My master is the coffin

Chapter 17 Formation
The abbot said with a bitter face: "The hole in the main hall is not filled. Even if you let me open the temple gate, I can't receive guests. Master Zhang, let me tell you, our temple can't always be like this. It will be closed today and tomorrow. Yes, it’s been a long time, and regular customers don’t come anymore.”

I looked at the abbot: "Why do you sound like an old bustard in the way you speak?"

Zhang Yuan ignored the abbot's complaints and asked me, "How's the inquiry going?"

I told Zhang Yuan everything I had inquired about at school.

Zhang Yuan nodded: "This situation looks like the upper body of the water ghost. Now that the reason is figured out, it will be much easier to handle."

I asked Zhang Yuan: "Easy? What should we do?"

Zhang Yuan looked at the courtyard of the Dasheng Temple: "Xu You, our sect doesn't talk about apprenticeship ceremonies. Since you agreed to be my apprentice, you will be a member of our sect from now on."

Well done, when Zhang Yuan mentioned this, I couldn't help but feel a little uneasy, and a word came out of my mouth: "Is it equivalent to signing the deed of sale?"

Zhang Yuan gave me a strange look, then laughed loudly, shaking his head again and again: "Is it so painful to be my apprentice?"

I quickly laughed and said, "It's just a joke."

Zhang Yuan asked me: "Today, as a teacher, I will teach you a yin-yang formation for catching ghosts."

I was overjoyed and quickly nodded in agreement.

I have watched the ghost-catching spell on TV, holding a mahogany sword, picking up a yellow Taoist talisman, and then lighting it with a bang.This thing is so handsome.

However, the yin-yang array Zhang Yuan taught me is not like that at all.

He walked slowly to the corner and reached out to pick a red brick.

The abbot has been sitting on the chair, watching the excitement between the two of us bored. At this moment, he saw me, Zhang Yuan, picking up red bricks, and suddenly became unhappy: "Old Taoist, what do you want to do? Destroy my Dasheng Temple? Dig the hole first, and then demolish it." Wall? Your old man used to be a demolition team, right?"

Zhang Yuan didn't even look at him, then lowered his head and carefully drew a few lines in the yard.Then he straightened up and said to me: "Xu You, use a shovel to dig out a few shallow trenches along these lines."

"Huh?", now I was dumbfounded: "Digging a trench?"

The abbot jumped up from his chair: "What do you want to do? To cause damage? Let me tell you, this Great Sacred Temple is my cousin..."

Zhang Yuan kicked the abbot away without saying a word.

To make an example to others, I did not dare to neglect, so I found a shovel and started working.

I thought I could learn magical Taoism, but unexpectedly, I became a migrant worker.I was sweating like rain, and I was so tired that I was panting.

Zhang Yuan looked at me from the steps with his arms folded, while the abbot was beside me sneering.This kid didn't dare to provoke Zhang Yuan, so he found another way and incited me to give up digging ditches.This is simply wishful thinking, Zhang Yuan has a weird temper, even if I borrow our courage, how dare I?
Until noon, the yard had been dug with nine bends and eighteen bends.At this time, I suddenly understood that the ditch was winding, starting from the gate and leading to the earth pit inside the hall.

At this time, Zhang Yuan told the skinny Taoist priest who had been sitting in meditation: "Little Taoist priest, there are two buckets here, go and fetch two buckets of water from the river."

The skinny Taoist hesitated a bit: "Master, the river outside is stinking, so you can't drink it."

Zhang Yuan stared: "Go if you are told."

The skinny Taoist was obviously afraid that Zhang Yuan would get angry, so he left in a hurry.

After the skinny Taoist priest left, Zhang Yuan told me again: "Go to the river and gather some locust tree branches and come back."

Having said that, I am a little ashamed.After all, I stayed in school all day, and my resolution of plants is not very high, so I looked at the abbot with a wry smile: "Abbot, how about you help me?"

The abbot looked at me, Zhang Yuan.The latter raised his chin.The abbot didn't even dare to fart, and followed me out in desperation.

Outside the temple, Fangzheng didn't hesitate to speak, whispering and swearing, and kept scolding me, Zhang Yuan, to the bottom of the sky.The Buddhist precept of "not lying" made him completely defeated.

Half an hour later, the two of us came back with a large bundle of locust tree branches each.At this time, I saw the skinny Taoist priest pouring water into the shallow ditch, sweating profusely.

Zhang Yuan was very damaged. The ditch was dug on the ground, and the soil underneath was soft, and the water seeped in very quickly. However, Zhang Yuan asked the skinny Taoist priest to keep carrying water to keep the water in the pit full.

Zhang Yuan took the branches from us and began to insert them in rows on both sides of the shallow ditches. , so, it can be regarded as an extremely dark passage.”

I stood aside and watched him inserting the branches quietly. When all this was done, I suddenly found that these shallow ditches were crooked, and the branches of the locust tree beside the ditches were crooked.Although ugly, it vaguely resembles the river outside.

