Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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The next day, Xie Lingya originally wanted to do some divination to see if there were any clues, but Sun Fuyang, the boss of the outside newspaper shop, came over to discuss the termination of the lease contract with him.
The small space outside Baoyang Temple was rented out to earn some rent. For a long time, it was the bulk of the Taoist temple’s income, and it was once very important.
Sun Fuyang had been renting there for several years. He said that his son was doing well in the provincial capital and he had now decided to move the family there to reunite with his son. Of course, the newsagent store would no longer be open. He was a little embarrassed at first, but the Baoyang temple had been developing very well recently, so he felt relieved to mention it.
Xie Lingya discussed the matter with him again. The two parties amicably terminated the contract, and the facade was taken back. In a few days, this month’s lease would officially end, and Sun Fuyang would clear out his belongings.
Xie Lingya thought that after Sun Fuyang left, he would no longer rent out the storefront. Instead, he wanted to demolish the place and restore the door and wall and then change the door of Baoyang Temple to a larger one and hang up the antique plaque again. That would be very stylish.
The current exterior walls were not only antique, but also compressed a lot to make the whole facade look quite lackluster.
Nowadays, one of the major features of Baoyang Temple was the ancient buildings inside. Many tourists come here for this. Redesigning the gate would make it even more colorful. They now still had the heir of “Lu Banshu” and believed they could now build a suitable gate.
With this in mind, Xie Lingya ran to the door to see how big the door could be.
“Xie, Xie, Xie, teacher Xie!”
Xie Lingya suddenly heard someone calling him. He turned around and saw that a car had just stabilized, and a man got off the car and strode over to shake hands with him.
“Mr. Tang.” Xie Lingya took a look and saw that it was Tang Qi. He said with a smile, “We haven’t seen you for a while. Do you want to come and offer incense?”
Tang Qi was a little anxious and said, “No, something happened to me.”
Xie Lingya’s eyes widened, “Impossible!”
Shi Changxuan did the ritual, and he also specially drew the Taishang’s secret magic talisman. What could happen after all this?
Tang Qi couldn’t wait to enter Baoyang Temple. In fact, he could not wait to pull Xie Lingya into the car. He stood on the side of the road and said, “A worker went to catch rabbits in the mountains. He seemed to have hit something evil. When he found him, everyone went crazy. It was a ghost!”
“Are you sure it’s not man-made?” Xie Lingya asked.
When Tang Qi heard this, he was not sure, “Well, if you say that, then I’m not sure…someone wants to cause trouble to harm my project?”
Although the man shouted that there was a ghost, it was not necessarily the case that he was being attacked. Really scary. He especially believed in Xie Lingya and the rituals they performed, so he was the most depressed.
Xie Lingya wanted to say that he would take Hai Guanchao to see it, but then the trunk of Tang Qi’s car made two loud noises.
“Holy shit.” Tang Qi was startled, stood a few steps away, and said to the driver warily, “What did you put in the trunk?”
The driver was also confused, “It’s nothing, just some food and supplies.”
He carefully recalled what was inside, but he couldn’t think of anything that could make such a sound.
If it hadn’t been for broad daylight, Tang Qi would have been so frightened that he might have jumped up behind Xie Lingya, “Open it and take a look!”
The driver pressed the button, and the trunk popped open a little.
Xie Lingya picked up a stone from the flower bed to defend himself. He walked over and opened it and saw a small red and yellow fox squatting among a pile of debris inside!
Xie Lingya threw the stone away, “Why is it you?”
The driver couldn’t believe it, “It, when did it go in? I obviously didn’t see it!”
Tang Qi felt better, “It’s a fox…”
After identifying it, this must be one of the foxes who stole the skull before. Because he had seen it before, even though he knew it was a spirit, he was not afraid anymore.
When the little fox saw Xie Lingya, it folded his front paws and bowed to Xie Lingya a few times as if it were kowtowing. Then he jumped out of the trunk and hugged Xie Lingya’s calf.
The driver couldn’t accept it for a while. Was this a fox or a dog?
When Tang Qi saw this action, why did he think like he was asking for help? The little fox had a spirit, so he definitely didn’t do it randomly.
“Get up.” Tang Qi sent the driver directly to the car.
The driver looked back before leaving. You want to tell me why the yogurt in my trunk seems to be bitten…
Tang Qi asked, “Teacher Xie, it wouldn’t have come to you specially, would it? Does it have anything to do with what happened at our construction site?”
“It’s possible.” Xie Lingya didn’t understand fox language, but the little fox looked like he was asking for help. Something happened to Tang Qi, so maybe there was a connection.
“Let’s go ahead and talk. I’ll call Daozhang Shi.” Shi Changxuan went to class. As soon as Xie Lingya called him, he immediately asked for leave and came back.
Xie Lingya carried the little fox into the Taoist temple. The little fox was curled up in his arms. Some pilgrims saw it and thought it was a country dog.
Xie Lingya asked Tang Qi to sit down and explain the worker’s situation in detail. Because the little fox also came, Xie Lingya had a vague feeling that it was indeed not man-made.
The land Tang Qi bought was not in a particularly deep mountain. It was only half an hour’s drive away. Otherwise, how would it attract tourists.
The mountains were connected to the other mountains, and the mountains were naturally very vast further in. The deeper the mountains were, the more monsters there were. If the worker went too deep into the mountain, or there were some powerful ghosts, something may happen.
Tang Qi also heard what the other person said. He said: “There were three of them who went in together. It’s hard to say whether they went in deep or not, but the workers were all recruited locally and were very familiar with the woods. They had also caught rabbits before.”
