C9 The morning road at the end of the ghost festival

Seeing Daoist Void Bamboo's sudden huge reaction, the few of us immediately didn't dare to speak. Following his gaze, we looked out the window. My heart was still afraid, could it be that Chen Yao has come?

As soon as we looked outside, we heard the sound of dogs barking in the village. We had never heard such a crazy barking before. From the looks of it, all the dogs in the village were barking, and they seemed to be barking in the same direction!

Daoist Master Xu Zhu suddenly shouted, "Turn off the lights and light a candle!"

My father did not dare delay, promised, immediately went to turn off the light, and then lit the candle. After that, no one dared to breathe too loudly as they looked out the window at the bright moonlight.

After a while. Daoist Master Xu said to us in a low voice, "It's the end of the Ghost Festival, and we're the only ones in the village with lights on. I'm sure that there will be something dirty lying by the window later."

We agreed, and the atmosphere became even more tense. Looking out the window, we could see the general scene of the village under the moonlight, but we couldn't see anything moving. The dog just kept howling!

After a while, the sounds of the dogs gradually became less frequent. The dog at my doorstep suddenly let out a loud bellow, and then it stopped moving. Taoist Xu Zhu, holding the money sword, told us to hide under the window and look up.

After a long time, there was a faint rustling sound from outside, as if someone was tiptoeing along outside, and the sound was getting closer and closer to the window. I felt a chill behind me, as if something were suddenly missing in the room, but I couldn't remember what!

Suddenly, a long shadow pulled by the moonlight appeared in the room. There was no sound at all. The shadow seemed to be climbing up to the window and looking into the room. It was more like a lifeless pestle.

We held our breaths and did not dare to move. We stared at the shadow for a long time, and after about ten minutes, the room suddenly regained its moonlight. The shadow had disappeared, but now we somehow remembered that we had lit a candle. We don't even know when the candle disappeared!

I suddenly realized that I was missing a candle just now!

Outside of the house, there was no other sound, but Daoist Void Bamboo turned on the light. After turning on the light, aside from Daoist Void Bamboo and the old Scholar, the rest of us were all dumbfounded.

What happened just now was like an incomplete dream!

Daoist Void Bamboo said there was no need to be afraid. This was brought away by the Night Walk Ghost, so it would be fine if we weren't discovered. Then, Daoist Master Xu Zhu said, "Previously, the reason that the Banshee didn't immediately come looking for the kid was because she was afraid of encountering a Night Demon. Now that the Night Demon has left, she will definitely come here immediately. We must leave!"

After saying all that, my mother immediately started crying. Looking at me, she sobbed silently. However, after being scolded by my father, she said that there was no point in crying. It's not like my son was going to do anything and would come back.

Even so, my father's eyes became moist, and he told my mother to pack up for me, and to pack up all the supplies for college.

I had a bad feeling about this. I asked the old Elementary Scholar where Taoist Xu Zhu's Taoist temple was, and if it was very far from here. The old Elementary Scholar nodded his head and said that it was in the northeast, about a thousand miles away. It took him a few days to get there.

Taoist Xu Zhu told my father that in the business of being a Taoist, one's fate is not to return to oneself. No one can guarantee that your son will return, but this humble Taoist will definitely bestow upon him his skills, at that time, avoid the banshee and send him back home.

My father forced a smile and nodded. Then he took a few thousand yuan and gave it to Taoist Xu Zhu, saying that it was a small token of his goodwill and telling him not to mind it. After taking a glance at it, Mao Zhu didn't say anything. He accepted the money, took out two hundred yuan, and gave it to me. He said that Taoist cultivators don't have many rules.

Time is of the essence. After packing up, Daoist Void Bamboo called for the old Elementary Scholar to accompany him on a trip and settle the matter with my grandparents. The old Elementary Scholar understood all of this, so there was no need for him to say anything more.

I took off the groom's clothes and put him in my bag. Afterwards, I told them about the matter with Eggs Chen and told them to bring her home. After that, I reluctantly said my goodbyes, but I didn't cry because I would be back.

