Chapter 45: The Tongtian Sect

  I have to admire the driving skills of the Jin Gang Cannon, after opening 180 for a short while, I felt that the road surface had become severely narrow, in order to be safe, I slowed down the speed, halfway through, I went to the service area and spent 30 yuan to drink a bowl of noodles, it was heart-wrenching.

  At 3 am, I finally got off the highway. Jingang cannon had a navigator that I didn't know how to use. When we arrived at Yang Jun's high-end villa area, the sky was already slightly bright. I didn't dare to linger and directly called out Yuan Kui, pointing to Yang Jun's floor and giving him some instructions. Yuan Kui nodded and left swiftly.

  I lit a cigarette and waited for a moment, finally the sound of "wow" rang out, the lights came on. I smiled slyly and threw away the cigarette butt, starting the car to leave, first making trouble for him before saying anything.

  "Drip, drip, drip~~~" I grabbed the phone on the bedside table in one go, who else could it be if not Yang Jun.

  "Where are you now?" An anxious voice came from the other end of the phone. Everyone has a weakness, and Yang Jun's son is his weakness.

  "Oh, Director Yang, I'm on vacation at my hometown." I had to hold back for a moment.

  "Xiao Yu seems a bit off, what's going on? Can you come back and lie down for a bit?" Yang asked anxiously.

  "Ah, where's your hometown now? How's your son? Is he sick and needs to go to the hospital?" I asked while lighting a cigarette. Hehe, what else could it be, being haunted by ghosts or something."

  "This kid, his father couldn't even call out clearly before, but this morning he suddenly started crying and making a fuss. Not only can he talk now, but he's also speaking in ancient language! And to top it off, he's calling me... calling me... calling me an old thief!" Yang Jun stammered.

  "Oh, this doesn't feel right. Let me put it off for a month, I still have some things to take care of at home and can't get away." I concealed my triumphant feelings and tried to downplay it.

  "Less than that, you must help me out, great kindness doesn't need to be thanked." Yang Jun had asked me for favors several times before and each time he would try to bribe me with money. In his eyes, I belonged to the category of people who were relatively easy to buy off, so he thought he could use the same trick again.

  "Isn't Niu Jingang a security captain in your company? Let him take a look first." I sneered.

  "I don't know why, Little Cow isn't answering his phone. Besides, even if he came over, it's not like it would be useful anyway. You have flights there, right? I checked and there's still one this afternoon, hurry up and pack your bags to come back." Yang Jun almost pleaded.

  "Alright, Director Yang, don't worry, I'll hurry up. That's all for now, let me pick it up." I said as I hung up the phone and lay back in bed to watch TV with the remote control.

  Around five o'clock in the afternoon, Yang Jun's phone came again "Xiao Yu ah, where are you ah, have you arrived ah?"

  "Sorry, Director Yang, I missed the flight. I just called Jin Gang and he's also back in his hometown. I went to find him and coincidentally caught up with him as he was fighting with the village secretary. I helped him settle things and now I'm driving his car back. The highest level of lying is half true and half false, so even if Jin Gang and Yang Jun meet again in the future, it won't be easy to reveal the truth."

  "Be careful on the road and hurry up, this kid is getting more and more out of it." Yang Jun was already in a state of panic, and hearing that made me feel quite relieved.

  "What else?" I was very curious about what this thousand-year-old ghost could do.

  "Sitting and scolding from morning till now without stopping"

  "What's everyone scolding about?" I curiously asked.

  "He scolded me, his mother went to hug him, and he actually said something about men and women not being close... Little Yu, hurry up, just now his grandma came up with the idea that the monks at Wuchan Temple here can drive out evil spirits, I'll take the child there first." On Yang Jun's side, it was estimated that the car was starting, and the sound of car horns on the road came from the receiver, along with faint sounds of "old thief, cheap servant girl".

  "What? Manager Yang, I didn't mean to let those monks do anything before I got there. Let's talk about it when I arrive, I've already walked a long way." I said and hung up the phone.

