Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Xie Lingya and his companion arrived at Tianyu in the middle of the night and took a taxi to the hotel where Fang Xushan was staying. There were more than a dozen monks and Taoists staying there alone. Everyone discussed it overnight, and Xie Lingya recounted the entire process of his encounter with the Mother of No Birth in detail, and said, “It’s best to bring the thunder talisman with you when you go out next time.”
He estimated that since the thunder talisman he used was very powerful, the others should be no different, and it was indeed effective against evil gods.
Because no one had thought before that Hongyan Sect would dare to deceive people, and infiltrate so deeply, so in addition to keeping this matter confidential, the places that had been investigated before may have to be revisited.
“Then let’s pick the important places. Those who check will bring thunder talismans.” A Taoist said, “Good steel should be used on the blade.”
“No, no.” Xie Lingya took out dozens of thunder talismans from his backpack, and a pile of unwritten yellow paper, “Five is enough for each person. Count the number of people and I will start drawing now.”
Everyone: “……”
Fang Xushan knew Xie Lingya a little better than others. He shook his head and smiled, “The Hongyang Sect is really unlucky.”
“Who asked them to die? They offended monks and Taoists. We have united with those who believe in God this time.” Xie Lingya had slept for a while in the car. Although he had high combat effectiveness, it was more worthwhile to serve everyone at this time, so he cheered up and drew talismans.
The Taoists standing by watched him draw the talisman. They were a little skeptical at first, but when they saw Xie Lingya start to draw, they were left with only two words: admiration.
When could they draw talismans like others?
Also, why don’t you become a monk even with such a situation? It really made people want to persuade you again!
After everyone had watched enough and went to rest, Xie Lingya lay on the table, and like a primary school student doing homework, he carefully drew a large stack of talismans and handed them to Fang Xushan for distribution. By this time, it was already dawn.
Xie Lingya climbed into bed to catch up on his sleep and told others to call him if they had anything, while Shi Changxuan continued to go out in great effort.
When Xie Lingya woke up again, it was already one or two o’clock in the afternoon. He was so hungry that his eyes were dark, so he went downstairs to have lunch.
He was sitting in the restaurant eating, and later a grandfather and grandson came to sit at the table next to him. The old man was holding a snakeskin bag with half a bag of seeds in it.
The old man said to his grandson, “Put the talisman given by the master in the pigpen later, so that the pigs in the pen won’t get sick.”
If they use talismans, then they must be Taoists, either orthodox Taoism or a folk Taoist sect. From the sound of it, it seemed that the talismans in his family were used to protect the livestock from getting sick. There were many miscellaneous talismans in Taoism, but nowadays most of them were large talismans. He didn’t expect that in addition to his mosquito repellent talismans, there were also people studying miscellaneous talismans.
Xie Lingya couldn’t help but take a curious look and ask, “Uncle, which god did you invite with that talisman?”
The old man saw that the young man was polite and good-looking, so he answered in a gentle voice, “I invited the Lingguan.”
There were many Lingguans in heaven, not just Wang Lingguan. Everyone had different responsibilities, but Wang Lingguan was the most famous Lingguan, the leader of the five hundred Lingguans.
“Where did you invite him from?” Xie Lingya asked again.
The old man laughed and said, “You don’t know because you don’t farm or raise pigs. Of course they asked for it from Master Hunyuan.”
When Xie Lingya heard these two words, his eyelids jumped and he said, “Hunyuan Sect? Where are they?”
“I don’t know. They don’t have a temple. They just visit people’s homes from time to time and take the opportunity to pray for talismans together with those they know.” The old man replied. This was expected, as outsiders didn’t know where they were.
After the old man finished speaking, he added: “The country doesn’t allow them to build temples, so they come here secretly.”
The Hongyang Dao flourished in Tianyu. Historically, this was its base camp. Although it was attacked in successive dynasties, Lian Tan said that they were still seen in the 1990s. It was estimated that many local people know of their existence. Now it seemed that some people were not opposed to it.
Xie Lingya broke out in a sweat, it turned out that the old man knew that this was an object to be struck, “Then you still want the talisman?”
“Which temple can give me a talisman to prevent swine fever?” The old man said, taking out a piece of talisman paper from his arms, unfolding it to show Xie Lingya, “If it’s useful, stick it on and recite a mantra.”
“All Buddhas and Bodhisattvas appear in person, feed the pigs in a year and they will grow quickly, the plague and evil spirits will be swept away, I am following the order of the Jade Emperor to act immediately…” The old man also performed a mantra on the spot.
Xie Lingya: “…”
Xie Lingya looked at the talisman paper and saw that it had Ma Lingguan’s name written on it, but from the incantation the old man was chanting, it mentioned Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and Taishang Laojun, and he didn’t know what was going on. So who was blessing your pigs?
This style was indeed the way of Hongyang Dao.
But, does this thing really work? Xie Lingya could not help but ask: “The reason your pigs don’t get plague is because they were vaccinated, right?”
The old man: “Hey, can the vaccine work without the talisman? Besides, it helps the pigs grow faster.”
