019 “Blessing from Heavenly Official” Chapter 18

☆、Chapter 18 Bodhisattva Temple and Half Moon Pass

Under the gaze of the other two people in the room, the man picked up the water bowl, bent his waist, and drank it slowly.Not only did it not look like a long drought, but it looked like there was some hesitation and caution.

While he was drinking it, Xie Lian heard clear “gudong” and “gudong” sounds in his ears, like the sound of filling water into an empty jar.

In an instant, he became clear-minded, grabbed the other person’s hand and said, “Stop drinking.”

The man’s hand shook and he looked at him in confusion. He smiled gratefully and said, “It’s useless if you drink it, right?”

The Taoist’s expression changed upon hearing this, and he drew out the iron sword from his waist with his other hand and stabbed him head-on.Xie Lian stood still, raised his hand and flicked the sword with a “ding” sound.Seeing that he was still holding his hand tightly, the Taoist gritted his teeth and jerked.Xie Lian only felt that the arm suddenly deflated, completely deflated like a deflated ball, and escaped from his palm.As soon as the man broke free, he ran towards the door.Xie Lian is not in a hurry. In a place like this where there is no external obstruction, even if this person escapes ten feet away, Ruoxie can still drag him back.Unexpectedly, as soon as he raised his wrist, a sharp sound of breaking wind passed through him.

The sound was like someone shooting a sharp arrow from behind him, directly piercing the man’s belly and nailing him to the door.Thanks for taking a closer look, it turned out to be a bamboo chopstick.

He looked back and saw that Sanlang stood up from the table in a leisurely manner, passed by him, pulled out the bamboo chopsticks, waved them in front of him twice, and said: “It’s dirty. Throw it away later.”

However, the Taoist was so severely injured that he made no sound of pain at all and slowly slid down against the door without any sound.What gurgled out of his belly was not blood, but water.

It was the bowl of water he just drank.

Both of them squatted down next to the Taoist. Xie Lian pressed on his wound. It felt like the wound was like a punctured hole in a bulging balloon, with cold air leaking out. The Taoist’s “corpse” was also gradually changing.Looking at him just now, he was clearly a big man, but now he seemed to have shrunk in size. His face and limbs were a little atrophied, and they were still shrinking. He looked like a little old man.

Thanks for the pity: “It’s an empty shell.”

Some monsters and ghosts cannot transform into a perfect human form themselves, so they will think of another way: to create empty shells.

They will use some very realistic materials to carefully make a fake human skin.Such skins often refer to real living people, and sometimes they are even made directly from human skins, with palm prints, fingerprints, and hair naturally perfect.Moreover, as long as they don’t put on this skin of this kind of empty shell, they won’t be contaminated with ghost energy, and they won’t be afraid of those evil-proofing charms.This is also the reason why the charm on the door did not block this Taoist from outside.

However, such empty shells are often easy to see through, because they are hollow dummies after all. If no one wears this skin, they can only act according to the instructions of the operator.And the instructions can’t be too complicated, just simple, repetitive, preset things.Therefore, their demeanor and behavior are usually dull, not quite like living people. For example, they will repeat one or two sentences over and over again, do the same thing, or ask and answer questions to themselves, but the answers are not what they asked.However, Xie Lian has a more practical way to identify empty shells: just let them drink a bowl of water or eat something.After all, the shell is hollow and has no internal organs. When they eat or drink, it is like throwing something or filling an empty jar with water. They can hear clear echoes, which are completely different from the sounds of living people eating and drinking.

The Taoist’s body had completely shrunk, and was almost a pile of soft skin.Sanlang pressed the bamboo chopsticks on his skin twice, threw away the chopsticks, and said, “This shell is a bit interesting.”

Thanks for knowing what this young man is referring to.They all saw the expression and behavior of this Taoist. Not only was he lifelike, he was basically a living person. When they communicated with him, his answers were fluent, which showed that the manipulator had amazing magical power.Xie Lian glanced at him and said: “Sanlang, it seems that you are also quite involved in this kind of magic.”

Saburo smiled and said: “Not much.”

This empty shell came to him specially and told him about Banyueguan. Whether it was true or false, the purpose was to lure him to Banyueguan. To be safe, he had to go to the psychic array to ask.Xie Lian calculated with his fingers that the remaining magic power was enough to support him to use it a few more times, so he made a trick and entered the psychic array.

As soon as we entered the battle, there was a rare lively atmosphere inside, and it was not lively because of busy work. It seemed that everyone was playing some game, laughing and joking.Xie Lian was quite surprised when he heard Ling Wen say: “His Highness is back? How have you been down there these days?”

Thanks for the pity: “It’s okay, okay. What are you doing? You are so happy.”

Ling Wen said: “Master Feng Master is back and is spreading merit, won’t Your Highness go grab it?”

Sure enough, Xie Lian heard several priests in the formation shouting at the top of their lungs: “One hundred merits! Got it!” “Why do I only have one merit…” “One thousand! One thousand! Ah! Thank you Master Feng!!! Hahahahahahaha…” He thought to himself, could this be money falling from the sky that everyone is picking up?Although his merit box was empty, he didn’t know how to grab it. Secondly, the other priests were all familiar with each other, so it didn’t matter if they just grabbed it for fun. It was a bit strange for him to suddenly intervene, so he didn’t care and asked himself: “Everyone, do you know this place called Banyueguan?”

As soon as these words came out, the psychic formation that was happily grabbing merit fell silent for an instant.

Xie Lian felt a little depressed again.

