bookandnovel Chapter 33 Dig!
Chapter 33 Dig!
Before the lonely grave, the roots of incense and the ashes of paper money left a few days ago still remain.
Who would have thought that beneath this overgrown mound lay a super-powerful, twenty-star ferocious beast?
Lu Yuan took out the old brass pocket watch, and the cover popped open with a "snap".
3:30 p.m.
As the sun begins to set, the yang energy begins to decline, while the yin energy has not yet fully awakened.
This is the last silence of the day before the union of Yin and Yang.
Lu Yuan took out paper money and incense, and arranged them neatly in front of the grave.
This was the first time he had ever taken the initiative to visit someone and "negotiate" with an evil spirit.
The old man never taught him; Lu Yuan figured it all out on his own.
He carefully considered his words, stepped forward, and gently tapped the decaying wooden tombstone with his knuckles.
"exist?"
The lonely grave was silent and still.
Not home?
Or is it that I made her angry last time, and now I'm deliberately ignoring her?
Lu Yuan didn't think it was that serious, after all, the person had left him a white jade domino before leaving.
He guessed that the other party had probably gone out for a "stroll" and was probably wandering around somewhere now.
Ghosts can't just stay cooped up in their graves all day like a shut-in.
So what do we do now?
Crush that white jade domino and forcibly bring her back?
That's far too extravagant.
Huangmenji once said that it was a life-saving trump card, but using it would also unnecessarily bring enormous karmic consequences.
As Lu Yuan was struggling with his decision, a chilling, biting wind unexpectedly brushed against the back of his neck.
A faint voice sounded, almost as if it were right next to his ear.
"……Um."
hiss~
Suddenly, a sound, accompanied by a chilling gust of wind brushing past the back of Lu Yuan's neck, sent shivers down his spine.
Alas!
How annoying!
Why do these ghosts always have to speak behind people's necks?
Lu Yuan's heart skipped a beat. He quickly suppressed his shock and bowed respectfully to the grave in front of him.
"Senior, after you left that day, I pondered carefully...did you...were you arranged into a ghost marriage?"
"and……"
The words were on the tip of Lu Yuan's tongue, but he stopped himself from speaking.
Evil spirits are not human.
This is something to keep in mind.
Especially the ghost bride, a vengeful spirit, is itself an aggregate of endless malevolent energy.
We must not treat her as an ordinary person simply because of her temporary kindness and communication.
This kind of "goodness" is extremely unstable.
Once the source of her rage is touched, she will instantly become violent and ruthless, showing no mercy to even her closest relatives.
To put it bluntly, when talking to someone with severe bipolar disorder, you never know which word will trigger a sudden outburst.
Lu Yuan was afraid.
He feared that what he was about to say would instantly ignite all the malevolent energy of these twenty-star fiends.
but……
We've already come this far, there's no reason not to say it.
Otherwise, why would Lu Yuan come here?
Just taking a stroll?
So, after a slight hesitation, Lu Yuan lowered his head and said fearfully:
"Were your eyes gouged out, your tongue cut out, and your legs broken?!"
And when Lu Yuan finished speaking.
It moved...
The whole mountain moved!!
It's getting chaotic!
Oh no...it's broken!!
I'm really angry!!
Lu Yuan quickly looked up, his face filled with fear as he looked around. What was this?
Lu Yuan had only one thought in his mind right now.
run!
Run!
However, just as Lu Yuan lifted his foot to run, it suddenly fell silent again for no apparent reason.
All sounds are silent.
"..."
"Yes……"
hiss~
It looks... it looks like it's under control...
Lu Yuan's heart, which was about to leap out of his throat, slowly returned to his chest.
Not daring to delay, he quickly continued:
"Senior, please don't be angry. I've come here to ask you something... to help you restore your tongue, get your eyes repaired, and have your legs reattached."
"I promised to help you pass on to a better future, but with my current level of spiritual cultivation, it will probably take ten or eight years."
"I was afraid that you wouldn't be able to wait, so I thought I would first rebuild your broken body so that you could feel better."
"So... therefore, if senior is willing, this junior would like to open the coffin first to see the specific situation..."
The true nature of evil spirits is their greatest secret and only weakness, and they will never easily reveal it to others.
