Chapter 57: Buddha and Tao
The village chief took the Buddhist beads and immediately did as Master Huichen said, finding a garlic mortar to grind one of the beads into powder and mixing it with boiled water for Zhang Dali to drink.
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It's really effective, Zhang Dali was just given some and he's become calm. Master Huichen saw the initial results and said: "Village chief, don't think that just because the things on his body have been removed, there is still one important thing you need to take care of."
"Master, please give an order, no matter if it's one thing or a hundred things, I'll go and take care of them."
"Heh heh, one room is enough. At midnight, a fox spirit will come to collect your soul. When the time comes, you must go and kowtow to apologize, only then can the fox spirit spare you."
"What's wrong?" The village chief asked ignorantly.
"Yes, the soul of the fox spirit you killed is inside your son Leizi's body. I've already performed a ritual to help it ascend earlier. Tonight at midnight, it will cry out in front of your house door. At that time, we can go out together and apologize to make amends."
Although he didn't know what would happen, the village chief nodded in agreement. Qin Feng looked at the matter that had already been settled and felt a sense of relief. He walked out of the inner room and approached Master Hui Chen, asking: "Master Hui Chen, how did you realize he was being retaliated against by the Fox Spirit?"
"Heh heh, the Buddha's law is boundless. After entering the Buddhist path for a long time, one naturally comes to sense the harmony of heaven and earth. The Loess Plateau has many fox spirits, but it's rare to see someone who has attained the Dao and become an immortal. It seems that his illness is due to the soul of a fox spirit taking up residence in his body, specifically at the brow chakra. Just now, when I touched his forehead and brow chakra with my hand, I felt an unusual chill at the brow chakra, which is being affected by the disturbance of the soul."
"The Master's magical powers are impressive, I am truly in awe." Qin Feng complimented.
Master Hui Chen hastily declined, "The Buddhist way of understanding the yin and yang of heaven and earth has a similar subtlety, it's just that the methods are different. Little donor, if it were you, then I would take a different approach with you."
At this point, Qin Feng thought of Wang Lao Han's affairs and told Hui Chen about it, hoping to find some clues from him.
Hui Chen Shifu listened and first sighed, then said: "Misguided, evil has its retribution. Those unclean things, I've only heard of them."
"What is it?" Qin Feng heard that Hui Chen knew the mystery behind this and excitedly asked in a hurry.
Master Huiyun turned his head and looked at the flying snow outside, seeming to be in a complicated and conflicted state of mind.
After a long while, he finally answered Qin Feng's question: "In the early years, Lao Na had seen that kind of unclean thing, which was specially raised and fed by people, and was instigated to plot wealth and murder. However, with the development of society, such things have become very rare. Except for some Japanese and Southeast Asian masters, I'm afraid no one would do such a heaven-defying thing."
"Japan?" Master Hui Chen's words stopped here, and Qin Feng seemed to sense something.
"Master, have you ever seen those in China who raise ghosts? Are those unclean things raised as ghosts?"
"Amitabha, that unclean thing is even more frightening than the ghosts we raise. The ghosts we raise won't and dare not harm people, they act according to the heavenly laws and will not exceed this boundary."
"What would it be?" Qin Feng asked again.
"Anyone who does such evil things is a vengeful spirit, and there's a method called 'Zi Ling Shu' that's specifically used to train these vengeful spirits. However, I've only heard of it and haven't seen it with my own eyes. Especially during the Republic era, this Zi Ling Shu was extremely popular, but later on, due to the harsh conditions, it was lost for a time. Little donor, what you just said is probably related to Zi Ling Shu."
"Zi Ling Shu..." Qin Feng repeated, thinking to himself about the case. He thought about Wang Lao Han's murder and how there wasn't even a suspect yet. It was really unclear what the killer would do next. However, the killer should be the person who visited him this morning, but Lin Ruo Chen still hadn't found out anything by now, probably because he was disguised.
The two of them hit it off and after lunch, the four of them got together again until nightfall.
The snow had stopped falling, and the ten-centimeter-thick layer of accumulated snow had turned the earth a bleak white. The surrounding area was deathly still, with only the occasional howling of the cold wind breaking the silence, causing the incense sticks to burn rapidly with a bright flame.
According to Master Huichen's intention, the village chief quickly caught a few mice that foxes love to eat and placed them in front of the door. Then, when it was almost midnight, the village chief lit incense again in front of the door. Master Huichen said this was to summon the soul.
Everything is ready, just waiting for the fox's cry.
Hiding behind the door, Qin Feng and Zhou Qin carefully observed the surroundings. The temperature here at night had already dropped to minus ten degrees Celsius, and Qin Feng was so frozen that he shivered violently, his teeth chattering non-stop as if they were about to fall out.
Zhou Qin rubbed his hands ceaselessly and looked outside, then asked with some excitement: "Hey, Qin Feng, do you think this Fox Spirit is coming or not?"
"With Master Huichen's profound cultivation, if he says he'll come, he'll definitely come. Let's wait for him. It's almost midnight now."
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The quiet surroundings had a kind of eerie horror, the occasional clucking of wild chickens from the surrounding hills and ridges broke the silence after the snow, cutting through the deep night's nervousness.
As a gust of cold wind swept past the village elder's side, Master Huichen said: "Be careful, the fox spirit's soul has arrived."
The village head looked around, stood in front of the incense burner and looked at the incense that had already burned halfway, then looked around again, but didn't see anything, so he said: "Master, where are you? Why can't I see you?"
As soon as the words were spoken, before Qin Feng and others could react, a whirlwind suddenly swept in, and the few dead mice that had been in front of the village chief were blown around, continuing for over two minutes. The originally flat and unblemished white snow now showed signs of being blown by the wind.
"What's going on?" Zhou Qin looked at this strange phenomenon and couldn't help but ask Qin Feng in a low voice.
It's also quite curious to see the phenomenon just now, the whirlwind is blowing around those few dead mice, it's really a bit mysterious: "This should be the fox fairy's soul eating mice, indicating that the fox fairy has arrived."
As expected, Master Huichen did not answer the village chief's question, but instead joined his hands together and seemed to be muttering something. Knowing that the whirlwind had stopped, Master Huichen immediately shouted loudly: "Amitabha Buddha, Xianjia, you quickly appear!"
"Immortal family, since you've come, please show yourself!"
"Hurry up and show yourself..."
Master Hui Dust spoke for over a dozen sentences, and suddenly, under the old locust tree in front of the door, a fox emerged that was very similar to the fox fur on the wall.
Although it was midnight, the moonlight and snow reflection were enough to let everyone see the color of the fox's fur. The fox looked very dull, standing still there shaking its tail, eyes staring at the village chief, as if filled with hatred.
The village chief hid behind Master Huichen and poked his head out to whisper: "Master, isn't this a bit serious!?"
"Come out, this is the fox spirit's soul, he has come to find you, hurry up and apologize to him, admit your fault."
