Taishang asks longevity

Chapter 169 The Village
During the day, after the three of Li Changsheng rested, they started on their way at night.

This night, it was much calmer. Not to mention the presence of evil spirits, but not even a mountain ghost.

Presumably, the commotion that happened last night was so loud that it shook the entire barren mountain for a moment, and most of the monsters kept their distance.

Without obstacles, the three of them arrived at the village in the middle of the night.

When we first entered the village, the night fog was hazy and indistinct. When the villagers saw a large team coming towards the village, they were startled, thinking they had encountered a zombie moving.

After taking a closer look, he breathed a sigh of relief.

The person in charge of receiving Li Changsheng and the others was the head of the village.

This village, among the barren hills, is relatively large. There are a hundred households in the village, with a total of more than seven hundred people.

Li Changsheng brought back 49 corpses this time, as well as five corpses of Master Jia. Basically, the entire village has been more or less related for more than a hundred years. It was a whimper.

The village chief was an old man with a peaceful face. He sighed deeply and said to the three of Li Changsheng: "Thank you three for transporting the corpse back to the village so that these poor people who died in other places can return to their roots. .”

At this time, Linglong regained her original composure and calmness, and said: "About this incident, it is purely a natural disaster that caused such a disaster in the entire South City. Our group must have sent someone to negotiate with the village for corresponding compensation. Is it a matter?"

The village head nodded and said, "It's been negotiated. Miss Linglong is only responsible for the transportation of the corpse. Now your responsibility is complete, but..."

Having said that, the village head paused for a moment, with a troubled look on his face.

Li Changsheng said: "It's okay for the village chief to say."

The village chief took a deep breath and said: "So many people have died now. According to the customs of the village, those who died outside can only be cremated, but not buried, but before that, there is a funeral that needs to be held. The villagers came to pay their respects... If the corpses are brought back by their families and the funeral is too complicated and troublesome, so our village decided to hold a unified funeral for all the dead."

What the village chief said has a certain truth. After all, if dozens of corpses are claimed by their families and then they hold their own funerals, it will be a bit troublesome. I am afraid that they will not be able to finish shopping in one day if they go to their homes to burn incense and worship. .

Li Changsheng nodded, but did not speak.

The village head showed a wry smile, and said: "We have already selected a place to hold funerals for these corpses, but...the village still lacks a Taoist priest at the moment. Matters such as the funeral, the immortal bridge, and the summoning of souls , we still need a special Taoist priest to do it... So... I would like to ask, can you stay for a few more days and help take care of it?"

Li Changsheng smiled slightly and said, "That's easy to say."

After finishing speaking, he patted Master Jia beside him, and then said to the village chief, "Master Jia is a corpse exorciser, and he is also proficient in Taoist techniques. These things can be accomplished."

When Master Jia heard this, he nodded quickly and said, "That's right... Village Chief, don't worry, just leave these things to me."

"Okay." The elderly village head was very grateful, and he saluted the three of them to express his gratitude.

The village head asked people to arrange a residence for the three of Li Changsheng.

That night, people in the entire village stayed up all night, crying and howling.

A disaster that took so many lives is really unbearable.Li Changsheng looked at these heartbroken people, and his heart moved slightly.

If it wasn't for the matter of the ghoul, Nancheng wouldn't have fallen into such a disaster.

On the way back to the residence, Li Changsheng's face was solemn, but he didn't show any joy.

Master Jia and Linglong both noticed, and asked, "Daozhang Li, what's the matter?"

Li Changsheng shook his head and said: "Now we don't have the whereabouts of Granny Ghost Gu, but I think the Yin master died tragically in my hands. With Granny Ghost Gu's character, she probably won't let it go. Although we sent the body back to the village safely, But I'm also afraid that the ghost mother-in-law will be cruel and inhumane, and harm the people in the village, and then... it will happen."

As soon as he finished speaking, Linglong and Master Jia also changed their expressions slightly.

With so many people in the whole village, it might not be easy to take care of them all.The Ghost Gu Granny is good at the technique of ghost Gu, and laying Gu is her unique skill. If she wants to harm the villagers in the village, wouldn't it be difficult to guard against it?
"Forget it... The soldiers came to cover the water and the earth. The current thing is to assist the village chief to hold the funeral. Master Jia... This time, I will work hard for you." Li Changsheng said to Master Jia who was on the side.

Grandpa Jia smiled slightly and said, "Where is it? Daoist Li, if you weren't here on this road, I'm afraid my old bones and bones would have been cold early. Now that I have arrived at the village safely, you should take a good rest. Things are just small rituals, nothing complicated, I'll just do it, and then you can watch from the sidelines, and if there is anything wrong, you can point me out."

Li Changsheng smiled slightly, but did not speak.

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The next day, white cloth strips were hung up in the village, and piles of elegiac couplets were piled up.

Dozens of corpses were placed on the previously prepared temporary space, and they were dragged up with red-painted wooden boards. In front of them, there was a worship table with an inscription engraved on it. It has the names of all the deceased.

At the entrance of the village, at nine o'clock in the morning, firecrackers began to be set off.

There is a custom in the village that if someone dies, a string of firecrackers needs to be set off at nine o'clock in the morning. After the sound of firecrackers, the villagers in the village can come to worship.

The villagers of the whole village gathered at the place of worship early on.

According to the ceremony, the immediate relatives first perform the worship, according to the seniority, with men in front and women in back.

Among the more than forty corpses, there were male corpses, female corpses, brothers, and sisters. The immediate relatives involved hundreds of people in the village, and the rest of the villagers were more or less related.

The sound of wailing was endless.

Master Jia went there early in the morning to preside over the relevant worship ceremonies. Linglong, as the representative of the group, naturally also wanted to be there to offer incense and worship.

Only Li Changsheng didn't go, he spent a whole day in his residence, drawing a lot of spells in case of emergencies.

Along the way, the spells he carried had already been used a lot when dealing with mountain ghosts. Taoist methods cannot be separated from spells.Now there is no news of Grandma Ghost Gu, and I don't know when Grandma Ghost Gu will show up, so I have to prepare early.

The rituals in the village are used to worship relatives and guests during the day, and at night, it is the turn of the Taoist priests to perform rituals.

On this day, time seems to pass quickly.

Night is coming gradually...

(End of this chapter)