After being dressed as the evil god

There was a sudden wind in the temple.

The wind was very light, and it only made the light on the fire sway for a while, but in this sway, the temperature of the flames dissipated, and it blew on the skin, like a spring breeze that melted the ice on the river.

But the wind blowing on the surrounding Yinggongs made them all change color. The gentle and soft wind blowing on the living people fell on them like a knife scraping bones.

The Yinggongs who had crowded the temple before all dispersed in an instant, screaming and hiding in the wooden statues one by one, and the temple became empty again in the blink of an eye.

No... There is one last unlucky ghost left. He really couldn't squeeze himself into the wooden statue, and the remaining half of his leg fell outside, and he was still desperately shrinking in.

Li Chi didn't bother to pay attention to him, the wind had already blown away, and this careless guy was still stuffing himself in.

click!

The half of the leg left outside the wooden statue suddenly froze, and a crack appeared on the old wooden statue he was squeezing. In this seemingly extremely solemn atmosphere, it slowly but desperately shattered into pieces. In the two halves, the four unlucky ghosts crowded inside all rolled out at once, and then hid in the corner farthest from Lichi with a whoosh, huddled together and shivering.

Although the old man and his two sons and daughters couldn't see these Yinggongs, they could feel the atmosphere in the temple relax, and the previous coldness dissipated.

Xiaogu's face was so pale from the cold, and now he just recovered. After Daluo fed her medicine, he was relieved. He turned his head to look at the wooden statue that was broken in two and rolled down, and then turned to look at Li Chi, with sparkling eyes.

Li Chi looked at him and laughed, and with his smile, the previous power disappeared, as if he had returned to the peaceful guest before.

Da Luo became more courageous, and asked Li Chi, "Have they all been eliminated?"

Get rid of... The four unlucky ghosts crouching under the table trembled again.

Li Chi said: "It's just to scare them so that they don't dare to make trouble anymore."

Da Luo pursed his lips and said angrily: "They are not good! My father carved wooden statues for them for free, and they still want to harm us! They are so bad, maybe they will harm others in the future!"

He held his own small carving knife in his hand, and after the fear in his eyes faded away, he revealed a fierce look.

Li Chi shook his head: "How can you be so fierce at such a young age? Don't be so black and white."

Da Luo didn't refute, but the child couldn't hide his thoughts, and showed a very dissatisfied look on his face.The old man was busy rubbing and pressing a few acupuncture points on Xiaogu before, but now that Xiaogu had fully recovered, he came back to pay attention to Dagong, glared at him not to allow him to talk nonsense, and dragged him to thank Lichi.

Li Chi waved his hands, glanced at the big gong again, and said: "The problems of these two children have nothing to do with your craft. Their lives were saved with the help of Mr. Ying."

"How come?" Da Luo's eyes widened.

The few You Yinggong huddled under the table nodded desperately.

Li Chi smiled: "When you were born, there was no music outside, only a gong sounded on the ground, but did you find out who played the gong later?"

The old man didn't speak, but the scratches on his face became more wrinkled.He didn't think much about it at the time, and just looked at the child and cried.The gong sounded like thunder, without any warning.But there is no singing and dancing, and it's not a matter of red and white, who would just knock a gong when they have nothing to do?

Li Chi sees cause and effect in his eyes, cause and effect weave a hook to make destiny, all living beings enter the net, today's encounters are all the result of past actions, today's responses will in turn create causes for future encounters.

"You are destined to be childless and widowed for life. These two children should have been transferred to other places. Although they are saved now, it is not without price."

So Daluo didn't cry when she was born, but when her second child Xiaogu was born, she didn't have much vitality in her body.

"How is it possible..." the old man murmured, his face was tightly wrinkled, as if it was difficult to accept.

This is also normal. It is always difficult for people to accept that their suffering comes from themselves, but if they can find an external force and attribute the cause of the suffering to this, it seems that they can get some comfort from it.

Hearing Lichi's words, You Yinggong, who had been cowering in the wooden statue, became more courageous, and quietly cast their gazes over, looking at the old man and the two children with dissatisfaction and taking it for granted.

