I said to Hu Zongren, you just look at this thing here, and then rest yourself. I went up there and got the lighter salt down. So I got up and left, and as I walked towards the shore road, I realized that my feet had collapsed a little because I had been exerting too much force just now, and I was even walking a little swaying. Walking to the car, I took out my mobile phone and called the village chief Wu, asking him to get a few packets of edible salt to come down, I waited for him at the parking place, and after hanging up the phone, I smoked while shocking myself.

Soon the village chief hurried over, accompanied by a few young people from the village. There were no street lights on the village road, and the light of the flashlight flickered, making me feel like a murderer being hunted. I told the village chief that others should not follow me, and that Village Chief Wu would just go with me. The others are bothering you to stay where you are, and we can take care of each other if there is anything.

After saying that, I took out the oil from the bottle of ZIPPO lighter that I had forgotten there for a long time, and then walked towards Hu Zongren with the village chief. When we walked to the front, it was the first time that Village Chief Wu saw the culprit who had been in the village for a long time.

I took the salt from his hand and sprinkled it evenly over the water spirit. The principle is very simple, it is to dehydrate it, and the salt can replace the water in the body of the water ghost, just like salt can kill leeches. Soon there was a puddle of blood or water or a mixture of the two, and the water ghost's body began to become crumpled and distorted like a ball of qi. I picked Hu Zongren up, then sprinkled oil on the body of the water ghost, and then set it on fire.

Originally, it took two or three days to complete, but I didn't expect it to be done in one night. When I returned to the village, the village ordered the two of us to dry our clothes and gave me a draw, which was not very much, but it was acceptable. It is worthy of the price that Hu Zongren almost lost his life this time. I said to the village chief in private, after we left, you go to buy a dozen catties of fish fry, in front of the whole village, release these fish fry into the pond, and then tell everyone that with living creatures, there will be no more water ghosts in the future, but I still have to remind the people, don't overestimate it, shallow water drowning will water people happen from time to time, pay more attention to safety, make some suggestive signs in a conspicuous place, otherwise, if someone drowns again, no one can say whether there will be any more water ghosts.

The village chief nodded, and I told him that the villagers don't need to know the details of some things too clearly, because the less they know, the more comfortable they will be.

Hu Zongren and I left that night, and it was a challenge for me to drive the mountain at night, but Hu Zongren had just escaped death, and I didn't think it would be appropriate for him to drive. For the first part of the journey, neither of us spoke. It wasn't until I couldn't help it anymore that I asked him, do you think it's worth it for us to be like this every time, risking our own risks for other people's things? Hu Zongren didn't answer me. But I quickly regretted saying this to someone like him, for I was tired of it, and he wasn't alto. So I quickly diverted the topic and asked him, there is still such a long way to go back this time, why don't you tell me about the text message a while ago? Save me from dozing off while driving. Hu Zongren said, that text message, you don't know the best way. As soon as I heard it, I got angry, and I said that I don't know what to call me, and I sent a message to my phone. After a while, Xuanyuan will be yin and yang, and he will live and die for a while, what the hell is going on?

Hu Zongren is a Taoist family, and the Taoist family worships Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor, and I naturally know the Tao, but sending me the message is obviously reminding me that Hu Zongren and I have helped each other to do things, but we haven't done anything bad about it, this is what I don't understand the most. Hu Zongren said that this message was sent by someone from the Xuanyuan Society, and my master Xing Yazi and I were both members of the Xuanyuan Society before.

Xuanyuan Society? Taoist organization? I asked Hu Zongren. Hu Zongren said yes, and the reason why he never told me was for two reasons. The first is because Master Xing Yazi and Hu Zongren had already left this organization a few years ago, not because of the nature of this organization such as selling dog meat on the head of a sheep, but because the management method of this organization made Master Xing Yazi and Hu Zongren a little unacceptable. So it can be regarded as a peaceful exit.

Hu Zongren said that Master Xing Yazi had also retired, so it didn't mean much to him whether he participated in any organization or not, and he was more willing to wake up every day after reading, stand on the pile, and then make an appointment with a few like-minded people to tease the birds and play chess together, coarse tea and light meals, and live a leisurely life. Therefore, since Hu Zongren became a teacher, he basically would not discuss anything that happened in the Tao with his master unless it was a last resort. Hu Zongren told me that the last time we were chased by Wu Dao, it was because I was cornered, so I took you to meet my master. The master is a man with a heart, and he can easily solve many of the problems we seem, and when we met him that day, we met Master Yin, and Master Xing Yazi later told me that it was a fate that was destined to be good. Master Yin is destined to appear by your side that day, giving us a Tibetan Buddha mantra to help us save the day.

Hu Zongren went on to say that this Xuanyuan meeting has been circulated among the people since the Tang Dynasty. During the Tang Dynasty, the emperor worshiped Buddhism, so the whole country began to develop Buddhism at that time. Although there is no fundamental conflict between the two schools of Buddhism and Taoism, they do not believe in the same thing in the end, and when the state begins to support one religion, the other will naturally gradually lose power. There were many fewer people who believed in Taoism, and in order to make a living, many Taoist priests also did things that damaged the reputation of Taoism at that time. Gradually, many Taoist people in China united with the aim of reviving Taoism, thus forming the Xuanyuan Society.

