It was with great difficulty that I got through the consecration ceremony on the sixth day.
However, Li Leping, who had just returned to the temple, noticed various unusual changes.
The taller bamboos are getting bigger and bigger, like the moon about to fall from the sky.
New supernatural phenomena began to occur, as if foreshadowing the arrival of the seventh day.
"Protect? You mean this moon has been protecting us?"
After hearing Li Leping's analysis, Jiang Hao subconsciously pointed at the growing moon.
"We can't say that it is a direct protection. We can only say that the moonlight itself is an indirect help. Otherwise, where does the light come from these days?" Li Leping said.
"Can this be considered protection?"
Jiang Hao was speechless for a moment, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt speechless to refute.
After all, light can indeed provide great help to living people in this dim and boundless place, because even if one becomes a ghost controller, it does not mean that a person has the ability to see at night.
Unless the supernatural being controlled is related to darkness or the ability to see through darkness, in this haunted place, people's eyes are like a blind man who cannot see anything, and finally become completely lost in the darkness.
However, Jiang Hao did not dwell too much on this issue. After all, now that supernatural phenomena have appeared, there is no point in dwelling on other useless things.
The key now is how to deal with this sudden outbreak of supernatural phenomena.
soon.
Jiang Hao thought of the word "Zhaitian" mentioned by Li Leping just now, and immediately made a surprising guess: "Do you think the supernatural phenomena occurring now are related to the Zhaitian ritual? But Zhaitian is related to the ritual of Zhaitian in folk rituals.
It was held on the same day as the next class. Could it be that it is still the sixth day and not the seventh day yet?"
"But this is not right. Folk fasting rituals are all carried out before making offerings to the hall. According to folk wisdom, one must first be grateful to God before offering offerings to sentient beings in the six realms. Could it be that this place is the other way around?
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Starting from the fourth day, the time of this temple can no longer be defined by the twenty-four hours in reality, but by the daily process.
After completing the day's rituals, this ghost place will start a new day.
In order to survive, the living people inside must find ways to complete the rituals of the day and survive the crisis of the day. This continues until the sentencing ceremony on the eighth day.
Therefore, it is no longer feasible to use the speed of time passing by a watch to determine what day it is in this place and what ceremony needs to be held.
The only way to determine what ceremony will be held today is to judge by the supernatural phenomena that occur today.
Because of this, Jiang Hao guessed whether the sixth day had not really ended yet?
However.
Not long after he finished speaking.
Outside the main entrance of the temple.
"Tuk tuk tuk..."
Outside the dark temple, a faint knocking sound suddenly came in at this moment.
"How is that possible? The fourth messenger is coming back?"
Jiang Hao's face suddenly changed when he heard this familiar voice, confusion and panic appeared on his face, and he looked at Li Leping in disbelief.
Li Leping's expression changed slightly when he heard the sound of the wooden fish: "Is the fourth messenger back now?"
He raised his head again, looked around at the moon in the sky, and listened to the new supernatural phenomena coming from outside the gate. He always felt that something was wrong.
Because one conclusion can be drawn based on previous experience, that is, the return of each messenger may be equivalent to the official start of a new day, because the returning messenger will be followed by a group of ghosts.
These fierce ghosts are equivalent to the evil ghosts invited to attend Dharma gatherings, and they are one of the dangers that everyone has to deal with every day.
However, although they have dealt with three batches of ghosts so far, they have never dealt with two batches of ghosts on the same day.
In other words, the arrival of the evil ghost is the beginning of a new day, and the ceremony of the day must also be held accordingly.
But the problem now is that the emissary returning to the temple is not the only supernatural phenomenon that is happening in front of us.
The ghost flags raised high, the moon gradually setting, and various complex and unexplainable supernatural phenomena broke out at this moment, and behind each supernatural phenomenon there may be a corresponding danger.
The three supernatural phenomena may mean the dangers brought by the three supernatural phenomena?
"Why is this happening?"
The situation was getting out of control again. Li Leping felt uneasy in his heart and began to think deeply, trying to find the root cause of the loss of control.
