Chapter 6: Crazy Organization

Master went to see Yuan Yi with Grandpa Hui early in the morning. He also told me that since he had returned, Yuan Xi would be with him for a while. Master did not comment on whether my decision was right or wrong. He just said, “Since the deed has been done, then just accept the consequences of the deed. As for whether it was right or wrong, that is something that needs to be considered before the deed is done.”

Instead of going with Master and the others to see Yuan Yi, I stayed up all night with bloodshot eyes, thinking about how I should choose. It turns out that the choice I need to make with Ru Xue is really so difficult.

“I had a relationship with Ling Qing back then. You know that Taoist people don’t have any taboos about marriage, and of course, a girl who has been bewitched isn’t either. So in your opinion, should we be together? Should Ling Qing be your master’s wife?”

“Why didn’t you get together? Because I made a choice, and she made a choice. That’s why we didn’t get together. You are my disciple, but I didn’t expect that the bond between us would be so deep, that even the road you want to take is the same as mine.”

The words of my master kept going around in my head. I jumped out of bed, washed my head with cold water, and looked at myself in the mirror with red eyes. I finally made a decision.

All that remained was to see how Ruoxue decided, if she really liked me.

Thinking about my decision, I looked at myself in the mirror and smiled bitterly. It turns out that the process of life is not about constantly acquiring things, but about constantly giving things up, until in the end you have to give up your life.

The only thing you have to learn in the middle is that in the process of letting go, you have to learn to let go and face it.

Therefore, those who see through it are liberated, and those who do not see through it continue to reincarnate.

The immortals are free and carefree, but they are also constantly giving up, and in the end, they become a heart that is indestructible.

The truth is simple, but can I give up?

Two days later, I left Beijing again. My family was sad because they thought our reunions were always so short, and my son (younger brother) was always so wandering.

I hugged my father with one arm and my mother with the other, looking apologetically at my sister. I tried to sound as relaxed as possible and said, “From when I was a child to the present, I thought you were all used to this. Don’t be sad. Maybe I’ll suddenly appear again sometime. Besides, didn’t the Master say it? In a few years, I can still see my parents and family often.”

I don’t know if my words of comfort helped, but I had to pack my bags and continue on my journey.

Compared to the previous times when I had to say goodbye, this time I had no tears. I was much more mature and calm. I just looked at my family’s gradually blurring figures in the car window, but the sadness in my heart inexplicably became heavier.

The master was sitting next to me, watching this scene. He suddenly said, “Sanwa, the only thing that makes the master happier than you is that the master is an orphan. The other suffering is the same.”

At the time, I didn’t think about the deeper meaning of these words. Later, I really realized that the suffering was the same. Compared to me, my master was not necessarily a free spirit.

We are both people of character.

This action was not a private action, just like the action of the old village chief. There was a shadow of the relevant departments behind it, and this action was even more “grand” because a real army of more than 100 people would be deployed to cooperate with our action.

But this force will not appear in the early stages, because there are many issues to consider. They will only appear to cooperate after our operation is successful.

As for the “bomb” that the Black Rock Miao Village has quietly placed in the country, the master told me that after years of research and the efforts of many people, a very likely solution has been found, and it must be tried at all costs.

And this time, the number of people accompanying us has also increased greatly. In addition to me and Master, Uncle Chen and Brother Chengxin have also participated in the operation. In addition, there are more than 20 people accompanying the department.

Master told me that twenty of these twenty-odd people are Taoist, and the rest are practitioners of witchcraft.

They will first go to the small town in Xiangxi to make some preparations, while our group will go to the Yueyan Miao village to find a few great shamans to cooperate with the operation.

The date of the operation was set for the winter of that year, because a lot of preparations had to be made, and it had to be winter.

The master said that in winter, the bugs in the Black Rock Miao village would be easier to deal with.

He also told me, “From now until winter, you have half a year.”

I knew that this half year meant that it was a half year for me and Ru Xue.

On the bus, Master also told me some things, as he had promised.

“Do you remember the Hungry Ghost Tomb? You once picked up a strange piece of jade?” This is how Master told me the whole story.

How could I forget the Hungry Ghost Tomb? And I also remember the jade, with its strange smiley face, which was the first time I saw that strange smiley face.

Facing Master’s question, I nodded, although I didn’t know how the whole thing was related to the Hungry Ghost Tomb.

“The symbol of the organization that cooperated with the Black Rock Miao Village is that smiley face, so that organization is also the one that built the Hungry Ghost Tomb,” Master said calmly.

I was shocked. “Build the Hungry Ghost Tomb? I grew up in that area since I was a child, and you were there too. How could such a large project be carried out in secret? It can only mean that the Hungry Ghost Tomb has existed for a long time. Could it be that the organization…”

“Your judgment is correct. That organization has existed since the early Qing Dynasty. They exist for one purpose only, that is, to become gods and immortals! Or, to pursue immortality. They have no moral constraints. They have the support of many behind-the-scenes forces and funds. You have to know that in this world, not to mention people who pursue immortality, there are many people who want to live another ten or twenty years. And the people who are most afraid of death are often wealthy and powerful people.” Master explained to me like this.

I suddenly thought of Xiao Chengqian. He was such a madman. He really had no constraints. In his eyes, only that goal was the most important.

The master opened the window, lit a pipe of tobacco, took a drag, and continued to talk to me: “In fact, I had heard of that organization when I was young, but I thought they were far from my life. I wasn’t even sure if they still existed. It wasn’t until I discovered the Hungry Ghost Tomb that I was sure of their existence, and only then did I realize that the seemingly evil smile was the symbol of that organization. Perhaps they have become powerful over the years, so their activities have become rampant. Perhaps…” The master bit his pipe and stopped talking.

What is the other possibility? The master frowned and never told me.

Instead, he sighed and said, “To be honest, I’m the one who got Yang Sheng into trouble. If I hadn’t asked him to contact the investigation organization to investigate some things about the Hungry Ghost Tomb, he wouldn’t have contacted that organization. Yang Sheng never understood that crazy ideas would only lead to crazy destruction, and would never be the right way. Otherwise, the temptation of immortality would have tempted the whole world. Why didn’t it tempt the whole world? It’s because among the high-level people, most of them are still sober, and ordinary people still live ordinary lives and don’t have to worry about this issue.”

I was silent. Yes, the actions of this organization are fundamentally destructive, regardless of the consequences. If they are allowed to go on like this, betting on the destruction of the world in exchange for a possible immortality, most of the higher-ups would absolutely not want to see it.

No one can bear the blame! Even if such immortality is certain, very few people would dare to bear such a sinful immortality, facing a barren world! That is not immortality, it is eternal torment.

Why is Brother Sheng so persistent?

“What is there in the Black Rock Miao Village? You know it. From the moment I discovered that organization, I knew that the Black Rock Miao Village would not let them go, but I didn’t expect it to come so soon.” The master continued to say to me, biting on his pipe.

I of course knew about the black rock Miao village’s rebellious worms, which might be very close to the concept of immortality, but… I thought of the pipe that connected the human and the worm, and my heart went cold.

But I also thought of a more serious problem, and I couldn’t help but ask, “Master, is that organization related to our lineage?”