The green python glanced down at its tail beneath the silver ring's skirt, then at her excited little face. Its heart softened, and it squatted down, saying, "Come on up, I'll carry you down. But we can't let them see your tail."
"Yes, yes, we definitely won't let them find out." Silver Ring nodded, jumped onto the green python's back, and said happily.
The green python, carrying the silver ring on its back and concealing its small tail behind it, swaggered downstairs with the silver ring on its back.
Meanwhile, the exorcism downstairs continued. The sound of bells, carrying a mysterious rhythm, filled the entire hall, interspersed with Ah Fang's heart-wrenching sobs.
"Taoist Master, my mother didn't harm anyone, please don't take her in." Afang struggled, looking at the ferocious little boy trapped in place by Song Tianshan, and knew that she couldn't keep her mother.
"You should be glad she didn't have time to kill anyone, otherwise... what awaited her wouldn't just be being taken away." Qi Miao looked at A Fang, who was crying uncontrollably, and felt a pang of pity.
"Ahhh—let me go, let me go!" In the lobby, the trapped little boy roared, his voice sometimes like a woman's, sometimes like a child's. His innocent face was contorted with a sinister ferocity.
Song Tianshan: "Dust to dust, ashes to ashes, the underworld is where you belong. Come out. Your son is weak and has been occupied by you for many years, covered by yin energy. If you don't want him to die, come out obediently."
By this time, Song Tianshan had pretty much figured out the reason why the hotel was haunted.
This ghost wasn't some angry or evil spirit; it was just too obsessed and lingered in the hotel, unwilling to leave.
The hearts of parents are the same everywhere. Even in death, this mother's thoughts remained with her two children. After returning from the seventh day memorial service, she saw her son, who suffered from polio, weeping uncontrollably before her memorial tablet. Suddenly, her hazy mind cleared. She thought about how, after her death, her unmarried daughter and sick son would be left without anyone to care for them. What would become of them?
Once the obsession took hold, it could not be extinguished; the desire to take care of her children compelled her to stay.
Staying would have been fine, but during that time, the hotel business was slow, so Afang launched a promotional campaign, giving all guests who checked into the hotel a 12% discount.
When Afang's mother, who was lingering in the hotel, found out about this, she possessed her son and thought, "My daughter has had such a hard time, and you still haven't paid the full amount for your stay."
Hmph, you're bullying my daughter because she's young? Well then, I won't let you sleep in my bed.
As a result, every time someone moved in, they would be moved to the corridor after waking up.
But humans and ghosts are ultimately different. A-Fang's mother's good intentions backfired; her son and daughter's constant contact weakened her yang energy, which was on the verge of extinction. Once that yang energy was extinguished, even a great immortal couldn't save her.
"You filthy Taoist priest, how dare you curse my son! I'll fight you to the death!"
Afang's mother didn't believe Song Tianshan's words. She stretched out her hands and viciously grabbed at him, trying to attack him. But she was bound by Song Tianshan's Taoist magic, and all her attacks were in vain.
Song Tianshan came to Qingzong. Although Qingzong was a small sect, it had a good atmosphere and wasn't the kind of stubborn sect that would capture any ghost or demon it saw. It had some compassion in its heart, and Song Tianshan couldn't bring himself to forcibly subdue a ghost like Afang's mother, who stayed in the human world for the sake of her children.
Seeing that the female ghost had no intention of harming anyone and that the things she had done were not serious, he decided to let go of her obsession and send her to reincarnation.
Song Tianshan pointed at the child and Afang's shoulders: "Look, this is their life force. They have been weakened by your influence, especially your son. If you possess him again, he will die immediately."
As a ghost, she naturally knew what the life fire was. When she clearly saw the life fire on her two children's shoulders, Afang's mother squatted down and fell silent.
"I...how could I have hurt them? How could this be..." Afang's mother couldn't believe it, her eyes filled with regret and sorrow. She had clearly wanted to stay and take care of them, but why...?
Song Tianshan sighed and said, "The hearts of parents are all the same."
Perhaps realizing that she had truly harmed Afang and her brother, Afang's mother gradually calmed down, and after a while, she slowly floated out from her son's body.
"It's out, it's out! Hey, is this a ghost? It doesn't look scary at all!" Silver Ring lay on the green python, curiously looking at Afang's mother's spirit.
Su Yi: "It's said that ghosts without any resentment aren't scary. Only evil ghosts are frightening in appearance." Su Yi is the most qualified to speak on this point because he has an old ghost friend who knows a lot about ghosts.
"Mom." Seeing the familiar face, Afang cried out in grief. She struggled to break free from Qi Miao and Xiao Feng's hold and suddenly lunged at her mother's spirit.
But humans and ghosts are different, and with one lunge, Afang passed directly through her mother's soul.
"Afang, Mom didn't mean to hurt you, really didn't." Afang's mother looked at her daughter with a face full of sorrow.
"I know, I know, Mom is the best, how could Mom hurt us?" Afang cried, turned around, and tried to touch her mother again.
In this world, no one is better than her mother. Every time she possesses the two siblings, she cooks for them and cleans their house. She knows that her mother worries about them, which is why she appears so often.
"Afang, Mom has to go. Take care of yourself, and your brother... He can only rely on you for the rest of his life. Mom can't bear to leave you, but if Mom doesn't go, I'll hurt you." Afang's mother looked reluctant, but she knew that no matter how reluctant she was, she had to leave. Those were her children. She was already dead, how could she bear to let her children die with her?
Afang's eyes were red, tears streaming down her face, as she cried out, "Mom..."
The tender farewell between mother and daughter touched the onlookers. Song Tianshan sighed, "The time has come, go." With that, he waved his hand, and a yellow talisman instantly struck Afang's mother's soul.
"Ah Fang, take good care of yourself." Even in parting, her last words were filled with concern.
"mom!"
Watching the disappearing ghostly figure, Silver Ring wagged her tail listlessly twice, then rested her little head on the Green Python's strong shoulder, saying somewhat dejectedly, "Why do other people's mothers love their children so much?"
When the blue monkey's mother was dying, she filled two leaves with "milk" for him; even after Afang's mother died, she was still worried about her two children; but her snake mother ate her brothers and sisters.
The contrast is so stark!
Author's Note: Hei Xiong: Robbing Taoist priests is such a quick way to make money.
Silver Ring waved his hand: Continue.
Song Tianshan: What grudge or hatred do I have against you?
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