Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Of the two messengers, one was wearing an official uniform and the other was wearing a casual suit. The one in official uniform pushed the one in the suit and said, “It’s all because you delayed me. I arrived a lot later. Why don’t you come soon? You should come as soon as you get it!”
The man in the suit looked aggrieved. He tied the ropes in his hands and tied them into loops, and then tied them on the innocent souls. The other strongman waved his staff, and all the souls lined up and followed behind him. While the man in the suit then started nodding with a pamphlet.
The strongman turned around and saw Xie Lingya standing not far away, and floated over: “Teacher Xie, are you working here?”
There were people around, so Xie Lingya and Shi Changxuan gestured, and they walked to the side where no one could see them. At that place, he said: “I was just passing by and noticed a car accident here, so I came to recite the sutra a few times.”
Although he had never seen this man, he received the seal of the City God who was promoted to the underworld in Queshan. It was not thus strange for him to know him, in fact it would be stranger if he didn’t know him.
At this time, the man in the suit suddenly said “Ouch” and looked up anxiously. Seeing the strongman talking to Xie Lingya, he also ran over and said, “Brother Wang, is this Li Dongdong? It doesn’t seem right.”
“What the hell!” The strongman was about to get close to Xie Lingya but was interrupted by him and glared at him.
The suit wearing strongman said: “There is one soul missing. There should be another one named Li Dongdong. I saw you talking to him, and I thought he was it.”
Xie Lingya glanced at him, “Are you a new strongman? I’m a liberal but can’t you tell that a living person has a blind eye?”
The suit wearing strongman was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly cried: “I’m not! Brother Wang, when can I go home? Let me go back.”
“…” Brother Wang was very embarrassed and slapped him on the back of the head. “You dare to bargain when you go to the underworld to do things. Stop talking nonsense. You can go back after finishing this order. Find Li Dongdong first. Besides, he definitely didn’t run far.”
“Oh… OK.” After that, he quickly went to find Li Dongdong.
“Is this a temporary one you found?” Xie Lingya asked. He thought it was a new strongman, but now it seemed that it was not a strongman at all, but a capricious one.
“Isn’t it?” Brother Wang sweated, “You also know that because of Pei Xiaoshan, there is a serious shortage of manpower, and that boy just started for the second time. He was still making trouble before, and it was delayed for a long time, so he lost his soul.”
This was what the folk people called “passing the yin” and “walking through impermanence”. Maybe because there was a shortage of manpower in the underworld, people were called down to help, or some souls were surrounded by people with too much yang energy and could not be approached by beings from the underworld, so they asked the living souls to help, or they asked them to deal with documents, and so on.
In the underworld, this kind of soul was also called “impermanence of life” because they were living souls, which were opposite to the black and white impermanence of the underworld. Xie Lingya just jokingly called it “temporary and impermanent”, which was also the same truth.
Since ancient times, there had been many gods, goddesses and masters in the countryside who claimed to have had the experience of being called to the impermanent world. Therefore, they could know the affairs of the underworld, and then they took people’s money in the upper world, managed things for them, and inquired about the affairs of the underworld for them.
In fact, when Xie Lingya read what was recorded in “Baoyang Notes”, most of them were like the man in a suit. After being asked to go to the underworld, they tried every means to end the job. He couldn’t explain the reason in the world of the world, or he didn’t dare to do anything. The person who was the founder of Baoyang Temple had helped deal with several such cases.
He also knew that very few people had the courage and talent to develop abilities and make friends with ghosts and gods when they were in the midst of impermanence. Moreover, revealing things about the underworld was an illegal operation and required taking risks. Many people who claimed to be impermanent were simply cheating money.
After a while, the man in suit came back, “Brother Wang, we found it.”
Brother Wang: “Where is the ghost??”
The man in the suit said: “He, he refused to come back with me. He hid in the tree over there. I tried to catch him. But he won’t come down!”
“Didn’t I teach you to use a rope?” Brother Wang looked at him with anger, “Forget it, I’ll do it.”
He said goodbye to Xie Lingya with regret, looking at the man in the suit. Seeing what Xie Lingya wanted to say, he pulled him hard and said, “What are you looking at? Let’s go.”
All the ghosts were taken away. Because of this, Xie Lingya stopped chanting sutras and went back to greet Shi Changxuan and Xiao Dian. After they got in the bus, the road was cleared soon, and they headed straight to Qiyang and returned.
….
The next day, Xie Lingya was watering the flowers in the front yard of Baoyang Temple. He also chatted with the photography enthusiasts who came to take pictures to see what good photos they had taken that could be used on WeChat at the same time.
All in all, he was thankful to these people, who took the photos themselves, posted them online to promote them, and also organized enthusiasts from surrounding counties and cities to take photos.
As Xie Lingya was talking, he saw a man walking in from the door, wearing a blue casual suit, with heavy bruises under his eyes. He kept looking at him with strange eyes as he came in, and he was a little confused.
Wasn’t this the guy who acted out of control that day? Could it be that he had something to do with him?
Xie Lingya put down the watering can and walked over, “Good afternoon, we meet again.”
The man in the suit was startled and looked at Xie Lingya in shock, “It’s you!”
Xie Lingya: “…It’s me, What’s your expression? Aren’t you here to see me?”
The man in the suit said in a daze: “No, I’m here to do something for you…”
“That counts as you being here to see me. Let’s go and talk later.” Xie Lingya took the man to the room in the backyard and made him a cup of tea. “It’s not easy, but you should get used to it after many times.”
