Starting from the folklore forum, making up town objects

Chapter 319 Three Everlasting Protective Lamps

In the basement of a six-story old apartment building in the urban-rural fringe area of ​​Mubei City, Zhang Yunshan sat cross-legged with his eyes closed.

At one point, he opened his eyes and reached out to touch the empty space in front of him.

“Good boy, Zhangzhuang is my hometown after all. There are plenty of people here, so there’s no rush.”

"Next, you need to focus on improving yourself, and then..."

A suppressed killing intent and hidden fear flashed in Zhang Yunshan's eyes.

Zhang Yunshan wasn't like this before, until ten years ago, when that thing appeared.

That was the first time Zhang Yunshan had encountered a ghost that was invisible, intangible, and devoid of any yin energy fluctuations.

At that moment, he had only one feeling.

Powerless and helpless.

After giving up on that matter, he thought everything was fine, but unexpectedly, they came knocking on his door.

Even now, Zhang Yunshan can still remember the sound of that thing.

"Two choices: live or die."

It sounds ridiculous, but when he was in front of that thing, he felt no joy at all. He could only kneel down, trembling, and choose to live.

Then, that thing forcibly tore off the ghostly face from his body and threw it on the ground.

"Follow the method I taught you, raise this ghost of yours for ten years. If you can raise it to maturity after ten years, I will come looking for you and take you as my disciple. If you cannot raise it to maturity... I will come looking for you again."

In short, it took ten years.

Now, he has molded the demon within his own face into the form the other party desired.

It is invisible, intangible, and devoid of yin energy.

But... the other party didn't come.

He waited for almost half a year, but that person never came.

So, he had some ideas, and he made his ghost take action.

The new ghost's abilities intoxicated him, and he finally understood why that guy had been so arrogant back then.

If such a ghost exists, why can't it be high above everyone else?
Unfortunately, the newly trained demons are too weak.

To become stronger, one must either slowly allow the ghost to absorb the mysterious substance from the human body during the transition between day and night, or use the method taught by that thing to create three spirit lamps to raise the ghost.

But since he no longer had a traditional connection with this ghost and his body was devoid of Yin energy, he could only rely on others to make the Three Spirit Lamps.

So he chose Zhang Hong's family.

Because he knew that Zhang Hong's wife was from Wangjiagou.

Coincidentally, he also knew that Wang Zhibo from Wangjiagou was a true Yin cultivator, so he wanted to lure Wang Zhibo there.

Of course, it wouldn't matter if it were people from the Bureau of Polling who came.

He believed that as long as he didn't intervene or cause any more trouble, the Bureau of Investigation would have no chance of success, not to mention that he hadn't killed a single person.

Then, just as he had planned, Wang Zhibo arrived.

Not only did they come, but they also bought the recipe for the 'three ever-burning lamps' from him, saving him a lot of trouble.

The three ever-burning lamps were so effective on his ghost that he wanted to tie Wang Zhibo up and use him as a permanent source of lamp oil.

Unfortunately, he couldn't control his ghost, which caused some trouble.

Therefore, he had no choice but to leave Zhangzhuang with the ghost.

But none of that matters; it's just a matter of cultivating in seclusion, which is easy to find.

Drip!

Zhang Yunshan took out his phone, glanced at the message, and a smile appeared on his face.

"A second-generation Yin cultivator is indeed a very good choice."

……

Two days later.

Room 404 on the 4th floor of the Mubei University Entrepreneurship Park has a sign on the door that reads "Folk Custom Labor Dispatch," indicating the entrepreneurial projects offered in this office.

Is this product genuine?

Li Yaozu looked at the paper that Fang Xuan had brought.

"It's genuine. This was given to me by a senior colleague I met during a mission the day before yesterday."

Fang Xuan said excitedly.

"If it weren't for him, I might have gotten myself into trouble. You have no idea how eerie that ghost was. Not only did it not emit any yin energy, but it was also invisible!"

"If it weren't for that old man's intervention, not only would my employer have been in trouble, but I would have been caught in the crossfire as well!"

Li Yaozu nodded.

Do you have that gentleman's contact information?

"No, but before he left, he said that if that ghost reappears, this yin object can solve the problem. I have already collected all the materials needed for that yin object. All I need is the employer's hair and blood."

"Okay, let's go together tonight. That way we can look out for each other if anything happens."

"it is good!"

The two hit it off immediately and took the items to the employer.

After collecting the employer's hair and blood to make candles, the two waited at the employer's house for the ghost to reappear.

While waiting, the two started chatting.

Li Yaozu asked, "Did you see which hexagram the old master was from?"

"No, I didn't see the senior's mark anywhere, but judging from the skill level of his technique, he should be at least at the second level of divination."

"I think it's more than that. The fact that he could casually give you a method for making a yin item shows that the senior didn't think much of it. I think it's at least three divinations!"