Li Chi snorted: "What? After saving someone's life, do you feel that you can control their life? I let you go today, are you going to be my servant forever?"

The eyes in the wooden statue suddenly narrowed, and among the few You Yinggong who rolled outside, one boldly answered: "As long as you like it, I will be your cow or horse!"

"I don't like it." Li Chi said.

Ying Gong choked on the answer.

"They...they..." The old man couldn't hear ghost words, but could hear Li Chi's words, and couldn't help but be horrified.

"It's okay, they can't do anything. There is nothing wrong with your craft. As for Marquis Wu..." Li Chi shook his head, "He cured his illness, but he couldn't save his life."

"Why?" Da Luo asked eagerly, "Xiao Gu's illness is cured, so she will be fine?"

Xiao Gu tugged at the hem of his clothes and said softly, "Fate and illness are different."

She has a strong sense since she was a child, and she can tell whether there are ghosts around her, and she has some feelings about these invisible and intangible things.They shouldn't have survived, but they survived.How long can the life left behind by force be?

"But Marquis Wu is so powerful! Why didn't he do it..." Da Luo was in a hurry.

In the eyes of this boy who is about to grow into a teenager, Marquis Wu is already the most powerful monk who can protect a party so prosperous!Young people's loves and dislikes are always so clear, he doesn't even need to know more to start admiring Wu Hou.

Li Chi looked at him, the young man gradually calmed down with that gaze, he felt as if he was standing in front of an overly bright mirror, the gaze not only illuminated his appearance, his feelings, his thoughts, but also Every thought in the deepest and smallest thought in his mind that he didn't even notice.

That thoroughness made him suddenly feel ashamed, but he himself didn't quite understand why he was ashamed.

But the karma wrapped around him records all the things that he has forgotten but actually happened.

He should have died and re-entered reincarnation.But here is a group of lonely ghosts who don't know whether they should be bold or ignorant and fearless, half for themselves and half for repayment, when their short life in this life is about to end, they stretch out their hands to give them a hand.Fear of death and survival is the instinct of living beings, and the mind is also a kind of power. Under the power of Ying Gong and the two children to survive, in this world where karma and fortune have been chaotic, they have really successfully changed it. fate.

And the old man also had a strong wish for his two children. In his prayer, the merits he accumulated on behalf of the big gongs and small drums continued to connect them with a new destiny.Even if the fate is weak and dangerous, it has indeed begun to work.It's like disconnecting and reconnecting a new line, leaving an ugly knot, but if you want to forcibly cut off the connected fate and then reconnect the original fate, it will form another lump.

So it's better to let them go on like this.And where this ambiguous fate will eventually go is not something that anyone else can change, nor should anyone else change.

"Because..." Li Chi said quietly, "Only man sows cause and effect, and only man suffers misfortune and good fortune."

Just like Marquis Wu, like big gongs and small drums.

Although the cause and effect in the world are chaotic, those who have the ability to alter the canvas should not write lightly.

The small drum held back the big gong who wanted to ask more questions, and her natural sensitivity made her perceive something extremely solemn from Li Chi's answer, which could not be changed and would not be shaken.

"Thank you," she whispered.

She was always sick from birth, and whether she wanted it or not, life and death had become issues that she had thought about countless times and gradually became calmer.

But some people can't be calm anyway.The old man had deep wrinkles on his face, and prayed to Lichi, "Look, what should these two children do?"

"Didn't you already save their lives? Just keep doing it." Li Chi said, he stretched out his finger and touched Xiao Gu's forehead, "This will count as your fare for driving me."

After finishing speaking, he stood up, beckoned to Mr. You Ying who had said before that he would be his bull and horse, and said, "Lead me a way."

That Mr. Ying opened his mouth wide in shock.

"What? Not happy?" Li Chi had already lifted his feet and walked outside the temple.

"Happy, happy!" He nodded desperately, followed Li Chi and floated out of the temple gate.

Inside the temple, Xiaogu pressed his forehead in a daze, and said, "I, I'm not cold anymore..."

