Chapter 038: Ancient House Phantom (10)
Back in the town, Tao Xing handed the plaque to Xianyue: "Here you go."
Xianyue took it, a faint light floating in the air, and back to the house it was his world. His health had improved, and all his abilities had been restored. His eyebrows were raised, his expression was proud, and he turned into the wind to hide the plaque in the house. The helpless look of yesterday was gone.
Tao Xing settled him down and was about to go back.
"Return the ID card to the elder. Then, I need to get something." He said, "I will be back in a while."
Xianyue didn't ask much, but 080 was puzzled: "Host, what do you want to take?"
Tao Xing coughed and said, "I walked too much and my legs hurt."
"ah?"
"The original owner's body is so weak. No matter how healthy I am, I can't help him with his condition. I don't want to walk anymore. I'm going to go back and find a wheelchair."
"The wheelchair has been in the house before, he should be able to make a replica for you."
"But it will be gone once I get out. Am I going to sit on the ground as soon as I get out of the door?"
The head of the family went out for a while and came back in a wheelchair, which made the whole family stare in amazement.
As for the fact that the "House God" also went out, only the Great Elder knew about this, and the others were not aware. In their cognition, there was no specific image of that god, and no one dared to spy on the true appearance of the god, and no one dared to imagine too much. It was just a vague concept in their minds.
Tao Xing did not explain and just sat calmly in the wheelchair.
Xianyue stayed in the house alone and suddenly felt a little lonely.
He flew around the room, blowing the chandelier above the ceiling and making it swing.
Someone knocked gently on the door, which made him happy. Then he remembered that Tao Xing had the key to the house and would walk in directly without knocking.
He floated by the door, squinting at it.
There were a few knocks on the door, and rustling sounds were heard, and the human figure became shorter.
That person knelt down and kowtowed several times: "My Lord God, I know you exist. I am also a descendant of the Tao family. I beg you to protect me and bless me."
Xianyue rolled her eyes and floated upstairs.
The voice continued, "For you, blessing is a very simple matter. You can use illusions to confuse people, causing them to lose their minds and commit suicide. You can also use illusions to enlighten people, making them clear-minded and do things that are beneficial to their luck and wealth."
Xianyue frowned and looked over.
"Please bless me, Lord God. I will do my best to satisfy any offerings you may need from now on."
Xianyue flicked her sleeves, the wind blew through the red wooden door, and the person kneeling outside heard a word coming from the house, like an empty echo in the wind.
That sentence only had one word: "Get lost."
The people outside were stunned: "Didn't the Lord God bless Tao Xing? Otherwise, how could he become the head of the family? I am his elder brother. According to the rules, my status in the Tao family is higher than his. You can bless him, why can't you bless me?"
The wind was howling, and the only word that came into my ears was: "Get lost."
The kneeling man's expression changed slightly, his eyes darkened, and he slowly stood up and left.
At the Tao family, Tao Xing briefly exchanged pleasantries with the people who came to visit him: "I'm going to pack my things and return to the old house after taking a rest. You guys can go about your business."
Old Qu came over and pushed him, hesitating to say, "Third Young Master, Second Young Master is back."
"What Second Young Master? Who?"
"That's your brother, Tao Wang."
Tao Xing thought for a moment and said, "Oh, didn't the one who ran away from home cut off ties with the Tao family? Why is he back again?"
Lao Qu leaned over and whispered, "It is said that he can't make it out there anymore."
Tao Xing blinked: "I was still young when he left. Was he very violent?"
"That's right." Old Qu said, "He is the most intelligent one in your generation. He was also sent to learn the art of Qimen. He was supposed to be the next great elder, but he quit after learning it and wanted to compete for the head of the family. The master was angry, and the father and son broke up. He ran away from home. I heard that he opened a studio outside in recent years, doing feng shui, exorcism, fortune-telling and so on.