It was already 4 a.m., but it was still too early for daybreak. The moon was still hanging in the sky, so Taoist Xu Zhu led me out of the village. He didn't dare to use his flashlight and said that he was afraid that my demonic wife would discover me.

On the way, I asked Dao Master Xu Zhu, "Since Chen Yao's personality isn't bad, can I discuss with her and ask her to let me go?" If she really likes you, then even if you run to the ends of the earth, you will still be pestered. It is precisely because you like her that it is impossible for her to leave you.

I asked him what it was like to hurt people. He said that only ghosts would cause harm to the Yang people, but demons were different. They could actually be together with people, both of which were harmless, but this was against a taboo in heaven, for example, the marriage between a fairy and a mortal, that was human or demon, or even a ghost. As long as they were together, there would be retribution.

I sighed and said nothing more. I hoped that Chen Yao was playing with me.

We went out of the village and hurried all the way to town. It was already dawn, and by the time we got to town for breakfast, Taoist Xu Zhu was eating fifteen dollars a bowl of beef noodles, and I was the hot noodles for three dollars.

This situation seems to be very bad, I was a little dazed. Who knew that Daoist Void Bamboo would find out? He said, "Disciple, whether it is a monk or a Taoist, they must respect the above. We are master and disciple, so I must do this or we will go against the heavens."

Well, I thought, if that's the case, there shouldn't be that much of a difference. Ah, there's an unexplainable uneasiness in my heart, and I feel like my miserable days are yet to come.

The journey back to the monastery was still going on, all the way to the north. On the road, I have experienced many vicissitudes. I eat the worst quality food, and live in the same sky as Zhu Zhu Dao. I even have a share in the hotel.

For some reason, Taoist Master Xu Zhu always stayed in a relatively remote hotel, and the moment he entered the door, he asked the waiter if there was any special service. After that, he went to a high-end room with 'special service'.

I once told him that I also had to live in a special service, but he answered me and said, "Disciple, whether it is a monk or a Taoist, they all respect above. You and I are master and disciple, master …" Otherwise, it would go against the Heavenly Dao!

Every time he said that, he left in a hurry, as if he was in a hurry to do something. I could only sigh silently.

After a few days of travel, we arrived at a county town in the north. Taoist Xu Zhu said that this is where the Taoist temple is, but on the mountain, he hasn't returned for a long time, it has always been his disciple taking care of it. So, today we will stay here for the last night, and tomorrow morning we will hurry back to the Taoist temple.

We walked to a remote hotel, where Taoist Ishigami hurried to his special service room again. I was assigned to a basement that smelled bad and was dirty, as if it hadn't been cleaned very often.

I put down my bag and walked out into the corridor. I wanted to go out for a walk, eat something, and get to know the road here. Because, as I heard the waiter say, this is the place where my college is located!

Walking out of the hotel and looking at this strange city with its bright lights, I felt a little lost. After calling my parents to report my safety, I walked into a noodle restaurant and ordered lamb noodles. I also ordered a bottle of beer.

A bottle of beer, I just used a disposable cup, a cup of time, a glass of wine to drink, I feel a lot more comfortable.

However, as I drank and drank, I realized that something was wrong. Every time I drank a large bottle of beer, I would feel like there were two less beers!

After a while, I carefully stared at the beer and poured myself a cup. Suddenly, I noticed that the beer was decreasing at a speed which could be seen by the naked eye!

My scalp immediately tingled. I looked around me and saw a sea of people. Could it be that there's a ghost?

So I just took a couple of glasses and put them all on the table. I poured out all the beer in a bottle, but I couldn't see what was missing because it wasn't in the bottle.

However, just as I picked up a glass of beer and took a sip, I looked down and saw an empty glass on the table, with a few fresh fingerprints on it!

I threw the money on the table in fright and ran to the hotel, which was so remote that I had to pass through a dark alley. When I reached the middle of the alley, I felt someone following me.

However, just as I was about to turn around, I caught a glimpse of my feet, and realized that my feet had unwittingly grown taller.