Chapter 37: Sacrificial Fairy Boy
It was already past the tenth day of the Lunar New Year, and although there were some clouds in the sky, the light was still good. Mr. Lin could lead the way without a flashlight. I followed him through the small alley between several ancient houses. The ground was paved with bluestone slabs and there were trees on both sides.
The tall earthen walls, brackets and cornices make you feel like you are back a hundred years ago.
It's very quiet here. The rich people have built new houses, and the poor people have gone out to work. The ancestral house has been abandoned like a piece of rags. But because so many people have shares, it can't be demolished or sold, so it just sits empty.
Behind the village, against a hill, there is a splendid antique building with glazed tiles, red walls, a huge stone gate and a majestic stone tablet. The door is inlaid with couplets and an overly ornate plaque that reads "King xx". Some people have become rich.
I wanted to bring glory to my ancestors, so I built a lot of construction projects. However, after the construction was completed, few people came to visit it except during holidays.
The temple door is locked and cannot be entered, but Xiaoxue can fly in. There are several statues of gods inside, none of which are serious gods. It may be that it coincides with the Chinese New Year, so there are incense and candles burning on the altar, and there are many offerings.
There is also a small stage facing the statue, which seemed to have been used not long ago.
I only smelled the smell of incense and firecracker smoke, but Xiaoxue smelled the smell of its kind: "I must have just left not long ago. Good guy, he really knows how to enjoy himself. The table is full of food."
I asked: "Isn't it here?"
"My kind are very alert. They may have found us and hid, but it doesn't matter. I can call it back. You and the one named Lin should move back a little."
I asked Mr. Lin to retreat, and Xiaoxue let out a howl that could not be heard by human ears. She is a great demon at the level of a fox fairy. How dare a little demon from the great-great-grandson generation not come when they hear the call? Soon I sensed that there was someone there.
A breath crossed the wall and entered the temple from the side.
Xiaoxue stood on the altar table in human form. Through her, I could see a young man appearing in the hall. He was quite handsome, even charming. He was wearing very fashionable clothes, but he had no shoes and his legs were still the same.
Padfoot, with a tail trailing behind it. The young man knelt down and kowtowed: "I didn't know that the senior came to visit me, but I didn't welcome him from afar. I blame you, I blame you!"
Xiaoxue said with a straight face, "Hmph": "Are you really not aware that I am coming, or are you doing something wrong and deliberately avoiding me?"
The young man kowtowed repeatedly: "The villain really didn't know that the ancestor was coming. He just noticed that an expert was approaching, so he avoided it."
Xiaoxue said: "I don't care if you didn't greet me in time. It's just that it's not right for you to occupy someone else's small temple and use incense. Why did you kill someone else's child?"
The young man hurriedly said: "That child was born with a special talent. He could actually see me attached to the statue, so he hit me with a stick and almost knocked me out of my original form. At that time, there were so many people that I couldn't escape, so I turned into a guard and escaped, but
I was beaten severely by him again, and when I escaped into a small hole, he stabbed me with a stick, almost killing me. How could I not take revenge?"
Xiaoxue said angrily: "First of all, he is young and ignorant, and secondly, it is wrong for you to occupy a temple and receive incest from others. You can just punish him a little, but how can you kill someone? Even if no one in the world can do anything to you,
Don’t the gods of heaven and earth know this? How can you escape the catastrophe by doing evil like this?”
The young man was a little frightened: "I, I was also furious for a moment, and I didn't think much about it. And I thought he had a special air, like a person who has expired, so, just..."
Xiaoxue said: "Whether he is old or not, it is not your turn to decide his life or death. Since you are determined to practice, you should find a quiet place to practice hard, but you are greedy for the fireworks of the world and rely on a little skill to do it."
He is unscrupulous and even harms people's lives. If you cultivate him, wouldn't he endanger the whole party? I won't spare you today!"
The young man kowtowed again and again to beg for mercy. Xiaoxue asked me with her thoughts: "Master, what do you think I should do with him?"
Xiaoxue had already analyzed the rights and wrongs, but it was a bit troublesome to deal with this little fox. I threw this hot potato back: "This seems to be your housework, you can handle it as you like."
Xiaoxue said: "Killing it is a bit unbearable, not killing it is unjustifiable, and I can't protect it. Otherwise, punish it and let it secretly help the child's family to do something in the future to make up for its mistakes."
I agreed, and Xiaoxue scolded the young man again, and then said: "I should have killed you, but since you are young and ignorant and have a heart of repentance, I will spare your life today. Death penalty can be avoided, but living crime is difficult to forgive.
When you want it in the future
Always take care of that family, help them seek good fortune and avoid misfortune, and make everything go smoothly. If you can cultivate a complete human body before the death of that couple, you must recognize them as your adopted father and mother, fulfill your filial piety as a child, and let them enjoy their old age.
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"Yes, yes, I will definitely do as I am told, and I will never slack off." The young man kowtowed again and again.
I said to Mr. Lin: "The evil things here have been dealt with and will not harm anyone in the future. Although your brother-in-law's family has lost their child, everything will go smoothly in the future. There is no need to worry anymore."
"That's good." Mr. Lin breathed a sigh of relief, but then looked at me doubtfully, "I didn't see you chanting spells and casting spells. Is this solved?"
