Chapter 4: Secret Words of Truth

  After seeing the resentment behind, I was also shocked in my heart. The so-called resentment, yin qi, evil qi and other things, although they are called qi, but it's not the air of the air, to say that it is more like a kind of energy between spirit and matter, specifically what it is, I can't explain either, but mortal eyes are definitely invisible.

  Of course, there are exceptions to everything. My master's book said that in this world, all things, no matter how small and subtle, can gather together to form a powerful force. Just like one person doing good deeds can inspire a group of people to do the same. However, beneath these two lies a vast and sinister energy, which even I can feel, or rather, it's more accurate to say that I can sense it. This is not a good thing at all. If what that book says is true, in an environment like this, if one's mind is not strong, it's easy to get confused. Now that I think about it, my earlier wild thoughts and the unexplained fire in my heart were all caused by the interference of the external evil energy. This is really terrifying.

  Perhaps if it wasn't for Old Zhao's guidance and the Buddha's power, we would have been trapped inside. It's no wonder that Xia Xue and Wang Luli got trapped as well. What I find strange is that although the resentment is deep, it won't gather out of thin air. According to the book, resentment can also spread and affect a large area. But something like this, either there's some kind of mysterious feng shui formation or someone with high spiritual powers is at work here.

  I asked Old Zhao: "Don't you think there's something wrong here? It doesn't seem like it could form naturally."

  Lao Zhao was somewhat surprised and said: "Lao Jiang, be honest with me, are you also a master of the mysterious arts? How can an ordinary person have such feelings?"

  "Don't get any weird ideas, how could I possibly be a master of mysticism? I've read some books and I'm not a complete outsider, but I'm absolutely worse than you, believe it or not?"

  "I think there's a bit of a problem here, but it'll be fine by daylight. Let's head up the mountain first and come back down when it gets light," Old Zhao said, pulling me along as he walked upwards. I quickly followed him, and the fog up ahead seemed to clear up a lot. I let out a sigh of relief - we should be okay now, we'd finally escaped.

  I and Old Zhao were sprinting on the mountain dirt road, this time we really sprinted, it can be seen that Old Zhao's heart was also very uncertain, but at this time, he couldn't care about so much, since he shouted for me to go up the mountain, he must have had his own purpose. I was running with a stuffy nose and panting, tired to the point where I didn't have any ideas anymore. At this time, my phone was dead, I couldn't check the time, but I felt like my eyelids were fighting each other.

  Lao Zhao has some cultivation, but mainly focuses on cultivating his mind, and can't be said to have a strong body. At this time, he's also out of energy. To be honest, what really drives us two is fear. Everything on this mountain is too strange, it has disrupted my worldview and disturbed my mind. You think I can just put it down so easily?

  The cold wind in the mountains hasn't changed, originally at this time we should eat well and drink enough to hide in our sleeping bags, sleep until dawn, climb to the top of the mountain tomorrow, have a great time playing for half a day before going down the mountain. But I didn't expect to encounter such a thing halfway through, it's still a bit regrettable.

  We finally couldn't run anymore, so we sat down to rest for a while. We had barely escaped that place where resentment was concentrated, and it was only right that we took a good rest. But now that I've calmed down, I still feel that ominous feeling in my heart hasn't dissipated. If the divination I did is accurate, then trying to escape at this point is no longer possible. We have to solve our problems one by one, but the difficulties will only increase, making us want to retreat.

  The most frightening thing is that danger lurks in every corner, and at this time I was also a little confused. Now it seems like nothing has happened after all. After careful consideration, I think it's better to tell Old Zhao about this matter. After all, he's an expert, who knows if he can see through something.

  I patted his arm and said, "Old Zhao, before I came out today, I pushed a round according to the book, and when I pushed it, I found that the outing was pushed onto the Du door. When I started the divination, it happened to be in the earth fire Ming Yi phase. As a result, the two intersected, which is not suitable for going out, and it's better to hide and retreat. Otherwise, there will definitely be disasters and difficulties. Can you take a look and see if there are any dangers that haven't been resolved yet?"

  Lao Zhao thought for a moment and shook his head, saying: "I'm not clear, I'm studying Buddhism, and I haven't studied Feng Shui and destiny, so I only know a little. I know that Di Huo Ming Yi is one of the hexagrams in the Book of Changes, but what exactly it includes, I really don't know. However, your words reminded me, we'd better prepare ourselves, lest we be caught off guard later."

  Old Zhao picked up a branch from the ground, sat down cross-legged, formed an eight-character shape with his rosary beads, and then strung the rosary onto the branch. With both hands pinched together, he silently recited incantations. Although I didn't know what method he was using, judging by those hand gestures and movements, it seemed to me that he was reciting a "Dharani".