Things are still getting worse now and are not serious enough to be completely unmanageable.
If the root cause of the problem can be found as soon as possible and at least some part of it can be contained before it completely breaks out, perhaps the pressure they need to face will be much less.
"Tuk tuk tuk..."
In my ears, the sound of banging wooden fish kept echoing in from outside, and the sound became clearer every time.
There is no doubt that this is the sound made by the messenger when he returns, and the returning messenger will not be alone. Behind it will be a group of extremely dangerous ghosts.
But now, in addition to this upcoming danger, there is also an unknown hidden danger brewing in the sky of the temple.
"The moon, which has been stable for so many days, cannot fall for no reason. Since it falls at this time, it must mean something."
"Either the supernatural power of the temple can no longer stabilize the supernatural power of the source moon, or something suddenly stimulated the supernatural power of the moon."
"etc."
Suddenly.
Realizing something, Li Leping suddenly turned his eyes and looked at the ghost-calling flag floating on the top of the bamboo.
"Captain Li, have you thought of something?" Jiang Hao asked.
"Did I misjudge? Or was I misled? Or is this actually the right thing to do?"
However, Li Leping's eyes were solemn, and he muttered something that didn't seem like he was answering Jiang Hao, but more like he was questioning himself.
The moment he heard this question and answer, Jiang Hao became even more confused: "What... is going on?"
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Li Leping, who seemed to have finally sorted out his thoughts, moved his eyes slightly, and immediately pointed to the taller bamboo and said: "Maybe the ghost-calling flag does not have to be hung on the bamboo, maybe it can also be hung there."
As he spoke, he turned his outstretched finger and pointed to a place.
Look where he points.
A hall that looked even more eerie under the moonlight came into view.
"What's the meaning?"
Jiang Hao was stunned for a moment, still looking at the hall that Li Leping pointed at with some confusion.
"Do you still remember the day when the bamboo bent and fell?" Li Leping suddenly asked such a question.
"Remember, is there anything wrong?" Jiang Hao thought for a while, but didn't think there was anything noteworthy.
The whole bamboo bends down on the third day, which is the time to hang the flags to attract ghosts, so hanging the ghost flags on the bamboo is not the same as finding a pole and hanging the ghost flags on the pole.
Are there any flags hanging on it?
"Think carefully about the direction the bamboo faced after it bent down," Li Leping said.
"What direction does the bamboo bend after it bends?"
Jiang Hao was stunned again, as if he was recalling what happened that day, but he quickly reacted and exclaimed: "So that's it, the bent bamboo is probably not acting as a pole, but it may also be a guide."
, like a finger, pointing to the main hall."
If you look straight ahead along the top of the bent bamboo, the place you finally reach is exactly the main hall of the temple.
After waking up, he also looked at the main hall at this moment and said in disbelief: "If the source of the moon is a ghost, then this moon is a ghost moon, which is equivalent to a ghost high in the sky, so if the position of the hanging flag is
If it is not high enough, the ghost flag's ability to attract the ghost will be very limited, or even not able to attract it at all."
"Only by hanging the ghost flag at a sufficient height can the ghost flag's supernatural power affect the ghost moon and attract it down."
After analyzing this, Jiang Hao couldn't help but become confused: "So we should actually hang the ghost flags on the main hall on the third day?"
"Is it possible that we have hung the ghost flags in the wrong place these days, which led to the change in the time of the fasting ceremony? The fasting ceremony that should have been completed earlier than the ceremony of offering sacrifices to the hall has now been delayed until now, and there are no signs of it happening.
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Under Li Leping's awakening, Jiang Hao seemed to be getting closer to the truth through a series of analyses.
However, this so-called truth really made him feel terrible. It could be said to be an answer that could not be worse.
Because he finally came to the conclusion that because the position of the hanging flags was wrong, the ceremony that should have taken place before the ceremony was delayed to after the ceremony.
In Jiang Hao's view, this delay was undoubtedly fatal.
