that my son was possessed by a ghost, and my Zhou family has accumulated virtue and good deeds for generations, and he is not superstitious, but the old man of my family is worried, so he agreed to the Taoist inside and asked him to cast a spell to save people. You're a foreigner, so it's better to leave early if there's nothing to do. β
"Brother Zhou Jin, I can't hide it, I have also learned some techniques to exorcise ghosts and ward off evil spirits, can you let me go in and see your children, it's okay to take a penny?" I looked at the children inside and said to Zhou Jin.
"Huh?"
Zhou Jin was stunned
"The Daoist is willing to help our Zhou family exorcise ghosts, I am very grateful, but there is already a Daoist insideβ’β’β’β’β’β’" Zhou Jin shook his head with some hesitation.
I felt Zhou Jin's hesitation, so I spoke: "Taoism is a family, saving people is the most important, Brother Zhou Jin, don't hesitate!"
Zhou Jin pondered for a moment without hesitation, and opened the door lock.
After Zhou Jin opened the chains, I walked quickly to the middle of the courtyard, glanced at the Taoist priest in front of me, and stretched out my hand to the little boy's forehead. His forehead was hot, a sign of a high fever!
"Zhou Jin, what do you mean? Do you still want to save your son? This Dao is doing it, why do you just get someone in, if you disturb this Dao practice, even if the gods come, they can't save him." The fake Taoist priest in a yellow robe shouted at Zhou Jin.
Zhou Jin was also interested, grabbed my arm and dragged me to his side. Hurriedly said three times to the fake Taoist priest: "I'm sorry Daoist Zhiqi!"
"Hmph, be careful next time!"
After the false Taoist priest finished speaking, he took out his index finger inserted into his nostrils, and the tip of his index finger carried a large piece of filth, and finally wiped it on the charm, and he threw the charm on the ground with a flick of his hand.
Disgusting hypocrites!
However, at this time, I did not expose his tricks, but said to Zhou Jin, his wife and the old man beside me: "Don't believe this Taoist in front of you, your child has not been ghosted at all, and I will cast a spell to invite a ghost later, so as to scare this fake Taoist, lest he deceive people everywhere!"
The old man took a small step forward and said to me, "What? Daoist Zhiqi is a liar? And you said that you can invite ghosts?"
"Yes, believe me, rest assured, I will not let its appearance frighten the villagers, this ghost can only be seen by me and the false Taoist, but only children under the age of twelve. β
As I spoke, I looked at the people outside the door, but I didn't see any children, so I turned my head to look at the three people in front of me, expecting their consent.
The three of them nodded at the same time, agreeing with me, perhaps they also want to know at the moment, who is telling the truth between me and the false Taoist.
I walked quickly to the side of the false Taoist and tore under the towel that had been covering the little boy's forehead, covering the little boy's eyes. I did this because I was afraid that the child would wake up in a coma and be frightened.
"Zhou Jin, why is this kid disturbing this Dao again!"
The fake Taoist priest looked at me impatiently, and called out to Zhou Jin without looking back.
"Alas, this fellow Daoist, I am also a person who has learned some exorcism techniques, and I want to learn a few tricks from you. β
As I spoke, a thought spread to my left arm, informing Zuo Yingqiu that he had appeared, but he could only let the false Taoist see about him.
As soon as my thoughts arrived, a black gas burst out of my arm.
"Why teach you Taoism, stay around, don't disturb this way to exorcise ghosts, otherwise you are welcome to blame this way!"
After speaking, the false Taoist priest took his eyes off me and looked at the sleeping little boy.
At this time, Zuo Yingqiu had already flown out of my arm, sat on the edge of the little boy's sleeping bed, looked at the fake Taoist priest with a wicked smile, and waved his hand.
"I said Zhou Jin, why did you let this kid in and disturb me twice, and now you have a monster servant sitting on the edge of the bed? This Dao helped you exorcise ghosts and cultivate to a great loss, but it was just a nutrition fee of 2,000 yuan from you, what do you mean by making so many moths come out?" the fake Taoist priest called out to Zhou Jin again.
