In the kitchen of grandmas house, everyone looked at the exhausted Taoist priest and asked how he was doing.

  Wen Bin looked at the family in front of him with expectant eyes and shook his head, saying: "Im afraid theres going to be trouble today."

  Grandma heard him say this, and with a thud, she knelt down, followed by Third Aunt and Little Uncle. Grandma cried and begged Wenbin: "Daozhang, in the past we didnt recognize the true god and drove away your master, please dont blame us, you must save my daughter! The doctor has already declared that we should prepare for the worst, and we have no other way out. Now we can only rely on you to save her. Our Xu family has been making coffins for people for a lifetime, never skimping on materials or overcharging, and even sending a free thin coffin to those who couldnt afford it, accumulating a lot of good karma. Why is our fate so bitter?"

  Wen Bin quickly pulled up his aunt and said, "Sister-in-law, about Master Jias matter, I understand it very well. He is a strange person who does things in a strange way. Dont say you guys, sometimes even I cant understand him. Its not your fault, but your daughters birth chart has yin and yang reversed, and this year shes ten years old, which means shes already facing a calamity. Adding to that the incident at the reservoir that night, this little girl lacks water in her five elements, and it just so happens that she was encountered by a small ghost. According to my calculations, she should have returned to heaven on the 15th of this month, but today is already the 14th. Now that small ghost is still in the room, temporarily using a rope to bind the girls soul, and also sealing the exit of the house with a talisman. I reckon that little ghost is still waiting for an opportunity to snatch her soul."

  Grandma was frightened, the little demon is hooking her soul. She had also heard about this from some old people before, but now its happening to her own daughter. It would be a lie to say she wasnt afraid. Summoning up courage, she asked Wenbin: "How many little demons are there?"

  Wen Bin stretched out two fingers: "Two, one male and one female, are the transformations of two children."

  As soon as this was said, my grandfathers family had a bit of an idea. In the early years, there were two children who touched the screws in that reservoir and accidentally fell into the reservoir and drowned. Later, the village didnt allow the children at home to play in that reservoir again until later when the reservoir was renovated, and then my cousin took me to play there.

  Wen Bin continued: "Those two children died in vain, so Ive been thinking of pulling two scapegoats. Who knows, maybe on the 30th of this month, something will happen again in your village, and itll be a boy."

  Grandma asked if there was any way?

  Wen Bin said: "There is a way, but..."

  Grandma thought he wanted some money, so she immediately took out a few large denomination bills from home and handed them to Wenbin.

  But Wen Bin waved his hand: "Sister-in-law, you go prepare red and green colored paper, and then get some food ready."

  This colored paper was actually available at grandmas house. Third Aunt usually liked to cut paper, so in no time, the red and green paper were ready, covering a whole table.

  Wen Bin said to Third Aunt, "You take the scissors and cut out two sets of clothes, two red and two green, about the size for a small child. The style doesnt matter, as long as they look like clothes."

  San Yi was a timid person, but she had a pair of skilled hands. Before long, two sets of small clothes were cut out and handed over to Wen Bin. Wen Bin took the paper clothes and put them in a bamboo tray, then instructed his grandmother to prepare six dishes, three meat and three vegetarian, plus two cups of wine, two empty bowls, with two pairs of chopsticks on top of each bowl, all placed neatly in the bamboo tray.

  After all this was ready, it was already half an hour later. Wen Bin took these things and placed them at the gate of his grandmothers house, then lit three incense sticks and two candles again.

  When the two incense sticks were about to finish burning, a sudden crowing sound came from the chicken coop. Wen Bin shouted "Not good!" and rushed into Xiaoyis room, biting his middle finger and applying it to Xiaoyis forehead, then asked Grandpa to take out the largest rooster from the chicken coop.

  Grandfather didnt dare to slack off, and quickly brought over the big rooster made of reeds. Wenbin took the rooster, cut its throat with one knife, and sprinkled the chicken blood around Xiaoyis bed in a circle. Then he retreated from the room, walked to the table at the door where the inverted rice was placed, closed his eyes, and shouted loudly: "Hiss!"

  He took out a treasured sword and a large seal from the Qiankun bag on his body. The swords body was pale and misty, emitting a cold air, with an ancient and elegant shape. The connection between the swords body and handle was naturally formed, with each side having a different pattern. The handle had an eight trigrams diagram; the large seal was made of bronze, about the size of an adults palm, engraved with: "Treasured Seal of the Daoist Master!"

