Chapter Ninety-Six: Apple-Picking Tactics
The moon and stars are scarce, everything seems to be condensed, and it is silent. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info On the side of the winding mountain road, there is an old locust tree standing strangely, and under the dense branches, hangs a terrifying corpse with seven orifices of bleeding, which is staring dead ahead with its bulging eyeballs.
A delicate and elegant young man was talking about something with a woman who was clear and jade, and from time to time he glanced vigilantly at the group of hanged ghosts under the old locust tree, but everything in front of him seemed to have nothing to do with the young man squatting aside and smoking, squinting a pair of small eyes, muttering something in his mouth.
These three people are me, Songqi and Lao Yu.
These hanged ghosts reside on this old locust tree, and if they want to catch them all, they must first destroy the old locust tree, after all, these hanged ghosts are all regional resentful spirits, as long as they destroy the environment that provides shelter, the hanged ghosts will be self-defeating! Otherwise, the old locust tree will gather yin qi to nourish these hanged ghosts.
It's just a pity for this old tree, but after thinking about it, this old locust tree can live until now, and its vitality is still vigorous, and it is inseparable from the nourishment of yin qi.
I told Songqi and Lao Qi what I had just thought, and Lao Qi was eager to try it after listening to it, then took out a lighter, lit a cigarette, took a sharp puff and said, "Do it!"
"Do you have any brains, can this be lit with a normal lighter, didn't I say you Nangong Dongluo, how did you get mixed up with him, my God!"
"Hey, you don't have a brain, you can drill wood to make fire without a lighter, do you have no brains or I don't have brains?"
Song Qi looked speechless, sighed, and twisted his head to the side.
"Songqi means that you can't use ordinary fire, the yin qi here is too good, and you can't light it with a lighter. ā
After listening to this, Lao Yu blinked his little eyes and asked, "Why don't I believe it!" After speaking, he didn't forget to glare at me and Songqi.
The old man found some dry firewood around and began to put the fire, and then put the lit firewood into the branches of the old locust tree.
Normally, in winter, the branches and leaves of the trees wither, it should be easy to ignite, but the firewood that is very strong is extinguished instantly with a "poof" as soon as it approaches the old locust tree.
Repeated several times was the same result, and the old man peeked at me and Songqi a few times, coughed a few times and said, "Also... I really can't click on it, so let's try something else!"
Song Qi gave me a white look and said to me: "It's up to you to do this, I can't help it, I'm just better at light work, for these things to exorcise evil and avoid evil, the master didn't teach, the master said that girls always fight with ghosts and kill badly, and they can't marry in the future!"
"If you don't learn, you won't be able to get married!"
"What did you say?" Song Qi asked Lao Qi angrily.
"Say what's wrong with you, pinch when you see someone, and say that you're not in good spirits!"
"Hey, you..."
Seeing that the two of them were fighting again, I shouted impatiently: "Hey, you two are not finished, can you talk about something serious, where is there so much nonsense, does this matter in front of you have nothing to do with you?"
"He's the one who always messes with me!"
"Who messes with whom, if you don't pinch me, can my voice be hoarse?"
"Well, I don't know as much as you do. After speaking, Song Qi turned his head to me and said, "Nangong Dongluo, let's get down to business." ā
Lao Yu was still worried about what happened just now, snorted coldly, and after glancing at Songqi with his little eyes, he walked to the other side of me.
Song Qi also knew that he was wrong, so he ignored him after giving him a nose.
"It's past one o'clock at night now, and in a while it will be dawn, and the ghosts will automatically disappear when they hit the wall, and it will not be easy to force them out again, and it will be a scourge for them to stay here, so we must get rid of them. ā
"Who doesn't understand this, you still need to say it, you just just say why you can't do it!"
