Chapter 10. Lonely graves in the jungle
About the Five Rampant Soldiers and Horses, my understanding of it is still stuck more than a year ago, when my uncle's teahouse was haunted, I asked Master something out of curiosity. Later, I thought that it was probably because of my own question at that time that Master first came up with the idea of taking me as an apprentice. It wasn't until after the apprenticeship that Master's teaching to me stayed at some extremely basic stage, and it didn't involve any spells, let alone soldiers.
According to my own understanding of reading books, I know that the so-called "rampant soldiers" are actually the most commonly used and easiest to collect in the art of soldiers and horses, simply put, a mage in a place where he has died, or on the way to investigate things, or even some places with heavy aura or yin qi, collect some lonely souls and wild ghosts, or even mutilated souls, to provide for them, for them to eliminate the anger, before sending them away, these lonely souls and wild ghosts will use the way to help the mage to repay.
The reason why they are called "rampant" soldiers actually has a lot to do with their origins, because they are all wild and wild, difficult to restrain and discipline, and often out of proportion. Therefore, the rampant army is the most radical and courageous, but the efficiency is discounted because of its own rampant.
At this moment, the master sent a group of rampant soldiers, and they are indeed perfect for running in this kind of wild forest. Obviously, Mr. Liu's understanding of this set of things was even lower than mine, so Master had to explain it to him briefly.
As he spoke, the bell in Master's hand began to ring, so Master immediately lowered his body and grabbed the three sticks of incense that were inserted on the ground, and said to Mr. Liu, Don't follow your old man in, just wait for us here.
Then he turned to me and shouted, "Stinky boy, you follow me, no matter what you hear later, no matter what you see, remember not to look back!" Master told me this, I nodded and followed behind Master, my heart full of urgency, but also very exciting.
So Master and I walked into the woods one after the other. I can't tell what kind of trees are here, but judging by the messy way they grow, they are definitely not artificial. I was only about a foot away from Master, which meant that unless a force suddenly pulled me back, I could grab Master's robe with a slight stretch of my hand.
The master held the bell in his left hand and the incense in his right hand, and the bell rang intermittently, as if it was a message from the soldiers and horses, and the master kept staring at the incense in his hand, and the smoke fluttered in whichever direction, the master walked in which, as if the smoke was leading the way. At this moment, although I was full of questions, I didn't dare to ask Master, because I also knew that now was not the time, and I also knew that I would learn Master's skills in the future.
Just as I was about forty or fifty meters into the woods, I suddenly began to feel a sense of oppression in my ears. It's like suddenly climbing a very high mountain and having to swallow a mouthful of saliva to get your ear pressure back to normal. So I swallowed habitually, and at the very moment I swallowed, I felt very distinctly a strand of hair or some other gentle gauze-like thing gently brushing the back of my neck.
If it hadn't been for Master's repeated instructions not to turn back before entering the woods, I would have turned around by now, and because of this, the fear in my heart was doubly strong. People are always like this, always suspicious of what is happening in front of them, but they are convinced of the invisible places behind them, and the slightest feeling will also make you think about the most feared places. So I endured it and continued to walk at such a distance from Master.
Although the trees in the woods are not thick, they are relatively dense, and the wild forests do not have a growth pattern, so the route of Master and I is actually crooked, which means that our speed will be very slow.
This Master, Master, opened his mouth and asked me, have you noticed anything? I suspect that the reason why Master asked this was because he noticed some change in the atmosphere around him. So I hurriedly replied to Master that something had floated past the back of my head! Master said, don't worry about it, don't look back.
The more Master emphasized this, the more terrifying it made me feel. After walking for about twenty or thirty meters, I began to notice that the visibility around me was getting lower and lower, and I couldn't help but squint and glance at it, only to find that a thin layer of fog had accumulated on the ground, and this fog was moving faster and denser.
I was scared in my heart and shouted at Master, Master! It's foggy! What to do? Master said, "Grab my clothes, and don't let go of you even if you die." So I couldn't wait to reach out and hold Master's Dao robe tightly, the mist was so dense that even if Master was only a little more than a foot away from me, I could only see the outline of my hand grabbing his robe, at this time, I felt Master stop, such a big fog Master must not be able to see.
Master said to me, "Stinky boy, we've been warned, and the stuff here is trying to scare us, probably because we won't be allowed to go any further." I was flustered and anxiously asked Master, "Then are we still leaving?" Master said, of course we have to go, but wait a little bit, the reason why this thing scares us is also to prove that we are very close to its "nest", otherwise it would not be so nervous.
