Taoist Master: I have a strange world

Chapter 8 The Yin Spirit in the Willow Tree, Half Human and Half Scorpion

"When was this big willow planted?"

Zhang Ling stood at the door of Liu Dashan's house and could feel a cool breath, so he asked Liu Dashan.

"My grandfather planted it, and it's been almost sixty years now."

Liu Dashan responded to Zhang Ling's question, and then said nervously: "Does the Taoist priest suspect that the haunting in my house is related to this big willow tree?"

"maybe."

Zhang Ling shook his head. He didn't have any confidence in his heart. After all, it was his first time to face something like a Yin spirit.

"Didn't you say that the Yin spirit only appears occasionally when it's dark? Then just wait until it gets completely dark."

Zhang Ling glanced at the western horizon. There was still a little red cloud left, but the sun had almost disappeared.

According to Liu Dashan, the recent abnormalities at home only happened after dark.

Zhang Ling asked casually.

"After I caught the scorpions, I placed them next to the big willow tree, because the roots of the big willow tree are relatively shady and will not let the scorpions run around."

Liu Dashan said hesitantly: "I'm afraid of suspicion. It was only after I went to Houbie Mountain that I lured the Yin spirit to my home."

In Liu Dashan's home, there are only Liu Dashan and his old father.

But the sky outside was getting darker, and Zhang Ling had no intention of taking a rest.

"Yin spirits don't dare to appear during the day, so maybe they are afraid of the sun. UV flashlights... should be considered sunlight, right?"

Zhang Ling was not sure about this, but he couldn't calm down, so he paced around Liu Dashan's home.

Zhang Ling nodded and understood the purpose of the jars placed at the roots of the big willow tree.

"I went into Houbie Mountain a few days ago, and it has been haunted since then."

"Ok?"

"It should be just an ordinary lonely ghost. Maybe he can't stand the light of my temple sign and it will dissipate. It shouldn't be any serious problem."

Liu Dashan sighed and told Zhang Ling the cause and effect.

Zhang Ling didn't ask where Houbie Mountain was, he just hummed with a question in his tone.

"It's a scorpion. I caught it from Houbie Mountain."

He saw some jars placed under the big willow tree in the yard, and asked, "What are these?"

Liu Dashan took the opportunity to talk about the causes and consequences in more detail.

"The Houbie Mountain has been a place for wild burials in eight villages nearby for many years. There are many wild graves and there are often will-o'-the-wisps. If I hadn't gone there to catch scorpions, I wouldn't have gone there. Scorpions are just like that. Love hides near the cool grave.”

"If the temple sign doesn't work, then I don't know if the ultraviolet flashlight I brought will work."

"The house is haunted, so I took the children back to my parents' house." Liu Dashan responded, while warmly entertaining Zhang Ling to rest here.

Because of this, Zhang Ling gained more confidence.

In this way, Zhang Ling followed Liu Dashan into the other party's home.

"Does Liu Dashan make a living by raising scorpions? Because he went in and out of the other mountains, he got infected with Yin spirits?" Zhang Ling also thought thoughtfully.

The next moment, Liu Dashan sighed as if he was confiding:
  "Oh, it's my fault for being greedy. I usually wouldn't go to Houbie Mountain to catch scorpions, but a few days ago I heard that the drugstore in town wanted to buy live scorpions, so I couldn't help but go to Houbie Mountain, but I never thought of contaminating it. Something clean.”

Zhang Ling's eyes flickered and he blinked slightly to relieve his dry eyes.

After cultivating this vertical eye divine light, only top-grade ones can hide the alienated vision at any time without suffering any pain.

But in the middle and lower grades, the eyes will suffer. For example, Zhang Ling's eyes will protrude slightly and become dry.

"Let me look at the scorpions outside."

Zhang Ling turned his head to the big willow tree in the courtyard.

After listening to Liu Dashan's words, he already had some doubts in his heart. The uncleanness here might really be what Liu Dashan said. Zhang Ling paced and came to the courtyard.

I looked at the sky and saw that it was completely dark, with no sunlight visible.

In this courtyard, it seems to be a bit colder.

"Zongmu!"

Zhang Ling held the temple plaque with both hands, quietly preparing to use a flashlight or electric baton at any time, and at the same time using his eyes.

Because the Zongmu had been hidden before, the field of vision under the Zongmu was not so clear, and Zhang Ling saw nothing.

At this time, he took the initiative to move, and as the mana flowed in his body, his eyes suddenly bulged, veins appeared around the corners of his eyes, and the blood vessels climbed like earthworms.

Swish!
  In front of Zhang Ling's eyes, the field of vision suddenly changed, and all kinds of energy between heaven and earth could vaguely enter his sight.

But the pain caused by using Zongmu immediately emerged.

Zhang Ling endured the pain and looked under the big willow tree.

Everywhere on the scorpion jar.

There was nothing unusual, but through the scorpion jar, Zhang Ling could clearly see that there were scorpions moving inside.

Some are similar to fluoroscopy, but also like X-rays.

Seeing that there was nothing unusual about the scorpion jar, Zhang Ling immediately raised his head and looked at the big willow tree.

At this sight, the pupils in Zhang Ling's slightly protruding eyes couldn't help but shrink slightly.

Because he saw that on the big willow tree, there seemed to be a unique gas flowing, as if the moonlight was darkening, and it was flowing strangely.

In this gas, there is an illusory monster shape.

"This is……"

Zhang Ling was startled, because the monster inside looked like a human but not human, with a bulging back, hands vaguely like a pair of giant pincers, and a leg hanging behind it like a scorpion's tail.

"What the hell is this?"

Zhang Ling was surprised, but his surprise was not noticed by Liu Dashan.

He looked at the big willow tree, endured the unique pain caused by his eyes, and then he saw some clues.

This willow tree has accumulated a lot of Yin energy over the years, so the phantom of the monster that looks like a human but not a human is hiding in it.

If Zhang Ling hadn't used his vertical eyes, he wouldn't have been able to see the other party.

"Is this monster disturbing the Liu Dashan family?"

"However, this monster looks quite scary. Why didn't it cause too much harm to Liu Dashan's family?"

Zhang Ling couldn't help but have such doubts, so he took a closer look.

Zhang Ling saw only a rough outline of the monster hiding in the big willow tree, and could not clearly see its appearance at all.

But it vaguely has a human face, so it is a monster that looks human but not human.

While Zhang Ling was observing, a jar under the big willow tree suddenly made a 'pop' sound.

One of the scorpions crawled out.

This move seemed to wake up the being in the big willow tree, and it began to move slowly, and the semi-illusory figure moved towards the scorpion under the tree.

"Shh!"

A gloomy wind blew across his face, Zhang Ling's face showed a solemn look, he held the temple order in his hand and had directly injected a trace of mana.

Wow!
  The next moment, a ray of light covered Zhang Ling's body, as if he were in a temple, impervious to wind and rain.

At the same time, Zhang Ling was ready to turn on the ultraviolet flashlight as if he was facing a formidable enemy.

(End of this chapter)