Knife splashing

Chapter 36: Worshiping Ghost Mountain at Midnight

Wow! Wow!
In the dark night, flocks of crows flew around.

The dense forests are crisscrossed and candles and lanterns are flickering.

I don’t know if it’s because there are so many dead bodies buried here, but this mass grave is not desolate at all. Instead, it is shaded by green trees and has dense weeds.

The fog was rising and people could not be seen more than a hundred meters away.

The light was dim and the ground was slippery after the rain, so people fell from time to time.

There are many cowards in the team.

As they walked, they looked around and always felt that there seemed to be something staring at them in the dark fog, which made their scalps tingle.

But remembering Wang Daoxuan's instructions, no one dared to speak.

Li Yan, naturally, walked in the front.

He held the knife handle with his left hand and held a bamboo pole with his right hand.

The advantage of the sense of smell is most obvious at this moment.

The surroundings were thick with fog and dark, but a variety of smells could be easily distinguished through the nose.

He could smell rotten leaves, poisonous insects crawling through the grass, venomous snakes coiled on tree branches dozens of meters away, and even rats burrowing in holes several meters underground; nothing could escape his nose.

This dark jungle was no different from daytime to him.

But what caught Li Yan's attention more was the evil aura of this place.

He also traveled back and forth to Xianyang City several times. It was a popular place, and as a thousand-year-old city with many popular temples, it was very suitable for living.

There are only a few wells and secret passages, with a faint lingering evil spirit.

However, the evil aura on this mass grave is very obvious.

Different from the cold and humid smell of the past, this was a cold, dead and rotten smell that permeated every corner around, seeping into the ground and clinging to the grass and trees along their roots.

Therefore, the vegetation here is extremely lush, and there is thick fog even on sunny days.

Crash! Crash!
As the bamboo pole was stirred, all kinds of poisonous insects and snakes were scared away.

Wang Daoxuan naturally knew his abilities, and concentrated on exploring the terrain, while holding a lantern and observing the movements of the compass.

The art of Feng Shui is extensive and profound.

Those who can predict Feng Shui may not necessarily be able to set up a Feng Shui layout.

Wang Daoxuan dabbled in various methods, but most of them he only had a basic understanding or entry level knowledge. Only feng shui and divination did he spend a lot of effort studying.

Before long, he found a place, walked through a dense forest, and waved his hand for everyone to stop.

This is a weird area.

It is close to the dense forest, but there is no grass growing. There are many rugged rocks around, each of which stands like an inverted halberd, like a natural ruined temple in the mountain.

Li Yan sniffed, curiosity showing in his eyes.

He could smell the evil energy gathering here, like an undercurrent in a river, swirling around and vaguely forming a momentum.

As soon as I stepped into the open space, I felt the temperature around me drop a few degrees.

Li Yan understood in his heart that this was probably what Wang Daoxuan meant by "momentum"!
Between heaven and earth, the strong energy and the evil energy flow, forming a "momentum", and further, it can form a "situation".

The biggest difference between "trend" and "situation" is that "trend" is like a whirlpool undercurrent, which still depends on the external environment, while "situation" will form a closed environment.

The two are just titles and there is no difference in status.

The "momentum" of famous mountains and rivers is majestic and powerful, like a god holding a sword, standing tall on the earth. It is much more powerful than the "situation" in the corners.

All the formations, feng shui, and even treasure troves in the world are related to it.

This is obviously a good place to perform rituals.

But Wang Daoxuan was not in a hurry. Instead, he took a few steps forward, turned the compass around, dug up the loose soil on the surface with a shovel, grabbed a handful of soil and put it into his mouth.

Pooh!
After taking a bite, Wang Daoxuan quickly spit it out, then stood up, took a branch, drew a circle on the ground, and nodded to everyone.

Sharifei immediately stepped forward and helped a few people unload the packages on their backs.

There were wooden boards and sticks inside, all with mortise and tenon structures. They were quickly put together to form a square table, and then covered with yellow cloth, talisman paper, and the five offerings, namely incense, flowers, lamps, water, and fruit, and it immediately became a temporary altar.

Finally, Boss Zhou stepped forward cautiously.

He was also carrying a wooden box behind him, covered with a red cloth. After opening it carefully, a colorful clay doll statue was revealed inside. The god was wearing a red bellyband, holding a shadow stick in his hand, and had a naive smile on his face.

This is the statue passed down by Chunfeng Banzu.

Li Yan could smell only some residual scent of incense on it. It was obvious that something had been offered there before, but it had already dissipated.

This situation is not uncommon.

Whether it is a statue of a deity or a temple of the land god or city god, to some extent, it is also a kind of "trend" or "situation", but the divine power is the main one.

If the fate is over or the soul is not strong, or the incense is interrupted, the "momentum" will also dissipate.

People as vicious as Leng Tan Cang Bing can cause harm to others.

In the morning, Wang Daoxuan had opened the statue, cleaned it carefully, fumigated it with pine resin, and put in beads and locust wood symbolizing the internal organs.

This is called "playing dirty".

It's not as good as the statues in the temple, but if you get something powerful enough and burn incense and offer sacrifices every day, it can also protect the Chunfeng Class.

