Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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At night, Ma Xiaochuan sat on a chair and directed his disciple who was destined to be haunted by five ghosts to set up the altar, cut out a human figure with yellow paper, draw the five facial features, open the seven orifices, and write the names of the five ghosts.
“Wait, let me see how you draw it.” Ma Xiaochuan deliberately leaned over to take a look.
His disciple carefully drew out the regular facial features. Ma Xiaochuan looked at it and waved his hands in annoyance as if it had been transformed into a funny face.
The disciple cut out five human figures, wrote the names of the five wealth-making ghosts in the east, south, west, north and center, and pasted them on bamboo pieces more than a palm long, and offered incense and candles to each. He also wrote his own birth date, name, address and other information on yellow paper and pressed it.
Ma Xiaochuan drew the talisman himself and asked him to put the talisman on the altar and burn gold and silver paper. In order to shorten the casting speed – ordinary people usually had to offer forty-nine days, Ma Xiaochuan taught him to chant the mantra to condense forty-nine days into seven hours.
“The sky is vast, the earth is vast, where are the five ghosts? Taigong brings the five ghosts, brings the five ghosts that bring wealth. Please pray to the ghosts that bring wealth in the east, pray to the ghosts that bring wealth in the west… Wealth every day, wealth every month, wealth every year, wealth in the five directions, hurry up as ordered!”
The two burned a sack of gold and silver paper, offered a few bottles of wine, and finally gathered the paper ashes while chanting a spell, poured the wine on the paper ashes, said what they wanted, and bowed a few times.
Looking up, the paper ashes automatically opened up without wind and formed a hollow circle. At the same time, the five wooden signs with paper people on them that were originally standing on the table suddenly fell down at the same time, and with a snap, they slapped on the table!
The five ghosts had arrived and responded!
Sure enough, this technique was most effective when you were destined to be affected by the five ghosts. Ma Xiaochuan may not be able to invite the five ghosts every time he performed it himself. Of course, that was in his early years. Now he didn’t need the five ghosts to make money for him.
The five ghosts that brought wealth in the southeast, northwest, and center received the order and went to the rented house in Baoyang Temple.
Ma Xiaochuan’s disciple closed his eyes and sensed it. After a while, the incense in the incense burner suddenly became dim. He opened his eyes and said, “Master, there seems to be no one in his rented house.”
“They must have called everyone to the Taoist temple. They are afraid that I will take action!” Ma Xiaochuan said deeply, “You can’t avoid it. Go to the pharmacy and his parents’ house!”
“Yes.” The disciple sensed the five ghosts again and drove them to change direction.
….
At this time, Hai Guanchao and Fang Zhe were cleaning up the pharmacy. Suddenly, the lights in the room flickered.
“Oh my God!” Hai Guanchao grabbed Fang Zhe’s arm at once, “What’s wrong?”
Fang Zhe looked and said, “Nothing.”
Hai Guanchao: “Nonsense, I have seen ghosts, and this is okay?”
Fang Zhe said helplessly: “It seems that the ghost king is doing something… I can’t see clearly.”
Xie Lingya called all the ghost kings from all directions to protect them. They also had to burn a lot of sacrifices every day. But it seemed that there was really a place for them to use their skills.
Hai Guanchao was relieved, “Should we call Xie Lingya?”
“Let’s take a look first.” Fang Zhe glanced outside, not knowing what the ghost king was doing, so he felt excited.
After a while, the lights stabilized, and it seemed that there was no need to call Xie Lingya.
At the same time, in Zhuyang County, Father Xie held the child and said, “Why is this child crying again?”
“She just ate. Did she pee, get hot, or something else?” Song Jing looked up and down at the child but couldn’t see what was wrong.
They only heard a strong wind outside. They looked and wondered if the child was frightened by the noise. It was strange, because he was usually very brave.
Fortunately, the strong wind stopped after a while, and the child stopped crying.
….
Ma Xiaochuan’s disciple suddenly opened his eyes, “Master, I can’t sense the five ghosts.”
“How could it be?” Ma Xiaochuan stood up, walked to the table, turned over the five bamboo rafts, and immediately took a few steps back, holding his heart, panting.
“What’s wrong, Master?” The disciple hurried over to take a look. He saw that the originally neat facial features on the paper had somehow turned into five faces with fangs. He was also shocked, “F**k!”
At this time, the light in the room suddenly turned green. Something flashed in the corner of the disciple’s eyes. He looked and saw five little ghosts squatting in the corner. When they saw him looking over, they were fiddling with something in the corner with their backs to him.
“Master, what are they doing?” The disciple was anxious.
Ma Xiaochuan looked in the direction and said in a lost voice, “The wealth-making position, they are turning against us and coming to dig our wealth! Quick, break their magic!”
It must be that someone reversed their magic, and the five ghosts bringing wealth suddenly became five ghosts bringing wealth in reverse.
