"Crow's tears?"
"What is that?"
I asked in confusion.
Sister Xilan stood next to me and stared at me with a strange expression, as if she had discovered some new human being.
"Don't you know what 'Crow's Tears' is used for? That's the most basic knowledge for being a Taoist priest!"
I shook my head and said, "Sister Xilan, I really don't know."
"Brother Tianyi, didn't your master teach you?"
I shook my head and said with a bitter face: "My master is very busy and doesn't teach me much on weekdays. He just let me figure it out on my own."
Sister Xilan curled her lips helplessly and said, "Masters really have quirks! Oh, forget it, since your master didn't tell you, then I'll tell you."
So while walking in the ghost market, Sister Xilan and I chatted.
It turns out that "crow tears" are used to see ghosts. Just apply crow tears on your eyelids and you will be able to see ghosts. However, crow tears are not crow tears.
Crow's tears refers to the liquid made from crow's eyes and morning dew. It takes seven days for the crow's eyes to be soaked each time, and only after that can the liquid formed be able to see ghosts and be called "crow's tears".
Soon, Sister Xilan and I came to another shop. That shop specializes in selling a variety of things, but most of them are very expensive.
There is a price tag on the Crow's Tears on the shelf. A bottle of Crow's Tears costs 22,000 yuan.
Twenty-two thousand. I want to buy it, but I don’t want to buy it.
Finally, under the instigation of Sister Xilan, I bought a bottle of Crow's Tears.
When I took the money out of the small cloth bag, my heart was bleeding. That was more than 20,000 yuan, almost the price of a ghost pill.
Sister Xilan had no idea what I was thinking, and she took the initiative to recommend other things to me. The prices of those things were extremely expensive. According to Sister Xilan, authentic things were expensive.
I took the small porcelain bottle handed over by the thin boss, opened the lid and smelled it. There was a strange fishy smell inside the porcelain bottle.
I asked Sister Xilan, "Is this Crow's Tears?"
Sister Xilan nodded and said, "Yes, this is Crow's Tears. If you don't believe me, put some on your eyelids and see how it works."
"good!"
Then I put some crow's tears on my hands and smeared them on my eyelids.
As soon as I put a little crow's tears on my hand, the fishy smell penetrated into my nose
To be honest, I almost vomited on the ground. But when I put the crow's tears on my eyelids, I felt very comfortable and a little warm.
"You don't have to close your eyes for so long. Just open them now."
Sister Xilan reminded me.
Then I opened my eyes, but I didn't notice anything different. There were people all around me, and no ghosts for me to see.
"It seems to have no effect!" I muttered.
Sister Xilan smiled and shook her head, saying, "There are no ghosts here, so of course you can't see any ghost energy." Then she took out a ghost pill from her body.
When I looked at the ghost pill, I found that the ghost pill, which looked smooth and round, actually had ghost energy on it. And the ghost energy on the ghost pill was still emitting. However, compared with the ghost energy on those ghosts, the ghost energy on the ghost pill was much weaker.
"Did you see that?"
I nodded and said, "Yes! It's really amazing. This time I can see ghosts. Last time, I made a fool of myself by catching ghosts because I didn't see the ghost's shadow. It's quite embarrassing when I think about it."
Sister Xilan said: "This kind of crow's tears is used exclusively by us Taoist priests. It is not uncommon for ordinary ghost-catching Taoist priests to use it. In the future, if you can accumulate more good karma, you will no longer need this kind of crow's tears and will be able to identify ghosts."
"Accumulate good deeds through hidden means? What does that mean?" I asked in confusion.
Sister Xilan sighed and continued, "It seems that your master is really incompetent. He didn't even teach you this basic knowledge."
I smiled bitterly and said nothing.
I don't have a master. Besides, even in the Yin-Yang Soul Crossing Notes, there is no mention of Crow Tears. I think that maybe the recorder of those notes didn't bother to mention it. Alas, I still have a long way to go to become a real Taoist priest.
Sister Xilan explained: "The so-called accumulating Yin De means doing good deeds. Generally speaking, people don't accumulate much Yin De by doing good deeds such as helping others. But if people help ghosts, thereby resolving the ghosts' grievances and helping them to transcend, then the accumulated Yin De will be much. This is why many old Taoist priests have profound Taoism. Sometimes, even if those old Taoist priests stand there and don't move, those little ghosts will be afraid of their Yin De."
"In addition, if you accumulate good deeds, even if I
"We will be specially taken care of when we go to the underworld to reincarnate, and we might even be able to become ghost messengers. Of course, this is what others say, I have never seen a ghost messenger or anything like that."
"When it comes to hidden virtue, we have to mention the Taoist's 'five evils and three deficiencies'. The so-called five deficiencies are nothing more than 'widowhood, widowhood, loneliness, loneliness, and disability.' And the three deficiencies, to put it bluntly, are 'money, life, and power'."
"Although our profession as Taoist priests is very profitable, the five disadvantages and three shortcomings are incompatible with us. Simply put, we are still mortals after all, and if we often come into contact with ghosts, we will be affected by them. If accumulating hidden virtues is to resist ghosts, then the five disadvantages and three shortcomings are really the rules imposed on us Taoist priests."
"You know, if a Taoist priest is successful in his practice, he is very powerful. Some Taoist priests can live to be a hundred years old, and some Taoist priests know everything about astronomy and geography. But these are not tolerated by heaven, so the Taoist profession has five disadvantages and three shortcomings. You can also say that it is unfair from heaven."
