Chapter 11 5 The Evil Spirit
Chapter 11 The Five Ghosts and the Evil Spirit
"That's not quite right..."
Chu Tai looked at the place where Taoist Fu Guang practiced and couldn't help feeling a little worried.
He flicked the beads in his hand, a faint golden light appeared at his fingertips, and he chanted the Taiyi Golden Light Mantra softly: "Golden light shines in the house, auspicious air fills the courtyard. Taiyi Dao Qi, circulates through the ancient and modern times... One Qi evolves, far and wide."
The golden light gradually grew stronger, and mysterious ideas such as protecting the home, purifying the body, manifesting spirits, and communicating with others naturally emerged in Chu Tai's mind. He looked at the location of Taoist Fu Guang again, and vaguely saw the place where he practiced. It was surrounded by pure and holy air, and light was descending from the nine heavens to bless this place.
Chu Tai understood that the light descending from the sky above was the true meaning of attaining enlightenment through chanting scriptures. In essence, it was a way out left by many senior immortals who ascended to heaven for those who came later.
This is the compassionate heart of the seniors in Daluo Heaven to save people.
Therefore, this light from the sky is the most harsh. Once the person chanting does evil or is contaminated with evil spirits, he will inevitably be rejected. At this time, Chu Tai discovered that there was a faint trace of deathly air settling in the descending light from the sky, and there seemed to be black air entangled inside.
The original worry in his heart became even stronger. He wanted to ask Taoist Fu Guang, but he knew that now was not the right time.
By the next morning's class, before Chu Tai had time to tell Taoist Fu Guang about his discovery, he was warned by him.
"In the future, you must not peek at others chanting sutras. This is also my fault. I didn't expect that your spiritual sense, combined with my flowing beads, could vaguely see the chanting vision."
Chu Tai, who already felt something was wrong, did not continue to ask his own question, but instead asked the reason.
"Is it because of the light that descended from the nine heavens?"
Chu Tai's answer satisfied Taoist Fu Guang: "When we chant the sutra, we are protected by the immortals. Unless we have problems, it is difficult for the demons to invade us under the light of heaven. If you did not bring my flowing beads but directly observed the light of heaven when we chanted the sutra, you would probably be disliked or even punished by the immortals who were summoned by the sutra in the dark Daluo Heaven."
Hearing this, Chu Tai was shocked at first, and then felt that something was wrong. This seemed to be different from what Taoist Fu Guang had said in the past. He asked again, "Will the light of the sky always be pure?"
“Whether the light of heaven is pure or not depends on the individual.”
Although Taoist Fu Guang was curious about Chu Tai's question, he also knew that Chu Tai always had some strange ideas these days, so he gave the answer with a smile and then explained it slowly.
"I said before that when we chanted the sutra, we were protected by the gods. Later, I also said that the gods who chanted the sutra were actually the immortals in Daluo Heaven who were summoned to send down their magic power and gathered vitality to guide us in our practice. Therefore, unless there is something wrong with us, the light of the sky must be pure."
"Speaking of which, this is also a way out for many unorthodox practitioners to cultivate goodness. For them, if they have the right path in mind, are willing to do good, and recite scriptures devoutly day and night, and call on the power of the immortals, they can also gradually purify their foundation, purify their magic power, and improve the level of their vitality. If they often accumulate virtue and good deeds, and accumulate considerable good deeds, there may even be immortals who pass down wonderful methods. Therefore, for those of us who practice cultivation, it is fine not to do the morning and evening classes every day, but when we do it, we must be devout, not be indecisive, and not have random thoughts."
After saying this, Taoist Fu Guang asked Chu Tai to collect his mind and took the lead in chanting scriptures, indicating the start of today's morning class.
Unfortunately, today was obviously not a good day for chanting scriptures. Chu Tai was halfway through his morning lessons with Taoist Fu Guang when he seemed to realize something. He picked up a piece of silk and covered the scriptures. Chu Tai followed suit and watched the Taoist stand up and walk out the door.
