Jiang Hao said as he walked: "I don't know. At that time, all my attention was on the ghost coming out of the coffin. I was only observing whether it would clean up other ghosts in the hall. In addition, there was another ghost in the hall.
It was foggy, so I don’t know how these rings appeared. I only know that after the ghost returned to the coffin, there were more rings like this on the ground."
"How many such rings are there?" Li Leping asked again.
"We only found four rings."
"After I saw these rings, I actually thought that the meaning of these rings was equivalent to the process of conferring the Netherworld Precepts in folk Dharma Assemblies. The meaning of the rings given in the folk water and land Dharma Assemblies is to enable all living beings to observe the precepts and stay away from bad karma.
And gain purity, thereby getting rid of troubles, pain, and transcending the suffering of reincarnation."
"So I tried to wear these rings made of human bones on ghosts that did not exist in reality. After trying this, I found that I could touch them in a normal way."
"Four rings, two rings are used on the two ghosts on my hands, one is worn on the clay figurine's hand, one is thrown directly into the bucket of paint, and the remaining two rings I put on
It’s in my pocket.”
While Jiang Hao was answering, he extended his thumb from the hand holding the paint bucket and pointed at his pocket to show that the two extra rings were still on him.
But after hearing what he said, Li Leping's eyes turned serious, as if he was thinking about something.
"Four?"
Li Leping couldn't help but frown when he heard this number.
"What's wrong, Captain Li? Did I do something wrong?"
Seeing that Li Leping, who had always had a cold face, actually showed a slightly worried look at this moment, Jiang Hao couldn't help but ask.
"No, you did a good job."
Li Leping patted him on the shoulder, indicating that he didn't need to be so nervous and explained at the same time: "It's just that there have been too many things related to 'four' today, four oil lamps, plus these four rings, I
I have to wonder if we were negligent or missed something important."
"important things?"
When he said this, Jiang Hao's face suddenly became worried.
"I suspect that there will actually be four ghosts present at today's invitation ceremony. Not only are these four ghosts non-existent in reality, but they are all ghosts with a very high level of terror, so much so that this ghost temple is full of ghosts.
To use the extinguishing of the oil lamp and the four rings afterwards to remind us, this can definitely be called a special treatment."
Li Leping expressed what he had been thinking all along.
This conjecture immediately stunned Jiang Hao, and then his expression changed slightly and he said: "If this is true, doesn't it mean that we have missed a ghost and not imprisoned it?"
This is a very shocking conjecture.
Fortunately, the two ghost masters from Southeast Asia who were following them at this moment could not understand Chinese. Otherwise, if they heard Li Leping's conjecture at this time, he would probably have a complete mental breakdown.
More than a dozen people died, leaving only four people. It took a lot of effort to restrain the three ghosts that appeared in the hall today. But at this time, I suddenly told you that the matter is not over yet, and there may be another ghost that has not been imprisoned.
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How can people accept this?
Looking at Jiang Hao, whose expression became tense again, as if the slightest disturbance would arouse vigilance, Li Leping said with relief: "This is just a conjecture of mine, and it may not necessarily be the truth."
"But your guess is always right." Jiang Hao couldn't help but smile bitterly.
"..."
Li Leping didn't know how to answer this sentence for a while. Could his guess be correct and have such a counter-effect?
During the conversation, the four of them walked to the bamboo planted in the temple.
"Wait a moment."
Just when Jiang Hao was about to use this bamboo that connected the depths of the bamboo forest to the open space, Li Leping called him.
"What's wrong, Captain Li?" Jiang Hao stopped and asked.
"I thought about it for a moment. It's better not to bury the two ghosts in your hand in the bamboo forest. Their level of terror is very high. For example, the bucket of paint in your hand seems to have the ability to limit restarts.
If it is buried in the bamboo forest that can be restored to its original state over time, problems may arise."
As he said that, he looked at the clay figure Jiang Hao picked up in his other hand: "As for this ghost that is full of mud, we can't even bury it. The mud swamp and the open space in the middle of the bamboo forest are too suitable.
If this ghost is buried, it might invisibly help the bamboo forest put together a perfect piece of the puzzle."
