I was a little nervous at first, but after a moment, when I saw clearly that the person coming was Master Xiangyun, I felt a little relieved.
I clasped my fists and bowed, saying, "Master Xiangyun!"
Master Xiangyun looked at me, then at the cemetery behind me, and then he spoke, "Yang Tianyi, if I sensed correctly just now, the ghost king's shadow should be here. But in such a short time, the ghost king's soul disappeared. I want to know what happened?"
I thought about it and decided that since Taotie wouldn't let me tell anyone about the red-lacquered coffin, I would just make it up.
I explained, "Master, the ghost king was indeed here, but I have destroyed it. You see, I have accumulated a lot of good karma now."
My good deeds suddenly increased a lot. There is no way to hide this kind of thing.
So I told the truth.
Master Xiangyun asked me suspiciously, "But your strength is not as good as the Ghost King, how can you destroy it?"
I smiled and said, "Master, actually the Ghost King was about to devour the Seven-Aperture Exquisite Heart just now, so I took the opportunity to attack when the soul was at its weakest."
But my words could not convince Master Xiangyun. Xiangyun looked at me, then looked at the tomb in the distance that had been opened and the coffin was exposed. Then, he asked me worriedly, "By the way, Yuquan, where is he now?"
I raised my hand and pointed at the bushes in the distance and said, "Yuquan, he's over there. Master, I'll go call him for you."
Master Xiangyun nodded.
Then I quickly went to the other side of the bushes.
The young monk Yuquan had seen everything that had just happened in the woods at the cemetery.
Seeing me coming over, he was surprised. Yuquan lowered his voice and said to me, "Brother Yang, what on earth is that red lacquer coffin of yours? Why is the creature inside so powerful!"
I winked at Yuquan and whispered, "Yuquan, your master, Master Xiangyun, is here. But I don't want him to know about the red lacquer coffin. I hope you can keep it a secret for me and don't tell him. That coffin is my secret, and I don't want outsiders to know about it."
The young monk Yuquan nodded without thinking too much and said, "Don't worry, Brother Yang, I will help you keep your secret."
"Okay, thank you very much!"
"Brother Yang, why are you being so polite to me? You were the one who stood up for me just now. Besides, everyone has secrets, and it's understandable that they don't want outsiders to know."
I casually pulled off the talisman on Yuquan's body.
Afterwards, Yuquan and I walked to the woods near the cemetery.
Master Xiangyun was standing in front of the crooked stone tablet.
Seeing that the little monk Yuquan was safe and sound, Xiangyun's complexion looked much better.
However, Master Xiangyun still didn't believe in his heart that it was me who killed the Ghost King.
"Disciple, I greet the Master!"
The young monk Yuquan said respectfully.
"Okay, no need to salute! ... Yuquan, let me ask you, what happened here just now? Was the ghost king really killed by Yang Tianyi?"
Yuquan didn't look at me and said directly: "Master, that's right, it was Brother Yang, no, it was Yang Tianyi, who killed the ghost king just now."
"That ghost king had already found the body of a dead body in the coffin and attached himself to it. Later, he took out the heart of the dead body and prepared to fuse it with the Seven-Aperture Exquisite Heart."
"But when the ghost king merged with the Seven-Aperture Heart, a backlash suddenly occurred... ... causing the ghost king Dark Shadow to suffer terribly. Seeing this, Yang Tianyi did not hesitate and rushed forward.
. He circulated his Yin De Qi and killed the ghost king without much effort! "
The young monk Yuquan lied without blushing. It seems that he may have done this kind of thing often in the past. Otherwise, Master Xiangyun would not have allowed him to eat meat and drink alcohol. His speech was fluent, without any stuttering.
"Master, you don't know that Yang Tianyi was so powerful at that time. The ghost energy on the ghost king's body could not resist the Yin De Qi he released. His Yin De Qi was invincible and unstoppable..."
Master Xiangyun just wanted the young monk Yuquan to tell the truth, but the young monk Yuquan praised me so highly that it was as if I had killed the ghost king just now with just a breath, which made me feel a little embarrassed.
"Okay! Yuquan, stop talking! I understand."
Perhaps Master Xiangyun couldn't stand Yuquan's flattery of me, so he interrupted him at the right time.
Then, Master Xiangyun looked at me and said in a normal voice, "Yang Tianyi, you are a very lucky ghost-catching Taoist priest, but it is impossible for you to kill a ghost king by yourself. Even if the ghost king is really attacked by the Seven-Aperture Exquisite Heart, you will not be its opponent."
Having said this, Master Xiangyun stopped talking and stared at me silently.
His eyes were so deep, as if they could see through everything.
This made me feel a little flustered.
Indeed, without the help of the Taotie beast, there is no way I could get rid of the Ghost King Shadow.
I slowly lowered my head.
After a while, Master Xiangyun suddenly spoke and said to me with a smile: "However, Yang Tianyi, since the ghost king has been killed, this is a great thing. I don't care how you killed the ghost king, and I don't care what power you have. Since the ghost king was killed by you in the end, it proves that you have a kind heart."
