Chapter 563
Wang Xinyue took a deep breath and said nervously, "What happened? Are you okay?"
Su Miao poked his head out from under the quilt and said, "It's okay. I didn't see it clearly, but there must have been something that scared me."
The conversation between the two woke up several other students. The originally quiet dormitory was suddenly filled with rustling sounds. A senior student asked with concern what happened.
Su Miao turned on the flashlight he was still holding, and a beam of light filled the room.
The senior student got out of bed and lit a kerosene lamp. The dim light made Su Miao's pale face flicker.
After listening to Su Miao's narration, everyone was a little surprised. They had been here for a week, and this was the first time they had encountered such a thing.
He Rong trembled and said, "It's such a big noise, could it be a wolf? Could it have already run into the yard?"
Before she could finish her words, she was interrupted by a suppressed gasp.
A senior student named Meng Xue, who spoke with a Northeastern accent, said, "Miao, you didn't run into Wong Tai Sin, did you?"
"Huang Daxianer? What is that? A weasel?" Someone repeated in a low voice, with a tone full of confusion.
At this time, everyone was alert. Meng Xue cleared her throat and lowered her voice unconsciously, as if she was afraid of disturbing something:
"It's a weasel, but we have to call him Wong Tai Sin. There's a legend about Wong Tai Sin asking for a title in our area. The elders loved to tell us about it when we were little!"
Meng Xue paused, appearing even more mysterious in the dim night. Someone urged:
"Meng Xue, tell me quickly! What do you mean by asking for a title?"
Meng Xue sat up, wrapped the quilt around herself, and continued to talk to her classmates:
"My grandma said that when Huang Daxian reaches a certain level of cultivation, he must come and ask for a title.
If they encounter a lone animal in the wild, they will stand up like a human, clasp their front paws together and bow repeatedly, and ask passersby, "Do you think I look like a human?"
She paused, and the dormitory was so quiet that she could hear everyone swallowing.
Everyone imagined it in their mind: in the wilderness, they were blocked by a weasel, and it even spoke. What a weird scene!
At this time, another girl, Xu Yue, said, "You guys only ask if it looks like a human? My grandfather said that the Huang Daxian in our place would ask if it looks like a human or a god.
If you say it resembles a human, he can transform into a human form and continue his cultivation. If you say it resembles a god, it will gain merit and successfully overcome the tribulation and become an immortal.
But if you scold it, saying it's nothing like it, then its centuries of cultivation will be ruined, and it will definitely haunt you and torture you half to death."
"Oh my god!" Someone cried out softly, and Su Miao curled up even tighter in the quilt.
Her words sent chills down everyone's back.
The scene of the swaying grass that Su Miao had just seen kept magnifying in her mind, as if there was really a standing weasel, staring at her quietly, as if it was about to speak in the next second.
Xu Yue continued, her voice tinged with mystery: "There's something even more bizarre! I heard it's a true story.
Just after the liberation, there was an old man in our village who drank at his nephew's house until late at night before returning home. I don't know how he walked to the village entrance and ran into Wong Tai Sin who was standing up.
The old man was in a trance, his mind was hot, and he cursed: "You bastard, you can't even eat warm shit, and you still want to become an immortal?"
Huang Daxian left in a rage, and the next day, the old man started to have a high fever and talk nonsense. He was crazy and kept wanting to jump into the cesspool.
I contacted many powerful people, and they all said that Huang Daxian was holding a grudge against him. In the end, his son hired someone to perform a ritual, apologized a lot, and offered a lot of things, and only then was his life saved."
After he finished speaking, the room was silent, with only the flame of the kerosene lamp flickering slightly, casting everyone's shadows on the wall, stretching them long and distorted.
No one dared to say more, but Meng Xue asked with interest:
"Hey, is it better to say it looks like a human or a god?"
Wang Xinyue tentatively said, "How about... just say it looks like a human? That way it can continue its cultivation and won't blame anyone else."
Meng Xue shook her head and said in a low voice:
"That's hard to say. If it has cultivated to a certain level, whether it resembles a human or a god, then it means it is close to becoming an immortal.
He came to ask for the title in order to ascend to heaven. If you say it's not possible, won't it retaliate against you?"
"So...so it's like a god?"
Xu Yue shook her head and said:
"No, I heard from my family that if Huang Daxian deifies you, all the evil things he does in the future will be blamed on you. He became a god by taking your luck, so even if he doesn't do evil in the future, you will still be unlucky for the rest of your life."
Meng Xue didn't seem to be afraid of this. After hearing this, her eyes lit up and she said:
"Wow! It seems that even if it's the same thing, each place has a different explanation. You guys are really much more responsible."
Su Miao nodded in agreement:
"Yes, every place has its own legends, some completely different, some similar. These legends are all empty myths until they are verified.
But as long as we find records of them in cultural relics and ancient books, they are folk history.
However, nowadays we emphasize materialism and adhere to scientific principles. Even if these wild spirits still exist, they are probably not common nowadays."
Her words pulled everyone out of their weird thoughts, and the girls didn't feel so scared anymore.
Wang Xinyue looked at Su Miao with admiration and said:
"Miao Miao, I think you are very decent. Yes, we are all materialists. How can we believe in these gods and ghosts?
With just one sentence, you established the core! Have you joined the party? I think you are particularly suitable for joining the party. "
Su Miao touched her nose guiltily. Don't tell me! Really! She believed in ghosts. After all, she really did it!
But she could only reply: "Not yet, I'm not old enough."
"I've already joined. I'll be your introducer from now on!"
"And me, and me! I'll be your introducer too."
Just as several people were vying to be Su Miao's introducer to the party, there was suddenly a muffled "bang" sound, as if something hit their door, and everyone held their breath.
Then, a strange sound, like claws scratching wooden boards, came from outside the door. The crackling sound penetrated into everyone's ears, giving people goose bumps instantly.
He Rong grabbed Wang Xinyue who was beside her and said in a trembling voice, "It seems... something is scratching the door."
In the dead silence, a hoarse voice with a strange accent floated in from the crack of the door:
"Look at me... am I like a human... or am I like a god?"
Everyone's blood seemed to freeze at this moment.
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