Chapter 62
The two porcelain figures are lifelike, with red lips and white teeth. The boss's mustache and the boss's wife's scar are very vivid.
I tapped the porcelain figure's forehead lightly with my knuckles, making a crisp sound.
Suddenly, I heard the sound of a bowl falling to the ground and breaking outside. I opened the shop door and went out to check.
Every shop in town had its lights off on the ground floor, but the second floor was open. I walked toward the sound and soon saw a pile of broken porcelain on the ground. To my surprise, I felt a spiritual vibration within the shards. I closed my eyes and listened carefully, finally realizing something was amiss with the entire town. The town was completely devoid of life, unlike what I'd felt during the day. And deep within the town, a strange aura was emanating.
I followed the direction of the aura, wanting to see what it ended up at. But when I reached the center of the town, the aura suddenly vanished without a trace.
Did something happen while I was sleeping that caused the entire town to leave? I shook my head in denial. If that were the case, I would have been woken up.
Now that the aura had vanished, I couldn't continue investigating and had to return to the shop. When I opened the door, the owner's voice suddenly startled me.
"Where have you been, little girl?"
I looked closely and saw the boss and his wife sitting on the two chairs.
It was clearly a porcelain figure sitting there just now.
Could it be that the boss and the boss lady were transformed from those two porcelain figures?
But they didn't have any evil aura, and their yang energy was very strong, just like ordinary people. And when I felt them, the whole town was full of vitality again.
"Boss, where is the porcelain figure that was sitting with you just now?" I asked.
At this moment, the boss turned on the light on the first floor, and I saw a red swelling on his head. At this point, I finally knew that the two porcelain figures were the boss and his wife. It wasn't that the porcelain figures had turned into spirits, but that the boss and his wife had turned into porcelain figures for some unknown reason.
I finally figured out why my boss asked me to stay away from this town. This is why.
When the boss saw me coming back from outside, he was even more surprised than I was. He said, "How come you are okay?"
"I said I'm from the Tianshi Mansion," I said.
He said excitedly: "Little Master, you are truly a disciple of a master! We are finally saved."
The proprietress also shook my hand excitedly and couldn't say a word.
"Can you two tell me what's going on in this town?" I asked them.
"Sit down and talk, sit down and talk." The proprietress pulled me to sit down.
She glanced at her boss, who understood and began to recount the bizarre events that had occurred in their town.
Originally called Bai'an Town, the town has been producing white porcelain for the royal family since ancient times, a tradition that continues to this day. The town's porcelain is high-quality, elegant, and has long been a favorite among locals.
But thirty years ago, a terrifying event occurred. Within the town's ancestral temple, two lifelike porcelain dolls, one male and one female, symbolize the pinnacle of Bai'an's porcelain production. These dolls, a boy and a girl, have been worshipped by Bai'an residents for generations. These two dolls are the town's pride, and a ceremony is held every year on the tenth day of the first lunar month.
The problem lies in the worship ceremony.
During the worship ceremony that year, the entire town came. Due to the large number of people, the mayor had to take charge of the event. However, the mayor's three or four-year-old daughter was left unattended and walked to the shrine on her own. She saw the cute porcelain doll on the altar and was delighted. She wanted to take it down and play with it. However, she was still young and short, so she stretched out her hand for a long time before finally getting the doll.
This was also the fault of the gatekeeper. He happened to be in the restroom and when he came back he saw the mayor's daughter taking the porcelain doll from the altar and shouted, "Nannan, don't move!"
But this shout not only failed to stop the mayor's daughter, it also scared her. The porcelain doll, which she was not holding firmly, fell to the ground and broke.
Seeing this, the gatekeeper knew something was wrong. He carried the mayor's daughter on his back and went to the mayor. After hearing what had happened, the mayor was at a loss for what to do. After all, the two porcelain pieces were treasures of the entire town, and now that they had been broken by his own daughter, he had no way of explaining to the townspeople.
But the worship ceremony was about to begin, and he couldn't find a substitute to get away with it, so eventually everyone found out.
He, the mayor, had resigned from his post due to a mistake he made as a token of his regret. Seeing that he had resigned, everyone still criticized him, but did not take any extreme action.
But the residents of the town let him go, but the remaining male porcelain doll did not let him go.
You know, if something is worshipped for too long, it has a high probability of becoming a spirit. This porcelain doll, worshipped by the people of Bai'an Town for generations, is no longer a dead object, but has acquired intelligence. Seeing the female porcelain doll that had accompanied him since its creation shattered, how could he let it go? That night, while everyone was still asleep, the mayor suddenly discovered that his daughter had transformed into a porcelain doll.
This frightened the mayor, who immediately thought of the incident in which his own daughter broke the porcelain doll in the ancestral temple.
The next day, he hurriedly ran to the ancestral temple and begged for mercy from the remaining male porcelain doll. He burned incense and kowtowed, but the male doll did not let his daughter go. At night, the mayor's daughter turned into a porcelain doll again and shattered in front of the mayor's eyes.
The mayor was initially terrified, but his daughter had been killed by the male porcelain doll in the ancestral hall. His fear was replaced by rage, and he rushed to the ancestral hall, intending to smash the doll as well. The gatekeeper saw the former mayor approaching the ancestral hall in anger and quickly grabbed him. But an angry father's strength was unimaginable. He pushed the gatekeeper aside, rushed to the porcelain doll, picked it up, and threw it to the ground.
The gatekeeper saw this and knew it was bad. But the scene before him made him unforgettable for the rest of his life: the porcelain doll bounced twice after falling to the ground, but it was the mayor who turned into a porcelain man and fell to the ground and shattered.
This bizarre scene frightened the gatekeeper so much that he ran out, shouting to the townspeople. He woke them up, and after hearing his story, they all thought he was crazy. But when they arrived at the mayor's house, they saw a broken porcelain doll on the ground, and no sign of the mayor. Then they all ran to the ancestral temple, where they saw broken white porcelain scattered across the floor. Now, they were convinced.
This was a demonic act. While the townspeople resented the mayor for smashing the porcelain doll left behind by their ancestors, they also recognized his dedication over the years. Unexpectedly, the doll they had worshipped year after year had become a spirit and was harming the mayor's wife. This ignited the townspeople's fury. Everyone shouted to smash the male porcelain doll, but the doll, which should have been on the ground, was now on the altar, staring at the residents.
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