"The point is that I'm not sure, these hanged ghosts are regional spirits, and with the old locust tree as shelter, it will be difficult for us to do anything about them. What's more, there are too many of them, if we get close and fall for their illusions, then we are even more dangerous. ā
Lao Qi and Songqi listened to my words, and both hesitated for a moment, and then Lao Qi said, "Well, you are right. This old locust tree grows so luxuriantly, it must be related to the resentment gathered by those hanging ghosts, otherwise I don't think I will live to this day, and I am afraid that dealing with these hanging ghosts alone is only a symptom but not a cure, and there are too many of them. If we deal with the old locust tree alone, with these hanged ghosts guarding the door, we haven't had a chance to get close yet, what should we do?"
I muttered for a long time, but did not speak, and tried my best to think of countermeasures in my heart.
Seeing this, Songqi also saw the difficulty, and asked me with a slight frown: "Aren't you a descendant of the Three Qings, there must be a way to restrain the evil spirit in the family tradition, plus the two of us, there should be no problem, right?"
I took a deep breath and said, "Then let's try it!"
"Hey, I said Nangong, you can't try this, if it doesn't work, then we have to hang it on the tree, you have to think about it, don't bother me." ā
"Just if you have too much, if you can choke to death if you eat, how can you still eat so much!"
"Why do you belong to Mu Guiying, I can't leave you for a while, what's your business when I talk to Nangong? I can't help and even add to the chaos, and I also say that I can eat, but one of the two of us can eat, I've only known you for a long time, and I'm about to be eaten by you and bankrupt, and I still follow us with a dead face, I don't know if your master has taught you what etiquette, righteousness and shame are!
Lao Zhi rubbed his ears and hid out resentfully, Song Qi looked at Lao Qi with a smug face, and his expression had the meaning of "If you say another word to me, you will screw your ears off", I sighed helplessly, and walked to the north of the mountain road to open the altar and set up the formation according to the method just thought.
In the treasure bag, he took out all the things that were used to open the altar, placed them on a fairly flat stone, burned incense and prayed, walked on the gang, and silently recited the eight divine mantras in his mouth, concentrating on the begging decrees.
Nowadays, Taoist priests have a series of complex procedures, worship the gods of heaven and earth, exorcise demons and evil spirits, and invite heavenly soldiers and generals to come to the altar to protect the Dharma.
In fact, this is their rigidity, the opening of the mantra as a fixed pattern, each sect of Taoism has its own opening words, varied, the most important thing is to know what you are reading, to be able to proclaim the gods of heaven and earth, it is enough to invite the mountain god land protector.
If you don't understand the meaning of the step-by-step process, and you don't even know who has been invited, no matter how big and shocking the scene is, it's not self-deception, let alone the effect. Unfortunately, if you encounter an illiterate Taoist priest who mispronounces a few words, it will be a complete burning of newspapers -- a fool.
Therefore, the mountain is not high, there is a god, there is a spirit, and the spell is not long, as long as it is effective!
Didn't the great leader Grandpa Deng also say that no matter whether the white cat or the black cat catches the mouse, it is a good cat.
After a long summary, I found that all the procedures are reflected in the Eight Great Mantras, and even more are encompassing, more specific, and time-saving, so why not?
Since the Eight Great Divine Mantras can rank first among the hundred mantras, there is a reason, not that it is a basic mantra can be said to have no practical significance, if you can completely enter the realm of the Eight Great Divine Mantras, it is not an exaggeration to say that the speed of the Dao Fa is a thousand miles a day. This shows the importance of the foundation, and no matter what crosses the foundation, there is no place for the future.
After the recitation of the mantra of the eight gods, it can be regarded as worshipping the Jade Emperor of the Three Qings, and there is obviously a little more masculine energy in the air, Songqi and Lao Yu also took out their respective magic weapons to protect the Dharma for me, and saw that everything was ready to officially open the altar and set up the array.
If you want to catch it all, it is impossible to do it all, so you can only process it in batches. Just like picking apples, shake the apple tree a few times, then take the frame and pick up the fallen apples and put them in the frame, and shake them a few times until the apples no longer fall down. Then use a ladder to pick the rest of the apples, referred to as apple picking tactics.