I smiled and said, "I have a very capable assistant. If you are not afraid, I will ask her to come out and show you."
Mr. Lin looked surprised: "Of course I have to take a look. What should I be afraid of when you are here?"
Xiaoxue appeared, wearing a Tang Dynasty women's dress, holding a light-emitting white rabbit in her hand, looking at Mr. Lin with a smile. Now that she has advanced cultivation, she can see it with the naked eye even if she is a spirit body.
In addition, the Jade Rabbit can glow, which adds to the fairy spirit. Mr. Lin was completely stunned.
Xiaoxue disappeared in a flash, and Mr. Lin came back to his senses: "This, this...is this Chang'e descending to earth?"
"It's not Chang'e, she's a fairy." I said vaguely.
Mr. Lin said excitedly: "Xiao Zhang, please accept me as your apprentice!"
This time it was my turn to be surprised. Mr. Lin said: "No matter how much money you make, it doesn't matter. With your skills, you can even invite fairies to subdue demons and ghosts, eliminate violence and bring peace to the good. How magical and satisfying!"
"Haha..." I laughed, "Everyone has his own destiny. Some people are born to run around, and some people are born to be wealthy. Take your nephew as an example. He may have died young, even if he didn't meet him.
There may be other accidents in this matter, so please be cautious about some things."
Mr. Lin nodded. Of course he knew that he was not a magician. Some things should not be forced, just talk.
Xiaoxue said to me: "By the way, his nephew is quite special. He may be able to be sacrificed and transformed into a fairy boy. You can discuss it with him. This will not only allow the child to find a future, but also give the adults something to rely on. Waiting for that child
After some spirituality, you can still meet your parents in dreams."
This is indeed a good idea, but I really don't have the heart to do the tedious things, and I don't want to have a child following me around all day. I was hesitating when Xiaoxue said: "If you don't want to raise it, you can let Xiaofei raise it, girl."
If you are careful and patient, you will definitely be able to do it well. And Xiaofei will also get a lot of help in this way. She is good at fortune telling, divination, and fortune telling. With a fairy boy to help her, she can see the world of yin and yang, and listen to the ways of fairy and ghost.
, absolutely accurate and super effective.”
"Okay, okay, I just felt that it was a bit unfair that I gave Ling Fengpiao a golden weapon before and didn't give Xiaofei something high-end. This is the best!"
I didn’t tell Mr. Lin immediately. I started asking him about the situation on the way back to the city. His nephew was almost seven years old. He had been very smart and sensible since he was a child, and he was very lovable. His brother-in-law’s surname was Yang, and his family was well off.
There is no shortage of them, and I only gave birth to such a child, so this incident has a great impact on the family.
After understanding the situation, I said: "We are friends, and I am very sad when something like this happens. I will definitely try my best to help. I want to do a very important ritual for the child to transcend him and give him the chance to practice and become an immortal."
Opportunity. This is not an empty talk. In the future, this child will often dream of his parents and meet his parents in his dreams, which proves that I am not lying."
"Okay, okay, thank you very much. I have seen your ability with my own eyes, so of course I believe your words."
"But this ritual is more troublesome and takes a longer time..."
Mr. Lin hurriedly said: "It doesn't matter, you can pay as much as you want."
I smiled and said: "It's not about money, but there are some rituals that are not easy for ordinary people to understand. For example, I need his complete body to be buried there. I have to cast spells and recite spells every day for more than a month without interruption for a single day. This process cannot be interrupted.
He was hit by outsiders, so he needs a quiet place, and it will take a month or two for the body to be cremated."
Mr. Lin said: "As long as it is good for children, my brother-in-law and his family will definitely agree. I will tell them to go back to the city. The venue and the like will not be a problem."
"There is another question. I am very busy. This ritual will be presided over by my junior sister. From now on, this child will practice with her. You know my junior sister, she is the granddaughter of Ouyang Yiming in the White Tower incident."
Mr. Lin promised that adults' love for children is selfless and boundless. Even if they die, they are willing to do anything as long as it is good for the children.
Mr. Lin has a successful career and is quite prestigious among his relatives and friends. His brother-in-law and sister listened to his advice and have returned home from the hospital. After Mr. Lin communicated with his sister and brother-in-law, the couple immediately promised to provide full support
, completely follow my arrangements.
I saw the child's body. Sure enough, he was pretty, white and lovely, and his face looked calm and peaceful, as if he was asleep. I found a yellow cloth and wrapped the body in it, used a talisman to calm his soul, and made
Some preliminary processing, and then put into the ice coffin. Mr. Lin was more anxious than me. Knowing that Ouyang Zhenfei was near my hometown, he sent a car to pick her up overnight. Lin Mei, Ouyang Zhenfei and Ling Fengpiao arrived the next morning.
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Ouyang Zhenfei was very interested in worshiping the fairy boy and happily accepted this important task, so I taught her the method and found a private house in a secluded place outside the city as a place for worship. It’s easy to do things if you have money.
It's impossible to do, and it's extremely efficient.
After settling in, Ouyang Zhenfei took care of the ceremony, and I started planning to go to Niushan Island to salvage the sunken ship. We needed ships to go to sea, so we had to ask Mr. Lin for help, and he readily agreed and asked for help.
, I asked for a car, and the yacht was quickly obtained. Everything was ready, and I could finally go to sea.
Chapter completed!