It was dark at night, but the headlights of the funeral car made the front relatively bright. After listening to the driver, Master Jiang, we all focused our attention on the front.
I saw three men standing stiffly in front of the car. Their clothes were tattered and dirty, but they still had strange smiles on their faces.
Even a slightly shorter man had sticky semen constantly flowing out of the corners of his mouth. He tilted his neck and stared straight in the direction of our car, looking like a patient with Alzheimer's disease.
"What are they doing standing there?" I asked subconsciously.
But I didn't expect that several people in the car would turn their heads to look at me. There was doubt, disdain and naked ridicule in their eyes. Especially the expression of Fatty Li was even more exaggerated. He opened his mouth wide and looked at me as if he saw an alien. The contempt in his eyes was not concealed at all.
“Ahem!”
Sister Xilan coughed twice, and then she asked me, "Brother Tianyi, didn't you find something wrong with those people?"
Have questions
I raised my eyes and stared over there again, but I really couldn't make out anything special.
I asked Zhao Xilan in confusion, "Sister Xilan, what's the problem? What did you find?"
Who would have thought that after I finished speaking, Fatty Li couldn't help but laugh out loud. The driver, Master Jiang, even said, "You are really good at being a Taoist priest!" The two old men also squinted their eyes, looked at me, and shook their heads.
Zhao Xilan explained to me in a low voice, "Brother Tianyi, it seems that you have really been in the industry for a short time. You didn't even feel such a terrifying ghost energy. I don't know how you got those two ghost pills. Forget it, I tell you, those people all have ghost energy."
"What? With ghostly aura? ... ... So those people are ghosts?"
A look of fear appeared on my face. I had just helped the little ghost last night, and that was my first official contact with ghosts. Unexpectedly, I encountered three ghosts again today. I couldn't help but panic.
Sister Xilan saw that I was a little panicked
He smiled and said, "It's not that those people are ghosts, it's that those people are possessed by ghosts!"
Perhaps fearing that I didn’t understand, Sister Xilan continued to explain: “That is to say, the bodies of those people were temporarily occupied by ghosts.”
Possessed by a ghost
The Yin-Yang Soul-Ferrying Notes does mention how to deal with being possessed by ghosts. The simplest way is to use a ghost-chasing talisman to stick on the forehead of the person possessed by the ghost, and then perform a ritual to drive the ghost out of that person's body.
But now I don’t even have a talisman to drive away ghosts.
I'm a little nervous.
Seeing how nervous I was, Sister Xilan comforted me generously, "Brother Tianyi, don't be afraid, it's okay. We are here, and those three ghosts can't hurt you."
The fat man Li next to him said with a grin: "Brother Tianyi, I'm not your brother Li saying anything bad about you, but as a Taoist priest, you are actually afraid of a few little ghosts. It's really weird. Among the Taoist priests I have seen, you are an exception. Now I begin to doubt why your master would accept you as his disciple? Could it be that he didn't see clearly at the time?!" After saying that, he laughed "hehe".
I felt extremely embarrassed.
I didn't refute Fatty Li's ridicule, because I was just a fake Taoist priest, and my master was also a figment of my imagination. If I had to be given a master, it would be "Jiang Jiuzhen", but Jiang Jiuzhen has already passed away.
When Zhao Xilan saw Fatty Li sitting there and mocking me, she really started to act like a sister.
She glared at Fatty Li and said angrily, "Fatty Li, be careful with your words. Yang Tianyi is my new brother. If you dare to talk nonsense again, don't blame me for being rude."
Fatty Li was really afraid of Zhao Xilan. He smiled and said to Zhao Xilan repeatedly, "No, no... How dare I mess with you, Miss Zhao! Your family is a ghost-catching family. If you mess with me, I, Fatty Li, will never be able to stay in this circle again."
"You're smart!"
Zhao Xilan snorted coldly and said nothing more.
At this time, the man sitting opposite me with long eyebrows, white beard and wearing a Taoist robe
The old man spoke.
"Okay, stop arguing! Fatty Li, you and Yang Tianyi are both newbies, so you two should get off the car and take a look. Try to get rid of those three little ghosts as soon as possible, so that you can hone your skills. Then, we can rush to the ghost market as soon as possible."
What? You want me to deal with ghosts
A bitter expression immediately appeared on my face. My face was drooping. For a half-baked Taoist like me, asking me to catch ghosts is like asking me to die. And the most important thing is that I don't have any weapons on me. How can I deal with those ghosts
On the contrary, Fatty Li said nonchalantly, "No problem, Master Chu, just leave those three little ghosts to me and Brother Tianyi, don't worry. We can just practice with them."
After saying that, Fatty Li waved to me and asked me to get out of the car.
