Chapter 25: The Cave of Spilled Blood
The master took back the short sword, threw away the vines in his hand, and said to Xiao Laodao: "Brother Xiao is really like-minded with my brother, there is a way, killing people to pay off debts and pay money, brother, I can't see this kind of wicked person the most." ”
Xiao Laodao glanced at my grandfather and said with a smile: "Listening to my brother's tone, isn't it the first time you've done this kind of thing?" ”
My grandfather didn't say anything, Xiao Laodao waved his hand, "Forget it, let's not talk about this, the most important thing at the moment is to find the skull of the female ghost, but now that our bait is gone, we can only rely on your family's magic technique, you do the magic again, see where the female ghost and the skull are." ”
"Okay." The master agreed, took out a stick of incense from his body, and burned incense again to ask God, this time, the green smoke on the incense head pointed to the direction of the female ghost's escape.
Xiao Laodao looked at it and praised: "It seems that a simple ritual and a few ordinary mantras have such great power, brother, your family's spells are really powerful, no wonder Ling Zun is so famous on the edge of the Yellow River." ”
My grandfather said: "It's not that the magic is powerful, but the ghosts and gods around us give face, this magic is just with the help of their ability, if you go to that kind of place where the ghosts and gods dare not go, the magic will be invalid." ”
The two of them walked in the direction pointed by Qingyan for about half an hour, when a path appeared on the side of the mountain beam, which zigzagged to the mountain next to it.
Xiao Laodao looked at the path and said, "This should be the road leading to Xiangshan Temple, and the great monk must have run down from here." ”
My grandfather said, "Then why don't we go up and have a look, the female ghost may have returned to the temple again." ”
Xiao Laodao summed it up and waved his hand, "You do the Dharma again, in a place like a temple, ghosts rarely go, if there happens to be an immortal family in the temple, the ghosts will not be able to come out there." ”
My grandfather took out the incense again and did another ritual on the mountain beam, however, after this time the ritual was completed, Qingyan did not point to the path as my grandfather guessed, but still pointed to the front of the mountain beam, at this time, the mountain beam was almost at the end, and if you went further, it was time to go down, and the mountain beam and the side of the mountain became horns, and under the mountain beam, there should be another ditch.
Xiao Laodao looked down along the mountain beam, and muttered, "It's much darker down here than elsewhere, I'm afraid it's a place with a very heavy yin qi, and the female ghost should be hiding here, brother, let's be more careful." "My grandfather doesn't care, there is no place in this world that he doesn't dare to go.
The two of them walked down the mountain beam, and they didn't know how long they walked, but before they knew it, the two of them came to a ravine. Behind them was a mountain beam, and in front of them was an unclimbable mountain, at this time, they felt that the atmosphere around them was a little weird, and they didn't know where to blow the cold wind, only drilling into their necks.
After walking in the ravine for a while, there was a sound of "whooshing" water in front of them, and the two of them followed the sound, looked up at the side of the hillside, and the water was flowing down from the hillside, my grandfather immediately stopped and greeted Xiao Laodao, "Brother Xiao, look at the hillside, there seems to be a cave." ”
When Xiao Laodao heard this, he looked at it fixedly and said, "There is a cave, and the water seems to flow out of the cave. ”
My grandfather subconsciously touched the back of his neck and said, "I feel that the cold wind here is also blowing from the cave. ”
Xiao Laodao nodded, "There must be something strange about this cave, let's go up and have a look." ”
The two of them climbed to the entrance of the cave with great effort, and saw that the entrance of the cave was quite large, how tall and wide the two of them were, and it was dark and gloomy inside, and the cold wind really blew out of it, and it was actually whining, Xiao Laodao's physique was worse than my grandfather, and he couldn't help but shiver.
Xiao Laodao said to my grandfather: "The yin qi here is extremely heavy, if that female ghost is here, I am afraid that she is not the only one, you can do the Dharma again and ask." ”
My grandfather took out another incense and lit it, after reading the mantra, the grandfather's brows couldn't help frowning, and he saw that the green smoke on the incense head not only fluttered indiscriminately, but also branched out, and a wisp of green smoke actually divided into several streams, like blooming flowers, scattered and drifted away.
Xiao Laodao was stunned when he saw it, and asked my grandfather, "Brother, what does this mean, why does this smoke still bloom?" ”
My grandfather shook his head and said blankly: "I have never seen this situation, and I have never heard my father talk about it, I'm afraid even my father has never seen it." ”
"This is strange...... Xiao Laodao said, looked into the dark cave again, reached out and took out the previous torch, lit the torch, and shone into the cave, and the two of them were startled at the same time.
Seeing that the whole cave was blood-red, and even the water flowing out of the cave was red, Xiao Laodao and my grandfather immediately glanced at each other, as if they wanted to ask each other what kind of place this is?
