Chapter 87: Stealing the beam and replacing the pillar

At 10 a.m., I arrived at Master Liu’s home. Today, I agreed to help him perform a secret technique.

Chengxin stayed at the hotel. Perhaps he wasn’t in the mood to go sightseeing, but he still promised to wait until Huigen woke up and take him around. I think Huigen is a Buddhist disciple, and his realm of cultivation should be higher than mine. I hope that under the pretext of sightseeing, Huigen can bring comfort to Chengxin and soothe his inner pain.

In the small building, Guan Laidi’s family had been there since early morning. Guan Laidi was sitting there looking a little silly. As for Master Liu, it was the first time I had seen him come downstairs. When he saw me, he said softly, “Laidi, Chengyi, come upstairs with me.”

When Guan Lingzi heard this, he urged Guan Laidi to go upstairs quickly. He should have known that he would not see his daughter for two years after going upstairs, but he didn’t care at all because Master Liu promised to give them 500,000 yuan after the success of the project. He was waiting for the money.

The woman’s eyes were red, obviously she was reluctant to part with Guan Laidi and worried about her.

As for the other children, they had no idea what had happened.

I walked in silence in front of them. To be honest, I didn’t want to look at Guan Langzi again. He was the most annoying person I had ever met in my life, and I was afraid that I couldn’t control the urge to beat him up.

After Master Liu called her, Guan Laidi said “Oh” in a daze. I couldn’t help but look back. She stood up and, instead of rushing upstairs at Guan Langzi’s urging, hugged each of her younger sisters and said, “Your sister is not here. You have to listen to your mother.”

That was the first time I saw Guan Laidi express her own thoughts. At that moment, I was a little dazed and thought that Guan Laidi might not be stupid. But who knows?

Guan Laidi followed me and Master Liu, a little timidly. Then we entered Master Liu’s daughter’s room. This was Guan Laidi’s first time here, and my second.

Liu’s daughter made no sound in the room. I guess Liu had already taken care of it beforehand, and the room was already empty of furniture except for the bed (there was not much furniture in the first place). Could it be that the weak Liu had done it? I shook my head and didn’t think much about it.

A huge formation was drawn in the entire room, almost covering all the space in the room, and Master Liu had already set up the altar, which was in the center of the formation. This was a complicated and powerful technique, and it was necessary to set up the altar and the formation.

Because this technique is against the heavens, it is certain that the heavens will hear it. This process alone will take a long time.

Guan Laidi stood in the room timidly. Master Liu said to Guan Laidi, “Go over there and lie down. Don’t be afraid. You will gradually fall asleep. When you wake up, you will still be you.”

Guan Laidi obediently did not ask any more questions, but instead followed the instructions and went to the bed where Master Liu’s daughter was lying down. Or maybe she couldn’t help but be curious, so she glanced over, and then her face suddenly became terrified, and then she subconsciously covered her mouth, but she never called out.

This girl has a better psychological tolerance than I do. At least the first time I saw it, I was so embarrassed that I threw up, but she just covered her mouth in horror.

Master Liu sighed and took out a small bottle from his bosom. I recognized it as the one that had put his daughter to sleep the last time. He walked over and Guan Laidi whispered a few words, then placed the bottle next to Guan Laidi’s nose. After a short while, Guan Laidi fell into a deep sleep.

After doing all this, Master Liu temporarily left the room. After a while, he came back and brought two sets of Taoist robes, two hats, and two pairs of shoes. He said to me, “Put them on. This is a major operation. At least you have to dress formally.”

In fact, speaking of it, neither Master Liu nor I are orthodox in terms of the Daoist tradition, and we are not so particular about our clothing. The mixed-element headband is the first of the nine Daoist headbands, but it is mostly worn by Quanzhen Daoists. Strictly speaking, we should actually be considered Maoshan Daoists, and we should wear the Zhuangzi headband, but this is for formal wear and respect for the heavens, so we are not so particular.

These two sets of clothes are very ordinary, unlike the set of clothes that Master left me, which contains hidden magic formations that assist in the performance of magic.