Ma Xiaochuan was so anxious that he asked his disciples to break the magic and cut off the induction between the five ghosts and each other. But it was useless. The five ghosts did not seem to be under the control of anyone…
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When Xie Lingya and Shi Changxuan returned to the Taoist temple, the door of Chi Qingyun’s room was still open. He was sitting at the door and dozing off. When he saw them coming back, he suddenly woke up and yawned, “Why are you back so late? Where have you been?”
“We went to the top of the mountain to look at the stars and the moon, talk about the Book of Changes and gossip, and talk about life ideals.” Xie Lingya said calmly and took his hand out of Shi Changxuan’s hand little by little.
Just now, when the two of them were on the mountain, they kissed each other very embarrassedly, then hugged each other silently for a long time, and then walked back without saying anything. But they didn’t expect Chi Qingyun to be waiting for them.
Chi Qingyun almost laughed and woke up, “Hahaha, so loving.”
He found that his junior brother suddenly looked at him with a cold look, thinking it must be an illusion, “No, no more, I will go to sleep since you have come back.”
Saying this, he closed the door.
Xie Lingya and Shi Changxuan also returned to their rooms. Xie Lingya went to the bathroom to wash up. When he looked up after washing his face, he saw from the mirror that Shi Changxuan had quietly followed him at some point and was standing at the door with an expressionless face, like a door god.
Xie Lingya stepped aside and said while wiping his face, “Come on.”
Shi Changxuan came over to wash up, and his eyes would occasionally glance at Xie Lingya in the mirror.
Xie Lingya packed up, changed into his pajamas and walked out, and Shi Changxuan followed him out.
Xie Lingya rolled his eyes, turned around and stretched out his hands, “Brother, stretch out your hand.”
Although Shi Changxuan felt a little puzzled, he still put his hand on his palm, “?”
It’s over, he’s a genius, but he becomes stupid when he falls in love. Xie Lingya pulled out one hand, and took his other hand and pulled him forward, “You should have a good rest.”
After a good sleep, the energy might subside.
The two of them were lying on the bed. Xie Lingya closed his eyes and felt that Shi Changxuan was still staring at him. He didn’t open his eyes but rolled forward and rolled into Shi Changxuan’s arms. Shi Changxuan hugged his waist and fell asleep peacefully.
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After the Dharma Assembly, Xie Lingya had booked a ticket to go back in the evening, and he could have another dinner at Changle Temple. He was a little more unnatural when facing Father and Mother Shi, after all, he had just confirmed his relationship with their son.
During the meal, Father Shi said to Xie Lingya: “Xiao Xie, have you considered developing a project with the government?”
Xie Lingya looked up blankly, “Do you mean… like Changle Temple?”
Changle Temple cooperated with the local government. Although Changle Temple had a long history, in modern times, its renovation and expansion, and the development of scenic spots were all in cooperation with the government. The source of funds was units such as the Religious Affairs Bureau, as well as donations from enterprises and believers.
After completion, the ownership belonged to the government, and the relevant departments would manage it on behalf of the government and would also provide some preferential treatment and support. But the income belonged to the Taoist temple, and the management was basically self-managed, but there were also regulations that all profits must be used in the Taoist temple or some public welfare undertakings. Changle Temple was now one of the iconic attractions in the provincial capital and even the whole province, so it was still worthwhile.
“Yes, I heard that you really want to expand Baoyang Temple. Given the location of Baoyang Temple, if you want to expand it on a large scale, it will be very difficult and expensive to do it alone.” Father Shi said, “But if you cooperate with the government, it will be much easier. You can consider negotiating and promoting the project.”
Xie Lingya probably knew that Shi Changxuan had probably talked to Father Shi, so he helped him think of a way, and he couldn’t help but look at Shi Changxuan.
In this regard, experienced people could hit the nail on the head.
Indeed, Xie Lingya wanted to build a small building, and he knew how difficult it was after running the program, not to mention a large-scale expansion, the funding gap alone was huge. Of course, for Baoyang Temple, if they could cooperate, the most convenient thing was to use the land for building houses.
Xie Lingya fell into deep thought and said hesitantly: “There are so many Taoist temples, and we are not big. Although there are more believers than before… it is difficult to get support.”
Father Shi said kindly: “Xiao Xie, can I ask, what is the largest donation your Taoist temple has received? And the flow of people?”
This represented the potential of the Taoist temple and whether it could be built. The official cooperation depended on the development needs of industries such as tourism and culture, and the needs of tourists and believers.
Donation? Xie Lingya thought about it, was it the one from Mr. Gao?
At this time, the phone rang. Xie Lingya apologized, answered the call and asked: “What’s the matter?”
He saw that the caller ID was Zhang Daoting, and he was worried about what happened in the Taoist temple.
Zhang Daoting said at a loss on the other end: “Teacher Xie… Brother Xie… Just now the Taoist Association notified that a kind-hearted person suddenly wanted to donate 8 million to us through the Taoist Association. It seems that he suddenly became rich and wanted to fulfill his vow… No, Teacher Xie, our ancestors are not responsible for blessing people to get rich, right?”
Xie Lingya was also dizzy, “Sending a pillow when you are sleepy, where did this kind-hearted person come from!”
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