  This is going to be big trouble. Although nowadays many monks and Taoist priests are deceiving people, what if there's one or two in the Wu Ran Temple who aren't deceiving and have some real abilities? Then Yuan Kui will be in trouble.

  After waiting for two hours, I finally couldn't wait any longer and called Yang Jun's phone: "Director Yang, where are you guys now?"

  "In Wuzhensi Temple, the masters are reciting sutras, it seems to be having some effect!" Yang Jun said in a low voice on the other end of the phone.

  "I'm getting off the highway right away, you guys must not make any rash moves, I'll be there soon." After asking for the location of Wú Rǎn Temple, I hastily hung up the phone and drove towards Wú Rǎn Temple at full speed.

  Twenty minutes later, I finally arrived at this Wu Ran Temple. The temple is not big, but it's majestic and solemn. As soon as I stepped inside, the whole temple was bathed in a golden Buddha light, which is the nemesis of evil spirits. I thought to myself that I should quickly rush into the temple gate, and before I even entered, I could already hear the chanting voices of the monks inside the grand hall.

  "Ah, Xiao Yu, you've finally arrived!" Yang Jun, who had been waiting outside the grand hall, rushed up to me and grabbed my hand as if he had seen a lifesaver, unaware that I was actually the mastermind behind the whole thing.

  "What's going on?" I panted.

  "The abbot has gathered all the monks and is reciting scriptures to drive out evil spirits." Seeing my arrival, Yang Jun felt a bit more at ease.

  "I'll go take a look!" As soon as I finished speaking, I stepped into the grand hall without waiting for Yang Jun to respond. Several candles as thick as an arm illuminated the entire hall, making it bright and clear. The majestic figure of Jiduomoxituo sat solemnly on the throne, while more than a dozen monks of all ages sat cross-legged on cushions below, loudly chanting scriptures. Since I didn't have much affection for Buddhism, I didn't pay attention to what they were reciting. Meanwhile, Yang Jun's wife was sitting on a cushion under the Buddha statue, holding her son and looking sorrowful. Seeing this, my heart softened, but then I thought about how Yang had despicably used the golden cannon, which must have shortened his lifespan by at least several years. My heart immediately hardened again.

  Taking a few steps closer, he looked into her arms and exclaimed, "Damn it!" All he saw was Yang Guang's pale face, sweating profusely, with his eyes rolled back, gasping for air. Upon closer inspection of his head, a dark soul energy was tightly wrapped around his true self-soul. It seemed that although Yuan Kei was being expelled by the Buddhist law at this moment, he still clung to Yang Guang's soul, refusing to let go easily.

  Originally, the Buddha's law can dissolve the soul's energy, but that is limited to the vengeful spirit's energy. Yuan Kui's soul clearly does not belong to a vengeful spirit; he was acting on my behalf. These monks only know the superficialities and do not understand the underlying principles. They rashly recite powerful Buddhist scriptures, trying to use the supreme righteous energy to dispel evil spirits and demons. They are unaware that this child's three souls were originally weak and cannot withstand such turmoil. If I had arrived a step later, it would have been extremely perilous. I hastily sent over spiritual energy to stabilize his life force.

  "Stop it, stop chanting! If you continue, someone will die!" I bellowed, interrupting the chanting.

  "Yang Shi Zhu, who is this young master?" An old monk stood up and asked Yang Zong, looking at his kasaya color which was different from the others, should be a resident. I guess Yang Jun usually didn't give less incense money to this temple, and the monks all recognized him, otherwise these guys wouldn't have been so enthusiastic. The Buddha said that all people are equal, but I don't know if you would still care about ordinary people's children, thinking of this, I couldn't help but snort.

  "This is Little... Dao Chang" Monk Yang Jun introduced me.

  "This donor has a murderous aura around his eyebrows and eyes, not like a Taoist cultivator. May I ask which sect he belongs to and who his master is?" It seems that this old monk had doubts in his heart because of my young age.

