Chapter 50: Luck Chain Talisman
We both quickly hid under the eaves, but we were still soaked. Fortunately, the talisman in the bag was not wet. I took out a piece and handed it to Lin Yuxi, telling her to hold it in front of her face. No matter what happens when she enters the house, she must not lose the talisman in her hand. She said she understood this and didn't need me to say so much nonsense.
Then he took out another talisman, chanted a spell and burned it, and waited until the yellow talisman burned to ashes before pushing the door open and entering. The talisman worked, and a layer of black air filled the whole room, tearing open a passage more than two feet wide from the door to the opposite side. As long as you walk straight through it, nothing will happen.
I asked Lin Yuxi to follow me one after the other and not to walk around randomly. I took a flashlight and looked around the room. This room was not small, about 20 square meters. Except for the door, the three walls were wooden shelves, which were filled with wooden bottles. I couldn't help but take a breath of cold air. If there were infant spirits in the wooden bottles, there would be at least a hundred of them. Yu Zhengyao must have collected a lot of little ghosts in his life!
This does not include the "child gods" that have been sold. Add those, and the number is really countless. I felt a little unhappy. You know, after the infant spirit is cultivated, it loses the opportunity to reincarnate and becomes a lonely ghost forever. Even if it escapes from the wooden barrel, it can't enter the underworld.
"Xiao...Xiao Yu, there are so many infant spirits here!" Lin Yuxi forgot her fear for a moment, stuck her head out from behind me, and was stunned when she looked at the wooden racks.
I turned my head and looked at her, and I was so scared that my whole body trembled. When did this girl get invaded by ghost energy and her face was covered with black? A closer look showed that it was not ghost energy, but something like ink. Seeing me staring at her in surprise, Lin Yuxi asked, "What's wrong? Is there something on my face?" Then she stretched out her hand and wiped it on her face. Seeing the black mud in her palm, she smiled and said, "I used an eyebrow pencil to draw moles all over my face, and they were all stained by the rain."
I was almost scared to death. After a sigh of relief, I looked up at the wooden frame in the middle of the door. There was an offering table with incense burners and offerings on it, and a bunch of incense on the side. I strode to the offering table and took out three sticks from the bunch of incense. Just as I was about to take out the lighter, a muffled thunder exploded on the roof, shaking the wooden frame and wooden barrels, and our heartbeats also accelerated. At this moment, the wooden barrels seemed to have become extremely ferocious, which made me feel cold.
Lin Yuxi grabbed my clothes on the back and said, "I always feel like they are alive. Just now there was a little face with a smile, but now it is staring with anger."
When she said that, I got even more scared and told her to close her eyes and not look at anything. I quickly took out my lighter, lit three incense sticks, bowed and prayed to the front, "Mr. Yu, I know you died unjustly, and I also know that you must have returned home and are in the ghost house. I am here to help you get justice. After you burn the incense, if the ghost has any feelings, please let me know." After that, I bowed three times respectfully and inserted the three incense sticks into the incense burner.
With a "pop", the incense stick in the middle exploded, and sparks flew out. Lin Yuxi was in a state of panic, and the noise frightened her so much that she grabbed my back tightly. Her nails were long enough to pierce into the flesh. I shivered in pain but didn't dare to make a sound. This was a critical moment and no mistakes could be made.
After the incense stick in the middle exploded, it suddenly went out, and then it broke off strangely. The broken half fell onto the table, and when it touched the table, it suddenly stood upside down, with the incense stick facing down, as if someone was holding it, and slowly wrote on the table. I was overjoyed. It seemed that Yu Zhengyao believed me and wanted to write the truth. That was really a blessing in disguise. I didn't need to force the real culprit to show up, and I knew who he was directly.
Although Xiangtou wrote slowly, his strokes were very neat. Under the illumination of the flashlight, the four words "The one who killed me is..." gradually appeared. After writing another stroke at the end, there was , and the door opened unexpectedly. Lin Yuxi and I trembled like frightened birds. When we turned around, we saw a cold wind carrying a bunch of raindrops rushing in, hitting us, and then sprinkling on the table and the incense burner.
