Ning Caichen told Gong Mengbi what happened. Gong Mengbi thought about it and said, "Deep in the shade of orchid..."
Seeing Ning Caichen's worried look, Gong Mengbi comforted him: "Don't worry, your souls have been pulled into this real and illusory world, and your bodies are still in the monk's house."
"I think that demon is planning to take away your souls and then murder your bodies."
Ning Caichen said anxiously: "What should we do?"
Gong Mengbi said: "You light the incense pills, and you will be protected by righteousness. Monsters and ghosts will not be able to get close to you. You will be safe after dawn."
Ning Caichen calmed down for a while, then discovered that Ma Junji and Yan Chixia were missing, and asked: "Brother Ma and Brother Yan are gone, will they be okay?"
Gong Mengbi said: "You are the only one who is awake. I only saw you when I came. The two of them should have reached the depths of Lanyin."
"Deep in the orchid shade, what kind of place is that?" Ning Caichen looked worried, worried about the safety of Ma Junji and Yan Chixia.
Gong Mengbi said: "Let's just follow him and take a look, stretch out your hands."
Ning Caichen stretched out a hand, and Gong Mengbi disappeared in an instant, turning into a pill-like flame, like a flaming dragon ball.
Ning Caichen held the pill of flame in his hand, but could not feel the heat. The flame sank into his hand, and he was so frightened that he quickly blew it.
But just for a moment, as if it was just an illusion, the flames disappeared, and a fox tattoo with a tail like fire appeared on his palm.
Ning Caichen heard Gong Mengbi's voice coming from the fox tattoo and said, "Brother Ning, go forward."
Ning Caichen knew that Gong Mengbi was hiding in his palm, so he walked forward as told.
In this vast expanse of white, it was actually completely impossible to tell the front, back, left, and right. Ning Caichen couldn't tell how long he had been walking. It might be a long time, or it might only be a short moment. Suddenly, it was as if a barrier had been broken, and there was something in front of him. Revealed a new world.
The sky was gloomy, and this place seemed to be a cemetery. The name and inscription on the wooden tablet could no longer be clearly seen.
"Wow -" there is an old crow howling on the branch, the cold wind is swirling in the cemetery, paper money is scattered on the large and small earth bags, and the wind is blowing the white flags in the cemetery flying randomly.
The old crow was frightened by the wind and flew into the forest with fluttering wings.
Ning Caichen felt chills all over his body when he heard Gong Mengbi's voice ringing in his ears: "Follow the crow."
Ning Caichen started running with the old crow, and then vaguely heard the sound of chanting accompanied by wooden fish coming from the wind.
The old crow stopped on the branch, and Ning Caichen stepped under the branch. The world suddenly changed before his eyes, from the mountains and forests to the villages and towns with gurgling water and creeks and bays.
Ning Caichen stood by the water. The sky was clear and the willow branches were soft. It was March in spring.
The girls were washing the monk's robes by the water, teasing each other, with bright smiles in their eyes.
"With the masters here, those Rakshasa ghosts won't dare to come again, and we don't have to worry anymore."
"These monks are really capable and can really conquer demons."
"I heard that Rakshasa ghosts have saw-tooth hooks and claws, green-faced fangs, and eyes bigger than copper bells. Each one is uglier than the last. They like to rob young and beautiful women."
"Stop talking, I'm scared to death. Zhen Niang was harmed by Rakshasa ghosts, and the masters are chanting sutras at Zhen Niang's house to liberate the dead souls."
"Zhen Niang is so young, how could she be in such a difficult situation?"
"It's not always a good thing if your daughter is raised too well."
"She was the best at raising flowers in our Orchid Township. Even the county magistrate asked for them and presented them to the imperial capital. With her gone, I'm afraid Orchid Township won't be in such a situation in the future."
"What should we do? Can we still pay the orchid tax in our township?"
"I don't know, I'm so worried."
As Ning Caichen listened to the conversation of these girls, the sound of chanting in his ears became louder and louder. It kept buzzing in Ning Caichen's ears, making him upset and almost nauseous.
The girls who were talking gradually stopped talking and slowly looked at Ning Caichen aside.
Ning Caichen smelled danger, and Gong Mengbi immediately gave instructions: "Follow the sound of chanting and go to Zhen's mother's house."
Strangely enough, as soon as he moved around, the sound of chanting returned to its original state, and the girls resumed their conversation.
Ning Caichen was so frightened by this strange scene that he broke out in cold sweat. Listening to the chanting sound getting closer and closer, Ning Caichen found Zhen's mother's house.
The door of Zhen's parents' house is open, and a white lantern with the word "Die" hanging above the door. It can be seen from the furnishings in the home that Zhen's family is very wealthy.
In the courtyard, monks gathered around a coffin, banged wooden fish and chanted sutras to save Zhen Niang. From a distance, Ning Caichen saw Ma Junji and Yan Chixia mingling among the monks. They were confused and seemed to regard themselves as I met the monk, shaking my head and chanting along with him.
He felt happy and whispered: "I found them, brother Mingfu, what should I do next?"
Gong Mengbi said: "Learn from them and recite sutras together."
Ning Caichen walked among the monks. Everyone was doing their own thing, but this outsider did not attract anyone's attention.
The crying old parents and brother not far away, and the young and old monks chanting sutras nearby, are strangely like a painting, a moving painting.
He walked to Ma Junji and Yan Chixia, and out of curiosity, he took a look at the coffin.
The coffin was open, and there was a female corpse inside, covered with white cloth, so it was unclear what she looked like.
Just then, a gust of wind blew up and lifted a corner of the white cloth, revealing half of the female corpse's face.
This is an extremely beautiful girl. Even though she has lost her vitality, she still blooms silently like a beautiful flower.
Ning Caichen's heart skipped a beat and he did not dare to be disrespectful to the deceased. He quickly looked away and sat behind Ma Junji and Yan Chixia, shouting and fooling around along with the chanting.
This fooling allowed him to hear that only Ma Junji was really reciting sutras. Although he didn't even know the sutras, Ma Junji perfectly played the role of a monk. And what Yan Chixia muttered was clearly the Tao Te Ching.
Ning Caichen said happily: "Brother Yan, you are also awake."
Yan Chixia was startled and whispered: "Why are you here too?"
Ning Caichen hesitated for a moment and did not tell the story about Gong Mengbi. Instead, he asked, "Brother Yan, everything here is weird. Do you know how to get out?"
Yan Chixia shook her head and said, "I don't know, it's my first time coming in too."
At this time, the sound of chanting suddenly stopped.
Ning Caichen secretly thought that it was not good, and sure enough, all the monks turned their eyes to them, "You should be damned if you don't respect gods and Buddhas!"
It suddenly became dark.
The pale lantern illuminated the small courtyard. The skin on these monks suddenly cracked, and tall black demons emerged from the human skin. They had red hair and blue eyes, green faces and fangs, and rushed towards them.
Ma Junji was still shaking his head like a monk. Ning Caichen grabbed him and shouted: "The fake monks have turned into monsters, why are you still pretending to be a real monk here!"
"It's a Rakshasa ghost! Escape quickly!" Yan Chixia stood in front of them, protecting them as they retreated.
Seeing the Rakshasa ghost rushing in front of her, Yan Chixia stopped suddenly, stretched out her hand a little, and shouted: "Star Torch!"
A meteor-like sword light flew with red light, instantly cutting the Rakshasa ghost in front of him into two pieces.
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