Chapter 19: Incineration
After the township chief announced this, Old Man Jiang and Huijue were so busy that the house they temporarily rented in the township was almost impassable. ()
Of course, the image of Old Man Jiang and Huijue was not experts at first glance, so they had to claim that they were experts who went somewhere else.
As for fear, it is the most contagious thing in the crowd, and after the township chief said that the worm was terrible, almost all the people in the township went there.
Of course, not everyone needs to take that pill, Old Man Jiang said that the pill is too strong, and people who are not harmed by insects will hurt their bodies if they eat it.
This invisibly increased the workload of Old Man Jiang and Huijue, after all, all the people in the township who had no symptoms came, and they had to look at them one by one.
More than thirty pills are obviously not enough, in short, Old Man Jiang and Huijue were busy and crazy in those days, and even took me to delay my homework for a few days, except for going to school is to help.
This vigorous insect fighting campaign was quite successful, and Old Man Jiang made a special request to those people, no matter what, the corpses of the insects had to be brought to him.
It was disgusting to think of it, but under another alarmist remark from the township chief, the people did it.
Five days later, the insect campaign was over, and the tired old man Jiang and Huijue returned to the mountain with a bag of disgusting insect corpses, and I ended my happy days and followed back to the mountain.
Can you not be happy living in the countryside? At least I don't have to walk that far after school.
The blazing fire reflected the faces of me and the old man Jiang, the air on this mountain was fresh, but there was an exceptionally bad smell wafting here and now, it was the old man Jiang who took me to add the sun-dried calamus to the firewood, and burned the corpses of the insects.
On the other side of the fire, there was a big spirit flag, and a purple talisman was pasted on the flag, and I remember that when the charm was completed, my master spurted a mouthful of blood.
At first, I didn't understand why my master and Huijue were collecting the corpses of these insects, but not long ago, Old Man Jiang explained it to me, and I realized how terrible the young body of this hungry ghost was.
It turns out that those pills only cut off its vitality, it does not mean that this hungry ghost worm has been completely eliminated, as long as it is under the right conditions, they may be resurrected again, in fact, it is not this kind of worm that is terrifying, but those hungry ghost spirits!
Hungry ghosts have the ability to become the most powerful and powerful people, so you can imagine how terrifying their potential is.
To completely destroy their bodies, they can only use fire, and the fire in the yang world is the only weakness of their bodies, but fire alone is not enough, it must be guided by objects with yang energy to ward off evil spirits, and this fire can play a little role.
To be more thorough, it is necessary to use the talisman drawn by the great meritor, a talisman that increases the yang energy and righteous qi of fire, simply put, it is to mobilize the power of fire in the power of the five elements, so the hungry ghost is extremely terrifying.
"Master, the young bodies of these hungry ghosts are so terrifying, is there still a way for people to survive in the face of them?" I looked at the fire, very worried.
"People rarely have the opportunity to face them, whether it is in my Taoist family or in Buddhism, there are unwritten rules when facing hungry ghosts, and they must take action. Taoist Town, Buddhism, in short, is going to be shot. Old man Jiang looked at the firelight, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
"Master, hungry ghosts are so hateful, why do you still spend so much effort to draw such a soul talisman to collect them? Wouldn't it be better to just suppress them and let them fly away? "I don't understand Master's approach, the difficulty of this kind of soul collection talisman is extremely high, because a talisman contains two changes, one is to collect, the other is to collect, the other is to collect the soul, it is extremely difficult to collect the soul, plus to suppress the soul in the talisman, this town must also have a degree, can not destroy them, just suppress, you can imagine how difficult it is.
The last time Master made a move to draw a soul collection talisman was when I was a child when I was haunted by a hundred ghosts, and in the face of ordinary fierce ghosts, Master could easily destroy them, but to collect them, they all used blue talismans, but it was extremely difficult to think that talisman.