Even if the blood-red ghostly figure seen before is completely wiped out, as long as its original body still exists, it can still make a comeback after a hundred years.
However, if the physical body is destroyed, then it is truly a case of the soul being scattered.
However, Lu Yuan thought that he and this ghost bride actually had a pretty good relationship.
I lit incense for her myself.
She saved herself and helped herself.
Furthermore, he already knew her location.
I came here to help her. Given our relationship, this ghost bride should be able to let me open her coffin and examine her body.
Ok……
The old man once said that Taoist priests must never get involved in emotional conversations with evil spirits...
but……
But Lu Yuan still planned to ask her. Even if she disagreed, he would just turn around and leave.
After Lu Yuan finished asking his question, the lonely grave remained silent for a few seconds...
"..."
"good……"
……
At 3:45 p.m., Lu Yuan made preparations for opening the coffin.
Digging graves isn't a job for a brute like a man who can just grab a hoe, bend over, and dig haphazardly.
In particular, it involves digging up a grave that contains extremely ominous signs.
Lu Yuan paced slowly around the lonely grave, his steps neither too light nor too heavy, each step landing in a specific direction.
This is not just wandering around, but "measuring the land".
Use the soles of your feet to sense the flow and distribution of yin energy underground.
When Lu Yuan reached the diagonal rear of the solitary grave, he couldn't help but stop.
The ground beneath my left foot emitted a faint, almost imperceptible, chilling coldness, like a suction force.
"This is it."
Lu Yuan whispered:
"Eye of the Earth."
The so-called "earth eye" is not a feng shui treasure site, but rather the point where the yin energy of this cemetery gathers and is most closely connected to the ghost bride underground.
In a moment, the first hoe strike will be made from here.
Then Lu Yuan began to take out items from his satchel in an orderly manner, his movements extremely steady.
The first step is to define the boundary by marking the yin and yang lines.
Take out seven three-inch-long jujube wood nails, the nail bodies of which are densely covered with the "Breaking the Earth Incantation" in cinnabar.
Centered on the eye of the earth, Lu Yuan drove the wooden nails into the ground one by one, following the orientation of the Big Dipper.
With each nail driven in, he would silently recite a phrase.
"Tian Shu guards the left, Tian Xuan locks the right."
"Yaoguang pointed out the way, Kaiyang was enfeoffed as empress."
"Seven Star Nails, Opening the Yin-Yang Boundary!"
Seven wooden nails were driven seven-tenths into the ground, leaving three-tenths exposed. The nail heads gleamed faintly in the slanting sunlight, as if absorbing the coldness from the ground.
Immediately, Lu Yuan used a bundle of ink line that had been soaked in black dog blood and dried for seven noon to connect the seven wooden nails end to end.
Circle an irregular area around the grave.
The line was three inches off the ground, taut and straight, and made a barely audible hum when a breeze blew across it.
This is the "Seven Stars Locking the Yin Realm".
The area within the circle is considered Yin, representing the sphere of activity reserved for the ghost bride.
The area outside the circle is considered Yang, serving as a barrier to prevent Yin energy from leaking out.
Lu Yuan couldn't even imagine how terrifying the evil aura that erupted when a super evil spirit of the 20-star level was unearthed was.
When the evil energy leaks out, not to mention other places, in Ningyuan Town at the foot of the mountain, eighty out of a hundred people will be possessed and suffer from hysteria.
After doing all this, Lu Yuan retreated outside the circle and sat cross-legged on a sheltered bluestone.
The second step is to prepare the ritual implements and wait quietly for the appointed time.
He closed his eyes, regulated his breathing, and circulated the meager but pure innate Qi within his body, his mind gradually resonating with the formation he had set up.
The pocket watch ticked silently inside his clothes.
The setting sun cast his lonely shadow long, making it blend into the twisted shadows of the withered mulberry branches.
He is waiting.
Wait until the sun has completely sunk behind the western mountains.
When the last wisp of yang energy in the world dissipates.
As night fell completely, Lu Yuan lit a Kongming lantern used for warning purposes and watched it slowly rise into the sky.
Lu Yuan shouldered his hoe and walked step by step toward the lonely grave.
dig!!