But this process of shaking the tree is the most dangerous, in case it is not good to be hit on the head by the falling apple, so it is better to set up a talisman array first, surround it, once a few fall down, it will not scatter the evil spirits, and it can also protect itself from harm.
Thinking of this, he took out the Bagua Array and put it in front of him, pinched his fingers and recited the Bagua Gang mantra: "I will lead the three yuan into the Kan Palace, and Ligen will ascend to the heavens." Returning to Zhenque across the green dragon, I have experienced a thousand times to redeem my life. Kun Yu left the horse and ran to the wind, and the first three canopies were in the middle. Haste as a law!"
After the mantra is recited, the gossip array suddenly turns into eight kinds of hexagrams, including wind, fire, thunder and lightning, heaven, earth, mountains and rivers, showing the power of the wilderness, starting from the Kun position to a radius of 100 meters, just confined the old locust tree in the gossip array. It's not the first time I've urged the Bagua Array, but I've been practicing and practicing during the day before, and my attention is not very concentrated, and there is no starry sky and the undulating mountains, so I was shocked by the succession of everything in front of me for a while.
The position I stand on is due north, the north is Kun Yin, it is the life gate of ghosts, and it is also the place where they must pass in and out, once the hanged ghost breaks through the constraints of the old locust tree, it will first rush to the Kun position, and the Kun position is guarded by the three of us, and it is not so easy to escape.
And the direction of the old locust tree is the southwest earthquake position, the earthquake position belongs to thunder, after the formation is triggered, the thunder around the old locust tree flashes, but it doesn't seem to be very powerful, after thinking about it, I read the mantra, and all the Yang Gathering Talismans and Ghost Talismans were pasted on the trunk of the old locust tree, and first bombarded indiscriminately, and added fuel to the fire!
Originally, the gossip array had already had a great impact on those hanged ghosts, coupled with a bunch of gangyang charms such as the Yang Gathering Talisman, some hanged ghosts who had just died for a short time couldn't stand the bursts of lightning strikes at all, and gradually dissipated in the ghost cry of Wow Wow, even those who were resentful and heavy began to be restless, scratching in mid-air with teeth and claws.
After seeing the effect, my nervous heart was also calmed down a little, and Song Qi held the brilliant sword in his hand, his expression was relaxed, like a fairy under the caress of the moonlight, pouring the world into dust.
Lao Zhi also pinched his fingers at this time, and there were words in his mouth, which should be reciting spells such as suppressing ghosts and subduing demons.
I don't know why, the wind, rain, thunder and lightning in front of me made my blood boil a little, probably because of the relationship between the first time I launched the Bagua Array, and I couldn't help but be excited when I saw that the First World War Array could exert such a magical effect.
But I know in my heart that now is not the time to watch the excitement, take advantage of his illness to kill him!
I took out the heavenly thunder talisman and threw it with a flick of my fingers, pasted it on the root of the old locust tree, and pinched the mantra: "One life, two, two, three and three give birth to all things, human law, heaven law, Tao law, nature, wind, water, fire, thunder and lightning, open and open!"
After reciting the Heavenly Thunder Formula, he quickly pointed his sword at his chest and stroked it counterclockwise, and pushed forward a little harder, and the Heavenly Thunder Fu exploded into thunder, only to hear a muffled rumble, and the dust and smoke suddenly rose under the old locust tree. But I almost broke the magic circle, although it was only a little bit, but I was also stuffed in the chest of the backlash, and I almost fell, thanks to Song Qi's quick hands and eyes, he held me up.
At this time, Lao Yu, who was watching the excitement with his olive beard-shaped mouth, I covered my chest, and was just about to let him enter the battle to check it, with a howl, a few shadows rushed out of the dust, and I didn't react to what was going on, Song Qi flashed to meet him, and the sword shadow flickered and cut it off.
But this did not stop the attack of the rest of the hanged ghosts, and rushed straight towards my altar, and at the same time as they immediately hit me, I couldn't help but feel a burst of excitement in my heart, finally an apple fell, waiting for this effect!