After putting on the clothes, Master Liu began the long process of praying to the heavens, praying for their consent through prayer after prayer. In fact, the secret arts bypass this process. There are many kinds of secret arts, which are, in a way, temporarily deceiving the heavens. But Master Liu said that for his daughter, he would minimize the impact of this technique and was not prepared to bypass this step.

But at most, he can only go through the process nine times. If it doesn’t work after nine times, he can only endure the consequences and carry out this set of secret methods.

The process of going to the altar is a long one, and during this process I dare not be disrespectful. I stand behind the altar honestly and upright, waiting quietly.

The answer to what the heavens have given will be revealed through the holy tablet in my hands. The so-called holy tablet is a two-moon-shaped horn-shaped object. It will not reveal too much information, and will only give an answer through good or bad luck.

Seven times in a row, Master Liu got the answer “great calamity.” This was a sign that the heavens were not on his side. On the eighth time, Master Liu knelt down and said emotionally after reciting the prayer, “I only ask the heavens to fulfill my two-year fatherly love. I am willing to bear the karma of ten lifetimes alone.”

One person shouldering the karma of ten lifetimes? I was shocked, and Master Liu threw the holy tablet again. This time, the answer was finally feasible.

The next step was the actual spell. This spell is in a sense a kind of evil spell that involves stealing the beam and replacing the pillar. I don’t want to go into the details of the process, but the general idea is that two souls are first summoned using secret methods. One soul is placed in the yin instrument that Master Liu had prepared in advance, while the other soul occupies Guan Laidi’s body.

The most crucial part of the process is the soul-calling technique. After all, it is a living soul that is being called, not a dead soul, so there is no room for error.

At the time, Shen Xing’s soul was here, and Master Liu would never dare to perform this technique, because Shen Xing’s soul would be called involuntarily, which would cause chaos. To put it simply, although the large array in the room blocked some of the effects of the soul, Master Liu was not willing to bet at such a close distance.

There are also more taboos in this technique. For example, the degree is very important. If the degree is too high, the soul of a conscious person will be called out, while the soul of a sleeping person will be shocked. If the degree is too low, the soul of a living person cannot be called out at all. My spiritual perception is like a ruler, always helping Master Liu measure the degree.

I once said that this was a major operation. I said it was simple, but there were many techniques involved, and I couldn’t go into detail. After the major operation was completed, it had been 10 hours, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

After the completion of the ritual, Master Liu looked as if he had just been pulled out of the water, drenched in sweat and looking extremely weak.

I had been using my highest spiritual awareness, and I was suffering from a splitting headache.

After a short while, Guan Laidi, who was lying on the bed, woke up. She sat up, and her face no longer had that blank expression, and her eyes were no longer blank. Although her facial features had not changed, these expressions had already proven that Guan Laidi had been replaced by a new soul. Her true identity was now Master Liu’s daughter.

A trace of excitement flashed in Master Liu’s eyes, and Guan Laidi, who was sitting on the edge of the bed, began to move her body as if she couldn’t believe it. She touched her face and didn’t even care that I was a man in the room. She lifted up her clothes and looked at her body, which made me turn my head away.

She was so excited for a while, and suddenly said to Master Liu with emotion, “Dad, did you make this? Can I live like this in the future?”

Master Liu nodded with satisfaction.

“That’s great, that’s great!” Master Liu’s daughter jumped up, unable to hide her excitement. She turned around the room twice, and said loudly, “I want to eat a lot of delicious food, I want to wear beautiful clothes like the girls on TV, I want to travel, I want…”

Master Liu smiled and promised her everything!

As I looked at the daughter of Master Liu, who looked like she was going crazy, I couldn’t help but think that health is a blessing. Only those who have lost it know how precious it is. Many people complain about their fate, but do they know that having a healthy body is the greatest blessing?

Look at the excitement of Master Liu’s daughter. She suddenly has the happiness of health. Where can other happiness replace it? This is the greatest happiness!

But I also had a vague feeling of worry. I noticed that Master Liu had never mentioned the two-year period from beginning to end.

At this point, Master Liu’s daughter had already finished her initial excitement and, with a certain disgust, pointed to her own lifeless body on the bed and said, “Get rid of this.”

Her voice was devoid of emotion.