Taboos in the Underworld: Starting from being paid a lot of money to beg for a child

"Well, remember, you said that you are not a real Taoist priest and only know some simple folk methods. If you really encounter a ghost, you will be helpless."

I answered truthfully, that was indeed what Master Wang said when I came to see him for the first time.

Master Wang nodded, looked sideways at the ceiling, and slowly began to recall...

In 1978, there was still time for the fourth land reform.

Master Wang is only in his 20s.

In that era when no one was rich, no one could be lazy if they wanted to fill their stomachs.

Because at that time, rural areas were still under collective ownership.

Want to share the food. We must work every day and use work points to earn food and clothing.

At that time, Master Wang was hard-working and hard-working, and was the captain of a labor team.

At that time, rice production was low and the population in the village was large, so Master Wang spontaneously led everyone to reclaim wasteland.

Where Master Wang's current house is, there used to be a Tutu Temple (called the City God Temple in some places).

Master Wang, who was deeply influenced by the concept of destroying the Four Olds, wanted to demolish the earth temple and turn it into cultivated land as his first step in reclaiming wasteland.

But everyone in the team disagreed. Although they didn't dare to talk about ghosts and gods, most people in the countryside had heard or been exposed to some things in this area.

So many people are opposed to the demolition of the Earth Temple.

Even so, Master Wang still led three other people who did not believe in evil and spent several days using hoes and shovels to level the earth temple.

That earth temple has existed for a long time.

No one knows when it was built. It was the night when Master Wang and the four of them demolished the Earth Temple and dug out the foundation of the Earth Temple.

Something strange happened, and it was something terrifying.

The four of them suffered from sleepwalking at the same time that night.

And this was even before their respective families discovered it.

Without realizing it, the four of them arrived at the Earth Temple that they had demolished.

And they knelt down and kowtowed at the same time in the direction of the Earth Temple, killing three of them alive.

When I heard this, I knew that things were not that simple. I asked Master Wang:

"How can you kill someone by kowtowing?"

Master Wang nodded and said:

"Because we all kowtow in front of sharp stones, and we use a lot of force."

"You mean the other three people died and you were the only one left? Then how did you survive?"

I continued to ask.

I have no doubt about what Master Wang said, and no one would joke about such a thing.

Master Wang pushed the hair away from its forehead with his hand, revealing a faint scar and said:

"I also knocked down, but I didn't die because I was the youngest. That Taoist priest saved me. In fact, that Taoist priest was also my master."

"Is that senior Taoist priest the same senior Taoist priest who gave you guidance? But what does this have to do with your youth?" I was very puzzled.

Master Wang pursed his lips and asked me to pour him another bowl of water. He drank the water before continuing to talk about the matter.

That night, the four of them arrived in front of the flattened Earth Temple almost at the same time.

Everyone found a place with a sharp stone to kneel down, and at the same time knocked hard against the sharp stone.

He knocked and woke up because an old Taoist priest beat him awake.

The old Taoist priest was also an old man in the village.

In the beginning, he was the one who strongly opposed Master Wang and his companions from reclaiming the land of Tudui Temple.

But Master Wang couldn't listen at all. Not only did he not listen, he also scolded the old Taoist priest.

After the old Taoist priest woke up Master Wang, Master Wang regained consciousness.

But even if he regained consciousness, it would be of no avail, because the blow had almost made him faint, and he could not even get up.

I could only watch the other three people, one after another, until they hit the sharp-edged stone.

After the old Taoist priest woke him up, he started fighting with an evil ghost, each one beating him further and further away.

Finally out of his sight.

Master Wang persisted for only a few minutes before he fainted on the spot.

It was already noon when Master Wang woke up the next day.

People around him told him that the other three people were all dead.

He regretted it deeply. He knew that the death of the other three people was caused by his insistence on touching the earth temple.

Not only he knew, but everyone in the village knew that it was because of the Earth Temple.

But no one dared to talk about it because it involved superstition. If they spread the word, they would be arrested and paraded.

Therefore, the deaths of these three people naturally became an unsolved case.

As the "chief envoy", Master Wang was not punished in any way.

