Chapter 19: Is this how it ends?

I don’t know what the liquid was. I’ve only heard vague things about this kind of vicious magic, but I’ve never actually seen it. When it really happened in front of my eyes, I felt that I couldn’t accept it from the bottom of my heart.

Jueyuan was much calmer than I was. He said, “This child must have been a stillborn baby, one of those that were disposed of after a miscarriage. It was already dead when it was sealed in the bottle.”

Jueyuan’s meaning was very clear. The person who set up this trap must have gotten the bodies of aborted babies to set up this trap. No wonder the baby spirits in this office building are so fierce and fierce, because their bodies were directly used, which deepened their resentment.

I almost used my trembling hands to re-affix four yellow talismans to the large bottle, then took out a bundle of red string and began to tie knots in the plastic bottle. Burying it in the wall is not the same as taking it out in the end. The four yellow talismans may not necessarily be able to hold the spirit, and a soul-binding knot is needed.

I tried not to look at the baby’s blurred face in the bottle. I could always feel his vengeful eyes staring at me. My hands were steady as I tied the knot, but my heart was trembling.

On the other side, An Yu was slipping money to the construction workers and whispering something to them.

The meaning is probably to keep people from talking about it. Once it is said, even if the matter here is completely resolved, this office building will rot in An Yu’s hands. People sometimes blindly follow rumors and will not care about the matter itself or the changes that have already occurred.

After I finished tying the knot, a Taoist priest behind me also quickly covered the plastic bottle with a black cloth, almost trembling. No one dared to take out the plastic bottle because the uncomfortable, trembling resentment was too strong.

I asked An Yu to go to his company and find a small cart, and then I personally carried the bottle out. At the moment I held the bottle in my arms, I suddenly heard a faint voice: “Uncle, do you want me?” It sounded in my head, and my body couldn’t help but tremble.

At this time, Jueyuan suddenly sang a Buddhist chant in my ear, which suddenly woke me up. At this time, Anyu commanded several construction workers to push a small cart and hurriedly ran over.

I put the bottle on the cart with a bad look on my face. I didn’t expect the resentment of the infant spirit to be so great. Even though there were so many layers of insurance, it could still affect me like this. If I were an ordinary person, I might have been completely confused at that moment and fallen into a terrifying hallucination.

Jueyuan’s chanting of the Buddha’s name pulled me back, and his face was extremely grave. I guess this kind of vicious method of casting spells was the first time he had seen it.

After I put the bottle on the cart, Jueyuan took out a string of Buddhist beads from his bag and placed them on the bottle before saying to me, “This will dissipate some of the resentment, so that nothing goes wrong before the soul is transferred.”

I nodded, thinking that my approach was a bit risky, but I still wanted to give these infant spirits a chance to be reborn.

We took out one after another spirit from the office building, and without exception, the walls were full of jars and bottles containing the bodies of babies. I personally couldn’t tell how old the babies were, whether they were aborted or delivered, but they all had the same characteristic, that is, a pair of eyes full of resentment.

Every time I took out a jar, An Yu’s face would turn uglier, and his eyes would show an unmistakable mixture of anger and fear. If an ordinary person were set up like this, I’m afraid that An Yu would be able to do it, which is not bad.

At least, he hasn’t lost his temper and started yelling!

In the end, we took out a total of eight bottles and cans, all of which were placed on top of them by Jueyuan with the same Buddhist light opener to temporarily dissipate the resentment.

I pushed these things into the lobby on the first floor. This time, Jueyuan was not so casual about the exorcism. He personally set up a small Buddhist exorcism array and then placed the containers in a certain direction.

When the Buddhist light-opening device was removed, everyone present heard a sound like a cat crying, but the sound was not in front of them, but seemed to come from all directions, as if many wild cats had entered the building.

I looked at Jueyuan with concern and asked, “Do you need help?”

Jueyuan shook his head and said, “I can do it alone, but I hope that each of you will sincerely help these spirits pass over.”

One of the construction workers said in a somewhat frightened voice, “Master, we don’t know how to do that.

Jueyuan said, “If you sincerely pray for someone, even a single word of Amitabha will be effective. If you are not sincere, or if you just go through the motions, chanting the sutras a hundred times will be useless. These infant spirits are pitiful. You have seen their bodies, and this is also a connection. Sincerely help them to be liberated, and also accumulate some virtue for yourself.”

Everyone quickly agreed, and Su Rou and I wanted to stay behind. An Yu, however, refused, insisting that we wait outside the gate. He said that he could recite the sutra for them alone with all his heart.

Su Rou and I agreed, and as agreed, when Jueyuan first sounded the wooden fish, all of us began to pray for the souls of the infants in our hearts at the same time. Even if we didn’t know the Buddhist scriptures, we could still pray for a good rebirth in the next life and recite a Buddhist mantra.

As the chanting began, the surrounding wild cats began to howl more and more loudly, but Jueyuan’s chanting always kept the sounds down, giving people a sense of peace and allowing them to calmly chant for the souls of the babies who were still struggling.

Later, the wild cats’ cries began to change from miserable to sad, and then from sad to a low, mournful sound, as if they had endless grievances to tell someone in a peaceful manner.

We don’t know why, but there was always a feeling of sadness in our hearts, and everyone was even more sincere in praying for the souls of the infants.

Gradually, the sounds disappeared, and time passed without us noticing. When Jueyuan slowly walked out, we realized that more than an hour had passed.

“Did it go well?” I asked Jueyuan.

Jueyuan nodded wearily and said, “Everything went very smoothly. The resentment of these spirits has been resolved.”

I nodded, and the rest was up to An Yu to invite these people to do things like dispose of the containers that contained the spirits, and let them rest in peace, and purify the negative energy in the office building, so that it would be completely clean.

These are trivial matters that the Taoist priests should be able to handle.

As for how to seal it, An Yu, who is a smart person, will be able to handle it.

After receiving the final payment, Jueyuan, Su Rou and I left. After all, there was no danger left. In the car, I gave Jueyuan the final payment of 20,000 yuan and then started the car.

While driving, I asked Jueyuan jokingly, “What do you think? Do you want me to drive you to buy some clothes? With the 20,000 yuan, plus the plane ticket and some extra thanks from An Yu, you can afford to buy some clothes, right?”

Jueyuan’s eyes immediately lit up, and he said loudly, “I just want to buy some Benelux clothes. I think I should look good in them. I think Benelux is especially suitable for me.”

Su Rou suppressed a laugh, coughed, and said, “Benetton, isn’t that for kids? Otherwise, I’ll take you shopping. It’s on me. I’ll pick you out a few things. Don’t go to Benetton.”

Jueyuan shook his head and said, “You’re too fat to wear Benelux.” That means that Su Rou is jealous that he can wear Benelux.

Su Rou swallowed a mouthful of blood and said after a long pause, “Forget it, I didn’t say anything.”

Jueyuan shook his head again and said, “No, you can’t pretend you didn’t say it. You still have to buy the clothes, so I can save some money, and I can sponsor the children with more books and clothes.”

I listened to them talking nonsense with a smile, and I actually understood that Jueyuan, who is a bit crazy, is truly wise and kind, and is also a truly compassionate monk. It is also such a person who may not care about all the false names and so-called constraints in life.

Free, at ease, and pure at heart. That’s why we can be ‘kindred spirits’.

Outside the window, the sunset was beautiful. I took a deep breath. No matter what, the baby spirit incident was over. But was it really over?