Chapter 77 Yin Peach Blossom (7) Did Mr. Xie give you any instructions...?
The side house was covered with talismans, and many magical artifacts that Xia Wujin did not understand were arranged there.
Tonight's ritual will not be radical. We'll first explore the situation of the ghost in the dream and figure out the way to summon it.
Everyone's dream is an independent space. Sometimes, having strange dreams is because something you picked up during the day forms a short path that allows ghosts or spirits to sneak into your dream.
Sometimes, people may accidentally wander into the wrong place in their dreams, such as the underground world. In such cases, there is danger, and they need to wake up in time, or receive help from a benefactor in or outside the dream.
If Xie Tan were here, listening to these masters talk about dreams, he would recall a previous episode where the protagonist entered "another world" in a dream and was almost trapped there forever. It was his deceased family members who protected him and told him to leave as soon as possible, thus saving him from danger.
Although Su He said that she could just enter the dream and kill him, after arriving at the secluded residence with Xia Changfeng, she didn't seem to intend to take any proactive measures. She just sat to the side and, when asked, lazily said that she would just act as an insurance agent.
The one who infiltrated the dream mainly relied on Master He's talismanic magic. He entered the dream together, while Master Yun Song assisted him, stabilizing the situation and secretly exploring the path within the dream.
Throughout the process, Granny Yao will keep Xia Wujin from speaking. Once she has obtained all the information she can probe and gather, Master He will withdraw and destroy the path through which the ghost enters the dream.
The plan was finalized after the witch's divination, because the result of the divination was that Xia Wujin and the male ghost in the dream had no connection, which meant that it was not a drama of karmic entanglement from a past life and debt collection in this life.
That's just a shameless woman who wants to marry into a wealthy family; just take her in and that's it.
Before the ceremony began, the masters gave a lot of advice, and Xia Changfeng and Song Zhengxiang also offered encouragement and comfort. Even Su He, considering the surname "Xia," said, "Anyway, with me here, you won't die tonight."
The most common advice was to never reveal her name or birth date. Everyone except Su He, who only gave a perfunctory reply, said this.
The housekeeper and Xia Changfeng reported that Mr. Xie Tan had already returned to his prepared guest room to rest and would not be coming.
Song Zhengxiang, who was standing nearby, laughed and said, "It couldn't be that the power outage scared you. You must be too tired. Students these days are under so much pressure. I also have a full day of classes the day after tomorrow."
He looked at Xia Wujin and asked gently, "Jinjin, before you came, did Mr. Xie tell you anything? He's capable, so you have to listen to him."
Everyone was curious, looking at Xia Wujin or pricking up their ears to listen.
Xia Wujin lay on the prepared bed. In fact, since receiving that unlucky bouquet of paper roses in the morning, Xie Tan had only asked her about the strange things that had happened to her once.
They were at the club's base at the time. The two boys were cleaning up while waiting for the Xia family to send a car to pick them up. Xie Tan got her hot water and, after listening to her briefly recount her experience, asked, "In Fushui Town, you dreamed about him?"
Xia Wujin nodded.
She later heard from her friends that after entering the dream, she would arrive at a small town in the dream, where people were either sleeping or dead.
She did indeed fall asleep to the girl's singing, and in her hazy state, she seemed to see the lights of the town, but before she could see them clearly, someone took her hand and gently led her away.
She didn't reach the town of her dreams, but instead met the man named "Zhang Chengxiao" again.
He essentially rescued her and chatted with her for a while, although she remained wary throughout.
Xie Tan nodded knowingly, as if confirming some idea, and didn't ask any more questions.
And then there was the power outage earlier. Xia Wujin wondered, what was that mournful scream? Was it a ghost? Was it the culprit that caused the power outage? Had Xie Tan stayed behind to deal with it alone?
Xia Wujin told the truth: "He didn't say anything."
Song Zhengxiang smiled without saying a word, but everything was understood without being spoken.
While everyone was busy catching ghosts and giving instructions to the person involved, one person didn't even show up. He went back to rest without saying a word. He even claimed to be Xia Wujin's friend. Does he deserve the money the Xia family paid?
Su He, however, chuckled when she heard that Xie Tan had gone straight back to rest.
This brat...
The atmosphere was strange, so Xia Changfeng asked the masters to begin the ceremony and skipped the topic.
If Mr. Su He hadn't pointed out the problem with the film, he would have had a less favorable impression of Xie Tan, even though he knew Song Zhengxiang did it on purpose.
But since they provided clues, they did something, so why should he care about their temper? As long as the problem is solved, that's all that matters.
As the ceremony began, Xia Wujin fell asleep amidst the smell of incense.
But all she saw was darkness.
She didn't dream about that person tonight; she didn't even dream at all.
It was already past midnight when we woke up. Since the ghost hadn't entered our dreams, we decided to try again the second night.
The client who paid the fee didn't leave. Except for Su He, who left after she had just fallen asleep, everyone else stayed until she woke up again. They used magic tools and talismans to make sure she was alright.
Grandma Yao's mental suggestion, combined with the witch's divination, confirmed one thing: the clever Miss Xia did not reveal any information about herself in her dream.
This relieved everyone, and they went back to their rooms to rest and prepare for the ceremony the next day.
Xia Changfeng couldn't be idle either; he had to find out who Zhang Chengxiao really was and what was strange about that movie.
The male ghost didn't show up, and the two masters leading the main battle formation couldn't provide any information either. Xia Changfeng even asked the witch about the results of her divination regarding the ghost.
Miss Qi hesitated, saying she needed another day for divination. She said that tonight's energy was depleted, the ghost's power was strong, and the interference was too great. Not only were the divination results changing back and forth, but some were also quite outrageous. She needed to clear her mind and do a few more divinations.