She no longer felt the coldness gathered by the ghosts around her, blood gradually appeared on her pale lips.

Da Luo touched her palm, it was warm, and he couldn't help but surprise and said: "How are you?!"

Xiao Gu said, "Do we not need to go to Dunxi City anymore?"

Every time they go back and forth between the two cities is an adventure, this road is already many times more dangerous than the first time they walked, this time almost something went wrong, maybe not so lucky next time.

The old man stroked the carving knife in his hand, pondered for a while, and said, "I'd better go and see Marquis Wu."

Although Mr. Li Quan said that Marquis Wu could not save his life, he had to give it a try before he was reconciled.What if Marquis Wu has a solution?As for this craft... He still doesn't want to touch the big gong and the snare drum. How can it be plausible to deal with the living and the dead?He can forget it by himself, but the two children, especially Xiaogu, had better stay as far away from these things as possible.

Da Luo looked at the wooden statues on the stage and said to him, "Father, I want to learn how to carve this from you!"

The old man frowned: "Don't fool around!"

All the officials in the temple looked over dissatisfied, but did nothing.

Daluo insisted: "My life and Xiaogu's life is saved in this way. I learn this, and Xiaogu won't have to be afraid anymore!"

The old man stared at him.This statement was given by that Mr. Li Quan, but Li Quan was just something they met on the road, how could he believe what he said?Although I am grateful for the other party's help, I still have to be vigilant in my heart. What if he is an individual practitioner with a plan?Is such a thing rare in Liang Guo?And what if he doesn't know everything?What if this has a bad effect on the two children?

This skill was learned from ghosts, and he was doing business with ghosts, and he almost recruited these ghosts to affect the future of his children.How could he not be worried?How can you not be afraid of that in case?

If Mr. Li Quan is right, then it would be good for him to continue this business by himself. He can carve more portraits of these lonely ghosts, and he can make up for the two children!

Da Luo was very stubborn, so he looked at him so resolutely: "I want to learn!"

The old man stared at him for a while, and finally took a step back: "We'll talk about it later. Let's find a way to meet Wu Hou first, and see what Wu Hou has to say."

Compared with Mr. Li Quan who doesn't know his origin, Wu Hou's deeds are visible.He believed in Marquis Wu even more.

Da Luo wanted to say something else, but Xiao Gu pulled him back, and he nodded, "Well, let's make an agreement, Daddy, you can't lie to me!"

The old man hesitated for a moment, rubbed his head, and said: "If Marquis Wu also says it's fine, I'll teach you. I won't lie to you."

Only then did Da Luo feel relieved, and as soon as he relaxed, he yawned involuntarily.

The old man smiled: "Go to sleep."

When the two children fell asleep, the old man took out another small piece of wood and slowly carved it by the light of the fire.

In the silent night, insects sounded again, and the light from the fire steadily shone on people.

……

Outside the temple, You Yinggong, who followed Lichi to leave, couldn't help asking after drifting for a while, "Where are you going?"

This guy said he was asking him to help lead the way, but after leaving the Wanyinggong Temple, he kept walking in front, so what's the point of asking him to lead the way?

"Go to the dog king." Li Chi said leisurely.

You Yinggong trembled when he heard the words, and said weakly: "What are you looking for for that thing?"

As soon as he felt timid in his heart, he noticed the changes in the surrounding environment.Before he knew it, his eyes followed Lichi away from the Wanyinggong Temple, the quiet chirping of the autumn insects had disappeared, the surroundings were eerily silent, and an ominous atmosphere permeated the forest.You Yinggong shrinks himself even tighter.

"What are you afraid of?" Li Chi glanced at him, "You are already dead, without a physical body, so you are afraid of being eaten?"

"But there are more than just wild dogs in the woods." You Yinggong struggled, a little scared, "There are also a lot of evil spirits in there, they are very fierce, and they fight regardless of the consequences, not to mention..."

They are different from those evil spirits, those evil spirits have been obsessed with hatred.

