Chapter 2 Strange Dream

Wei Yuan had another dream.

It was an antique wooden building, three stories high, with red silk wrapped around it, fluttering in the wind.

It was surrounded by wisps of white mist, and the sound of water came from the mist.

In the sound of water, one could also hear the crisp sound of singing.

It seemed to come from the water, sung by the female opera singer across the water.

Wei Yuan had no sense of self and walked forward step by step, into a courtyard. The courtyard was narrow and cramped, surrounded by tall wooden buildings, with strings of white silk hanging from the upturned eaves. Below was a crooked old locust tree, and under the locust tree was a square well.

There was the sound of water in the well, like flowing water.

A woman sat by the well, her head lowered, her black hair falling down, obscuring her face.

Wei Yuan took a step blankly, approaching step by step, but this time he only took a few steps, and the expression on his face began to fluctuate, showing a struggling look. Then, in a sudden roar of a tiger that exploded, he suddenly opened his eyes in the dream, and saw the woman with long drooping hair, and the pair of gold-trimmed red embroidered shoes that were so familiar that he could not forget them.

The next moment, the dream shattered.

In the real world, Wei Yuan opened his eyes, and a cyan-golden light disappeared from the depths of his eyes.

He looked at the ceiling and remained silent for a long time.

Just now, the dream that had been forgotten last night was gradually being recalled.

Moreover, now he could clearly distinguish that in yesterday's dream, when he walked into that courtyard, the well and the woman by the well were about five meters away from him. In the dream just now, it was only four meters, gradually getting closer.

As for what the gradual shortening of this distance meant, Wei Yuan didn't know.

But it was obviously not a good thing.

"...I've been targeted."

He sighed and rubbed the Crouching Tiger waist tag.

The Crouching Tiger waist tag could react in the dream, but it couldn't directly take down that vengeful ghost. Was it because it was not that kind of defensive treasure in the first place, or was it because too much time had passed and its own ability had been greatly reduced?

It was dark outside. Wei Yuan took out his phone, turned it on, and looked at the time.

Three thirty in the morning, about the same time he woke up yesterday, Yin hour. If he remembered correctly, the Crouching Tiger waist tag reacted, repelling the vengeful ghost and preventing the wandering souls in the museum from turning into vengeful ghosts. He obtained merit and then transformed it into the methods that the Crouching Tiger Commandant must master.

After that, he fell into a daze and fell asleep.

Wei Yuan clenched his fist and didn't find anything different.

After thinking for a while, according to the words on the paper, he held the waist tag with his right palm and closed his eyes to meditate.

Slowly, he could vaguely feel that there was an additional talisman in the palm of his right hand, but when he opened his eyes and shined the light of his mobile phone, he couldn't see anything. Touching it with his hand was the same, he didn't feel anything. It was obviously a technique similar to a soul technique.

There were written records of this magical technique on the white paper.

【Exorcism】

In ancient times, there was the Nuo ritual, called exorcism, with twelve people forming a formation, painting skins with vermilion, holding hemp whips several feet long, dancing and chanting the names of the gods.

In the pre-Qin period, there was a book called "Ji".

Ji Jiu, ghosts harm the people and act recklessly, bringing misfortune to the people. Announce it like Ji, summon and guide the people so that they do not suffer misfortune.

This means that ghosts are ominous. The Great Qin compiled exorcism textbooks to inform the public so as to prevent the people from being harmed.

The Great Han also said, "Witches are in charge of expelling ghosts and eliminating misfortunes according to the seasons."

This is a method passed down since ancient times.

However, the exorcism divine power that the Crouching Tiger Commandant must master is not just simply expelling wandering souls who refuse to leave. Qu, to expel, is also to drive. This divine power also has the method of driving, which can use some abilities of the soul.

Each has its own characteristics: chī mèi wǎng liǎng (mountain demons and water monsters, goblins and monsters).

No matter how strong the Crouching Tiger Commandant is, it is impossible to be all-knowing. Relying on driving different ghosts can play a great auxiliary role in capturing demons and ghosts. In later generations, these ghosts who have made meritorious service by being driven are often sacrificed and become Yin soldiers and ghost generals of the City God.

