That thing is "Ghost!"
For example, a person is driving on a road at night, and suddenly something appears in front of him and flashes by. You think it is because your eyes are tired and your vision is blurry. But it is not necessarily the case. It is possible that a ghost just happened to pass by your car at that moment.
This notebook says that everyone’s eyes are actually spiritual, and the younger the person, the stronger the spirituality of their eyes. This can also explain why children can see things that adults cannot see. This is because children’s eyes have not been polluted by too much worldly things.
For example, if a person has been dead for seven days, and his family members are keeping vigil for him on the night of his return to the dead, some people will be able to feel the soul of the deceased and even have a connection with it. That person may easily say the last words of the deceased that he did not leave before his death.
At that time, you should not panic, because since the ghost is your relative and can come back on the night of the Return of the Soul, it means that it has no ill will towards your family.
The notes say that ghosts can be divided into good ghosts and evil ghosts, and although most ghosts have consciousness, they are generally good ghosts and will not intentionally harm people. Only those evil ghosts who are entangled with resentment and unwilling to give up will commit sins.
The stories in "Notes on the Crossing of Yin and Yang Souls" don't seem to be made up, but seem to really exist. And behind each story there are comments and brief remarks by the recorder, as well as some talismans, spells, talisman formations, and steps to drive away ghosts and evil spirits... ... ... There are many strange things.
The people who recorded the notes were all Taoists. The earliest note was recorded by a person called "Master Bai Tian" in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.
Holy crap, I can't believe what I'm seeing in this notebook. I'm kind of freaked out, let me calm down.
But this notebook is really thick, and I can't finish reading it all in a short time. So after reading more than a dozen stories about ghosts, I simply flipped through this tattered notebook from beginning to end.
When I turned to the back of the notebook, there was a blank page. The story in front of the blank page was recorded by a person named "Jiang Jiuzhen".
What puzzled me was that there was a bloody handprint on one of the blank pages. I didn't know what the bloody handprint was for. I thought it was a bit strange. But later events proved that
The bloody handprint on the blank page did not appear for no reason, there is a conspiracy hidden behind it.
I secretly wondered in my heart, could it be that Jiang Jiuzhen was also a Taoist priest? So in order to learn more about Jiang Jiuzhen, I selectively read the stories he had recorded.
After reading it, I breathed a sigh of relief. I now had a general understanding of both the mystery of the story and the character and practice of Jiang Jiuzhen.
I have been able to confirm that Jiang Jiuzhen is a Taoist priest who catches ghosts.
I originally thought that ghosts were just imaginary things and not realistic at all, but after reading this notebook, I suddenly realized that some things might not be as simple as stories. For example, the bright red bloodstains that appeared from time to time in the corridor were probably left by a mischievous ghost.
Soon, I simply rinsed my body with water and walked out of the bathroom holding the paper bag. Wearing a bathrobe, I leaned on the sofa and started reading this "Yin Yang Soul Notes". I was really fascinated by it.
At the beginning, the content of the previous stories was all in classical Chinese, which was a bit difficult to read. But brothers, after all, I graduated from a serious university, so classical Chinese is not difficult for me.
In this way, for several days in a row, I stayed in the apartment and read books tirelessly. Needless to say, in just a few days, I really read the "Yin Yang Soul Notes" in my hand.
I felt like I was becoming a little unfathomable. Comparing the runes on the notebook, I used the brush and cinnabar left by Jiang Jiuzhen and a few blank yellow papers to conduct experiments.
I drew a fire-burning talisman. This talisman is relatively simple and easy to use. This experiment was not a big deal. After wasting a few pieces of yellow paper, I actually drew a complex fire-burning talisman in one stroke, and after reciting the corresponding spell on the notebook, the fire-burning talisman really burned under my eyes.
The strange thing is that even though I used a cup to hold the fire talisman, it didn't go out. You know, the cup holding the fire talisman cuts off the air. In the end, the talisman was extinguished by pouring water. This made me more certain that I had picked up a treasure. The Yin-Yang Soul-Transferring Notebook was definitely a treasure.
There are special notes in the notes, but most of them are extremely scary things. For example, how to kill zombies before they turn evil. For example, how to break the substitute puppets set up by fox spirits. There are even notes about the living dead.
And the human centipede and stuff... It’s scary just thinking about it.
And I learned something else from this notebook. Do you know what it is? I'll tell you something that might scare you, but the people who knock on my door every night are not people, but fucking ghosts.
When I learned about this from Jiang Jiuzhen's book, I was also terrified. But later, as I read further into the notes, the sense of terror gradually diminished. Because most ghosts and monsters have ways to restrain them. From the notes, I not only learned that ghosts don't kill people on sight and do all kinds of evil. Even evil ghosts will only harm those who have hurt them before.
Moreover, Jiang Jiuzhen's notes also mentioned that all the ghosts who came to him had something to ask of him. As long as he helped those ghosts to fulfill their wishes, the ghost-catching Taoist priest would not be harmed but would be rewarded.
Jiang Jiuzhen mentioned in his notes that saving ghosts is like doing good deeds. If you do it well and the ghosts are satisfied, they will actively reward the Taoist priests. There are many rewards.
For example, the most common reward given by ghosts is "ghost pills". Although ghost pills contain ghost energy, they are equivalent to ancient pills. If they are soaked in water and given to people to drink, ghost pills will not only not harm the body, but can prolong life and strengthen bones.