The ghosts in the Wanyinggong Temple look no different from ordinary people except that their faces are paler. Their minds and minds are the same as they were in life, and they are willing to try their best to make themselves look better.But most of these evil spirits maintain their own dead appearance, they don't care about this anymore, they are more willing to appear scary, and their appearance is revealed as they like, and they have become what they are now.

Their resentment is too deep, they have forgotten the taste of relief, and only want to drag everyone they see into their pain.

It is because of the large number of lonely souls and wild ghosts that are enshrined in the Wanyinggong Temple that it is possible to maintain a relatively peaceful place in this increasingly dangerous forest, but for things like fighting, everyone will do it together , but he couldn't bear to run among these evil spirits alone.

For these evil spirits in the forest, You Yinggong was afraid but also sympathetic.

Like these ghosts, he is a ghost who died in vain, otherwise he would not be left to be sacrificed to no one.Ghosts who die in vain will often experience great terror when they die, and these horrors will turn into bitterness. Some bitterness is mild, and they are directly dragged into reincarnation by Huang Quan; Some of them will enter reincarnation when their obsessions dissipate naturally; but there are others who are deeply resentful and cannot enter reincarnation without obsessions. Gradually intensified, and finally even the heart nature was changed by the too strong resentment, turning into a ferocious evil spirit, and it was difficult to get rid of it.

And the only place where he was luckier than these ghosts was when he entered the Wanyinggong Temple.

Although there is not a lot of incense in Wanyinggong Temple, there are still occasional people offering offerings to them. These unrich offerings are not the most important thing, what is important is the thoughts that follow when people offer offerings.

Everyone knows that Yin temples like the Wanyinggong Temple are built for homeless ghosts, so no one wants to pray to them. These offerings to them are purely out of Compassion and kindness, and these invisible thoughts, become the best offerings.Like a lamp, it illuminates the confusion after death, warms the pain of unjust death, and leads these ghosts to gradually get out of evil thoughts and feelings, so that they will not fall into the evil ghosts of insanity.

"What's more, these evil spirits..." Youying just said, but suddenly got stuck.

The faint moonlight was cast through the gaps in the leaves. At some point, pairs of dark red or dark green eyes appeared under the forest. The howling of wild dogs was heard not far away, and the sound of crows flapping their wings was heard from time to time. A horrible ghost floated towards him.

You Yinggong froze there, but found that the evil ghost seemed to have not seen him, and just floated over and ignored him.Look at the wild dogs and crows around, none of them noticed them.

"Can they... can't they see us?"

"I can't find it for the time being." Li Chi said.

"That, that, that, I, I don't know where the dog king is, so I can't show you or show you the way. Otherwise, I'll go back first." You Yinggong said with a trembling voice.

I can't find it for the time being, who knows if it will be found in a while?Sympathy belongs to sympathy, and fear is still to be feared.These evil spirits can hurt Yin Hun, so he doesn't want to be torn apart by this bunch of evil spirits.

"If you want, you can just go back like this." Li Chi responded very well.

You Yinggong floated back a little bit, the distance between him and Lichi had just gotten farther away, when he saw the evil ghost that had just floated past suddenly stop, and looked towards this side as if aware of it.

With a sad face, Ying Gong followed closely beside Li Chi: "I, I'd better stay and follow you."

Li Chi smiled, and walked through the forest with Mr. Ying.The vast cause and effect appeared in his eyes, outlining all the souls in the forest, the souls of the unjustly dead, the crows with scarlet eyes, the wild dogs with jagged teeth... Most of these souls are linked with the same place Causal lines, but the ends of these causal lines are all broken, leaving only a vague chaos.

What Lichi is looking for is the direction these broken causal lines point to.

"arrive."

This is a clearing in the forest, with some sparse bushes on the edge, but no grass grows in the center. The high and raised earth slope looks like a huge tomb, and on the top of the earth slope lies a huge wild dog with brown fur. The yellow color is close to the dark brown after the blood has dried up, and the sharp and interlaced teeth stick out of the lips, vicious and terrifying.

You Yinggong looked around, it was the first time he really saw the dog king, this is not like a dog!It's even scarier than a tiger!

Moreover, the aura of the dog king has made him involuntarily fear and nervous, which shows that the dog king probably has the means to deal with the ghosts.

