Chapter 5 Wandering into the Valley of Ghosts by mistake
The thin man saw that this pennant was three feet long, and it didn't look strange, he didn't believe that it was really as mysterious as the grandfather said, so hesitating, his face couldn't help but show a very puzzled look, the black-faced man saw his expression, he already understood what he meant, twisted his beard and said: "Don't worry, this flag looks ordinary, but it is not extraordinary." The deity was in distress three times, and each time it was thanks to this object that he was able to get out. You must not underestimate it, this little flag contains infinite divine power, as long as you do what I instruct, it will be safe. The thin man was still skeptical, and the black-faced man asked him to audition to verify the accuracy of his words. The strong man then raised the flag, chanted the incantation loudly, and after a while, he saw a black cloud rolling, coming from a distance, in the black cloud, there was a faint group of demons dancing, all naked, crazy and arrogant. Overhead, the black cloud stopped advancing, and more than a dozen ghost heads stretched out from the clouds, and asked in a rough voice, "What's the matter?" The man in black waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "I will only do a small test today to see how the pennant works, you can go back for the time being, and when he summons him again in the future, you must come as soon as possible." More than a dozen wild ghosts listened to the order, and they were about to retract their heads, accompanied by a terrible ghost howl, the black clouds rolled, and then returned along the same road. The black clouds came and went faster, and in an instant, there was no trace. The thin man and the others saw such an extraordinary atmosphere, and they believed in the spirit of the pennant, and the man in black said: "This pennant is infinitely useful, you have also seen it, and you must keep it well in the future." Once an abnormal situation is found, immediately use a pennant to warn. After speaking, he urged the black mushroom under the seat to fly away like a whirlwind.
After thousands of years, the world is peaceful. This is the Song Dynasty Renzong period, a certain day, on a winding path, slowly walked a seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy, the young man was dressed in a green shirt, the figure was quite thin, his name was Ning Fu, he was a show talent, in order to seek fame, specially set off from his hometown Shaoxing, went to Beijing to catch the exam. I saw a wide cloth bag behind it, bulging inside, as if it contained something. After a journey, because of the hot weather, beads of sweat the size of beans seeped out of the body, wetting the hair and soaking through the clothes on the body. Ning Fu stopped, raised his sleeves to wipe the sweat beads on his forehead, and was about to lift his feet to walk again, when there was a squirming in the grass next to him, as if some living thing was wriggling. Ning Fu turned his head to look at the place where the sound came from, but saw that in the dense pile of weeds, there was a small blue-gray worm crawling, and behind it, a few feet away, a long snake with a colorful body spit out red letters, wanting to attack the small worm. The little worm was less than two feet long, and he didn't know that there was an enemy behind him, so it seemed that this time it was inevitable that it would become the belly of the long snake. Ning Fu has been devout to the Buddha since he was a child, and at this time he saw that the little insect was worried about his life, and he couldn't help but be moved by chivalrous thoughts, but he saw that the long snake was spotted all over his body, and he knew that it was a highly poisonous thing, so he didn't dare to make a rash move, so he picked up a wooden stick on the ground next to him, and only waited for the long snake to make a move, so he struck a blow.
After a while, the poisonous snake really curled up, retracted its head, and suddenly with a 'high' sound, its body rushed out, and went straight to the little insect, and the momentum was extremely fierce. Although Ning Fu has not learned martial arts, but since he was a child, he followed his father to hunt in the mountains, his hands are quite strong, he saw the poisonous snake ready to attack, he was ready, when the poisonous snake flew forward like an arrow from the string, Ning Fu swung the stick hard, only to hear the sound of 'snap', the stick hit the seven inches of the poisonous snake, the poisonous snake 'hissed' screamed a few times, the body quickly shrunk into a ball, returned to the grass, not long after, disappeared without a trace. The little insect didn't know that he had escaped a catastrophe, and continued to crawl leisurely, Ning Fu looked carefully, and saw that the insect had an ordinary appearance, but the whole body seemed to be covered with a layer of clear light, and couldn't help but secretly say that this scene made a flash of inspiration in his mind, and suddenly remembered that when he was studying in the countryside a few years ago, he had heard Mr. Teach said that all living beings and foreign objects have nine orifices, and this insect is full of brilliance, which is obviously caused by the domestication of Buddhism. Ning Fu saw such a vision, couldn't help but be curious, wanted to find out, so he followed behind the insect, to the side of the mountain road, the insect crawled very slowly, Ning Fu then patiently walked in small steps, so it took half a day, came to a valley outside, the valley is secluded and quiet, except for a few feet wide in the middle of the road, on both sides are the mountains towering, towering walls, straight into the sky, the small insect path from into the valley, Ning Fu then followed, walked through the road, looked around, saw that the