The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 118: Fierce Fight! Seven Wonders of Campus! (15)

There is often an inseparable connection between Feng Shui and formations. In Qian Xiaoyi's lineage, to learn formations, one must learn Feng Shui, and vice versa. Formations can be said to be the practical application of Feng Shui knowledge.

In addition to metaphysics, the deployment of formations is also a very important part in military affairs, so these two different fields have many similarities in the use of formations. For example, a very important point when facing the enemy is to make them real when they are empty, and to make them empty when they are real.

Gui Teng thought he had seen through Qian Xiaoyi's tricks, and his psychological defenses were suddenly solidified. He was now like a stuntman walking on a tightrope in the air with a safety rope tied to his body. Although he was still affected by the human body's instinctive fear, he had no worries at all. Now he only needed to suppress his instincts to win this challenge.

He grew bolder and walked towards the next room at a fast pace, then opened the door and entered. He repeated this process over and over again and soon had visited most of the haunted house. During this time, he did not take the NPCs and scary mechanisms seriously at all. He had seen through them anyway, and since there would be no harm, what was there to be afraid of?
"Teacher Qian, are all of you exorcists so bold?" The store manager said depressedly, "Why does it seem that no matter the long-standing sense of oppression or the sudden shock, it can't scare him."

"If you know it's fake and you can still be scared, then there's no point in being an exorcist." Qian Xiaoyi said, "In the exorcist circle, you can do without other things, but you must be mentally tough. After all, when exorcising ghosts, you may occasionally encounter life-threatening situations. If you panic at that time, you're doomed."

The store manager sighed, "Eh~ So the profession of exorcist is so dangerous? It seems that every profession has its own difficulties. No wonder the exorcist's fee is so expensive. Does it mean that they are using their lives as a bargaining chip?"

“Hahaha~ You’re too kind.” Qian Xiaoyi laughed and said, “It only happens sometimes. The chance is very small. Unless they are asking for trouble, exorcists will have ways to protect themselves. Even those incompetent exorcists may not encounter one in their lifetime.”

"Ah? Why?" the store manager asked curiously, "Isn't it because you have no skills that you are more likely to encounter danger?"

Qian Xiaoyi explained: "Just like most of the people who drown are people who can swim, people with low skills know that they are not good enough, so they will not take the initiative to take on dangerous tasks, or they will give up immediately after discovering danger. Only people who think they are good will often encounter dangerous commissions, so they are often the ones who encounter accidents."

"I see." The store manager nodded. "Then Master Gui Teng should be one of these people, right? It seems that we still failed to scare him this time. It's a pity."

"Not necessarily." Qian Xiaoyi said, "It's not the right time yet. Wait a little longer. The next step will be the real test of his skills."

The store manager didn't know why Qian Xiaoyi was so sure, so he could only calm down and observe the ghost vine's every move on the screen. Since there was no more fun to watch and no customers were shouting on the screen, the monitoring room fell into a rare silence.

After a while, just when the ghost vine was about to complete the challenge and circle the entire haunted house, he suddenly stopped, turned his head, and walked in the original direction with an expressionless face.

"Eh? What happened?" the store manager asked, "Is this the last section? Why did Master Gui Teng suddenly go back?" Qian Xiaoyi said, "It's the formation. The formation took effect and he got lost."

"Formation? It's working?!" The store manager soon discovered that the ghost vine was spinning around in the haunted house like a headless fly, unable to find the exit at all, and its expression was very strange, as if it was controlled by something. So the store manager was immediately shocked. This must be a powerful formation that only Zhuge Kongming could have set up.
Ignoring the store manager's admiring eyes, Qian Xiaoyi observed Gui Teng. He had just deceived the store manager. In fact, Gui Teng's performance was exactly what a person would see when he entered the ghost realm. These people would appear to be sleepwalking or dazed and make some seemingly meaningless actions. For example, Gui Teng's current performance showed that he had lost his consciousness. Just like Inuyama Heita got lost while walking in Shibuya before, this formation was specifically for psychics and was useless for ordinary people.

"Strange? I seem to have been to this place before?" Gui Teng frowned and looked around blankly. In his senses, the oppressive breath coming from all directions made him feel extremely upset. He had tried his best to ignore the breath. Logically, he should get used to it like he was in the toilet, but he didn't. These uncomfortable feelings kept accumulating in his mind, and the quantitative change caused a qualitative change. Finally, he could no longer ignore this feeling.

On the surveillance screen, the ghost vine's pace quickened, but it still kept circling. Qian Xiaoyi looked at him dimly, thinking, "This is the consequence of ignoring the Feng Shui formation. Thinking there is no threat to one's life, one ignores the evil spirits and gives up resistance, letting them enter the body. As a result, a little bit of evil spirits accumulates into a lot, and one is dragged into the man-made ghost domain... But it is also true that the people here are not familiar with Feng Shui at all, so it is understandable that they fell into the trap. Then let me see the methods of my colleagues here."

There are many exorcists in Tokyo with various schools of magic. Apart from the scammers, Qian Xiaoyi really wants to exchange ideas with them. However, how can people in this industry show off their special skills to outsiders so easily? But now is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Although this master of ghost vine seems to be of average level, he is also a local school after all. If he can get a glimpse of the magic style here, it can be regarded as a glimpse of the leopard, and he can be prepared for dealing with others in the future.

After walking around for a few times, Gui Teng finally realized that something was wrong. After all, no one was in the haunted house in a commercial building, and it would take several minutes to walk in one direction without reaching the end.

"Really? Is this the true face of Feng Shui?" Gui Teng had an unpleasant expression, thinking to himself, "That young man is amazing. He is definitely not some half-baked wizard who came out of some corner, but a person with a legacy... Such a person actually came to Tokyo quietly. Why? With his ability, he should be able to have enough food and clothing even in China, right? What is his purpose? Tsk, now is not the time to think about this. I have to find a way to break the situation and can't just give in like this."

The ghost vine no longer went deeper. He didn't understand Feng Shui and formations, so it would be futile no matter how far he went. He might as well take a gamble.

So he sat down cross-legged on the spot, put his Zen stick aside, muttered something, made a few Dharma seals with his hands, took out a brush from his bag, licked it on his tongue, and then began to write tadpole-like words on the ground around him, muttering something.

"What is he doing?" The store manager was very curious as he watched Gui Teng sitting down and writing on the surveillance screen.

"Zoom in and take a look." Qian Xiaoyi moved closer to the screen, zoomed in on the camera, and murmured, "Those seals just now were Lin Bing Dou Zhe Jie Zhen Lie Zai Qian, and the one on the ground was a Tantric Buddhist scripture... It really is Eastern Esoteric Buddhism."

(End of this chapter)