As soon as the fake Taoist priest said this, the faces of the people outside and inside the door changed drastically, and they looked at him with a confused expression.
"Are there monster servants there?" Zhou Jin was the first to ask.
"Aren't you sitting on the edge of your son's bedβ’β’β’β’β’β’ bed?"
The fake Taoist priest pointed to the direction where Zuo Yingqiu was sitting, and asked Zhou Jin with a trembling voice. But at this time, his face had changed slightly, maybe the fake Taoist priest had also thought of something at the moment, and he looked a little frightened.
Everyone was shocked when they heard this, and they began to talk about it, only Zhou Jin and his wife and the old man knew a little about the situation in advance, and they seemed a little calm, but they all looked at me vigilantly.
I looked at Zuo Yingqiu, who was smiling evilly, and approached the ear of the fake Taoist priest and muttered: "I'm afraid you're dazzled, Daoist, we didn't see what kind of monster servant you said, there was only a five or six-year-old boy lying on the bed." β
The fake Taoist priest cautiously glanced at Zuo Yingqiu, and said to me in a trembling voice: "Wearing the blue shroud of the ancient Qing Dynasty, like a zombie, the person sitting next to the child, can't you see?"
The false Taoist priest tried to confirm with me what he saw, but I denied it.
"Daoist, what's the matter? You see a person there? But we can't see it, is it a ghost?"
I put my mouth close to the ear of the fake Taoist priest, deliberately lowered my voice, and asked him in an unusually mysterious way, which made him shiver all over.
Seeing that the fake Taoist priest was starting to be frightened, I gave Zuo Yingqiu an evil look. Zuo Yingqiu also understood, black blood flowed out of the corners of his mouth, eyes, and nostrils on his originally cold face in an instant, and an eyeball also disappeared out of thin air, he opened his big mouth and spit out a tongue about a few meters long, almost adding to the shoes of the fake Taoist! At this moment, Zuo Yingqiu looked particularly dark and terrifying, and all the changes in Zuo Yingqiu were all seen by the false Taoist.
The false Taoist was trembling all over at this time, looking at the changes in Zuo Yingqiu, his body stood stiffly in place, and the sound of flowing water sounded β’β’β’β’β’β’ ticking. I looked down, it turned out that this fake Taoist was peeing his pants in fright, and Zuo Yingqiu's originally dark and terrifying face suddenly changed back, and a rare smile leaked on his face.
The false Taoist came to his senses and stammered at me: "Mother, mother! Really, there are fucking ghosts, Lao Tzu is gone!"
After the hypocrisy finished speaking, he tried to escape, but I caught him.
"Alas, Daoist, you have taken people's money and people to eliminate disasters, you have received other people's money, how can you want to leave without taking the ghosts, aren't you a Taoist priest?
I didn't want to leave it like that, so I didn't hesitate to warn the false Taoist in front of me.
"It's just a mouthful of food, can you let me go! You can't see how terrifying that ghost is, Qian Laozi doesn't want it!" After saying that, the fake Taoist grabbed my hand, intending to forcibly shake it off and escape.
In the process of struggling with the false Taoist, Zuo Yingqiu came to the side of the false Taoist in a flash, patted the false Taoist on the shoulder and said, "Daoist, aren't you trying to catch me?"
"Oh, the hell is talking!"
Perhaps because of the panic, the strength of the false Taoist became unusually great at this moment, and he broke free of my grasp of his hand and ran towards the gate as fast as possible. But the door was locked, and the fake Taoist had nothing to do, so in the end he could only grab the iron gate, twist his head and look at me and Zuo Yingqiu in horror.
"Hahaha"
Zuo Yingqiu and I laughed at the same time, and my laughter could be heard by everyone, but Zuo Yingqiu's laughter was a devil crying, except for the sleeping child Zhou Zihao, only me and the false Taoist could hear it, because when Zuo Yingqiu appeared, the false Taoist could see him.
