Chapter 26
When Master Zhang and I returned to the village, we heard the loud sounds of trumpets and drums, and the atmosphere was clearly wrong.
It seems something happened again last night.
After entering the village and asking around, they learned that Xiaogang had died, found dead in the middle of the bridge. It was said that when he was found, he looked terrified, as if he had seen something terrifying and had been frightened to death. Xiaogang was the man who used to hang out with Luo Erzi.
When the people sitting at the entrance of the village saw Master Zhang dressed like a Taoist priest, some of them hurriedly ran into the village.
Before Master Zhang and I returned home, we saw the village chief leading a group of people surrounding us.
"You little girl, what do you want to do by bringing a charlatan back?" the village chief was furious.
"Village Chief, this is Master Zhang from Baiyun Temple. He's not the scammer you found last year."
The village chief was embarrassed to have his past exposed in front of so many people. He angrily scolded, "I don't care if he's from Baiyun Temple or Heiyun Temple, get him out of here right away."
I thought Master Zhang would leave angrily after hearing what the village chief said, but unexpectedly, Master Zhang just looked at me with interest.
He wasn't angry, but I felt a surge of rage filling my chest. I had invited Master Zhang with good intentions, but ended up getting a cold shoulder. So I said, "Master Zhang, I invited you here. How can I bother you?"
"Okay, okay, that's what you said. Then you should serve this Master Zhang you invited well." The village chief laughed in anger, "Let's go!"
The village chief and his group left.
I was very angry because I knew Master Zhang was a man of real ability. At the same time, I felt very sorry for letting Master Zhang get frustrated.
"Master Zhang, I'm sorry." I said blushing.
"It doesn't matter. The village chief doesn't welcome me, but I wonder if you welcome me?" Master Zhang looked like he had everything under control.
"Of course I welcome it, but please don't be angry."
"Hahaha, in that case, please invite me to your house for a visit." Master Zhang smiled.
I took Master Zhang all the way to my home. When my grandfather saw me bringing a stranger in, he hurriedly greeted the guest.
"Don't be polite, brother. My friend and I hit it off right away. We are friends regardless of age. Just be casual." Master Zhang persuaded the grandfather who was about to prepare wine and food.
"We don't have any good food or wine at home, I'm sorry to have embarrassed you, Master," said Grandpa.
Grandpa led Master Zhang to sit in the yard and prepared tea. I also sat next to Master Zhang's stone table.
"Master Zhang, what is a friendship regardless of age?" The teacher seemed to have told us this term, but I don't remember it.
Master Zhang looked at me with a very strange expression.
Until I felt a little embarrassed, he said: "Just friends."
This is the consequence of my not studying hard. I made a fool of myself in front of Master Zhang.
I felt a little embarrassed, so I quickly changed the subject and said, "Master, are we still going tonight?"
Master Zhang shook his head, held his beard and said, "No rush. Someone will come to invite us in a couple of days, but there is another thing we need to do tonight."
I was a little confused. Why would anyone invite us if the village chief was so rude? But Master Zhang mentioned that there was another event tonight, and I immediately became curious and asked, "What is it?"
"You'll know by tonight, but you still need to come with me on this trip," Master Zhang said calmly.
Grandpa sat aside, listening to my conversation with Master Zhang, and said, "It's getting late, I'll prepare some food first."
After saying that, grandpa went back to the house.
Master Zhang said, "When we were in the car just now, I sensed a deep well of resentment on the bridge. I'm afraid we can't defeat it with just the two of us. We need to find something."
"You can't do it either?" I have seen Master Zhang's skills, which are absolutely powerful, but now he said that he can't do it either and needs external help, which shocked me.
"This matter is far from as simple as you think. It's a good thing you came to me. If you go alone, I'm afraid you will be in great danger." He said sadly.
The resentment on that bridge is indeed very strong, and Wang Hao's mother and the woman from Liujiaao are really difficult to deal with, but I still think Master Zhang is exaggerating a bit.
Master Zhang and I chatted for a while. In the afternoon, Master Zhang talked quietly with my grandfather for a while and then took me away.
After leaving the village, Master Zhang pasted yellow talismans on both ends of the bridge, and then took me straight to Nanshan.
You know, there are cemeteries everywhere in Nanshan, which looks eerie.
I asked him, "Master, why are we heading to Nanshan?"
Master Zhang shook his head and said, "It's not Nanshan, but the old seat behind Nanshan."
"Old Master?"
Master Zhang nodded.
I was puzzled. Laozuozi is a mountain behind Nanshan, quite far away. The entire mountain is covered with tall trees. The back is long and narrow, like the back of a fish, and the front is a bare cliff. I don't know how high it is, but it's absolutely magnificent. We can see that huge cliff from our village. There's no sign of people there, let alone ghosts.
Master Zhang had his own intentions, so I didn't ask any more questions and followed him to his old seat.
As the saying goes, "If you run too fast, you'll die." This old seat was really far away. By the time I reached the old seat, the sun had already set. The mountain was covered with dense forests, blocking out the sun. There was no road here, so I could only follow Master Zhang.
It was pitch black in the woods and I couldn't see anything clearly.
Master Zhang took out a flashlight and shone a strong beam of light.
In this way, Master Zhang and I stumbled onto our old seat.
There were a lot of taraxacum officinale under the tree, and if you weren't careful you'd get bloodstains on your body, which was not only painful but also extremely itchy. Master Zhang took out the sword on his back and cleaned them while we advanced. In short, the two of us moved very slowly.
Once I was completely inside the old seat, I could no longer see any light except the faint glow of the flashlight. I was very scared at this point, not because it was dark, but because I was afraid of snakes.
After finally finding a smooth place, Master Zhang and I sat down, took out some dry food and water, and prepared to rest for a while.
Now I couldn't help but be curious, so I asked him, "Master, what are we doing in this old forest?"
Master Zhang said, "You'll know tonight. It's useless to tell you now."
After a short rest, Master Zhang and I continued to climb. When we reached the halfway point, the view suddenly opened up. We had finally escaped from the dense forest. The moon was already hanging in the sky. Today the moon was particularly round, and the moonlight shone on the cliff, casting a layer of white light on it.
I was about to speak when Master Zhang gestured for me to be quiet and pointed to the cliff in the distance.
I looked in the direction he pointed and saw a faint fire.
It was late at night, and I didn’t expect that there was someone else sitting in this old seat besides the two of us.
But after a while I found out I was wrong. The fire was not too far away from us, and I could see it moving very clearly.
Yes, the fire was moving.
The flames grew stronger as they danced, slowly transforming into a red fireball. The fireball continued to rise and fall in the air, with increasing amplitude.
I looked at this scene in amazement, knowing that it was definitely not a man-made fire. Could it be that I had encountered a mountain spirit?
I wasn't surprised to see a mountain goblin in this deep forest, especially since it was late at night, the time when mountain goblins and monsters were active.
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