"Now that you mention it, it makes sense. Oh! I forgot to ask for that senior's contact information. Who knows, I might even be able to become his apprentice or something. That senior seems much more reliable than my old man."

Fang Xuan said with a look of regret.

Just as Li Yaozu was about to say something, he suddenly noticed that the candlelight began to flicker.

"What's going on here?"

Li Yaozu asked.

"It's here! It's here! I remember the old master saying the other day that if the candlelight flickers, it means a ghost has arrived."

"We've arrived? I'll go check."

Li Yaozu said he was about to go to the room to take a look.

"It's no use you going there. You won't be able to see the ghost at all. You'll only see changes in the bodies of the employer's family members."

Li Yaozu didn't believe it and walked to the door of the room to look at the situation inside.

There was no movement at all. Even when he took out the ghost-finding tool his father had given him to find ghosts, he found no trace of anything sinister.

But there were indeed three flickering candle flames on the head and shoulders of the employer's family members.

suddenly.

Li Yaozu froze.

He saw it! He actually saw it!
Didn't Fang Xuan say he couldn't see it?

But why did he see it?
At this moment, twenty centimeters above the candle flame on the right shoulder of the employer's family member, a face with its features gouged out was illuminated by the candlelight.

Before Li Yaozu could even react in shock, the candle flame on the employer's right shoulder shot out from there.

Immediately afterwards, Li Yaozu saw a human-shaped flame appear out of thin air, several tens of centimeters away from the bed.

After struggling in the air for a few seconds, the 'person' in the flames gradually shrank and disappeared into the air, just like a flame about to go out.

Just as Li Yaozu stood there dumbfounded, not knowing what had happened, Fang Xuan ran over with three ever-burning lamps.

"Grandpa, Grandpa, one of the lights went out. What happened?"

Upon hearing this, Li Yaozu glanced at the three ever-burning lamps in Fang Xuan's hand. The one that had been extinguished was the one that corresponded to the right shoulder of the person on the bed earlier.
His gaze returned to the two lamps that were still burning.

So, these three ever-burning lamps can deal with three ghosts at the same time?

Immediately, Li Yaozu grabbed the bases of the three ever-burning lamps and looked at Fang Xuan.

"Fang Xuan, I'll pay you for the method of making this evil artifact. Name your price!"

……

Just as Li Yaozu and Fang Xuan were haggling, Zhang Yunshan suddenly let out a scream in a basement in a suburban area of ​​Mubei City.

He suddenly ripped off his wig and threw it on the ground, then reached up to touch the back of his head.

It felt smooth to the touch, but when I took it back, it was covered in blood.

The back of his head is where his ghost's true form, that is, where that face skin is stored, is located.

Every time the ghost returns, it attaches itself to it.

During this time, there was no blood on the back of his head.

But now, not only has he severed his connection with his ghost, but the skin on the back of his head has also begun to rot.

Everything told him something he didn't want to believe.

His ghost is gone.

But how is this possible?
Ordinary ghosts cannot be eliminated, let alone this special ghost.

"What on earth happened?!" Zhang Yunshan's face was contorted with rage.

He quickly remembered what he had asked Guisui to do that day.

"It's them?"

Zhang Yunshan didn't want to believe it, but it seemed that only they could believe it?

Zhang Yunshan turned around and walked towards the door.

He was going to find them; he wanted to get to the bottom of this. He couldn't believe his ghost was gone.

They must have done something to their ghosts!
But as soon as he turned around, he froze on the spot.

On his desk, there was a cat, a cat with the face of an old woman.

Looking at the cat, Zhang Yunshan began to tremble all over. The memory was like a hammer blow, leaving him dizzy and disoriented.

Pfft!
Zhang Yunshan collapsed to the ground.

It's here... It's not dead... It's here!

The cat with the human face jumped off the table, circled around Zhang Yunshan, and finally stopped on his back.

"It seems you haven't succeeded in cultivating it."

Upon hearing that voice, which sounded like a crow, Zhang Yunshan immediately realized what was happening.

"I did it, I did it, but, but..."

Zhang Yunshan wanted to say something, but at that moment, the cat had already landed on his shoulder.

"Pity."

As the sound rang out, the cat with the human face stuck out its tongue and licked Zhang Yunshan's cheek.

It licked very carefully, from the jaw to behind the ear, from behind the ear to the forehead, and then down the other side.

During this process, Zhang Yunshan couldn't say a word, and his uncontrollable body stopped trembling. He could only watch helplessly as the cat licked him out of the corner of his eye, just as the cat had licked his chest and face years ago.

The cat finished licking it quickly.

Then, it revealed its canine teeth and gently placed them on Zhang Yunshan's face, piercing into them.

A hissing sound rang in Zhang Yunshan's ears. He knew it was the sound of flesh separating from skin, the sound of his own skin leaving his body.

But he could only listen.

Swish!
When the last bit of his dignity was torn off, Zhang Yunshan saw the cat jump off him.

He regained his mobility; he could move.

