The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 527: Hong Kong Past (8)

"That's probably it." Taoist Lingkong said, "So Xiaoyi, let me test you. What do you think of this urban legend?"

"Another third-rate story." Qian Xiaoyi shrugged. "But judging from the landlord's reaction, someone must have died in this room. But the weird ordering and the undigested food in the stomach are probably just far-fetched stories made up by people nearby. After all, no one witnessed it. Even if the police opened the door, they should have notified the landlord first, instead of knocking it open without authorization. The forensic doctor can't spread the results everywhere...

But even with so many loopholes, the speed of modern information dissemination has allowed the public to quickly gather their cognition. In addition, this place is indeed not a good place, which has led to the long-term gathering of yin energy here, and eventually formed a unique aura, allowing the legendary scenes to be realized. Maybe at night, it will form a ghost domain unique to urban legends. I have to say that the cognitive environment here is really peculiar. You can't see such a strong aura in the mainland."

"Yes~" Taoist Lingkong sighed: "Although Hong Kong is not big, there are really many urban legends here. In addition, people here are superstitious, so it is easy for them to come up with strange things. At that time, our research on urban legends was not deep, and there was no such condition in the mainland. This was the first time we encountered such a situation. So we were very interested in this place and wanted to live here no matter what. It can be said that this trip to Hong Kong provided considerable help for the subsequent improvement of the cognitive school's theory."

Qian Xiaoyi agreed very much. It can be said that if it were not for the experience summarized by Taoist Lingkong and others here, then when he encountered those urban legend monsters after arriving in Japan, he might have capsized in the gutter like his Japanese counterparts.

After walking around the room, two Taoist priests came out. The fat landlord asked in fear, "Two masters...what do you think?"

He felt that this deal was bound to fail. After all, so many masters had come here to look at it, but none of them could figure out what was going on with this place. Usually, after a ritual was performed, it would be peaceful for a while, and then strange noises would appear again. The masters were puzzled and could only attribute the problem here to bad feng shui.

So even the landlord himself believed that this was a special feng shui location, and the problem could not be solved unless the entire building was demolished.

But he didn't expect the other party's answer to be beyond his expectations.

The two Taoists looked at each other and nodded, and then Taoist Jingde said, "We are very satisfied with this place, and we want this room."

"Ah?" The fat landlord was dumbfounded. He was still satisfied with what had just happened? The other rooms were fine, but was that room habitable?

Taoist Jingde continued, "But to be honest, the rent here is too expensive. We just arrived in Hong Kong and cannot afford the price here."

"The price is negotiable." It was rare for someone to be willing to live here, so the fat landlord quickly said, "As long as you stay for a long time, I can reduce your price by another 20%... No, I can reduce it by another 30%!"

Taoist Jingde shook his head and said, "We can't afford to reduce the price by half... So, we have a proposal. I don't know if you can accept it, Boss. We will help you solve the problem of this room, and you can let us live in this room for free."

"Ah? Free?" The fat landlord hesitated.

Ah Fa took advantage of the situation and advised: "You are stupid! You should pay them for helping you solve the haunting here! Now the two masters will not charge you any money, they will help you solve it for free, they just ask you to stay for a while! Think about it carefully, if the problem here is solved, will there be people living in other houses on this floor? Is it more profitable to earn rent from one room or from a floor?" The fat landlord thought about it and it seemed so. He asked tentatively: "Can you...really get rid of the good brothers here? I don't doubt the ability of the two masters, it's just that I have invited many people to come and take a look before, but they couldn't get rid of it. Those good brothers just didn't want to leave, and often came back on their own after a while..."

Taoist Jingde smiled and said, "Don't worry about that. I can assure you that as long as we stay here for one day, similar things will not happen again. It is not difficult to eradicate them. You can come and see later to see if the problem has been solved."

Ah Fa patted the fat landlord on the shoulder and said, "Great! What else do you want? We have invited two gods to come and help you protect your house for free. If you don't agree to this, you will have to pay to invite them again when the two masters find a new place to live."

After weighing the pros and cons, the fat landlord finally agreed: "...If it can really solve the problem here, it's not impossible..."

At this moment, he suddenly saw smoke in the room and there seemed to be a shadow moving around. He was so scared that his scalp went numb. He quickly said, "Okay, okay, it's a deal. This room is for you to stay in. I'll come back in a few days to check on the situation... Here is the key to this room, keep it."

He handed the keys to the two Taoists promptly, gave them a few instructions and left their phone and pager numbers, then left in a hurry. He couldn't stay in this place for a moment longer, as he always felt a cold wind blowing on his neck from behind.

After the landlord left, Ah Fa asked, "Two masters, do you really want to live here?"

"Of course." Taoist Jingde smiled and said, "It's free, why not live here? Where else can you find a house with such good conditions around here?"

Seeing that he was also uncomfortable here, Taoist Lingkong said, "Afa, let's go downstairs and find a place to eat first. Then you can help us find some shrine shops and paper-making shops. We need to purchase some things to deal with the problems here."

"Eat? I know a tea restaurant that's delicious." Ah Fa said quickly, "I'll take you there! Alas, this place is really weird. I feel cold all over after staying here for a while..."

Then, the surrounding scene changed rapidly, as if the fast-forward button was pressed. The two Taoists purchased a large number of things and began to decorate the entire floor. The sky outside quickly darkened and it was night.

Taoist Lingkong and Qian Xiaoyi sat on chairs in the room and watched the two Taoists busying around. Taoist Lingkong explained to him, "The reason why the local colleagues in Hong Kong can't solve this problem is that the classical school is unfamiliar with modern urban legends. Even if they use some means to dispel the aura of this floor, due to the characteristics of urban legends, as long as people still believe that this place is haunted, it will soon return to its original state."

"So how did you solve it?" Qian Xiaoyi asked knowingly. Maybe he just wanted to chat with Taoist Lingkong for a while longer.

"The root of the problem here is Feng Shui," said Taoist Lingkong. "Because of the location, planning and construction, people living here will feel uncomfortable because of the environment. In addition, 18-story buildings are considered unlucky in cultural cognition, so there will be soil suitable for the birth of urban legends. So of course we will start with this aspect. The first thing we have to do after moving in is to decorate."

(End of this chapter)