Hu Zongren lit a cigarette, opened the window, and said that in the past thousands of years, most of the time it has been used as a branch of various sects to communicate with each other on weekdays, and at a certain time, such as worshiping Lao Tzu, worshipping Xuanyuan, and sending people from their own sect to participate in gatherings, etc. I heard that when I arrived in the Ming Dynasty, I was once chased and killed by the imperial court, but fortunately, I still survived in the end. In recent decades, because of the dissatisfaction between the masters, those gatherings have become bragging conferences that constantly show how awesome their sect is. For example, if the disciples of the Kongtong faction win the Wudang faction, then the Wudang faction will be less able to raise their heads, speak, and make decisions from this time until the next meeting.

Hu Zongren said that our Yaoshan faction was originally the most scattered branch of Taoism, and there are very few Taoist temples built independently in the Yaoshan lineage in the country, and the door rules also stipulate that as a Taoist, you should not stay in the Taoist temple all day long, you should go to the four directions, where there are injustices, there should be people like us, we learn the Tao, the main purpose is to help the people, not to blindly dream of becoming immortals and gods in our minds.

Hu Zongren's words made me applaud loudly in my heart, and sure enough, the two of us are good all the way. Hu Zongren said that Master Xing Yazi also had such an idea, he was used to being free, he didn't like to be restrained, and he was not interested in comparing himself with others. So he quit the Xuanyuan Club very politely, and Hu Zongren naturally withdrew. But Hu Zongren is young after all, and he is also relying on this craft to eat, and after a long time, naturally some rumors about him will come out.

Hu Zongren smiled bitterly and said to me, did I break your mobile phone and throw it away that day? I said I don't know what to do, and I'm a Nokia phone, you crazy person. Hu Zongren said with a smile, it was because as soon as I saw this text message, I knew that there was a bit of a big quarrel between the two of us and Cha Wudao a while ago, and many people in the Xuanyuan Association knew about it. I think that I, Yaoshan Hu Zongren, am going to quit the Xuanyuan Society, and at the same time, I am following you to make such a big move here, the so-called "not my Xuanyuan people, I know that I am in the red dust", which means that since you disdain to join our organization, don't interfere too much in the things that should be done by our organization, Hu Zongren paused and said, such as catching ghosts and fighting ghosts. I yelled at me for what the hell do I have to do in this business? Their old family is dead and has no business, right?

Hu Zongren went on to say, this "holding the yin and yang talisman, stepping across the door of life and death", this sentence was originally an incision code for colleagues in the Xuanyuan Association to meet, which was the person who sent the message to us to leave a name, indicating that it was sent by someone from the Xuanyuan Society. I asked Hu Zongren, why did you send it to me? Hu Zongren glanced at me and said, You probably think that you are not a Taoist priest, so I don't know what Lu Dao sent to you. But if you think about it, isn't it because of you that you are not a "Taoist"?

Hu Zongren deliberately accentuated the word "Taoist", so I paused it for a moment and asked Hu Zongren, saying this, the other party is warning me not to step on the line? Hu Zongren nodded and said, That's basically what it means, especially since the two of us often mix together and share remuneration, which is definitely unreasonable in the eyes of their old bones.

I didn't speak, that's why I've been disliking Taoist priests for so long, with a weird temper and a love of finding fault. Hu Zongren said that he didn't want me to be implicated in this matter, because between my Four Phases Dao and the Xuanyuan Society, there were eight poles that couldn't be together. Hu Zongren also said, and don't think that he doesn't know the way, he has already noticed that I have begun to be powerless.

I was taken aback and asked him how you found out. Hu Zongren said, I treat you as my brother, and the two of us will suffer together, I know that if I Hu Zongren has nothing to eat one day, I can also raise a fat person from you. The same is true for you, but since sending Fu Yunni's father back to Yunmeng Mountain, you seem to be starting to feel a little distracted. At least in my opinion, the witty, clever and desperate you seem to be gone.

I didn't speak. Hu Zongren continued, as a brother, of course I understand what you are doing this, human nature. Personality issues, no one can barely come, so I haven't mentioned it to you for so long. If you really don't want to play that day, let go of all your burdens and be yourself.

I still didn't speak, the car continued to drive, and I thought about Hu Zongren's words repeatedly. Hu Zongren is a crazy person most of the time, but telling me this under such circumstances makes me start to think that it is a mistake for me to take him for a fool for so long. He just didn't say it, but he knew it in his heart.

When the car drove to Qijiang County, there were street lights, and Hu Zongren asked me how long it would take to get to Chongqing, and I said an hour. He said okay, lend me your phone to play. I glared at him and asked him if you wanted to play your own. He said I don't have that game on my phone. What game did I say, he said, yes, that's it... Devilish finches!

I roared, "It's Angry Birds!" After speaking, he threw the phone to him, he laughed haha, and continued to play happily while playing with the birds in the onomatopoeia game until he returned to Chongqing. All the way, I heard his strange screams.

So I've always known that treating him as a madman and a fool was the right decision.