Jiang Jiuzhen also mentioned that if a ghost pill was sold in the ghost market, its value would be at least 20,000 yuan. 20,000 yuan for a ghost pill, it was incredible to think about it.
In addition to ghost pills, there are also ghost tears, ghost fire, ghost poison, ghost eyes... ... Among them, some can be sold for money, and some can be used to assist Taoists in catching ghosts. For example, "ghost poison", Jiang Jiuzhen once got ghost poison and used it to kill many evil ghosts.
I really didn't expect that the ghost that looked so scary actually had treasures on it.
"The Notes on Yin-Yang Soul Ferry" has broadened my horizons, and I am also eagerly looking forward to becoming a ghost-catching Taoist priest. In addition to the records of catching ghosts, the notes also contain some talisman drawing methods, as well as magic arrays, spells, etc., but it does not mention what kind of person can become a ghost-catching Taoist priest.
Since there is no mention in the notes, it means that the requirements for becoming a ghost-catching Taoist priest may still be very broad. And I think people like me may also be suitable to become a ghost-catching Taoist priest.
But I didn't know that I was wrong.
Not everyone can become a ghost-catching Taoist priest. I didn't know this and only saw the benefits, which brought me trouble later. Of course, this is a story for later.
After I finished reading "Notes on the Crossing of Yin and Yang Souls", it was already past five in the afternoon. I got dressed, went out to eat a bowl of rice noodles, and returned to the apartment early.
I have been looking for a job for a long time, but I have not found the ideal job. I have a high degree and good skills, but I am not good at ordinary companies. Moreover, the salary and benefits of most companies are not satisfactory to me.
Furthermore, I am a bit casual and like freedom, otherwise I would not have quit my last job just because my boss scolded me. Now that I have such an opportunity, I think I must seize it.
Thinking about the ghosts who are covered with treasures, I feel a little itchy in my heart.
But I really forgot the reminder in the "Yin Yang Soul Crossing Notes". The notes said: Ghosts are ghosts after all, if you trade with them and fail to fulfill their wishes, the ghost-catching Taoist priests may suffer greatly. And I ignored these reminders.
When I got home, I started to prepare. First, I took a shower and changed my clothes. I didn’t have a Taoist robe, so I changed into clean clothes. I prepared all the necessary things and decided to do a great job.
In fact, there is nothing much to prepare. Everything that needs to be prepared has already been prepared in the paper bag left behind by Jiang Jiuzhen.
The talisman, the soul-catching bell, and the soul-collecting bucket were all inside the paper bag. As for the peach wood sword, I haven't prepared it yet, but on the way back, I broke off a willow branch from the park. The notes said that the willow branch could cause certain damage to the ghost's body.
I think I'm almost ready.
Next, it's time for me to do my best. Some people may say that I am a newborn calf that is not afraid of tigers. That's right.
Sure enough, when I waited until midnight and started to feel drowsy, business came.
“Bang, bang, bang!”
There was a dull and powerful knock on the door.
As I said, a newborn calf is not afraid of a tiger. When I heard the knock on the door, I was extremely excited.
I hurried to the door of the apartment, but I didn't open it immediately. Instead, I lay on the door and looked outside through the peephole.
What surprises me is that
There wasn't even a ghost in sight outside the apartment door.
Speaking of which, don’t feel strange. You may be thinking, you are just an ordinary person, how could you possibly see a ghost
Actually, it's not that I can see ghosts, but Jiang Jiuzhen has already set up a talisman array in Apartment 402. With the talisman array, anyone in the apartment can see the ghosts outside. If I want to see ghosts after leaving the apartment, I have to think of another way.
Anyway, I didn't see any ghosts outside through the peephole of the apartment.
“Bang, bang, bang!”
The knocking on the door continued, which made me feel uneasy.
I could always see ghosts in the past, but I couldn't see any today. Could it be that the ghost that came today was different from the previous ones that knocked on the door
Although he was suspicious, just as Jiang Jiuzhen's notebook said, all the ghosts who came to this apartment came to ask him for something. Ghosts and humans are sometimes the same. When they ask for something from others, they naturally become more obedient.
I unbolted the door anyway and pushed open the apartment door.
But when I looked outside the door, I still didn't see any ghost. I muttered in annoyance, "Damn it, there's not even a ghost! They're just kidding me."
It was at this moment that a dry voice came from beside my legs.
"Are you Jiang Jiuzhen?"
I looked down and all the hair on my body stood up.
I saw a pink-faced child standing at my feet, near the door. He was naked, and his skin was red, like a newborn mouse. His eyes were bulging, and his eyeballs were full of red. His penis was the size of a fingernail, and he was a boy.
I know that he is not a human but a ghost.
And his voice sounded so familiar. It was as if I had heard it somewhere before. Let me think about it. That's right, I remembered that the child's voice was extremely similar to the howling of ghosts in the corridor, both were dry and slightly hoarse.
Seeing me looking at him suspiciously, the child asked again, "Are you Jiang Jiuzhen?"
I finally realized what was happening, and with a tremor in my voice, I quickly answered him, "I am... Jiang Jiuzhen!"
I have no choice. This is my first time working as a Taoist priest and I'm not famous. I can only pretend to be "Jiang Jiuzhen" for the time being.
(to be continued)
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