Chapter 91 Cat

Chen Meiyu told us that tonight in this courtyard, the old monk Keats, his disciple Yuantong, and Chen Meiyu, three masters will join forces to exorcise the demon.
He Qingyou was both excited and nervous. He rubbed his hands and whispered to me, "Thank you, Mr. Lin. It was worth your trip today ."
I asked Elder Keats if I could watch and if I needed to avoid him. Keats said, "Everyone who comes here is predestined. Your entering the courtyard today shows that there is a predestined relationship among us. You don't need to avoid it."
During the day, the two of us stayed in the yard and had vegetarian meals delivered to us. While eating, I told Chen Meiyu about the tasks that needed help.
Chen Meiyu asked me if I could tell Elder Keats and Yuantong about this. I thought about it and said yes, it's not a secret anyway, and if I get a few more experts, things will be handled more smoothly.
Chen Meiyu told Keats and Yuantong about helping He Qingyou find his son. Elder Keats pinched his beard and asked Yuantong what he thought. Yuantong thought for a while and said, "It's not difficult to go into the water, but it's difficult to be attacked by evil spirits under the water."
"Do you want to go?" Keats asked.
Yuantong suddenly looked at me, blinked and said, "You can go."
"What can be done?" Keats asked again.
Circular channel: "Seven-nail demon suppression array."
Keats nodded and said no more.
He Qingyou and I were confused as we listened. What kind of Zen words were these two talking about? But one thing was certain: Yuantong had a way to control the evil things in the reservoir, and that was enough.
The sky gradually darkened and became darker. The gates inside and outside the courtyard were closed. Yuantong turned on the lantern-shaped red light under the corridor, and the whole courtyard was filled with dark red. The moonlight was like water, and the sky was filled with dark clouds. The whole courtyard seemed to be immersed in a red world.
The woman tied up with ropes was still kneeling in the middle of the yard, looking at us aggrievedly.
At this time, He Qingyou and I were 100% sure that this woman was possessed. She remained kneeling with the same expression for a whole day! If it were someone else, even a mental patient, it would not be possible to behave like this.
Elder Keats stood behind the woman, closed his eyes gently, twisted his Buddhist beads with both hands, and chanted something. After a long while, he opened his eyes, looked at the dark night sky, and said, "Set up the formation."
Yuantong came to the front of the woman, about three or four meters away. Elder Keats and Chen Meiyu stood on the two sides of the woman, also about three meters away, so that the three of them formed a triangle, surrounding the woman.
Elder Keats said, "Layperson Meiyu, this time the exorcism is yours. You should do your best, and Yuantong and I will protect you."
Yuantong sat in the front, staring at the possessed woman and smiling: "If you have anything, come to me."
The scene fell silent. For some reason, or maybe it was just my psychological effect, the whole yard suddenly felt eerie.
He Qingyou and I were unable to help and were afraid of bleeding, so we stood in the corridor far away and watched the scene in the yard in the light.
"Mr. Lin, this is my first time watching an exorcism." He Qingyou was shaking with excitement. If it weren't for the pillar next to him, he would have sat on the ground.
I thought, it's the first time for everyone. Lao He is such a big chairman, but he is still like a child when encountering such a thing. In fact, I am also very excited, but after all, I have experienced the underworld, and I am not as knowledgeable as him.
Chen Meiyu sat cross-legged on the ground, folded her hands into a lotus shape and placed them on her knees, and began to chant in a low voice.
It was too far away, and the light was not bright enough, so the details were not clear, and I could only get a rough idea. Chen Meiyu stretched out her right hand, retracted three of her fingers, and put her index and middle fingers together, pointing directly at the woman in the middle.
The woman reacted, her body moving unconsciously, as stiff as a puppet. She slowly turned her head, her neck bent nearly 180 degrees, and stared at Chen Meiyu.
Chen Meiyu's face looked pale from a distance. She still had her eyes closed and was muttering to herself, appearing to be in great pain.
At this time, the red lanterns on the corridor began to sway back and forth. At first, the amplitude was not large, but then it swayed faster and faster. The swing was particularly active, as if there was wind, but I could not feel it.
He Qingyou and I looked up together. The lanterns above our heads were shaking and making creaking sounds. The ground was covered with shaking red shadows, and the whole scene looked like a ghost.
He Qingyou opened his mouth wide and held my arm tightly, "Oh my god, today I finally opened my eyes."
The woman suddenly screamed, attracting our attention. Looking over, she was in extreme pain, twisting and turning on the ground like a maggot, uttering indescribable moans. It seemed that she had no joints, and her whole body was like a cartilaginous snake.
Chen Meiyu's head was covered in cold sweat and her body was shaking.
