Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Xie Lingya was originally studying the Baoyang Notes to see if there was any useful way to strengthen Taoism.
Zhang Daoting was also nearby. He wanted Xie Lingya to find out if there was any way to persuade people to come to work in the Taoist temple. His job as a model was really hard and he had no privacy. He even had people coming to take pictures while he was eating, and he only had privacy when he went to the toilet.
At this time, the phone screen showed He Zun’s call. As soon as Xie Lingya answered the call, he heard He Zun’s breathless confession. He immediately rolled up his sleeves and stood up, pushing the curious Zhang Daoting away.
There were many ghosts in Shanyin, not to mention that people like He Zun, who had low luck and weak fire energy, were more likely to encounter ghostly things when they entered the mountain.
Furthermore, He Zun and the others went to Boshan, a place with high mountains and deep forests, and beautiful scenery. But it was said that some people had seen ghost lanterns all over the valley there before, and they were held by Yin soldiers escorting the dead souls to cross the border.
Fortunately, He Zun had been worshiping Wang Lingguan these days, and he could still make phone calls with the Lingguan Jue in his hand. Otherwise, he might not be able to contact Xie Lingya, and it might be a disaster.
“Xiao He, whatever I say now, you just follow it, understand?” Xie Lingya said, they were thousands of miles apart, and if they wanted to exorcise ghosts remotely, certain things must be done by people present.
[Your friend Xie Lingya applies for remote assistance, please choose to accept or reject]
He Zun shouted: “Okay!!”
Taoism had many talismans suited to the mountains, which could not only prevent ghosts but also tigers and wolves. If you don’t wear the talisman, or like He, if the talisman like this is lost, reciting the Liujia Secret Mantra was a very good choice.
Some people may not know the Liujia Secret Mantra, but if it was called the Nine-Character Mantra, many people would still know it. Ge Hong[1], the master of Baopu, once said: When entering the mountain, you should know the secret mantra of Liujia. The mantra says: Lin, soldiers, fights, all, formation, row, advance, and march. Every nine characters should always be used as a secret mantra, and it can be avoided in any way.[2]
This Liujia secret mantra was spread to Japan, and the last four characters were mistranslated into “Zhan Qian”.
But being able to be called omnipotent by Ge Hong showed the power of the Liujia Secret Mantra. It was just that when reciting the Liujia Secret Mantra, you needed to think about it. He Zun had that time and had learned the Lingguan Jue.
From what he heard on the phone, these students were frightened out of their wits, so the words they recited would probably be disjointed and have no effect.
“Do any of you have a mirror on you?” Xie Lingya asked.
There were girls present and they immediately started rummaging. There were small mirrors that you carry with you and mirrors that came with cosmetics. They were of different sizes. They found five pieces in total.
“Each person take one piece and wear it behind your back. If there are any missing ones, priority will be given to girls.” Xie Lingya told them to fix the mirror on their back with a rubber band or something like that. The bright mirror will ward off evil spirits. The nine-inch mirror was hung behind the back to keep the mountain spirits and ghosts away. Although not every mirror here was nine inches large, it was better than nothing.
He Zun had already put the call on speaker, and all the girls untied their hair and rummaged through the remaining rubber bands from their bags to secure the mirror.
“Then, all the boys take off your shirts.” Xie Lingya continued. There was innate Bagua in people’s chests. Needless to say the role of Bagua. It was not convenient for girls, but boys could still take off their clothes.
Before the girls finished their work, the boys immediately took off their clothes. The night in the mountains was quite cold, but at this time they couldn’t care less.
“He Zun, your luck is low and your yang is not strong enough. If you brought a knife, you should use it. If you didn’t bring it, you should bite your middle finger.” Xie Lingya’s words made He Zun want to cry.
The blood on the middle finger had the innate pure Yang energy. That was why before, Shi Changxuan, when he had run out of the hanging talisman had bit his middle finger open instead of using cinnabar to draw the talisman.
One hand of He Zun was still making the Lingguan Jue, so he had to endure the pain and cut the middle finger of the other hand with a female classmate’s eyebrow trimming knife. Blood dripped out, and he tapped the other students a few times and said: “Don’t waste it…”
Everyone: “…”
Zhang Daoting was also listening. He leaned over and whispered: “Boss, there are so many tricks.”
Xie Lingya also replied in a low voice: “This is not over yet! What the hell! How do they know what they encountered? If it’s not a ghost but a mountain demon, it’s always right to cast a wide net.”
Zhang Daoting: “…”
Xie Lingya was very confident when he said it before, but he didn’t mean to show off (Most of them were not). Originally, it was important for this kind of thing to be stable. He was afraid that those students would not have trust, so he kept a higher tone to make them feel at ease.
“Next, you put the fingers of your left hand under your nose and in the middle of your nostrils. Put your phone behind your back and walk to the hotel. You can repeat what I say. If there is any movement, just pretend you didn’t hear it and don’t stop. Don’t look back.” The place where Xie Lingya asked them to press was called “the source of the mountain”. As the saying went, if you press the source of the mountain with your left hand, the ghost well would close its door.
After Xie Lingya asked them if they were ready, he reminded them, “Read louder.”
“Okay.” He Zun and his classmates continued to move forward anxiously, the voice on the other end of the phone maintaining their feeling of safety in the darkness.
The surrounding leaves were rustling in the wind, and there were no stars or moon in the sky. The sound made people feel impatient for no reason, as if some creature was about to move.
