Chapter 9: Ancestral Hall Coffin
Under the terrifying power of thunder, the ghosts paused, which gave Wang Chunsheng a chance to catch his breath.
He looked at Li Daoxuan who was holding the thunder seal in his hand, and a glimmer of hope appeared in his eyes.
This little Taoist priest actually has the ability to control thunder!
There is help!
Wang Chunsheng ran towards Li Daoxuan, but Li Daoxuan was faster. He took a step and appeared in front of Wang Chunsheng as if teleporting.
"Master, please save me!"
"These... these are ghosts!"
Li Daoxuan didn't say anything. His expression was solemn. He grabbed Wang Chunsheng's wrist, turned around and ran away.
Although his magic power increased a little, Li Daoxuan only had five Five Thunder Talismans left, and there were at least dozens of evil ghosts in this group, so he was no match for them.
Wang Chunsheng was grabbed by the wrist by Li Daoxuan, and he felt as if there was wind under his feet. In the blink of an eye, he ran out of the house, with the sound of whistling wind in his ears.
But when he looked back, he was shocked. The group of evil spirits were still chasing them. They were like a black mist, floating towards the two of them quickly without touching the ground.
If he hadn't been held back by this powerful Taoist priest, he would have been caught up by the ghosts long ago.
But even so, the ghosts followed them closely and could not get rid of them.
Li Daoxuan poured his magical power into his eyes and looked around. He found that the yin energy in a certain place in the distance was much weaker than the surrounding area. Perhaps that was the exit?
Without thinking much, he rushed there with Wang Chunsheng.
After turning three corners and passing through a long and deep path, an ancestral hall appeared in front of Li Daoxuan and Wang Chunsheng. The door of the ancestral hall was open, and the two rushed in directly.
Outside the door, all the ghosts stopped in unison and looked coldly at the ancestral hall, like dozens of cold sculptures in the darkness.
But the strange thing was that they just watched and no one stepped in, as if there was something in the ancestral hall that made them deeply afraid.
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Surrounded by ghosts outside, Li Daoxuan and Wang Chunsheng had no choice but to hide in the ancestral hall.
Wang Chunsheng was so frightened that he was trembling with fear and his legs were shaking. He looked bold and heroic, but in fact he was just an ordinary person.
Li Daoxuan ignored him and quietly observed the ancestral hall.
The ancestral hall is very large, with many spirit tablets inside. It is the place in the village used to worship ancestors. In the ancient patriarchal society, the ancestral hall had a very high status in people's hearts, and people would worship there frequently to seek the protection of their ancestors.
But many of the memorial tablets here were covered with cobwebs, and there was a musty smell in the air, obviously they had not been cleaned for a long time.
The most eye-catching thing is a coffin placed in the central hall of the ancestral hall.
When he saw the coffin, Li Daoxuan's pupils narrowed. There is an old saying that if the coffin touches the ground, it will be unlucky for the whole family.
The coffin was supposed to be suspended in the air by ropes, but now the ropes have rotted and broken, causing the coffin to touch the ground.
The earth's energy nourishes yin. It is hard for this coffin not to transform into a corpse if it is placed in such a place with strong yin energy.
Li Daoxuan had no desire to open the coffin. He decisively stuck a Five Thunder Talisman on the coffin and recited the mantra silently.
A thundercloud gathered in the sky.
But at this moment, all the spirit tablets in the ancestral hall began to shake, and Li Daoxuan seemed to hear the voices of countless old people telling him to get out.
The next moment, there was a bang in the coffin, and the coffin lid was pushed open from the inside out, and a figure sat up.
Boom!
Just as the thunder was about to fall, the figure in the coffin let out a light exclamation, and then he pinched his hands together, with his five fingers hiding their armor, which was the Taoist Heavenly Thunder Seal.
"Howling Wind and Thunder, obey my command and disperse!"
Suddenly, the thunderclouds that Li Daoxuan summoned with the Five Thunder Talismans disappeared, and even the thick yin energy above the village dissipated a lot, letting in the bright moonlight.
Li Daoxuan opened his mouth wide.
What the hell, zombies can use thunder magic?
However, he soon discovered that the person in front of him was not a zombie, but a Taoist priest with gray hair, thin body, but sharp eyes.
The Taoist priest looked to be in his fifties or sixties, with a square face and wearing a tattered yellow Taoist robe. His hair was greasy and it was unknown how long it had been since he had washed it.
