Ye Xuan parked the temple protector behind a tree outside the courtyard, patted its chest - there was a 'golden light demon-conquering talisman' hidden in its clothes, and explained to the young man beside him who had been staring closely at him: "
I was afraid that the temple protector might bump into the elderly people in the house, so I stopped outside the yard."
The surrounding villagers all heard about the temple guardian deities at Partridge Temple, so they were not surprised by Ye Xuan's request.
It was reasonable for Ye Xuan to place the temple protector outside the courtyard and avoid the body of Zhang Da's mother in the house. The young man did not doubt it.
He stared at Ye Xuan's temple-protecting god for a few times, and suddenly said: "The Partridge Immortal is no longer effective. We all believe in the Chun God now."
When he mentioned the 'Chun God', his face looked dazed.
"Chen God?" Ye Xuan's heart moved and he asked casually.
Any clue at the moment may become the key to avoid the weirdness here.
"God of the Chun Tree." The young man Zhang Mu nodded, "Second Grandma died under the tree while picking chun buds. We all say that she was taken away by the God of Chun and went to enjoy eternal bliss."
Zhang Da's mother died under the Chun tree and is related to the so-called "Chun God".
Ye Xuan secretly noted this point, and suddenly there was displeasure on his face, and he curled his lips: "It's just a temple to the evil god, not the right way. Be careful of being hurt by the evil god. Not to mention logging into the bliss, there is no guarantee whether you can die in peace!"
This man is taciturn and belongs to the type who only answers one question after three questions.
Now that Chun Shen is such a breakthrough point, Ye Xuan certainly wants to get more clues from him.
He was pretending to be disdainful just to provoke this young man to tell more things!
Zhang Mu was unmoved, just curled his lips and sneered, pointed at the people who were rushing around in the courtyard to help the host prepare the lunch banquet, and said: "The Temple of the Evil God? The people here are all believers of the Chun God, and we are all members of our own family.
You are the only outsider!
I don’t know why Uncle Zhang invited a Taoist priest like you from Partridge Temple to preside over the ritual!"
There were thirty or fifty people inside, all followers of Chun Shen.
From what he said, it seemed that I was the one who shouldn't have come - why did Zhang Da invite me?
For some reason, Ye Xuan remembered Zhang Da's words again, 'My mother likes to be lively, so I came to invite you, Taoist Priest'...
Does this "lively" really refer to the gongs, drums and dancing style, or does it refer to something else?
For example, if I, an outsider, come to preside over the rituals of a family that believes in Chun Shinto, they will be dissatisfied and will inevitably criticize me. If the censure becomes more frequent, won't it turn into a scolding war and a farce?
Isn’t this just a big bustle in front of Zhang Mu’s funeral!
If things are really as I speculated, Zhang Da should be particularly noteworthy.
Ye Xuan's mind was spinning, but his face was cold, as if he was angered by Zhang Mu's words. He walked around without saying a word, and finally came to the door, stretched out his hand and took out a charm from the belt around his waist, 'Pa
' and stuck it on the door with a bang.
Zhang Mu had been following Ye Xuan. Seeing this, he reached out to pick up the talisman.
Ye Xuan turned around, unconsciously imitating the momentum of a zombie punch, and said in a deep voice: "This is a guide. If you don't want your second wife to find the way home, you can take it off!"
Zhang Mu suddenly felt a sense of oppression from Ye Xuan. After all, he was just an ordinary person. Under the pressure of this momentum, he retracted his hand angrily and let the charm stick to the door.
The talisman is naturally not the so-called road guide talisman, but the 'spiritual mirror talisman'.
This talisman is not very useful at ordinary times. At most, it is used to facilitate practitioners to groom and dress up. However, when combined with the 'Golden Light Demon-Conquering Talisman', it can have a surprising effect.
Release the golden light demon-conquering talisman. If the golden light hits the spiritual realm, the golden light will be twice as powerful. It can ward off evil spirits and cast down demons with unparalleled power!
The place where the temple protector is stationed is facing the Spirit Mirror Talisman, and there is a golden light demon-conquering talisman on its body.
Ye Xuan had also watched many horror movies in his previous life. Whenever evil spirits appeared and attempted to harm others, the surrounding area would have to be sealed off to make it difficult for strangers to escape from the area.
Inspired by this, he placed the temple guardian outside, just to leave this door of escape for himself!
After the arrangement was completed, Ye Xuan and Zhang Mu entered the courtyard.
As soon as he entered the courtyard, he immediately felt that the eyes of the people around him were focused on him, with a lot of disgust. There was a moment of silence.
With the information Zhang Mu had previously revealed, he knew where the malicious intent came from.
So he pretended to know nothing and walked into the room where the mourning hall had been arranged. The crowd behind him started to become noisy again.
There was a door panel in the room supported by a stool. Mother Zhang's body was lying on the door panel, with a white paper covering her face.
There was a layer of straw on the ground. Zhang Da and his wife, dressed in linen and mourning, were kneeling in front of the soul and were throwing dried chrysanthemum leaves into the brazier.
Ye Xuan looked at the chun leaves that were curled up by the fire and then burned into ashes, his pupils narrowed.
Zhang Da then turned around to look at him. He was so frightened that his heart beat wildly a few times, but he still had to maintain a solemn expression on his face and said, "Come from the Xiaodao to offer incense sticks to Second Mistress."
Zhang Da's mother was probably the second eldest child in the family, so she was called the second mistress. Ye Xuan was also called the second mistress when she went to the countryside to follow the customs.
"Ah, thank you so much, Taoist priest." Zhang Da knelt on the ground and turned slightly towards Ye Xuan as a salute.
Ye Xuan took apart three incense sticks, lit them on the candle, folded the incense sticks in his hands, put them against his forehead, bowed slowly, and inserted the incense sticks into the incense burner in front of the paper tablet.
There are many strange things here. Since planning to escape is no longer possible, it is best to be prepared.
If you are not affected by the disaster, you will not need these preparations. If you are affected by the disaster, all the preparations you make now are the key to your future survival!
Everything Ye Xuan did was in line with etiquette, without any arrogance, and would not make anyone suspicious of him.
He bowed in front of the mourning hall. Even though he was so close to Mother Zhang's body, the seal in his arms did not change at all, unlike when he came into contact with the tiger spirit.
Does this mean that Mother Zhang’s body is still normal?
Ye Xuan writes this down for now.
Zhang Da and his wife exchanged a few words in a low voice, then stood up and asked Ye Xuan to come aside to talk. The main purpose was to ask him if he had determined the location of the altar.
Ye Xuan pointed at a certain location in the yard, thus deciding the location of the altar.
Regardless of the feng shui of the location he pointed to, it was extremely conducive to him turning around and running away.
After receiving the instructions, Zhang Da found a few young men and arranged the altar without much effort.
Ye Xuan also placed his bells, gongs, tambourines and other 'magical instruments' on the table. He held the mahogany sword in his left hand and pressed the soul-summoning bell in his right hand.
Under the soul-calling bell is a stack of yellow talismans.
No matter the mahogany sword or the many magic weapons, none of them are really effective. Only the stack of spells pressed down on them are the fruits of Ye Xuan's hard work during the time he traveled through time.
Every spell contains a magical effect.
He pretended to be standing in front of the altar, making the final preparations before opening the altar.
The Chun God believers who were helping in the yard also stopped what they were doing. From time to time, some people looked up at the sky, as if they were waiting for the arrival of noon just like Ye Xuan.