C8 Master Xue

The clan uncle's expression was extremely unsightly, while the old man beside him had a face full of regret.

My uncle and I looked at each other for a few seconds before we simultaneously asked, "Where did you go last night?"

We both froze, then blurted out, "You're missing."

I scratched my head. "Uncle, didn't we escape from Master Xue's house last night? After that, you disappeared ? "

Just as he said this, the clan uncle bitterly smiled and said to the old man next to him, "You really guessed correctly." Then he asked me, "What did you see yesterday?"

I knew things weren't going well, so I told him everything that had happened last night, afraid that I would miss anything.

After hearing this, the clan uncle shook his head, he said that he had never been to Stone Tomb Village, or more accurately, there was no Stone Tomb Village in the world.

According to him, last night he was going to take me to Stonemason Village. Their purpose in going there was indeed to find someone to carve the Buddha statue. I fell near the village, and when I got up again, I was gone.

My uncle searched around for a long time, but couldn't find any traces of me. He simply entered the village and told the stonemason what had happened. When the stonemason heard that someone had lost something, he hurriedly accompanied his clan's uncle in searching.

They walked back along the path for a long time until they found no one in sight at dawn. The stonemason said, "Don't let the ghosts enchant you. Go into the graveyard."

Beside the Stone Craftsman Village was a graveyard. In the past, there had been people who had walked on the night road and mysteriously entered this place.

When his uncle heard this, he hurriedly followed the mason into the cemetery. In the end, after looking around, he didn't find anyone. Uncle was both angry and anxious. When he saw a few stone coffins on the ground, he smashed them with a stone. He did not expect to hear me speak.

The two of them had to work hard to get the lid off the coffin before I was released.

After I heard this, I heaved a sigh of relief and said to my clan uncle, "Why is it such a big deal for me? Isn't it because I was played by ghosts? I lay in my coffin in the middle of the night. It's alright now, I've found you guys too. Let's continue carving the Buddha statues. "

The old man beside me looked at me with sympathy. "Young man, it seems like you don't know about the Master Xue."

I was stunned. "There really is a Master Xue?"

The old man said, "Our village does have a Master Xue who is very skilled in carving buddhas. However, although he had the ability, he did not have the character. To him, carving a Buddha statue is equivalent to making money, and he himself does not believe in ghosts or gods. "

"According to the rules of our village, if the Buddha statue is damaged, we must prepare three beasts to kowtow and apologize to the Buddha. Then we have to crush the Buddha statue and not let the Buddha stay behind due to an unfavorable situation. "

"But the Master Xue is different. He was too lazy to do this, and maybe he didn't care at all. "Later on, it was a sin to grow grass and worms around the Buddha as if it were a rubbish dump."

I said, a little puzzled, "That's not right. Why is it different from what I saw?"

The old man waved his hand. "Continue to listen to me." After that, the Master Xue suffered a punishment from the heavens, dying in a miserable way. It was said that they died without a burial ground. The villagers in our village wanted to bury him, but if we don't even know where his corpse is, how can we bury it? "

I smiled and said, "I didn't see the corpse. How did you know he was dead?"

The old man said, "Because there was someone like you who was captivated by him. Come back and tell us, Master Xue will redeem himself after he dies. He will carve stone coffins every night and only when he has finished burying the Buddha statues will he be able to bury himself. "

I looked at my clan uncle and he lightly shook his head, indicating that he hadn't heard this rumor before either.

The old man continued, "The oil lamp that you saw yesterday was not from Master Xue, but yours."

I asked in astonishment, "Mine?"

The old man acknowledged, "It's your life's light. The light was on and you had Yang Qi on you. In the end, Master Xue was just a lonely ghost, he could scare you, but he couldn't really do anything to you. But when you put out your light, he took advantage of it and came in. "

The more I listened, the more scared I became. "What will happen to me?" I asked the old man.

The old man said, "In the past, if someone was pestered by him, they would help him search for a corpse. After searching for a few months, they were still unable to find a body."

I asked, "What happens if I don't find it?"

The old man spread his hands. "He's missing. I wonder where he went."

After he finished speaking, he came closer and whispered in my ear mysteriously, "Someone guessed it right. They said that Master Xue had taken away the unlucky guy's corpse and used it as his substitute to bury him."

I felt a chill in my heart. The clan uncle also muttered from the side, "We came here to drive away ghosts, how did we get into trouble?"

The old man looked at me with sympathy and said, "This guy is really unlucky."

I scratched my head. The more I scratched, the more I worried. In the end, I felt like my brain was about to scratch out.

Suddenly, with a snap, something fell out of my arms.

I picked it up and took a deep breath. I wanted to throw it away, but the old man snatched it away.

It was a statue carved from stone, and it was only the size of a fist. It was sitting cross-legged on a prayer mat. But it has two special features. One of them was that it looked exactly like me, and the other was that the Buddha statue was holding a small coffin in its hand.

