Chapter 54 Combating drugs and protecting the people is a great act of merit in safeguarding the common people.
The man was stunned, thinking he had misheard.
He witnessed the whole thing; the little girl gave him a hundred yesterday.
The effort he put into his wife's matter was more than a hundred times greater.
He quickly reached for his wallet, "Master, this won't do, it's too little! I..."
"Ten yuan."
Shen Yuepo repeated himself, his tone leaving no room for argument, "Scanning a code or paying cash are both acceptable."
Seeing her resolute attitude, the man stopped insisting and immediately took out ten yuan, placing it respectfully on the cloth bag.
His lips moved, but in the end, he uttered a heartfelt "Thank you, Master!"
Finally, after taking one last deep look at Shen Yuepo, he resolutely turned around and rushed off the overpass without looking back.
As soon as the man left, the surrounding crowd couldn't help but stir, their whispers filled with surprise and confusion.
"Ten yuan? Didn't the master charge a hundred yesterday?"
"Yeah, how come there's such a big difference? This guy is looking for a missing person, how come it's so cheap?!"
The second person in line was a simply dressed, kind-faced old lady who couldn't help but ask in a low voice out of curiosity:
"Master, why is the price for this divination different from yesterday?"
Shen Yuepo's gaze swept over the ten yuan note, then turned to the direction where the man had disappeared:
"Combating drugs and protecting the people is a great act of merit in safeguarding the common people. Her husband came seeking a glimmer of hope, and this divination should not have been charged."
The crowd fell silent instantly; everyone was stunned.
Shen Yuepo paused, then explained in a calm tone:
"But divination involves both gains and losses. I charge ten yuan only to settle this karmic debt and avoid further worldly entanglements."
Everyone suddenly realized.
It turns out that person was a family member of a narcotics officer.
Shen Yuepo looked at the person who had just recorded the video and said, "Please delete the video."
Those who recorded the video knew the seriousness of the matter and deleted it without hesitation, along with all the videos that were recently being deleted.
"It's your turn." Shen Yuepo turned her gaze to the old lady who was second in line and gestured for her to step forward.
The old lady quickly stepped forward, leaning on her cane, her face filled with sorrow and worry:
"Master, my surname is Wang, and I live in Lotus Lane in the east of the city. I... I would like to ask you to take a look at my house."
She sighed, her face full of worry:
"Sigh, things haven't been peaceful at home for the past six months. My old man keeps saying he can't sleep well at night, he always hears rustling sounds in the house, like something crawling, but when he turns on the light, there's nothing there."
It's bad enough that he can't sleep well, but lately he's also been inexplicably weak and always feels cold, needing a thick blanket at night even in the middle of summer. He's been to the hospital several times, but they can't find anything wrong.
The old woman paused, lowered her voice, and spoke with a hint of fear:
"What's even stranger is that our great-grandson, who just turned one year old, used to be a chubby, cheerful baby, but for the past two months, he has been crying non-stop every night, and we can't soothe him no matter what we do."
Her face turned bright red, and she cried until her voice was hoarse. She wouldn't calm down until after midnight... The neighbors whispered among themselves, wondering if something unclean had come to their house.
"Master, I'm at my wit's end. Please, can you take a look? What's wrong? Is there any way to solve this?"
As the old lady spoke, her eyes reddened, filled with exhaustion and worry.
Is your home in turmoil?
Shen Yuepo's gaze narrowed slightly.
This doesn't sound like a typical feng shui problem; it sounds more like it's been tainted by negative energy.
“Tell me the exact location of your house, as well as the birth dates and times of your husband and great-grandson.”
The old lady quickly gave her detailed address and then carefully gave her husband's and great-grandson's birthdays.
She nervously rubbed her hands together, her eyes fixed on Shen Yuepo without blinking.
Shen Yuepo closed her eyes and concentrated once again.
This time, she didn't use copper coins, but instead used her fingers as a brush, sketching in the air in front of the old lady.
The fingertips trace a fleeting path through the air, as if drawing some kind of invisible rune.
A moment later, the light at Shen Yuepo's fingertips faded, and she opened her eyes:
"The root of the problem is not inside your home."
The old lady was taken aback. "Huh? Not at home?" This was completely different from what she had expected.
"Behind the house."
Shen Yuepo's voice was resolute, "Is there a locust tree about ten steps from the back wall of your house?"
"Locust tree?"
The old woman's face turned deathly pale, and her eyes widened in terror.
"Yes! Master, right behind my yard, right next to the wall, there's an old locust tree! That tree... that tree is very old, older than me!"
Her voice trembled, "Could it be... that the locust tree has attracted a ghost?"
“It’s not the locust tree’s fault.” Shen Yuepo interrupted her reverie, her tone icy. “The locust tree is yin in nature and easily gathers yin energy, but it is harmless in itself. The problem lies beneath the tree’s roots.”
She paused, her gaze seemingly piercing through layers of earth to see that chilling sight:
"Where the tree roots intertwined, lay an unclaimed corpse. The bones were incomplete, buried long ago, and filled with resentment. To make matters worse, a broken urn of ashes was buried nearby."
"The contents of the altar, nourished by the yin energy of the locust tree, have developed resentment, which, combined with the resentment remaining in the bones, has transformed into filth."
This creature dwells beneath the tree roots, its resentful energy constantly assaulting your home's foundation. It is most active late at night when the yin energy is at its peak. Infants, with their pure senses, are the first to be disturbed; the elderly, whose yang energy is waning, are invaded by its cold yin energy, thus exhibiting unusual symptoms.
Upon hearing this, the old lady was struck dumb, staggered back a step, and was supported by someone next to her to prevent herself from falling.
Her face was deathly pale, she clutched her chest, and her lips trembled.
"A corpse... a corpse?! An urn of ashes?! Good heavens... what... what are we going to do?!"
Overwhelmed by fear, she nearly fainted at the thought that she and her family were "accompanied" by this thing every night through the wall.
"Master! Help!"
The old woman grasped Shen Yuepo's wrist as if it were the last straw, tears streaming down her face.
"Please, you must save my family! What can we do? I'll give up everything I own to save us!"
That locust tree is right behind my house, there's no way to avoid it.
Shen Yuepo calmly withdrew her wrist and took out a cinnabar pen and yellow paper from her cloth bag.
“There are two ways to break this,” she said, rapidly drawing intricate runes on the yellow paper.
"Firstly, we should move the locust tree. However, its roots are deeply entangled in the bones. Forcibly moving it might disturb the filth and cause harm instead. Moreover, the project would be too large and noisy, which is not the best option."
"Secondly," she handed the two talismans she had drawn to the old lady, one gleaming with a warm golden light, and the other radiating a sharp, malevolent aura.
"This 'home protection charm' should be pasted on the interior wall of your house, directly opposite the base of the locust tree.
The other 'Purifying and Suppressing Talisman' must be prepared today at noon, when the yang energy is at its peak. A bold, meticulous, and robust man must bury this talisman three feet south of a locust tree. Once buried, the talisman will temporarily suppress the impurities and prevent their resentment from invading your home.
The old woman trembled as she accepted the two talismans. "Alright, alright, I'll have my son bury them. His birth chart is strong! Master, then... then what? Is everything alright now?"
She was still worried.
"Suppression is only a temporary measure; it treats the symptoms but not the root cause."
Shen Yuepo raised her eyes:
"The remains and urns under the locust tree must be moved and properly buried."
Otherwise, over time, the talisman's effectiveness will weaken, and impurities will accumulate more deeply, eventually becoming a major problem. This is the fundamental solution.
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