He tried to cover his face, but even the slightest touch caused him excruciating pain.

His body trembled uncontrollably, but he dared not utter a sound.

He looked up at the cat with its back to him, watching its head constantly lower and raise, watching its shoulders sway.

Zhang Yunshan seemed to know what it was doing.

It's eating its own face!
Fear, anger, and resentment surged forth, driving him to reach out his hand to the cat.

He wanted to strangle that cat!

But just as his hands were less than twenty centimeters away from the cat, the cat stopped moving.

His breath hitched; Zhang Yunshan knew that if he didn't act now, he would have no chance.

So he pounced and grabbed the cat by the neck.

"Haha, I've got you! I'm going to kill you! I'm going to..."

Zhang Yunshan, his face contorted with rage, gripped the cat tightly, using all his strength.

"Kill it! Kill it!"

Zhang Yunshan's face flushed red, and the veins on his arms bulged.

The clicking sound kept coming.

Zhang Yunshan's purplish face was full of excitement; he knew that was the sound of a neck breaking.

He became even more excited, his eyes becoming bloodshot.

I want you dead!

card!
Pfft!
Zhang Yunshan fell to the ground, watching the black cat fall lightly from his hands, his eyes full of confusion.

Why? It will be fine.

I clearly snapped its neck.

A feeling of suffocation washed over Zhang Yunshan, and he couldn't breathe. Darkness began to encroach on his vision.

When only one-tenth of his field of vision remained, Zhang Yunshan saw the cat turn around.

Looking at the cat's head, and at the distorted yet familiar face draped over it, Zhang Yunshan smiled.

"So...it...didn't eat it."

As darkness fell, the world fell silent.

Faint footsteps could be heard in the basement.

The black cat, wearing Zhang Yunshan's mask, walked up to Zhang Yunshan.

suck~
As the sound rang out, an invisible grayish-white aura emanated from the seven orifices of Zhang Yuanshan, who was still alive, and then entered the cat's body through the seven orifices of 'Zhang Yunshan'.

Once everything was over, the skin had perfectly fitted onto the cat's face.

Seeing the lifeless corpse in front of it, the human-faced cat leaped up, landed at the only small window in the basement, and slipped out.

……

When Chen Xin woke up, he received a message from the illusionary body.

The ghost was burned to death by the 'three ever-burning lamps'.

"I thought it would take a long time, but I didn't expect him to be in such a hurry."

Chen Xin opened the "Complete Guide to Suppressing Ghosts" and recalled the scene of the ghost's death.

Gradually, the smile on his face faded, and his brows furrowed.

"That ghost, is it not in the mortal world?"

Chen Xin murmured.

Chen Xin was looking back from the perspective of three ever-burning lamps, so what he saw was different.

When the ghost appeared, the three ever-burning lamps seemed to have suddenly entered another space, and the surroundings were pitch black.

All Chen Xin could see was the person lying on the bed, corresponding to the three ever-burning lamps, and the three flames burning on his shoulders.

Then there's that red-clad ghost that appeared in the sky.

After the flames on the right shoulder burned the ghost to death, everything returned to normal, the darkness disappeared, and the sound, light, and images reappeared.

As Chen Xin relived that scene again and again, he didn't know why, but he always felt that the dark place was somewhat familiar.

Chen Xin turned to the "Complete Collection of Town-Suppressing Objects" and found the section on "Three Everlasting Lamps".

……

"Protective Three Everlasting Lamps"

Uses: Protection, warding off evil spirits

Current strength: Underworld level
Current quantity: 1
Description of the talisman:

The ancients said that a person has three fires that can ward off evil spirits.

The top of the head is called the Heavenly Spirit Fire, the left shoulder is called the Yang Life Fire, and the right shoulder is called the Yin Life Fire.

Later, someone came and used three fires to create three lamps, to illuminate yin and yang and protect themselves.

If the lights are kept burning, evil spirits will not be able to enter.

Its preparation method is as follows:

They take human hair ashes, mix them with fingertip blood, lamp oil, or candle oil to make a celestial lamp.

Take mugwort, grind it into powder, mix it with lamp oil or candle oil to make a Yangming lamp.

Take the bark of the locust tree, grind it into powder, and mix it with lamp oil or candle to make a lamp for yin-yang purposes.

Light the lamps, and use the blood from the center of a woman's forehead to light three lamps; this will complete the process.

A ghostly figure appeared, and the candlelight flickered.

The evil spirits haunted her, so she lit a candle.

Remember, those who go against the principles of Yin and Yang will have their lifespan taken away by Heaven and their physical form destroyed by Earth, their lives reduced to mere candlelight!
……

Chen Xin's gaze swept across the room and landed on a single sentence.

"Reflecting Yin and Yang, protecting oneself... Reflecting Yin and Yang..."

Chen Xin thought of that hat trick experience.

The place where the woman in red was located, was it... that place?

……

P.S.: That's all for today, let's try again tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)