"It makes sense." When Li Leping mentioned it, Jiang Hao also nodded.
"But what should we do with these two ghosts? We can't just leave them outside." He asked again.
"I'll handle it."
Li Leping handed over the rope in his hand.
Jiang Hao didn't ask any questions. He took the gold rope from his hand and handed the paint bucket and clay figurine to him, completing an exchange.
"Since the ring has the ability to pull ghosts that do not exist in reality into reality, and has already pulled these two ghosts into reality, we will use the most primitive method to imprison them for now."
A stream of black smoke floated from nowhere and quickly enveloped the two ghosts in Li Leping's hands. Then, under the gaze of Jiang Hao and others, the black smoke that appeared out of thin air began to shrink, and the two ghosts
His body also seemed to shrink with the shrinking smoke, as if it was compressed alive, and finally turned into a palm-sized smoke ball.
"After the ghost realm reaches a certain intensity, it can affect reality. If these two ghosts, who are already in a suppressed state, are temporarily trapped in the ghost smoke ghost realm, and then closed with a box made of gold, there should be no problem, at least.
At this moment when resources are in short supply, this is the only method we can use."
It was not difficult to deal with the two ghosts who had not yet gotten rid of the suppression. Li Leping immediately locked the two smoke balls floating in the air into boxes made of gold.
Even if the two ghosts get rid of the suppression on their bodies, wake up again, and even break out of the ghost realm of ghost smoke, as long as no one opens these two boxes, there is a high probability that nothing will happen to these two ghosts.
questionable.
"Even if something goes wrong, you can still survive for a period of time by relying on these means. At least you can survive until the matter here is settled."
After temporarily dealing with the two most dangerous ghosts, Li Leping said: "Okay, let's go."
He took a step forward, stretched out his hand and touched the bamboo in front of him.
Just like switching slides, in the blink of an eye, the scenery in front of him changed.
He came to the open space deep in the bamboo forest in person again.
This place is as quiet as death, and there are dense bamboo forests in all directions. These bamboos are tall and dense, with almost no space between them. They are almost stuck together. I don’t know what they use as nutrients to be able to live in this place that I will never see.
Where the light grows so high.
Dense bamboo forests are close to each other, but there is a circular open space in the middle. Not even a weed can be seen in this open space. The black soil is not sure what kind of soil it is, and it is as sticky as if it has been soaked with water.
Very soft.
At this time.
Jiang Hao and a dozen ghosts tied with ropes also appeared in the bamboo forest, and then the two ghost masters who had survived to this day followed him to this open space.
"Start burying dirt on these ghosts."
Without wasting any time, as soon as he arrived, Jiang Hao immediately picked up a shovel from the ground, started shoveling up a handful of soil, and buried it on a ghost.
There is no need to dig a big hole, as long as the soil on the ghost's body accumulates to a certain amount and meets the rules of this land, then the land under its feet will regard the ghost as a part of it and bury it in it.
Besides, you can't dig a hole in this place, because as soon as you shovel a handful of soil, the depression where the soil was excavated will start to squirm, as if it has some weird vitality, and the soil underneath will surge up and cover the hole.
The hole was quickly filled.
While pouring the shoveled soil onto the ghost, he looked at the other five shovels standing in the open space and couldn't help but feel a little sad.
Less than an hour ago, these six shovels were not even enough for those of them who came to the temple. The advantage in numbers allowed them to divide their hands and send people to the open space to bury the things that were handled when "please come to the church".
The fierce ghost ordered people to stay in the main hall.
But time passed by, and now, let alone sending people to stay in the main hall to check the situation, they couldn't even tell the difference between the people who buried the corpses.
Six shovels for four people are more than enough.
"Jiang Hao, give me the remaining two rings, they are useful."
Li Leping didn't have time to lament how many of these people had died. The pressure on his shoulders was heavy. He had to consider every link as much as possible. Only by avoiding mistakes as much as possible could it be possible for the remaining people to come out alive.
here.
"At this."
While shoveling the soil, Jiang Hao took out two black rings from his pocket and handed them to Li Leping.
While he was talking, a handful of black soil had already pressed down on a ghost.
Li Leping was not idle after taking the ring. He came to a ghost and put a ring on the ghost's hand.