Something happened this time and the three of them dispersed. One of them suddenly shouted. The others thought he had encountered a poisonous snake and beast. And they rushed over to see that the person had fainted. After carrying him down, they arrived at the construction site. They were just calling for a car to take me down, when he woke up again, and then fell unconscious again.
There was so little information that Xie Lingya couldn’t tell anything at the moment, so he asked the little fox, “Did something happen to your parents?”
The little fox nodded, then shook his head.
“So they were injured?” Xie Lingya asked.
The little fox nodded.
Xie Lingya: “Is it related to what happened at their construction site?”
This time the little fox tilted his head and thought for a long time. Maybe he didn’t know.
Not long after, Shi Changxuan came back from asking for leave. After questioning, he agreed with Xie Lingya and took the guy to the mountains to have a look.
Xiao Dian was reading with Zhang Daoting, which was also part of his experience of Taoist life. When he saw Xie Lingya taking the sword, he had a look of admiration and yearning on his face. He wanted to go with him, but he knew that Xie Lingya was different from Master Zhao and would definitely not take him with him.
At this time, the little fox opened the door to look at Xie Lingya. It was quite anxious and swept its tail on the ground, impatiently.
Xiao Dian saw the fox’s humanized movements and said enviously: “Teacher Xie, you also raised a vixen.”
Xie Lingya: “…”
Why did it sound weird?
Xie Lingya picked up the fox and said, “I’ll go out to work. Follow Daoting and read the book carefully. Don’t think about random things.”
Xiao Dian nodded quickly, “Oh, I got it.”
….
Xie Lingya and Shi Changxuan were connected. The little fox got into Tang Qi’s car together, and under Tang Qi’s repeated urging, the driver drove towards the mountains at the speed limit set by traffic regulations.
When encountering this kind of thing, Tang Qi’s impatience was brought to its extreme.
The original drive was reduced by nearly one-third. When they arrived at the construction site and got off the car, Shi Changxuan immediately said: “The evil spirit is too strong.”
This was originally a blessed place where dragon veins formed points, but Shi Changxuan took a look and saw that there was an evil spirit all around him, but it was just because there were seventy-two secret spells to control the house that it did not invade it.
Moreover, this energy got stronger as they went deeper into the mountain!
If they had not been here once before, they would have to determine whether it was due to Feng Shui. But the last time they came, not only this cave but also the surrounding area was full of life. Otherwise, how could they raise a nest of spiritual foxes?
“With such a heavy yin energy, mass graves are nothing in front of this.” Xie Lingya murmured.
When they mentioned mass graves, he and Shi Changxuan both thought of Boshan and the seal thief.
This place was by no means a place for Yin soldiers to pass through. The Yin energy suddenly gathered like a mass grave, making people unable to help but guess that someone really moved more ghosts than one mass grave here…
Could it be that that person after leaving Boshan, he came to Qiyang. Was he refining or training soldiers?
“Mr. Tang, you’d better tell your subordinates not to leave the construction site again.” Xie Lingya said seriously. His house-holding talisman could still protect them within the construction site, but it won’t be possible if anyone left.
“What happened?” Tang Qi was about to get down. “Can it be solved? Can I still do business in the future?”
“As much as possible.” Xie Lingya quickly took out all the talismans he had brought. He needed to quickly draw another set of talismans. Because he remembered that Tang Qi said that there was a village nearby, and he didn’t know if it was affected.
Shi Changxuan informed the local Taoist Association as the Provincial Taoist Association might not be able to make it, but the people from the Qiyang City Taoist Association could.
The little fox barked a few times, and Shi Changxuan left with it for a while. About ten minutes later, Shi Changxuan came back with two big foxes in his hands.
The two big foxes had injuries on their bodies, and the wounds were entangled with evil spirits. They could not heal and were bleeding. They were obviously injured by evil objects. They were not really spirits after all. If a real fox fairy fought with a ghost, they would not be in trouble.
Xie Lingya took the time to use mantras to treat the wounds of the foxes to remove the evil spirit, until the bleeding was stopped. However, because of the heavy bleeding earlier, the foxes were very weak. They licked the little fox’s head with their tongue and looked at Xie Lingya, exposing human emotions.
“Don’t worry, you guys take good care of your wounds.” Xie Lingya reassured, and the male fox turned his head with peace of mind. The male fox sniffed the female fox’s wound to confirm that she was fine.
“Mr. Tang, could you please contact the veterinary hospital?” Xie Lingya pointed to the two foxes.
“Okay, okay!” Mr. Tang came to his senses and immediately asked the driver to take the foxes to the city for treatment.
In addition, he also had to trouble his subordinates to deliver the talismans to the village and persuade the villagers not to lose them.
After doing this, Xie Lingya said to Shi Changxuan: “I think the two of us may not be enough this time.”
He had only one sword. No matter how cruel he was, he couldn’t kill a hundred thousand ghosts with one sword. They both understood the overall situation in Qiyang City, and other colleagues were not particularly good at this aspect.
Shi Changxuan nodded, “Let’s set up an altar.”
If there weren’t enough people, ghosts would come to join them.
Earlier, Xie Lingya had also asked the Patriarch to speak kindly to the City God and allow him to recruit more soldiers and horses to help him. Besides, this matter was originally related to the underworld.
“Okay.” Xie Lingya put the magic weapons in place and shouted a slogan in a low voice, “Down with the seal thieves—capture Liu Lingtong alive—!”
Shi Changxuan: “…”
Reporting God: “?????? “
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