The night was pitch black. On the muddy yellow ground, an altar had been set up with a few long incense sticks curling in the air. A Taoist priest in an apricot-yellow robe, with his hair combed high and wrapped in a black cloth, got out of a black car parked nearby. He wiped his black beard at the corners of his lips and squinted his eyes to scan the area.
"The yin energy here is really heavy. Fortunately, you found me in time, otherwise your boss's construction site would not be able to continue."
As the words drifted aside, there appeared a young man in a suit with a straight figure and a pair of gold-rimmed glasses. He should be the assistant of the boss here. The Taoist's expression was quite different from that in front of his subordinates and was quite respectful.
"Master Jin is right, but please quickly start the ritual. The construction period cannot be delayed for too long. If it is delayed for one more day, the loss will be huge. Many wealthy and famous people have booked villas in this area. If we cannot deliver on time, it will be very troublesome."
The Taoist waved his hand, stroked a wisp of beard on his chin, looked at the magic tools placed on the altar, nodded, suddenly raised his hands, made a gesture with his fingers, and raised them.
The two red candles in the incense burner lit up silently, gradually burning fully and illuminating the surroundings.
"No hurry. The time has not come yet. The ritual will not be effective. Since I am here, I will naturally get rid of this troublesome ghost."
The assistant looked at the Taoist's exposed hand, opened his mouth, and swallowed the rest of his words.
This villa area was acquired by his boss with great difficulty a few years ago. It was only in the past two years that the documents were completed and construction began. However, a week ago, when the waterfall on the mountain was being developed into a villa and hotel, the workers who were excavating the area chiseled a hole in the stone wall behind the waterfall.
After the report was made, it was initially believed to be a natural cave in the mountain, which might be used to add some adventure projects if it was developed. Later, when the cave entrance was fully opened, a large number of murals were found inside. Even laymen like the workers knew that they might be cultural relics and did not dare to mess around.
After submitting the report, I thought the boss would be furious. After all, the discovery of cultural relics would mean that the construction of surrounding buildings might have to be suspended and the Cultural Relics Bureau would have to come and repair them. However, the boss was very happy, but he asked everyone to keep silent and not tell anyone about the discovery of the cave murals until at least after the villa was completed.
Later, the assistant realized that if historical culture, villas and commercial hotels were integrated, this property would have an unparalleled advantage and would probably be famous throughout the country.
However, before the boss could be happy, several accidents occurred on the construction site. Not only did the normal people start yelling and screaming as if they had seen a ghost, but one worker seemed to be possessed. He unbuttoned the safety rope around his waist and jumped from the hotel, which had only been built to the seventh floor. Fortunately, he was discovered in time by a co-worker nearby, who grabbed his hand and pulled him back.
After several accidents happened in succession, we knew that something must have happened, so we decided to ask a Taoist priest to perform a ritual.
The assistant straightened his collar, looked at the Taoist priest walking back and forth in front of the altar, and asked respectfully:
"Master Jin, when do you think it's best to do this?"
The Taoist stopped in front of the altar, asked his disciple to take a peach wood sword and place it flat in front of the incense burner, then he laughed, his eyes almost narrowed into slits.
"The secret of heaven cannot be revealed. If you speak the Dharma words out loud, the ghost will hear them. Then you will know the truth."
Looking at the several villas that had been repaired, there were vans parked over there, and luggage was being unloaded one by one. Several people from the crew who had gathered to watch the show nodded their heads and took the gifts and equipment to help move them in, and at the same time set up the scene for tomorrow.
"I thought it was a trick, but nothing happened for a long time, so I just walked away."
"Maybe he's a charlatan, and only the big bosses would believe him."
"Hey, I've done too many bad things."
"Don't tell me, I believe it!" It was cold in the mountains, and Lu Jun put on a jacket. His sudden words attracted the attention of several people who were setting up the scene, and even the stage manager looked over here. After a moment, Lu Jun raised his round face and said, "I have met a fairy!"
The next second, several cushions were thrown at him. Everyone snorted and went about their business. The stage manager also came over and chased him away from the sofa.
"You idiot, I've seen a ghost! Hurry up and get busy, then go to sleep! The director team will be here tomorrow, I'll try to get you guys a small role with a few lines of dialogue!"
The stage manager cursed with a smile, waved his hand to urge them to work quickly, turned around, took out a cigarette, lit it, walked to the windowsill, puffed out a smoke, looked at the altar in the distance where the fire was still on, and cursed with a smile again.
"You bastard, you only cheat rich people."
Wow! Wow!
The night wind blew across the dark foothills, the cries of two crows were heard in the silent forest, and the sound of sobbing wind was heard from far and near.
The altar stood on the empty yellow mud ground, the candlelight dripping with wax flickered, shining on everyone's faces. The assistant felt as if he was being spied on. Listening to the ominous cry of the old crow, the hairs on his back stood up one by one, and he couldn't help but say: "Master..."
"Don't talk! Don't make any noise if you see anything!"
The Taoist raised his hand. His expression was unclear in the flickering candlelight. One of his ears trembled slightly as he listened carefully to the movements around him. Then he looked up at the night sky. A dark cloud was slowly covering the moon. His mouth widened and he lowered his voice.
“Here I come.”
As soon as he finished speaking, he slammed the altar with one hand, and several talismans spread on it flew up. He stretched out his hand and grasped a handful. With the other hand, he pinched his fingers and wrote on the talisman paper in the air, muttering something.
"Heaven and earth, may the lonely soul wander the night..."
The incantation suddenly stopped, the Taoist priest opened his eyes and shouted: "Who are you, evil ghost, that dares to cause trouble? Show yourself!" He scattered the talismans in his hand into the sky, picked up the peach wood sword on the altar, and flew through it. The assistant next to him saw the talisman on the wooden sword burning.
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The faint sound of the wind gradually grew louder, the lights on the surrounding hanging towers flickered, and the swaying red candles on the altar were instantly extinguished, pulling the surroundings into darkness.
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At Xiaoquan Mountain, Lu Liangsheng looked at the paintings on the wall. At a certain moment, he turned his head to look at the cave entrance, walked out, and stood in front of the loess slope. He looked at the darkness below. The flickering lights in the height had a special kind of eerie feeling, and he could not help but frowned.
"There really is a ghost haunting us..."
At this time, he could faintly hear the sound of a car coming from the gate of the construction site. Lu Liangsheng put his hands behind his back and tilted his head to look in the direction of the gate. A jeep was driving towards them with its lights on and was then stopped by a security guard. The person inside lowered the window and took out an ID to show the other party. The security guard didn't know whether it was real or not and let them pass. He still let them walk in. However, these people got out of the car, took out two sets of instruments from the trunk, and hurried towards the place where the procedure was to be performed.
"Who are these people?"
Lu Liangsheng watched them come in. They didn’t get along well with the Taoist priest and should not be in the same group. Could it be that there was a second group of people coming to catch ghosts
Suddenly I became interested, so I walked to the cliff closer to that side, stood under a tree, and touched the old donkey's mane to watch how they caught ghosts. After all, so many years have passed, and I didn't know what strange methods these folk eccentrics would use.
The temperature dropped suddenly between the flickering lights, and a thin mist rose in the silent forest. The wind blew through the woods, and the branches swayed, as if countless dark shadows were trying to come over.
Gu~~
In front of the altar, Taoist Jin's heart skipped a beat. He swallowed and his hands, which were clapping on the table, began to tremble slightly.
'This is fucking real...'