Taoist Myth: I am the last true immortal in the world

Chapter 14 On Ghosts
"Of course there is a ghost!"

Zhang Qian said matter-of-factly: "I have been in the Taoist temple for several years. I once went down the mountain with my senior brother Sun to drive away ghosts and make money. I saw a little ghost that day, which made the grandson of the squire Zhou, my father-in-law, unable to sleep at night and making loud noises. Crying caused him to develop wind and fever..."

He vividly described what the little ghost looked like and what abilities he possessed.

Only then did Chen Yun realize that the child ghost, also known as the night-crying ghost, was the incarnation of a child who died in infancy. It looked like a child and had unpredictable behavior. It often appeared jumping on the child's bed at night, causing the child to suffer from insomnia and illness.

The child ghost is relatively weak, and the solution is very simple, just keep a light on.

Of course, Zhang Qian said that he and Senior Brother Sun, who had been dismissed long ago, used some small tricks to trick the little ghost into the altar, and then used fire to eliminate it.

Speaking of this, Zhang Qianyi said: "Generally ghosts are afraid of strong and positive things, such as thunder, flames, etc. As long as they don't encounter particularly powerful ghosts, they can be burned with a fire after catching them. Turn into ashes."

Chen Yun asked curiously: "The more powerful one?"

Zhang Qian nodded, with a solemn look on his face, "Not talking about particularly powerful zombie ghosts, let's talk about generally powerful ghosts. This kind of ghost often kills people invisibly. You don't know it before you notice its existence. You feel trapped in its hallucinations, and then are confused by various illusions, or you are scared to death and die suddenly, or you are lured to the cliff and jump to your death. This kind of ghost is really difficult to deal with unless you are properly prepared. Please enter the urn so that mortals can destroy it, otherwise it will harm you."

Li Si couldn't help but sigh, "I think about my last senior brother Huang who worked in the medicine garden. He learned some side skills and helped people get rid of ghosts after returning to his hometown. One day, he got into trouble with a bad ghost, and he died because of it. The path of death disappears.”

It can be seen that Li Si has a very good relationship with that senior brother Huang, otherwise he would not be so sad.

Chen Yun comforted Li Si, and then asked: "What should I do if I encounter a ghost?"

Zhang Gan shook his head and said: "If you are trapped in the illusion created by it, it is basically impossible to escape, but if you are lucky enough to escape, it is not impossible to solve it."

Chen Yun humbly asked for advice: "Senior Brother Zhang, please give me some advice."

Zhang Qian suddenly asked a question that had nothing to do with ghosts, "Have you heard that there are hundreds of poisons in the world, and there must be an antidote within five steps?"

This statement has no scientific basis.

Chen Yun nodded and said, "I've heard of it."

"Well, in fact, there may not be an antidote nearby for all the poisons in the world." Zhang Qian also denied it, and then said: "However, this ghost is not born for no reason, and it does not necessarily mean that a person will become a ghost after death. It requires extremely harsh conditions."

Chen Yun pricked up his ears and listened carefully.

Li Si seemed to have never heard of it, and looked at Zhang Qian without blinking.

"Senior Brother Sun has a lot of research on ghosts." Zhang Qian said slowly: "He once told me this secret. Generally speaking, after death, the soul of a person returns to heaven, and the soul of earth returns to the underworld. Only the human soul remains in the world, and only when a person is alive You need to eat and drink to survive. If you want to become a ghost and survive forever, you also need the blessing of so-called spiritual energy, such as a Feng Shui treasure land, or someone to support you. Of course, there is also some kind of treasure containing spiritual energy. If you don't have these conditions to help , it is absolutely impossible for ghosts to appear."

Li Si still didn't understand what he was asking about.

However, Chen Yun, who came from modern society, roughly understood what was going on.

According to Zhang Qian, ghosts cannot be created casually. There must be some kind of energy to provide "nutrients" for them to survive.

This "nutrient" may be a Feng Shui treasure land that can condense certain energy, or it may be people's incense, or an item that can provide energy similar to that of a Feng Shui treasure land.

After roughly understanding it, Chen Yun asked back, "Senior Brother Zhang, what you just meant is that if you are lucky enough to escape from the hallucination of the ghost, you only need to find the object blessing the ghost and destroy it?"

Zhang Gan nodded and said, "Yes."

Chen Yun knew it. In this way, when he went to exorcise ghosts with Senior Brother Lin Chen and others in a few days, he only needed to find the things that provided energy to the ghosts in advance, and there would be basically no danger.

Plus, this is the worst-case scenario.

If you encounter a weaker ghost, maybe just grab a fire.

I don't know if I guessed what Chen Yun was thinking.