Song Zhengxiang hadn't rested all night and was already tired, but he still said he was worried and wanted to stay and keep watch.
The real bodyguard, Lu Jinzhao, tilted his head: "Even if something happens, you can't help, can you?"
Xia Wujin nodded and said indifferently, "I have bodyguards, I don't need you, thank you."
Young Master Song couldn't hold back his smile any longer. Jin Jin's two classmates... were indeed more annoying than the other.
Why not just put centipede eggs on him too? That naive fool will be scared half to death.
But then he changed his mind. He thought darkly that there was no need to go to such lengths. The centipede egg from last night was a top-quality specimen that could reproduce. Even if it was killed, the regenerated centipede offspring would continue to entangle the host, endlessly. That guy couldn't get rid of it.
Those were good things given to him by Master He; the Song family invested a lot of money in Qingyun Temple.
Aren't they close friends and always together?
Centipedes don't like to eat people. If Jinjin gets involved, he can get rid of the centipede that's entangled with her just by bringing it up. This will not only win him favor but also allow him to accuse the two of having ulterior motives.
If they admit they're also troubled, we can criticize their incompetence; if that doesn't work, they're just bad luck, and President Xia won't let them stay near his sister any longer.
So he followed Xie Tan's example and ignored it, only gently bidding farewell to Xia Wujin: "Don't be afraid, there are so many capable people, it will be resolved soon. Isn't your birthday coming soon? I have already asked Master He to prepare a big gift for you, which can exorcise ghosts and ward off villains."
Master He stroked his beard alongside him and said, "These are antlers for blessings."
Lu Jinzhao looked again, as if suddenly realizing something, and said, "Ah, you are a deer."
Xia Wujin also knew this.
The Taoist priest was in poor health and had poor aptitude when he was young. He practiced Taoism in the mountains with his fellow disciples. They encountered several deer, one of which was a fawn that looked malnourished, short, with poor coat color, and sickly. The other deer ignored him. His fellow disciples said that it would not live long, sighed, and stopped looking at it.
The Taoist priest felt that the deer resembled him and sympathized with it in its suffering. He ignored the other deer and praised that deer in particular, even feeding it.
Later, he got lost in the mountains and forests, went mad, encountered a ghost, and fell down. There he saw the little deer again, dying and near death.
He thought this foreshadowed his death, but it turned out to be a turning point. The ghost was distracted by the deer, swallowed the deer whole, and he escaped successfully.
Later, the master said that it was the Deer Immortal repaying a debt of gratitude. Knowing that his days were numbered, he gave him his own blessings, and he was given half the life of a "deer".
His Day Master is Yi Wood, and deer live in the mountains and forests, which are also considered to belong to the Wood element. This can enhance the Wood element, so he raises deer in his temple and also collects many deer sculptures.
Song Zhengxiang smiled, assuming that this guy knew that Master He had half the fate of a celestial deer and wouldn't dare to play tricks, so he left with the master.
Lu Jinzhao didn't ask them anything. He and Xia Wujin returned to the main house and rested.
Xia Wujin took another nap.
Fortunately, I didn't dream about that person this time either.
She took a short nap and woke up again very early; the manor was quiet and peaceful.
She knew this was the calm before the storm, but it was good to enjoy a moment of peace, and it was rare that she didn't dream about him.
She slowly got out of bed, intending to change her clothes first. Still half asleep, she went into the dressing room, took out a light red dress, turned around to face the mirror to compare it, and suddenly realized that she didn't own any clothes of that color.
She suddenly became clear-headed and saw her reflection in the mirror. What she was holding in her hand was... a funeral shroud!
In the dressing room, all the clothes were changed into black and red burial clothes, with three black and two red clothes forming a set, which was continuously repeated.
In her panic, she knocked over the jewelry box, and a sinister musty smell spread out. She turned all the jewelry over and found that all the metal parts had turned into gold and all the gemstone parts into jade, as cold as if they had just been dug out of an underground tomb!
She rushed out of the dressing room, shouting as she opened the door, but stopped abruptly—a blood-soaked skin was hanging on the door!
The wind it stirred up caused the suspended skin to rotate slightly, like a hanged person... It really was human skin!
Unlike the human-skin monster, this is a complete piece of skin.
Xia Wujin was so overwhelmed by the smell of blood that she almost fainted. She shouted for help, which caused a commotion. The bodyguards tore off the skin and took her out of the house.
The masters arrived one after another, and after figuring out what had happened, their expressions changed.
"Eh? Where is Master He?"
Then a scream rang out—it was Song Zhengxiang!
They rushed over and found it was Master He's room. Something that looked like the master's was lying outside the door—a person whose skin had been completely peeled off, a bloody mess.
Song Zhengxiang must have been knocked over by the corpse standing at the door when he opened it. He was covered in blood and screaming in terror as he ran out without a care in the world.
Xia Changfeng was also terrified, his face turning pale and his mind in a panic. He quickly sent people to stop them and try to calm them down.
The witch frowned deeply: "Black and red silk, deerskin, gold and jade artifacts..."
Granny Yao replied with a displeased expression, "This is my betrothal gift."
The fourth of the six rites, called the betrothal ceremony or the grand ceremony, is when the groom's family sends valuable betrothal gifts to the bride's family.
The second ceremony is the name inquiry, which involves matching the birth dates and times (based on the Chinese zodiac). The third ceremony is the auspicious date selection, where the groom's family consults the ancestral temple to determine the auspicious date and time of the couple. If the result is auspicious, the engagement is formally finalized.
The betrothal gifts were exchanged after that, but Xia Wujin never gave her a name or birth date!
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