Chapter 101: The Taoist Captures a Ghost

  Looking at these things, Xiao Yu's mouth was twitching, thinking to himself, is this really the 35,000 yuan worth of Daoist tools? Now Xiao Yu felt a bit disappointed with the two Daoists.

  The Wei family saw these things and couldn't help but twitch the corners of their mouths, comforting themselves that these were all for cooking, definitely different from ordinary things, and it was only natural that they were expensive.

  The Taoist took out a compass from his bag and compared it for half a day, then pointed to a corner of the living room and asked the little Taoist to move the table there. Then he lit candles on the table, mixed cinnabar with water, dipped a brush in it, bowed his head and wrote and drew on yellow paper.

  Xiao Ye looked at the Taoist who was writing and drawing, and couldn't help but pause. Was he painting a talisman? How come there wasn't even a slight fluctuation of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth? The way of the Taoists' talismans relied on secret methods to stir up the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and store it within the talisman, so why didn't this have any reaction at all?

  The sky was bright, and the Taoist drew talismans extremely quickly, one after another without any pause. Soon he had drawn over a dozen of them. After finishing, he let out a long sigh and said, "These few talismans are too damaging to my heavenly harmony! When I return, I will need to meditate for a year to recover! Infinite Heavenly Lord!"

  This is a means for Tian Mingdao to make a living. He also knows that the things bought with 35,000 yuan are easy to arouse the suspicion of the employer, so every time he finishes drawing the talisman, he will say a sentence to make the other party feel that the tens of thousands of yuan spent is worthwhile.

  He took out the compass again, made a few comparisons, and pointed to the northeast corner, saying: "There is a gathering of yin evil energy, the ghost should be from there to harm your young master."

  Seeing Tian Ming Dao's shocked and frightened appearance, even Wei Jun, who didn't believe in ghosts and gods, felt a gust of eerie wind swirling around the house.

  As Tian Ming Dao Long's fingers pointed, Xiao Yu also looked over there. It was only then that Xiao Yu confirmed the two were indeed swindlers. There was no evil energy in the corner of the wall; on the contrary, it was the place where the house had the most prosperous yang energy.

  Xiao Yu knew that there was no evil spirit in that place, but Wei Jun and his parents didn't know! And Xiao Yu couldn't tell them, so except for Xiao Yu, Wei Jun and his family quickly hid from that corner.

  As soon as Tianming's words fell, Wei father exclaimed and hastily said: "Tianming Daozhang, this...this is terrible! You must think of a way to save my son!"

  The Wei family's only son, Wei Jun, has been harmed by a ghostly entity, and they fear for his safety.

  "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, Mr. Wei, don't be anxious!" Tian Mingdao said with a wave of his hand and a relaxed expression: "Mr. Wei, there's no need to rush, today I've come, even if the resentment is great, the Tao will prevail in the end... I'll cut him down with my sword, even if it means sacrificing a few years of my life..."

  "Then I'll thank Heaven on behalf of Xiao Er!" Wei Zhonghua said with a grateful face upon hearing Tian Ming's words.

  "But... " Tian Ming hesitated, wanting to speak but stopping himself, his face filled with difficulty.

  "Master Tao, what's wrong? Just tell me, whatever I can do, I'll go and do it right away!" Wei Zhonghua said hastily, his heart skipping a beat as he saw Master Tao's expression.

  "Mr. Wei, you don't know something, look at my appearance and guess how old I should be now?" Tian Mingdao looked at the anxious faces of several members of the Wei family without speaking, but instead asked a completely unrelated question.

  When Tian Ming Dao Chang asked the question, Wei Zhonghua was stunned and thought to himself, "I don't have time to care about your age right now." However, since he needed something from Tian Ming Dao Chang at the moment, he still replied, "I think you're around 50 years old, Dao Chang!"

  "Hehe, actually I'm only thirty years old this year. The reason why I look so old is because I've overdrawn my lifespan, if I continue to do so, I won't have many good years left to live. So now I can only go and overdraw the lifespan of my disciple Di Xuan, but Di Xuan isn't like me, a lone wolf with no family, he's still just a kid, and his family has elderly people to support, so..."

  Tian Mingdao Chang said with a sorrowful expression.

  The Wei family was completely confused by the words of Tianming Daoist, and when they looked at Tianming Daoist and Xiao Daoshi Duan Xuan, they showed a grateful expression. At this time, Wei Jun's mother Wang Xinlan sympathized with her heart and said: "As long as we can catch the ghost, I will compensate Xiaodao for 50,000 yuan after the event, which is considered to be used by Xiaodao's family for retirement!"

  "I'll take him down to the underworld and thank Madame Wei for you! Don't worry, this ghost won't be able to escape!" Tianming Old Dao said with a bow. After finishing, he gave a wink to the little Daoist.

  "Thank you, Madame Wei! I'll bring my elderly mother to thank Madame Wei!" The little Taoist priest, Di Xuan, seeing his master's face, hastily took a step forward and bowed with gratitude.

  "Mr. Wei, Mrs. Wei, please rest assured that once I've finished the ritual, your son will be safe and sound!" Tian Ming said as he walked to the back of the table and stood still. The little Daoist, Xuán Zé, walked behind Tian Ming with a serious expression.

