Chapter One Hundred: Ghost-Catching Taoist?

  Wei's army nodded to the Taoist sitting on the sofa, yesterday his parents told him that they would invite a Taoist priest to catch ghosts and drive out evil spirits today, saying that he was possessed by evil spirits, and specially invited Master Dao from Jinhua Temple to set up an altar and perform rituals to expel the evil spirits.

  As for Xiao Yu, Wei Jun's parents were still familiar with him. The two of them had a good relationship since they were in school, and at that time, Wei Jun often took Xiao Yu to his home, and Xiao Yu also often hung out at his house eating and drinking, so he was also quite familiar with Wei Jun's parents.

  "Uncle, aunt, hello. What's this..." Xiaoyu and Weijun's parents greeted them and looked at the middle-aged Taoist priest inquiringly.

  Wei Jun's father, Wei Zhonghua, and mother, Wang Xinlan, exchanged a glance, sighed, weren't they also desperately seeking medical attention?

  Wei Jun's parents had been told about Xiao Yu's exceptional medical skills, but they didn't believe it. After all, their son had just graduated from school and hadn't exactly excelled in his studies. And besides, he was a practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine - weren't the great masters of TCM usually people who had practiced for decades?

  At this time, Wei Jun's parents saw Xiao Ye carrying medicine and knew that he also knew about Wei Jun's situation. There was nothing to hide anymore, so they told Xiao Ye everything.

  Wei Jun had been suffering from this strange illness and had seen many doctors, but to no avail. It just so happened that his mother, Wang Xinlan, had heard from several friends that the Taoist priests at the Golden Flower Temple were particularly effective in catching ghosts and driving out evil spirits. As Wei Jun's condition worsened, his mother became desperate and brought him to the temple, where she explained her son's situation to the head priest. The priest said that Wei Jun was possessed by an evil spirit and that a ritual must be performed to drive it out.

  "I'm telling you this is superstition, do you understand? There are no ghosts or monsters in the world! But you just won't listen!" Wei Jun said angrily to his mother.

  At this time, Xiao Yu heard that the Taoist was here to open an altar to catch ghosts and drive out evil spirits. He suddenly looked surprised, turned his head to look at the Taoist, and the Taoist felt Xiao Yu's gaze, also turning his head to look over, nodding slightly and making a deep bow with a profound expression.

  Xiao Yu had never seen a Taoist perform an exorcism before, and when he heard that this Taoist could drive out ghosts and evil spirits, he thought he had met someone who shared his interests. So he wanted to take a look and said to Wei Jun: "Jun, don't say that, the ancient legends of ghosts and monsters have been around for thousands of years, there must be some truth to them. At the very least, it can let Uncle and Aunt feel at ease, right?"

  When Wei Jun heard Xiao Yu's words, he sat down on one side and sulked, but didn't say anything. Wei Jun's mother quickly took over Xiao Yu's words: "Right... right... Mom promises this is the last time, and I won't invite a Taoist priest to catch ghosts again!"

  Wei Jun's parents only have him as their only child, so they are very concerned about his situation. As long as they hear of any method that can cure their son's illness, they will try it out. This is also why Xiao Ye saw so many medical prescriptions and test results at Wei Jun's place.

  But the doctor looked at it all, took a lot of medicine and didn't see any improvement, so he stared at these supernatural rumors. Yesterday, I told my son, but my son disagreed. At this time, seeing that his son's work was also done, he turned around and said to the Taoist priest with caution: "Taoist Master Tianming, you see...my son has also come back, when shall we start?"

  "Mr. Wei, don't worry, drive out the evil spirits during the day and catch ghosts at night. I just took a look at your son, this is a case of ghostly possession, so we must catch the ghost at night..."

  For these wealthy people, the Taoist priests are easy to deceive, as long as you speak fiercely and pretend to be mysterious, charge a higher fee, they will believe without a doubt. If you charge less, it may even arouse their suspicion.

  "Yes, yes, catching ghosts should be at night..." Wei Jun's father knew the Taoist's mind and only heard that the Taoist had some reason to say, so he repeatedly echoed.

  After finishing, he took out two stacks of money from his bag and handed them to the Taoist priest Tianming. The Taoist priest Tianming didn't even look at the money, bowed his head and said: "Mr. Wei, what are you doing? A monk doesn't accept money or goods, take it back!"

  The Taoist had just finished speaking when the sound of a doorbell came from the entrance: "It should be my apprentice, I'll go and let him buy some supplies for the ritual, he should be back by now!"

  Wei's mother heard Tianming Daochang's words and hurried to open the door. At the door stood a young Taoist priest in his early twenties, who saluted Wei's mother with a bow.

  "Is that Di Xuan?" The little Taoist hadn't spoken yet, when Tian Ming Daozhang's voice rang out from the living room. The little Taoist hastily replied, "It's me, Master!"

  "Di Xuan, did you buy everything I told you to?" Tian Ming Daozhang asked again.

  "It's all paid for, Master. The total is 35,000 yuan. Here's the receipt!" The little Taoist walked into the living room and handed a piece of paper to Tianming Daochang.

  Tian Mingdao nodded slightly, without speaking, and didn't take the list handed over by the little Taoist priest. Instead, he turned his head to face Wei Jun's father and said: "Mr. Wei, everything is ready, just wait for tonight to start the ritual and it will be done!"

  At this time, Wei's father felt embarrassed and didn't expect that the other party had spent over 30,000 yuan just on ingredients, while he only took out 20,000 yuan. Mr. Wei quickly took out another 30,000 yuan from his bag and put it on the table.

