Chapter 5
After returning, Wang Sheng strolled to find the housekeeper and arranged a new guest room for him, right next to Shi Ye's.
As soon as it got dark, he went into his room and never came out.
Shi Ye took out a folded talisman paper, and when he opened it, he found a piece of candle wax, the kind with a strange fragrance in the prefectural government.
He picked up a little with a wooden stick and put it on the candle to light it. After burning for a long time, even the wooden stick was emitting sparks, but the candle oil did not burn.
He also held it up to his face for inspection. The candle wax had a strange color and wouldn't burn with ordinary fire. He took out the brush and cinnabar he carried with him and drew a special pattern on the yellow talisman. Then he folded his two fingers and held it there. "The Three Pure Ones of Heaven and Earth, with the help of divine fire, burn."
The talisman paper instantly ignited with a green flame. When the flame came into contact with the candle wax, a puff of white smoke and a pungent smell emanated. The old man on the beam wrapped himself in his wings and rolled into a ball.
Unlike ordinary people, officials only light candles at night when needed, so it is not surprising that they mix animal fat with their candles to keep them burning. However, animal fat often has an unpleasant smell, so other oils are mixed in to make it more fragrant.
The candle oil in the prefectural government's mansion was unusual. The prefect was wealthy and powerful, so he could have found better candle oil, but he allowed all the nearby territories to burn this kind of candle oil. It was really strange.
He had heard that some people were obsessed with using the human oil of beautiful women as candle oil. The women hoped that smelling it would keep their youthful beauty, and the men hoped that it would prolong their lives and bring them good health. This oil was human oil.
"ah!"
A pocket that Shi Ye had placed on the table was suddenly shaken from side to side. Inside was the female ghost that he had caught yesterday. She was now jumping up and down, and seemed to be very disgusted with the candle oil.
After the candle was extinguished, the ghost finally stopped. Not long after, she started to move again, struggling desperately in one direction. That direction was next to Wang Sheng's room.
He turned his pocket around, and the female ghost also changed direction, still struggling in that direction.
He also pasted a talisman on his pocket, then raised his eyelids and stared at the wall, as if he could see Wang Sheng on the other side through the wall.
Wang Sheng is a man with many suspicious qualities. He's not a ghost hunter, and he has no special abilities, yet he seems to have a way of seeing ghosts. He's a liar, greedy, and afraid of death, and he's a philistine. Either he's faking it, playing the pig to eat the tiger. Or he has ulterior motives.
Wang Sheng, with ulterior motives, took out a long black cloth he hadn't seen in a long time and carefully covered his eyes with it, tying it tightly until no light could get through. He extinguished the candle, groped his way onto the bed, and lay there like a corpse, with no desire to live.
If he were at home, he could at least play the zither, the flute, or carve wood. He also carved peach wood swords to sell, large ones for crafts and small ones to ward off evil spirits, and the market was pretty good.
Since he was five years old, he has inexplicably been able to see ghosts at night with his eyes, and once he looks into the eyes of a ghost, the ghost will rush up like crazy and want to kill him.
Fortunately, he found a temple after struggling for a long time. The abbot took him in and told him to cover his eyes at night so that he would be safe if he couldn't see anything. So he kept this black cloth around his eyes for more than ten years. Every night, he would rush home and never go out at night.
Wang Sheng sighed. If he could be as capable as Shi Ye, he wouldn't have to hide like this.
Thinking of this, he sat up suddenly. That's right! He finally met a master, why not just become his disciple and learn the skills? When he returns after completing his studies, not only will he no longer have to be afraid of these ghosts, but he can also make a lot of money by exorcising ghosts for others. Isn't that too cool!
He immediately began to calculate how likely it was that Shi Ye would accept him as his disciple. This man was very arrogant and thought he was superior. He would speak ill of him at every turn. It would be difficult, as difficult as climbing to the sky, to accept him as his disciple.
Outside the door, a dark figure stood in front of the corridor.
He pulled out a thin paper figurine, cut into a small, round shape. He blew on it, and it leaped up with a loud bang.
Shi Ye: "Go ahead."
The paper man nodded obediently, walked to the hand side, jumped down, and squeezed in through the crack in the door.
Before he could close his eyes and use his five senses with the paper man, a panicked voice sounded behind him.
"Master! Master!"
The butler's face turned pale as he hurried over. Afraid someone might overhear him, he whispered as he approached, "Master, there's a ghost! There's a ghost!"
Shi Ye felt Wu Men on his back trembling, and said directly: "Lead the way."
The butler was fat around his waist and couldn't run at all. He said he was leading the way, but in fact he was heading straight to Zhang Wei's yard.
When they got there, they saw several servants and maids huddled together in a corner, tears streaming down their faces, terrified. Meanwhile, Zhang Wei was banging his head against the wall, his head bleeding and unresponsive.
He was floating in mid-air, with only his toes touching the ground. It felt like worms were crawling beneath his skin, a terrifying feeling. Zhang Wei closed his eyes and screamed in agony, his dream agonizing.
The sin bell on the hilt was ringing wildly. Shi Ye drew the sword with his backhand, cut his fingertip, and after the blood seeped into the blade, the entire sword emitted a silver-white light.
