The abbot said with a bitter face: "The pit in the hall will not be filled, you just let me open the temple door, and I will not be able to receive guests." Master Zhang, let me tell you, our temple can't always be like this. It's closed today and closed tomorrow, and it's been a long time, and regular customers don't come. "

I looked at the abbot: "Why do you speak a bit like an old bustard?" "

Zhang Yuan ignored the abbot's complaints and asked me, "How are you inquiring?" "

I told Zhang Yuan about the situation I inquired about at school.

Zhang Yuan nodded: "This situation, it looks like a water ghost, now that you have figured out the reason, it will be much easier." "

I asked Zhang Yuan, "Easy to do?" What shall we do? "

Zhang Yuan looked at the courtyard of the Great Sage Temple: "Xu You, our faction doesn't talk about apprenticeship ceremonies, since you promised to be my apprentice, you will be a member of our faction in the future." "

It's good, Zhang Yuan said this, I couldn't help but feel a little uneasy, the ghost made the gods, and a sentence came out of my mouth: "Is it equivalent to signing a deed of sale?" "

Zhang Yuan gave me a strange look, then laughed again, and shook his head again and again: "When I am my apprentice, is it so painful?" "

I hurriedly laughed and said, "Just kidding." "

Zhang Yuan asked me: "Today, as a teacher, I will teach you a yin-yang array to catch ghosts." "

I was overjoyed and quickly nodded in agreement.

I've seen the ghost-catching spell on TV, holding a peachwood sword, picking up a yellow talisman, and then lighting it with a bang. This thing is so handsome.

However, the Yin and Yang Array that Zhang Yuan taught me was not like that at all.

I saw him slowly walk to the corner of the wall and reach out and pick out a red brick.

The abbot has been sitting on the chair, bored to see the excitement of the two of us, at this time he saw me Zhang Yuan picking red bricks, and suddenly he was unhappy: "Old Dao, what do you want to do?" Demolish my Great Temple? Dig a pit first, then tear down the wall? Your old man used to work as a demolition team. "

Zhang Yuan didn't even look at him, then lowered his head and carefully drew a few lines in the courtyard. Then he straightened up and said to me, "Xu You, you use a shovel to dig a few shallow ditches along these lines." "

"Huh?" At this time, I was stunned: "Digging a ditch? "

The abbot jumped up from his chair: "What do you want to do?" Sabotage? Let me tell you, this great temple is my cousin."

Zhang Yuan didn't say a word, and kicked the abbot away.

I didn't dare to slack off, so I found a shovel and started working.

I thought I could learn the magic of Taoism, but I didn't expect to become a migrant worker. I was sweating like rain, and I was so tired that I was panting.

Zhang Yuan looked at me from the steps with his arms crossed, while the abbot sneered beside me. This kid didn't dare to provoke Zhang Yuan, so he found another way to incite me to give up digging a ditch. This is simply wishful thinking, Zhang Yuan has a strange temper, even if he borrows the courage of the two of us, do I dare?

Until noon, the yard had been dug by me. At this time, I suddenly understood that this ditch was twisting and turning, and it basically started from the gate and led to the earthen pit in the main hall.

At this time, Zhang Yuan instructed the thin Taoist priest who had been sitting in meditation: "Little Taoist, there are two buckets here, you go and fish two buckets of water from the river and come back." "

The thin Taoist priest hesitated a little: "Master, the river water outside stinks and can't be drunk." "

Zhang Yuan glared: "If you want to go, you will go." "

The thin Taoist priest was obviously afraid that Zhang Yuan would be angry, so he walked away.

After the thin Taoist priest left, Zhang Yuan instructed me again: "Go to the river and break some locust branches and come back." "

Speaking of which, I'm a little ashamed. After all, staying in school all day, my discrimination of plants is not very high, so I looked at the abbot with a wry smile: "Abbot, why don't you help me?" "

The abbot looked at me Zhang Yuan. The latter lifted his chin. The abbot didn't even dare to fart a fart, and Gray followed me out.

Outside the temple, Fang Zheng did not hesitate to speak, muttered and scolded loudly, and kept scolding me Zhang Yuan. The Buddhist precept of "not lying" can be regarded as a clean defeat for him.

Half an hour later, the two of us came back with a large bundle of locust branches. At this time, I saw the thin Taoist priest sweating like rain and pouring water into the shallow ditch.

Zhang Yuan was very damaged, this ditch was dug in the ground, and the soil below was soft, and the water seeped quickly, but Zhang Yuan asked the thin Taoist priest to keep carrying water and always keep the water in the pit full.

Zhang Yuan took the branches from our hands and began to plug them up on both sides of the shallow ditch, row by row, and said as he inserted them: "The locust tree is the yin of the tree, the ghost of the wood." These shallow ditches are watered again, so they are considered an extremely yin channel. "

I stood aside and watched quietly as he planted the branches, and when all this was done, I suddenly noticed that these shallow ditches were crooked, and the locust branches on the side of the ditch were crooked. It's ugly, but it's faintly like the river outside.

