Chapter Thirty-Seven: Wisdom Spirit

  Fu Chuan asked, "Is it a music box?" Fu Chuan thought that it should be the music box. The box, the girl's ghost, and the consecutive events, as well as the old Japanese man, were all connected to this matter. Perhaps it was the truth that Fu Chuan had been searching for all along.

  She said: "I don't know if it's a music box, but there is music inside and it sounds great. That sister even thanked me and said she wanted to give me a gift so I could be with her forever."

  A chill rose up in Fuchuan's heart, and he indeed was an evil spirit. Perhaps he had been sealed away for too long, and was too lonely. Fuchuan said: "Tell me, what else did she do."

  "She said she would help me when I said I hated dad and mom."

  Fu Chuan understood, so she killed both parents of the child. Fu Chuan took the child back into the basket and put it back on the incense altar.

  It's clear that everyone was killed by that girl, but now Fuchuan needs to figure out the identity of that girl and what purpose that old Japanese man had.

  San Yang walked in at this time and said, "Master, Master Hui Ling has arrived." Fu Chuan said he knew, and asked San Yang to make a good cup of tea for Hui Ling.

  "Three sheep said: 'Master, you've changed your nature, have you?'"

  Fu Chuan said: "Too much talk." After this matter, he still had to trouble Hui Ling. A good cup of tea was still needed after all, as Fu Chuan knew that only Hui Ling could accomplish this task.

  Huiling is the 78th generation successor of Fahua Temple, young and powerful in Dharma, but a bit soft-hearted and stubborn, with abilities comparable to Fuzhou.

  Fuhe knew things wouldn't be that easy to settle, and he wasn't in a hurry either, but he also couldn't let a little demon ride roughshod over him.

  Fu Xiang invited Huiling over to stop that little ghost from harming people. Since she's capable, he'll let her understand that there are many more capable people in this world.

  Fu Chuan received the good things and left. Huiling was already seated at the dinner table, with a cup of good tea and vegetarian dishes made by Huli Jing herself.

  Fu Chuan walked away with a smile, San Yang looked at Fu Chuan like that, felt scared, but also knew that only when his master had something to ask of someone would he have this expression.

  Fu Chuan walked to the dinner table and sat down, "San Yang, go get that good wine of mine." San Yang agreed, thinking to himself, what's wrong with our master today? That jar of good wine is something you can't even buy with money.

  Three sheep remembered that the pot of daughter red was still from the last time he went to Jiangxi on business, and after helping, the employer gave it to his master. The daughter red buried underground for 38 years, every time the master drank, he would only use a silver spoon to scoop out one spoonful and mix it with new daughter red to make a cup, slowly savoring it.

  That Niang Hong is the master's treasure, this kind of Niang Hong San Yang remembers seeing it in the newspaper before, this kind of Niang Hong that has already formed a layer of frost on its surface was once auctioned off for over 10 million at an auction house, and the master told him that his jar of Niang Hong is better than the one at the auction house.

  Three sheep brought the wine jar and also brought a new jar of girl's red wine, secretly scolding a monk for not eating meat but loving to drink wine, deserving not to have achieved enlightenment.

  Huiling is a senior monk, but because of his greed for wine, he was stripped of his position as abbot. Otherwise, he would now be the youngest abbot in the history of Fahua Temple.

  Hui Ling looks good, so in front of Hu Li Jing, the preferential treatment he received is much more than Fu Chuan's two disciples. Fu Chuan looked at the dishes on the table, and Hu Li Jing actually took out his treasured matsutake and roasted it with charcoal fire, saying that since Master doesn't eat meat, then try some matsutake.

  Fujiang almost didn't get angina pectoris.

  Huiling knew that Fu Chuan had ulterior motives for him, so this time he was more unrestrained. However, he really enjoyed watching Fu Chuan's painful yet stoic expression.

  "Today is indeed a good wine and good dishes to treat me." Huiling said with some provocation.

  Fu Chuan patted his chest and calmed himself down, "Yes, Master, try some of this Daughter Red, it's mixed with new wine from last year."

  Huiling said: "Only you could think of drinking like this."

  "My friend taught me, and I'm also borrowing flowers to offer Buddha," Fu Chuan said.

  Huiling doesn't understand wine, he's greedy for cups but doesn't study wine, as long as he can get drunk, he'll drink.

  Huiling finished her drink, while Fu Chuan was still sipping his like a precious treasure. Huiling smiled and didn't tease him anymore, "Speak up, I know you brought me down here for a reason."

  Fu Chuang saw Hui Ling and said without hiding anything, telling him the whole story. "That's what happened, this time we need to ask Master for help again."

  "I can use the Buddha's light to create a protective cover, covering the skyscraper is not impossible, but I have one condition." Wisdom spirit wants to eat, wine wants to drink, conditions naturally cannot be less.

  Fu Xiang had long been prepared for Hui Ling's ruthless cut, and he said: "Master, please speak."

  Huiling didn't mince words either, saying: "My rent is almost due too. I've been living here pretty well, you see the rent for next year..."

  Fu Chu suppressed the urge to kick Hui Ling out, San Yang watched from the side and laughed in his heart. In this big house, only Hui Ling, a bald donkey, could make his stingy and miserly master so angry.

  Fu Chuan slapped the table, "Alright, the rent for next year is waived!"

  "Alright, make it quick, I'll help you!"

