Chapter 20: The Heavenly Eye is Finally Opened

  I feel my body is as light as air, and I flew out straight away, landing on a person who was lying down. At the time, it didn't hurt too much, but I felt an unusual heaviness on my body, like being tied up with ropes. I struggled to get up and saw that I was sleeping next to two idiots and a skinny monkey. What's going on? How did these two people end up here? Ah, right, there were three of us earlier, now it's just the two of them?

  I don't know what's going on, I thought and thought until my head started aching violently, I didn't dare think anymore. At this time, the silly egg and skinny monkey also got up from the ground, looking at me with confusion. The three of us talked about the situation just now, all of us were thrown back by that person who transformed into Master's appearance. We hurried to see Master, only to see Master still sitting there in meditation, eyes closed deeply, as if asleep. Just as we were about to call out to Master, Master opened his eyes and said: "What a wonderful dream."

  "Hurry up and say: 'Master, Master you're fine, just now there was someone impersonating you.'"

  Master glared at me and knocked on my little head, saying: "You little brat, you don't even recognize me. This old man has exhausted his bones to save you all."

  "I said: 'It's Master, we've encountered too many things this time, it's hard to distinguish between humans and ghosts.'"

  The master's face turned serious as he slowly said, "Actually, this is also my fault. I'm getting old and forgetful. When you came, I only thought of teaching you the incantation to open your heavenly eyes, not the one to close them. You've seen another world, how can you not be afraid?"

  I said: "Master, we opened our heavenly eyes and what we saw was that Netherworld?"

  Master nodded and said, "Yes, that's the Netherworld. Without opening your heavenly eyes, it's like a fish in water can't see the water, even if it's right next to you, you won't be able to see it. This is because yin and yang are on different paths. But once you open your heavenly eyes, you'll be able to communicate with these spirits. After they crow, they'll sleep peacefully in their graves, and come out to roam at night. Remember, don't casually open your heavenly eyes unless absolutely necessary, because we don't belong to that world, so we can't interfere with it."

  We three fellow disciples nodded after hearing it, then I asked Master: "Master, how did you know to save us?"

  "Actually, you don't know the truth," said the master with a smile. "I was saying that I slept in that river tributary, but how could I have slept? I was worried about you getting into trouble, so I kept a hundred steps away from you and quietly followed you. When we reached Woyu Stone, I waited for you, and after you finished touching the wooden sign, I followed behind you down the mountain. That's why you always found me behind you."

  As I listened to this, tears flowed out. The master looked at us with indifference, but was actually protecting us from behind. At this time, the master continued: "Today is your last day of opening your heavenly eyes. As usual, I waited for you at Woxiu Stone, and after a while, you still didn't come. When I heard your loud cries, I suddenly remembered that I had forgotten to teach you the heavenly closure spell after teaching you the heavenly eye-opening spell. So I hurried over here, and when I saw that all three of you were lying here with your souls already out of your bodies, I used my magical powers to force my own soul out to find you.

  At that time, I was worried and anxious. You were young and ignorant, unaware of the horror of a soul leaving its body. Normally, an ordinary person's soul wouldn't leave their body. Once it did, the soul would be in a daze for a certain period of time.

  I nodded and said, "Master, I know this one. Last time, I almost got cheated by that little devil. Actually, in normal times, I can easily figure it out, but that time was like being stupid, being cheated by that little devil all around."

  Master said: "Yes, I'm afraid you'll be deceived by ghosts into the tomb. The soul you're walking with is the human head soul, which is the most important one of the three souls. When a person dies, this soul goes to the underworld to report, and the cycle of life and death is also this soul. If you are deceived by ghosts and trapped in the tomb, you will become idiots without a head soul, and there will be no difference between life and death."

  After forcing out my own soul, I hurriedly searched for you everywhere. The thing that made me afraid happened - I couldn't find your souls. I continued searching, and just as the rooster was about to crow, if it had crowed, I wouldn't have been able to rescue your souls from the grave. From then on, as long as you weren't allowed out of the grave, you would never be found for a lifetime. Just when I was getting anxious, I heard your cries for help and discovered that you were in the grave, so I hurriedly rescued you.

  "You dare, you little rabbit, I brought you back to life, and you still don't believe me. If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have saved you and left you in that grave."

  I quickly said: "Master, I was wrong, and from now on I will definitely believe in Master."