And in the two thousand years after the Han Dynasty, most of the exorcism and summoning methods of various sects were derived from this.

Wei Yuan groped the Crouching Tiger waist tag with his fingers, lost in thought.

If it was in other places, driving ghosts required finding Yin objects first, and then using them to subdue the ghosts, and then they could be used. Then now there are five Yin objects in this museum. If he could successfully persuade them to accept being driven, at least he would have more confidence in facing the vengeful ghost that seemed to be targeting him.

He thought of the water ghost who was directly knocked down and silently added.

Probably…

In any case, being able to open the Yin Yang Eyes and master the magical powers that only exist in stories still made Wei Yuan feel a little more relaxed. It seemed that when the exorcism talisman was imprinted, it also caused some strange changes in his body. He had only slept for two hours, but Wei Yuan didn't feel tired.

He moved his shoulders and prepared to get out of bed to find those ghosts.

Then Wei Yuan's movements stopped, and his eyes froze.

A pair of gold-trimmed red embroidered shoes were quietly placed on the ground.

The toes of the shoes were facing his bed.

About four meters away.

It was pitch black outside the window, and there was not a sound around.

It was as if he was the only person in the world.

After a long silence, Wei Yuan sighed slightly.

He got out of bed and walked over.

Then.

He kicked the red embroidered shoes away with one foot.

……………………

A black car sped down the highway.

In the front seat were two young men with bulging muscles.

In the back seat was a young woman with neat short hair, wearing a suit and black high heels. One hand held a woman's cigarette, and the other hand typed on the keyboard. She frowned slightly as she looked at the things on the computer. Seeing the constantly rising curve, she felt her blood pressure rising as well.

In recent years, the concentration of spiritual energy has been constantly increasing.

The frequency of some things happening is also getting higher and higher.

Blue Star, Huaguo (China), Mist Capital, Sakura Island, Celtic.

These countries are different from another country with a short history. Whether they were discovered and resolved locally, or once depended on the suzerain state, their history is full of means to solve chī mèi wǎng liǎng (mountain demons and water monsters, goblins and monsters), especially Huaguo (China). At the beginning of the spiritual energy revival, most of the chī mèi wǎng liǎng (mountain demons and water monsters, goblins and monsters) matters had been forcibly suppressed, without interfering with the normal life of ordinary people.

On the vast land of Divine Land, Buddhist and Taoist disciples were directly mobilized. As soon as any insignificant demons appeared, they were directly suppressed by iron fists.

But now, some can't be suppressed.

The speed at which the concentration of spiritual energy is increasing is too fast, almost suddenly increasing at one point.

And the number is also too large.

Taoist and Buddhist disciples, all those with some Taoist skills have been drawn out and formed into two types of special personnel.

One type is members who study and popularize spiritual energy cultivation.

The other type is responsible for going out to subdue demons and eliminate ghosts.

The people in this car are all the latter, belonging to the Shangqing Weiming Sect of the Taoist sect.

"A case occurred in Quanzhou, possibly done by demons."

The woman brought up the map and said concisely:

"Change course and go to Quanzhou to solve these things."

The man driving the car frowned:

"Captain, we still have a mission."

"There's still some time before the gathering, let's solve the Quanzhou case first."

"But…"

"No buts."

The woman's cigarette disappeared silently, she rubbed her temples and said:

"Before spiritual energy cultivation can meet Huaguo's (China's) safety standards and large-scale popular education can be carried out, ordinary people don't have much resistance to these demons. Only we can fight them."

"If we don't do it, who will?"

Her voice paused, and she said:

"After all, we are different from them."

The two men were silent.

A sense of responsibility to protect the weak and a condescending feeling of being a strong person emerged.

Yes, they are different.

Different from mortals, they are cultivators.

If they don't do it, who else can deal with these demons?

The man nodded, turned the steering wheel, and the black car turned downwards, entering the Quanzhou area.