Chapter 28 Unexpected Disaster
How did he know? A chill ran up from the soles of his feet, and Lidya Su's whole body stiffened, his palms full of cold sweat.
Lin Ningning was about to walk around and leave, but the person next to her didn't move. When she was wondering, she heard Su Xiao say, "But I never dreamed of him again."
It will be easy if you can speak up.
He looked at Qin Qinsen, his big eyes full of expectation. Qin Qinsen said helplessly, "Life is not a storytelling session. Ghosts can indeed live in memorial tablets, but they can also choose other places as their shelter, such as possessing living people."
"What are you talking about! Xiaoxiao, let's stay away from him." Lin Ningning became more and more frightened as she listened, and she was about to leave. But Su Xiao not only didn't move, but let go of her hand.
"So what should I do?" Facing his roommate's incredulous gaze, Su Xiao didn't know how to explain. He opened his mouth several times, but no sound came out. Thinking back to what he'd just said, that ghosts could possess the living...was he controlling my body? Was I beyond help? Why couldn't I speak? Why couldn't I move...
The more anxious Su Xiao became, the stiffer her body became. Lin Ningning immediately noticed something was wrong with her and anxiously patted her cheek, trying to bring her back to her senses. "Xiaoxiao? Xiaoxiao, don't scare me. What's wrong with you?"
Seeing Qin Qinsen's gaze shift, he unknowingly handed over the leaf. Qin Qinsen hurriedly took it, used the leaf as paper, and used his fingertips as a pen to carve a tranquilizing talisman on the leaf. "Calm down, you've already come to Ning'an Temple, what else is there to be afraid of?"
"Good deeds will be rewarded and evil deeds will be punished. I wonder if the young master is going to help you."
He drew a talisman to ward off evil spirits on another leaf and handed it to Lin Ningning, while the talisman to calm the spirit was stuck on Lidya Su's forehead by Qin Qinsen as a prank.
"Amitabha, why don't we go somewhere else to talk in detail?" Master Fahui invited the girl when he saw that she had finally calmed down.
Unexpectedly, Qin Qinsen waved his hand and refused, "It's a small problem. Let the unknown master perform a ritual for you to help the ghost pass away. If you then burn paper for him for seven days, you can send him away completely."
"Then what you said just now was so scary..." Lin Ningning muttered dissatisfiedly.
"Ask her if the ghost has been haunting her dreams every night since she brought the tablet home, demanding food, money, luxury houses and cars. If her demands aren't met, she'll be whipped in her dreams. Furthermore, the pain she's felt in the dreams persists after she wakes up, and may even become even worse."
Su Xiao nodded stiffly. Her family lived in G City, and she went home every holiday. But ever since she brought the tablet home, the ghost had been haunting her. First, it offered simple incense and fruit, then later ordered dishes and even demanded milk tea. Last week, in a dream, it threatened her with a machete, forcing her to kill the family puppy, claiming that black dogs were associated with evil and were unlucky. Only then did she muster the courage to burn the tablet.
——That’s her precious baby that she has raised for ten years. You can bully her, but you absolutely cannot bully her dog!
Hearing this, Lin Ningning hugged Lidya Su’s arms tightly with both hands, “Why didn’t you tell me earlier! No wonder you insisted on coming to Ning’an Temple today.”
Compared to these, Qin Qinsen was very puzzled about one thing, "Why did you bring the tablet home?"
Su Xiao said with a sad face, "I am in charge of props in the drama club. That tablet is a new prop I made..."
"It's an unexpected disaster." Master Fahui made the final conclusion, and everyone nodded when they heard it.
Indeed, the wandering ghosts lodge in the prop tablets, constantly harassing the prop makers. They even become addicted to it, their greed expands, and they harm themselves and others.
Master Fahui looked at the young monk and said, "I don't know. You take the two donors to register for the ritual. Master Qin and I have important matters to attend to."
After separating from the three people, Qin Qinsen followed Master Fahui and Teng Su to the place where the wooden box was stored.
Unlike other Zen temples, this one was a small white building resembling an apartment, but only three stories high. Master Fahui walked to the innermost room on the third floor, unlocked it with his fingerprint, and gestured for them to enter.
The interior of the house resembles a museum exhibition hall, with the only exhibit being a wooden box placed in the middle.
The wooden box, shrouded in glass, was quiet and well-behaved, devoid of the allure and menace that had first appeared to it. Qin Qinsen noticed that nine strings of Buddhist beads were wrapped around the glass cover, and that cushions were neatly arranged on the floor. It was easy to see what Master Fahui and his disciples were doing on a daily basis.