He was doing very well in the past few years, and even came back to show off to his master, but he was a gambler and couldn't keep his money, so his business started to go downhill in the past two years, and now he has no choice but to come back."
"Oh." Tao Xing nodded, "Where are the people?"
"He came back yesterday and went out again today. I'll come over to treat you when he comes back?"
"No need to call me." Tao Xing was not interested in meeting this person. "Old Qu, you should go and do your work. No need to push me. I'll just take a rest and leave."
Old Qu responded, and Tao Xing turned his wheelchair forward.
In the afternoon, in the Tao family compound, a middle-aged man walked in. He was tall and had a serious face. He walked into the front hall and sat down in the main seat in the hall naturally. He took a sip of tea and said, "Is Tao Xing back? Ask him to come see me."
The servants looked at each other, and one of them stepped forward and said, "The master is resting."
The man raised his eyes and looked at him fiercely. The servant was startled: "The master is not feeling well. He just came back from outside and needs to rest."
The man asked, "What did you call him?"
The servants were surprised: "The master of the house."
The man sneered: "He is just a sickly person, how can he be worthy of that?"
"Uncle, you can't say that." Tao Yiming stood up, "Uncle San is very powerful. He can break the seal of the old house."
"Seal?" The man laughed.
"Yes, and he is the servant chosen by the God of the House." Tao Erxian also said.
"House God?" Tao Wang laughed again, with a hint of disdain, "He is just favored by evil creatures. He really thinks he is an onion. Call him here immediately..."
He paused here, rolled his eyes, and looked at everyone in the room: "In your eyes, my third brother is very powerful, and he is the only one who can unlock the seal?"
"Yes." Tao Yiming answered, "We saw it with our own eyes."
"There is a god in that house. He is the god of the old Tao family house. Will he protect you?"
"Yes, the Great Elder sensed it personally."
Tao Wang stood up, walked around the hall, and went out.
The people in the room looked at each other in surprise. Why did he just leave while talking?
Tao Wang walked quickly to the yard where Tao Xing lived, circled the yard several times with the compass in his hand, and then smiled coldly.
Not long after, before the people in the compound had time to disperse, they saw Tao Wang coming back with more miscellaneous things in his hands and a dozen followers following him. He said to everyone, "You have all been deceived. There is no seal at all, and that is not a god."
Everyone was talking: "Impossible."
"If you don't believe me, follow me!" He turned and left with his followers.
Everyone stood there in shock, at a loss as to what to do.
Tao Wang walked a few steps and found that no one was following him. He frowned and walked back quickly to lift the elder's shoulder: "Come on, go and give everyone an explanation."
The Great Elder was forced to follow. The others came to their senses and were in a panic, not knowing what to do. They called Tao Xing but the call was unreachable. Some people went to look for him, but for some reason, they couldn't get into the yard where he lived, as if they were trapped in a wall.
They were thrown into disarray, and when they saw the Great Elder being taken away, they crowded around and followed him.
The Tao family is large and powerful. On the main family side alone, there are dozens of relatives and friends. It is quite a sight to see this group of people pouring into the streets of the town.
The large group arrived in front of the ancient house, and it was a huge crowd. Tao Wang raised his hand and his followers rushed forward.
With a "bang", the mottled red wooden door was knocked open.
In the dark old house, a red shadow floated across the beam and turned into a gust of wind. The original newness and cleanliness of the upstairs disappeared, and the railings were covered with thick dust again.
The old house was dilapidated, forgotten, and filled with a damp smell.
Tao Wang stood in front of the door, being very cautious not to go in. He rotated the compass in his hand and flipped a strange mirror in the other hand, refracting the sunlight and covering the top of the house. Dust floated in the light.
Tao Wang held the elder's shoulder, stood at the door, and asked loudly: "I have illuminated this house. Tell me, is there a seal?"
The illumination he mentioned was not simply to give a little light, but to make all the strange magic techniques visible.
Others are not capable enough to see the changes, but someone like the Great Elder can still recognize them.