Zhang Qian slapped his mouth and added, "Actually, we don't have to worry. Junior Brother Lin Chen is working in the Talisman Making Hall, and he has a good relationship with Cai Rujin, his direct disciple. Every time he makes a talisman, he will leave a piece of it." Two pieces, and then ask Senior Brother Cai to inject the true energy into the talisman. Once it is used to ignite it, we will go over and gather the number of people. In the end, it is up to Junior Brother Lin to eliminate the ghosts."

Chen Yun felt even more relieved when he heard this. No wonder Zhang Qian and Li Si were so grateful to Lin Chen just now. They really made money in vain by co-writing.

Li Si smiled again and said: "Don't say it's a ghost, even if it's divine, we still meet it often."

Chen Yun asked curiously: "Besides the Patriarch, what other gods have you encountered?"

Zhang Gan said carelessly: "Marshal Zhao and the Buddhist Jialanguan Bodhisattva are close friends. They often meet at night and sit under the big locust tree at the foot of the mountain to play elephants together. Well, you have been waiting for a long time to preach. , I may have the opportunity to meet him in the future.”

The three of them chatted for a while, then looked at the time and went to the Jingxin Hall for dinner together.

……

the other side.

After Wang Zaixi checked Chen Yun's body in the morning, he immediately found Wang Laozhi.At that time, Wang Laozhi was studying Taoism in the house.

Wang Zaixi knocked on the door three times, pushed the door in after receiving permission, said hello again, and fulfilled all the etiquette that a disciple should do. Then he said: "Master, I have something to tell you."

Wang Laozhi didn't even raise his head, "Well, you tell me."

Wang Zaixi told Chen Yun what happened before.

Wang Laozhi, who was still concentrating at first, was startled and turned his head to look over, "You mean, Chen Yun was able to build a foundation after just ten days of entry?"

Wang Zaixi nodded and said, "Yes, my disciple has checked his body and found that more than [-]% of the lesions were removed."

Wang Laozhi frowned and didn't speak for a long time.

As a disciple, the master did not speak, and Wang Zaixi naturally did not dare to say a word.

After a while, Wang Laozhi waved his hand and said: "I understand, you go back and practice hard first."

Wang Zaixi said respectfully: "Disciple, please retire."

After saying that, he stepped back to the threshold before turning around, closing the door and leaving.

At this moment, Wang Laozhi no longer wanted to study the Taoist scriptures.

He sat at the table and thought for a long time.

Suddenly, Wang Laozhi stood up and hurriedly walked towards the inner courtyard.

After receiving Uncle Zheng Wen's permission, Wang Laozhi entered the inner courtyard.

We came to a three-story red building.

Wang Laozhi, like Wang Zaixi just now, knocked on the door very respectfully.

Boom, boom, boom.

Knock three times.

Immediately, Wang Laozhi announced his family status: "My mentor is me."

There was no sound inside for a long time.

Wang Laozhi said to himself: "Is it possible that Master has something to do in the fairyland and has not yet returned to his body?"

Just as he was thinking about it, a female voice, as clear and sweet as the chirping of an oriole, suddenly came to his ears, "Uncle Wang, the Patriarch sensed that you had something to do with him in the fairyland, but he was discussing important matters with Laojun, the Emperor of Heaven and other immortals. For a moment, I won’t be able to return to the mortal world for a while, so you asked me to ask what happened.”

Wang Laozhi hurriedly knelt down when he heard the sound, "Report to the fairy lady, Laozhi found a young talent. Although he may have taken Yin Yang Star Grass, he has built a small foundation in a few days. He has excellent talent and is expected to succeed me." He preaches Taoism and Taoism, so Lao Zhi wants to report it to his mentor and see if he can be admitted."

The person who spoke was none other than He Xiangu, one of the Eight Immortals.

She did not respond to Wang Laozhi immediately, and seemed to be passing on a message to Zhong Liquan in Wonderland.

After waiting for about two or three minutes, she sent a message to Wang Laozhi: "The words of the founder should not be passed down lightly. It is necessary to find out the character of this person. Please tell this person's name. I will try it someday." he."

Wang Laozhi knew this. He thought that before Lu Dongbin entered the school, his master Zhong Liquan tested him ten times and made sure that his character was upright before teaching Lu Dongbin the Dafa.

He informed He Xiangu about Chen Yun's information.

Finally, Wang Laozhi left the inner courtyard.

When leaving, Wang Laozhi thought to himself: "I hope Junior Brother Chen can withstand the test of Fairy Aunt and enter my Taoist sect. After all, I like him very much."

He was willing to spend 50 taels of silver to buy Chen Yun back, so he naturally liked this little friend in his heart.

Now that Chen Yun is performing well again, Wang Laozhi certainly hopes that Chen Yun can withstand the test and get started.

But now there are opportunities to get started.

Whether you can get started successfully depends on Chen Yun's personal character.

Wang Laozhi knew not to disclose it, so he could only hope that there was nothing wrong with Chen Yun's character.

(End of this chapter)