He swung Wumen at Zhang Wei, the tip of the sword piercing him. Zhang Wei arched his back, and a dark shadow hastily separated from him. The dark shadow in the courtyard gathered and took shape, gradually revealing long green armor, a pale face, floor-length hair, red eyes, fangs, and a thin layer of skin hanging from bones, making it look extremely ferocious.
The servants and maids could only hear the ghost roaring, but could not see where it was. They were so scared that they fainted.
Shi Ye looked at the female ghost coldly. She had become a fierce ghost with high spiritual power. Even if she went to the underworld, she could not enter the cycle of reincarnation. Her end would be to have her soul torn apart.
He recalled Wumen, turned around, and stabbed the female ghost fiercely, splitting it apart with one sword. Wumen was made of Yin iron stone from the underworld, and could directly hit the soul body and seriously injure them.
The female ghosts gathered together again, roaring at Shiye, and a melee ensued between the man and the ghost. Unable to get close to Shiye, the female ghosts pretended to fight him, escaping through a gap and attacking the person in the corner with a clear target.
Before it could escape a few steps, it was suddenly pierced by a beam of golden light and let out a hoarse roar.
Several blood-stained stones were placed around the female ghost, and a formation was generated from below.
Shi Ye tiptoed lightly and lightly exited the formation, his hairband flying wildly. It turned out that he had set up this formation when he was dealing with the ghost. He wanted to keep this female ghost.
The female ghost was unable to move within the formation. Once it came into contact with the golden soul, it would dissipate slightly. It looked up at the sky, opened its jaws wide, and then let out a long, strange cry, shaking the entire prefectural government.
Shi Ye stepped back to steady himself, and the eunuch flew over unsteadily and landed on his shoulder, chirping in a certain direction. Under the moonlight, dark shadows rose from somewhere in the backyard of the prefectural mansion, then surged towards them, a force so large that even the servants along the way could see them.
"Look, what are those things in the sky?"
"Ghost, ghost!"
Shi Ye also felt that something was wrong. Those were all evil spirits!
He yelled at the butler who was hiding behind a pillar, "Get out of here!"
Then he thrust Wumen into the ground, forming seals with his hands so quickly that only a trace of afterimages could be seen. A small, complex formation was created in mid-air, illuminating Shiye's serious face.
"Stone entangled and sinking to the bottom, Ren water, He Bo's concubine!"
A woman resembling a newlywed emerged from the formation. Her appearance was stunning, but her face was gloomy and pale. Countless vapors floated around her, and her ornate attire clashed with the water, making a crisp sound.
He Bo's concubine floated in the sky, looking steadily at the gradually approaching black shadow. The next moment, the water source of the entire prefectural government seemed to have been summoned and gathered from behind He Bo's concubine.
At that time, he said to He Bo's concubine, "He Bo's concubine, please do not harm the living."
He Bo's concubine Yingying bowed and controlled the water flow to hit the black shadow. The black shadow was instantly dispersed and its momentum suddenly weakened.
When the last scattered evil spirit came up, Shi Ye had no way out. There were actually more than 30 evil spirits hiding in the prefectural governor's mansion without being discovered.
These evil ghosts had different miserable appearances, but they were all female ghosts. Some of them were really ugly in appearance, so Shi would look away and stop looking at them.
When He Boqi was above, those evil spirits cried miserably when they saw her. He Boqi's eyes showed some compassion. She took the initiative to attack. Although these evil spirits were evil, they were no match for her.
The water flow wrapped these evil spirits in it, and Shi also released the soul-locking bag, and worked together with He Bo's concubine to put the evil spirits into the bag.
The yard calmed down and the water flowed back to its original place.
He Bo's concubine had not been summoned for a long time. While the bag was being sealed, she stood silently by the side.
Shi Ye pinched a ghost with two fingers and asked He Bo's concubine: "Your soul has dissipated a little, do you want to eat?" This was one of the evil ghosts just now.
He Bo's concubine shook her head, and Shi Ye did not force her, so he made the seal again, trying to call He Bo's concubine back.
Unexpectedly, He Boqi was startled and suddenly ran away in a certain direction. Shi Ye saw that He Boqi wanted to escape, so he subconsciously threw the talisman to catch the ghost, but then stopped his hand.
He Boqie was gentle by nature and never resisted anything. He couldn't bear to hurt her, so he followed her to see what she was trying to do.
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Wang Sheng was lying soundly in bed, his dream of a beautiful future coming true. Then the bed shook, startling him awake.
"Earth Dragon! Is the Earth Dragon coming?"
He gripped the headboard, carefully feeling the shaking of the bed, and soon it stopped. Wang Sheng patted his chest. When had there ever been an underground dragon in Zhang County? Could he be dreaming and still not awake?
"Hissohisso"
"who!"
"Clatter, clatter"
Is this dream so real? He even dreamed of a thief coming to his house!
Wang Sheng gently lifted the blindfold and looked around, but he didn't see any thieves. He turned his head and exhaled, but before he could react, he saw a pale paper figure standing on the bedding. Wang Sheng jumped up from the bed, "Ghost!"
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