I thought it was bad, and turned around to see that the half-burnt incense stick had fallen on the table, and there was no more strokes after the stroke. The two incense sticks that were originally lit in the incense burner also went out, and the wooden frame in front of me was shaking slightly, as if it was a little irritated. My heart was pounding, and I thought to myself, how could I make a mistake at this critical moment? I only have one chance to ask Yu Zhengyao, the old ghost, if the incense goes out, it means great bad luck, not only will it not tell me anything, but it will also regard me as an enemy!
The wind and rain were still pouring into the house, hitting us with a bone-chilling cold. I immediately came to my senses and ran over to close the door. Otherwise, it would be bad if the wooden barrels scraped against the wooden frame. This stormy night is the best time for the little ghost to escape. After locking the door, I ran back and pulled Lin Yuxi, who was shivering, behind me, picked up the three incense sticks again, lit them, and prayed: "Mr. Yu, it was just an accident just now. There is a saying that the wind and rain are ruthless, but people are righteous. Now I will help you again..."
At this point, the three incense sticks in my hand broke at the same time, and the three broken incense heads flew up at the same time, two of which flew towards my left and right eyes, and the other flew towards Lin Yuxi behind me. I was immediately disappointed. Yu Zhengyao had turned against me. Now that things had come to this, I could only use force to subdue the old guy. There was no other way, otherwise I would never leave this chicken farm tonight.
This thought flashed through my mind instantly, and I quickly dodged to the side, and at the same time, I pulled Lin Yuxi from behind. This girl was actually smarter than me, and she had already dodged to the side while pulling her. Three incense sticks flew past our cheeks, and after missing, they turned around and flew back randomly.
This really gives me a headache. Although the incense heads are very fragile, under the control of Yu Zhengyao's ghost energy, they are like three hard steel needles. What's more, the incense heads are still burning. No matter where they pierce the body, they will leave an indelible mark, and may even pass through the body and take our lives.
I thought to myself that I had given you enough face, old man. Even if the incense was blown out by the wind and rain, you shouldn't hate me so much, right? If you want to play, that's easy. Today, I, your uncle, will play with you to the end. So after Lin Yuxi and I dodged the attack of the three incense again, we took out a few talismans from our bag. No matter what kind of talismans they were, we spread them out in front of us one by one, and at the same time, we made a "white crane seal" with our hands, clasping the middle fingers and thumbs of our left and right hands together, and extending the index finger, ring finger and little finger forward. After the seal was completed, it was pulled apart to form the shape of a white crane spreading its wings, and the talismans that had just been spread out were immediately arranged neatly in the air, floating without falling.
This is a unique "charm-moving" skill in the Ghost Charm Sutra. This move is called "Qiyun Chain Charm", which requires long-term practice of talisman qi to drive it. Before I drew the talisman, I practiced the qi without talismans. Later, after leaving Longjia Village, I began to draw talismans and practice qi, and my skills were no longer comparable. For example, Xinxiang's talisman-moving last night was one of the talisman-moving skills, but it pales in comparison to the Qiyun Chain Charm. This technique not only requires a deep "charm qi" cultivation, but also requires fast movement of the formula, otherwise if you slowly finish the white crane, the few talismans you have spread out will fall to the ground.
There are five talismans arranged in the air, two for exorcism, two for suppressing ghosts, and one for golden light, which are surprisingly well matched. Since I don't know which talismans they are, I have to use the "General Instruction Spell" here. This spell can be used for various talismans and is considered a universal spell.
"God's command, the cardinal of the Big Dipper. The divine light is brilliant, shining brightly on the clouds. The true energy is sent down, and all evil is destroyed. The righteous energy of Kuigang will sweep away everything. Hurry up and obey the command!"
