Chapter Nineteenth Unknowingly Entering the Ghost House

  We crouched behind the door and watched as the old man went over to speak with Er Dai, the second master of the foolish family. To our surprise, Er Dai turned around and left, and at this point we felt a weight lift off our shoulders. Shou Hua said: "Oh dear, I was so scared! Let's take a break here for now and head back when it gets light."

  "I said, 'No way, look at this room, it's not like a normal room. A normal room wouldn't be so damp and cold, but this room is extremely damp, and there's that coffin, and the long-life lamp in front of the coffin, which is only used when someone has died.'"

  The thin monkey said: "Brother Shifu, you mean that this room we are in is..."

  The thin monkey had just said this, when he heard the old man's eerie and sinister laughter. The laughter was more unbearable than crying, as if it came from underground. When I heard the laughter, my heart jumped uncontrollably, making me unable to breathe, and cold sweat broke out on my head again. This was not a human laugh, but an evil spirit laughing.

  I heard that laughter say: "Run quickly, hurry up and run."

  At this time, the old man suddenly blocked the door and said in a strange voice: "You came in thinking you could run away, it's not that easy. Only dead people can come in here."

  I was extremely frightened at this time, but I wasn't as afraid anymore. No matter if the old man was human or a ghost, I had to face him. I said: "We are living people, not dead ones, let's get out of here."

  The old man burst into a fit of cold laughter, and after he finished laughing, he said: "Since you've entered, don't even think about leaving. This is my netherworld, and from now on, you'll be my ghost servants."

  I said: "The three of us have no past grievances or recent resentment with you, and our paths are different. Why do you want to keep us here?"

  That old man said: "What is called 'no injustice in the distant past, no enmity in the recent past'? You dug up my grandfather's grave and burned my grandmother to a crisp. I'd like to tear you all apart."

  "Old lady?" I couldn't help but say, "Your ancestors were drought demons?"

  The old man said: "My grandfather and grandmother have already cultivated into indestructible bodies, you actually say it's a drought demon? Good, good, good, you three ignorant little brats are now in my hands, just wait here, as soon as the rooster outside crows, you will never think of leaving this place again."

  As he spoke, the room suddenly went dark, the oil lamp was extinguished, and the door was closed tightly. It seemed that we were trapped in a tomb. But I couldn't understand why we were locked in a tomb? At this time, Skinny Monkey burst into tears, crying and saying: "Brother Dabao, I don't want to die, I want to live."

  "I said: 'Don't cry, I also want to live, now we must find a way out.'"

  At this time, the old man let out a cold laugh, seemingly behind us and yet in front of us, seemingly close and yet far away. As I listened to that hoarse, cold laughter, my heart seemed to freeze. Now I didn't care about anything else, opening my mouth to curse loudly: "Old turtle egg, don't sneak around like a thief, laughing coldly over there. If you have the guts, come out and...".

  I had just said that, and I felt my neck being pinched. Looking forward, it was the old man. At this time, the old man's face turned into a dark green color, which was very scary. I saw the old man pinch my neck, and I wanted to use my hand to pinch his neck, but my hand pinched nothing. The old man suddenly disappeared. At this time, the tomb chamber returned to calmness. In the tomb chamber, there was not a single ray of light, and we three people couldn't see each other. Then someone walked to my side, I could feel his breath coming out, as if he was intentionally approaching me. I felt that the breath coming out had something wrong with it. To be exact, it should have been blowing air into my neck, and the blown-out air was icy cold.

  I was moved at heart, swung out my arm and cursed: "Old Wang, you son of a bitch, get out of here!"

  I swung my arm, and that damned old man disappeared. The damned old man's laughter rose again in the darkness, saying: "You're crazy, just wait a little while until the rooster crows, after the rooster crows, you'll be here forever."

  "Damn it."

  The thin monkey shouted "Master, save me!" in the tomb. I said: "Thin monkey, don't shout, Master won't hear you."

  The thin monkey said: "Senior brother, I don't want to stay here. If we shout like this, perhaps Master will hear us."