The Great Elder said: "The seal has been lifted by the Patriarch, so of course it won't appear again."
"You are deceiving yourself." Tao Wang pushed him forward, pressing half of his body against the threshold. "If he really lifted the seal, then the remaining power would not dissipate so easily in just a few days. Take a good look, is there any residual energy?"
The Great Elder lay on the doorstep, his expression changing again and again, his body trembling slightly.
He indeed knew that he was deceiving others. We just saw clearly whether he had any remaining strength.
But he couldn't believe it. How could it be gone?
The others were talking loudly, but when they saw the Great Elder being pinned against the door by the Second Young Master, they were terrified and just listened to them talking in a daze. But now, seeing the Great Elder's reaction, they dared not say a word.
Everyone was in disbelief and asked cautiously, "Great Elder, is there really no seal?"
The Great Elder’s face turned pale and he turned back tremblingly.
Seeing this look, everyone understood and went wild: "So it wasn't the Patriarch who opened the seal at all?"
"What's going on? Could it be that our ancestors didn't set up the seal at all, and just wanted to scare us?"
"Whether it was set by our ancestors or not, the seal no longer exists. It was not lifted recently, and it was not opened by the head of the family!"
This is the key point, he was not the one who lifted the seal.
The head of the family might not be as powerful as people say!
They looked at Tao Yiming and the others. It was these three brothers who tried their best to exaggerate how powerful the head of the family was, making everyone believe it.
Think about it, the head of the family looked so sickly and was almost half dead before. If he was really powerful, it would have been revealed long ago, and the competition for the position of head of the family would not have happened at all.
The three nephews were also panicked: "But we did see it at that time. We were all confused by the illusion of the seal and saw a very scary ghost. Only the third uncle was not affected. He took out the plaque and helped us solve the illusion."
"That's right." The others responded, "If there is no seal, then it is not the seal that causes the space distortion and produces illusions. But... illusions exist. The three of them saw it, and the two who died before also saw it. And... Oh, Tao Xiaowen, didn't you also say that you seemed to see something unusual here?"
Tao Xiaowen shrank his head in the crowd. He accidentally let slip the news when he got home, and his family found out that he was in a relationship. He regretted it very much and now he would never dare to talk about it again.
The person who spoke didn't care whether he stood up now or not. Anyway, the house would make people have hallucinations, and this was real.
It was previously said that it was caused by the seal, but now it has been confirmed that the seal does not exist. How do you explain this?
"Is it hard to figure it out?" Tao Wang said, "If the illusion is not caused by the seal, then it must be created by something in this house."
This statement shocked everyone again: "Yes, our house god, the great elder said that the plaque is really spiritual, it turns out that he can create illusions." They ran forward a few steps, full of reverence, "What does the god look like, can we see it?"
"God?" Tao Wang sneered, "Use your brains to think about it. Those illusions are harmful and have already killed two people."
Everyone stopped in panic, stopped talking, and stood frozen in place.
"It's an evil creature, and you worship it as a god." Tao Wang said sternly.
Everyone was even more frightened and didn't know what to do.
The Great Elder staggered to his feet and said, "I don't sense any evil energy."
"That's because you don't have enough ability." Tao Wang said, "Your family master is obviously a waste. He just had some secret deal with the evil creature and got its favor. It's ridiculous that you still admire him. You don't even know how your life was lost."
Everyone was in a daze, their cognition was shocked. They didn't dare to speak and were silent.
"You are the descendants of the Tao family. If you want to live, listen to my orders today. Everyone, destroy this evil creature. The true form of the evil creature is this house. Light a fire and burn this house down!" Tao Wang raised his hand and said.
There was still silence behind me.
Tao Wang turned around and asked: "Why aren't you moving?"
Everyone opened their eyes in fear. They hadn't figured it out yet and their thoughts were completely confused.
How did it suddenly come to the point of burning the house?