Xie Lingya: “…”
The old man’s grandson had been to school, and at this time he covered his face: “Grandpa, don’t say that. This is all feudal superstition. It’s a joke.”
The old man raised his head stubbornly, “What do you know.”
Xie Lingya sighed, and said: “Uncle, I’ll write a talisman for you. You can try it when you go back. It should be more effective than this.”
The old man’s grandson: “…”
How come he was slapped in the face so quickly? He was just saying that his grandfather was feudal and superstitious and it was a joke. Why does this big brother want to draw the talisman himself?
The old man also looked at Xie Lingya in surprise: “You also know how to draw talismans?”
It so happened that several Taoists came back at this time. Xie Lingya raised his hand and shouted, greeted them, and then said: “Look, those are my colleagues, I’m the chief wine Taoist.”
The old man had no idea what the chief wine Taoist meant, and thought it was the same as the fire Taoist. He became interested and said, “That’s fine.”
Xie Lingya took out the talisman paper and cinnabar he carried with him. It was not that he was cautious, but he would bring his stuff even when going downstairs to eat. It was just that if he ate too much and went out without any tools, it was really painful because he would have to keep biting his fingers.
Xie Lingya finished writing the talisman and said, “This is a talisman for the trough, it can be used for cows, pigs, and chickens. Wrap it in cloth and bury it under the trough, then light incense and candles, and recite the trough spell: Ding-shaped tiger, eight-shaped dragon, blue dragon and white tiger come to protect the trough, it is better to let the blue dragon be ten feet high than to let the white tiger look up…”
Xie Lingya repeated the spell and asked him to remember it, and said some precautions, and then he couldn’t help but diss: “Uncle, you are calling Ma Lingguan, Buddha, Bodhisattva and Taishang Laojun, what if they fight? The family will still have a quarrel, let alone people from two factions.”
The old man may not know much about the Hongyang doctrine, so he scratched his head, “It makes sense, I thought it would be better to offer to more, isn’t it called teamwork.”
Xie Lingya: “Of course not, when you go to the temple to pray to the gods, they don’t let you pray too many, if you can’t offer sacrifices, the gods will be angry on wanting to live in a shared house.”
The old man nodded repeatedly: “That’s right. Then I won’t stick that talisman, I’ll stick your talisman.”
His grandson slapped his forehead, what’s the use of this!
This person looks serious, but I didn’t expect he is actually a charlatan!
Xie Lingya didn’t care what he was thinking. After finishing his meal and paying the bill, he said goodbye to the old man. Before leaving, he reminded him that Hongyang Sect would be destroyed sooner or later, so he should not have too much contact with him.
Seeing that he was also a Taoist priest, the old man thought that it was just an ordinary attack between colleagues. Then just because they changed to using talismans, he felt embarrassed to go to the Hongyang Taoist priest for a while. Unexpectedly, the Hongyang Taoist was really severely cracked down on later, and some of his friends were even taken away for questioning. This was a story for later.
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Xie Lingya returned to the hotel and rested for a while. The Taoists also came back one after another.
Fang Xushan was so tired that his forehead was full of sweat. He turned on the air conditioner and sat down, shaking his head and said, “I didn’t find anything. I don’t know if there is no temple at all. Maybe we should be looking for residential houses in Tianyu.”
“When I went out to eat, I met someone who said that those Hongyang Dao people often go to other people’s homes. If they live in residential houses themselves, it would be more convenient for people to come to their door.” Xie Lingya pondered for a while, “Maybe they are just hiding well. If they stay hidden for a while, they will definitely be exposed.”
Fang Xushan hummed, stopped talking, and lay on the bed to rest.
After a while, he said again: “You should sleep here with me tonight. It’s a big bed anyway. There’s no need to get another room.”
Xie Lingya had been drawing talismans all night and later slept in Fang Xushan’s room. Shi Changxuan also slept on the sofa in the same room last night.
“Then Shi Changxuan has to get a room as well, but it doesn’t matter where I sleep.” Xie Lingya said.
“Then sleep here and I’ll chat with you.” Fang Xushan said.
I’m afraid I’ll be persuaded to become a monk again. Xie Lingya said with a bitter face: “Abbot Fang, I am already a member of Baoyang Temple.”
Why bother with this formality? He really doesn’t want to keep the precepts.
Fang Xushan smiled and said, “You can also come to the Jade Emperor Palace. Talents need to flow. You draw thunder talismans very well.”
Xie Lingya felt a little weird after hearing this. This was not the first time he talked about this topic with Fang Xushan, and Fang Xushan also knew his situation. What he meant by that was to make fun of the fact that he would usually take jobs at Baoyang Temple and work with the Taoist priests.
However, Fang Xushan’s reply was not so irrelevant as to sound a little weird, because everyone knew that he was the boss of Baoyang Temple.
Besides, why did Fang Xushan insist on sleeping with him? It was not like he didn’t know that he and Shi Changxuan came here together. This was just a little detail, but Xie Lingya was stunned for a moment, suspecting that he was thinking too much, and just looked at Fang Xushan quietly.
He couldn’t see anything. He and Fang Xushan hadn’t known each other for very long, so he couldn’t observe anything.
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