Weird Cultivation, I have a five-organ temple

Chapter 9 The Origin of Sanniang

Before his father finished speaking, Shang Lu noticed that the oil-paper umbrella was shaking slightly.

It was obvious that Sanniang was nervous and aggrieved.

She had never hurt Shang Lu, and had never thought of hurting her man.

Shang Lu was aware of this, so he wanted to protect his woman and immediately interrupted Shang Mingqiu:

"Dad, you worry too much. Sanniang is my legally married wife. She only loves and pampers me. How could she possibly harm me?"

While saying this, Shang Lu even freed up one hand and gently placed it on the oil-paper umbrella.

It was like holding Sanniang's hand and telling her not to be sad or nervous, because he knew she was fine.

Shang Lu could also understand his father's worries.

After all, Sanniang is a ghost, not a human, and his marriage with Sanniang is indeed weird and strange.

Shang Lu died in the line of duty before. Shang Mingqiu and Wu Guizhi were grief-stricken, but considering that Shang Lu died before getting married, they were afraid that he would be lonely in the underworld, so they thought about arranging a ghost marriage for him and finding him a wife.

However, at that time, no suitable partner was found either in Shuanggui Village or in several surrounding villages.

Even though it's a ghost marriage, you can't just do it casually.

In addition to conditions such as being similar in age at death and being single, it is also necessary to calculate the two people's birth dates and time of death to see if they are compatible and whether there will be any conflicts.

If the horoscopes of living people conflict, it usually affects their fortune, health, and family harmony. But if the horoscopes of dead people conflict, resentment will accumulate, and evil things such as ghosts and zombies will be born.

Therefore, there are more things to consider when arranging a ghost marriage than when arranging a marriage with a living person.

Finally, Shang Mingqiu and Wu Guizhi were introduced to Baichuan Town at the foot of Yunhua Mountain, and finally found a suitable partner in the witch temple in the town.

It was Sanniang.

Sanniang died a few years earlier than Shanglu. If we count by birth date, she would be a few years older than Shanglu. However, she was younger than Shanglu when she died.

According to Wu Miao, Sanniang was from Dawangmiao Village on Yunhua Mountain. She had a gentle personality and worked hard. The cause of her death was not illness, but an accident.

After collecting the incense money, the wizard in the temple helped calculate the life and death horoscopes of Shanglu and Sanniang, and believed that the two were very well matched.

Shang Lu's family immediately went to Dawangmiao Village to propose marriage to Sanniang's family.

When we arrived at Dawangmiao Village, we found out after some inquiries that Sanniang's family had moved away shortly after her death, and no one knew where they moved to.

Shang Mingqiu and Wu Guizhi had no choice but to return to the witch temple and ask the witch to use the Yin method to communicate with Sanniang herself. After obtaining Sanniang's consent, they offered sacrifices to heaven and earth and arranged this ghost marriage.

In this world, ghost marriages are not uncommon.

Due to backward medical care, poor living conditions and other reasons, many people died at a young age.

Many families who have lost their children will help their unmarried children arrange a ghost marriage so that they will not be lonely in the underworld.

Therefore, in many witch temples, the birth and death data of unmarried men and women who have died are kept for the convenience of arranging ghost marriages.

If the story of Shanglu and Sanniang ended here, it would be an ordinary ghost marriage.

But who would have thought that Smilax glabra would actually "come back to life"?
In the first few days when Shang Lu was "alive", Shang Mingqiu and Wu Guizhi were just happy and didn't think too much.

But later on, some supernatural events often occurred in the house. Although no one was hurt, the two old people were scared to death.

After some discussion, Shang Mingqiu and Wu Guizhi invited a well-known local witch to come. After performing a ritual, the witch told the two old people that a ghost had come to their house, and that the ghost was none other than Shang Lu's wife, Sanniang.

Shang Lu returned to the world of the living just after he got married to Sanniang, so Sanniang chased her husband all the way from the underworld to the human world.

Shang Mingqiu and Wu Guizhi were frightened when they heard this.

