"Really?"
The great monk from the Grand Avalokitesvara Temple had already grabbed my pulse point. "Elder Sheng, these talismans of yours are not right, and they're all over her body. This is extremely harmful to this young lady!"
Sheng Shixun frowned, his face showing extreme worry. "Is... is that so?"
The great monk said seriously, "There's a feng shui shop next to our temple. There's a master in it who is very powerful. We should quickly take this young girl there to have a look."
"Sigh... We should probably inform Miss Du's family first."
How could Sheng Shixun let me go to see some master? He politely declined the great monk.
"I'm afraid it will be too late then!"
The great monk was an extremely enthusiastic person. He felt my pulse, then with a wave of his wide monk's sleeve, he wiped off the vermilion talismans on my hands. It was as if he was talking to himself, but also deliberately for Sheng Shixun to hear. "Applying the corpse - suppressing talisman to a living person. Isn't this just nonsense?!"
"Hey, who are you calling nonsense!"
The Taishan Mansion Lord, who had just pushed me down, also ran over from the escalator at this moment. Just in time to see the monk wipe off the talismans he had painstakingly drawn, he immediately pointed at the monk and scolded, "What do you guys know? Who will be responsible if something goes wrong and someone gets hurt?"
Saying that, he was about to come and grab my arm.
The corpse - suppressing talisman on my hand had been destroyed, and my physical functions immediately recovered. I reached out and grabbed the monk's robe sleeve, and with difficulty, squeezed out a few words, "G... Great master, save me. T... They want to harm me!"
The great monk was stunned for a moment. The other two monks who came with him quickly blocked between the Taishan Mansion Lord and us.
"Misunderstanding! It's all a misunderstanding!"
Seeing that the atmosphere was tense, Sheng Shixun quickly turned around and also came between us. "Master Yongshan, didn't I tell you? Miss Du has been possessed by a lonely ghost. Right now... It's not her talking, but the evil ghost living in her body. Masters, don't believe her!"
"Oh? Is that so?" Master Yongshan stared at me intently.
"I... I'm not a ghost. I was forcibly captured by them."
This was probably my only chance to escape, so I naturally had to seize it tightly. So I looked straight into the great monk's scrutinizing eyes and said, "My grandfather was hit by their car. When I went to reason with them, I was kidnapped here!"
"Nonsense. You're just a witch. How could you have any relatives?!"
The Taishan Mansion Lord knew my background, so he naturally refuted me.
Unexpectedly, his voice and behavior were more like those of a possessed person. His way of sitting and acting was clearly that of a man, which made Master Yongshan even more suspicious.
"It doesn't matter."
He and the two other monk masters still protected me on both sides. "Elder Sheng, your accommodation is in the dormitory of our Grand Avalokitesvara Temple. How about letting your student go with us to see Master Lu?"
... Master Lu?!
Master Lu from the Grand Avalokitesvara Temple?!
My heart suddenly skipped a few beats.
Zhao Zifeng, whom I had met in the capital before, said that Lu Xiyu's family was in the Grand Avalokitesvara Temple in Green City. Then her father, Lu Tianchang, was probably the Master Lu that Master Yongshan was talking about!
I had always bought Master Lu's magical artifacts online and received them by express delivery. I was both nervous and excited at the thought of seeing the real Master Lu this time.
With Master Lu around, I would definitely not be bullied!
After all, we had been friends since the last century...
When in Rome, do as the Romans do!
Sheng Shixun was actually employed by the Grand Avalokitesvara Temple, so he naturally had to follow the masters' arrangements.
The group got into the business van the masters had driven. Along the way, we drove from the eastern suburb of Green City into the Grand Avalokitesvara Temple by the river.
The riverside was shaded by lush green trees and colorful flowers, with a gentle breeze blowing. The business van turned right on the small road by the river, and immediately, a simple and solemn temple gate appeared in our sight.
However, inside the red wall of the temple, it was in a complete mess.
The tallest five - story red building in the courtyard had been burned beyond recognition. A large part of the building had collapsed, revealing a huge white jade statue of Avalokitesvara inside. Its head was covered with a red silk, and the flawless white jade was completely blackened by the fire.
I got out of the car while observing the collapsed temple.
The Taishan Mansion Lord was firmly watched by the two great monks. It seemed that Master Yongshan thought he was more like a ghost possessing a body than I was!!
"Xiao He!!"
As soon as I got out of the car, from afar, I saw on one side of the square in front of the temple, there was a small shop with a yellow light - box sign that read "Lu's Feng Shui and Divination Shop". On a bamboo rocking chair in front of the shop, a middle - aged man in his thirties or forties was shaking a fan and trotting over.
"Hey?! Master Lu, is the sun rising from the west today? Why are you at home at this time?"
Master Yongshan was surprised.
This Lu's Divination Shop usually didn't open until afternoon. Moreover, during this period, Master Lu's daughter had given birth and was in confinement. Master Lu had even written a phone number on the window glass of the shop, asking those who needed his help to call him directly. He simply didn't open the shop.
It was only morning today, but Master Lu was already here drinking tea and reading books. It seemed that he had been waiting for quite a while.
"Sigh, I calculated with my fingers. There must be a major event happening today and I'll meet an old acquaintance. How could I not come early to wait?"
Master Lu was tall and thin. He was wearing a hemp - yellow Chinese - style front - buttoned gown and a pair of dark - brown trousers. He had long hair, which he gathered at the back of his head and coiled into a bun, secured with a bamboo chopstick. On his smiling face were a pair of eyes like ice. When he saw me, the ice immediately melted. He reached out and held my wrist, and said with some emotion, "Xiao He, it's been a long time!"
Although I didn't remember what Lu Tianchang looked like, I had seen his image in the Book of Reincarnation in the underworld.
Now his appearance was almost the same as it was a hundred years ago. He was still as handsome as ever, but the vicissitudes inadvertently revealed in his expression made me realize that, like me, he had lived for a very long time!
"Lu... Master Lu, it's really been a long time!"
I softly echoed Lu Tianchang.
"Your husband asked me to tell you that he will come later."
Lu Tianchang pulled me towards his shop as he walked and said, "There's a bit of trouble with A Wen. He's been held up, so he asked me to come and rescue you."
After saying that, he looked back at Sheng Shixun and the Taishan Mansion Lord following behind the great monks.
"Those two guys are the ones who kidnapped you?"
Sheng Shixun had built an image of being gentle and humble. When he saw Lu Tianchang looking at him, he gracefully nodded to Lu Tianchang.
Unexpectedly, Lu Tianchang just snorted from his nose. Then he looked at the Taishan Mansion Lord. In an instant, Lu Tianchang was like a man who had been hit by a stick. "X... Xiao He, how could a god possess a living person?!"