One Qi Chaoyang

Chapter 37: The Bewitching Demon

Looking at Zhu Puyi walking outside with his head covered, Zhao Fuyun sighed in his heart.

People passed under the statue of Chijun but received no shelter, and there was a person sitting in the courtyard who could protect him. However, after his mind was blinded, he was like a headless fly, like a person trapped in darkness. When he saw a little light, he would rush into it, but could not tell whether that light was real or fake.

Therefore, people need to practice self-cultivation and always maintain a certain level of clarity so that they can shine in the darkest places and not be submerged in darkness.

"Zhu Puyi!"

A sudden shout was heard, and Yu Zhu Puyi was awakened as if he saw a fire falling from the sky in the darkness. Then the fire spread, quickly burning away the distracting thoughts that occupied his mind.

He saw clearly in front of him that it was the door of the Chijun Temple. Someone was still shouting outside the door: "Sir, please come out quickly..."

However, the voice sounded like gnashing of teeth, raw and ferocious. He retreated repeatedly, and when he looked up, he saw the statue of Chijun, and thought of Zhao Fuyun in the yard. He touched his chest and found that the Chijun talisman money that Zhao Fuyun had given him before was hot.

But before, he didn't feel anything at all.

He bowed towards the statue of Chijun, and felt the chill in his body quickly receding. He could still hear shouting from outside the door. The voice was unpleasant, and it was clearly the language of a ghost. He did not dare to approach the temple door at all.

He came to Zhao Fuyun's side, bowed to him and said, "Thank you, Master, for saving me again."

"My lord, you are in my temple. How can I let you die?" Zhao Fuyun said.

The evil spirits outside could no longer be heard at this moment. It was so terribly quiet that even the sounds of insects disappeared without a trace.

Suddenly, a voice appeared again: "So you are here. It was easy for me to find you."

Zhu Puyi looked up and found a person squatting on the roof in the northwest of the courtyard. It would be more accurate to say that it was a ghost rather than a person.

This ghost looked like both a human and a beast. It squatted on the roof. It had green hair on its head, a pair of bloodshot eyes, very long hands, and its fingers were like claws and hooks that were clasped on the roof. Its feet were extremely large, and it was covered in black without any clothes. It just stared at Zhao Fuyun below.

Zhao Fuyun had already stood up. He saw that this ghost was indeed extraordinary. Its aura was much stronger than that of Tang Ye who had ambushed him that day.

In terms of the realm of raising and controlling ghosts, Tang Ye had already established the foundation of his path. However, in front of Zhao Fuyun, a disciple from a big sect who was in the Taoist temple, he was not good enough, so Tang Ye was killed as soon as he rushed into the Taoist temple.

At this time, this "ghost" has enjoyed the incense of this place for many years. Every year it devours some of its own kind to strengthen itself. By enjoying the incense and offerings, it has become a ghost. Although it does not seem to know how to practice with incense, it seems to have tumors all over its body, which is the incense energy stagnant in its body.

"You broke into the Taoist temple established by me as the Red Flame God in your ghost form. Don't you think your life is too long?" Zhao Fuyun said.

The 'ghost' laughed strangely and said, "I have heard from my brother in the mountains that the spirit of a Taoist priest is the most amazing. I have never been able to get what I want. I have been patient for more than half a month. Today, I don't need to endure it anymore. I will eat your spirit and then go back to the mountains to hide in my brother's house. Who can find me?"

At this point, he couldn't help laughing and said, "When the time comes, the guests in my brother's cave will talk about eating Taoist spirits, and I can also talk about the taste."

"Great." Zhao Fuyun narrowed his eyes and replied.

The ghost on the roof laughed and said, "The night is long and dreams are many, don't let your master come back."

As soon as he finished speaking, he opened his mouth and a ball of thick black evil surged out like the wind.

Zhu Puyi immediately ran into the house and closed the door tightly.

There was a lamp placed high up in that room, and the light gave him some sense of security.

Through the crack in the door he saw that the light that was originally outside had disappeared, leaving only darkness, and he heard the sound of wind whistling in his ears.

He thought of what he had heard from the elders of the clan when he was a child: "When evil spirits have a physical form, they can blow out a black evil wind that can blow a person's soul out of the body. It is not something that ordinary cultivators can resist."

He could hear the whistling sound of the wind and could tell how fierce it was.

He didn't know if Zhao Fuyun could resist. But he heard a loud voice in his ears: "Chi Jun..."

This sound was not in the yard at all, and was not covered by the wind at all. He vaguely saw a person waving a flame under the eaves opposite.

"burn!"

Then he heard a scream, and the black wind in the yard suddenly stopped.

When he came out, he saw an almost rotten paper man on the side where Zhao Fuyun had originally stood, while Zhao Fuyun was standing under the eaves of the opposite corridor.

He was surprised that the person who had been talking to him in the middle of the night was just an illusion of paper.

"Teacher, your magic is great." Zhu Puyi said loudly.

Zhao Fuyi came to an open space under the eaves, where there was a burning object.

Ghosts are shaped by Yin, and these "ghost hairs" are good Yin materials. Zhao Fuyun wrapped them in paper. He remembered that some banners would be woven with ghost hair.

Apart from this, there is nothing else.

Zhao Fuyun looked up at the sky and said, "Please go back to the house, sir. I'm afraid the matter is not over yet."

"Here, there are three kinds of people: ghosts, Gu, and corpses. Corpses have no gods and need to be worshipped, but Gu still have Gu gods. Now that you have seen the 'ghost gods' but not the Gu gods, you should not be too happy too soon."

Just then, Zhao Fuyun heard the sound of hurried running outside, followed by a hurried knock on the door, accompanied by a panicked and frightened voice.

"My lord, please help me, my lord, my lord, please help me, my lord, my lord, my lord, my lord, please help me..."

"Bang bang bang..."

There were cries accompanied by tears and heavy knocks on the door.

"It must be fake, fake. Don't respond. These things have the ability to call back souls. If you respond, your soul will be called away." Zhu Puyi said anxiously. He was alert at this time. He was just afraid and forgot everything he knew. Zhao Fuyun knew it.

"This person is real, and his voice sounds like Li Yong's." Zhao Fuyun said.

"That vicious young man with big eyes? The one who raises snakes?" Zhu Puyi asked, "Then we can't open the door. Why would he come here? There must be something fishy going on."

"Master, there is a monster. The Gu God is a monster. My grandma is dead. Master, please open the door quickly. Help me. There is a monster..."

At this time, Zhao Fuyun shouted loudly: "Sit down at the temple gate. Don't panic. Even if there are monsters, they dare not come to the front of Chijun Temple."

"Teacher, is this person real?" Zhu Puyi asked.

"Maybe." Zhao Fuyun said.

"He said his grandmother was killed by a monster. Will the monster come in?" Zhu Puyi said.

"If he can't lure me out, then maybe, but I can't be sure. If I were him, I would flee deep into the mountains. However, these monsters may seem intelligent, but they are all greedy and vengeful. I have burned so many poisonous insects before. In a sense, I have also burned their food. How can I not bear a grudge?"

"Should we let Li Yong in and interrogate him clearly?" Zhu Puyi said.

"No need. Gu God has the ability to bewitch people. I once read a miscellaneous book in the mountains, which called this kind of powerful Gu insect a bewitching demon. It hides in the dark, bewitching people's minds and enslaving them. People think they can control it, but in fact they are enslaved by it without knowing it."

(End of this chapter)