Chapter 31: Monk Liao Liao
Bai Jie stood there, and the third uncle took out a black wooden stick and hit Bai Jie's pocket.
"Take us to find Hao Fei."
Bai Jie actually walked along the ridge, said the third uncle.
"Hao Fei is obsessed with Bai Jie because he can't get rid of his feelings. This girl has never loved anyone else. I didn't expect there would be such a girl. I can't bear to kill her."
"What? Hao Fei is dead."
"She's dead. After death, people exist in another state. Hao Fei is one of them. She has emotions that she can't get rid of, and she can't be reincarnated. So we have to find another form of Hao Fei. Now is the path Hao Fei is taking Bai Jie on. If they reach that end, Bai Jie will die. It's her soul that dies, and Hao Fei's soul will be inside. The person in front of you will be Bai Jie's body and Hao Fei's soul. They can only live in this body for three years."
Uncle Three’s words scared me. How could this be possible?
The third uncle asked me what time it was. I looked at my watch and it was already past two in the morning.
"We must arrive before dawn, otherwise, everything will be in vain, and Bai Jie might even..."
"What will happen?"
"die."
Uncle Sanye spoke softly, but I took it seriously.
Bai Jie has been walking along the ridge. This road should be the road in Bai Jie's dream.
It was almost dawn, and I was getting very anxious. Uncle Three was also a little anxious.
At this time, I saw Baishi Mountain. It was Baishi Mountain. Even when it was dark, it was very clear.
"This is it."
The third uncle breathed a sigh of relief.
We walked into Baishishan Mountain and went up. Bai Jie walked to the halfway point and stopped in front of the stone wall.
"Here it is."
The third uncle walked towards the stone wall and touched it for a long time. I didn't know what he was touching, it was just a stone wall.
The third uncle fumbled for a long time and pushed it. A hole appeared in the stone wall and all the stones fell into it. I was shocked.
"Go in."
Bai Jie actually went in, and we followed her. It turned out to be a cave.
The cave went down continuously more than ten minutes, and then light came out, said the third uncle.
"We have to be careful."
I became even more nervous. Bai Jie kept walking inside. After a few minutes, she saw light. It was the light coming from the stone. She didn't know what kind of stone it was. In the middle of this hall-like cave, there was a rectangular object.
"Oh my god, this is actually a natural sarcophagus. No wonder Hao Fei was able to do this. How did she find it? It's very likely that someone guided her, otherwise it would be impossible to find it."
The third uncle was surprised.
Bai Jie stood aside motionless.
The third uncle walked to the sarcophagus and said this. Then I realized that it really looked like a coffin. The third uncle looked at it for a long time and said.
"There's a little hole here."
I walked over slowly and saw a small hole as thick as a finger.
"This is the sarcophagus that nourishes the soul. It is made naturally. It is incredible. Hao Fei's soul is here."
The third uncle looked at me, walked to Bai Jie, and pulled out three black needles from her back. Bai Jie suddenly woke up and hugged me. She was terrified.
"It's okay, it's okay, it will be fine in a while."
The third uncle said.
"It's almost dawn. You guys go out and wait for me. I'll be out in a moment."
We came out and I asked Master Yi, "Can Uncle San do it? Don't worry about any danger."
"It's okay, he's a wizard, so dealing with a soul shouldn't be a problem."
I didn't know that people still have souls after death. I have read in books, but I have never believed it. I have never seen what a soul looks like.
It was dawn, and the third uncle hadn't gone out yet, so I started to worry. Master Yi seemed a little anxious too, and Bai Jie kept holding my hand.
"Master Yi, let me go in and take a look."
"no."
Master Yi wouldn't let me in.
We were getting anxious when the third uncle rushed out. He was so fast that he sat on the ground with messy hair and wounds on his face. He looked miserable.
"What's wrong?"
"This Hao Fei's soul is really powerful. I forced her to do something, but she was guided by someone. I think we should find this person. This is a bit too much."
The third uncle was holding a glass bottle in his hand.
"Look, this is the soul. It's so pure. I've never seen such a pure soul. It's so blue."
The third uncle stood up.
"It's okay. Go back and arrange a place for me to stay. Get some good food and wine. Let's go somewhere tomorrow."
We went back, wondering what other tricks the Third Uncle would come up with.
The weather is particularly good.
When I went to work, Zhao Tie had already arrived. He changed his clothes and made tea for me.
"Master, I can operate it myself, let me do it today!"
"It will take some time."
I don't want anything to happen again.
There wasn't much work to do today, and I finished it at 11 o'clock, so I hurried to the third uncle's place.
The third uncle was looking at the soul in the bottle, which was Hao Fei's soul.
"Third Uncle, can you please let her go?"
The third uncle stared at me blankly.
"Are you okay?"
"That's Hao Fei's soul, a girl..."
"Stop talking nonsense. It's wrong for this soul to be haunting Bai Jie and you. She already exists in another world and shouldn't be in this one, so you can't let her go. Come with me later."
The third uncle looked at it for a while and put the bottle into his bag.