I shook my head and walked over to Mr. and Mrs. Zhou Jin.
"It is not uncommon for children to get sick, and I can assure you that your child has not been affected by ghosts, and you should take him to the doctor in time, and not be too superstitious. There are indeed a few ghost invasions in Fangba Town now, but a large number of people with advanced Taoist skills have come to arrest them, so you should relax your mentality!"
I have already done what I have to do, and the people of the Zhou family are obviously no longer suspicious of the identity of the false Taoist. I was also very grateful, and they kept saying, "Thank you!"
"Please also ask Brother Zhou to open the chains, I still have something to leave first. I pointed in the direction of the false Taoist priest who was still clinging to the door, and preached to Zhou Jin.
Zhou Jinjin took out the key, walked quickly to the direction of the gate, tore off the fake Taoist priest holding the iron door, and said: "Phew, you fake Taoist priest, you don't learn well at a young age, and you are swaggering and deceiving everywhere. β
When Zhou Jin opened the courtyard door, several neighbors held down the fake Taoist priest and said, "Zhou Jin, this fake Taoist priest cheated you out of your money, you can't let him go like this!"
It seems that I have exposed the matter of the fake Taoist priest, and the neighbors have seen it, maybe they have been deceived a lot, and the neighbors are somewhat resentful.
Forget it, I'll do it once for both the good guys and the bad guys, if I don't break the siege, presumably this fake Taoist priest will inevitably have a meal of flesh and skin.
I walked up to the few false Daoists and said, "This false Daoist has damaged the reputation of our true warlocks, so why don't you hand him over to me, and our Daoists naturally have Taoist methods to clean him up." β
Several neighbors who held down the fake Taoist were also interested, and let go of the hand that held the false Taoist.
"Hmph, you're cheap!" said a neighbor indignantly.
I grabbed the collar of the false Taoist, dragged the false Taoist to say goodbye to everyone, and left.
I took the hypocrite to a no-man's place, educated him, and told him that he could leave.
"You said let me go, and I β’β’β’β’β’β’ mom, why is that ghost still following me!"
The false Taoist turned around and wanted to reason with me, but he saw Zuo Yingqiu behind me slumped on the ground again.
"Oh, are you talking about the ghost behind me? He's a ghost slave I raised, but he's also a good friend of mine, don't worry about a ghost who doesn't hurt people!"
I looked at the frightened fake Taoist, and a trace of pity arose in my heart, and I quickly explained it to him, so that he would not be frightened and pee his pants again.
The false Taoist relieved his emotions a little, stared at Zuo Yingqiu, and asked, "Really don't bite, don't suck blood?"
In the future, do less things that harm others and yourself. With that, I picked up the false Taoist who was sitting on the ground.
"Fuck, I'm scared to death!"
The fake Taoist patted the dust on his buttocks, looked at Zuo Yingqiu vigilantly, and scolded.
"Are you a real Taoist?"
"A Taoist priest who can raise ghosts?"
The false Taoist looked at me, and then at Zuo Yingqiu, who was expressionless, and asked several questions in disbelief.
"I don't know if I'm a Taoist priest, but I can really catch ghosts, and I know some Qimen Dunjia techniques, but all I know is a little skin. "I responded to the false Taoist.
"My good man, I can raise ghosts with a little fur! Why don't we work together? You let this thing out of your scary place, let's make more money, how about five or five openings?" The fake Taoist priest glanced at Zuo Yingqiu with a treacherous look on his face, and said to me.
I sneered, ignored him, and strode in the direction of the hotel.
"Four-six?"
"Okay, three-seven!"
"Okay! I'm at a loss, I'll be fine!"
The voice of the fake Taoist priest came from behind me, but I didn't pay attention to him at all, and walked in the direction of the hotel without looking back.
As soon as I arrived at the door of the hotel, I noticed a portrait posted on the door, and the person on this portrait was me!
What's going on? Why is my portrait posted here? Could it be β’β’β’β’β’β’
An ominous premonition rose from the depths of my heart again!