The old man read on for a while before nodding his head, "Hmm ?" "Good cooking skills, good cooking skills."

I grinned. "Don't you think it's bad luck?"

The old man laughed and said: "Young lad, this Buddha statue was carved by the Master Xue right? Although he harbored ill intentions towards you, there was nothing to be said about this Buddha statue. I suggest that you just use this Buddha statue to expel the evil spirits and finish what is in front of you. If you are patient and look for a corpse, perhaps you were lucky and helped Master Xue retrieve it. "

I didn't accept the Buddha statue. Instead, I said to the old man, "Old Master, help me carve another Buddha statue. This thing is really unlucky."

The old man nervously shushed me and said, "If the stone becomes a Buddha statue, then it would be a substitute for the Buddha. You don't dare to be disrespectful." Since this Buddha statue is yours, you should take good care of it and switch it around. If you anger the Buddha, then it will definitely be even worse. "

He pushed the Buddha statue into my arms and patted me on the shoulder. "Don't worry, this Buddha statue definitely won't be a problem. The old man has been a stonemason all his life, but he still has that bit of eyesight. "

The old man exchanged a few words with us, then turned around and went back to the village. Only I and my clan uncle were left standing in the middle of waste grave, looking at each other blankly.

I looked at the Buddha statue in my hand and thought: So what if this thing can repel evil? One got away, and there was another.

The clan uncle comforted me and said, "You don't have to worry about that Master Xue. When the time comes, let's burn some paper money for him and let him change his person to find the corpse."

I asked worriedly, "Is it going to work?"

The clan uncle said absent-mindedly, "Let's try it out. Who doesn't love money? It's most likely going to be useful. "

On the way back to the village, I asked my uncle, "How does this Buddha statue exorcise evil spirits?"

The clan uncle said: "The reason why you were entangled by the things in the Golden Toad Temple is because when you were having your Regeneration process, you lost something in the Golden Toad Temple."

My heart trembled: I lost something in Golden Toad Temple? No, that's not right, I left the Regeneration in the temple, but when I went down the mountain, didn't the Regeneration come to the grave of foster-grandpa? Besides, I didn't lose anything else.

My uncle said to me, "It doesn't matter if you don't remember. As long as you go again, you will definitely find it. "When you get that back, you'll be fine."

I was scared and said to my clan uncle, "Do we still have to go? Last time, I almost died so I escaped back. If I go back now, wouldn't I be courting death? "

The uncle pointed at the Buddha statue in my hand. "That's why we need the statue of Buddha carved out of stone by Mt. Tai. This thing can suppress ghosts and repel evil spirits. If you take it with you, it should not be a problem. "

I doubtfully asked the clan uncle, "Are you sure there won't be a problem? "Don't be like this time. If you fail to accomplish anything, you will end up in trouble."

The clan uncle said, "Don't worry. Twenty years ago, I also brought a Buddha statue back to the Golden Toad Temple and found the thing I lost.

I curiously asked, "What did you lose?"

The clan uncle mysteriously said, "I just said something."

I said in confusion, "You can even throw words away?" You can even get it back? "

The uncle sighed, "We did find it, but we couldn't get it back. Luckily I hid it."

The clan uncle's words were a bit baffling. However, I didn't think too much about it. I can't even save myself and I don't have the mood to gossip about others.

When the two of us returned to the village, it was already close to noon. My uncle followed me home.

Upon entering the house, he saw the Village Chief flying into a rage, saying that tomorrow would be the funeral, I have yet to prepare for it, do you want my foster-grandpa to leave in a hurry?

Uncle and I talked and lied and finally coaxed the Village Chief away.

My uncle found something to eat at my house, and as he ate he told me that tomorrow was the day of the funeral, and that we could not delay it any longer. Not being buried for a long time is not good for my foster-grandpa, it might affect his next life. And once foster-grandpa is buried, he won't be able to protect me anymore.

I asked my clan uncle, "Then what should we do?"

The clan uncle sucked a bowl of noodles and said to me, "Tonight then. You can go up to the cemetery mountain again." Then he counted on his fingers and smiled at me and said, "You transshipped. It's August seventeenth today."

Puzzled, I asked, "So what?"

The uncle said, "I heard from someone that it was Jin Chan's birthday on the 17th of August. The things inside the temple will sleep and rest on this day. With the Buddha statue in your hand, as long as you do not make too much noise, it will open its eyes and close them. "

During the entire day, my clan's uncle was always cheering me on. He said that it was a good time for everything, and now that everything has been gathered together, this time, I will definitely be able to turn the situation around.

I was going to rest for a while, but the thought of going up to the cemetery at night kept me awake.

The sun was setting, and soon it would be dark. The clan uncle pointed at the spirit bed and told me, "Go and kowtow to your foster-grandpa. After you kowtow, leave."

I promised him and knelt down to kowtow.

At this moment, a burst of rapid thumping sounds came from the gate, scaring me out of my wits.