This ghost was the boy and girl who had caused him a lot of trouble before. It was only because the mud from the ghost swamp remained on his body that he could be temporarily encountered by real people.
When this layer of mud disappears, they will get rid of their restrictions and disappear into reality again.
Once this restriction disappears, I don't know if the forest underfoot can still trap them.
Just in case, it is better to put a ring on them. Although the power of the ring can work wonders sometimes, in Li Leping's view nowadays, one must be willing to give up when doing things.
It is enough to be able to end today's affairs smoothly. We cannot compromise the effect of the ring at this time. If these two connected brats crawl out of the ground, they will suffer disaster in the end.
Aren't they still the ones in the temple?
"What are you talking about there? Are you very free? Why don't you hurry up and do something?"
Suddenly.
Li Leping had just put the rings on the pair of muddy ghosts when he heard Jiang Hao yell in a low voice, his tone filled with suppressed anger, which seemed to be directed at the two ghost masters who had survived to this day.
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From a glance, the two ghost masters seemed to have picked up two shovels and shoveled a few handfuls of soil on the ghost. Then they stopped for no reason and got closer together, as if they were secretly talking to each other.
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This abnormal behavior instantly aroused Jiang Hao's alert.
"No, it's not."
When he yelled like this, the two ghost masters who were communicating in low voices suddenly panicked and began to explain anxiously, fearing that there would be some misunderstanding.
After some explanation.
"What? Are you sure?"
The coldness on Jiang Hao's face disappeared, replaced by a heavy look.
"What's wrong?" Li Leping stood up and walked over and asked.
"They said the clearing seemed smaller than before."
Jiang Hao looked serious and stopped shoveling dirt on the ghost at this moment.
"Getting smaller?"
After hearing this, Li Leping immediately walked boldly towards the edge of the bamboo forest.
Soon, he came back. Although his face was still expressionless, he gave bad news as soon as he opened his mouth: "They are right, the area of this open space has indeed been reduced."
"How are you sure?"
Even what Li Leping said, Jiang Hao had to believe it, but he still wanted to know Li Leping's confirmation method.
"Use your feet to walk. The location from the temple bamboo forest to this open space is fixed, just like the birthplace in the game is fixed at a coordinate. If you keep walking forward from this fixed coordinate, if you reach the end at a faster pace than the last time,
If it is less, then there is a high probability that the area of the open space has changed."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "In other words, the bamboo forest outside this open space is gradually surrounding it from the outside inward."
He was very confident. Although Li Leping had only been to this place twice, his tone was very certain. Because of his special body, the ghost's body could move at the same interval, which is equivalent to an invisible measuring ruler.
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As he spoke, he scanned the densely packed bamboos near the clearing again.
The key to the change is not actually the open space itself, but the bamboo forest on the periphery.
For some reason, this bamboo forest has a faint tendency to move inwards.
"Damn it, this damn place, do we have to die here to be satisfied?"
The atmosphere suddenly became tense, and Jiang Hao couldn't help but curse.
This news can be said to be terrible for the current situation, because it is not easy for them to insist on holding the Dharma assembly in the temple. Now if even this place that can hold the evil ghosts for them is ineffective, it will be really no different.
Adding insult to injury.
"Is this the way this place is, or is it because we planted evil spirits in it?"
Despite the complaints in his heart, Jiang Hao still remained calm, which is why he stopped what he was doing in the first place.
If it is the former, then he can now safely continue shoveling dirt on the ghost. As long as the dirt on the ghost accumulates to a certain amount and meets the rules of this land, then the land under his feet will treat the ghost as its own.
part of it and bury it inside.
But if it's the latter, then you can't bury ghosts in this place.
The more buried, the smaller the area of open space.
Jiang Hao even had a terrible guess.
"Does the land under your feet regard the supernatural beings buried in it as nutrients? It is precisely because of the supply of nutrients that the bamboos here grow so densely?"
With his thoughts at this point, he couldn't help but turn his head and look around.
The bamboos that are close to each other surround the open space airtightly, like a tight wall, giving people a suffocating feeling that the living space is gradually being eroded.
Looking towards the gaps between the bamboos, all I could see was deep darkness.