"It's hard to eliminate a vicious nature, and it's hard to change one's nature." Qin Qinsen frowned and asked in confusion, "Is it okay to open the box?"
The gold bracelet was exposed to the air, with dark flashes from time to time, and it was obviously not as peaceful as it seemed.
As he asked the question, a delicate hand suddenly appeared from the glass cover. It was the hand that had fought Qin Qinsen last time. Clearly sensing Qin Qinsen's presence, the strange hand extended its index finger and pointed directly in his direction.
At the same time, the Buddhist beads wrapped around the glass cover made a "humming" sound, and the strange hand disappeared again.
"What a good trick." Qin Qinsen sighed.
"It's just a temporary solution, not a fundamental one." Teng Su felt a headache. "Master Qin, do you have any way to quickly dispose of this box?"
"Yes, with a hundred thousand enlightened monks working day and night, they will surely be able to liberate the soul within five days."
Master Fahui nodded in agreement, and the two of them looked at the victim at the same time. Teng Su held his forehead and smiled bitterly, "Don't be ridiculous, I'm not going to hire a hundred thousand enlightened monks."
There are less than 300,000 registered monks in the country. Where can we find 100,000 enlightened monks gathered in City G?
Just as Teng Su was worried, the golden ball between Qin Qinsen's eyebrows began to move. It trembled, as if urging him to come closer, closer.
Qin Qinsen had no choice but to take a few steps closer to the wooden box. Just as it was about to hit the glass, the golden ball excitedly turned into thousands of silk threads, penetrated the glass, and wrapped around the bracelet. The three people in the room felt the light dim, and the golden bracelet completely disappeared, replaced by a severed hand.
It seemed to have been torn from a dried corpse, with five fingers struggling to stretch forward, as dry as wood.
The sudden change startled Qin Qinsen so much that he jumped back half a step. As he moved, Teng Su noticed the changes inside the wooden box.
"What did you do?"
When the outer shell of the gold bracelet was peeled off, the inside of the mummy was revealed. If you didn't know, you would think it was a magic show.
Master Fahui was filled with admiration. "Discard the false and retain the true. The bracelet is nothing more than a disguise and protection for the evil spirit. The young are truly formidable..."
He boasted that he had practiced for many years, but he forgot that evil and cunning people were used to deceiving the world, and he was blinded by this not-so-clever magic.
Qin Qinsen felt a little embarrassed when he heard this, but he didn't want to say directly that the magic weapon left by his father was too naughty.
That’s right, after a whole night of thinking, Qin Qinsen finally figured out what it was.
It was round, liked to twist around, and was sticky. It was exactly the magic tool that the old Taoist priest used to play with him - Wuliangqiu.
Compared with the black yo-yo appearance in the past, this guy just changed into a skin made of gold threads, which is more impressive.
"Master, you are too kind. This evil creature is so cunning and evil. Who would have thought that such a ferocious evil creature would use the most common tricks?" If Wuliangqiu hadn't intervened, he wouldn't have thought that the broken hand would cheat. Qin Qinsen quickly adjusted his mindset and focused his attention on the wooden box. "Can you break the restriction?"
It was impossible to detect the inner aura through the restriction, making it inconvenient to operate. Seeing that Master Fahui was hesitant, Qin Qinsen said to the silent guy next to him, "Boss Teng, please step out for a moment."
Seeing Master Fahui's acquiescent expression, Teng Su turned away with worry.
Once the restriction on the Buddhist beads was removed, the negative energy immediately dissipated.
At that moment, Qin Qinsen grasped the hand, and the speed at which the Yin Qi spread slowed noticeably. The movement of the severed hand made Qin Qinsen's mouth curl up, fearing it wouldn't react. He immediately increased his strength, muttering something. He bit through the index finger of his other hand, squeezed out a drop of blood, and drew a talisman in the air.
"...to destroy the evil spirits and exorcise the demons. Go."
The severed hand tried to struggle, but it was unable to break free from Qin Qinsen, whose strength suddenly increased. Fire erupted from his palm, and began to burn along the fingers of the severed hand.
"Ah—you can't—I am the ancestor of the Teng family!"
"Even if you are the ancestor of the Qin family, you cannot kill people at will."
“They deserve it!”
"You deserve it, then."
"Boy! We're not done yet!"
The moment the severed hand burned, a wisp of black smoke shot out and was about to pass through the wall, but was pulled back by Master Fahui's chanting, "Amitabha, what if you run out and get lost? Why not stay in my house for a few days and discuss Buddhism with the old monk?"
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