Chapter 10: First Encounter with Ningxiang
The beautiful woman smiled at me when she saw me, her eyes moved, and a strange light suddenly flashed between her eyes.
I was already somewhat suspicious. As I was looking carefully, a strange light flashed before my eyes.
The surrounding scenery suddenly changed to the bamboo forest outside, and I was sitting on the ground in the bamboo forest. The backpack that was originally beside me also disappeared.
The night wind was cool, rustling the bamboo leaves. The bamboo forest was pitch black, looking eerie.
Click, click, the sound of footsteps came closer and closer.
"Hallucination!" I hesitated in my heart. Although my cultivation level is still at the second level of metaphysics, my perception is far beyond that of ordinary people. Moreover, people who practice Taoism have a more determined mind.
Even so, I still couldn't tell whether all this was an illusion. Even the soil I grabbed had a unique earthy smell. Everything seemed real.
"The universe is dark yellow, and all paths return to the origin. I have survived three lifetimes of calamity and cultivated a golden body. My body is filled with golden light, protecting me. I cannot see it and I cannot hear it. Hurry up and obey the command."
The footsteps were getting closer. I recited the protective spell from the Bu Yi magic without hesitation. I pinched my fingers and tapped my Qi Hai, Bai Hui and Tian Ting respectively.
Everything around was still the same as before, except that the footsteps suddenly stopped.
"Hey Hey!"
A sinister laugh suddenly sounded in the darkness.
I stood up and looked around. The surroundings fell into silence again. The bamboos were as thick as bowls and were everywhere around me. I could almost touch them. I reached out and touched them. The bamboo poles were cold and gave off a chill.
My expression became even more serious. This was probably the biggest crisis I had ever experienced.
But I wasn't worried about whether I would get out.
According to the layout of the Nine Palaces, first take two steps to the left, then one step forward, followed by three steps back, and finally three steps to the right.
There was a bamboo in front of me that blocked my way. I took the last step without hesitation.
The bamboo flickered a few times like a phantom, and my feet had already crossed the root of the bamboo.
It's true! I'm really stuck in a maze! It seems I'm still in the living room.
I felt relieved immediately. The illusion was half broken.
"Taishang Laojun Temple, ghosts dare not invade, exorcise evil spirits and catch ghosts, protect my safety. The mind is clear and the soul is at peace. The three souls are always there, the mind is always bright, hurry up and obey the command!
I clenched my fingers, chanted the mantra for clearing my mind, looked straight at the bamboo in front of me, and faced it head-on.
"Puff!" There was a slight sound. The moment it touched the bamboo, it was like the sound of falling into water.
The scene before my eyes changed again.
In a bustling market, pedestrians dressed in ancient costumes walked leisurely on the street. The vendors tried their best to greet customers. However, in such a bustling market, there was strangely no sound. It was so quiet that even a pin drop could be heard clearly.
My expression became ugly again. This is simply a time travel! However, even if it is a time travel, there must be some sound! Such a fake scene is not right at a glance. It seems that the female ghost is also limited in ability.
However, such a grand gesture is not something that an ordinary ghost can do.
"Sister, I want some candy."
Just as I was observing the market, the tender voice of a little girl suddenly sounded beside me.
When I turned around, I saw the little boy and the little girl holding the female ghost in white clothes and standing beside me.
"Uh!" I instinctively took a step back and looked at the woman in white with a wary look.
"Is it fun?" The woman in white rubbed the little girl's hair lovingly, but her eyes were cold as she looked at me.
The little girl nodded vigorously: "It's fun!"
The boy actually nodded in agreement: "Sister, he is so stupid! He actually hit his head against the bamboo."
"It's not fun!" I showed a helpless expression, clenched my fingers, and secretly circulated my spiritual power.
The woman in white glanced at me coldly, lowered her head and said to the little girl, "Huzi, Niuniu, do you want to play for a while?"
"Yeah! I also want to see him hit the bamboo." The little girl and the little boy nodded vigorously.
"I think we should end it!" My face gradually turned cold. These three ghosts actually treated me as if I didn't exist. It was as if I was just a toy.
The woman in white raised her head and looked at me again.
I couldn't help but narrow my eyes. The source of my troubles was this woman's eyes. Having been fooled once, I became even more alert this time.
"The sky and the earth are boundless, the chaos opens the eyes of heaven, the punishment of the gods is like thunder, shining on the eight poles, the evil spirits are punished, hurry up and obey the command!"
The ghost-exorcising spell is one of the few offensive methods of the Buyi Divine Art Shan Zi Jue.
I crossed my hands, and at the moment the spell ended, a red light flashed at my fingertips.
My fingers moved like swords, and my feet quickly followed. Almost instantly, I rushed in front of the female ghost. I saw the red light on my fingertips was about to touch the forehead of the female ghost in white.
