Chapter 41. fugitive

I am a person who is particularly insecure about invisible places such as the back, neck, back of the head, etc., so much so that I feel extremely sensitive to places like this.

When this subtle sensation came from my neck, I initially thought it was a spider web or something, so I habitually stretched out my left hand to touch it, and this touch didn't matter, but I directly touched a few shriveled and cold fingers.

I was shocked, quickly withdrew my hand, and then stood away with a stride of neck contraction. When I turned my head to look, there was nothing in the place. There was a strange sound in my ears, and I couldn't tell which direction it was coming from, and it even felt like it was coming in all directions. The sound was somewhat like the low cry that came from the cat's throat before it got angry.

The dim lighting in the room, and the fact that the door was so closed that you couldn't see the ghost when you heard it, was exciting, but at the same time terrifying. Seeing that the incense in my hand was about to burn out, but the ghost in the room was slow to appear, I knew that I could no longer dodge, and I had to take the initiative. Only those who sit and wait can die, and outlaws can live!

Since I was locked up in this room, although I have witnessed ghosts continuously, they are only frightened after all, and they have not caused any damage to my body, and even the initial fright that caused me to hit my head on the door was also caused by my own actions and not directly caused by the ghosts. When I thought about it, I suddenly realized that as long as I could not be afraid, I could deal with them.

In most of the past ghost incidents, the ghosts encountered were basically relatively cooperative, but this time they had no intention of cooperating at all, and instead attacked me a little more aggressively. There are only two reasons for this, one of which is that the three ghosts are simply unconscious and instinctive, like moths to a fire, a kind of recklessness. The second is that they don't take me as a Taoist in their eyes at all.

I have hit each of the three ghosts in this room once, but I can't be sure if there are any remaining ones in the room, or if each of them is still there, but I haven't seen it. So I slowly moved to the middle of the room, the dim little lamp above my head, the sound in my ears continued to come and felt closer and closer, I spread my hands slightly, so that if something happened, I could quickly swing the weapon out of my hand. Then I raised my voice and said aloud:

"Five-star town color, light and darkness. Thousands of gods and saints, protect my true spirit. The giant beast subdues the five soldiers. Five days of the devil, dead and extinct. Wherever it is, all gods are welcome. Haste as a law! ”

This spell was originally part of the exorcism spell, and the so-called exorcism meant to drive away, not to destroy. With my current ability, it is not enough to "destroy" the ghost, and I really have no reason to do so, but this spell can allow me to use the power of the ancestor god to achieve the effect of protecting my body and forcing the ghost to manifest.

The manifestations here are not necessarily in the form of human beings, but they allow me to see their traces obviously. When Master taught me this mantra, he told me that this section is the most memorable, relatively short, and easy to use part of the whole mantra to exorcise ghosts, and anyone who has a teacher can use it.

Sure enough, after this incantation, the lamp above my head suddenly began to flicker and flicker, which was obviously affected by the power of the ghost, and then some of the things in the room that were well arranged, such as the porcelain cups on the table and the pictures hanging on the wall, shook one after another, and then fell to the ground. At this moment, I saw three black shadows on the ground quickly escaping against the corner of the wall, which looked very much like looking at a big black fish under the water from the shore, and I could tell that it was a fish, but I didn't know what it was.

So I didn't hesitate at all, I jumped towards the three black shadows at once, and my left hand grabbed one of them at once, and then stabbed the incense in my right hand like a sword into the black shadow.

Have you ever seen burning cotton? The flame was small, but the cotton was burning with black smoke and shrivelled rapidly. When my incense pierced the black shadow, the black shadow appeared like this, except that there was no obvious flame, but just the same as before, just a small spark, and a crackling, subtle but crisp sound, accompanied by a painful scream that I couldn't tell whether it was a man or a woman, as if the voices of men and women overlapped at the same time.

I knew I was going to succeed, so I plucked the incense, but only two of it came out, and the remaining one was stuck in the shadow. Strange to say, this black shadow lingered at the bottom of the incense, flowing slightly, and it seemed to be quiet, but it did not disperse. The incense also stands illogically, as if it were stuck in the dirt.

This success gave me a lot of courage, and I realized that even though I was afraid of them, they were also afraid of me. This confirms what Master said to me at the beginning, if people are afraid of ghosts, then the yang energy will be weak, and it will promote the yin energy of ghosts, so there will be danger, but if you can overcome this fear quickly, then the role will be reversed.

