Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Wei Xi naturally had no idea that his sect, which had no credentials at all, had somehow gained public recognition.
But it was not wrong to say that he was messing around with his sect. It was bad enough that Taicang Sect had no documents, but the three master and apprentices didn’t even have a single robe, and their magic weapons were all bought casually at the small commodity market by Tuan Tuanyi. He didn’t know where he got the confidence of standing among a bunch of regular Taoists.
Tuan Tuanyi was probably the only person in the sect who knew what shame was. Seeing his colleagues doing things seriously, he couldn’t help but suggest to his master: “Master, we can’t go on like this. We are working without a license. What if we get reported one day?”
Wei Xi was also getting anxious because of what he said. Why is life outside the mountain so difficult? Paying taxes is fine, but there are also certificates here and there. Isn’t this embarrassing? I really don’t want to do this anymore!
Shuo Zong was speechless about this pair of equally mentally retarded master and disciple. He could only turn his head and look into the distance. The sound of a truck approaching was heard on the mountain road. The person in charge of the props team picked up the phone and ran: “The clothes and props have arrived.”
Qiu Guokai nodded, and explained to the masters beside him: “These are the clothes and props for the group scene later. The original batch was torn after being distributed to the extras. Alas, the crew’s expenses are already high. The company originally wanted to save money on props and costumes, so they were all rented directly. Now that they are damaged, not only do we have to pay the original price, but we also have to spend money to order new ones. In order not to delay the shooting progress, we have to increase the price and ask the factory to rush the work, which is another huge cost.”
The ritual beside the altar was almost done. Wei Xi finally made a hand seal and suddenly waved it forward. The wind suddenly blew in the mountains and forests, blowing through the dead leaves on the ground.
The actors watching nearby shuddered collectively when they heard the rustling sound in their ears, rubbed their arms and exchanged glances. They felt it was a bit strange that the wind suddenly started.
Everyone exchanged glances, and someone said, “Hey, don’t you think this is a bit weird?”
The people nearby were frightened when they heard this: “What, what’s so weird? Stop talking nonsense here.”
“But the timing of this wind is too coincidental, isn’t it? I always feel like something is slipping past me.”
Everyone felt uneasy after hearing this and began to check their surroundings suspiciously. They immediately felt that there were indeed many things wrong.
The fallen leaves at their feet were swirling on the ground, the whistling wind never stopped, and when they looked around, they found that the air in their sight seemed to be distorted.
But, but aren’t there no ghosts in this world?
As they comforted themselves in this way, they couldn’t help but cast awe-inspiring glances towards Wei Xi and others in the center of the altar.
Wei Xi stood motionless under their gaze, squinting his eyes and looking into the distance. The cold mountain wind blew his hair and clothes, but his posture remained unchanged.
What he saw was a completely different world from that of ordinary people.
In the distant mountains and forests, countless ghosts were blown up by the mountain wind. This stretch of mountains had been home to many souls since ancient times. Some of these souls had been reincarnated successfully, while others were trapped in the same place. After all, there were only a few evil spirits in the world. These souls had been trapped here for who knew how many years, and most of them had become confused. Some of them had their stomachs ripped open, some had missing limbs, and some were so weak that they were about to dissipate. At this time, they were awakened by the power of a large number of Taoist priests in the Taoist temple and regained their consciousness.
Next to the confused people in the crew, a wild ghost who had died in a miserable way was pacing in confusion, and the fallen leaves on the ground were spinning with it.
Then it finally understood something, its eyes became clear, and it bowed deeply to Wei Xi who was looking at it. Then it dragged its broken body to look longingly in the direction of the distant city and closed its eyes peacefully.
The moment it became transparent and finally dissipated, Wei Xi suddenly saw several beams of faint golden light, one of which came straight towards his chest.
Wei Xi frowned and tried to dodge immediately, but a hand held his shoulder firmly. The second disciple’s deep voice came from above his head: “Don’t hide, this is a merit.”
Merit?
Wei Xi was held in place, watching the light penetrate his body, with a portion of it floating slowly into the jade pendant on his chest.
Apart from the kindness he showed to the unfortunate little guy when he met him in the barrier, this was the first time he took the initiative to save a living being after leaving the barrier. Wei Xi felt a little unfamiliar and confused about this word that Wei Dedao had once mentioned.
At the same time, golden light began to appear in the direction of the souls being saved in all directions and sank into the bodies of the people in the Taoist temple. Wei Xi found that except for himself and his disciples, no one else seemed to be able to see this light. The Taoist priests who had finished the ceremony were packing up their things as if nothing had happened.
Merit…
Wei Xi took out the jade pendant from his chest. After the golden light seeped in, the still dull surface of the jade pendant seemed to become a little brighter.
Shuo Zong thought of the scene he had just seen of a part of the golden light seeping into the jade pendant. So he reached out and took the jade pendant from Wei Xi’s hand. He frowned and examined it: “Why did your merits get divided by it?”
His fingers stroked the carved patterns on the surface of the jade pendant, and he was about to take a closer look when he suddenly felt heat where his fingertips touched.
