After coming out of the ghost market, Sister Xilan and I met Master Chu, Master Qi and others at the exit.
What surprised me was that Master Qi was holding a flower pot in his hand.
With the light of the green lantern at the door, I could see clearly that there was a very gorgeous flower planted in the flowerpot. The flowers were in three colors: red, white, and purple.
"Master Qi, why are you holding a pot of flowers in your hands?"
I walked up to Master Qi and asked subconsciously.
Master Qi looked at the bouquet in his hand and explained to me: "This is a tricolor brocade flower. It has a strong attraction to ghosts and can help injured ghosts recover quickly."
After listening to Master Qi's words, I almost understood what he meant. I nodded and asked, "Master Qi, do you want to use this pot of flowers to attract the possessed ghost?"
Master Qi smiled with his eyes narrowed, and the black mole on his face trembled. He said, "Yes, it seems that you are quite smart. Master Chu and I bought this bouquet of flowers in order to attract the ghost after we find it. When the time comes, we will set up a Taoist formation, so we are not afraid that it will not surrender."
I also think this is a good idea.
Just as I was about to ask what to do next, Master Chu said, "Well, it's getting late. It's almost midnight. We have to find the ghost quickly, or the ghost's aura on the soul nail will dissipate."
Afterwards, Master Chu said nothing more. He and Master Qi walked towards the foot of Laoye Mountain together.
A few of us, Sister Xilan, me, the driver Master Jiang, and Fatty Li also followed us down the mountain.
After going down the mountain, Master Chu did not get on the hearse immediately. Instead, he took out a piece of yellow paper from his arms and folded a yellow paper crane with the flick of his fingers.
After folding the paper crane, Master Chu began to concentrate and chanted the spell softly. Then, I saw a very strange scene. You may not believe it, but the yellow paper crane with runes painted on it actually folded after Master Chu finished chanting the spell.
Then it took off from the palm of his hand and danced gracefully.
As if it particularly liked the smell of Master Chu, the yellow paper crane began to fly and circle around Master Chu. Although the paper crane has no nose, no eyes, and can't flap its wings, it gives me the feeling that it is really alive.
“It’s amazing!”
I couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.
Sister Xilan said, "This is the art of 'intercepting spirits'. Everything in the world has spirits. Master Chu is gathering the spirits in the air onto the paper crane made of the talisman. This is how the paper crane can fly into the sky. And the talisman came out of Master Chu's mouth, which means that only Master Chu himself can control the yellow paper crane."
The more I listened to Sister Xilan's explanation, the more incredible it seemed to me.
This is the first time I have heard that everything in the world has a spirit.
Fatty Li saw me looking at the yellow paper crane in surprise, so he teased me and said, "Brother Tianyi, I think you should worship Master Chu as your teacher in the future. As for your great master, it doesn't matter if you don't want him, since he won't teach you much anyway. If you study Taoism with Master Chu for a long time, maybe Master Chu can teach you the art of intercepting spirits."
I said awkwardly, “That’s not good.”
Fatty Li said with his big belly sticking out, "What's wrong with that? You should know that Master Chu knows a lot. Even if you learn from Master Chu, you probably won't be able to become his apprentice for ten or eight years."
Who knew that Master Chu's ears were very sharp. After listening to what Fatty Li said, he turned his head and scolded Fatty Li with a cold face, saying unhappily: "Fatty Li, be careful with your words and don't talk nonsense. How can I compare with Brother Tianyi's master? His master must be a hermit who can create such a magical 'amulet', which already proves his greatness. I'm afraid his master is more than a hundred times more capable than me."
"You are saying this now to embarrass me on purpose. If I accept Tianyi as my apprentice, I will offend that master. If you talk nonsense again, I will punish you!
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Master Chu had an angry expression on his face.
Fatty Li quickly closed his mouth, smiled innocently, shook his head, and said, "No, no... Master Chu, you misunderstood, I didn't mean that."
Master Chu snorted coldly and ignored Fatty Li.
Master Chu took out the soul nail from his body again, and waved his hand towards the yellow paper crane. The yellow paper crane then obediently flew back into Master Chu's palm.
Master Chu gently pierced the soul nail into the paper crane, then recited a spell, and saw that the yellow paper crane actually began to fly in one direction.
"Let's go, let's get in the car quickly and follow the yellow paper crane. It can lead us to the possessed ghost."
Then we all got on the hearse.
The dark clouds in the sky had dissipated a lot by this time, revealing tiny dots of moonlight. The funeral car kept bumping along the road, and the headlights illuminated the front extremely brightly.