Xiao Laodao took a picture at the feet of the two people again, and saw a blood-red stream flowing out of the hole, Xiao Laodao immediately squatted down, picked up some stream water with one hand, put it under his nose and smelled it, and actually smiled after smelling it, and said: "What kind of ghost place should I be, it turned out to be Tiedanshi." Then he said to my grandfather: "This is not blood, this is a Danshi cave, and there is a smell of iron in the water." ”
What is iron ore, in fact, it is iron ore, iron ore is soaked in water and then oxidized, red rust will appear, red rust will stain the water as red as blood.
At this time, the green smoke on the incense head was still like a flower, scattering in all directions, Xiao Laodao looked at the green smoke again, and said to my grandfather: "The green smoke is abnormal, I'm afraid it has something to do with this cave, brother, do you dare to go into the cave with my brother to take a look." ”
My grandfather smiled, "Brother Xiao, you also underestimate me too much, in this world, there is no place where I Liu Niandao dare not go." So saying, the master lit his own torch, and the two of them, one by one, walked into the cave side by side.
On the whole, this cave is still a water cave, but the iron content here is high, and the walls of the cave, including the dripping water, are almost all red, and in many places, there are blood-red traces washed out by flowing water one by one.
Xiao Laodao said as he walked: "I heard people say that like this kind of Tiedanshi cave, it is easy to be struck by lightning, and some spiritual objects that have cultivated to a certain period of time are specially looking for these places to survive the thunderstorm. ”
My grandfather asked puzzledly, "If there are spiritual creatures living here, will the female ghost still dare to come in?" ”
Xiao Laodao said: "Why don't you dare to come in, female ghosts belong to the soul of the yin, some enlightened spiritual objects detain them to help their cultivation, you see that now those city god temples, land temples, and places that manage people's souls are not all spiritual things that practice in town." If nothing else, let's do the work of digging up the soil, every time we go to a place, we must first find their City God Temple, the Land Temple, go inside to put incense, kowtow, and say hello to the immortals who manage the ghosts in this area, otherwise, we dig the graves of those ghosts here, and the ghosts will denounce us over there. ”
My grandfather immediately smiled when he heard this, "Kowtow to those city gods and land lords, is Brother Xiao bribing them?" ”
When Xiao Laodao heard this, he glanced at my grandfather, and laughed with my grandfather, and my grandfather continued: "However, this time I came with Brother Xiao, and I didn't see you kowtowing to the Chenghuang Temple." ”
Xiao Laodao said: "This kind of ancient tomb has been around for hundreds of years, according to normal circumstances, the ghosts inside have long been reincarnated, there is no need to kowtow to incense, I am talking about tombs within a hundred years, this kind of tomb, the ghosts inside have generally not left." However, according to our rules, regardless of the new tomb and the old tomb, if the ground is moved, you have to say hello to their local city god and land lord, this time the main thing is in a hurry, I am afraid that the ancient tomb will be taken first, so many things have not had time to do, now think about it...... Eleven poisoning, I'm afraid it has something to do with not saying hello, there is a way to be careful to sail a boat for ten thousand years, in the future, there must be no more such mistakes. ”
As they spoke, the two of them came to the bottom of the cave, where the torch light shone, and the two of them were startled at the same time, and they saw that there was a middle-aged man sitting cross-legged at the bottom of the cave, close to the wall of the cave, looking like he was in his early forties, dressed in green clothes, with his eyes closed, sitting there motionless.
My grandfather and Xiao Laodao immediately glanced at each other, Xiao Laodao hurriedly handed the torch in his hand to my grandfather, signaling my grandfather not to make a sound, Xiao Laodao walked over and clasped his fists with both hands, and was just about to open his mouth to speak, the middle-aged man in Tsing Yi actually "brushed" and opened his eyes, my grandfather and Xiao Laodao looked at his eyes, and his heart suddenly beat wildly, and he saw that the middle-aged man actually had a pair of snake eyes, yellow eye beads, and the pupils inside were standing!
Xiao Laodao immediately swallowed back what he was about to say, and didn't dare to make any more moves, the middle-aged man turned his gloomy eyes and looked at my grandfather and Xiao Laodao, his lips moved slightly, "You are finally here......" There was a hissing in his voice, which sounded like it was not something that people could make at all.
"Who are you and how did you end up here?" My grandfather asked vigilantly.
The middle-aged man looked at my grandfather again, the corners of his mouth were slightly hooked, and he said with a smile: "What a big evil spirit, the rumored dragon slayer hero really lives up to his reputation." ”
My grandfather's heart jumped again, "Who are you, how can you know me!" "Actually, my grandfather already understood at this time, this person in front of him is not a person at all, he asked this, just to find out whether this thing is friend or foe.
The middle-aged man smiled: "I am waiting for you here, I have been waiting for more than ten years......" As he spoke, the middle-aged man raised his hand and pointed at my grandfather's feet, and the bones were full - a round ball came out of nowhere and rolled to my grandfather's feet, and my grandfather and Xiao Laodao looked down at the same time, and it turned out to be a human head skeleton!
"That's what you're looking for, take it." After that, the middle-aged man actually breathed a long sigh of relief, and sighed to himself, "After waiting for more than ten years, today I can finally complete the merits......
The middle-aged man's voice fell, and a loud "boom" came from outside the cave!