I followed the third uncle and he went up Gaoer Mountain. The Gaoer Mountain in 1967, the Liao Tower was like the symbol of this city. There was a room where a monk lived, Liao Liao. There was only this one monk. No one knew when he came. After cleaning up the empty house, monk Liao Liao would occasionally go down the mountain to beg for alms. He was not a very clean monk, but he always had a smile on his face, which made people like him.
When we went up the mountain, Monk Le Le was there. He actually knew the third uncle and it seemed like they had a good relationship.
They sat down to drink tea and chat. When it was almost time, the third uncle took out the soul, and the blue gas floated around in the bottle.
"This is the first time I've seen such a pure soul. I'm afraid I'll never see it again."
After Lele finished speaking, he looked for a while.
"This soul is being guided into the natural stone coffin of Baishi Mountain. If this continues, I'm afraid it will be uncontrollable in the future and may even bring people into dreams."
"This kind of soul is quite rare. Because of its purity, it can accomplish many things. Whose soul is it?"
After Lele finished speaking, he looked at the third uncle, and the third uncle looked at me, and then I spoke.
"So that's how it is, Qingling. It's not easy to deal with."
"I feel like someone is guiding her, otherwise she wouldn't be able to find that place. I'm afraid there's no one else who can guide this soul..."
After the third uncle finished speaking, he looked at it.
Monk Liao Liao stood up, looked out the window, and spoke after a long time.
"I did liberate a soul a year ago. She refused to leave because of love. She wanted love, otherwise she wouldn't leave. She always stayed with me and I had no choice but to help her and guide her. Could it be this soul?"
I was stunned. I never thought that such a situation would happen.
The third uncle said.
"If this soul is not sent away, I'm afraid there will be big trouble in the future."
"But such a pure soul, I really can't bear to kill it."
"What can we do?"
Monk Le Le looked at me and I shuddered. Don’t play evil games, I can’t stand it.
"There is only one way. Let this soul inhabit his body for three days. After three days, I will urge her to reincarnate."
Monk Liao Liao looked at me.
"What will happen then?"
"It depends on your ability. If you can't hold on, I will take your soul away as well. The two souls will live together for thousands and thousands of years."
"Does that mean I'm dead?"
"Relatively speaking, you are no longer in this world."
I started sweating. This was a bit too much. If I played like this, it would be like playing with my life.
"I'll think about it. There's no other way. Resentment is hard to break. In this world, only this knot of resentment is hard to break. I can only do this if I can help her ease the pain and reduce the hatred. Otherwise, it will just keep piling up, and then there's really no way out."
Lele said this and closed his eyes.
The third uncle looked at me and said.
"Go back and think about it, and tell me as soon as possible. I live here."
I went down the mountain and went home and sat there thinking about it. I told my father about it and thought maybe he would give me some advice.
After listening to this, my father was stunned and took a long time to speak.
“Does the soul really exist in the world?”
I nodded.
"I saw it."
My father stood up, lit a cigarette, and walked back and forth. He always did this when something happened.
My father stopped and asked me.
"Is there no other way?"
I shook my head, this is a fucked up thing.
"Then do it. When you have no choice, you don't have to think too much. If you don't do it, Bai Jie might end up like you. After all, this is a chance."
I think about it, this is really the only way.
I don't know what the outcome will be.
I asked Master Yunzheng for leave and asked him to arrange my work. I will stay in the room for three days, three days and three nights. It will be a communication with Hao Fei. I don’t know if I can escape this disaster.
I went up the mountain, and the third uncle and the monk Le Le were there.
"Just sit in the inner room and meditate. I'll release my soul, and it will land on your body. Then your soul and hers will merge together. Remember, she's just a soul, existing in another form. She's not from the same world as you. You have to persevere and not let her pull you away. When this resentment fades, I'll find the right opportunity."
After Monk Le Le finished speaking, he glanced at the Third Uncle.
"We'll all be here to defend it, but in the end, it's up to you."
I'm scared and don't know what to do.
I went into the inner room, sat down on the Buddhist mat, and the third uncle arranged the posture for me.
"That's it, three days and three nights."
Sitting for three days and three nights, I don’t know if I can endure this.
Until dark, I didn't feel like I had any soul. I just felt tired, hungry and thirsty, but I couldn't do anything.
I am a person from another world, or I can only say this. I don’t know what the state of existence in another world is called. I communicated with people from another world, the one after death, and it was Hao Fei. If Hao Fei were alive, she would have broken off this relationship with Bai Jie and would definitely be with Hao Fei. The immature love at that time was so pure and hard to let go. Hao Fei actually loved me for so many years, until he died, and I was the one who carried him to the furnace. This is something I could never have imagined. Maybe this is the grudge!
I gradually lost the feeling of hunger and sleepiness, and seemed to be in the best condition.
I saw Hao Fei, smiling as she walked towards me. Was it a spirit? I didn't know. I felt myself standing up, slowly walking towards Hao Fei. Hao Fei held out her hand, looking at me with tears in her eyes. She was still as pure and beautiful as ever. I held out my hand, and I felt such excitement. Back then, we always held hands, lying on the grass, the grass covering us, just as excited as before.