inside is a boxy flat land, by the west and north are planted with a large ancient locust, next to the big tree in the west, there is a human-shaped stone pier, the stone pier closed eyes and sat cross-legged, the appearance is very simple. The worm crawled over the flat ground and went straight up to the stone pier. Ning Fu felt that this stone pier was exquisite and unique, and was about to look carefully, when a sound as thin as a mosquito and fly suddenly came into his ears, 'Amesis Wind', 'Long'er Kuriki', 'Xiaoxi Ancient Mushan', the voice was extremely low, it seemed to be an unusual speech, Ning Fu saw that there was no one else before and after, and he was really puzzled in his heart, he raised his head suddenly, and suddenly saw two lines of tears flowing down from the eyes of the stone statue, and couldn't help but be taken aback: the stone statue is just a dead thing, and it can move the tears, which is really strange to say. While thinking, the sound of footsteps suddenly came from behind him, and the sound was mixed, and there should be more than one person. A loud voice immediately came into my ears: "I only caught two Taoist priests in the stomach today, so I am not happy." Another hoarse voice then chimed in: "Yes, these two people are skinny and bone-in-skin, and they don't even have some oil and water, hehe, tomorrow everyone has to go farther and go to the next town to catch more fat Taoist priests to eat." As soon as the words entered his ears, Ning Fu shivered, thinking that these guys were catching people and eating people, if it weren't for robbers and bandits, they must also be the wild men in the mountains and forests, I was unfortunate this time, I actually encountered this group of demons, hey, how is this good, listening to the footsteps into the valley, where is there time to think, he took an arrow step, ran to the stone statue, hid his whole body behind, and did not move. When a few people arrived in the valley, the loud voice said again: "Damn, my grandfather told us to look at this broken stone statue here, thousands of years have passed, and we can't even see a ghost, let alone a Xiaoyaozi." Hmph, guarding this drudgery is really unspeakable. The rest of the people nodded yes in unison, their faces all looking angry. Ning Fu couldn't help but be curious, stretched out his head to look behind the stone statue, and in the dim light, he saw five or six people standing high and low on the opposite side, one of them was extremely tall and thin, and the rest of the people gathered around him, with a dark and cruel look on their faces.
The tall and thin man is the ghost bell who was ordered to guard here, he and the other four brothers lived in the valley, a residence is thousands of years, the wind and clouds outside the valley, personnel changes, the five of them are not skilled, can only nest in this silent mountain col, all day long with the mountains and forests as a companion, a long time, can not help but feel a little lonely and boring. Just as the Demon Venerable had something to go out in the past few days, they had nothing to restrain and took the opportunity to go out to kill the Taoist priest for fun, and Ning Fu accidentally broke into the valley, which can be said to be very unfortunate. Ghost Ling'er and his brothers were venting their dissatisfaction, when black clouds suddenly gathered in the sky, and suddenly sand and rocks flew in the valley, and the wind was fierce. Ghost Ling'er and the others were stunned, and then saw the black clouds open, out of which came a man with a fork in both hands, with two horns on his head, he looked so good that he was not vicious, Ghost Ling'er knew that he was a messenger under the Demon Venerable Seat, named Tian Tiandu, who specialized in delivering all kinds of information to people, and the best thing was the skill of flying clouds and fog, and the kung fu under his hands was really tough, and when he saw him coming, he couldn't help but let go of his voice and shouted loudly: "Brother, why are you." Could it be that the Demon Venerable has any orders?" Tian Tiandu didn't answer him, but instead stretched out his hand and pointed at the stone statue below, and asked in a deep voice: "What is behind this stone statue, my eyes are a little bad, Ghost Ling'er, you give me a good look." Ghost Ling'er turned her head to look, and saw a black shadow behind the stone statue, but because it was far away, there was a black mass under the stone statue, so I couldn't see it clearly. Ghost Ling'er waved his hand, and the two brothers under him crept forward, and when they arrived at the stone statue, they didn't find anything strange, just a bundle of dead branches thrown there. The two of them investigated correctly, and then walked back to report, Ghost Ling'er smiled: "It turned out to be a false alarm." Ha ha. By the way, Brother Tiantiandu, what are you doing here. Tian Tiandu stuck the steel fork in the clouds next to him, but his right hand took out a yellow cloth bag from his arms, shook it, and it turned out to be a brocade silk, with handwriting printed on one side, and read it aloud: "By the will of the Demon Venerable, Ghost Ling'er and others will go to the Demon Mansion immediately to gather, and there will be no delay." Ghost Ling'er wanted to find out what the reason was, but when she saw that she drooped her face every day, she knew that he was arrogant, and if she asked herself, she probably wouldn't get any results, and if she didn't get it right, she would be gray, so she swallowed back the words that rushed to her mouth. He made a look, and the four brothers instantly had the same mind, and the five of them jumped into the air together, and said with a heavy face every day: "Let's go quickly, I'm afraid it's too late." After finishing speaking, he drove away with the ghost bell and other little demons.