Chapter 25: Discovering the Ascetic
Strangely, when I went down the mountain to Haichan Palace... I could no longer see the black mist. In the valley, the evil spirit seemed to have completely disappeared, and I could only sense the rich spiritual energy.
I am sure that I am not dazzled, and what is wrong? I am a person who is curious and always wants to figure out what happens when I encounter it, especially related to practicing Taoism.
After looking at the main buildings in Haichan Palace, I still couldn't find the source of the evil spirit.
Just as I was about to walk back, I saw a young couple leading a little boy to hurriedly pass by. I didn't pay attention at first, but when the three of them passed by, I couldn't help but have a cold war, and then a cold feeling emerged from my back.
My heart skipped a beat, and I hurriedly looked back and looked at the little boy in an instant.
The boy's pale little face appeared in front of me, and he could tell at a glance that he was weak and sick. Moreover, I found a gray mist between his eyebrows and eyes.
"Dad, I really saw someone in the well!" The little boy muttered quietly after walking forward a few steps.
"Shut up, don't talk nonsense." The man scolded him, then turned his head and said to his wife: "I heard that Master Xuanming is very effective. Let him see what happened to Xiaohua?"
"I blame you and don't like him. Why did I let him run to such a remote place alone?" the woman complained.
My cousin was on the murals of the Taoist temple and did not hear this conversation.
"Well, where is the well?" Seeing the three of them walking away, I asked at my cousin. He had been here in Haichan Palace before and was more familiar to me.
"What are you looking for a well? There seems to be an ancient well behind the Taoist temple." My cousin showed a strange expression.
"It's okay, let's go and have a look." Of course, I won't eavesdrop on what the three of them mentioned in the conversation just now.
"Don't go," my cousin grabbed me, "That place is strange. I heard that someone was traveling in the valley before. When it happened to be thunderstorms, he ran to the back of the Taoist temple to shelter from the rain... and saw evil ghosts in the well crawling up."
"Really or not?"
"What are you lying to? I'll listen to what my classmates said," he answered with confidence.
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My cousin usually lacks exercise and wanders around the mountain for a long time. Now he keeps feeling tired. Seeing that I am still in high spirits, he said he doesn't want to go with me, and yells to go for lunch.
"You sit on the stone bench and rest for a while, and I'll take a walk. Let's gather here at twelve o'clock, and then go to the temple fair to buy food." After arranging the time and place, I pulled away, wanting to go to the Taoist temple alone and see what's strange about the ancient well.
Hey... Why is there a corner gate here? I didn't notice it when I turned around just now. From here, I seemed closer to the back of the Taoist temple.
When I stepped into the yard, I realized that it was a separate courtyard with no other exit. There were three wing rooms to the west of the yard, and the door of the wing was half-closed, and low words came from inside.
"Where did you go just now? Did you see the ancient well behind the Taoist temple?"
"Master, how did you know?" Another voice came from inside, which was the father of the little boy just now.
When I heard the conversation inside, I stopped again, and secretly came to the front of the wing room.
Looking from the gap at the door, this room is not big and the layout inside is very simple. There is a picture hanging in the middle, depicting the scene of bangs playing with the golden toad.
There is a shrine under the picture, with incense and candle tributes placed on the shrine. There are also several futons for meditation on the ground, and an old Taoist priest with gray hair sat on the center futon.
I can't tell the picture of the golden toad alone, just like that.
But with that Taoist priest, he had an indescribable charm. He sat next to him, as if he was integrated with the artistic conception of the painting.
What surprised me even more was that the old Taoist priest's body was burning with red light, which burned my eyes a little.
Below the cushion, there were two younger Taoist priests sitting. Their light was pale red, which was comparable to Mr. Zhao.
These three Taoist priests are all cultivators... I have seen the Taoist priests who entertained pilgrims in the front hall just now. They were covered in white energy, and there was no difference between them and ordinary people.
I was very disappointed at that time and never thought that the Taoist people would hide here. I didn’t know what realm the three of them were, and how they compared to me. Involuntarily, a hint of competing arises in my heart.
"The child is still young and weak, so it is easy to attract evil spirits into the body. Fortunately, it is just evil spirits, and if it causes ghosts, it will be a big problem. Be careful in the future..." The old Taoist priest did not answer the question raised by the boy's father, but just asked.
After saying that, he stood up, walked to the boy in a flash, and touched the other person's head with a smile. When the old Taoist returned, I clearly saw that there was a hair in his hand.