The heat came quickly, like burning charcoal. Shuo Zong was scalded and was about to let go. However, the moment he let go, he remembered that the jade pendant would fall back onto Wei Xi’s chest, so he stopped abruptly and grabbed the jade pendant’s rope and lifted it up in the air.
Wei Xi saw his apprentice’s behavior and asked in confusion, “What’s wrong?”
Shuo Zong replied cautiously: “It’s very hot.”
Wei Xi subconsciously reached out to touch it. Shuo Zong was about to tell him not to touch it when he saw Wei Xi touch the surface of the jade pendant and then hold it in his palm without any obstacles: “Where is it hot?”
He rubbed the jade pendant and blew a breath in the mountain breeze. Maybe it was a bit cold, so he simply stretched out both hands and clasped them together: “It’s so warm.”
Shuo Zong: “????”
In disbelief, he stretched out his hand to Wei Xi’s palm and touched it again, and found that the jade pendant was actually warm, not too hot or too cold, just enough to keep warm. In addition, it was of the right size, and lying in Wei Xi’s hand, it looked like a hand warmer without dignity.
Shuo Zong: “???”
Where is the burning charcoal from just now?
….
Wei Xi held his warm hand warmer in his hand, and when he looked up, he saw that his second disciple was staring at his palm with a stern face.
He thought for a moment and said, “Que’er, are you cold too?”
The apprentice’s mouth twitched, as if he wanted to say something. At this moment, he suddenly saw a figure floating over. Wei Xi turned his head and saw Fang Xiaojie flying towards the crowd with his hands and feet dancing.
The crew couldn’t see him, and only a few Taoists with eye-opening talismans noticed his figure and looked towards him. Fang Xiaojie noticed everyone’s gaze and immediately screamed –
“Don’t cross the river!!! Master Wei!!! The crew’s clothes have been stolen again!!!”
Masters: “…………”
Fang Xiaojie was delighted: “I said it wasn’t me!!!”
The feeling of being tipped off by a ghost was quite strange, but everyone present reacted quickly and after a brief discussion, they did not alert the other members of the crew. They only secretly informed Qiu Guokai and the chief director Wang and asked the two to accompany them to check it out.
Director Wang followed behind, and Fang Xiaojie led the way conscientiously, not forgetting to defend himself throughout the process: “Hurry up and tell Director Wang that as a member of the crew, I have been helping the crew to look after the props!!!”
As Director Wang was walking, he suddenly felt a gust of cold wind blowing on his face. He turned around and saw that the masters around him were looking at him in a speechless manner. He couldn’t help but panic: “What’s wrong?”
Everyone: “…Nothing.”
Everyone rushed into the prop room and saw a mess as soon as they opened the door. The clothing boxes that the prop team had just moved in had been opened, and the clothes inside had been torn out and scattered all over the floor. The props were also thrown everywhere, and many of them were smashed to pieces.
The people who did it seemed as if they had some deep hatred for these props. A long bamboo pole was even broken into more than ten pieces, which were scattered miserably beside the other broken tools. Director Wang rushed in and almost went crazy. He shouted angrily: “Who did this! Who did this! The props that were finally ordered were messed up like this as soon as they were brought back! Our crew’s outdoor scenes are all ready, and everyone is waiting for the snow in a week. There are only a few days left. How can we shoot now!”
The ritual of saving the dead souls was done seriously, but it didn’t work. The expressions of the masters present turned a little stagnant in this situation. Wei Xi took a few steps forward, squatted down, picked up a piece of bamboo stick fragments and sniffed it. He didn’t smell any human scent, so he opened his mouth –
The second disciple grabbed his arm and pulled him up.
Wei Xi stood still and looked at his apprentice in confusion. The second apprentice stared at him in silence for a moment, then snatched the things from his hand. Then he looked around the prop room and locked his eyes on the window: “They ran in a hurry.”
“Of course!” Fang Xiaojie said proudly, “I chased them and cursed them, cursing their entire ancestry. How could they be ruder than me? They all swarmed up the mountain.”
When the Taoist priests heard this, they immediately decided to go to the mountain to find out what was going on. On the way, they united to ask for the fragment that the junior brother wanted to throw away. After playing with it for a while, they couldn’t help but say to the breathless Qiu Guokai: “Boss Qiu, your crew didn’t make this prop very well. What is this thing? The paint is not even applied evenly. How can you use it in a movie?”
Qiu Guokai wiped his sweat and smiled with a smile that said, “You’re too young.” He then said: “Alas, you don’t know, it’s hard to make movies nowadays. More than half of the investment in our drama has been spent by the two leading actors and actresses, and the rest is for the expenses of other actors and daily crew maintenance. The one in your hand is the walking stick of a bamboo spirit in the group play. There are also fox spirits, wild boar spirits, and pheasant spirits. Anyway, it’s a group play, all of them are extras, and the props and costumes only appear once or twice, so I just let them do whatever they want.”
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a loud bang.
Qiu Guokai struggled to get up from the ground, holding his bruised forehead with a confused look on his face.
Everyone: “…”
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