ryethenovel Chapter 6: Exorcising Evil for the School Beauty
Chapter 6: Exorcising Evil for the School Beauty
the other side.
"Then I'll have to trouble you, Master."
Chu Yingxiong's voice was filled with exhaustion, but also with anticipation.
"Take your ritual implements and the Buddha statue that will be offered incense, and come upstairs with me."
The old abbot nodded to Chu Yingxiong, then turned and waved to the eighteen monks behind him, speaking in a deep voice.
"OK."
A group of monks responded, each carrying a wooden fish, prayer beads, a vajra, and a gilded Buddha statue, and followed the old abbot step by step up to the second floor.
The higher you go, the lower the temperature gets, as if you're walking into an ice cave.
A thin layer of white frost covered the stair railings, and large patches of blackened and moldy wallpaper on the walls emitted a gloomy, putrid smell.
The old abbot walked to the innermost room, stopped, took a deep breath, and pushed the door open.
A bone-chilling cold instantly swept over me, like the biting wind of December, stinging my face.
It was April outside, with temperatures reaching 30 degrees Celsius, but inside the room, the temperature was close to zero degrees Celsius, and your breath would instantly turn into white mist.
At this very moment, a young girl was lying on the large bed in the center of the room; it was Chu Yahan.
She was bound tightly to the bed with thick hemp rope, her hands and feet tied to the four corners of the bed.
The exposed skin was deathly pale, devoid of any color, like an ice sculpture.
Only the faint undulations around her neck proved that she was still alive.
The abbot's steps were somewhat heavy as he walked step by step to the bedside. He looked at Chu Yahan on the bed, his hand trembling slightly. He reached out and then withdrew it, repeating this twice before finally gritting his teeth and reaching out to pry open Chu Yahan's eyelids.
Although he was a monk, he had studied medicine.
He wanted to judge Chu Yahan's current state by looking at her eyes, but the moment his eyes met Chu Yahan's, the old abbot's blood seemed to freeze instantly.
The woman's eyes had no whites at all; they were completely black.
Like two bottomless black holes, staring intently at him.
An extreme chill spread from his fingers throughout the old abbot's entire body, making his scalp tingle and his spine go cold.
Just then, a sound came from Chu Yahan's throat on the bed. It was neither a girl's voice nor a human's voice. It sounded like a beast's growl or a vengeful ghost's howl.
A hoarse, harsh sound, filled with malice, burst forth from the depths of his throat.
"Roar... Roar roar..."
"Roar... Roar!"
Chu Yahan's body began to writhe violently, and the hemp rope binding her body instantly dug into her flesh, causing fine bloodstains to seep from her skin.
But she seemed completely oblivious to the pain, struggling more and more violently, shaking the entire bed until it creaked and the bed legs scraped against the wooden planks with a harsh sound.
"..." The old abbot was so frightened that he almost cried out.
Fear spread through his heart!
I originally thought that would be all there was to it.
But the next second...
The old abbot's gaze was fixed on Chu Yahan's arm, his pupils suddenly shrinking.
On Chu Yahan's fair arm, something was moving rapidly beneath her skin, forming a long, narrow lump that traveled from her arm all the way to her neck.
Immediately afterward, a human face slowly emerged from beneath that skin, with fairly clear features.
The protruding face had its eyes open, seemingly staring straight at the old abbot, and even a strange smile appeared on its lips.
"Ahhh..."
"Ahhhhh!"
The old abbot was so frightened that he almost lost his mind and took a step back, bumping into his disciple behind him.
The prayer beads in her hand fell to the ground with a clatter and rolled everywhere.
What exactly is this thing?
How can such a thing exist in this world?
I have performed Buddhist rituals for forty years and have never seen anything like it.
The female benefactor in front of us last night was only highly aggressive, and her body was like a spider, able to climb the room. These old abbots, with their strong hearts, could still accept it.
But what I see today
But it directly impacted his values.
"Master...Master?"
The young monk behind him was trembling. He hadn't seen what had just happened; he was simply startled by the old abbot's violent reaction.
"Quick! Quick! Quick! Quickly stand in the positions of the Eighteen Arhats, chant the sutra, chant the Diamond Sutra, quick!"
The old abbot's hands were still trembling as he bent down to pick up the prayer beads. He gritted his teeth and gave a stern order to the eighteen monks behind him.
Afterwards, the eighteen monks quickly dispersed and stood in a circle around the large bed, holding ritual implements and a Buddha statue that had been offered incense, and began to chant scriptures.
The sounds of wooden fish drums and chanting filled the cold room.
But Chu Yahan on the bed did not calm down; instead, she struggled even more violently.
The screams from her throat grew louder and louder, making people's eardrums ache, and her skin began to crack open one by one.
It looked like cracks in a beautiful white porcelain vase, and the blood mixed in with these cracks wasn't red, but jet black.
now.
Standing at the door, Chu Yingxiong clenched his fists so tightly that his knuckles turned white, and the bloodshot veins in his eyes were almost overflowing.
He rushed in, grabbed the old abbot's arm, his voice filled with barely suppressed anger and despair.
"What's going on? Didn't you say that scriptures can ward off evil spirits and Buddha statues can suppress evil spirits? Why is my daughter's condition getting worse the more we chant them?"
Chu Yingxiong had been reading this for quite some time now, and only parents could understand the anxiety he felt.
"Please calm down, Mr. Chu. It's probably because the chanting isn't strong enough and the distance is too far. The quantitative change hasn't led to the qualitative change yet. If you get a little closer and increase the volume, you'll definitely be able to suppress this evil spirit."
Facing Chu Yingxiong's bloodshot eyes, the old abbot's face turned pale, and sweat poured down his forehead like water.
This is the only way he can comfort and explain things now; he can't possibly admit that he has no real ability and can't control this filthy thing.
His only solace was in Buddhist scriptures and statues.
"Then I'll ask you one more time."
Chu Yingxiong gritted his teeth and released his grip, his eyes carrying a warning.
What he really meant by those words was, "I'll trust you one more time."
However, being a businessman, he didn't want to make any absolute statements, as it could easily offend people.
If he continues to do nothing like this, he wouldn't mind showing his true, cold fangs.
"Everyone, move closer, stand around the bed, place the Buddha statue at the head of the bed, and chant the sutras at the top of your lungs, quickly, quickly, quickly!"
The abbot quickly turned around and shouted sternly at the eighteen monks.
The eighteen monks looked at each other, and finally had no choice but to grit their teeth and move forward, tightly surrounding the large bed.
He started chanting the sutra at the top of his lungs, the sound so loud that the windowpanes rattled slightly.
Just then, a miracle happened.
Chu Yahan, who was struggling and screaming frantically just a second ago, suddenly fell silent.
Her body stopped writhing and instead curled up into a ball, trembling violently like a frightened quail, the roar in her throat turning into a soft sob.
He didn't even dare to lift his head. The cracks in his skin were slowly healing, and the dark blood stopped seeping out.
The most immediate feeling is that the chill in the room seems to have lessened.
The lights overhead stopped flickering violently and instead stabilized.
Chu Yingxiong was stunned for a moment, then his face lit up with ecstatic joy. He breathed a sigh of relief and exclaimed, "It worked! Master, it worked! It really worked!"