"A bunch of rubbish." Tao Wang was angry and called his followers, "Start the fire."
These people obeyed the order and stepped forward, well prepared. They poured in the oil and threw in the lighter, and the flames suddenly rose high.
The onlookers stepped back in horror, and some couldn't help shouting, "Are you really going to burn it?"
This is a thousand-year-old house left by our ancestors.
The wind was howling and the fire was raging. Tao Wang had a smug smile on his face and a vicious look in his eyes.
If you are unwilling to bless me, then destroy me, and don’t even think about blessing others!
After I deal with you, I will deal with Tao Xing. Without his protection, he is a waste. It’s time to replace the head of the Tao family.
The flames danced in the wind.
The corners of Tao Wang's mouth that were raised gradually lowered.
The flame...became smaller and smaller, then turned into black smoke and went out.
There was no sign of the house being burned down.
"No more oil? Pour more." He ordered.
The followers poured a few more buckets of oil and threw in a few lighters.
With a few "ding dong" sounds, the lighter fell to the ground and slid in the sticky oil.
This time, there was no flame, not even a spark.
"Wow, it won't burn." Everyone else was stunned, "How magical."
Tao Wang was furious and thought for a moment: "Smash it for me."
If you can't burn it, you can at least smash it.
The followers picked up shovels and walked forward, banging on the wood.
The stones and bricks on the wall were broken apart and fell down in pieces. The man holding the shovel covered his head and said, "Ouch, it hit me."
Another person also covered his head: "I was hit too."
Several people jumped up and down: "Stop knocking, the falling bricks are hitting us."
Tao Wang gritted his teeth angrily: "Stop, stop, stop."
Several people ran out quickly, covering their faces and wailing.
Tao Wang narrowed his eyes slightly, held the compass and paced a few steps, then stopped in front of the gate: "Tear down this door for me."
Several people rubbed their heads and stepped forward, banging and hitting with shovels.
The wooden door creaked automatically without wind, and the door knocker tinkled as it was knocked. Suddenly, a gust of wind blew, and the shovel fell to the ground with a crackling sound. The person knocking it screamed "Ah!" and was blown away.
The onlookers were dumbfounded. Although many of them had spiritual intelligence and firmly believed that their house gods lived here, they had never seen such an unnatural phenomenon. When they suddenly saw it, it still shocked their cognition.
Tao Wang frowned. This place wouldn't work either.
But... from extinguishing the flames, to hitting people with bricks and tiles, to the strong wind blowing away the person knocking on the door, the person inside became more and more violent.
Perhaps, because he was getting closer and closer to the place where he could be hit, he became anxious?
The world has its own conservation rules. This kind of non-natural creature with superpowers has abilities superior to humans, but it also has many limitations, fatal weaknesses, and a place where it can be fatal.
For example, the strong wind he just stirred up could only blow away those who were knocking on the door frame, but not those who did not take action.
He can attack humans in the name of self-preservation, but at other times, he cannot directly hurt people.
Tao Wang was confident that as long as he didn't do it himself, that person couldn't hurt him. Anyway, if he didn't enter the house, that person couldn't confuse him with illusions.
He stood by the door, holding a compass in one hand and an iron sword in the other, looking around the house with a sharp gaze.
We have to find a fatal place to strike. If the house cannot be burned down or demolished, then his lifeblood is not in the house.
But it must be in the house.
There is dust floating on the ground, there are some signs of renovation on the walls, and the wood on the roof is damp and black. These things are all damaged, not true.
There was a bit of redwood exposed on the rotten beam, shining slightly golden in the light. That was intact, that was...
plaque!
Yes, a plaque. Tao Wang looked up suddenly. The Tao family had gone to great lengths to get this plaque. How come they didn’t think of it when it was so obvious?
Blame him, because he has long known that the evil creature is an entire house, and he has never thought about separating it. He had heard before that the Tao family had to get a plaque to become the head of the family, and he secretly laughed at their ignorance.