After all this was done, it was getting dark gradually. Zhang Yuan told me: "After dark for a while, as long as the little Taoist priests step into this courtyard, they will definitely not be able to resist the temptation to walk in this shallow ditch, because they The water ghost on his body died in the water, and he will definitely want to get close to the water involuntarily. If he walks halfway and wakes up, all our previous efforts will be wasted. Therefore, I want you to take an incense and walk beside him. ahead, lure him into the house."

I was a little bit reluctant, and said, "Isn't the little Taoist being possessed by a ghost? I won't be in any danger if I do this."

Zhang Yuan waved his hand: "With me here, what are you afraid of?"

I quickly asked: "That's right, Master, I held up incense to lure the little Taoist priest, where is your old man?"

Zhang Yuan pointed to the main hall: "I'll sit inside and restrain him when he lies down in the pit."

I wanted to say a few more words, but Zhang Yuan waved his hand: "That's it."

I had no choice but to keep my mouth shut, sitting on the futon with the abbot, bored, waiting for the dark.

The skinny Taoist is very hardworking, carrying buckets of water all the time, sweating like rain, hardworking, his reason is very simple, this is a test, and if you pass it, you can become a teacher.

I couldn't help but walked up to Zhang Yuan, and said, "The soul of the water ghost will only come out at night, why are you torturing the skinny Taoist priest so much? Let him rest for a while, and say no to it at night?"

Zhang Yuan shook his head: "Let him be exhausted first, let the water ghost think that the little Taoist's yang energy is weak, and then get carried away. At that time, if we are caught off guard, we will be able to catch him all in one go."

The two of us just said this, the temple door opened, and the skinny Taoist came again.

This time there was something strange, the moment the skinny Taoist priest walked into the yard, his expression suddenly became strange, his eyes were fixed, and he walked towards the shallow ditch.

I didn't dare to be negligent, and walked in front of the skinny Taoist priest holding the incense.

According to Zhang Yuan's instructions, I can't turn my head, or I will be discovered by the water ghost on his body.So, I had to move forward slowly.

My feet are in the shallow ditch.It was wet and muddy from being watered and my feet were uncomfortable.More uncomfortable, however, was my back.

I could hear two breaths behind me, one fast and one slow, one loud and the other faint.

Accompanied by the sound of breathing, there were bursts of cold air blowing on my body.I just felt chills starting from my back and spreading to my whole body.

As the cold air spread into my mind, I vaguely felt that the scene in front of me began to change.

The place where I stand is no longer a shallow ditch, but a broad avenue with tall trees planted beside the road.It was noon at this time, the sun was shining on me hotly, but the shade of the trees happened to cover me.

I shook my head, startled by the hallucination in front of me.Try to wake yourself up.

I recovered from the hallucination and saw that the road under my feet was no longer a flat road, but a muddy shallow ditch again.

I was secretly surprised: "It seems that my body has not fully recovered. People with weak bodies are prone to ghosts. I should rest for a few more days."

Thinking this way in my heart, I have already seen the room from a distance.I gritted my teeth, held the incense and walked slowly.

Ten steps, five steps, three steps...

I felt my eyes dim, and I had already reached the door.

A very dim oil lamp was lit in the room, and the small flame cast a huge shadow, which flickered and danced in the room.From this point of view, the hut looked like a magic cave, I was a little hesitant, and my steps couldn't help slowing down.

At this time, I listened to my ears, and there seemed to be no sound.I glanced back with mixed emotions.

This look almost scared me out of my wits.The skinny Taoist priest stood behind me, with a pale face, eyes slightly closed, poking his head, sniffing hard at me.

I was startled, my body couldn't help but tremble, my hands loosened, and the incense in my hand immediately fell to the ground.

Suddenly, a hand stretched out from the room, grabbed the incense, and then slowly retracted into the room.

When I didn't know what to do, a gust of wind suddenly blew in the room. Before I could react, someone grabbed my arm and pulled me into the room.

This person is Zhang Yuan.

With my back against the wall, I watched the skinny Taoist slowly walk in, and then, like sleepwalking, slowly lay down to the bottom of the pit.

I was about to speak when Zhang Yuan suddenly covered my mouth with his hand.

I suddenly felt an unpleasant smell rushing in through my nose, and my uncomfortable tears flowed down immediately.

Zhang Yuan noticed my strangeness, and quickly removed his hand from my mouth.

Then, I saw him take out something from his pocket, took out a handful of something, and threw it into the pit with his hands.

The skinny Taoist priest suddenly twitched violently as if he had been greatly injured, and let out a series of howls.

The cry was long and miserable, definitely not something a human could make.

The skinny Taoist wanted to escape and escaped from the coffin.But Zhang Yuan refused to stop with both hands, and threw the things in his arms rustling like rain.

(End of this chapter)