I quickly ran over to Zhang Daqiang and took a look. Sure enough, he was not drowned. He was sitting on the shore panting. But his clothes were soaked. I guess he was also haunted by that photo before.
He was confused and wanted to commit suicide by jumping into the lake, but was finally saved by the female Taoist priest.
I breathed a sigh of relief and shouted quickly.
"Zhang Daqiang, are you okay?"
When Zhang Daqiang heard my voice, he stumbled over to me and grabbed my arm.
"Oh, my mother, I almost died in that lake just now, the water was up to my neck, but I was rescued by a woman in red."
I thought it was impossible. He had a Zhong Kui tattoo on his body, so why didn’t it work at all?
Zhang Daqiang also asked: "Master Li, don't I have a Zhong Kui tattoo on my body? So I didn't feel scared after the photo ghost appeared, but I didn't expect... this tattoo wouldn't work, right?"
I quickly lifted up the clothes on my back and took a look. I was dumbfounded.
The Zhong Kui tattoo on his back has turned black, as if ink has been splashed on it, especially Zhong Kui's eyes, which have become lifeless.
The tattoo was broken.
I almost fell to the ground. Regarding the tattoo being broken, Zhang Sangui once said when he taught me that it was because the soul inside left the tattoo for some reason, or the soul disappeared.
It's impossible to lose his soul, that's Zhong Kui after all.
So Zhong Kui's soul left the tattoo and ran away.
The bad thing is that I was scared away by that photo ghost.
I feel chilled in my heart. Is that photo ghost so powerful? Can it scare Zhong Kui away?
Damn it, isn't it just a ghost? Zhong Kui specializes in catching ghosts.
I didn't have time to think too much, so I quickly pulled Zhang Daqiang and ran to Xia Qingqing and the female Taoist priest.
The mistress has woken up from a coma, but her face is pale and her spirit is listless.
He grabbed my arm and started crying.
"Brother Yang, I knew it was a photo ghost, but because I had tattoos on my body, I wasn't afraid. I even chatted with her, but while we were chatting, I lost control and started making out with her, and then I
Seeing her diving into the lake, she waved to me and asked me to go too, so I walked towards the lake in a daze."
I sighed and realized that the photo ghost had been making out with them before. It was not really making out. He was taking the opportunity to suck their yang energy.
Fortunately, they didn't smoke much, so Xiaosanzi and Zhang Daqiang were just a little pale.
I was scared and blamed myself. I used the two of them as bait, but they almost lost their lives.
I have to admit that I was negligent this time, I underestimated the ghost in the photo.
If it weren't for this female Taoist priest today, we would all have to stay here.
Xia Qingqing said: "Isn't it just a ghost? How can it be so powerful? Even you can't handle it?"
The female Taoist priest next to her snorted and said, "Ghost? She is not just a ghost, she has an entity."
Only then did I remember that the female ghost did have a physical entity, otherwise the mistress and Zhang Daqiang would not have been able to be intimate with her before.
Xiao Sanzi and Zhang Daqiang also said that when they hugged the female ghost before, the female ghost's body was warm and soft, not like a ghost at all, but more like a person.
"Isn't it a ghost?" I asked.
"It is indeed a ghost, but not entirely a ghost. She should be a ghost corpse."
"Ghost corpse?" I looked at the female Taoist priest in surprise.
What is a ghost corpse? A ghost is a ghost, and a corpse is a corpse. Why is there a ghost corpse?
The female Taoist priest said: "Have you ever heard of the bardo?"
Before I could answer, the female Taoist priest explained: "The journey from the moment the deceased expires, when the eighth consciousness leaves the body, to the time of reincarnation is called the bardo."
"The so-called front Yin has faded, and the back Yin has not arrived. The middle Yin has appeared before, and the front Yin has faded. It means that the life span of this period has expired, and the back Yin has not arrived, which means that the reincarnation has not yet occurred. Therefore, people in this period are both living and dead.
If a dead person is considered a ghost, it is not really dead. The body still retains the temperature and elasticity of a living person. It is no different from a living person's body, but it is not a living person, so the body at this time can only be called a ghost.
For corpses."
"So it is both a ghost and a corpse, so it is called a ghost corpse."
When the female Taoist priest said this, I felt even more reckless this time. I came here without doing any investigation on the photo ghost, fought an unprepared battle, and therefore failed miserably.
This is also an experience and lesson for me.
Xia Qingqing said: "Li Yang, Li Yang, you miscalculated this time. In the final analysis, you are too arrogant. You didn't know the details of this family at all, so you rashly let the mistress and Zhang Daqiang come to play for a while, and you also made bold words.
You can destroy that thing in the blink of an eye, now look..."
The female Taoist priest looked surprised.
"Did you deliberately lure that thing out to destroy her?"
I nodded.
Unexpectedly, the female Taoist priest said unceremoniously: "I don't want to kill you? Who do you think you are? If you dare to provoke this thing, you are simply seeking death."
She looked at me.
"You should also be a Yin person. Which sect do you belong to?"
I said: "I, I tattoo people."
I don't dare to say that I am a descendant of the Thorn Soul lineage. If I say this, wouldn't I be damaging my own reputation?
"A tattooed man dares to come here to catch ghost corpses? Is this more than arrogance? Even I, the Taoist nun, who has been wandering around for many days, dare not act rashly, let alone you."
If I was usually reprimanded like this by this female Taoist priest, I would definitely not obey, but today, I really have no confidence.
After all, they were the ones who saved Xiaosanzi and Zhang Daqiang.
So I can only listen to people scolding me.
After the reprimand, I still had to laugh and inquire about the situation.
"Taoist nun, you were the one who suppressed this thing temporarily, but why did it start causing trouble again a few years later? What is the origin of this thing?"
But the female Taoist priest didn't want to talk to us at all.
"It's not good for you to know too much. If you want to survive, leave here as soon as possible. Don't hinder this Taoist nun from doing things."
I was disappointed, and I felt extremely aggrieved.
Seeing my deflated look, Xia Qingqing actually covered her mouth and snickered twice, and whispered in my ear: "I've always seen you looking arrogant, but you're deflated today, haha, that's new."
Then she touched my arm and said: "Let's go, they have issued an eviction order, why are we still here?"
My stubborn temper grew.
"I won't give up until I leave and catch that thing."
They were all stunned.
The female Taoist priests were all very angry with me.
"Are you quite cool-tempered? But if you can't do it, you just can't do it. If you show off your strength, you are seeking death."
"Who says I can't do it?" I retorted bravely: "I was just negligent this time. I didn't find out the origin of that ghost. Now that I know it, why don't we just use another method to deal with her."
The female Taoist priest said: "Is it clear now? What do you know?"