The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 529: Hong Kong Past (10)

Time flies, and in the eyes of Qian Xiaoyi and Lingkong Laodao, this sentence is true. The surrounding scenes begin to fast forward again, pausing only briefly at a few key scenes.

In the next few days, all the residents and companies upstairs and downstairs in the Xingfu Building knew that two new residents, two Taoist priests, had recently moved into the haunted 18th floor and had been living there for several days.

Many people heard a knock on the door and saw two Taoists and a young man wearing sunglasses standing at the door. Just when they thought the two Taoists were there to beg for alms, the two Taoists gave them gifts instead.

"Hello, we just moved to the 18th floor." Taoist Jingde would smile and take out some inexpensive small gifts such as amulets and imitation Five Emperors' coins from his arms and give them to them, creating a good first impression.

If these people are interested, they will chat with them for a few more minutes and naturally find out that they will live on the 18th floor for a long time.

"Oh, right." Taoist Jingde said to those people seriously, "In order to suppress the Feng Shui of that place, we have invited a statue of Guan Gong to the 18th floor. If you are interested, you can go and burn some incense and worship. Guandijun will bless you with peace and prosperity."

Although these people were skeptical and still did not dare to go up to the 18th floor, the news that two Taoists lived there had already spread.

"Have you heard? There are two Taoist priests living on the 18th floor."

"Is it the haunted 18th floor? They are the only ones who dare to live there."

"Yes, they gave me an amulet yesterday."

"Anything else to deliver? I wasn't home yesterday."

"Why don't you go up and take a look? They said they have a statue of Guan Gong there, and I heard it's quite powerful..."

The first ones who couldn't help but come up to check the news were the residents on the upper and lower floors of the 18th floor. Because they were closer to the 18th floor, they knew the truth of the rumors best and usually avoided that place.

After hearing the news, these people couldn't help but feel curious and came over to check to see if the good brothers on the 18th floor had been dealt with as the two Taoists said.

As a result, as soon as they arrived at the corridor, they wondered if they had come to the wrong place. The place in front of them was completely different from the 18th floor in their impression. The talismans and Bagua mirrors that brought people a sense of fear had all been removed. Instead, there was only a shrine hanging on the wall. Guan Erye was standing majestically in it, with a lot of incense in front of him, and extra incense sticks and matches on the side for people to use.

Several residents who were just curious to take a look couldn't help but step forward after seeing the shrine, took three incense sticks, lit them, prayed respectfully, and then inserted the incense into the incense burner.

After they did all this, they always felt that the surroundings were different, as if something was really blessing them.

At this time, they could always see one of the two Taoists standing in the corridor, nodding to them, proving to them that there were really Taoists living here.

Gradually, more and more people appeared on this floor, just to burn incense for Guan Yu. Some even brought some tributes and gifts to the two Taoists' houses, and by the way, they came to see if the house had really become normal. When the fat landlord came again, he found that the 18th floor had changed a lot. When he first arrived, he saw two tenants he knew burning incense for Guan Yu, and the corridor was full of people, which was very different from the previous cold feeling.

"Wow, what they said is true, those two masters are great people..." The fat landlord also burned incense to Guan Erye, muttered to the shrine for a long time, and then knocked on the door of the innermost room.

The person who opened the door was Taoist Lingkong. When he saw the fat landlord, he invited him in and poured him a cup of tea.

Although the fat landlord was still a little nervous, he finally dared to come in because of the previous preparations. He looked around the place. Although it was still the same room as before, there were many magic tools hanging on the walls and the air was filled with a faint scent of incense, which diluted the moldy smell of death and made him feel a lot more at ease.

"The two masters are really amazing. I was right." The fat landlord gave a thumbs up and asked, "What about the other master?"

"Brother Jingde and Ah Fa went out to buy some things." Taoist Lingkong said, "Many people have come to ask for amulets these days, and we don't have enough with us, so we went to buy materials to make a new batch."

"Okay, leave one for me when you're done." The fat landlord said quickly. He now knew that these two people were really capable.

Then, he sighed, "Master, you don't know, but this morning several people called me and said they wanted to rent a house. I thought someone was joking with me. Then I thought of you, so I came to see... When I came back, I understood that the good brothers here were really invited away by you. No wonder those people were in a hurry to rent a house. They were afraid that the house here would be taken away by others."

Taoist Lingkong smiled and said, "After all, the rent for rooms here is indeed much lower than other places."

"What do you mean it's much lower!" The fat landlord waved his hand domineeringly: "The price was low before because we had good brothers! Now not only are the good brothers gone, but there is also a statue of Guan Erge and two masters. With Guan Erge and you blessing us, it would be unreasonable to lower the price! That price is impossible! I will put up the ad again when I get back. Such a good house here must be higher than other places."

Seeing this guy raising the price, showing his landlord's true colors, Taoist Lingkong smiled and reminded: "Boss, what you just said, the second master outside is listening to it. He hates this kind of immoral behavior the most. Ill-gotten gains come quickly and go away quickly. Why don't you think about it again?"

The fat landlord's face froze, then he laughed dryly and said, "Hahaha, I was just joking. I'm just raising the price a little, just a little..."

After seeing off the fat landlord, the scene started to fast forward again. In the past few days, people kept coming to see the house. After finding that the environment here was the same as the new rumors and the price was low, several families moved in immediately, adding a lot of popularity to this floor, making it lively and no longer as cold as before. The sound of television and laughter could be heard from the corridor from time to time, and the breath of life became richer.

"I see." Qian Xiaoyi stood in the corridor and said, "By covering the original cognition with the new cognition, the essence of the urban legend has been changed."

Taoist Lingkong nodded: "That's right. Since we can't make those people stop believing in these superstitions, then we can replace them with new superstitions. In other words, we join the game and become the core of this new feng shui pattern. As long as we are here, those cognitions will no longer gather. In this way, we have settled down in Hong Kong."

Wish you all a happy Dragon Boat Festival.

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(End of this chapter)