Chapter 33: God of Land
Looking at the Taoist priest's formal appearance, to be honest, I felt a little guilty.
We looked at each other, and the Taoist priest didn't delay for too long. He suddenly said, "Chen Yang, please come with me."
I looked at the Taoist priest curiously, and after a pause, I asked, "Where are we going?"
"Just follow me." The Taoist priest said lightly, and walked straight forward without caring whether I answered or not.
Seeing that I was still in a daze, my cousin urged me, "Xiaoyang, what are you waiting for? Let's catch up."
I responded and walked forward. Anyway, I have reached this point now. I am neither human nor ghost. How miserable can it be?
We followed the Taoist priest, and after only a few steps, he suddenly stopped and said to my cousin, "You stay at home."
When my uncle heard this, he immediately said, "Master, why should I stay at home? You asked me to follow you. If anything goes wrong, I can still help protect you and Xiaoyang."
"Leave."
The Taoist priest spoke calmly, his voice sonorous and powerful.
My cousin originally wanted to say something more, but at this point, he had to shut up and say no more.
My cousin stood there, looking reluctant, and said to me, "Xiaoyang, you stay with Master, and you must listen to Master in everything."
My uncle waved his hand at me, and I said to him, "Okay, uncle."
I was in a complicated mood at this moment. Was the Taoist priest in front of me really trustworthy? To be honest, I had no idea at all.
But I don’t have a better solution at the moment.
The pig slaughterhouse run by my cousin's uncle is located in the suburbs and is quite remote. We walked forward for about half an hour and finally entered a country road.
It is not easy to walk on the road at night. I have to use a flashlight to see the road clearly. However, the Taoist priest seemed to be fine. He walked in front without turning on the lights. He walked in the dark as if he was walking on flat ground, without any obstacles.
I wanted to show off before, so I walked in front of the Taoist priest to help clear the way.
But the Taoist priest asked me coldly, "Do you know the way?"
This one sentence left me speechless. I walked along a country road for a while and found that there was basically no one around.
There was no one around, and I gradually felt uneasy. I couldn't help but ask, "Master, where are we going now?"
"Of course I'm going to the place where you were saved. The Yang Fire in your body has gone out. It's not easy to light it up all at once, so what I have to do now is to get your soul back from the ghost messenger."
What the Taoist said was a bit far-fetched. Both my soul and spirit have been taken away by the ghost. Now it is definitely not an easy task to get my soul back.
"Master , how do you want it? Can you bring the soul back?" My heart was full of anticipation, but at the same time, there was a hint of curiosity deep in my heart.
After walking for about ten minutes, we stopped at a deserted place. When we stopped, I found a small temple there, surrounded by weeds. It was obvious that no one had ever been to this small temple.
There wasn't even anyone there.
I went forward to clear the weeds here. After I was done, the Taoist priest suddenly asked me, "Chen Yang, do you know who is enshrined in this temple?"
My eyes fell on the temple. It looked very small, only about half a meter high.
There is a statue enshrined inside, which is also very dirty and no one has ever cleaned it.
Of course I know what kind of temple this is. Isn't it a land temple? My grandfather took me to worship it before, but I have always been curious about what role a land temple like this can play and whether it can maintain peace in an area.
I blurted out to the Taoist priest, "Lord of the Land."
The Taoist priest looked at me with a bit of surprise in his eyes. After a few seconds, he said, "Chen Yang, I didn't expect you to have some common sense."
I was stunned for a moment, wondering what kind of common sense this was.
"Why did you bring me here?"
I continued to ask.
At this time, I still felt cold all over, but it didn't seem as severe as yesterday.
Maybe it's because it's night time, and I'm filled with so much negative energy . To some extent, my current state is almost the same as that of a ghost.
"I just said I would bring you here to find your soul and spirit."
The Taoist priest said calmly.
But I still asked with curiosity in my heart: "What is the relationship between my soul and the land god? Can the land god return my soul to me?"
"Yeah, you're right."
The Taoist priest suddenly gave me a positive answer, which made me feel even more strange.
Something is wrong? I couldn't help but murmur.
"This land god is a minor official assigned by the underworld to our human world. He is responsible for managing the souls of the human world. Generally speaking, after a person dies, they need to report to the land god first. Only after reporting can they enter the underworld in an orderly manner."
The Taoist priest's voice sounded slowly. Although his voice was not loud, what he said did shock me.
Even knowledge that has never been heard before.
Since when did the God of Land become responsible for managing ghosts?
I was full of curiosity, but the Taoist priest wouldn't talk nonsense, right?
"Master, you mean that my soul is in the hands of the land god now, right?"
I continued to ask.
The Taoist priest stared at me for a few seconds and said, "No."
I:"……"
I was speechless for a moment, thinking, is this Taoist priest kidding me?
Just now you said yes, and now you say no.
"Master, if my soul is not in his hands, then what are we doing here?"
"Of course it will work. Please step back and I will call out the God of Land."
The Taoist priest suddenly spoke seriously.
I stepped back subconsciously, feeling a wave of anxiety in my heart. Is the Taoist priest kidding me? He actually said that I could just call out the God of Land.
And deep down I still don’t quite believe that the God of Land really exists?
After all, these things are just rumors among the older generation, and no one has seen them with their own eyes.
But now that I have seen the ghost catcher with my own eyes, and I can even say that I have fought with him, I am now wondering if the God of Land really exists.
I stepped aside after hearing what the Taoist priest said. The Taoist priest did not delay for too long. He stood at the entrance of the land temple and began to chant: "Four-way wandering gods, listen to my command and show up quickly. The Supreme Lord Laojun, please hurry up!"
As the Taoist priest was reciting these words, he suddenly took out a piece of yellow paper from his hand, and the yellow paper suddenly caught fire in his hand.
The Taoist priest did not delay at all and directly threw the burning yellow paper into the land temple.
When I saw this, I became curious and thought, could this be the way to go?