  What is Dharani? It's a Buddhist mantra, widely spread in Tibet, with Tangmi and Cangmi, combined with the local Bon religion to form many Dharmas. Dharani means secret mantra, as said "Buddha Buddha secretly transmitted, no other way." That's the secret language between Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, each sentence has supreme spiritual power, also known as true words, real language, from the heart, directly communicating with heaven and earth, supreme and mysterious.

  My master gave me a book that only talks about the methods of Xuanmen, and does not involve too much Buddhist affairs. My understanding of Buddhism is also because I went to Luogu Lake for tourism before. There are Tibetan Buddhist esoteric beliefs there, with lama temples. Our tour group had a talkative guide, who was Han Chinese and didn't have deep religious beliefs, so he explained the Buddhist beliefs in Tibet to us. Now Old Zhao uses the method of hand seals and chanting, which is different from Pure Land Buddhism and Chan (Zen) Buddhism, and it's very obvious to see.

  Lao Zhao finally finished his own affairs, then took the branch in his hand and said to me: "Time is limited, I temporarily used the accurate Zhunti mantra to bless the artifact, how much effect it will have I'm not sure, but you shouldn't put too much hope on it either. I myself know my own weight, cultivation is not enough, there are distracting thoughts in my heart, and the power is not enough, it's normal. Can only say that we can block a little, hoping that we can safely arrive at the ancient temple."

  "Lao Zhao, I know you're humble, don't say so much, I'm counting on you, if you can't get us to play together, then you need to cheer up!" I patted his shoulder and kept encouraging him.

  He seemed to not want to say more on this topic either, one hand holding a torch and the other hand grasping a wooden stick like a sharp sword, as if any evil that came here would be swept away with lightning speed, for some reason, he seemed to have entered a certain state, so I didn't disturb him.

  Because of that branch, he couldn't continue holding my hand either. As we walked for a while, it seemed like the road ahead was shrouded in thick fog again. At this time, I didn't find anything wrong with the white fog, but it was too similar to the previous ones. I felt that going further would be bad, thinking about the gloomy scene earlier, now even thinking about it makes me feel nauseous. Even though what's in front of me looks ordinary, I guarantee that I've already developed PTSD from this experience, and who knows if I'll ever be able to shake it off in the future.

  I saw Old Zhao was about to continue going in, and I couldn't help but hold him back. To be honest, I really think it's not necessary to go all the way into that ancient temple, just staying outside is fine too. I held onto Old Zhao: "Don't go in, who knows if this white fog has some kind of problem, why look for trouble? Let's just wait outside instead."

  "No, we have to go up, it's very dangerous here." I don't know why, but Old Zhao, who was usually very gentle, sounded extremely determined at this moment. His words were so firm that I didn't know how to refute them for a while. If it were usual, I would have gotten angry, but I knew how to control myself at this time. However, I really didn't want to and didn't dare go in. I took two steps back and shook my head to express my intention. I absolutely wouldn't enter the white fog again, no way.

  Lao Zhao's expression finally relaxed a bit, he raised the torch and looked around in a circle, shaking his head helplessly: "Lao Jiang, I didn't want to tell you originally, afraid of scaring you, but now even if I don't say it, it won't do. You can't see what kind of environment you're in right now, so you think this place is scary, but let me tell you, the place where you are staying is also full of resentment, although it's better than before, but compared to the front, there's a lot less. The front has fog, but the further up, the less resentment, I reckon it's the effect of that ancient temple, so we'll continue to stay here for a while, until the hour of Yu, it will be even more dangerous, you must believe me."

  Lao Zhao's words startled me, I really didn't think that the resentment wasn't caused by the white fog. Actually, why am I so afraid of these resentments? There are two reasons: where there is resentment, there must be ghosts and evil spirits, or it can be said that it is precisely because of the resentment that ghosts and monsters are born. If not, then all the spirits would have gone to reincarnation, how could there be resentment? Resentment and yin energy are different. When heaven and earth first opened, yin and yang were separated and defined, and the energy of yin and yang is a normal existence. However, resentment is an evil energy caused by human greed, anger, and delusion. Where there is evil energy, it will absolutely not be clean. It's just that we don't know what reason, and we haven't encountered it until now. Of course, I don't hope to encounter it at all.

  The second reason is the influence of resentment, which will continuously interfere with people's normal thinking. At first, it's just confusion and irritability, but later on, it can even confuse one's mind. Now we seem to be fine, but in fact, we are like walking on a volcano, and at any time, we may be burned to ashes.

  It wasn't that scary to begin with, it's just that I've learned to think about problems in the way that book does. If we follow what the science experts say, we should go down the mountain to call the police and then come back up together to find people.

  I still chose to believe Lao Zhao in the end, after all, he and I and Lao Wang have been sworn brothers for many years, can a little resentment affect my thoughts? Screw that, no way.

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