There are many carriers of the rune, not necessarily limited to the rune paper, it is rich and diverse, but to roughly divide, it can be roughly divided into five kinds, gold, silver, purple, blue, yellow, yellow rune is the simplest one, extending up a layer, are extremely difficult, extremely difficult, this time to draw the soul talisman, to collect the whole 48 hungry ghosts, the master used the purple talisman, which is extremely consuming mental power, so when the talisman is completed, a mouthful of blood spurted out.
"Destroy them? It is a place where the hungry ghosts are, the mountains and rivers are poor, the environment is extremely harsh, and they suffer from hunger for the sake of great suffering, especially the hungry devils who are born in the land of hungry ghosts, they are born to bear this kind of karma. In the face of hungry ghosts, you can only save! Buddhism says that you can ask Huijue, but in Taoism, the more you bear great karma and hard karma, the more you can transcend and seek metaphysics! Therefore, it is normal for hungry ghosts to produce powerful people. They have a long lifespan, that is, they can endure torture for a longer time, and what they cultivate is amazing, and in the face of hungry ghosts, they can only live, not kill! ”
"Master, then you mean that hungry ghosts are poor people by nature, so you have to have mercy on them?" I asked.
"If you stand in the perspective of a person, you think that it is very bad, but if you stand in the perspective of a pig, do you also think that people are extremely bad? However, people eat meat and grain in order to survive, I hunt for you, and you for food, which is just the natural way of heaven, and it is an endless expression. Hungry ghosts also have their own way of survival, how they live, is their natural way of survival, if they go beyond the way, to kill people, to exterminate people, then they should be killed, think about it from another angle, do you think they should be killed? Master looked at me and said something very deep.
A flash of inspiration flashed in my mind, and I suddenly felt that I had a deeper understanding of what Master had said to me, and I had a sense of awe for all things.
But I'm still very dissatisfied: "Master, why do you want me to stand in the pig's shoes?" ”
"Do you need to ask about this? Since it's an analogy, you have to find the closest thing! ”
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The burning fire burned for 2 hours before it was slowly extinguished, and after it was extinguished, the master went to turn the fire for a while, nodded reassuringly, and then drank: "Sanwa'er, stand away, don't get in the way, I want to lead the ghost into the talisman." ”
I hurriedly stood away, I knew that the master was going to play the guide trick now, this time it was different, the original guide trick was to point out the Huangquan path for the wandering soul, which was a good trick, but this time it was to use the guide trick to lure the hungry ghost into the talisman.
This is equivalent to creating illusions for hungry ghosts, because as hungry ghosts, they are the most reluctant to return to the path of hungry ghosts, where it is miserable, and they are most willing to stay in the human world, because the human world is rich in products, which can relieve their hunger pain a little.
The guide was originally to guide the Huangquan Road, but the guide can create a beautiful scenery in the world, so that they are in the fog and mistakenly think that they have arrived in the most beautiful place in the world.
But once the trick is reversed, it is even more mind-consuming, and it is extremely complicated, and it can't make a single mistake, so Old Man Jiang asked me to stand away.
This originally simple mantra must be strictly completed in the 4 steps of the trick, and it is necessary to invite the god to come up, and it is to invite the powerful god, I must avoid it far away.
A gust of wind blew, and I subconsciously recited the mantra of control, and opened my eyes to the sky, I really wanted to see the appearance of the hungry ghost's soul.
As soon as the eye of heaven is opened, the surrounding things have changed, this kind of deliberate opening of the eye of heaven and unintentional opening of the eye of heaven are two concepts, the opening of the eye of heaven under the deliberate guidance, that is, everything will become the image of the eye of the sky.
That's the purest form of energy!
Instead of the Tianyan Kai, the surrounding scene is just blurred, and only by looking at specific things can you see the appearance of some doorways.
My surroundings became dark, and in the darkness, there were many colorful powers, and I saw the light representing Master's vitality, and I saw the green light representing the vitality of plants, and I saw a ball of yellow light rushing down to the sky, converging with Master's light, but I couldn't see the specific image of the yellow light.
At this time, gusts of wind blew, and I could feel its fury with my eyes closed, and the ashes of the fire that were slowly burning out were suddenly blown up into the sky, hungry ghosts!!