Putting his hair into the palm of his hand, the old Taoist looked serious and he recited a vague spell.
Immediately afterwards, my wrist shook and took out a yellow talisman from the wide Taoist robe. The yellow paper talisman covered my hair and suddenly burned, emitting wisps of blue smoke, which contained a scorching aura. The breath contained mysterious spiritual energy.
This trick was extremely mysterious, the boy opened his eyes wide and was full of curiosity. His parents looked at the old Taoist priest who was doing it in awe.
Is it so mysterious to drive away evil spirits? I feel so slandering in my heart. Just use our concentration talisman and wear it on your body, and it will be effective forever.
Actually, I am quite confused now. Why do the old Taoist priest and Grandma Guo draw talismans contain spiritual energy, not the essence of heaven and earth? Isn’t it better to draw talismans with the essence of heaven and earth?
Seeing that the yellow paper talisman was burned into ashes, the old Taoist priest shook his wrist and threw it into the teacup in front of him.
"Children, drink it and your illness will be cured..."
"I don't!!" Seeing the turbid tea, the boy shrank his head.
"It's okay, Xiaohua..." the boy's mother whispered.
After watching the fun, I tiptoed out of the wing room. As I left, the old Taoist priest glanced at it and then turned his head.
As expected, there was more than one exit in the Haichan Palace. Soon I discovered another corner gate, which was directly viewed behind the scene.
It is almost noon now, and the number of tourists around the Taoist temple has decreased significantly, and such remote places are even more empty.
I didn't take much time to find the ancient well. There was a circle of blue bricks around the ancient well, and the edges of the well were covered with moss. I could tell at a glance that it had been around for many years.
I walked to the well a few steps and stood there and looked down. It was pitch black and I didn't know how deep it was. Even with my eyesight, I couldn't see the bottom of the well. The well entrance looked like a monster's big mouth, and it was about to completely swallow the people above.
At this moment, the sun was so hot that I stood by the well for less than a minute, but I felt very uncomfortable.
At this time, the scissor magic weapon suddenly trembled slightly, making a buzzing sound.
There is something in this well... Unfortunately, the whole valley isolates the spiritual consciousness. I just tried to extend the spiritual consciousness, and the strong sense of dizziness in my brain came again.
After repeated investigations failed, I was also a little annoyed. I saw that I had lost half a brick beside the well, turned around and held it in my hand, and smashed it down the well with force.
Two or three seconds later, a dull sound of water hitting came from the bottom of the well.
So deep... You must know that the mountain stream in this ancient well is only a few feet away. It is logical that the water surface in the well is very high.
Then I opened my mouth wide: I saw black silk fog in the well, and quickly rose towards the entrance of the cave. The evil spirit... was several times stronger than the slaughterhouse in Liaoyang Town.
Seeing the black silk mist hitting me, I hurriedly pulled back. Unfortunately, it was too late. In my eyes, two evil spirits suddenly rushed to the middle of my eyebrows.
The magic weapon of scissors trembled rapidly, and the whole body emitted a golden light. It was like the scorching sun roasting thin snow, quickly dispelling the evil energy.
It's okay, I have a magic weapon for scissors, which can defeat the evil spirits of ghosts.
Seeing that the evil energy that had penetrated into my body was easily resolved, I became bolder and stood by the well and looked down. Only then did I find that there seemed to be something invisible at the entrance of the cave, and most of the evil energy was blocked from the well.
After a while, the evil spirit gradually disappeared and the entire ancient well returned to calm again.
Now I can be sure that the evil spirit I saw on the top of Baiyu Mountain should have emerged from this ancient well. A place with such a rich spiritual energy is hidden in the vast evil spirit, which is unreasonable to think about it.
"Xiao Hao, you are really here. I haven't seen you for such a long time, I guess it's here." Before I could study it, my cousin's voice rang behind me.
What he said just now was quite scary, but when he got to the well, he couldn't help but feel curious and stretched his head to look inside.
"There is nothing, what's the best thing about a well? Let's go quickly, I'm hungry." My cousin didn't have scissors magic weapon on his body. I was afraid that he would be invaded by evil spirits, so I hurriedly pulled him over.
"Let's go" I pulled me, but my cousin didn't think it was.
After walking in Haichan Palace, the questions in my mind were not solved, but were accumulating more and more. What is certain is that there is a big weirdness in this place.
Since you can't see the reputation during the day, you can only wait until the Yin God comes out of your body before you go out of your body at night and you will definitely be able to see more things.
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