I'll go, my dear master, this person has ordered you to deliberately do it, aren't you undergoing a beating? Is it a joke that you taught me to run away if you can't do it earlier, in case this female ghost really gets angry, she won't beat us out of in minutes? Of course, I didn't dare to say this, anyway, the fog was so big, and my eyes couldn't see anything, so I simply closed my eyes tightly, but my hands were still holding Master's robe.
At that moment, I heard a voice that went from left to right very quickly, and it felt like it was running in a circle around where Master and I were standing, but that speed was obviously very fast, and even wild animals could not run so fast.
The sound of the fallen leaves stirring the ground and the sound of crying and laughing was still a little different from the voice of the female ghost I had imagined at first, because what I heard in my ears was even deeper and hoarse, as if a man had a lot of stuff in his throat.
At this moment, the Master shouted:
"The ocean, the sunrise in the east, I give the spirit talisman, sweep the ominous, spit the fire of the mountains, the light of the Fu Feimen, mention the monster all over the world, break the plague and eat the King Kong with the year, subdue the demon dead, turn into auspiciousness, Taishang Laojun Wu Ji Ji is like a law!"
Master's voice was very loud and full of energy, and he kept repeating this mantra, and I began to hear a low buzzing sound in my ears, it was quite uncomfortable, but I didn't dare to open my eyes, since I was born, this is the most feared one of them.
Master's mantra was repeated about five or six times, and all of a sudden, the feeling of oppression suddenly disappeared, and the whispering in his ears instantly became clear, and then it became a "huh-" sound, which then weakened and then disappeared.
"Hey! Stinky boy, do you have your eyes closed? "Master asked me. I nodded violently, but soon realized that I was behind the Master, and he couldn't see me nodding. So I replied yes. The master said with a sense of mockery in his tone, "Cut, open your eyes, it's all gone!" That thing just now wanted us to retreat, and this exorcism spell of mine is just fighting against it, telling it that I'm not afraid of it and let it be honest. So I timidly opened my eyes, only to find that what was normal in front of me, and that the fog that had filled the surroundings a few seconds before had dissipated without a trace.
Master said, you don't have to hold me, walk side by side with me, but it's better not to look back, I'm afraid that thing is hiding in the woods and watching us, and if you see it and get scared, I have to take care of you. So I had no choice but to let go, and then obediently followed Master and continued to walk forward.
I had a lingering feeling that what had just happened was so fast and sudden that it didn't even give me time to prepare. In addition to the jingle of the bell in Master's hand, only the rustle of the fallen leaves of Master and I remained, and I was not a troublesome person by nature, but the silence at the moment also made me uncomfortable.
So I started looking for topics to talk to Master, and I asked Master, "Master, how did you know that I had my eyes closed?" Master snorted and said, I don't know what kind of pound or two you kid has, he looks calm on weekdays, but when he encounters something, he is still timid! People are like this, when they are afraid, they close their eyes and don't look at it, as if if they don't look at it, things won't happen, and they deceive themselves!
I said hard, who told you that I was cowardly, I just haven't encountered this kind of thing, I don't know how to deal with it, when you first encountered it, maybe you were more cowardly than me. Master smiled and said, I don't have a chance to prove it if I don't coax you, but I really understand it in my heart if you don't coax me...
I didn't speak after I was bored, this matter was already far away from the entrance of the grove, probably even if I shouted loudly, because of the obstruction of the trees, Mr. Liu may not be able to hear clearly. I've figured it out, but I can't escape now anyway, so let's bite the bullet.
At this time, the incense in Master's hand was almost burning, and the smoke began to no longer drift around, but began to fall after a few turns. Master asked me, "Do you remember when we were at home and burned incense?" I said yes. Master said again, have you never seen smoke drifting down? I thought about it, and it seemed like it was true.
So the master said that the smoke of the incense of the soldiers and horses was pointing downward, which meant that we had arrived at this place, and the yin qi in this place was very heavy, so heavy that it suppressed the rise of the smoke. Remember, that's the experience. After saying that, the master threw away the incense in his hand, and then stepped on it, and the master said, okay, you can look around, we are here. I asked Master, a little puzzled, have you arrived? Where is this?
Master stretched out his foot and stepped on the ground a few times and said, "The grave of that thing."