My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 174 Seeking for Lucky Money

"You pushed the door open and walked into the courtyard. The courtyard seemed a bit narrow. There was only a shabby house and a dead tree. Apart from that, there was nothing else."

"You have arrived at the haunted house of Liu Diao."

"Six hanging alternations, this is a special term in Feng Shui, only recorded in ancient books, but rarely seen in reality."

"It's because the conditions for the six hangings are extremely harsh. Six tenants must have been hanged in the same house one after another. Only in this way can such a bad situation be formed."

"You walked into the shabby house. The furnishings and furniture inside were covered in dust. The floor was full of messy footprints. There was a fresh corpse hanging on the beam of the north window."

"You lowered the body from the rafters."

"You have triggered the Great View of Medical Knowledge."

"You found this body only two days ago. Although it is slightly decayed, it is still well preserved overall. It should be the owner who hired the Maoshan Taoist to deal with the haunted house."

"You explored the broken house carefully, but unfortunately did not find anything, so you set your sights on the corpse."

"You took out the spirit bell."

"You rang the spirit-calling bell in your hand, triggering the effect of calling out the souls and horrifying them. A biting cold wind blew over you, and you learned the whole story from the souls of the dead bodies."

"The deceased was called Li Si when he was alive. He was a well-known idler. He lived a life of poverty and could barely get three meals a day. Sometimes he couldn't even get enough to eat, let alone get married."

"So it had a perverse idea in its mind and learned from a wandering Taoist priest a shady method to seek hidden wealth."

"The so-called seeking for Yin wealth is actually the art of asking ghosts. It has existed among the people since ancient times. The most common ones are the Ouija board, the Pencil, the bowl with chopsticks, the round mirror method, etc.

"These are neither Buddhist nor Taoist. At best, they can only be regarded as folk dharma. Not only will they damage one's own virtue, but if one is not careful, they will also bring disaster to the whole family."

"The method that Li Si got from the wandering Taoist priest is called the Green Bamboo Soul Summoning Method. It is an extremely evil method that requires the souls of those who died before the seventh day of mourning to be the medium."

"Many people obsessed with money have tried this method, asking ghosts for money, hoping to get rich overnight, but in the end they all end up with nothing good."

"This method requires a seven-foot-long fresh green bamboo. Then, you need to open the bamboo core, light incense and candles in front of the grave, place offerings, and then insert the prepared green bamboo into the grave, leaving only three inches and seven tenths exposed."

"It is said that in this way, the souls of the dead in the tomb can follow the hollow bamboo, turn into a wisp of green smoke, appear on the grave, and then communicate with the people who are seeking favors."

"Li Si decided to give it a try and found a grave that met the requirements."

"It followed the steps given by the Taoist priest and inserted the green bamboo into the grave, but unfortunately there was no reaction at all. Li Si tried a few more times, but still no movement."

"Normally, most people would have pulled out the bamboo stick at this point, knelt down and kowtowed a few times, and then left. But Li Si had lost his mind. Seeing that the dead soul in the grave had not come out, he came up with a dirty trick. He poured the black dog blood into the grave along the bamboo stick, forcing the dead soul out of the grave."

"Li Si finally got what he wanted. He dug up a big redwood box at Fentouling outside the city. When he opened the box, he saw that it was full of gold, silver and treasures. He happily returned home with the box."

"Since then, Li Si's life has gotten better and better. Not only did he buy a lot of real estate, he also married two beautiful wives and had two big, fat sons. His life was so wonderful."

"In this way, Li Si lived a comfortable life for several years. But just when he was about to forget about the incident, the debt collector came to his house. His two daughters-in-law and son were hanged on the beams one after another."

"Li Si was afraid that he would suffer the same fate, so he took all his property and rushed to Southeast Asia. He spent a lot of money to find a black-robed Azan. I don't know what method the Azan used, but he managed to save his life temporarily."

"This house was entrusted to a real estate agency for renting out. Over the years, it has had six tenants, with hundreds of families in total. Without exception, they all hanged themselves in the house shortly after moving in."

"The pawnbroker also knew that this matter was strange and didn't dare to get involved. So he sent a message to Li Si in Nanyang and asked him to come back and handle it himself."

"Li Si didn't want to come back, but the black-clad Azan said that the person who tied the bell must be the one to untie it. If this matter is not resolved, sooner or later the debt collectors will come to his door, and then he will really have no way to survive."

"Li Si then sailed across the ocean and returned to Xishen City from Nanyang. The first thing he did when he came back was to go to Maoshan to ask a master to help him deal with the matter. As a result, both of them died in the house."

After reading this game text, Jiang Xinghuo finally understood the whole story. The reason was that Li Si was ignorant of the immensity of heaven and earth, and in order to make money, he violated the taboo between life and death.

"You searched around on Li Si's body and found something."

"You found it. A Nanyang amulet, a small Kumantong, a tattoo tablet of the Ganesha, and a small bronze statue of the Four-Faced Buddha."

"Nanyang amulets (excellent props), amulets circulated in Nanyang Buddhism, are very different from the amulets of Taoism and Buddhism, and can protect the wearer from being harmed by evil spirits."

"Little Gumantong (common item), a little ghost refined from a stillborn newborn. Its nature is uncontaminated. Because of its pure kindness, it can keenly sense the changes and abnormalities in the surrounding aura."

"The elephant god tattoo tablet (excellent item). Nanyang is known as the place of ten thousand religions and ten thousand veins. The tattoos and tablets are both major religious systems. The tattoo on this tablet is of the elephant god Ganesha, who has the ability to be invulnerable to swords and guns and regenerate broken limbs."

"The Four-Faced Buddha Bronze Statue (Excellent Prop), a bronze statue of the guardian deity of Nanyang Buddhism. With the help of the power of the Four-Faced Buddha, one can avoid harm from all evil spirits."

Looking at the introduction of the four props, Jiang Xinghuo couldn't help but frown. Judging from the functions of these props, they are all props against evil spirits. It seems that Li Si has made sufficient preparations. Coupled with the Maoshan Taoist priest he invited, the lineup can be said to be very powerful.

But even so, the two did not escape death. It seems that the danger of these six haunted houses was far beyond his imagination.

Jiang Xinghuo controlled the game character and explored the house, trying to find some clues.

Unexpectedly, the following game text surprised him.

(End of this chapter)