But I didn't move. I looked at the old man with long eyebrows and white beard, that is, Master Chu. I said to him awkwardly: "Master Chu, can I not go? I am a novice and have no experience."
Who knew that Master Chu would say seriously: "Yang Tianyi, now is the time for you to hone your skills, don't miss the opportunity. Although you are a novice, a novice will become a veteran one day. This requires you to keep working hard, to improve, and to broaden your horizons. Go with peace of mind, it should be no problem for the two of you to deal with the three little ghosts."
Seeing that Master Chu in front of me was unmoved, I immediately became discouraged.
I quickly looked at Zhao Xilan again, hoping that she could help me put in a good word. Who knew that when she saw me looking at her, Zhao Xilan also echoed Master Chu's words and said, "That's right, brother Tianyi, you should go and gain some experience. You can also learn a lot."
To be honest, after hearing what Zhao Xilan said, my shoulders trembled violently.
I thought to myself, this is not a training, it's just sending me to my death. I almost lost my life fighting that little ghost last night, and it was just one ghost, but today I encountered three of them at once. What should I do
At this time, Fatty Li came over, grabbed my arm, and started pulling it hard.
Fatty Li
He smiled and said to me, "Brother Tianyi, don't worry. I'm here, there won't be any problems. Wait, you deal with one ghost, and I'll take care of the other two."
Just like that, I was taken off the funeral car by Fatty Li.
When they saw us getting off the bus, the three people standing there rushed towards Fatty Li and me without saying anything. Fatty Li was not in a hurry. He took out a peach wood sword from his waist pocket.
Then he rushed towards the two men who were possessed by ghosts.
As for me, I stood there trembling, a little overwhelmed, and my legs were shaking violently.
Soon, Fatty Li started fighting with the two men who were possessed by ghosts. The fight was quite fierce. The three men who were possessed by ghosts looked quite normal at first, but soon they were covered with a layer of ghost aura.
Only then did I know for sure that the three people were possessed by ghosts. Their eyes had turned red, and there was a fierceness in their eyes. They were making a weird "caca" sound. It was creepy.
"Come on! Brother Tianyi."
Zhao Xilan rolled down the window in the hearse and reminded me.
I turned my face away awkwardly and stammered, "Sister Xilan, this, this... I..."
I wanted to say that I couldn't deal with ghosts. But before I could finish, the short man who was possessed by the ghost rushed towards me. The saliva around his mouth was red and looked like blood.
I quickly dodged to the side, luckily his hand didn't catch me. But his reaction and speed were not bad. The man's face was distorted, his neck was crooked, and he muttered in a muffled voice, "Give me your life..."
The door of the hearse was already closed. Even if I ran towards it, the man in front of me, who was possessed by a ghost, would definitely not let me go. I was overwhelmed with emotions and didn't know what to do.
At this time, the man had already rushed up, with a ferocious face and bared teeth.
In the distance, Fatty Li and the two men possessed by ghosts were fighting fiercely. They had no time to care about me.
Negative
The contents of Yang Duhun's notes flashed through my mind. But many methods either require talismans or other props. But I don't have any of them prepared.
The man was already filled with ghostly aura.
Just when the man possessed by the ghost was about to bite me, my mind suddenly became much clearer. I suddenly thought of a footwork in the Yin-Yang Soul Crossing Notes. The name of the footwork is "Seven Star Gang Step".
I have practiced this kind of footwork at home. Although I am not very proficient in it, I think it may be effective in dealing with the upper body ghost in front of me.
So I chanted the formula of "Seven Star Steps" and my feet began to move on the ground. Who knew that when I moved my steps, I found that this step looked awkward, but it was quite effective in avoiding the attacks of ghosts.
Half a step left, two steps right, one step back, half a step forward...
By following the Seven Star Steps, I can always dodge the attacks of the possessed man by a hair's breadth.
The man possessed by a ghost couldn't attack me, and the ghost energy on his body suddenly increased a lot. A layer of black air began to appear on his face, as if he was angry. He shouted in a muffled voice, "I will kill you, I will kill you..."
I felt a little proud when I mastered the Seven Star Steps.
However, I advise you not to get carried away even if you have achieved something, because once you do that, you may make mistakes. Yes, I am the best example. After I triumphantly dodged several attacks from the man possessed by the ghost, I got a little carried away.
When the man attacked my lower body, I took a wrong step. I should have taken two steps back, but when I stepped back, I moved half a step to the right.
This is bad!
The man possessed by the ghost suddenly rushed in front of me. His palms were covered with black energy, and he grabbed my neck. His strength was surprisingly strong, and he strangled me with one hand.
I punched the possessed man with my right fist, but I found that the man's body was as hard and cold as stone, and his muscles were taut.
What should I do now
(to be continued)
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