After doing all this, everyone waited with peace of mind.

Before I knew it, it was already the Yin hour.

At a signal from Wang Daoxuan, everyone in the Chunfeng class, led by class leader Zhou, immediately burned paper money and gold ingots, held three incense sticks in their hands, kowtowed sincerely, and chanted prayers to the gods in secret.

Wang Daoxuan, holding a bag of incense ash in his hand, spread out three squares around the altar, one layer inside the other.

The three circles of incense ash symbolize the city walls.

This is to build a paulownia tree to attract the phoenix.

But Wang Daoxuan had no idea what it could attract. He followed the same process as before, standing in front of the altar, chanting sutras and mantras, stepping on the magic circle, and then suddenly spraying water with his mouth.

In an instant, everything became prosperous and the entire altar gained momentum.

But what was different from the last time was that this time the evil energy in the surroundings also flowed along, surrounding the altar and forming a stronger "force".

Of course, ordinary people can't notice all this.

But as the cold wind suddenly blew around, the temperature dropped again. Even Master Zhou began to feel frightened. He held three incense sticks in his hands and kowtowed and prayed continuously.

As for Li Yan, he stood far away with a knife in hand.

He had another mission, and it was related to the success or failure of this ritual.

Call ~
Suddenly, the cold wind around began to grow stronger.

A hissing sound rang out in the night fog.

The sound seemed to be there and not there, but it was clearly heard by everyone.

Boss Zhou was delighted and looked up at Wang Daoxuan.

This is a sign that something is attracted. At this time, as long as a hole is cut in the circle of incense ash on the ground, it means opening the city wall and inviting the gods to move in.

They had never had it so easy before.

However, Wang Daoxuan was not in a hurry, but looked at Li Yan.

Li Yan took a deep breath.

He could smell the cold smell of snakes swirling in the distance.

Judging from the strength of the smell, it is only slightly stronger than that of ordinary ghosts.

This thing is totally not enough...

Li Yan shook his head slightly at Wang Daoxuan.

Wang Daoxuan understood what was meant, but turned a deaf ear to it and continued to pray to the gods with everyone else.

Sure enough, the snake smell lingered for a while and then quickly dissipated.

Another half stick of incense passed.

Wow! Wow!
The cries of crows echoed in the black fog.

It seems to be there and not there, but it is clear to the ear.

Li Yan didn't need to judge, Boss Zhou's face turned dark and looked extremely ugly.

The crow is the most unlucky thing.

Not only does it mean that the team will have to suffer the pain of running around for birds, but the cries can easily attract evil spirits and symbolize death.

Asking for this thing is like inviting disaster to your door.

Everyone had no choice but to continue praying to the gods.

But there was a hint of worry in Wang Daoxuan's eyes.

There are also taboos on the number of times you can invite the gods, and you can only invite them three times.

No matter what appears the third time, you have to accept it with your nose pinched, otherwise the ritual tonight will fail.

Not only will you not be able to get anything, but you will also be attacked by evil spirits when you go down the mountain.

Thinking of this, Wang Daoxuan became confused.

The place he chose was a mass grave where evil spirits gathered, commonly known as the "Old Yin Coffin". There must be powerful things roaming around outside.

If a "situation" is formed, it may even lead to a fight between evil spirits.

Why are all the stuff we got just small gadgets? Not even a breeze.

It shouldn't be like this...

Oh no, someone is causing trouble!
Wang Daoxuan figured it out instantly, and without caring about many taboos, he came to Li Yan's side and said in a low voice: "Someone is setting up a trap to make trouble. Find a way to drive them away, otherwise we will attract some evil things and we will not be able to escape!"

Li Yan nodded and rushed into the darkness in an instant.

With his sense of smell activated, the dark forest was no obstacle to him at all. He held the knife, lowered his body, and moved through the forest like a ghost.

Soon, he smelled an unusual smell.

It was the smell of wild dogs, with a strong stench of corpses, and there were many of them.

Li Yan immediately turned around, jumped onto a small slope, lowered his body, hid behind a tree and looked out.

I saw many wild dogs standing densely on the open space under the slope in front of me. They were huge in size, and their eyes emitted bloodshot and dotted in the dark night, which was extremely creepy.

Behind the pack of wild dogs stood several beggars.

They were dressed in rags, holding dog-beating sticks in one hand and throwing some black things from their rag bags with the other.

It had a stench of corpse, but also a strange fragrance.

The pack of wild dogs scrambled everywhere but kept silent.

It's dead human flesh!

Li Yan narrowed his eyes and immediately figured out what it was.

Although he had no idea why these evil beggars from the west were causing trouble, nor did he know what secret methods they used, he understood that the other party must have another trick up their sleeve.

It must be stopped immediately!

Thinking of this, Li Yan looked around, picked up a stone, swung his arm, and threw it out with force like a locust stone.

Whoosh!
As soon as the sound of breaking air was heard, a beggar fell to the ground with a bloody head and screaming.

This alarmed the wild dogs.

Wang Wang Wang!
As if they smelled blood, the dogs immediately went wild, drooling, and pounced on the beggar like crazy...

(End of this chapter)