Suddenly, my footsteps sank. My fingertips paused in mid-air. Looking down, I saw the two little ghosts holding my calves, one on each side.
"Don't bully my sister!"
"you're a bad guy!"
The kid named Hu Zi had a fierce look in his eyes. As he spoke, he actually opened his mouth and bit his own calf.
"Monster!" I couldn't help but feel a shudder in my heart. Being bitten by a ghost is no joke. Although ghosts have no physical form and are a different kind of existence, they can still cause substantial damage.
For example, if you are experiencing sleep paralysis, you can feel the heaviness of your body even though you are not feeling anything. If you are experiencing a ghost pinching your neck, you will find a finger mark on your neck.
When bitten by a ghost, there will be no wound on the body surface for a while, but there will be ulcerated wounds afterwards.
I naturally couldn't just sit there and watch this little devil bite me. I suddenly turned my body in the air and half-crouched, and the red light from my fingertips pointed directly at the little boy's forehead.
"Poof!" There was a slight sound, and my finger did not touch the little boy's forehead.
A crystal-clear jade-like hand blocked the way, and the red light from the fingertips had already penetrated the hand.
"Hmm!" There was a soft groan of pain, and then the hand suddenly turned over, grabbed the two little ghosts, and disappeared right in front of me.
My brows furrowed even more. This female ghost was able to escape my exorcism spell and calmly take away two little ghosts. She must be very powerful. But she didn't seem to have any bad intentions. Otherwise, she wouldn't have to bear my attack and could have just attacked me.
Thinking of this, I pinched my fingers, looked around with alert eyes. It was still a bustling silent market. But now it seemed that the scene was beginning to be illusory.
"This ghost wall can't hold me back. Since you didn't actually attack me, I can let you go and pray for your salvation."
I tentatively began to try to communicate with the woman in white.
But as soon as I finished speaking, the pedestrians around me suddenly stopped and looked at me.
"This is not the place for you. Go away!" Almost everyone spoke to me at the same time, but the voice was a pleasant female voice.
I nodded. It seemed that the female ghost really had no intention of harming anyone. She must have just stood up for the two little ghosts.
Looking at the people in the market, they all retreated to the sides of the road as soon as the words fell. A bluestone-paved road appeared before their eyes.
At the end of the road, there is a void of darkness.
I just took a look and walked straight towards the darkness.
The so-called yin and yang, the daytime in the world of the living is the night in the underworld, the evil spirits harm people in the daytime, not because they are not afraid of the sun, but to avoid being disturbed by the ghost messenger. It is just like those gentlemen on the beams, most of them choose the dark and windy night.
I can be sure that the darkness at the end of this road is the exit of this ghost wall.
The moment I stepped into the darkness, the surroundings suddenly became bright. There was no one in the living room, but the door was open. It was obvious that the other party had ordered me to leave.
I stood in the middle of the hall, but I smiled bitterly in my heart. This is my home! It is impossible to go out. If I want to go out, it will be the female ghost and the two little ghosts.
He picked up the backpack on the sofa, opened it, took out the copper coins, and quickly set up the Nine Yin Soul-Separation Formation in the living room.
The so-called soul separation is naturally aimed at the soul. Even living people can get lost in it, and ghosts are just the remnants of dead souls, so this formation is even more powerful.
"Aren't you leaving?" the pleasant female voice came again.
At the entrance of the basement, Ningxiang was standing at the edge of the formation with two little ghosts, looking at me with an unfriendly face and asked.
"Well, this is my home. From today on, I am the owner of this house. It's up to you if you want me to help you to transcend or leave here."
Ningxiang frowned slightly after hearing what I said, while the two little ghosts looked at me with hostility.
"I know you are not an ordinary person, but this is not a place where living people can live. Are you sure want to live here?"
I nodded, making my wish clear.
"Oh!" A long sigh was heard.
"Okay, since you want to live here, then stay. But I won't leave either. I'm here to wait for someone. When I find the person I'm waiting for, I'll naturally leave with Hu Zi Niuniu."
This is too much obsession! I sighed. "Well, judging from your clothes, you have probably been a ghost for hundreds of years. The person you are waiting for has already reincarnated several times. Why bother? I will prepare something tomorrow to help you and the two little ghosts to transcend. Isn't it better to reincarnate again?"
"I won't accept this. I won't accept this! I won't accept this!"
The female ghost in white seemed to be talking to herself, but also seemed to be roaring at me angrily.
"Stop!" This shout made me upset. I hurried to stop it.
"How about this, does the person you are waiting for have a birth date? I can help you find a ghost messenger to check it."
The ghost girl then calmed down, frowned and thought for a while, then shook her head in confusion. Suddenly she said, "I am Ningxiang, and I have never left here since my death. Three days ago, a man came and asked me to wait for a man named Ni Ge. He said he could help me."