  Master said: "Dare to say a true word, you did nothing wrong. You are young and can still think calmly when encountering things, and dare to take responsibility. These are all good. As the saying goes, the world is treacherous, it's not wrong not to trust others."

  I nodded slightly, and the master continued: "Now I will teach you the incantation to close your heavenly eye. Actually, the incantations for opening and closing the heavenly eye are only a few words different. The incantation is: 'Dao qing jie, di dao an ning, ren dao xu ling, san cai yi ti, hun xiang qian kun, yin yang han yu, shui huo tong rong, guan bi tian yan, ji ji ru lü ling.' From now on, as long as you close your heavenly eye, you won't be able to see it."

  As soon as we heard that, we quickly recited the incantation. As soon as the incantation was finished, our eyes returned to normal, and the tomb in front of us was still its original appearance. The master got up from the ground and said: "Let's go back, from today on, I will teach you the Taoist skills and martial arts. The Taoist skills are the skills we use to make a living, can see the geomancy, can subdue evil spirits, can help the deceased rest in peace. The martial arts can save lives and strengthen the body."

  Master said after finishing, let us follow him back, after dawn Master asked us to re- gather the tomb, then read a passage of scriptures to super-degree the dead soul, so Dog Egg's second master did not find trouble again. After doing all this, we started learning martial arts and those rural super-degree people used scriptures, those scriptures are not classic Taoist scriptures, but use singing songs, edge jumping and singing that kind, as for martial arts, Master taught us a lot of miscellaneous things, all of which were some zombie-beating and escaping skills. Master told us that zombies can be very dangerous sometimes, must learn to escape, cannot be bitten or scratched by zombies, so need to have agile footsteps. One of them is called Wuxing Bagua Step, the step method is mysterious and strange, can easily dodge human or animal attacks, and can unexpectedly go behind, making people or animals unable to defend against it, very practical.

  We studied while following our master to open the altar, observe Feng Shui, and hold rituals for the dead. We learned like this for over a year. One day, someone came again to ask our master to hold a ritual for the dead. Our master asked us to bring the ritual tools, mainly including Zhang Tian Shi Yin (Seal of Heavenly Master), Zhu Sha (Cinnabar), Huang Zhi (Yellow Paper), Bi (Brush), San Qing Ling (Three Pure Bells), Gu (Drum), Qian (Chime), Mu Yu (Wooden Fish), and Qi Xing Tao Mu Jian (Seven Star Peach Wood Sword). Tian Shi is the Heavenly Master who subdues demons and guards the way. The Tian Shi Yin seal is used for the Heavenly Master's orders, to suppress and subdue evil spirits.

  Cinnabar, yellow paper and brush are mainly used to write talismans. The cinnabar is ground with water using a white porcelain spoon, and the written talisman shines brightly, with infinite magical power. The Sanqing Bell is the bell that those Taoist priests shake on TV, especially in Hong Kong movies. This is also called Fa Ling, Fa Zhong, Di Zhong, representing Yu Qing Yuan Shi Tian Zun, Shang Qing Ling Bao Tian Zun, and Tai Qing Dao De Tian Zun. The Emperor's Bell has the effect of descending gods and driving out demons. When performing rituals, hold the handle with one hand and shake it, and the sound of "ding-dong" means to vibrate the Fa bell, and all spirits and ghosts will obey.

  The drum is a special drum for Buddhist rituals, according to the master's words, this drum is not simple and can produce sounds of wind, rain, thunder and lightning. When doing Buddhist rituals, the drum must be beaten first, and the bell is hung on a small frame, mainly used to report to the gods. It often accompanies the drum together. In funeral ceremonies, it appears solemn and dignified. As for the wooden fish and peach wood sword, they are mainly used by the master, who often carries the peach wood sword on his back and holds the wooden fish in his hand, chanting scriptures and singing rhyming songs that sound good.

  I was helping my master collect the law enforcement equipment, feeling someone came in, turned around and saw that Skinny Monkey was already standing behind me. This little guy's body is agile, Master mainly taught him light work, although it can't be like TV flying eaves and walking on walls, but climbing houses and trees can go up with a twist of the body. I saw Skinny Monkey standing behind my back, so I said to Skinny Monkey: "Skinny Monkey, what are you doing behind my back? You scared me, I think you're looking for a fight."

  The thin monkey hastily said: "Big brother, don't hit me, I want to tell you something."