  The Taoist held a sword in his right hand and a seal in his left, beginning to chant incantations as if the Supreme Old Lord had descended upon him. As he chanted, his right hand suddenly shook, the sword flashed, and a talisman on the table was stuck to it. The sword pointed at Xiaoyi on the bed, and with a "tearing" sound, the talisman paper ignited. Then another talisman followed, and after both papers were burned, Wenbin took out a black piece of paper and drew a talisman with great effort. This was his first time using the Great Seal, and he pressed it onto the black talisman, sticking it in Xiaoyis room. This time, there were eight talismans, stuck next to the previous eight, before he closed the door and came out.

  Wen Bin told his grandmother to take his grandfather and the two children, hurry to the reservoir, put the paper clothes and dishes prepared earlier by the reservoir, wait until dawn to come back, and not make a sound, do not look in the direction of home, also asked his younger uncle to bring his little black dog over to him.

  Grandma and grandpa took second aunt and little uncle, carrying a bamboo fan to the reservoir, that days two-mile walk was exceptionally long. On the way, Grandpa carried the fan in front, Grandma led Second Aunt and Little Uncle behind him, following Wenbins instructions, they arrived at the reservoir dam, facing away from home, lit incense and candles, bowed with bowls and chopsticks, hiding in a broken old water pump room in the reservoir until dawn.

  After dawn, the grandmothers family rushed home and when they reached the door, it was open. The grandmother took a big step inside and saw Wenbin lying unconscious outside Xiaoyis door. The grandfather quickly went in to see Xiaoyi.

  The little aunt was lying on the bed, sleeping soundly, without any abnormality. The two of them looked at each other and went to help Wenbin back to his room to rest. At this time, Wenbin woke up and said weakly to his grandmother: "Its all right now, let him have a good rest."

  Wen Bin almost slept until the next evening and woke up with Xiao Yi at the same time. As soon as Xiao Yi woke up, she said that her stomach was hungry. Her grandmother made noodles with eggs for Xiao Yi, and this time Xiao Yi ate very deliciously.

  Wen Bin also got up to eat dinner. During dinner, his grandmother asked what had happened the previous night. Wen Bin said: "The two little ghosts heard the rooster crowing and thought it was going to be dawn, so they were preparing to snatch our souls." As he spoke, he glanced at the two objects beside him, the large seal and the treasure sword, and let out a bitter laugh: "If not for these two things, Im afraid we would have been the first to fall into their hands. For now, theyve retreated."

  After finishing dinner, my grandmother respectfully poured tea for Wenbin and then handed him a big red envelope. In the countryside, in the past, when holding some kind of superstition, inviting a Taoist priest or a fairy maiden, after finishing things, they would always give a red envelope; moreover, looking at the situation, it seems that my aunt is really fine now, so giving a red envelope is appropriate.

  Zha Wenbin smiled and stopped: "Sister, I dont do things for money. I cant accept this red envelope. As a cultivator, its my duty to help others. This is what I should be doing. Besides, family matters are also related to this child, so its even more reason not to take the money. If our ancestors knew, they would scold me too."

  The grandmother was unwilling, this kind-hearted person saved her own daughters life and didnt even take a penny, its really hard to know what to do.

  Cha Wenbin took a sip of tea and continued: "However, this child is fine now, but Im afraid Ill have trouble tonight. Tonight, one person wont be able to return alone. The little ghost was originally the childs life, which was hurt by my Taoist practice. Tonight is also the night of the full moon, and the little ghosts resentment is very heavy. I estimate that tonight it will come to find me for revenge. If my master were alive, getting rid of these two little ghosts would be no trouble at all. But my Taoist practice is limited, so Im afraid Ill still need big brothers help."

  Grandfather quickly stood up: "Benefactor has something to order, I will definitely accomplish it."

  Zha Wenbin patted the little black dog on the head: "I figured these two little devils would rob me on the way, big brother you go help me find three pig killers, send me back home, as long as I get home, these two little devils cant do anything to me."

  Note: Pig butchers often see blood and have a very heavy killing aura, ordinary little ghosts dare not go to find trouble. Zhang Wenbin needs three pig butchers to escort him home, it can be seen that this time the two little ghosts are really not simple.

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