You Yinggong couldn't help but look even more bitter.Li Chi asked him to lead the way to call him out, but he didn't use him to lead the way—he didn't even know where the dog king was, so why did he take him?

Suddenly there was a gust of dark wind all around, and the wind was mixed with a bitter smell, and there was a whimpering sound coming from the woods not far away, gradually getting closer and closer.A ghost floated over from there, and a few mortals were behind him.The dog king turned his head, his eyes gleamed cruelly and coldly, staring at the mortal who was attracted by the ghost, and slowly grinned, revealing more ferocious teeth.

You Ying's eyes widened in shock: "Ghost? How is it possible?!"

The so-called work as a minion for a tiger, and people who are eaten by tigers will be manipulated by tigers after death.Although... looking at the appearance of this dog king, it is estimated that his strength is no worse than that of ordinary tiger monsters.

Ying Gong let out a cry of surprise, but the dog king who was about to enjoy a delicious meal suddenly turned his head and looked at this side, his eyes were fierce and terrifying.

"It, it, how did it see it?!"

Following the dog king's movements, the eyes of all the wild dogs, crows and even the evil ghosts around him also looked over.

"This is its territory after all." Li Chi said, but there was no panic at all in his tone.

The dog king let out a low growl, and the ghost received the order to stun the bewitched ordinary people and leave them on the spot. The dog king likes to eat live food.

The wind suddenly rose.

Numerous ghouls showed hideous death appearances, with broken flesh, exposed viscera, three or four inch long black pointed armor, soft and rotten intestines... More bone claws soaked in rotten poison protruded from the ground, with a bone-chilling pain. The poison of resentment and rancid corpses is coming!

Zheng!

The arm wrapped in the dark blue sleeve robe was lifted, Qin was already hugged in his arms, and the sleeve robe brushed through the air brought a gust of wind, blowing away the bitter corpse poison.

At the same time, the sound of the piano roared angrily, splitting the sky and breaking the clouds.

The majestic wrath suppressed all evil, and the evil spirits were like worms frozen in pine resin. They were fixed in the air, and all their thoughts were shaken by the sound of anger, and when they were about to regenerate their thoughts, another zither sounded. .

Its sound hummed and trembled continuously, and even every ghost trembled, as if the other end of the string was tied deep in their souls, causing great fear.It's like seeing the raging fire that can burn the flesh, the icy cold wind that cuts like a knife, and seeing countless terrible sufferings, and that suffering is the result of their actions.

So under the guidance of this fear, these ghosts who were able to move again made a terrible cry, and retreated in unison, but before they really escaped, the sound of the piano played again.

This sound is deep and long, mournful to the bone.

All the ghosts are frozen.

They are dead, they were eaten alive by the dog king.With guts broken, bones and flesh scattered, they turned into ghosts after death, but turned into minions, unable to reincarnate, and unable to leave. They could only be controlled by the dog king who ate them alive day after day, to go Bewitch your own kind to fill the insatiable hunger of the dog king.

The sound of mourning is long, and the sadness suddenly rises. This emotion that has been suppressed for a long time awakens their long-forgotten taste of being human.

It's not the evil ghost whose reason has been swallowed by hatred, leaving nothing but ferocity, but...

With a loud roar, the dog king bared his teeth and opened his eyes, but the ghosts stopped there, not being driven by it as usual.

Three sounds of the zither, and a cry of anger shook off their ferocious thoughts, anger led to fear, and natural fear was the most powerful, making them resist the order of the dog king, and the last mournful sound awakened their instincts The love also awakened their minds that had been confused for a long time.

Three zither sounds cut off the dog king's control over the ghosts.

"It's up to you to lead the way." Li Chi said suddenly.

"What..." You Ying said in a daze.

Before the question was finished, Li Chi touched his chest with his fingertips, and Ying Gong looked down, only to find that he had already held up a lamp, just like the statue he had kept for a long time.

The light is dim, but warm.

The ghosts who were out of control looked one by one, and there was a little light in their mournful eyes.

"Lead them the way."