  "Hey......" Tian Ming, the Taoist priest, stood in front of the table and let out a loud whoop before starting to dance. Yes, dance! In Xiao Yu's opinion, Lao Dao was indeed dancing, and he looked even better than students who had been learning dance for less than a year.

  Xiao Daoshi stood behind his master, his eyes fixed on the ground, his nose twitching slightly as he struggled to maintain a poker face, but every now and then, his face would involuntarily contort into a look of extreme distress.

  Wei Zhonghua and Wang Xinlan saw Tian Mingdao's dance, and looking at Xiao Daoshi Di Yuan's entangled face, they thought the ghost had appeared.

  Xiao You thought the Taoist priest didn't seem to be catching ghosts, and he had never seen a Taoist priest dance while catching ghosts. The little Taoist priest looked like he was trying hard not to laugh.

  Actually, the little Taoist had been delighted to see Hua dance all along. Every time he saw Tian Ming dancing, he wanted to laugh. Tian Ming's dance was actually learned in a dance class for three days, but because of his employer, he couldn't laugh out loud. In fact, if Xiao Yu and others had X-ray eyes, they would have discovered that the little Taoist's hands were hidden in his sleeves, pinching his thighs, afraid of laughing out loud.

  "Haha, Daozhang, what kind of dance are you doing? It's too funny!" Wei Jun couldn't help but burst out laughing and said.

  Xiao Yu heard Wei Jun's words and laughed, saying: "Dao Zhang, this is not a Daoist catching ghosts, but jumping gods!"

  "You......" The old Taoist who was dancing, heard Wei Jun's words and almost fell over, looking at Wei Jun with a face full of anger, just about to open his mouth to scold him, but then remembered that this was the employer and had to hold back.

  The old man didn't dare to say Wei Jun, but that doesn't mean he didn't dare to say Xiao Ye. The old man looked at Xiao Ye with a face full of anger and said: "What do you know? This Taoist catching ghosts and jumping big gods are all about communicating with heaven and earth, please Master Ancestor come down to catch ghosts! It's a bit like there's something strange?"

  Upon hearing this explanation, Xiao Yu shook his head in amusement and thought to himself: "It seems these two don't understand what it means to catch ghosts. They're clearly a pair of swindlers." However, since they were invited by the Wei family's parents and the Wei family wasn't lacking in money, he figured it was just a waste of money for some peace of mind. So Xiao Yu didn't expose them, but he did feel somewhat disappointed - he had thought he would meet someone who shared his interests, only to find out they were two swindlers.

  Tian Ming Dao Zhang stood up again, this time he didn't dance anymore, but stood there with his hands clasped together in a Buddhist seal, closed his eyes and muttered to himself.

  "Ah......" Tian Ming, who was standing and reciting incantations, suddenly opened his eyes and shouted loudly, then said: "Di Xuan, the ancestors are about to descend to the mortal world, prepare the things!"

  At this time, the little Taoist took out a small porcelain bottle the size of a teacup from somewhere, poured a pot of water from the thermos, and placed it on the table in front of Tianming Daochang. Tianming Daochang picked up a talisman from the table, put it to his mouth and recited the incantation twice, lit it with the candle, and then threw it into the small bottle filled with hot water.

  "With a 'peng' sound, a burst of flames shot up from the pot, and at this time, only half a meter high flames were seen on the pot filled with hot water, burning fiercely, just like a can of gasoline being ignited."

  Wei Zhonghua and Wang Xinlan were also staring with wide eyes, their faces filled with incredulity.

  Xiao Yu just slightly shook his head and secretly smiled to himself. These things looked magical, but were actually just some deceitful tricks. Xiao Yu remembered that when he was young, their neighbor was an old man over sixty years old who relied on his grandson for survival.

  That day, a blind man carrying a bamboo stick to explore the road came to their village. The blind man claimed that he could calculate fate, look at Feng Shui and catch ghosts. He said his eyes were blinded by heaven as punishment for revealing too many heavenly secrets. Such a blind man was called 'Ming Yan' in Xiao Yu's hometown.

  When the blind man passed by Xiao Yu's neighbor's house, he told the old man that his home had a ghost, which might endanger the child's life. The blind man only pinched his fingers and said the child's birth date, eight characters. The old man naturally treasured his grandson like his life. At this time, seeing 'the one with clear eyes' who hadn't seen his grandson before could say the birth date so accurately, he must be a living god. Since the living god said there was a ghost in the house, then catch the ghost!

  The old man asked "Ming Yan" how much it would cost to catch the ghost because he didn't have much money, Ming Yan said let's first see what kind of ghost it is before talking about money.

  "Ming Yan" also held a small can, filled with water from the faucet and sealed with a plastic bag. He used a bamboo stick to knock around his house, selecting a spot to bury the can. After five minutes, he dug it up and opened the plastic bag covering the mouth of the can. He lit a match and threw it into the can, causing flames to erupt half a meter high.

  At this time, the "clear-eyed" person told the old man that his family's ghost was very fierce and would help him catch the ghost for 100 yuan. To know that in the 1990s, 100 yuan was a huge sum of money for a family that relied on each other for survival, but the old man bit his teeth and decided to take out the money. At this time, Xiao Yu's grandfather came back from going out and exposed the blind man's trick. After removing the blind man's eyes, what kind of blind man was he? Those eyes were even better than those of a normal person.

  At this time, Xiao Yu saw this scene and suddenly remembered the scene when he was a child, and couldn't help but "heh" out a laugh.