Chapter Forty-Six: Borrowing This Leather Pouch

  "Mysterious and obscure, yin and yang are born together. When they are born, they take shape; when they perish, they become energy. The nine underworlds and the various spirits reveal their true forms. The great Tao of the highest order is urgent and strict like a law. Come out, all of you!" At 3:00 AM, I finally returned to the parking lot. Without stopping, I drove my car to find the nearest cemetery. I grasped the magic spell, recited the incantation, and began the soul-searching technique.

  As the mantra was finished, a dark and dense mass of yin souls appeared vaguely. Since they were all modern deceased people, their soul energy was very weak.

  "The Great Way connects with Heaven, the energy controls the yin chain, the soul is locked and sealed, its three gates closed. The Supreme Great Way Master's urgent order!" I was furious and cast out the Soul Locking Spell. This Soul Locking Spell does not belong to any righteous or orthodox technique, its principle is to control the soul itself, making it obey one's will, a Daoist method that belongs to the category of Qi Controlling Earth Seal. When cast, it has a great backlash on the person who casts it. It was this very spell that Ling Feng Dao Ren used on Yuan Kui and others in the ancient tomb.

  "Thirty-five miles due east, blue gas points the way, go!" I pointed at the place where I was beaten before and waved my hand decisively.

  Dark winds suddenly rose, and a dozen or so strands of water attribute yin souls responded to the call and transformed into strong gusts. I desperately scattered my spiritual energy to guide their path, and in an instant, I felt dizzy and lightheaded, my spiritual energy cut off. Gritting my teeth, I even summoned my own primordial yuan qi. Such a great humiliation, if not avenged, what face would I have to continue living in this world? Today, this 'heretic of the demonic sect' will show you its true power!

  Finally, I guided the yin soul to the designated location, and I withdrew my true yuan spiritual energy, dispersing the other four attribute soul energies. With great difficulty, I controlled my heavy-headed and light-footed body as it returned to the car. I found a few cans of Red Bull, chugged them down, lit a cigarette, and took a few strong puffs. Starting the car, I made an effort to open wide my eyes, which had been beaten to the point where I could hardly see anything. I drove the car towards the police station where I was previously humiliated. I guess they wanted to use the crowing of public chickens to drive away the ghost. Who knows from which chicken farm they got these two hormone-injected goods? They couldn't even walk properly, let alone make any sounds.

  "Haha, even the rooster has been caught, I reckon soon we'll have to go get some black dog blood." I turned my head and laughed at Big Belly.

  "The road is long, isn't it time to stop? A great calamity is approaching, yet you still haven't woken up?" The big-bellied man surprisingly clasped his hands together and said this sentence to me.

  Something's off, I quickly pinched my fingers to take a look, only to see that the yin spirit originally attached to the big-bellied policeman had vanished without a trace, replaced by a radiant and dazzling Buddhist aura.

  "Who are you?" I asked in surprise.

  "Originally, there was not a single thing; where did the dust come from? The old monk's spirit wandered to this place and happened to see dark clouds covering the sun. Heaven's punishment is severe, and I couldn't bear to see the little Taoist's jade-like talent being destroyed by heaven's punishment. Therefore, I specially borrowed this skin bag to come and advise you!"

  "Heaven's wrath?" If I said I wasn't afraid of this thing at all, that would be a lie.

  "The little Taoist is skilled in using the secret methods of his sect, reversing the normal order, driving out yin spirits to cause trouble, and invading the territory of the orthodox. Heaven has already taken notice, if you don't stop now, a great calamity is not far off." The big-bellied policeman clasped his hands together, with an expression of sorrow and sympathy for heaven and pity for men.

  "Is this a place of justice?" I pointed at my swollen face and asked back in anger, I reckon even my mom wouldn't recognize me looking like this.

  "A small flaw does not obscure the jade's purity, great achievements can make up for minor mistakes. Military and public security personnel are the pillars of social stability and the foundation of national stability. Where they reside is naturally a place of righteous energy, blessed by heaven!"

  "I'm also a soldier, and these police treated me like this, why don't you go talk to them?" I angrily questioned.

  "Although Xiaodaozhang temporarily stayed in the barracks, he is actually a cultivator. Why bother with the trivial matters of worldly people and get entangled in their petty squabbles? Moreover, Xiaodaozhang's fate was meant to have this tribulation. Let's just broaden our minds and laugh it off."

  "Otherwise, I'll beat you up and then ask you to smile and pay for it?" Damn, he actually came with a cop to mediate.

  "It's not impossible, in the past, Buddha cut his flesh to feed eagles, I, an old monk, also wish to follow the great virtue, but unfortunately my physical body is not here, otherwise I would have fulfilled the little Daoist's heart's desire."

  Don't think that just by putting on a Buddhist light you can scare me, without a physical body you're just a ghost, let me see your true face! I was furious and couldn't listen to any words of persuasion, I angrily shouted out the Soul Searching Spell, my right hand grasping towards the big-bellied policeman's soul energy.

  "Amitabha!" Along with the recitation of the Sanskrit Buddhist mantra, Officer Big Belly's right hand moved in a series of intricate finger gestures, forming the Buddhist mudra seal. A stream of pure yang energy firmly protected Officer Big Belly's vital soul, rendering my attack ineffective.

  The method of mobilizing the energy of heaven and earth by borrowing different pinching methods with fingers is called "Dharma Seal" in Buddhism, which is performed with the right hand. In Taoism, it is called "Dharma Incantation", which is performed with the left hand. Although they are called differently, their functions are actually the same.

  "At that time, in the infinite worlds of the ten directions, all the Buddhas and great Bodhisattvas gathered to praise Shakyamuni Buddha for his manifestation in this evil world... The big-bellied policeman, after blocking my magical seal with his palm, sat cross-legged on the ground and began reciting scriptures. As he chanted in a low voice, a peaceful energy dispersed the dark spirits that I had summoned with great difficulty."

  I turned my gaze outside the window, and the dark clouds had dispersed, with a white glow spreading across the eastern horizon.

  "Who are you?" The yin soul that I had painstakingly summoned ran away cleanly, and this vendetta would not be avenged. Glaring at the big belly sitting cross-legged on the ground, I asked in a loud voice.

  "Xiao Dao Chang, you and I were old acquaintances, but unfortunately, your three orifices are now murky, and the purple spirit has not returned..."

  "Don't tell me about some other day, just tell me who you are. With such a great favor, I must repay it properly." Looking at the belly that had already started shaking on the ground, I asked anxiously, as body shaking was a sign of the soul leaving the body.

  "Amitabha Buddha, the little way is like this, forget it, forget it, Old Monk Jing Hui of Jiuhua Mountain..."