  "The Great Emperor of the Supreme Tao, the Three Saints and True Men under his seat are my masters! Although I practice Taoist methods, I have not yet left home." I stood proudly with my head held high, answering haughtily.

  "The Sanqing School of Tongtian has no more disciples, and the donor is laughing!" The abbot's knowledge was also quite extensive.

  "Uncultured and ignorant, who says I'm not? Look at my technique of controlling the air." I stretched out my hand from a distance of three zhang, and extinguished a giant torch far away!

  "You're too arrogant, what do you want to do? If the beam is not straight, the house will be crooked..." A dozen or so monks saw my move and stood up with a huff, glaring at me angrily.

  The abbot blocked the crowd of monks: "I slightly understand the art of physiognomy, donor, your eyebrows are rushing upwards, the killing energy is heavy, and there are many disasters in your life. However, since you have a deep spiritual root, if you can enter my Buddhist gate..."

  "Enough, I have parents to support, no children to carry on the family line, not a drop of water to offer to relatives and friends, nor any achievements to benefit the country. How dare I become that disloyal, unfilial, unkind and unjust good-for-nothing?" I scolded with a tone of annoyance.

  "Director Yang, you can either believe me or them, whichever you like," I said as I walked out.

  As expected, Yang Jun still believed me a bit more, after all, my Taoist skills are visible and tangible, while Buddhist Dharma doesn't have any obvious signs to look for.

  "Abbot, thank you, I'll take the child to the hospital first," Yang Jun said as he went over to pull his wife.

  "Yang Shi-zhu, don't believe him, not a single good thing comes from those who cut off their teachings." said a middle-aged monk wearing gray robes, the previous sentence about the beam being crooked also came from this bald donkey's mouth.

  When I heard the grey-robed monk insulting my ancestors and sect, my eyebrows furrowed in anger, but then I remembered Fengfeng Daoist's words to yield three points of courtesy to Buddhism, so I hummed a low tone and didn't turn back.

  "Junior brother, don't speak ill of others. Amitabha Buddha, Yang Shizhu, take care." The abbot stopped him and sent off Yang Jun with joined fingers.

  I walked out of the temple and directly took the child from Yang Jun's hands, letting him and his wife wait in place. Holding the child, I went to a dark place, pinched the magic formula, and summoned Yuan Kui's soul. Silently sending true yuan to supplement this little thing that had been damaged by the substitute father's soul.

  "Alright, alright, feed the baby." Yang Jun's wife, whose surname was Li, actually breastfed her child in front of me.

  I hastily turned around, a woman who has become a mother is worthy of respect, don't be rude!

  "It's nothing, thank you so much, it's just that your magic is impressive. Don't mind what happened earlier, I had no choice but to come here." Yang Jun obviously sensed the tension in the atmosphere and was making excuses for himself.

  "Never mind, it's fine. You guys go back early, I'll leave first." I'm in a bad mood, so I turned around and left.

  "Wait a minute..." Yang Jun opened the trunk of his new car and pulled out a leather suitcase. "I've been preparing this for a long time, don't think it's too little, consider it my gift to you as your elder brother on your wedding day."

  I took a look at the suitcase in Yang Jun's hand, originally just thinking of teasing him a bit, didn't think about asking for his money again. After all, it wouldn't be right to tease someone's son and then take their money too. However, the current situation between me and Jin Gang Pao isn't good either. Only after returning this time did I realize that prices have become so expensive. Building a house with 100,000 yuan can only build an empty shell, eating a decent meal costs 25 yuan, my monthly salary is not even enough for two meals of 25 yuan each. Let's just consider it as taking it for Jin Gang Pao, I thought to myself and said thanks, took the suitcase from Yang Jun's hand and turned around to leave.

  All the way, looking at the suitcase in the car was like looking at a bomb, and my heart couldn't be at peace. I always felt that I had done something wrong, and this feeling lingered in my mind for a long time afterwards. It wasn't until later that I realized that using my Taoist magic on an innocent person, although it didn't lead to great evil, still cost me half a year of my life!