  Although Hui Ling took advantage of it, she promised Fu Chuan and would still do it.

  Fuhe wants to use the Buddha's light to protect the Jiahe building, first to prevent the female ghost from harming people, and second to trap the female ghost inside the Jiahe building so she can't escape. This way, Fuhe can think of a way to subdue her. Fuhe has fought with her before and understands how strong her powers are. He's not incapable of capturing her by force, but he doesn't have 100% confidence in doing so, and Fuhe also can't easily take action.

  Fu Xiang found Hui Ling, that's what it means. However, Hui Ling still had some doubts and asked: "Is the female ghost really that powerful?"

  Fuhe nodded and said, "She should be the most powerful evil spirit I've met for the first time since I became the sect leader. You know what an evil spirit is, it's born from resentment, its resentment can't be like ordinary lonely souls that can be transcended and eliminated, only slowly sublimated."

  Huiling nodded and said: "Understood." Fu Chuan looked at Huiling and asked: "Master, have you ever encountered such evil spirits before?"

  Huiling smiled and said, "Exorcising evil spirits is a matter for Daoists like you, I've never seen it before, but I have heard of it. According to Buddhist scriptures, the first evil spirit appeared in the late Tang Dynasty, and there were no records after that. Fu brother, what you're seeing now should be considered a rare treasure." Fu Chuan smiled wryly, he didn't know if he was lucky or unlucky this time, but he had actually encountered an evil spirit, which was not like the ones in those horror movies starring Ge You and Hua Zi, this one was real.

  "Master, can you help me with something?" Fu Chuan thought that since he had already lost money anyway, this time he must make a profit with Brother Yong.

  Huiling, apart from being cheap, is also a straightforward person. He said, "Please go ahead and speak."

  "I don't know if the master knows, but there's a Japanese old man who is 110 years old and has probably been living in this city all his life. Master used to be in the temple, I think those elderly people might like going into temples."

  Huiling said: "I haven't seen any Japanese people, I've been growing up in Fahua Temple all along, but I'm much younger than you."

  Fuhe actually had something else to say, he said: "Master, I heard that the grave site by the side of the road on xxxx mountain was excavated and many skeletons were dug up. I'd like to ask where these skeletons ended up."

  Huiling is knowledgeable and articulate, "I remember this matter, when I was young, I followed my master to collect bones, I kept records, many intact skeletons were claimed by their families and taken away, some families lived far away, so the temple sent them back, some incomplete skeletons were placed in urns, with good records, and were worshiped in the temple with three incense sticks a day."

  Fu Xiang nodded in satisfaction, "Is there a little girl called Huajiezi?"

  Huiling thought for a moment and said, "The remains of girls are indeed many, I don't know if there are any, but they can definitely be found. Moreover, it was recorded in the temple's books back then, according to the epitaph on the tombstone, they should be able to find them."

  "Thank you, Master."

  Fu Chuan knew that as long as he looked in this direction, he would definitely be able to find it. After all, it wasn't a difficult task. Fu Chuan looked at Hui Ling and said, "Then you eat."

  Fu Chuan's face changed, and Huiling hadn't even finished eating a mouthful of fragrant pine mushrooms. Huiling said, "Don't rush." Fu Chuan's mouth twitched as he took the pine mushrooms away from Huiling's eyes. "Master, let's go now. We can eat the pine mushrooms anytime."

  Huiling had no choice but to get up. Before leaving, San Yang asked Fu Chuan what to do with the matsutake mushrooms. Fu Chuan instructed San Yang, "Leave them, find some meat, make a matsutake mushroom soup, and see if he'll eat it or not." Fu Chuan knew that Huiling wouldn't eat meat, although he drank alcohol, but as for meat, he had never touched it before.

  Fuhe drove to deliver Huiling to the gate of Jiahao Building, but when they got off the car, they were surrounded by several security guards. The one who had them surrounded was the boss of Jiahao Building.

  The boss had a sinister look on his face, and Fu Chuan calculated with his fingers that he was not a good person and would die an untimely death. The boss pointed at Fu Chuan and Hui Ling, "How dare you two still come!"

  "It's you two, one fake Taoist priest, and now you've even brought a monk here, causing everyone to be on edge. I can't even sell my house now!"

  Fu Xiang sneered: "You've been repairing this place for almost twenty years, and in twenty years you still haven't sold out the houses. Is this our fault?"

  The boss was speechless after being refuted by Fu Chuan, and finally could only threaten: "Get out! Get out! Don't let me see you again, I'll beat you up every time I see you!"

  The boss had the security guard throw Fugui and Huiling out, but Fugui pretended to leave and then took Huiling to the back alley. In the damp and cold alley, Fugui asked Huiling, "Is this okay?"

  Huiling looked at the wet and cold outer wall of the building, he felt a chill all over his body. Outside was sunny, although it might be a bit cooler here, but it shouldn't feel like standing in a refrigerator.

  "It's possible, but there is indeed a heavy yin energy here, and this person has a lot of resentment." Huiling said.

  Fu Chuan said, "Stop talking nonsense and let Huiling get started right away." Huiling sat down and took out her white jade rosary. Fu Chuan's eyes grew hot as he looked at the rosary. The beads in Huiling's hand were said to be all sarira, although each bead looked strange in shape, but it was not an exaggeration to say that this thing could only be found in the treasure house of the Western Paradise.