I could feel a sacred aura emanating from the string of Buddhist beads.
I bent down and slowly took the Buddhist beads off the old man's body, and then I reached out and started playing with them.
The beads were smooth and round, and seemed to still have a little warmth on them, but it was definitely not the body temperature of the corpse. The corpse was already ice-cold, and I felt the cold when I touched his wrist just now.
I put the beads carefully on my hand, feeling a little happy. I didn't expect to get such an item tonight.
Although the old man's ghost has passed away, I still want to fulfill his last wish. After the old man's body is cremated, I will send his ashes back to his hometown according to the address on the note, and bury him together with his deceased wife.
Just when I put away the Buddhist beads, a light appeared near the back door of the crematorium.
Then a deep voice came.
"Brother Tianyi, is that you?"
It was Master Jiang’s voice.
I raised my voice and said, "It's me, Master Jiang!"
At this time, Master Jiang had returned with Xu Guang, the person on duty. Behind them was another man who looked a little dazed. It seemed that he was Wei Dajiang who had fainted from fright.
When the three of them walked into the dormitory and saw the body lying at the door, they were all stunned.
I was afraid they might misunderstand me, so I explained, "I found this body in this building. It was in a corner and I just carried it here."
I put my hands on my hips and pretended to be very tired, and even took a few breaths on purpose.
At the same time, I winked at Master Jiang.
When Xu Guang, the attendant on duty at the crematorium who had followed him, was about to ask a question, Master Jiang cleared his throat and said, "It seems that someone might have come into the crematorium, otherwise the body would not have been stolen from the morgue!"
"Xiao Xu, and Da Jiang, you two will be on night shift these two days. You must patrol the surroundings carefully and not let strangers in."
Little Xu was quite sensible. When he saw me helping them find the body, he even smiled at me.
But Wei Dajiang stood far away, as if he was afraid that the corpse would suddenly come back to life.
He was mumbling something in his mouth.
Master Jiang didn't care about that and said in a deep voice: "Okay, now that the body has been found, you can carry it away first. It's a nuisance to leave it here... But thanks to Brother Tianyi tonight, otherwise you two would be scolded tomorrow!"
Soon, at the urging of Master Jiang, Xiao Xu and the timid Wei Dajiang found white cloth, wrapped the old man's body and left.
After seeing the two people leave and closing the door, Master Jiang asked me what was going on.
I told Master Jiang what had just happened in the corridor, and showed him the note left by the old man and the string of Buddhist beads that I had taken from the old man's hand.
Master Jiang didn't react much when he saw the note, but when he saw the Buddhist beads, he couldn't help but let out a sound of surprise.
"What's wrong? Master Jiang, is there something wrong with this string of Buddhist beads?"
I asked subconsciously.
Master Jiang shook his head and said, "It's not the beads that are wrong, it's that you picked up a treasure, Tianyi! Do you know what this thing is?"
I shook my head.
Master Jiang explained: "This thing is a Buddhist bead!"
After hearing what Master Jiang said, I almost laughed out loud.
There is no need for him to call them Buddhist beads. Any adult will know that they are Buddhist beads.
Seeing my smile, Master Jiang
Only then did I realize how embarrassing it was.
He explained: "This is not an ordinary Buddhist bead. This is the 'Buddha's Light Bead'. It has been blessed by a great monk in the temple. And it is warm, which means that after being blessed, it has been nurtured by the Dharma for a long time. It has the Buddha nature!"
Master Jiang’s words made me feel very confused.
I asked directly, "What is the function of this Buddhist bead?"
Master Jiang saw that I looked disapproving, so he curled his lips and said, "You really picked up a treasure as a chamber pot. This thing has the nature of Buddha, so it can naturally drive away ghosts and monsters!"
Can it drive away ghosts
I was very happy to hear the news.
I hurriedly grabbed the string of "Buddha's Light Beads" from Master Jiang's hand.
I thought to myself, if this thing can really exorcise ghosts, then I have obtained a magic weapon. Although the peach wood sword can be considered a magic weapon, its power is too weak.
Seeing that I couldn't let it go, Master Jiang said in a deep voice: "You must keep this thing. It is definitely a good thing, much better than the 'ground net' I got!"
"real?"
"Of course it's true, why would I lie to you!"
"That's great! I, Yang Tianyi, finally have a proper magic weapon! ... But Master Jiang, do you know how to use this magic weapon?"
This question stumped Master Jiang.
Master Jiang shook his head and said, "I really don't know about that. But this thing should be very useful for dealing with ghosts. Brother Tianyi, you should keep it well!"
"Okay, I won't be polite then!"
I smiled and put away the string of "Buddha's Light Beads".
Then Master Jiang and I chatted for a while before we went back to bed.
I slept until about five o'clock in the morning.
Master Jiang got up earlier than me, and he woke me up right after he got up.
It was still daylight outside, with a thick morning mist in the air.