But Master Wang knew in his heart that the deaths of these three people were directly related to him.

And he also knew that the reason why he survived was because the old Taoist priest saved him.

That afternoon he found the old Taoist priest.

Because when they were planning to reclaim that land, the old Taoist priest told him privately that the land temple could not be reclaimed.

Because there is a very powerful evil ghost suppressing him down there.

Master Wang didn't think so at the time, but he firmly believes it now.

He was young and vigorous at the time, and he hated the evil spirit deeply.

The deceased was dead, and all he could do was avenge those three brothers.

And the only one who can help him is the old Taoist priest.

After finding the old Taoist priest, he realized that revenge was not easy.

The old Taoist priest himself was also very troubled by this. Let alone getting rid of the evil ghost, it was not easy to suppress it again.

He also told him that if the evil spirit was not suppressed within seven days, the whole village would suffer.

Master Wang asked where the evil ghost came from.

But the old Taoist priest refused to say anything and just gave a way to suppress the evil ghost again.

Because the previous suppression formation was destroyed by them, it would be useless to build another earth temple.

The old Taoist priest re-arranged a suppressive formation there. The level of the old Taoist priest was much worse than that of the previous seniors.

His suppression formation alone was not enough to suppress the evil ghost, so a lot of assistance was needed.

With the efforts of the whole village, a house was built on the site within three days.

This is the building where Master Wang lives now.

The reason why we built a house instead of a land temple was because someone needed to live in this house to take care of the suppression formation.

The formation formed by the old Taoist priest was extremely ingenious, and I couldn't understand the mystery of it, because the formation was only maintained by an ever-burning lamp.

The ever-burning lamp mentioned here refers to a kerosene lamp that cannot be extinguished.

This lamp is specially made and can burn for twelve hours after being filled with kerosene. This is why Master Wang never travels far.

Because he has to take care of the ever-lasting light.

In addition, this formation also requires four ghosts to be activated (these four ghosts can only go to the underworld after the formation is fully activated).

And these four ghosts are all related to that evil ghost.

As for the people who had something to do with the evil ghost, in addition to the four Master Wangs who razed the Earth Temple, there was also an old Taoist priest who had fought with the evil ghost.

In other words, among the two people alive, the old Taoist priest must also die.

Only in this way can four ghosts be gathered together to guide the formation.

Because this formation will last for 40 years before the evil ghost can be driven away.

The old Taoist priest was nearly 70 years old at the time, and he would not live for 40 years!

The task of taking care of the everlasting lantern undoubtedly fell on Master Wang.

Therefore, Master Wang cannot marry and have children in this life, and can only be a lonely lampkeeper for the rest of his life.

This decision was made out of desperation.

When building this house, the old Taoist priest also asked two old masters in the same field to work together in an attempt to directly disperse the evil spirit, but in the end they failed.

From the first day when Master Wang found the old Taoist priest, the old Taoist priest accepted Master Wang as his disciple.

In six days, he taught Master Wang some simple and easy-to-understand Taoist techniques, and also taught Master Wang how to activate the formation.

Then at noon on the seventh day, the old Taoist committed suicide by drinking pesticide.

The formation was activated on the night when the seven souls of the three heads who died because of kowtowing were killed.

That was the night when the old Taoist priest committed suicide.

After his soul was peeled off, Master Wang used the formation prepared by the old Taoist priest in advance to summon the souls of the three people and trapped them in the designed position.

At twelve o'clock that night, Master Wang used these four souls to activate the formation to suppress evil spirits.

The only thing that makes people feel lucky about the whole thing is that this formation to suppress the evil ghost will continue to cause harm to the evil ghost.

As time goes by, this evil ghost's soul will be slowly eroded by the formation, and its abilities will become weaker and weaker.

Start by lighting that everlasting lamp.

Master Wang has been here for 30 years.

In the past 30 years, Master Wang has been very cautious in fear of accidents.

He never comes into direct contact with ghosts and makes a living by making paper.

I never dare to travel far.

So the ever-burning light never went out once.

But just two days ago.

The ever-burning light went out because of something.

And this matter has a lot to do with me! ...