  The Taoist priest looked at the money on the table with a slanted gaze and said, "Mr. Wei, what are you doing? Catching ghosts and driving out evil spirits is our duty, how can we accept wealth? This goes against the principles of my Taoist sect, Mr. Wei, please take it back!"

  Wei's father, with his bare hands, had built the family business into what it was today. He naturally had a mind as sharp as a knife. Just now, he was only momentarily confused because of his son's affairs. He quickly came to his senses and realized that the other party was dissatisfied with the amount of money. So, he took out another 30,000 yuan and placed it on the table, saying to Tianming Daoist: "Daoist Master, don't decline this. This is just my donation to the Daoist temple as incense money, a small token of filial piety towards our ancestral masters!"

  Tian Ming Dao sank into deep thought for a moment, then saw that it was estimated that he could no longer get money out of this foolish rich man's hands. He bowed his head and said: "Since Mr. Wei has donated to the Taoist temple with such kindness, I will thank Mr. Wei on behalf of our ancestors!" After finishing speaking, he turned to the little Taoist priest and said: "Di Xuan, since this is Mr. Wei's intention, you can take it first and hand it over to the Taoist temple later to do good deeds!"

  "Yes, Master." The little Taoist respectfully bowed and stepped forward to put the money on the table into a small hemp bag he carried on his back.

  Wei's father was worth tens of billions, so he naturally didn't take these few hundred thousand yuan seriously. Wei Jun muttered a few sentences and then stopped talking.

  Xiao Yu had a slight doubt in his heart about these two people, what kind of thing would cost more than 30,000 yuan? Moreover, he had just taken a look around the house and hadn't found any ominous or ghostly energy, but now it was daytime after all, so he didn't dare to be certain that there wasn't any! What if ghosts came out at night?!

  Moreover, he knew that the Wei family was wealthy and didn't care about this small amount of money. He also wanted to see how they would catch ghosts and drive out evil spirits, so he remained silent.

  After Tianming Dao instructed the little Taoist priest to pick up the money, he sat cross-legged on the sofa with his eyes closed and didn't speak, looking mysterious and profound.

  Xiao Yu saw that the Taoist priest was no longer speaking and went into the kitchen to fetch some medicinal herbs, which he then placed in a sand pot.

  Xiao Yu was just about to go out and get the medical box, when Wei Jun and his mother walked in. Xiao Yu said: "Jun, can you help me get the medical box?" After that, Xiao Yu continued to rummage through the medicine.

  "Ah, okay!" Wei Jun responded and walked out, soon bringing back Xiao Yu's medical box. Xiao Yu took the box and retrieved a jade box from its hidden compartment.

  Wei Jun and his mother were taken aback when they saw the jade box in Xiao Yu's hand. The value of this large piece of jade carved into a box was not low, even if the jade itself was ordinary. Wei Jun had been dealing with antiques and jade all day, so he naturally had good eyesight for these things. His mother, since his father's company had become successful, rarely worried about business matters anymore and spent her days shopping and buying things with a group of other women, so she still had an eye for jade.

  Xiao Yu slowly opened the jade box, and they wondered what kind of thing would be placed in such a valuable jade box. The value of this jade box might not be worth mentioning to them, but Xiao Yu's family background they knew, although Xiao Yu had money now, using such a jade box to hold things, it was likely that the things inside were also very valuable!

  When Xiao Ye opened the jade box and took out a piece of ginseng to put it in the casserole, Wei Mu saw the ginger slices inside and couldn't help but shake her head in disappointment. She thought it was something valuable, but it turned out to be just ginger slices.

  Only Wei Jun guessed that this might be ginseng, because at Renhe Hall, Yue Lao said that the prescription was missing the main medicine ginseng, and Xiao Ye said he had it, maybe that's it, but when Yue Lao said it, he put in a whole wild mountain ginseng, while Xiao Ye only put in one slice.

  Wei Jun wanted to ask Xiao Yu, but after thinking about it, he didn't ask. Xiao Yu was a doctor and at Renhe Hall, Wei Jun had personally witnessed Xiao Yu's medical skills. Moreover, Xiao Yu could become sworn brothers with an old Chinese medicine practitioner like Yue Lao, so he probably wouldn't make a mistake.

  Xiao Ye adjusted the fire to a small flame and slowly simmered the sand pot.

  After taking the medicine, Xiao Yu and Wei Jun arrived at the living room with others. Tian Ming Daozhang was still meditating in the living room, looking profound and mysterious, while the little Taoist stood behind him with his eyes closed and remained silent.

  Time flies quickly and it's already past six o'clock in the afternoon. The sky has gradually darkened, and Wei Fu looked at Tian Ming Daozhang who was meditating and carefully asked: "Daozhang, I'll have the restaurant downstairs send some dishes up first, shall we fill our stomachs a bit?"

  Tian Mingdao finally opened his eyes and nodded, thinking to himself 'My god, I'm starving! Only now did he remember to let us eat!'

  The little Taoist heard Wei's father's words, and the corner of his mouth twitched involuntarily. He had been waiting for dinner for a long time, standing here for more than an hour without changing his posture, and he was already exhausted.

  It was already after 8 pm after dinner, Tian Mingdao asked the little Taoist to move over a table, and it wasn't until then that the little Taoist took out what he had bought from a package: two candles, a stack of yellow paper, a brush pen, a piece of cinnabar, and a mineral water bottle containing a black **.