Because the last wandering messenger doesn't care about delays. It will only follow the original rules and return to the temple within a specified time. At the same time, the fourth batch of ghosts will come back with it.
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"In other words, the current situation is that the seventh day is beginning, but the sixth day's rituals have not been completed yet?"
After clearing his thoughts, Jiang Hao looked anxious.
Because the situation at this moment can be said to be extremely bad, it is equivalent to having only one table of banquet, but two tables of guests came.
The ghost moon falls from the sky, and the fierce ghost approaches on the ground.
Neither of these two supernatural beings is easy to deal with, but now there are signs that they are approaching the temple at the same time.
Jiang Hao, who couldn't think of a way to deal with it, could only look at Li Leping at this moment.
Li Leping's eyes moved slightly, still thinking.
"Maybe it's not that bad after all."
After a while, he looked at the bamboo that was more than twice as tall as before: "Since this bamboo will grow taller, it means that someone has predicted in advance that we will hang the ghost flags on the bamboo instead of the main hall.
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"Judging from the current signs, no matter where we hang the ghost banner in the end, we will not miss the fasting ceremony. It is just a matter of sooner or later."
"The growth of bamboo should be affected by the bamboo forest. The bamboo forest has buried enough ghosts and absorbed enough nutrients. The supernatural growth will become more and more terrifying, and it will also affect the height of the bamboo, making the bamboo become taller."
"And this bamboo, which is closely related to that bamboo forest, will grow and become equally tall."
"Once the bamboo grows taller, the ghost flags hanging on it will also break through their original limits and reach a height that can attract Ghost Moon."
"But if this is the case, doesn't it mean that someone also anticipated the problem of out-of-control bamboo forests?"
When thinking of this, Li Leping always felt that everything that happened seemed to form a closed loop at this moment.
No matter where they finally decide to hang the ghost flags, it will not affect the various rituals of the Dharma Assembly. At most, it will only change the order of the rituals as it is now.
"Different choices will eventually lead to different changes, and different changes mean that the people who choose will suffer different consequences."
"The only ultimate goal in this place is always fixed, which is to complete the entire process of the Dharma Assembly. As for each process, it is equivalent to various clues, and the ghost controller in it is the person responsible for stringing together the clues."
"No wonder Jiang Hao's old master didn't fully disclose the information about this ceremony, because there is no perfect answer to the ceremony itself, let alone a real strategy, because of the coping strategies you made in each ceremony
All will trigger different butterfly effects."
"In the final analysis, as long as you can get out alive, then everything the person does is the most perfect answer."
Li Leping felt as if he finally understood the real reason for the existence of this place at this moment.
Imprisoning evil ghosts may be just one of many reasons, and it is not the most critical factor.
The real purpose of establishing this place may be to train ghost masters.
Amidst all kinds of complex environments and changes, those who make it out alive will surely grow by leaps and bounds.
"So hanging the ghost flags on the bamboo is actually not a misjudgment, but just one of two choices? If I were bolder and hung the ghost flags directly in the bamboo forest, wouldn't it be equivalent to a derivative of the bamboo forest?
Third option?”
Some incredible ideas came to mind at this moment.
However, Li Leping did not think too much about these things, because they were all in the past.
This is not a so-called interactive game. It is impossible to load the file immediately after making a choice and try to see what new changes will be caused by making another choice.
There is no point dwelling on the past, the present moment is always the only one.
Only by solving what happened before them can they have a chance to get out of here alive.
Li Leping, who had already sorted out a lot of information, stared at the sky, looked at the growing ghost moon, and his voice sank: "Although the loss of control of this moon is inevitable when we choose to hang flags in the bamboo forest, losing control does not mean that we will definitely...
die."
"Captain Li, do you have a solution?" Jiang Hao said slightly surprised.
Li Leping replied expressionlessly: "It's just a problem of two tables of guests coming to one table of food. It's not like we haven't encountered similar problems before."
"If they must come, let them eat on the flowing water table. In short, we cannot let two things come together in the temple at the same time."