Chu Tai then discovered that at some point, gray-black mist had appeared at the entrance of Taiyi Temple. A Taoist priest wearing a Taoist robe and hemp shoes and with a handsome face walked in. He saluted Taoist Fuguang with a smile on his face. "Brother, I haven't seen you for a long time. I'm here again."
As he was talking, the Taoist saw Chu Tai, his eyes lit up, and he smiled: "Oh my, brother, I thought you were such a gentleman, but it turns out you are just like that. We haven't seen each other for only three months, and you have thought it through? Very good, very good. If you ask me, the reason we practice Taoism is to achieve immortality. Why should we care about the good and evil of human relations? As long as we can survive, it's fine. But..."
The Taoist's brows changed, and he said in a slightly sarcastic tone: "You always look so serious, and I don't know if you have a suitable secret method. You should know that this child is a spiritual embryo. If you don't prepare it well, it will be difficult to occupy his body."
"Don't talk nonsense! Wudan, you usually indulge in depravity, lingering in places of prostitution, studying the art of sex, and I don't bother to pay attention to you, but Chu Tai is a junior whom I value and is expected to inherit the inheritance of our Jinhua lineage. How dare you joke about this matter?"
As he spoke, Taoist Fu Guang's aura rose, blending with that of Taiyi Temple, appearing a little ethereal and lofty, like the sky covering the earth.
"Are you angry?"
The handsome Taoist didn't care at all. The sarcasm on the corner of his mouth became more and more obvious. Black gas was steaming from his body, and five phantoms were looming in it, forming a formation force to compete with the Taoist Fu Guang.
"The Five Elements Method of Refining Ghosts? I thought you were just willing to fall into depravity, but I didn't expect you to practice the magic method. That's great! Great! Great!"
Taoist Fu Guang said three good words in succession, and each time he said each good word, he took a step forward. With every step he took, sparks flew and his momentum continued to rise. After three steps, he had merged with the entire Taiyi Temple. His aura rushed straight into the sky, like a huge sun across the sky, covering the sky, blazing and vast, and seemingly blending into the earth, with a strong and powerful pressure.
He pressed down with his backhand, and light flowed between his five fingers, dimming the sunlight around them and forcing the five ghosts in the black fog to reveal their true forms.
A ghost with a white face and wearing gold and silver, died in a war and his body was cut into pieces, with dirty blood and gold and silver intertwined.
A ghost with a green face, practicing medicine and holding a needle, died of a virus and his body was buried in a medicine garden, entangled with the fragrance of medicine and the plague.
Among the remaining three ghosts, the black-faced one is greedy, with swelling and pus all over his body; the yellow-faced one is miserable, with a skinny and solid body; the last red-faced one is the most special. It is not just one ghost, but two ghosts. They are wearing wedding clothes, but their bodies are like charcoal.
"Merchants, doctors, officials, farmers, newlyweds, gold, wood, water, earth, fire, wealth, disease, greed, misfortune and joy, Wodan! How many people have you killed because of these five ghosts!"
Behind Taoist Fu Guang there was a billowing flame. In the endless red, dozens of fire crows flew out and danced, vaguely forming the shadow of a golden crow.
"No, this is not the vision of the Floating Clouds and Crows in Nanyan Cave? This is... the magical method of the Golden Crow subduing demons in the Secret Chapter of the Taiyi Jinhua Celestial Phenomenon! Fu Guang, you lied to me when you said there was a problem with the Secret Chapter of the Taiyi Jinhua Celestial Phenomenon! Fu Guang, you lied to me!"
Facing the anger of Taoist Fuguang, Taoist Wudan was also very angry. Five ghosts intertwined around him, and the evil spirit rolled up the cold wind, carrying the ghost fire, and shuttled back and forth among the five elements. The most vicious thing was that Taoist Wudan mainly defended against Taoist Fuguang, and the target of his attack was Chu Tai, intending to force Taoist Fuguang to return to defend.
(End of this chapter)