In their opinion, their son had just been resurrected and his body was very weak. If he was haunted by the female ghost at this time, wouldn't his yang energy be drained away and he would die suddenly again?
Shang Mingqiu and Wu Guizhi begged the local witch to help exorcise the ghost, but the witch said that Sanniang and Shang Lu's marriage was a formal one, and all the formal procedures had been completed. They had offered sacrifices to heaven and earth and received their approval.

The village witch had no right, let alone the ability, to separate the newlyweds and drive away Sanniang. The two old people had no choice but to take Shang Lu to the witch temple in Baichuan Town.

As a result, the temple keeper was also surprised and said that he had never encountered such a thing.

Resurrection from the dead is rare enough, and a ghost wife chasing her husband back to the human world is even more unheard of.

The final answer given by the temple keeper was the same as that of the village witch: Shanglu and Sanniang's marriage was a match made in heaven, and forcibly breaking them up would be punished by heaven, which the temple keeper could not bear with his level of cultivation.

In the end, Shang Mingqiu and Wu Guizhi could only take Shang Lu back home, light incense and candles, and beg Sanniang not to hurt Shang Lu.

Fortunately, what happened later made Shang Mingqiu and Wu Guizhi secretly breathe a sigh of relief.

Shang Lu's health improved day by day, and he didn't seem to be affected by the ghost wife. Sanniang didn't suck away Shang Lu's yang energy like the evil ghosts in the legend.

But humans and ghosts are different after all, so Shang Mingqiu was still worried. In addition, he hadn't seen Shang Lu for several days, so he asked.

Unexpectedly, Sanniang heard it and was heartbroken.

Shang Mingqiu didn't know the inside story. After hearing Shang Lu's answer, he felt a little relieved.

"I'm glad I didn't harm you..."

He wanted to give Shang Lu some more instructions, asking him to be more careful and on guard, but Shang Lu took the lead, patted his oil-paper umbrella, and said with a smile:
"Sanniang came back with me today. She is inside this umbrella. She asked me to say hello to you two elders."

"Ah?" Shang Mingqiu was stunned for a moment.

I originally wanted to remind my son privately to be careful, but I didn't expect Sanniang to be there too.

Wouldn't that be saying bad things about Sanniang in front of her?

This made Shang Mingqiu very embarrassed and a little scared.

Wu Guizhi pinched her husband quickly and smiled awkwardly at the oil-paper umbrella on Shang Lu: "Sanniang, your father doesn't have a problem with you, he just doesn't know how to talk. Don't take it to heart, and don't blame him..."

At the same time, I felt a little uncomfortable.

In other families, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are just people, but in my case, it's just people and umbrellas? I can't use my hard-earned skills of being a mother-in-law on an umbrella, right?
The oil-paper umbrella swayed gently, just like someone shaking his head.

After Shang Lu saw this, he smiled and said, "Dad, Mom, don't worry, Sanniang doesn't blame you."

Shang Mingqiu and Wu Guizhi smiled awkwardly and said "that's good", but they didn't dare to feel at ease at all.

Seeing this, Shang Lu naturally wanted to help his wife:

"I know what you are worried about, but Sanniang is different. She is doing this for my own good. Without her, I would not have recovered so quickly, let alone restored my cultivation. I am blessed to marry Sanniang after two lifetimes of cultivation. I hope you will not be prejudiced against her and treat her the same way you treat me."

Shang Mingqiu and Wu Guizhi thought about it carefully and it seemed to be true.

When Shang Lu just "came back from the dead", everyone around him said that he would be a useless person even if he was alive, and that he would have to stay in bed for at least ten or eight years.

What was the result? After just over a month, Shang Lu's horrific injuries were almost healed and he was able to walk again.

Even now, Shang Lu's cultivation has recovered.

I'm afraid Sanniang's contribution here is really due to her, and it's not small.

Shang Mingqiu felt somewhat guilty when he thought of this.

He let go of his hand that was holding the plow pole, bowed to the oil-paper umbrella, and said apologetically, "Sanniang, I... cough, Daddy apologizes to you. I hope you two can stay together forever, support each other, and share the joys and sorrows."

Shang Lu couldn't help laughing and joked, "Dad, are you giving a wedding speech? The venue is not suitable."

The oil-paper umbrella hit him gently.

This was Sanniang scolding him, telling him not to be disrespectful to his parents.

(End of this chapter)