After doing all this, the sky was gradually getting a little dark, Zhang Yuan explained to me: "After a while, as long as the little Taoist priest steps into this courtyard, he will definitely not be able to resist the temptation and walk from this shallow ditch, because the water ghost on his body is dead in the water, and he will definitely want to be close to the water involuntarily." If he comes to his senses halfway through, we will have lost all our efforts, so I want you to take a stick of incense and walk in front of him and lure him into the house. "

I was a little reluctant and said, "Isn't the little Taoist priest being ghosted?" There's no danger in me doing that. "

Zhang Yuan waved his hand: "With me here, what are you afraid of?" "

I hurriedly asked, "Yes, Master, I held incense to lure the little Taoist, where is your old man?" "

Zhang Yuan pointed to the main hall: "I'll sit in it and restrain him when he lies down in the pit." "

I wanted to say a few more words, but Zhang Yuan waved his hand: "That's it." "

I had no choice but to shut up, and sat on the futon with the abbot bored, waiting for it to get dark.

The thin Taoist priest is very diligent, he has been carrying a bucket of water, completely sweating like rain, working hard, his reason is very simple, this is a test, and you can apprentice if you pass it.

I couldn't help but walk up to Zhang Yuan and said, "The soul of the water ghost will only come out at night, why are you tossing the thin Taoist so much?" Just let him take a break and say no in the evening? "

Zhang Yuan shook his head: "First exhaust him, let the water ghost think that the little Taoist Yang Qi is weak, and then get carried away, when the time comes, we will be caught off guard, and we will be able to catch it all." "

As soon as the two of us said this, the temple door opened, and the thin Taoist priest came again.

This time there was something unusual, the moment the thin Taoist priest walked into the courtyard, his expression suddenly became strange, his eyes were hooked, and he walked towards the shallow ditch.

I didn't dare to slack off, and walked in front of the thin Taoist priest with incense.

According to Zhang Yuan's instructions, I can't turn back, otherwise I will be discovered by the water ghost on his body. So, I had to move forward slowly.

My feet were in the shallow ditch. It was damp and muddy because it had been watered, and my feet were uncomfortable. However, it was my back that was even more uncomfortable.

I could hear two breaths behind me, one rapid, one soothing, one loud and the other faint.

Along with the sound of breathing, there were bursts of cold air blowing on my body. I only felt a chill spread all over my body, starting from my back.

As the cold spread into my mind, I vaguely felt that the scene in front of me was beginning to change.

The place where I stood was no longer a shallow ditch, but a broad avenue with tall trees planted beside it. It was noon, and the sun was shining hotly on me, but the shade of the trees was just right to cover me.

I shook my head, startled by the hallucinations in front of me. Try to sober yourself up.

I came back from my hallucination and saw that the road under my feet was no longer flat, but a shallow muddy ditch again.

I was secretly surprised: "It seems that my body has not fully recovered, and people who are weak are prone to ghosts, so I should rest for a few more days." "

With this in mind, I already saw the room from afar. I gritted my teeth and walked slowly over with the incense in my hand.

Ten steps, five steps, three steps

I felt a darkness in front of me, and I had already walked to the door.

There was a very dim oil lamp lit in the room, and the small flames brought up huge shadows, flickering and dancing in the room. It looked like a magic cave, and I hesitated a little, and I couldn't help but slow down.

At this time, I listened to the back of my body, and there seemed to be no sound. I glanced back with mixed feelings.

This sight almost scared me away. The thin priest was standing right behind me, his face was extremely pale, his eyes were slightly closed, and he was poking his head out and sniffing at me.

I was startled, my body couldn't help but tremble, and as soon as I let go of my hands, the incense in my hand immediately fell to the ground.

Suddenly, a hand reached out from the house, grabbed the incense, and then slowly retracted into the room.

I was just as I didn't know what to do, when a sudden gust of wind blew in the house, and before I could react, someone grabbed me by the arm and pulled me into the house.

This person is Zhang Yuan.

With my back pressed against the wall, I watched as the thin priest slowly walked in, and then, as if sleepwalking, slowly lay down to the bottom of the pit.

I was about to speak, when Zhang Yuan suddenly reached out and covered my mouth.

I felt a foul smell rush through my nose, and my uncomfortable tears immediately flowed down.

Zhang Yuan noticed my abnormality and quickly removed his hand from my mouth.

Then I saw him take something out of his bosom, take out a handful of something, and throw it into the pit.

As if he had been greatly injured, the thin Taoist priest suddenly twitched violently, and a series of howls came out of his mouth.

It was a long and miserable cry, and it was definitely not something that humans could make.

The thin Taoist priest wanted to escape and escaped from the coffin. But Zhang Yuan refused to stop with his two hands, and the things in his arms were thrown out like rain.