Chapter 520: Chapter 512 Let’s See Ghost Together
The guests at Zuixian Building were in awe, claiming that just by coming for a meal, they stumbled upon a sensational incident involving a starving ghost possession, and witnessed a masterful ghost hunting performance that was even more thrilling and unexpected than the traditional operas they usually watched.
After the woman vomited profusely, she appeared even more listless, her face deathly pale and unable to speak completely, her maid held her tightly and anxiously asked, “Miss, are you alright?”
Another servant approached Qin Liuxi and bowed respectfully, urgently asking, “Master, how is my young mistress now?”
Qin Liuxi replied, “She was possessed by a malicious spirit, but she’s fine now. However, her eating binge followed by vomiting has harmed her stomach. I’ll write a prescription, and she just needs to take two doses of the medicine after boiling it when she gets back. Also, since you were hit by a yin object, try to stay in the sun to dispel the yin energy, wearing this peace charm for a few days should suffice.”
She handed over a peace charm.
The servant quickly received it.
The shopkeeper was also quick-witted, handing over paper and pen to Qin Liuxi, who swiftly wrote a prescription.
The woman was helped up by her maid, covered with a cloak, and came forward to bow, asking, “May I know which temple does the master serve in?”
“Qingping Temple,” Xiong Er loudly stated. “This is the Junior Temple Master of Qingping Temple, Daoist name Buqiu.”
Many people pointed and exclaimed in wonder.
“The incense at Qingping Temple is indeed thriving these days; it seems I should also go there to offer incense and ask for a peace charm.”
“Let’s go together, it makes my skin crawl just thinking about it.”
“I wonder if this Junior Temple Master still has any talismans on her, she seems to know medical skills as well.”
Qin Liuxi, listening to all this, looked towards Xiong Er with a complex expression, thanks to you, I’ve suddenly become famous.
The woman bowed to Qin Liuxi again, “I will certainly visit your temple to express my gratitude.”
Qin Liuxi waved her hand, “Go home, remember to stay in the sun more.”
The woman smiled, escorted away by her servant and maid.
“Everyone, disperse now, keep eating and drinking,” Qin Liuxi dispersed the crowd.
“Um, Junior Temple Master, is it still safe to eat this? We aren’t going to get possessed and binge eat like that, are we?” someone boldly asked.
“Exactly, has that thing really left?”
The area felt eerily permeated with yin energy, as if something was amiss.
Qin Liuxi blatantly lied while maintaining eye contact, “It’s gone. If you’re still feeling uneasy, go to Qingping Temple tomorrow to burn incense and ask for a peace charm for peace of mind.”
“Alright.”
Qin Liuxi casually glanced at the hanging ghosts and transmitted a message to them, “Wait outside.”
The hanging ghosts promptly tensed up and floated outside the building.
Qin Liuxi formed a mantra with her hands, drawing up and dispersing the remaining yin energy, then instructed the shopkeeper to prepare a few dishes for their private room and to buy some incense candles as well.
The shopkeeper hurriedly went to take care of it.
Finally, Qin Liuxi and her entourage, including Xiong Er, returned to their private room.
Xiong Er excitedly asked: “What was the ghost like?”
“You want to see?”
Xiong Er was eager to try.
Jing Xiaosi immediately covered his mouth: “No, he doesn’t want to!” And then pinched his arm hard: “Don’t court death.”
Qin Liuxi watched the two with a smile that wasn’t quite a smile.
After the Shopkeeper delivered the items Qin Liuxi had asked for, Qin Liuxi summoned two ghosts, gave them a stern talking-to, and then offered a table of food in ritual, lighting a few incense candles as well. The ghosts were so delighted that they knelt and bowed repeatedly, and this spectacle left a few upright noble young masters utterly stunned.
Mr. Feng harbored ill intentions and said, “It’s better to enjoy together than alone, let’s see the ghost together.”
Without waiting for Qin Liuxi to speak, he cast a Demon Art, and everyone felt a chill in their eyes. When they looked again, at what was an empty table before, there now stood two pale ghosts, one with a long tongue, the other emaciated, vigorously absorbing the essence of the food while their eerie, green, ghostly eyes still kept watch.
“This is a ghost… ah.” Xiong Er’s eyes rolled back, and he fell to the ground.
Jing Xiaosi turned pale and grabbed Yue Ding’s arm.
It is said that the General carries righteousness with him, impervious to all evil.
Yue Ding: “…”
This journey to cure his paralysis truly opened his eyes; there indeed exist things in the world that he could not see before.
When Xiong Er was awakened by Jing Xiaosi’s pinch to his pressure point, the hanging ghost and others had long disappeared. He still yelled and screamed for a while before looking at Mr. Feng and said gloomily: “Mr. Feng, that wasn’t nice of you, how could you just proceed without warning? I wasn’t prepared at all.”
Mr. Feng, with casual posture, grabbed a wine jug and poured wine into his mouth, saying, “Didn’t you say you wanted to see a ghost? It’s no big deal, probably a minor incident compared to what you might encounter in the future, like a small witch seeing a Great Witch.”
These words were truly related.
Xiong Er felt a chill down his spine and stopped looking at him, turning to Qin Liuxi instead to ask, “You beat up that starving ghost for harming people, so why did you make offerings to him again?”
“Beating him was because he was disobedient, forcing me to capture him personally. As for Old Hanger, the hanging ghost is a familiar ghost to me who has even helped me before, so of course, I gave him face. And that starving ghost didn’t have the karma of harming people, plus had a bit of merit, although it’s a pity that it dispersed due to possession. Starving ghosts are fixated on food, and even if they devour food while possessing a human, it wouldn’t fill their stomach. Only a true offering of food can satisfy them.” Qin Liuxi pointed to the table of food, saying, “It’s just a few small dishes, doesn’t cost much, all thanks to the young General.”
Yue Ding bowed slightly and said, “Junior Temple Master possesses great kindness.”
“It’s only her; had it been any other so-called Righteous Path Heavenly Master, they would have long destroyed these Wandering Ghosts,” Mr. Feng huffed.
Jing Xiaosi and the others didn’t speak, but it was indeed so, ‘Those who are not like us must have ulterior motives,’ regardless of right or wrong, the distinction between black and white is very clear.
The next day.
Qingping Temple was bustling early on with many people coming to burn incense and seek peace charms; however, unlike usual, when asking for talismans, they would ask if the Junior Temple Master was around, if they could have her draw the talismans.
If someone confused asked more about it, what was it that made them so reverential and longing?
Those people would then recount the incident at Zuixian Building where Qin Liuxi resolved the possession by a starving ghost, describing it vividly with exclamations erupting from the crowd.
Among the crowd, a young woman dressed in a dark blue robe snorted softly: “It’s just handling a possession by a starving ghost, and they’re making this much fuss. Small places are like this, lacking in experience.”
“Junior Sister Yao, watch your words.” Beside the woman, a tall man in a similar dark blue robe carrying a bulky cloth bag frowned and said, “All Mystic Sects are one family, existing to exterminate demons and defend the Dao; we shouldn’t judge by size.”
Yao Feifei stuck out her tongue, chiding, “Big Brother, it’s not that I think it’s trivial. Just listen, how they keep revering the Junior Temple Master this way and that. If they had been to our temple and seen what we siblings can do, they’d realize what it means to have a narrow perspective.”
Xuan Qingzi: “Alright, we are here to pursue that Evil Ghost, and now that it has disappeared within the boundaries of Li City, allowing them to assist us in searching is also for the sake of all living things. Let’s go in and burn some incense first, then seek an audience with the temple master.”