The woman might have seen that she was dying, and suddenly became wild. Her lower body remained still, but her upper body suddenly jumped up. At that moment, she looked like a snake or a cat, extremely weird. She opened her big mouth and meowed at Chen Meiyu.
Chen Meiyu cried out "Ah" and fell backwards. At this moment, a deep baritone sounded in the yard. It was Elder Keats, "At that time, the demon took advantage of the situation, flew into the demon spirit, and recited the sutras. The man was unaware of the demon , and said that he had attained the supreme nirvana. He came to the place where the good man was seeking to travel, sat down and preached, and his appearance did not change. The listeners suddenly saw themselves sitting on a precious lotus, and their whole body turned into a purple golden light..."
While Elder Keats was reciting, Yuantong was also reciting the same scripture. The two middle and low voices of the old and the young merged and overlapped, forming an indescribable energy field that enveloped the entire courtyard, making people feel so comfortable and so shocked.
I felt like there was a ball of water in my chest that was surging up and down, and my emotions were like sailing in the waves, surrounded by the huge place formed by the two monks.
Oddly enough, the swaying red lanterns above our heads suddenly calmed down, as if the wind had stopped.
I was just wondering when I heard He Qingyou beside me mumbling in a low voice: "Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, when practicing the profound paramita, saw that the five aggregates are empty and transcended all suffering. Shariputra, form is not different from emptiness, emptiness is not different from form..."
I poked him and asked him what he was doing?
He Qingyou said: "I only know the Heart Sutra, and I felt something special at this moment, so I just recited along."
I was so angry that my nose was crooked. I told him that the monk was performing a ritual and we should just watch quietly and not make trouble!
He Qingyou was quite sincere, and quickly apologized to me, saying that he would not read it again. Now was not the time to argue in detail, so I ignored him and continued to watch the scene in the yard.
At this moment, something seemed to have happened inside. The woman lay on the ground, weak and powerless, with a look of resentment on her face. She looked at the three people, wishing she could kill them.
Yuantong suddenly broke the spell and said, "Master, how do we subdue the cat spirit?"
"It's the Arhat Hall behind the temple," said Elder Keats.
The woman's expression suddenly changed, from resentful to pitiful, and she meowed as if begging.
"Ms. Meiyu, what do you think?" Yuantong asked Chen Meiyu.
Chen Meiyu was silent for a moment, then nodded: "I have no objection. My original intention was just to exorcise the demon and clear my friend's name. As for how to deal with the demon, it is up to the two elders to decide."
Yuantong held a bowl in one hand and a copper bell in the other, and strode over to the woman and asked, "Are you convinced or not?"
The woman felt wronged, and dared not look up at him. She even said in a low voice, "I accept."
Her pronunciation of the word "服" was clearly the speech of a person, but it was also mixed with the "meow" sound of a cat. The two voices were combined into one, which was very strange.
Yuantong grabbed the bowl with one hand and suddenly turned it upside down, with the mouth of the bowl facing the woman's head and about to cover it. Suddenly, the woman meowed, "Elder, I know a big secret!"
Yuantong stopped and asked, "What secret?"
Elder Keats frowned slightly: "Yuantong, don't be moved. If you are moved, you will have thoughts."
Yuantong sighed and continued to cover the water with the bowl. The woman said anxiously, " I came from the underworld. I know the secrets of the bardo and the underworld. Elder, don't you want to know?"
Yuantong suddenly paused, his hands trembling slightly.
Keats roared, and a single syllable came out of his throat, "Oh~~~~" The sound was like the ringing of a Huanglu bell, spreading over in waves. Yuantong suddenly woke up and finally put the bowl on the woman's head.
A puff of white smoke came out of the woman's head, followed by a scream, and then she lowered her head and remained motionless.
Monk Yuantong picked up the bowl, and his whole body looked like he had just been pulled out of the water. He was sweating profusely, and his expression was filled with fear and helplessness, like a child who couldn't find his home.
He held the bowl and pouted his lips, as if he was about to cry.
Elder Keats walked over and slapped him hard, "Wake up!"
Yuantong nodded in agreement, suddenly realizing what was going on. His chest heaved violently, and he quickly stuffed the bowl to Elder Keats.
He clasped his hands together and bowed to the elder, then bowed to Chen Meiyu, and finally bowed deeply to the woman on the ground. He turned and walked away, entering the back hall and disappeared.
Elder Keats stood there holding the bowl, sighed, and said to Chen Meiyu, "Look at your friend. I want to seal the bowl in the Arhat Hall."
He left too.
When the two monks disappeared, He Qingyou heaved a long sigh of relief, "It was so stressful. It's finally over. Mr. Lin, what's wrong with you?"
I stood there, completely dumbfounded.
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