But unexpectedly, the old man had something, and the place where the evil spirit was attached was indeed the plaque.
He turned around calmly, slowly tightened his sword, and smiled faintly at the people around him: "It seems that you didn't find anything..."
Before he finished speaking, he suddenly turned around, and the sword in his hand flew out with a "buzz", penetrated into the house, pierced into the beam with lightning speed, and pierced through the plaque.
A wind suddenly arose, sweeping and whistling, but then disappeared in an instant.
Tao Wang smiled triumphantly, made a hand gesture and chanted a spell, then raised his arm and the iron sword flew up, spun a circle and pierced the plaque again.
There was a slight cracking sound, and the plaque was cracking.
Tao Wang raised his hand again, and the iron sword flew up and stabbed in again.
The plaque fell from the beam, landed on the ground with a clang, and rolled twice on the dusty ground.
At the same time, a figure in red clothes fluttered, and came down from the beam. He staggered imperceptibly, and then stood still inside the door.
Everyone was shocked.
It was dark inside the door, and even though the face could not be seen clearly, one could see the person in red standing there solemnly, with long hair moving in the wind.
"He's shown up!" This was the only thought in everyone's mind. No matter if they were gods or evil creatures, once they saw his appearance, their perception of his image was no longer a vague concept.
There really is something in this world... I can’t really say what it is now, but it really is a strange thing.
He witnessed this image falling from the sky with his own eyes, it was standing right in front of him, and the intuitive feeling was completely different from what he had imagined.
They were completely stunned, their minds in a mess.
Tao Wang raised the corner of his mouth and said loudly: "This is the evil thing." After that, he raised his hand and the sword pierced into the plaque again.
The Chaos people were made even more confused by this roar, and they all stood still.
Inside the door, there was a hint of sweetness in the red-clothed man's mouth, and his face was expressionless.
The wind was howling, the whole house was rumbling and shaking, bricks and rubble were falling, and a mist of dust was raised.
Tao Wang sneered. He had already controlled the plaque. The opponent could not attack him. If he attacked by force, he would suffer serious damage to himself.
This was nothing but a forced struggle, which would be tantamount to destroying both sides. Tao Wang sneered, raised his hand again, and the iron sword rotated and pierced into the plaque again.
The man in red frowned slightly, but still stood straight.
The rumbling sound stopped, the house stopped shaking, and the dust floated in the air.
Tao Wang was satisfied: It seemed that he was unable to attack.
Destroy the plaque and he will perish.
He smiled triumphantly and said to everyone, "Watch carefully today to see how this evil creature disappears."
The iron sword made a sharp buzzing sound.
In the Tao family yard.
Tao Xing carefully folded a small bag of gold powder and put it in his pocket.
080 looked at it for a long time and finally couldn't help asking: "Host, the main purpose of your return is not to get a wheelchair, but to scrape the gold powder, what do you want it for? This is your ancestor."
"The person has been dead for thousands of years. What's so important about the tablet?" Tao Xing packed the cloth bag and came out of the ancestral hall. There was no signal in the hall and the cell phone was very quiet.
When I walked out, it was quiet outside.
It's just... too quiet, there's no one around.
He returned to his yard, intending to grab some clothes and leave.
When he arrived at the gate of the yard, his wheelchair stopped. Looking at the slightly floating white mist, he couldn't help but frowned: "It seems like some kind of illusion has been cast."
"Host, what is a sleight of hand?"
"It's a magic similar to a ghost wall. People inside can't get out, and people outside can't get in. Who did this in my yard? Are they trying to lock me in?"
"Wow, host, you are so amazing, how do you know so much?"
Tao Xing blinked in confusion: "If you want to do it, you must see clearly. I have been in the ancestral hall the whole time. I am not inside at all. I am locked up here for no reason."
But who did it and for what purpose?
Tao Xing thought for a moment and suddenly raised his eyes.
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