  The old devil said: "Shout if you can, shout with all your might and see if anyone comes to save you."

  The silly egg said: "Senior brother, it's better to shout with all one's might than to die like this."

  "I said: 'Alright, let's shout with all our might and scare that son of a bitch to death.'"

  After we three people shouted with all our might, "Master save us!", a miracle appeared. The door of the tomb opened and a person stood at the entrance. That person was Master himself. Master looked majestic, his beard fluttering in the wind, just like an immortal. He stood there loudly saying: "Don't dare to harm my disciples, I'm here!"

  As soon as the master arrived, the long-lasting lamp in the tomb automatically lit up. At this time, the gloomy old ghost said: "Miscellaneous Mao Old Dao, I didn't expect you to come too. This is just right. It was you who burned my old grandmother back then. Although I am a ghost, I am also a ghost fairy with Taoist skills. Today, I will leave your soul here as well."

  At this time, the dead old man sat cross-legged on the coffin, staring coldly at Master. Master said loudly: "Your old lady has become a drought demon and must be burned with fierce fire to bring rain and save the people from disaster. You want me and my four disciples to die for a zombie? I think you are not a good immortal even if you have cultivated into a ghost fairy. Today, I will eliminate the evil for the people."

  "Heavenly Fire Thunder God, Earthly Fire Thunder God, Five Thunders Descend Spirit, Lock Ghosts and Refine Essence. By the Edict of the Five Emperors, Behead Evil and Destroy Essence, Hurry as if by Imperial Decree."

  After finishing speaking, Master only saw a wave of his hand, a loud thunder, and a flash of lightning rushed towards that dead old man. After the lightning passed, nothing was left. Master shook his head and said: "Although I have a heart that cannot bear to do so, I cannot let you continue to harm people."

  We saw the master slap that old corpse with one palm, and it disappeared immediately. We rushed over to talk to the master, asking him what he had just used. The master was about to speak when he suddenly froze, hugged us three, and then flew towards the outside of the tomb, as if there was something very urgent. I said: "Master, put us down, we can walk ourselves."

  "Shut up, there's no time left."

  After finishing speaking, he hugged us and flew away quickly. We stopped at a place, just as we stopped, a rooster's crowing sound came from the village, followed by all the chickens in the village making a loud noise. As the saying goes, when the chicken crows, the ghosts should retreat. Indeed, the scene before my eyes changed, and the small houses turned into graves. However, I could still see the people lying inside the graves through the graves. This yin-yang eye seems to be not very good sometimes.

  I stood there, and at this time the master was no longer holding us. I suddenly found that the grave in front of me looked a bit familiar. The messy things in front of the grave seemed to have been rummaged through. My heart tightened again. Wasn't this the grave of Er Dage's (a nickname) second grandfather? Not far from the grave, three people were lying down, and next to them sat another person. That person was sitting cross-legged with his hands on his legs, palms facing each other, as if in meditation. Wait a minute, wasn't that person Master? The same whiskers, the same attire... I took a closer look, and indeed it was Master. But who were the three people lying on the ground? They were asleep, so I couldn't see clearly who they were. If that person was Master, then who was the one holding us? Wasn't it Er Dage's second grandfather in disguise?

  "I thought of this and shouted loudly: 'Who are you? Don't think that you can harm us, I can see through it.'"

  At this time, the person who pretended to be the master said: "Good boy, you have a pretty good eye."

  I understood that this person was indeed the ghost of Erda Ye, so I said loudly: "You are the ghost of Wutou, can't I see clearly? Let me tell you, according to our ranks, I also call you Erda Ye. It was I, Yang Dabao, who destroyed your tomb, it has nothing to do with Sha Dan and Shou Hou. If you want revenge, come find me, let Sha Dan and Shou Hou go back, and they will come to repair your tomb again after dawn."

  That person who had become like a master said: "Well done, Yang the Greatly Daring, since you want to die first I'll fulfill your wish."

  As he spoke, he suddenly lifted me up and threw me towards those three people lying down.