Chapter 18: The Wall’s Secret

I knew that after that incident, An Yu must have had doubts about Jueyuan’s identity as a high monk, but he still maintained his respect. He should be giving me face. Anyway, he was rich and didn’t care about spending a little more money to hire another person.

But neither I nor Jueyuan care about this. Being able to do something is not something to show off. We don’t have the so-called awareness of being a high-level person, and of course, we don’t have the so-called demeanor of a high-level person. In our daily lives, we may be a little bit more stupid than ordinary people, but as long as we are happy, who cares if we are stupid or not?

So, after this incident, I went to check the altar and started to draw the magic circle.

Jueyuan began to wander around, sniffling from time to time, and said to the crispy meat beside him in a strange voice, “Don’t come over. There is a smell of evil here. I can smell it. If you walk here, you will bump into a ghost.”

Su Rou was scared by Jue Yuan’s bluffing and finally couldn’t help but scold him, “Jue Yuan, are you playing with me? If not, then you are a dog that has changed. It is said that only a dog’s nose can smell where the ghost is!”

Jueyuan looked at him with a pitiful expression, sang a Buddhist chant, and then said, “All living things are equal. Please don’t insult dogs, Master. Dogs are our friends, and they are…”

I found it funny and didn’t bother to pay attention to their nonsense. I began to concentrate on drawing the magic circle.

Half an hour later, the magic circle was complete. I stood behind the altar in the hall, washed my hands and burned incense before picking up the three-pronged bell and starting to chant the incantation. I shook the three-pronged bell and ran the magic circle.

This magic circle has always been passed down as evil magic by outsiders, because it is similar to the Hundred Ghosts Gathering Circle I once drew in the Black Rock Miao Village. Both are used to gather ghosts, and shaking the Three Purity Bells is to notify the ghosts to come here.

The difference is that the Hundred Ghosts Gathering Array takes time to slowly accumulate, but this array, combined with the Three-Purity Bell, can instantly gather all the ghosts. If it were used to harm people, it would definitely be considered evil magic.

But here, I’m just trying to gather the ghosts to help me achieve enlightenment.

Therefore, there is no difference between good and evil in magic, only whether the person using the magic is good or evil.

As the Sanqing bells shook, I shouted, “All non-involved people, retreat 50 meters and stay outside the formation.” Wait a minute, even if the hundred ghosts don’t have any malicious intent, ordinary people will definitely not be able to withstand the impact of this tide of negative energy.

An Yu heard my words and quickly ran away with the workers. The Taoist priests looked at me with some disbelief as I opened the altar and cast the spell. They only retreated a dozen meters. After all, they were jealous of each other, and they probably thought I was pretending to be a ghost.

But not a minute after I shouted my words, the hall suddenly grew a little darker, as if a mist had suddenly come in. Unlike the natural white mist, this mist had a little bit of a dull gray color, and along with the mist came gusts of cold wind.

If these things are not enough to shock these Taoist priests, at this time, if there is a faint sound of footsteps from all directions, several of these Taoist priests immediately ran towards An Yu.

A few of them actually had some real skills. I saw them take out their magic weapons, and from a distance, I could feel the faint aura of these magic weapons.

“If you don’t want to retreat after collecting the magic weapon, and you want to watch from the side, just wear something from Zhengyang on your body.” I have to remind them that taking out magic weapons will be considered a provocative act by these “good brothers,” which is absolutely not allowed. The magic array I have set up now does not have the meaning of suppression in it. If the good brothers riot, it will be fun.

At this moment, it is clear that they have heard my words. After thinking about it carefully, they also know this taboo. They quickly put away their magic weapons. Some people retreated, leaving only one person standing not far away with a protective jade.

It is estimated that among the people An Yu invited, this person is the most powerful.

At this moment, Jueyuan walked into the magic circle with a string of beads in his hand, as if strolling in the garden in the gusty wind and the misty fog.