The yellow paper crane was flying in the air, its wings motionless but its body rising and falling. The wind was not strong at night and it was silent. It just flew in front of the funeral car, guiding us along the way.
I am actually quite afraid to go out in the middle of the night, especially when traveling in the mountains or in places with a lot of woods. Fortunately, I am sitting in the car now. I always feel that the night is like a curtain covered by someone, deliberately making it difficult for people to see.
The road was winding and the hearse took a long time to travel on it.
About an hour passed, and the yellow paper crane in front suddenly hovered in the air.
Seeing the yellow paper crane stop, Master Chu exclaimed softly and said casually: "That's not right, why did it stop so quickly?!"
Then Master Chu frowned and motioned for us to stay in the car first, and he got out of the car.
In the headlights of the hearse, Master Chu walked up to the yellow paper crane.
The corners of his mouth trembled slightly, as if he was communicating with the yellow paper crane, but I knew he was casting a spell. Soon, Master Chu made another move.
Master Chu took out a small porcelain
bowl, and a transparent bottle.
The bottle contained light yellow liquid. Master Chu poured the liquid into the porcelain bowl, then took out a talisman and muttered something softly. Suddenly, the talisman began to burn rapidly.
Seeing the talisman burning, I thought of the fire talisman I drew in Xiyuan Apartment.
Master Qi in the hearse said in a deep voice, "I see."
I am a fake Taoist priest and I don't know many things. Seeing that Master Qi seemed to know something, I asked, "Master Qi, Master Chu just used the Fire Charm, right?"
Master Qi said, "It's a fire talisman."
I asked again, "But what's in that transparent bottle?"
Before Master Qi could speak, Fatty Li spoke up, saying, "That's boy's urine. You didn't even see that."
Master Qi didn't say anything else, apparently agreeing with what Fatty Li said.
At this time, Master Chu in front of the funeral car had thrown the burning fire talisman into the small porcelain bowl filled with boy's urine. After the fire talisman was burned to ashes, Master Chu threw the boy's urine in the porcelain bowl and the ashes of the fire talisman onto the dirt road in front.
Oddly enough, just when Master Chu threw out the bowl of boy's urine mixed with the ashes of the fire talisman, I saw that the path in front of me, which was originally pitch black, suddenly became a little brighter.
The lights of the hearse actually shone a little further.
"Hey! What's going on?"
Sister Xilan understood and explained, "So that's how it is. It seems that the injured ghost is afraid that we will track him, so he actually set up a ghost formation on the road. It's really not an ordinary ghost. He can even set up a ghost formation."
Ghost array? I know, in the Yin Yang Soul Crossing Notes, there is an introduction, saying that some ghosts have extraordinary abilities, they can change the environment to make people lost in it, saying that it is a ghost array. But there are many kinds of ghost arrays, some are illusion arrays, some are killing arrays, and some are trapping arrays.
I guess the ghost formation that Master Chu just broke was an illusion formation.
At this time, Master Chu had already walked to the car and opened the door.
I heard him mumbling curses, "Damn it! You actually tried to be smart with me. Humph! You don't know your own limitations!"
After Master Chu got in the car, he saw us looking at him and said directly: "It's okay now. We were blinded by a ghost just now and took a detour. But now the illusion array has been broken, it shouldn't take long for us to find the ghost's location."
Soon the hearse was on the road again.
The yellow paper crane in front also started to fly again, and its speed was much faster. The soul nail on its body flashed a little red light from time to time, which looked very strange.
Sure enough, not long after, the yellow paper crane that Master Jiang was following arrived in front of a village. The yellow paper crane stopped at the entrance of the village.
After the hearse was turned off, Master Chu got out and took the yellow paper crane and the soul nail.
When I got off the funeral car and looked behind me, I found a faint green light on a hill in the distance. Needless to say, that light was the light from the green lanterns in the ghost market on Laoye Mountain.
I was surprised, it seemed that the illusion array really made us take a detour.
Otherwise, we would have come here a long time ago.
Fatty Li must have been here before. Looking at the low houses not far away, he said, "The village ahead is Fengmen Village. I didn't expect that the ghost would come here."
Fengmen Village is very close to the dirt road where the ghost appeared, so it is not surprising that the ghost could come here. However, Master Qi, who was standing aside, said, "I think the matter is not that simple. I think the ghost who has mastered the ghost magic may have some connection with this Fengmen Village."
The driver, Master Jiang, stood there and opened his ghost eyes calmly.
I saw his eyes in the dark, like the eyes of some animals, turned blood red, and emitted a little light. His eyeballs didn't seem real to me at that moment, as if they were red glass eyes.
"It's indeed wrong!" Master Jiang said in a deep voice.
(to be continued)
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