Chapter 459: Making Ghosts Push the Mill
Chapter 459: Making Ghosts Push the Mill
People have all sorts of guesses, but so far there is still no clue as to where Mei Xiangu is now.
As night fell, the countryside began to grow quiet.
Not only were the sounds of birds singing less in the forest, but even the locusts that lingered throughout the day burrowed into the soil and began to rest.
But this moment of total silence is the world of evil spirits!
"People say they don't know what happened in the village, and they don't know who kidnapped Xian'er. If that's the case - let's ask the ghosts and gods!"
According to Elder Zhang’s logic!
Just because people don't know something doesn't mean ghosts don't know it. As the saying goes, there are gods above your head - these gods, in addition to the righteous gods, may also be evil ghosts.
"I have been studying the Dao Sect and have been immersed in the art of funerals. Now there is a way to ask the ghosts for directions."
After he finished speaking, he had already walked out of the village and slowly flew towards the top of the mountain.
Tian Lin and Cui'er followed closely behind, and soon they followed Elder Zhang to the top of the mountain.
This time, Elder Zhang came to rescue Mei Xiangu at an incredibly fast speed. He almost sent a letter from the Su family and came here via the teleportation array just after sunset.
On the other hand, Elder Mei——
Tian Lin didn’t know what went wrong with the letter he sent to Elder Mei!
Or maybe Elder Mei was delayed by something?
If Elder Zhang hadn't come over, Tian Lin might have sent Cui'er to the Goddess Sect to deliver the letter in person.
"Most of these evil spirits have no intelligence and are extremely difficult to communicate with. How do you plan to ask them for directions, elder?"
Tian Lin looked at Elder Zhang and saw Elder Zhang take out a brazier from his storage bag.
He placed the brazier in front of him and took out stacks of straw paper from his storage bag and handed them over.
In his hands, the straw paper was quickly torn into strips, which were no different from the paper money made by people using money nails.
Elder Zhang is in the middle stage of Yuanying. Not only is his status in the Wendao Sect much higher than Tian Lin, but even outside the Wendao Sect, he still has a very high status.
Although Tian Lin was not his apprentice, he ordered without hesitation: "Remember to burn money, I will burn incense to invite the evil spirits to come over first."
Tian Lin took the paper money and watched Elder Zhang take out three incense sticks and stick them in the soil in front of the brazier.
Three incense sticks were lit, and then Elder Zhang said, "Please ask the gods to eat incense!"
As soon as he said this, a strong wind suddenly blew up on the top of the mountain.
The wind carried the smoke through the mountains, and the silent night finally had some movement.
A whimpering sound came from a distance, and Tian Lin saw several evil spirits in tattered clothes flying against the wind towards the brazier.
He remembered Elder Zhang's instructions and quickly brought paper money and threw it into the brazier.
As the incense sticks continued to burn, more and more evil spirits were attracted to Elder Zhang.
These evil spirits gathered in front of the brazier again, watching the burning paper money turn into real copper coins. Their minds moved slightly, with ghost lights flashing in their eyes, but no one dared to step forward and grab them.
Having reached Tian Lin’s level of cultivation, he no longer had any fear of evil spirits.
But it was the first time that Cui'er saw so many evil spirits surrounding her, and her expression looked somewhat unnatural - you have to know that these evil spirits are different from the evil spirits on Chenxian Pond.
Most of the evil spirits that haunted Chenxiantang back then were just residual souls without much power.
Those residual souls can basically only harm mortals, and the weakest of these evil spirits in front of them are night-wandering gods.
"Today, Zhang is distributing wealth and ordering all ghosts to obey his orders!"
Elder Zhang said, "I have a beloved disciple who was born in the year of Bingchen. Her surname is Mei and her name is Xiangu. Can you ghosts find her way? No matter whether she is alive or dead, bring her to me if she is alive. If she is dead, bring her corpse or ghost to me."
He suddenly took out a stack of talisman paper and threw it into the brazier. There was a "pop" sound and the talisman paper burned.
The evil spirits surrounding Tian Lin and others suddenly held a silver plate the size of a talisman paper in their hands.
These evil spirits who took the silver medals went down the mountain without looking back and went in all directions.
"If they don't know their whereabouts, they can use my money to ask the various undead spirits. Anyone with clues will be rewarded handsomely by me!"
A piece of talisman paper can only drive away one evil spirit, but there are at least thousands of evil spirits gathered all over the mountains and plains.
Elder Zhang threw stacks of talisman paper into the brazier.
Logically, this brazier should have been filled up long ago since it had been burning paper money and so many talisman papers had been thrown into it.
But at this moment, the talisman paper disappeared as soon as it was thrown into the brazier.
The ashes of the paper money burned in the fire basin also disappeared in large quantities as the evil spirits left. So although the paper money and talismans continued to burn, the ashes in the fire basin could not be filled.
In this way, with Elder Zhang scattering talisman paper for more than half an hour and Tian Lin burning paper money for more than half an hour, the evil spirits on the mountain were finally gone.
"If the fairy lady is already dead and her soul has not been destroyed by her enemies, I guess she should be summoned now."
Tian Lin dusted off his hands and stood next to Elder Zhang again.
But Elder Zhang said, "That's not necessarily true! The evil spirits that smelled the smoke in the wind were attracted by me, but the evil spirits against the wind couldn't smell the incense I burned, so there are still many evil spirits around that I haven't attracted!
I had already summoned the spirits before I came, but I didn't find Xian'er's soul. So maybe Xian'er is still alive, or maybe she has been killed by her enemies."
When a mortal dies, his soul most likely still remains in the world, and there is always a possibility of reincarnation or rebirth.
But if the cultivator's body and soul are destroyed, it is impossible for him to be reborn, not to mention the rebirth of a dead body.
Tian Lin didn't know the current situation of Mei Xiangu, although they were in a master-servant relationship according to the contract. But this master-servant relationship could only be sensed by Mei Xiangu after Tian Lin's death.
But he could not sense whether Mei Xiangu was dead or alive.
"I hope these evil spirits can help us find clues about Senior Sister Mei."
Tian Lin thought about it and could only say this.
But the two waited on the top of the mountain for a long time, and the evil spirit did not return.
Elder Zhang frowned more and more, and could not help but say: "I don't have the ability to make ghost money, so the paper money I burn is just fake money to deceive ghosts. After a while, these evil spirits will finally wake up. If there is no clue after an hour, these evil spirits should wake up and can't be used by me!"
Tian Lin was speechless. It turned out that Elder Zhang was just using fake money to fool people after all this time.
He thought again of the ghost money he carried with him. These ghost money were obtained from the night-wandering gods when he was in Chenxiantang.
"I have some ghost money in my hand."
Tian Lin did not hide anything, but Elder Zhang said: "Keep your ghost money. If you need ghost money, I have it in my hands! But there are so many evil spirits here, how much real money will be needed to be effective?
It is better to test the waters with fake coins. Even though it may only work temporarily, if one of the fake coins works, its value will be no different from that of the real coin. "
Another hour passed, and as expected, no evil spirit came to report.
By this time, the sky was already turning pale, and the number of demons visible had decreased. The few that could be seen occasionally were day-wandering spirits that could walk in the daylight.
Although there was no progress overnight, Elder Zhang was not discouraged. He said to Tian Lin, "There are more evil spirits in Beiye County than just this place. Let's go check other places!"
(End of this chapter)