Tingting on the side was confused: "What are you two talking about? Why are you protecting me? Why can't I understand a word?"
Seeing his daughter's stunned look, Chen Dongcheng smiled slightly and said, "Don't be anxious. First listen to me tell you a story, and you will understand."
I looked at Dali, raised my eyebrows, and seemed to be speaking with my eyes: "Is there really a story hidden in this? It seems we are at the right place today!"
He nodded vigorously in response and aimed his gaze at Chen Dongcheng.
The sun outside the window slowly set in the west, and the automatic curtains gradually closed. The light in the city was blocked a lot, and the atmosphere became solemn.
The second hand was spinning and I was waiting. I heard Chen Dongcheng recall: "More than 180 years ago, the current Taiyang Orphanage did not exist, but there was an academy on the ground called "Wuzai Academy", and the dean was named Sikong Xuan.
, is a very knowledgeable and colorful person, especially good at Xuanmen magic and Qimen Dunjia, and is a rare Taoist wizard."
"Is there such a thing?" I thought to myself: "The history of more than 180 years ago? It must have been during the war, right?"
"It was during the war, that era of strife." Chen Dongcheng said: "It is said that he knew many strange methods, the most magical of which was "soul-fixing and eternal life."
Dali was startled and couldn't help but interrupt: "Securing the soul for eternal life? Is it the legendary magic that can make people exist in the form of ghosts forever!?"
"I'll go!" We and others were surprised: "There is such a magic?"
Chen Dongcheng smiled bitterly: "This is the method to solidify the soul and live forever, but this spell is against the laws of nature, and the caster will be punished by heaven."
I asked: "Has this soul-fixing and immortality technique ever been used?"
Chen Dongcheng looked at the tea cup and murmured: "As far as I know, this spell has only been used once. When Sikong Xuan got a son, it was a great joy. Unfortunately, God's will played a trick on people. It was a troubled time with wars and evil.
The thieves burned, killed and looted everywhere, even a poor place like Wuzai Academy was not spared. No one in the academy, including Sikong Xuan's pregnant wife, was spared, including more than 60 people. It is truly a human tragedy."
At this time, Chen Dongcheng was like an old storyteller, sighing when he saw me.
He slowly took a sip of tea and continued: "It was such a coincidence. Sikong Xuanzheng, who had returned from an outing, witnessed the tragedy. Facing his wife who was far away from him, he was so angry that he used the magical power to reach the sky.
After killing all the thugs who committed the crime, he did not hesitate to destroy his own life with his own hands. He sacrificed his body and activated the soul-fixing immortality technique, imprisoning the souls of more than a hundred thugs in his wife's womb.
In order to make them suffer the pain of "suffering" forever."
"Bitterness in life?" I asked curiously: "The Curse of Thousand Resentments of "Bitterness in Life"?"
Kuizi explained: "This spell is not the curse of a thousand grievances for suffering! For humans, the pressure of all the conditions during life is suffering. The "suffering of life" specifically includes "the pain of the small prison of the womb" and "the pain of blood and water pollution."
, "the pain of double yin pressure", "the pain of needle pricks on the skin", "the pain of chaos and confusion". However, after the baby is born, these pains will disappear, and it is called "rebirth as a human being"."
I frowned and thought to myself: "It turns out that we experienced so much pain before we were born. We really cherish life and everyone has a responsibility!"
I frowned and asked again: "Then these more than a hundred souls were imprisoned by Sikong Xuan for eternity. Aren't they suffering endless torture?"
Chen Dongcheng replied in a deep voice: "Yes, to this day, they are all suffering from the "suffering of life"."
"The hatred is really great." I asked again: "Then what does this matter have to do with the orphanage?"
Chen Dongcheng smiled bitterly and explained: "The relationship is huge. When Sikong Xuan was casting a spell against the heavenly path, Yi Dao happened to witness the entire casting process of soul-fixing immortality. After the divine thunder from the sky killed Sikong Xuan, the audacious
Demon Dao actually collected the evil spirits trapped in the "Soul-Securing Immortality Technique" and spent a lot of money to build a tomb under the academy. The place where he gathered what he had learned throughout his life was called the "Eternal Life Tomb". Demon Dao
Before the deadline, the collected evil spirits will be sealed in the tomb using secret techniques, and they will be his tomb-guarding slaves forever."
Everyone was shocked: "Oh my god!! There is actually a tomb under the orphanage!?"
Chen Dongcheng seemed to have become immune to the shocked expressions on mine and others. He said again: "I was also shocked when I learned that there was an underground tomb under the orphanage. The expressions are the same as yours."
If the people in the orphanage knew that there was such a tomb under the ground, it would be difficult for them to stay calm.
I asked: "What happened after that? And how did you, Uncle Chen, know these secrets?"
Chen Dongcheng continued: "The reason why I know these secrets is because on a dark and stormy night 23 years ago, I encountered a major setback in my life. I was drinking alone at the beach. On the way, a wandering Taoist priest asked me for help.
He drank, and I laughed at him: "You, a Taoist, also like to drink?"
He smiled and said: "The muddy wine goes with the urine, and the troubles go with the wind. Give me a sip of good wine and make a good friend. Will you give me this wine?"
I thought this Taoist priest was very interesting at the time, so I gave him half of the wine without thinking too much. Later I found out that he was a hidden master."
I smiled bitterly and said, "Someday when we have troubles, let's learn from Uncle Chen's trick and see if we can meet such an expert."
Uncle Chen shook his head and smiled bitterly: "When we were half-drunk, I confided in him the anguish in my heart, and he told me the secret of the orphanage. He said that there was a stone gate under the dry well and a cold water pool outside the stone gate.
There is a door hidden under the water pool, which is connected to another warm water pool. After crossing the warm water pool and going ashore, you can see a corner of the ancient tomb."
"Ancient tomb!?" My heart thumped: "This matter... is getting more and more complicated!"
He pondered: "How does this man know so much in detail? Could it be that he has been to the ancient tomb a long time ago?"
Chen Dongcheng replied: "I don't know if he has ever been to the ancient tomb. But before he left, he specifically told me that I must work hard to gain control of the Sun Orphanage to ensure peace.
Moreover, he repeatedly warned me that we can only demolish but not dig out there, so I must remember it."
Everyone said "Oh!", each with their own thoughts.
My mind was spinning very fast: "It turns out that Uncle Chen is also a man who has had strange encounters. Who is this man? Who told him this story back then? Besides him and Uncle Chen, how many other people know this secret?"
Then I heard Chen Dongcheng say: "I was in my prime at that time. I was really young and vigorous. In addition, I drank half a belly of wine. In today's terms, I was brave and not afraid of death. After the Taoist priest left, I
I found a flashlight, smeared people, climbed over the wall, entered the orphanage, and went down the dry well alone."