The wind lifted Jueyuan’s bangwei, but he was calm at this time, no longer caring about his bangwei, and there was a hint of sincere compassion in his eyes. Whenever I saw Jueyuan like this, I would always think of the first time I saw him in the Black Rock Miao Village.

Peaceful and far-reaching, the sky is high and the heart is broad.

Jueyuan entered the formation, and my ritual was almost over. I shouted to Jueyuan, “Jueyuan, use your heavenly eyes to help me sense if there are any fish that have escaped?”

Jueyuan made a hand gesture of the Buddhist sect, then closed his eyes and fell into a state of calm. After about two minutes, he said, “Except for those eight, there are no more fish left, but…” He thought about it for a moment, but in the end he didn’t say anything, and said to me, “Seal the magic circle and start.”

I have no doubt about Jueyuan’s abilities. If the Taoist Heavenly Eye is a microscope that can see through every detail, then the Buddhist Heavenly Eye is a searchlight that can sense a wider range of things more powerfully.

I didn’t think too much about what he just said. I guess he was just unsure at the time. Since he was about to start, I took out a few sealing devices and sealed the formation. In this way, the good brothers inside would be restricted within the formation, but it was only a restriction, not a suppression.

After I had done all this, I stepped back. The rest was up to Jueyuan. Although there were many spirits, with his abilities, it was not difficult to liberate them, especially those who had volunteered to be liberated.

I stood outside, lit a cigarette, and the sound of Jueyuan’s transcendence came faintly, giving people a sense of unusual tranquility. I saw that everyone around me was caught up in that tranquility. I thought that after this transcendence, An Yu would definitely have a different understanding of this great monk Jueyuan.

The whole process of the liberation took an hour. When Jueyuan said it was done, we walked into the hall. Everyone felt a sense of cleanliness, brightness, and clarity from the bottom of their hearts.

An Yu was in a daze for a long time, and it was only after half a day that he said to me, “Chengyi, is this my office building? Am I seeing things?”

Then he respectfully called out to Jueyuan, “Master, is this my office building? I hope I’m not mistaken.” Jueyuan didn’t even notice, and I wondered if his clothes had been stained. He was vigorously patting his clothes, saying something about a master, but I suspected he hadn’t heard me at all.

I didn’t say much to An Yu, but instead asked him to bring the others and me directly to the 7th floor.

In that storage room, there was still an uncomfortable aura. After all, the spirit of the infant was only suppressed here, but its own resentment could not completely suppress it.

It is now a little after 5 p.m. The spirit was weakened by my attack last time, and it should not be able to cause any trouble at this time.

In addition, to be on the safe side, I had a few Taoist priests waiting with a bucket of boiled “positive water” and told them to sprinkle it on whatever was dug up if anything went wrong.

An Yu was very puzzled. He looked at me and said, “Chengyi, what will be dug up from my office building? Has it not been solved yet?”

I didn’t answer An Yu, but took a deep breath and removed the talisman. As I removed the talisman, Jueyuan, who was standing next to me, sniffed and said, “What a strong smell of resentment.”

I pointed at the wall and said to the construction workers, “This is the place. Knock the wall open. If you see something inside, don’t touch it.”

Then I said to Jueyuan, “What do you think, spirit of the infant?”

Jueyuan said a Buddhist name and stopped talking, and at this time the construction workers were also smashing the wall.

Su Rou asked me, “Chengyi, what do you think is inside?”

I shook my head and said, “I don’t know either. All I know is that the spirit of the baby is inside, or maybe it’s a tablet, or… we’ll only know if we knock it down.”

Su Rou nodded and simply ran in to take a closer look.

In less than five minutes, I heard several men, including Su Rou, scream in horror at the same time. I quickly ran in, and the scene I saw inside made my fists clench.

I don’t know if I was clenching my fists because I was scared, instinctively repulsed, or out of anger and sadness.

Inside the wall was a large plastic bottle filled with a reddish-black liquid. Inside the liquid was a half-formed, somewhat broken baby’s corpse!