The rain didn't stop until dawn, and Xuanyi stayed up until the second half of the night before falling asleep, and in a daze, he heard the urgent call of his junior brother Zhende. As soon as Zhenxi opened the door, Zhende couldn't wait to jump in and ran to the balcony with an excited face: "Senior brother, come and see! There are so many ghosts paraded in the streets!"

Xuanyi was suddenly startled and sleepy when he heard this, and hurriedly got up and followed, the corridor was already full of onlookers, and everyone pointed and commented on the street from time to time. Xuanyi stepped forward to take a closer look, it turned out that the so-called ghosts and monsters were all dressed up by the townspeople of Zuyun, and every year on the Bon Festival, Zuyun Town will hold a celebration called "Fierce Ghost Parade Festival", the townspeople have dressed up as ghosts and monsters according to the ancestral system to parade in the streets and alleys of Zuyun, and at noon, all the townspeople gather in the ancestral hall of the town to set down the flowing water banquet and worship their ancestors.

The whole parade lasts all day, and if there are outsiders interested in the parade, they can participate, but they must play together, not alone. At the same time, it is stipulated that you can no longer parade as ghosts in the future, and you must not go out alone after dark.

The long procession walked in front of everyone, with realistic and terrifying makeup and vivid body movements, which caused everyone to exclaim again and again.

"Senior brother, senior brother, let's go to the parade too!" Zhende begged as he grabbed Zhenxi's arm.

After glancing at Xuanyi not far away, she shook her head: "No! Now that the rain has stopped, let's hurry as soon as possible! ”

Seeing this, Zhenyin on the side hurriedly interjected: "Senior brother, it rained all night last night, and the entire outside of the town was flooded, so I definitely can't go!" Zhende nodded again and again.

"Then I'll ask Senior Brother Zhenwu!" Zhen Xi nodded when he heard this, and was about to go into the house to ask Zhenwu's opinion, but was pulled by the two of them: "This mission to propagate the Dharma is based on you, Senior Brother, why bother to ask Senior Brother Zhenwu again?

"This... Seeing that Zhenxi was a little hesitant, Zhende persuaded again and threw out a bait: "Senior brother, we can't leave anyway, so let's go and have fun!

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Seeing that Zhen Xi was a little moved, Zhen De couldn't help but take his hand and walked downstairs: "Senior brother, go play with me, and I'll give you two Tongli Dan when I go back to the temple!"

The three of them hurriedly ran downstairs, and it happened that Xuanyi looked back at the inquiring gaze at this time, and smiled awkwardly: "I'll accompany them down to have a look, and I'll be back in a while!"

Zhende Zhenyin had already prepared, and after putting on the demon mask, the three of them quickly merged into the crowd of parades, and disappeared in the blink of an eye. Xuanyi remembered the dark shadow on the window last night, and vaguely felt that there seemed to be some ulterior secret behind the parade, so he went into the house to change into ordinary robes and put on a hat and quietly went downstairs to blend in with the crowd of the parade.

The procession of fierce ghosts is very long, and the speed of the march is not fast, and both men and women can participate, but they must follow two rules: one is not to show their true faces, and the more terrifying the ghost masks and costumes designed, the better;

Xuanyi was hidden in the procession, surrounded by townspeople dressed as all kinds of terrifying ghosts, giving people a creepy feeling, but the yin qi from the ghosts was not sensed for the time being.

After the team walked through the main street of Zuyun Town and entered a fork in the road, many Taoist priests in gray Taoist robes appeared on the side of the road on both sides.

Legend has it that a hundred years ago, the Yun clan migrated to Zuyun Town to escape the war, and the feng shui here was excellent, and the Yun clan was well developed, and the surrounding villages and towns gradually developed through intermarriage. Until a certain year, Zuyun Town suffered a flood disaster that was rare in a century, and the monstrous flood not only destroyed the town's families, but also brought a terrible plague.

According to the historical records of the town, the scene at that time was full of floating corpses, full of devastation, in order to prevent the further spread of the plague, all the corpses were concentrated in the open space and burned, the fire burned for four days before the corpses were burned, many townspeople claimed to see the ghosts of the dead in the sky in the fire wailing and rising to the sky.

Since then, the population of Zuyun Town has gradually become scarce, and it is extremely difficult for women to conceive, and most of the next generation that has successfully given birth has died. Until a certain year, a wandering Taoist priest named Chongyangzi passed by this place and provided a solution, that is, a grand sacrifice is held every year during the Halloween to appease the souls of the dead, which includes parades, sacrifices and other links. After the townspeople followed Chongyangzi's method, the situation improved greatly, and Zuyun Town regained its prosperity after decades of recuperation, and the sacrificial activities have continued to this day.

Taoist priest Chongyangzi stayed in Zuyun Town for a long time and once accepted several disciples. So Zuyun around the don't know when to build a Chongyang Temple, the Taoist priest in the view to Chongyangzi true disciple of the identity of self-esteem, quite respected by the townspeople, gradually developed into the annual participation in the ghost parade people must first buy the Chongyang Temple made of talisman seals to wear on the body, in order to avoid the evil ghosts haunted, otherwise will suffer doom.

"This little brother, you are a foreigner!" A round-faced little Taoist priest came over after seeing Xuanyi, he took out a stack of talisman seals from his arms, took out one and handed it to Xuanyi, and said: "To participate in this fierce ghost parade, you must wear a talisman seal made by our Chongyang Temple, otherwise the evil ghost will entangle you!" He smiled on the surface, but in fact, his words were gloomy and threatening.

"Oh, is it?" Xuan Yi took a rune seal and glanced at it, which was made of yellow paper, and on it was a strange symbol with a red unknown dye, which smelled fishy. Xuan Yi pinched the talisman seal and sensed it slightly, but did not find any yin qi or any other strange energy.

"How much?" asked Xuanyi.

"One or two pieces of silver!" The round-faced Taoist priest smiled and stretched out a finger, waiting for Xuanyi to take out the money. Xuanyi took the money and bought back the talisman seal, while the round-faced Taoist priest continued to sell the talisman to the next target.

Xuanyi shook his head and continued to walk forward with the crowd, not far ahead was the first destination of this parade-Zuyun Ancestral Hall, dozens of large square tables had been set up in the open space outside the ancestral hall, and the tables were already full of all kinds of wine and food. The procession needs to go to the ancestral hall to offer incense to worship the ancestors, and then each person puts a tael of silver into the copper box set up at the entrance of the ancestral hall to enjoy the wine and food on the table, which is a bit similar to the feeling of the AA system in later generations.

Xuanyi followed the army to complete the process of offering incense and worship, and after throwing in the money, he found a vacant seat and prepared to sit down to eat.