As the mystery was finally solved, another question arose in Zhao Youliang's mind.
"Qi Shan, you still haven't told me how the paper-making shop came about."
"And how did that big yellow dog end up living in the paper-making shop?!"
Upon hearing this, Qi Shan hurriedly shook his head: "Nephew Quantum, I really don't know the answers to these questions."
"All we know is that besides the Grand Lama, there have been other accomplished people who have come here."
"He built the paper-making shop and put the dolls that were originally managed by the Guo family into it."
"After the master set the rules for us, he left this place."
Seeing that Qi Shan didn't seem to be lying, Zhao Youliang didn't press the matter further.
He also overlooked another important matter: where did the coffin at the puppet's feet come from, and who is inside the coffin...?
Qi Shan, who thought he had explained everything clearly, continued to speak with a mournful face.
"Nephew, I've said everything I need to say. You absolutely must find a way to save us!"
"The sins were committed by our ancestors; they have nothing to do with us!"
Zhao Youliang couldn't stand Qi Shan's shameless attitude, so he stuffed a few talismans into Qi Zhigang's hands, told him to be careful, and then left.
As they walked toward the barbecue restaurant, Zhao Youliang asked Liao Zhiyuan in a low voice.
"Brother, do you think it would work if we picked a good day to perform a ritual to help the departed souls find peace?"
"At least let them stop harming good people..."
At this point, Zhao Youliang suddenly couldn't continue, because he already had the answer.
Then, the carpenter and his wife appeared in the distance, their faces full of resentment.
Analyzing the other person's lip movements, it was clearly a warning to stay out of other people's business...
When Zhao Youliang returned to the barbecue restaurant, he was met with a concerned look from Sister Yingchun.
"Quantum, you guys were in such a hurry just now, did anything happen?"
"If anything happens, please let me know. Don't keep me worried!"
"Hmm!" Zhao Youliang nodded in agreement, noticing that Yingchun's face had turned even paler.
It was as white as the paper figures in my shop.
how so......
While secretly worrying, Zhao Youliang couldn't help but think of Sister Yingchun on the ghost carriage.
Could it be that the "ghost messenger order" I gave her didn't work?!
......
Nothing happened that night, and when dawn broke the next day, Zhao Youliang opened for business as usual.
After a quick morning run, I was about to lie down and sunbathe the eggs with my big yellow dog when Li Mao, who was carrying a steamed bun, interrupted me.
"You know Quantum, right? That old bastard surnamed Guo has gone crazy for some reason. He's brought a bunch of Taoist priests and monks here, and they're causing trouble in the middle of the town."
"Make trouble? How do you make trouble?" Zhao Youliang asked curiously.
Li Mao handed out the steamed buns he had brought to Zhao Youliang as he answered.
"They set up a very tall platform, saying they were going to perform a water and land ritual."
"Quantum, shall we go watch the fun later? We're just killing time anyway."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Youliang immediately understood that Guo Zhengde had also realized the seriousness of the matter and wanted to hold a religious ceremony to help the deceased souls pass on.
Just as Zhao Youliang was pondering this, the grasshopper spirit's voice suddenly rang in his mind.
"Quantum, do you remember that kid who could transport corpses?"
"He's really in trouble!"
"The corpse-driving brat? You mean Zhao Hongwei, old immortal?!" Zhao Youliang quickly answered in his mind upon hearing this.
"That's him!" The grasshopper spirit nodded vigorously.
"Last night, I was just wandering around aimlessly when I happened to see him being carried into the tomb by a walking corpse."
"That kid's probably dead meat!"
"What?!" Zhao Youliang was shocked upon hearing this: "Old, old immortal, since you saw it, why didn't you save him!"
"Even if you don't save them, just coming back to tell me would be enough!"
"Save him? Why would I, an old immortal, save him? That kid has absolutely no relation to me!"
The grasshopper spirit said matter-of-factly, "Besides, even if they wanted to save us, they'd have to have the ability."
"A backwards zombie, what an eerie thing!"
Zhao Youliang was speechless at the grasshopper spirit's words, because what the spirit said made perfect sense.
It's truly a case of one problem leading to another: the grasshopper spirit can stand idly by, but it can't do it itself.
But the key problem now is that even if I wanted to go down into the tomb to save him, my skills aren't good enough!
We can only hope that the organization Liao Zhiyuan mentioned will send an expert over soon.
I just don't know if Zhao Hongwei can hold on until then... No, I have to do something, I can't just sit here and wait!
First, we need to find out where the great tomb is, so that we can take the expert there immediately when he comes!
Also, before Uncle Sun left, he told me that the things in the tomb were very important to me, and that it would be good to go and familiarize myself with the terrain first!
Upon realizing this, Zhao Youliang immediately asked in his mind, "Old Immortal Green, can you still find the entrance to the great tomb?"
"Can you take me there to have a look now?"
"Green Old Immortal" is Zhao Youliang's name for the grasshopper spirit, in order to distinguish it from other immortals.
Otherwise, you can't just call him the Old Immortal Ant or the Old Immortal Grasshopper, can you?
Don't these two terms sound ambiguous?
The grasshopper spirit chuckled upon hearing this: "I can find it. Of course I won't forget what I saw just yesterday."
"We're not idiots like that black pig!"
"If you want to go take a look at Quantum, let's go now. There's no danger during the day anyway."
After receiving a positive answer, Zhao Youliang immediately asked Li Mao to drive him out of town, while the grasshopper spirit remained attached to him.
As mentioned earlier, as long as Zhao Youliang carries the prayer wheel given to him by the lama, he can leave the paper-making shop a certain distance in a short period of time.
After the car had been driving along the road for nearly forty minutes, the grasshopper spirit's voice suddenly rang in Zhao Youliang's mind.
"Alright, Quantum, tell him to stop. The entrance to the tomb is in the mountains right next to us."
"There's no road access over there, so the two of us will have to walk there."
It was said to be walking, but in reality, the grasshopper spirit transformed into a gust of cold wind, carrying Zhao Youliang forward, just enough to lift his feet off the ground.
The reason it wasn't like in movies and TV dramas, where they simply flew over with Zhao Youliang, is because it's simply impossible in real life.
Not to mention that grasshopper spirits can't carry mortals, even more powerful immortals can't.
As for the reason, there is a clear explanation in Chapter 22 of Wu Cheng'en's "Journey to the West," titled "Bajie Battles the Flowing Sand River, Moksha Subdues Wujing with the Dharma," as follows:
Bajie said: Brother, if it's that easy, you can just carry Master on your back, nod, bend over, and jump over. Why bother fighting him?
The traveler said, "My somersaults, if I may, also involve riding the clouds, only the distances I travel vary. You cannot carry me, so how could I?"
As the saying goes: "Sending Mount Tai is as light as a mustard seed, but carrying an ordinary person is difficult to escape the mortal world."
Such a wicked and poisonous monster uses its magic to create a spectacle, dragging mortals along, keeping them on the ground, unable to take them into the air.
Old Sun can do that too.
The simpleton listened obediently. They then ate some vegetarian food, which had no other vegetables, and the master and disciples rested at the foot of the eastern cliff of the Flowing Sand River...
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