A timid girl was holding back her sobs. An eyeshadow box was opened on her back and tied to the strap of her backpack with a headband, revealing the mirror inside. The mirror reflected the long mountain road behind her.
“Xuanzong of Heaven and Earth, the root of all energy…the body has golden light, which reflects my body…” Xie Lingya’s voice came from the mobile phone, with a strange and calming rhythm.
He read every word very clearly, and everyone followed him unconsciously, and slowly they read more fluently and loudly. Although it didn’t seem to have the same flavor as Xie Lingya’s recitation, as they read it, they felt courageous.
The timid girl wiped the tears from her eyes and strode up the stairs while reading.
He Zun was walking beside her, chanting in his mouth, but out of the corner of his eye, he saw that the grass beside him seemed to be moving. He didn’t dare to stop chanting the mantra, let alone look back. Thinking of what Xie Lingya said, he continued going forward without saying a word.
The sound was continuous, like a snake crawling, but after observing, He Zun found that he was the only one who heard it. He nervously clicked his teeth up and down a few times, squeezed his middle finger, and there was no blood at all. Then blood oozed from the middle finger again.
Although he told himself that he shouldn’t care about it, He Zun couldn’t help but look behind him with his peripheral vision.
Everyone was chanting mantras while climbing the mountain, and after a while they were panting. The timid girl stepped up to a higher step. The eye shadow palette behind her shook twice and closed with a “pop”.
When He Zun saw it, he felt extremely nervous. The girl also trembled and started groping with her backhand.
At this time, almost everyone felt a gust of wind blowing from behind, and everyone’s tone could not help but become unsteady. He Zun subconsciously raised his hand and put his phone behind the girl.
Although Xie Lingya on the other end of the phone couldn’t see it, he seemed to be able to sense it from everyone’s tone. His voice was invisibly more condensed and sped up, as if it was ringing in people’s ears: “Golden light appears quickly, protect the real person.!”
In an instant, the girls closed their eyes and said: “Golden, golden light appears quickly…!”
….
Rustle… the leaves swayed gently with the wind, and the moonlight parted the clouds and poured into the world.
In an instant, the gloom shrouding everyone seemed to dissipate, and the sign of the hotel in front also appeared in front of them: There were still 500 meters to arrive.
Needless to say, they seemed to feel that it was okay.
The girl moved the eyeshadow palette away blankly with her backhand. She was so nervous just now that she couldn’t do it well. Her feelings were the clearest.
When the cold wind blew from behind her, she almost collapsed. But as “Teacher Xie” recited the last mantra, she felt a warm current in her body, and she couldn’t help but blurt out the mantra, and then she forgot all about being afraid.
Then, the cold feeling disappeared.
“We’re at the hotel, Teacher Xie!” He Zun said excitedly.
“Well,” Teacher Xie was very calm, as if he knew very well that they would be safe, “Go quickly.”
Then he hung up.
He Zun was so excited, “I… Ouch!”
The classmates said nervously: “What’s wrong?”
“Hey, my hand seems to have cramped.” He Zun burst into tears, raised his hand that was making the Lingguan Jue, and poked the finger wrapped around his middle finger and said, “No, no, no, I can’t let go…”
Everyone: “…”
He Zun endured the pain and said: “Ooooo, let’s go to the hotel first…”
He just kept his seal and the students rushed to the hotel together.
The security guards and front desk clerk of the hotel were shocked. It was late at night, and several disheveled students pushed in the door. They were sweating profusely. The boys were not even wearing shirts. Two of them had blood stains on their faces and hands. They didn’t know what crime they had suffered.
One of them reached out and waved and took a closer look – he was gesturing with his fu**ing middle finger!
….
Xie Lingya hung up the phone and touched his chin thoughtfully: “Tell me, what exactly did they encounter…”
Zhang Daoting: “…”
Zhang Daoting said with sweat on his forehead: “Boss, you’ve finished the exorcism. Don’t you know what it is?”
Xie Lingya glanced at him, “I have a little sense, but I don’t know if it is correct because I have little experience. I suspect it was a mountain ghost, a maple ghost or something like that. Because if it was an ordinary wild ghost, the previous moves should have been able to evade it and prevent it from waiting for the golden light spell to take effect.”
When Xie Lingya said he had little experience, Zhang Daoting became even more sweaty.
The Golden Light Mantra was one of the eight great Taoist mantras. It protected the body and exorcised evil spirits. It could be said that everyone could recite it, but not everyone could recite it with power. After all, the person who recited the mantra was equivalent to a carrier that was ensuring communication between heaven and earth. Different carriers had different effects.
So those students didn’t have to think about it. The boss asking them to chant was just to scare ghosts and increase their courage. It was like playing a recording of chanting, which was better than nothing. If a person’s yang was high, even if he had little cultivation, the ghost would naturally escape. But if you met a fierce ghost, you won’t be able to run away just by using these chants.
Zhang Daoting was so impressed by the boss’s ability to exorcise ghosts remotely, not to mention that he still had “little experience”. This was much more difficult than reciting a spell in person. He originally thought that Xie Lingya would teach the students the spell to pray for the blessing of the local mountain god.
Of course, if Zhang Daoting asked this question, Xie Lingya would tell him: I haven’t learned it before, it was too urgent and it seemed too late to learn at that time.
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[1] Ge Hong (ca. 283–ca. 343), alchemist, physician, astronomer, and government officer, was the greatest alchemist and physician in fourth‐century China.
[2] https://min.news/en/culture/cd83352cea3ea4f05f2da95aac34e8da.html