"But as long as you become a Taoist priest, whether you are catching ghosts or exorcising demons, you have already touched upon the five evils and three deficiencies. And every Taoist priest will commit one of the "five evils and three deficiencies" in his life."
After hearing what Zhao Xilan said, I was stunned. I didn't expect that being a Taoist priest has so many requirements. I won't say anything about accumulating good deeds. But if the "five disadvantages and three deficiencies" really happen to me, I will be unlucky.
"Sister Xilan, can you tell me more specifically about the five disadvantages and three shortcomings?" I asked nervously.
"good!"
Afterwards, Sister Xilan explained to me the five disadvantages and three shortcomings of Taoist priests.
"Five Disadvantages":
Widow refers to a person without a wife or husband.
A widow refers to a woman who has not remarried after her husband's death.
Orphan refers to the death of one's father or both parents in childhood.
Being alone means having no children to take care of you when you are old.
Disabled means that one's body functions are defective compared to normal people, which is a disability.
As for the "three shortages", they are easy to understand, namely, shortage of money, shortage of life and shortage of power.
I was so surprised that my legs were shaking. How could I know that the "Five Disadvantages and Three Shortcomings" were not mentioned in the Yin-Yang Soul Crossing Notes? But I couldn't blame the Yin-Yang Soul Crossing Notes. Many of the contents recorded in it were stories about catching ghosts and exorcising demons, as well as runes, talismans, and steps.
My lips trembled as I asked Sister Xilan, "Sister Xilan, the five disadvantages and three shortcomings are really
Is it so evil? "
What I didn’t expect was that Sister Xilan answered me seriously: “That’s true.”
"Is there no way to crack it?"
Zhao Xilan shook her head and said, "There is no way! Who made you embark on this business? This business is not for anyone who wants to become a Taoist priest. Judging from your appearance, I'm afraid your abominable master hasn't told you about the 'five disadvantages and three shortcomings', right?"
I nodded like a chick pecking at rice and said, "You didn't tell me. If I knew there were five disadvantages and three shortcomings, I would never become a Taoist priest."
I didn't feel regret until that moment, but now that I had started to catch ghosts, it meant that I had already stepped into the circle of Taoist priests, and I had already started to commit the "five disadvantages and three shortcomings". Although I felt helpless, there was nothing I could do.
"Sister Xilan, do you know which of the "five evils and three deficiencies" I have committed?"
"You have just entered this industry, and the five disadvantages and three shortcomings have not yet been fully exposed."
"Sister Xilan, which of the five vices and three deficiencies have you committed?"
Sister Xilan said softly, "This is also a secret! Also, brother Tianyi, I advise you that since you have already joined this business, you should accept your fate for now. Although we have many shortcomings, we still have to live a good life. Don't you agree?"
I smiled wryly and nodded.
It’s not about right or wrong, just accept your fate!
Then Sister Xilan recommended me a lot of good things in this shop. I chatted with her while choosing, but I was still afraid of the five disadvantages and three shortcomings in my heart.
However, when I accidentally glanced outside the shop, I noticed a woman in a dark gray dress just walking past the front of the shop.
The woman was probably in her forties, with long hair draped over her shoulders and tied with a headband. Her face was very fair, but her eyes were a little dull and she looked unhappy. She gave people the feeling that she was worried about something.
But this was not what surprised me. What surprised me the most was that the woman was holding a "clay Buddha" in her arms.
Yes, it was a clay Buddha. The clay Buddha looked very strange, with one eye open and the other closed. His hands were clasped together, but one of the palms was broken.
And the broken parts look neat, as if they were cut with a knife.
And on the clay Buddha, my eyes actually detected a stream of ghost energy. The ghost energy enveloped the clay Buddha, emanated from the clay Buddha's body, and drilled into the clay Buddha's mouth. My eyelids were painted with crow tears just now, so I couldn't see it wrong.
Just as I was staring at the clay Buddha in the middle-aged woman's hand in amazement, Zhao Xilan, who was standing next to me, patted my shoulder and asked me, "Brother Tianyi, what's wrong with you? Are you still worried about the five disadvantages and three deficiencies?"
I turned around and said, "No, I'm not worried, I'm just checking it out."
But when I turned sideways to look for the middle-aged woman again, she had disappeared. I couldn't help but frown, and I had a bad feeling in my heart.
I was very confused as to why there was ghostly aura on the clay Buddha. Could it be that Buddha was connected to ghosts
Soon, under Zhao Xilan's introduction, I bought a lot of things in that store. I bought a peach wood sword, a Taoist robe, and some common talismans. The Taoist robe was quite cheap, I bought one for 500 yuan.
But the peach wood sword and those talismans are expensive. The skinny boss of the peach wood sword actually charged me 30,000 yuan. As for those talismans, I also bought some. After all, I don’t have many talismans at home, and drawing talismans is very laborious.
I spent another 97,000 yuan on these things. In the end, after this trip to the ghost market, I only had 5,000 yuan left. Damn it, I heard from Fatty Li that the funeral car fare was another 1,000 yuan per person. So, I only had 4,000 yuan left.
I dare not buy it again!
I wandered around the skinny boss's shop for a while. What surprised me was that the skinny boss's shop actually sold "soul nails", and one soul nail cost 5 million. Damn, that's a pretty expensive price.
This immediately put an end to my idea of buying a soul nail. Thinking about Master Chu's soul nail, I sighed in my heart. Master Chu is really a rich man. Even if he doesn't work as a Taoist priest anymore, he will definitely be a rich man if he sells the soul nail.
After buying things, Zhao Xilan and I walked out of the exit of the "U"-shaped ghost market.
(to be continued)
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