In the past, he posted some short poems and secret recipes, and everyone just kept silent, because the other priests didn’t post these either, so what he posted might really be out of place.However, in the psychic formation, priests often ask some official questions, such as which ghost among you knows, and is it easy to deal with?Which of you owns the territory there? Can you help me?At this time, everyone expressed their opinions. If you have suggestions, give them. If you don’t have suggestions, say I will ask you later when I have time.He asked Ban Yue Guan, it was considered official business, there was no reason why the whole place was silent as soon as he opened his mouth.

After a while, someone suddenly shouted: “Master Feng Master has scattered another hundred thousand merits!!!”

The psychic array suddenly became active again, and all the priests rushed to grab the merits, so no one cared about what he had just asked.Xie Lian knew that this matter was probably not simple, and he probably couldn’t ask anything in the formation. He thought that this wind master was really a big deal, and it would be a hundred thousand in one piece, which was so powerful. He was about to retreat when suddenly, Lingwen sent him a message privately.

Lingwen asked: “Your Highness, why do you suddenly ask Banyueguan?”

Xie Lian then told the story about an empty shell that came to the door, and said: “That shell pretended to be a survivor who escaped from Banyueguan, so it must have its purpose. I don’t know whether what he said is true or not, so I came up to ask. What happened to this place?”

Lingwen pondered for a moment and said, “Your Highness, I advise you not to get involved in this matter.”

Xie Lian had somewhat expected such a sentence.Otherwise, it would not have lasted for one hundred and fifty years without anyone asking, and the whole court was silent as soon as he asked.He said: “Every time I pass a customs, more than half of them disappear. Is this true?”

After a long time, Lingwen said: “It’s true. But I don’t want to say more about it.”

Xie Lian heard that there was a lot of consideration in her voice, fearing that there was something embarrassing, and said: “Okay, I understand. It’s not convenient for you, so don’t say more. We have never talked about this topic in private. I bumped into it all by myself.”

Although the two were talking in private, Lingwen still lowered his voice and said: “Your Highness, let me say one more thing. If you want to investigate this matter, don’t let other priests know about it. And don’t leave from the heaven.”

After collecting his spiritual consciousness and exiting the psychic formation, he stood up with gratitude, pondered for a moment, then raised his head and said, “Sanlang, I’m afraid I have to go on a long journey.”

Lingwen warned him not to be discovered by other priests, which showed that this matter was quite involved.And if he goes directly to heaven and then jumps to Banyueguan, it is convenient, but such a trip will be recorded.Moreover, if someone did something in the passage, I really don’t dare to say where they would land if they jumped.From this point of view, we can only go to Banyueguan on foot.Since this empty shell had been brought to his doorstep, he was trying to trick him into going there. It was definitely not a good place.But Sanlang said: “Okay, brother, if you don’t mind taking me along.”

Xie Lian was startled, and used a broom to sweep aside the fake skin bag on the ground, and said: “The journey is long and windy and sandy, so why do you want to follow it?”

Sanlang smiled and said, “Do you want to know what’s going on with the Half-Moon Demon Dao?”

Hearing this, Xie Lian paused and said, “Do you even know this?”

Sanlang folded his hands and said leisurely: “Ban Yue Pass, two hundred years ago, was the place where Ban Yue Kingdom was located. Ban Yue’s manpower was endless, and his temperament was fierce and aggressive, and he often harassed the people of the Central Plains.”

He sat up slightly, his eyes bright, and said: “Half Moon Demon Dao is their national master.”

Xie Lian leaned the broom against the wall and sat down to listen in detail.At this time, there was a knocking sound outside the door.

It was getting late at this time, and the villagers were so frightened by Xie Lian’s previous words of “possessed by evil spirits” that they retreated into their houses and did not dare to come out. Who could knock on the door?Xie Lian stood at the door and held his breath for a moment. He didn’t feel any change in the charm on the door, and then there were two more “knocks”.From the sound, it seemed like two people were knocking on the door at the same time.

He thought for a moment and opened the door. Sure enough, two teenagers in black were standing at the door.One is handsome, the other is elegant, it is Nanfeng and Fuyao.

Xie Lian looked at them for a while and said: “You two…”

Fuyao was the first to roll his eyes.Nanfeng faced each other and asked, “Are you going to Banyueguan?”

Thanks for the pity: “Where did you hear it?”

He originally thought that Lingwen went to Zhongtian Court to ask for help, but then he thought about it. She had warned him not to let others know, so naturally he would not make it public.Nanfeng said: “I heard some of the priests talking a bit on the road, and I heard that you asked about Ban Yue Guan in the psychic formation today.”

Xie Lian understood. He put his hands in his sleeves and said, “I understand. ‘I volunteer’, right?”

Both of them looked contorted with toothache, and said: “…Yes.”

Xie Lian couldn’t help laughing and said: “I understand, I understand. However, we have agreed in advance that if we go to Banyueguan this time and encounter something we cannot handle on the way, we are welcome to run away at any time.”

Xie Lian’s rule of life is: Don’t force others.Whether you force others to do something or force others not to do something, it is all forced.Whether something is good or not can only be known by doing it.If you force a person to do something, even if he does it, he will not recognize it in his heart; if you force a person not to do something, even if he doesn’t do it, he will always try his best to think about it and one day he will do it.So, let everything take its course.Come when you want and leave when you want.Immediately, he turned sideways and invited the two of them into the room to discuss it in detail.Unexpectedly, when the two people saw the young man sitting crookedly behind him, their originally dark complexions instantly turned livid.

Nanfeng stepped in, got in front of Xie Lian, and said: “Back away!”

The author has something to say: In fact, everyone uses smart phones, only His Highness uses a PHS, so even if he wants to grab the red envelope, he can’t (beat him to death)