Before the sun came out, Master Jiang and I had already gotten into the hearse.
But before getting in the car, I took out the thing that Shan Daye's wife Yan Huanhuan had stuffed into my pocket. When I opened it, I was really a little amused. The thing Yan Huanhuan had stuffed into my pocket turned out to be a sanitary napkin.
Looking at the sanitary napkin in my hand, Master Jiang asked in surprise: "Is this what women use to collect body fluids?"
I smiled wryly and nodded.
Master Jiang had a half-smile on his face and said, "This is the first time I've seen this thing!"
Then Master Jiang folded a paper crane out of talisman paper, soaked the body fluids of Yan Huanhuan on the sanitary napkin with water, and smeared some of it on the wings of the paper crane.
As Master Jiang chanted his spell, the paper crane fluttered into the air. Master Chu had used the same method to find the possessed ghost.
Actually, there is no other way to use this method. I just sent the ghost energy of the ** collected in the soul collecting bucket into the compass. But the needle on the compass stopped moving after swinging a few times.
Using ghost energy can only point out a rough direction, but cannot determine the exact location of the ghost.
So I had no choice but to use Yan Huanhuan's body fluids as a lure.
It is all thanks to Zhang Guizi who reminded me. Otherwise, if I had asked Yan Huanhuan for this kind of thing today, she might not have given it to me, and might even have thought I was crazy.
The paper crane slowly began to fly and found a direction to fly.
Master Jiang and I followed in the hearse.
I originally thought that the paper crane would fly towards the ghost market, but it didn't.
The place where the paper crane flew to was actually the suburbs.
It seems
The culprit who kept the ** was probably also in the suburbs.
We kept following the paper crane. The paper crane didn't fly fast, so our car didn't drive fast either.
Fortunately, within half an hour or so, the paper crane flew away from the city center. There were cars on the road, but under the control of Master Jiang, the paper crane flew to the right side of the funeral car, just blocking it. This also made it difficult for the paper crane to be discovered.
Soon the hearse drove down the dirt road, and soon the paper crane led us to the entrance of a small town on the outskirts of the city.
The name of the town is Longgang Town. It may not look big, but the people there should live a good life, as many of them live in two-story buildings.
The sun had already risen, driving away the morning mist. Many of the early risers were exercising in the nearby small square. When the funeral car drove over, the two words "Funeral" on the car were still quite conspicuous, attracting the attention of many townspeople.
Perhaps they thought that the hearse drove into the town because someone had died in the town and needed to be taken away for cremation.
At this time, the paper crane was still flying in the car, for fear of being seen and misunderstood.
Not long after the hearse drove to the end of the town, the paper cranes in the car suddenly reacted.
It kept hitting the car window. It didn't make any sound, but this reaction was enough to attract the attention of Master Jiang and me.
Then Master Jiang stopped the hearse.
We got off the car after picking up our stuff.
Master Jiang's ghost eyes were already open, and he scanned the area, but he didn't find any ghost energy. I put crow tears on my eyes, but I didn't find anything either. So I could only follow the paper crane first.
The paper crane found a direction and flew over. In front of a very dilapidated courtyard, the paper crane stopped, suddenly burned, and turned into ashes.
“It should be here!”
Master Jiang spoke up.
I nodded.
The small courtyard was very dilapidated. The house was made of adobe, and there was a lot of dirt in the cracks to prevent wind. The wall was made entirely of dirt, probably to prevent people from climbing over it. There were also some broken glass on the top of the wall.
The cigarette butts in the adobe house were still smoking, and gray-white smoke continued to rise into the air.
It seems that this family has just gotten up to cook.
"Will you go in?"
I asked a question.
Master Jiang nodded and said, "Come on in, since we are all here, why not go in? Besides, with the two of us here, there is no need to be afraid of the ghost. Although the ghost is hiding very deep and has temporarily escaped my ghost eyes, I can sense that the ghost is in this courtyard at such a close distance!"
At this point, Master Jiang saw that I was stunned, and said, "Oh, you can also sense it! ... Your current level of Taoism is much higher than mine. If you sense it carefully, you should be able to feel it."
I listened to Master Jiang's words, slowly closed my eyes, and felt it.
I didn't feel anything at first, but when my body slowly relaxed, my consciousness slowly focused, and I tried my best to perceive, it seemed as if a black gas appeared in front of my eyes. No, there were more than one, two, three... there were a total of seven black gases!
“Do you feel it?”
Master Jiang asked me.
I opened my eyes and said with joy, "I felt it. It was a black mass of air. But there were seven of them! I wonder what's going on?"
"Seven strands of black energy?"
A look of surprise appeared on Master Jiang's face.
When I asked, I found out that it was Master Jiang himself who sensed the black energy.
Master Jiang said to me solemnly: "Brother Tianyi, if your perception is correct, there are probably seven ** in this courtyard!"
(to be continued)
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