So I began to actively chase the other two fleeing ghosts, and after being forced by my exorcism spell, their activities could only scurry around the ground like shadows. Soon I grabbed another one, and cleaned it up as I could, and the last one hid under the old man's bed, the gap was so narrow that I couldn't get in, and even if I did, I couldn't move my hands and feet, so I could only chant the incantation a few more times, forcing it to come out obediently, but this time when it came out, it slowly moved to my feet, and then it didn't move on its own. It seemed to have given in, so I didn't hit it again, but in the area where it was, with two fingers in my hand, the void drew a formation on the three recovered ghosts. This formation is like a spider web, or a prison cell, as long as it is a ghost that can be suppressed by the caster's ability, as long as it is covered by this array, it will not be able to escape no matter what.

While drawing the formation, I read:

"Open the gate of heaven, close the door, keep the door, plug the ghost road, wear the ghost heart, break the ghost belly, cross the golden beam, and set up the jade pillar!" With each thought, I draw a stroke. The seal used to seal the formation is like hanging a lock on the cell, except that this seal is a "雸" character drawn on the palm of the hand.

Immediately afterward, I unleashed my rampant soldiers and ordered the three ghosts to be taken away. Although I don't know why the three of them died or why they became ghosts after their deaths, I know that they died a long time ago, and since I can't verify their origins and motives, I can only leave them as rampant soldiers for the time being, and they will be sent away together after being purified.

The room was quiet, and the door, which had been tightly closed, creaked and slowly opened, as if a gust of wind had suddenly poured in from outside, blowing the door open. The three incense sticks I brought into the room had all been burned, but the smoke that had not completely dispersed slowly drifted in the air under the reflection of the electric light.

Although it was thrilling, it was finally solved smoothly, and it stands to reason that I should feel more relaxed at this moment. But after I calmed down a bit, my feet suddenly went limp, and I sat on the ground panting, and I tried to stand up, but found that my feet were trembling slightly, and I couldn't use my strength at all.

So I simply lay down on the dirty ground, spread my hands, looked at the electric light in the smoke and rested quietly for a while. After about ten minutes, I collected my soldiers and horses, turned around and walked out of the house, looked back at the two sticks I had planted on the ground, and thought, the black shadow was gone, and the ground was no different from other places, only the two sticks of incense, standing strangely.

When I opened the door of the hall, the sky was already starting to lighten, and the three children of the Wang family were already standing outside the door, and it seemed that the movements I had in the house just now, even through the two doors, were heard by the people outside. When the three children of the Wang family saw me come out, they were stunned at first, and then probably because they saw me all dirty, thinking that I had suffered a lot, so the third child asked me, little brother, how is it, is the matter resolved?

I patted the dust off my body, nodded, and sat down on the threshold of the hall with my ass, and I asked the boss, do you have cigarettes? Give me one. The boss quickly found one for me and lit it for me.

I'm a non-smoker, but at that moment, I felt relieved and I felt like I had to take a puff. Although I was choked so fast that my lungs exploded. I told the three children of the Wang family, if there is no accident in your father's problem now, even if it is solved, it is now the second day, and the time of the funeral should be tomorrow morning, and this night you will also follow my practice last night, sprinkle powder at each entrance, close the doors and windows, and check the footprints on the powder before the funeral tomorrow, if it is a person's footprints, you come to me again, because it means that it has not been dealt with. If it is the footprints of animals, especially chickens, then it is considered that the old man can walk with peace of mind.

The children of the Wang family thanked me again and again, and the third child took out the money directly from the bag and wanted to stuff it into me, but I refused, not because I didn't like money, but because I stayed in this small mountain village, the money was actually not very useful. So I told her that after tomorrow, there will be no problems, and the old man will be buried safely, and you can bring me a basket of eggs to Aunt Xu's house, which will be regarded as a thank you gift.

After saying goodbye to the three brothers and sisters, I took advantage of the dawn to go to Aunt Xu's house. Before leaving, I pinched Liao Yuxuan's face and said, little baby, don't run around where there are dead people in the future, and next time you get into trouble, there may not be someone who can save you on the side.

When I returned to Aunt Xu's house that day, the old couple had just gotten up, and when they saw that I was dirty and called Huazi, they thought that I had suffered a lot, and I told her that I was very good, and I also helped people solve things. Although Aunt Xu blamed me for being a bird, her expression still looked very relieved and proud, he asked me to take off my clothes quickly, and he washed my clothes.

So I gave her my dirty laundry, went back to the house, and went to sleep until the afternoon.