The man in the suit almost cried, “What are you getting used to? I don’t want to get used to it!”
The man in the suit told Xie Lingya that his name was Ning Wanlai and that he had been wandering around since the end of last month. It was true that he didn’t react after the first walk. He thought he had a nightmare. He didn’t understand until the second time, but crying and yelling that he didn’t want to do it didn’t work either time.
Last night, he and Wang Wu, that was, Brother Wang, arrested Li Dongdong. Li Dongdong cried very sadly and said that he still had a lot of things to do and didn’t want to die. At that time, Ning Wanlai felt pity and said that he would help Li Dongdong do something so that he could be reincarnated as soon as possible and return to earth.
Then Ning Wanlai inquired about it and found Baoyang Temple. He met Xie Lingya yesterday when he was wandering around. It was a surprise to see him in person today. Not only was he now surer that his soul had left his body, but he also knew that the rumors about the magic of Baoyang Temple were probably true.
Wang Wu greeted Xie Lingya yesterday, and he wanted to ask about Xie Lingya. Wang Wu didn’t say anything, but he felt that maybe Xie Lingya could help him, not only with Li Dongdong’s things, but also…
“Teacher Xie, Master Xie, Master Xie, can you help me and think of a way to stop them from arresting me to go to the underworld?” Ning Wanlai begged, “My mother is scared to death by me. I am not very courageous myself. Why did they choose me? Is there any way to save me?”
“Don’t say ‘save’, you are not in a sea of suffering,” Xie Lingya said happily, “Whoever is chosen below will be the one who follows the path of impermanence, so don’t say anything. To complete one term, one term is twelve years. This is a bit like forced service, but the minimum period is longer.”
Ning Wanlai almost fainted. This was only the second time that he couldn’t stand it. “It’s really. Does it have to last for twelve years? Is there any way to clear it up?”
“Well…” Xie Lingya said thoughtfully, “It stands to reason that it should be done properly.”
Ordinary people went to the underworld to ask for help. After all, when they got here, it was Ning Wanlai who came to ask Xie Lingya for help.
However, although Xie Lingya had connections, he could not directly ask his uncle to take action. The impermanence souls were registered, and there were so many colleagues who also had to deal with it.
“How should I manage it? As long as I can resign from this position, I can do anything.” Ning Wanlai said hopefully.
“What else can you do? Hold more dojos and Dharma conferences to see if we can get the underworld judge to be merciful and cross out your name.” Xie Lingya also had no experience and was just basing his remarks on what was recorded in “Baoyang Notes”.
Ning Wanlai regarded this as a life-saving straw and said: “I will do it, as long as the gentlemen below can let me go.”
“Don’t be too nervous. The underworld may look scary, but it won’t harm you. They are still considered your colleagues.” Xie Lingya tried to persuade him so that Ning Wanlai wouldn’t scare himself to death before his name was removed.
Everyone had different courage and ambitions. If most people really encountered this situation, they would be like Ning Wanlai and would like to leave the job immediately.
And people like Xie Lingya, who were born to have this bowl of rice, if they were caught to do impermanence, they would probably practice the skills of locking the souls of the dead without any care at that time, and strive to be the leading model for the local government…
Ning Wanlai sighed and said that he couldn’t relax, it was just too scary.
“Then let’s do Li Dongdong’s ritual first. In addition, I want to study your ritual to see how to make some improvements for your case.” Xie Lingya pondered.
Ning Wanlai: “Thank you, thank you very much.”
Xie Lingya persuaded him with a few more words. Before successfully resigning, he should try to be more open-minded and explain it to his relatives so as not to worry them.
….
After Ning Wanlai left, Xie Lingya researched what kind of ritual could be held for him. Li Dongdong’s ritual was easier to organize, as Liu Bohe and Zhang Daoting could both attend.
Xie Lingya asked Shi Changxuan for advice again, because he needed to cure Ning Wanlai of ghosts and gods, and Shi Changxuan said it was best to burn Jian Zhen Xiang incense.
Incense had functions such as making offerings, exorcising evil spirits, purifying, and communicating with spirits. Jian Zhen Xiang[1] was a Taoist spice. It was said that when burning this incense during fasting, it could reach up to the nine heavens and down to the underworld to induce the gods, and the gods would appear immediately after smelling it.
Simply put, this was a popular offering in the world of ghosts and gods. The spices used in Taoism ranged from single products to mixed productions, such as green wood incense and Jiuhe incense. However, Jian Zhen Xiang incense was the most high-end and was usually made into incense beads.
However, this kind of incense was not sold in the market, so you had to make it yourself. Xie Lingya asked about it and found out that there were elders in Shi Changxuan’s family who knew how to make it, but they didn’t know how to make it and save it. They just made it and used it every time.
Helpless, Xie Lingya decided to make it himself. Fortunately, he had the recipe, and he didn’t need any special instruments or techniques to make fragrant beads as big as a chicken head.
Some of the raw materials for Jiang Zhen Xiang could be used as medicine, so Xie Lingya went to Hai Guanchao and asked him to help identify the quality.
Hai Guanchao heard that Xie Lingya wanted to be self-sufficient, so he started making incense beads. So, he raised his eyes and said solemnly: “Now is a new era. If you improve it, maybe the gods will appreciate it more. Once they are happy, the effect of your ritual will be even better.”
Xie Lingya: “What’s the improvement? This is an old recipe, it’s a classic!”
Hai Guanchao: “Hey, does this classic fragrance of yours have a top note, a middle note, and a base note?”
“You’re such a big-headed devil!”
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