After listening to Master Xiangyun's words, my heart tightened and I thought to myself, it seems that Master Xiangyun has discovered something, or anticipated something.
Seeing that I didn't say anything, the soul of Master Xiangyun waved to me and Yuquan and said, "Let's go. Now that the two ghost kings have been eliminated, the matter of the raccoon cat clan has come to an end... You two should follow me back to Xiangyun Temple first."
"Yes, Master!"
The young monk Yuquan said respectfully.
I stood aside and nodded.
Afterwards, Yuquan and I followed Master Xiangyun and headed towards Yuanbao Mountain. We did not use the energy of Yin De and the power of Buddhism, so our speed was not fast.
At around two o'clock in the afternoon, the three of us finally arrived at the foot of Yuanbao Mountain.
Glancing at Yuanbao Mountain, Yuquan asked softly, "Master, the civet cat clan has encountered such a disaster, do we need to go up the mountain to take a look?"
Master Xiangyun shook his head and said, "No need. We can just leave this place. Grandma Tianqi has already swallowed the elixir I gave her. Her injuries should be almost healed by now."
"Um!"
Yuquan nodded and said nothing more.
Then, at my suggestion, the young monk Yuquan and Master Xiangyun both got into my car.
After the car started, it drove towards Xiangyun Temple.
On the way, Master Xiangyun asked me some questions.
I felt that he had no ill intentions, so I told him everything about my life.
Of course, I didn’t say anything about the sacred picture and the red-lacquered coffin.
When Master Xiangyun heard that I had a "pure yang constitution", he showed an incredible expression on his face. Then, he took my pulse and pressed my tendons and bones. After confirming that I really had a pure yang constitution, Master Xiangyun suddenly asked me a strange question.
"Yang Tianyi, are you willing to become our Buddha
"Someone in the sect?"
Master Xiangyun looked at me with expectation.
As for me, I rejected Master Xiangyun directly without any hesitation.
"Master, I don't want to be a monk."
This made Master Xiangyun a little disappointed.
But after a while, Master Xiangyun smiled and said, "Forget it, it seems that there is no fate between you and me as master and disciple. Besides, I am a dead man now, with only my soul left. I can't teach you anything. I still have to report to the underworld as soon as possible."
After chatting casually with Master Xiangyun for a few words, I told him the problem that I urgently needed to solve.
"Master Xiangyun, I have an unwelcome request, and I hope you can help me."
As I was driving, I spoke respectfully to Master Xiangyun.
But Master Xiangyun had already guessed it. He said, "Tianyi, I know what you want to say. Do you want me to save your girlfriend Huang Susu again?"
Master Xiangyun is truly a master of predictions.
"That's right, Master Xiangyun, this is what I'm talking about."
But Master Xiangyun shook his head and said in a deep voice: "I'm sorry, Tianyi, I can't help you with your girlfriend Huang Susu's matter. I have already helped the Huang family once and extended Huang Susu's life, which allowed her to live for so many more years."
"But now, after the Seven-Aperture Exquisite Heart in Huang Susu's body was dug out, her life span has actually returned to its original state. Even if you take back the Seven-Aperture Exquisite Heart and find her soul, you can't save her."
I was stunned.
Even if he possessed a heart with seven orifices and Su Su's soul, he couldn't save her? !
I parked the car on the side of the road, and then said to Master Xiangyun with expectation, "Master, please help me, I want to save Su Su's life. Really."
The young monk Yuquan at the side also spoke for me, saying, "Master, please help Yang... Tianyi. He really loves Huang Susu. They are a couple and cannot be separated."
But Master Xiangyun said resolutely: "I'm sorry, Tianyi, I really can't help you. Even if you beg me, it will be useless."
"Originally, Huang Susu's fate was changed by me, and the secrets of heaven were also tampered with, which allowed her to live so many more years. Both the fate and the secrets of heaven were actually triggered by the 'Seven-Aperture Exquisite Heart'. Now the Seven-Aperture Exquisite Heart has separated from Huang Susu's body. This means that the secrets of heaven have returned to their original state. Her fate has also returned to its original state."
"At this moment, in the Book of Life and Death in the underworld, Huang Susu has no more lifespan and is already dead. Even if you think of other ways to save her, it is impossible. If that happens, the people in the underworld may still find you and punish you severely for Huang Susu's incident."
"Besides, didn't you say before that your girlfriend Huang Susu got cancer? That happened after I tampered with the secrets of heaven. In fact, it can be regarded as the retribution for my tampering with the secrets of heaven. Even if you saved Huang Susu and helped her to tamper with the secrets of heaven again, she would not live long."
"You save a person who doesn't have much time to live, and then watch her die in a short time. This is meaningless and futile."
Master Xiangyun’s words were like a bolt of thunder that struck me from the blue, shocking me greatly.
My head is a mess, like a tangled mess.
The sky outside was covered with dark clouds and looked gloomy, just like my mood.
Seeing that I looked depressed, Master Yuquan and Master Xiangyun did not disturb me.
At this time, Susu's voice came from me, "Tianyi, I want to talk to you."
(to be continued)
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