Unconsciously, the sky has darkened.
Ma Huaiping had already set up an altar in the yard and offered sacred cards and other items.
Inviting gods is an essential part of opening an altar. But what kind of gods should be invited? Only the person who practices it knows, because everyone believes in different gods.
Taoists believe in the founders of the Sanqing Dynasty, Yin and Yang believe in the great spiritual officials, and some people believe in the great heavenly kings and star kings. In short, the sky is full of gods and Buddhas. You can believe in whatever spirits you believe in. This is also relative.
Seeing that the night was getting darker, Ma Huaiping directly asked God to open the altar, then picked up the message he had prepared in advance and began to chant.
This is a way to express one's wishes to the gods. The appeal is used as a link between oneself and the gods. After reciting it, the appeal is burned together, so that the gods can know people's demands.
But this is just a way of saying it, a formal thing. As for whether there is the kind of god we think of? It's hard to tell clearly.
After reciting the motto, Ma Huaiping began to shake the yin-yang bell in his hand and chant sutras and pray.
This is a relatively long process, lasting more than an hour.
Then Ma Huaiping put down the Yin Yang bell and burned a piece of yellow paper on the altar.
This is called horse painting. The higher the ashes float after burning the yellow paper, the happier the gods are.
But as soon as Ma Huaiping finished burning the piece of yellow paper, the ashes were blown away by a sudden gust of wind.
Immediately afterwards, a very strange aura spread from the center of the altar to the surroundings, and the candles lit on the altar were extinguished in an instant.
Ma Huaiping was shocked on the spot, and then his face turned completely pale.
This is a sign that the spell has been broken and the spell has been counterattacked.
It seems that there is really nothing that can be done about this matter. That thing does not accept our prayers.
As soon as I stepped forward to support Ma Huaiping, the altar in front of me began to tremble.
Immediately afterwards, a cauliflower snake with a thick wrist crawled out from nowhere and climbed directly onto the altar. Then the snake's head stood upright and looked at us with its strange eyes.
This thing actually showed up again.
"It seems that praying about this matter is useless. I guess we can only destroy it."
Ma Huaiping frowned and said solemnly.
"Let me do it."
I patted Ma Huaiping on the shoulder and walked towards the altar.
The snake immediately looked towards me, and Nobuko vomited quickly, as if he had seen prey.
I bit my middle finger and splashed the blood on the snake's eyes.
Now it suddenly twisted and rolled on the altar, even knocking over the incense burner and other sacred tablets.
Although it is tainted with a certain degree of divinity, to put it bluntly, this thing is just a mountain spirit that has become a climate, and the blood on the fingertips can also play a role in restraining it.
I quickly figured out the trick, recited a series of incantations, and then stepped forward to force out more blood from my fingertips, and dropped them drop by drop on the snake, making it covered in blood.
This time it stopped rolling, its whole body was coiled together, and it huddled on the altar without moving.
I quickly went to the kitchen to get a basin of water, and took the kitchen knife and rolling pin from the water's edge.
After I came out, I placed the water basin under the altar, then placed the rolling pin on the water basin, and smeared the kitchen knife blade with the blood from my fingertips.
After doing all this, I knelt on one knee in front of the altar, then kneaded the formula with my left hand, held the knife in my right hand, and started to recite the incantation directly.
"I ask all the gods to give orders to the underworld, evil spirits are impermanent, monsters are rampant, and mysterious laws are in power to frighten all souls. Sanqing Shenjian, give me magical powers. Holding the heavenly sword, I want to kill the evil gods. Monsters are under the law. Come and be punished quickly. I am in a hurry. Laws and Orders..."
As I recited the incantation, the snake coiled on the altar suddenly slowly crawled down from the altar, then circled around the basin, and finally slowly poked its head towards the basin. rolling pin.
Since there is nothing that can be done about this matter, we can only kill this thing.
However, this is equivalent to killing a god, and you have to bear the consequences of it, and you may even be punished by God, so I chose to do it myself.
The snake put its head behind the rolling pin, then suddenly shrank back alertly. Snake Nobuko vomited very quickly.
This thing was obviously resisting, but it was driven by the magic and couldn't help it. After testing it a few times, it still put its head on the rolling pin.
I raised the kitchen knife in my hand and was about to chop it down.
Unexpectedly, the snake's head suddenly turned into a human head, and the face was that of the woman. At this time, she raised her head and looked at me pleadingly.
Then he nodded again and again, as if he was kowtowing to beg for mercy.
Now the knife in my hand couldn't cut anymore.
Although this is still a snake, it now has a human face, and it is still the face of that girl.
It is not easy for any creature to reach this level of cultivation, not to mention that this thing has a fate with me. Although it is said to be a bad fate, I still can't do it after all.
But it has already reached this point. If I don't use ruthless measures, I'm afraid this thing will turn over, and it won't be so easy to destroy it by then.
This put me in a dilemma.
"If I let you go, can you promise not to harm anyone again?"
After hesitating for a while, I finally asked her.
The snake nodded immediately and looked at me with a pleading look on its face.
"Then let's go."
I sighed slightly and then cast the spell directly.
The snake immediately climbed down from the rolling pin, and then quickly crawled out of the yard.
But when she reached the gate, she suddenly stopped again, then turned her head, nodded to me again, and then slipped into the night.
"Master, you...did you let it go?"
Ma Yiyi suddenly came up to me and asked me a question that was a bit unbelievable.
"It shouldn't hurt anyone again in the future."
I said with a slight sigh.
"But it..."
Ma Yi raised his hand, but in the end he didn't know what to say, so he had to give it up.
If this thing didn't show such a human face in the end, I would definitely kill it tonight.
But as soon as that face appeared, its meaning was completely different.
At that time, she represented not only a snake, but also the snake woman I had a relationship with.
If I can even be cruel to the women I have had a relationship with, then I am too hard-hearted.
"Actually, as long as this matter can be solved, it doesn't have to be beheaded."
Ma Huaiping came up and patted my shoulder and said.
I nodded and said nothing more.
It goes without saying that this kind of thing actually goes without saying. We are all men, so we can naturally understand it.
After we cleaned up the altar, we went back to our houses to rest.
It was already late at night.
I lay on the bed and sighed for a long time before falling asleep in a daze.
Early the next morning, while I was still dreaming, Ma Game knocked on the door and shouted, saying that another person died in the town last night.