The spirit tablet in the ancestral hall was still shaking, and the shaking was getting worse and worse.
The Taoist priest in yellow robes scratched his ears, a trace of impatience in his eyes, and angrily said, "Why are you making so much noise? You are disturbing my sleep. Shut up!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the surroundings suddenly became quiet, and the spirit tablets stood there obediently, without any movement.
The yellow-robed Taoist priest looked at Li Daoxuan and Wang Chunsheng, chuckled, and said, "Little Taoist priest, didn't your master teach you that the Five Thunder Talisman can only strike demons and ghosts, not humans?"
Li Daoxuan hesitated for a moment, but decided to tell the truth.
"Senior, I don't have a master."
"No master?"
A gleam of light flashed in the yellow-robed Taoist's eyes, and then disappeared immediately.
"Haha, do you think I'm so easy to fool? Without a master, how did you learn the secret Five Thunder Talisman of Longhu Mountain?"
The reason why Li Daoxuan was able to learn the Five Thunder Talismans was naturally because of the "Heavenly Book of Exorcising Demons", but this was his biggest secret and he would naturally not tell anyone else.
"I am originally from Hongzhou. In the eighth year of Wude, I fled to Yunqi Temple in Xiaofeng Mountain to avoid the war and became a cook. But in the ninth year of Wude, Yunqi Temple was also destroyed by war.
I was running for my life and accidentally fell into a valley. Luckily, I survived and encountered a corpse wearing a Taoist robe. I searched the corpse and found a torn book with some magic in it. "
The yellow-robed Taoist priest stared into Li Daoxuan's eyes and asked, "And then?"
"Then I buried the Taoist priest and hid in the valley to practice. After I developed magical powers, I left the valley and made a living by subduing demons."
Li Daoxuan spoke freely without any nervousness or worry that the other party would see through him.
Because this is indeed "his" real experience, including the part about falling into the ravine, which are all real things that have happened, but those are the experiences of the original owner of this body before the time travel.
The only difference was that the original owner did not find any book on the Taoist priest's body.
The whole thing is nine out of ten true and one out of ten false. Even if the other party investigates, there will be absolutely no loopholes.
After listening to Li Daoxuan asked, "What did the body of the Taoist priest you encountered look like?"
Li Daoxuan thought for a moment and said, "It's a man with a square face and a slightly fat body. Oh, and he has a purple birthmark on his neck that looks like a plum blossom."
The yellow-robed Taoist sighed softly upon hearing this. He already believed it in his heart and said, "That Taoist is my Longhu Mountain disciple. He is a rare talent among the outer sects. What a pity."
Li Daoxuan was shocked. It seemed that this Taoist priest in yellow robe was also from Longhu Mountain.
After a pause, he looked at Li Daoxuan carefully and asked, "Where is the book? Is it still with you?"
Li Daoxuan shook his head and said, "During a demon-slaying mission, the book was accidentally lost and has never been found since."
The Taoist priest in yellow robe looked at Li Daoxuan and marveled at him.
"Without a master's guidance, relying only on a tattered book, he was able to cultivate the Five Thunder Talisman and develop magical powers. This is really rare."
He looked at Li Daoxuan as if he was looking at a very rare treasure.
Li Daoxuan felt a little embarrassed by his gaze and coughed, "Well, I'm just lucky."
"Lucky? Haha, among the three hundred outer disciples in the entire Longhu Mountain, no more than one can cultivate the Five Thunder Talisman. Little Taoist, I see that you have an extraordinary bone structure, and you are indeed a good material for cultivating Taoism."
Li Daoxuan was about to say something humble.
The Taoist in yellow robe shook his head and laughed, "It's a pity that his bones are good, but his foundation is too poor and he is also blind."
Li Daoxuan was stunned. Blind?
We were talking nicely, why did you suddenly start swearing?
The yellow-robed Taoist snorted coldly , pointed at Li Daoxuan and cursed: "If you are not blind, how could you not even notice that there is an evil ghost standing next to you?"
There's an evil ghost standing next to me?
Li Daoxuan was about to refute, but he was shocked and suddenly remembered something.
Before, he used the magic of shrinking the earth to take Wang Chunsheng to escape. The two of them ran all the way. It was okay that he had magical powers, but Wang Chunsheng never complained of being tired from beginning to end.
Most people would have been exhausted and out of breath by now.
Li Daoxuan turned his head and looked at Wang Chunsheng, who had not spoken for a long time...
