After shouting a few more times, the paper figurine's wrist was completely soaked. At this time, my great-great-grandfather not only felt that it was magical, but he also admired Wang San's master to the point of prostrating himself on the ground.
Wang San had previously instructed that the paper figurine's wrist was completely wet, which meant that the soul of Dong You Cai's son had already attached itself to the paper figurine. They had to quickly row the boat back. My great-great-grandfather didn't dare to be negligent at this time. After fishing out the red-headed rope from the river, he rowed the boat and quickly sailed to the shore.
At this time, Wang San and Dong You Cai saw my great-great-grandfather rowing the boat and immediately understood what was going on. The two of them stopped moving together.
When they reached the shore, Dong Youcai carried the paper man on his back and quickly ran to Wang Shoudao's house. During this time, he couldn't look back or talk. My great-great-grandfather and Wang Shoudao ran on both sides of the road to clear the way. They were mainly afraid of bumping into people or animals like cats and dogs on the road. If they bumped into them, Dong Youcai's son's soul would be scared away. At that time, it wouldn't be easy to call him back.
After arriving at Wang Shoudao's house, Wang Shoudao immediately wrapped the paper figurine with a red cloth that he had prepared beforehand, covering it from head to toe.
After the paper figurine was wrapped in the red cloth, the soul could not escape, and it was not afraid of being frightened. It was as if the soul was sealed in the paper figurine.
At this point, the matter of summoning the soul was considered complete.
The next day, Dong Youcai bought a ready-made high-quality coffin from a coffin shop in a neighboring village and put the paper figurine into the coffin.
In the end, Wang Shoudao told him that he could only walk at night when he got home. He must not walk during the day. Moreover, the head of the coffin could not be seen in the light. When he got home, he should immediately take off the red cloth. The paper figurine should not be touched. It should be buried together with the coffin.
Before Dong Youcai left, he thanked Wang Shoudao profusely and insisted on leaving behind some silver. Wang Shoudao refused to accept it no matter what. In the end, Dong Youcai secretly gave the silver to my great-great-grandfather and asked him to buy some delicious food for his master. My great-great-grandfather was really honest. Seeing that his master Wang Shoudao refused to accept it, he also refused to accept it. In the end, Dong Youcai had no choice but to go to town and buy a dozen catties of good wine and a few catties of beef. He quietly placed them in Wang Shoudao's house and then left with the coffin in the middle of the night.
After that, Dong Youcai came to Three-Kings Village a few more times, and each time he brought good wine and meat. It was said that no businessman was unscrupulous. Dong Youcai was not a unscrupulous businessman. He treated people quite generously. In the few months after his son's death, his business grew bigger and bigger. A year later, he took in a concubine, and the concubine gave birth to a fat son for him. My great-great-grandfather and his master, Wang Shoudao, were even invited to a one-month-old banquet.
Wang Shoudao told my great-great-grandfather that Dong Youcai's eldest son, who had his head chopped off, was actually the reincarnation of a debt collector. If he hadn't been beheaded, Dong Youcai would have lost all of his wealth. Some people's good or bad luck had its own fate. If they wanted to pray for more blessings, they had to do good deeds as the root and accumulate virtue as the foundation.
"With good deeds as the root and virtue as the foundation.”Wang Shoudao's words later became our family's motto, and it has been passed down to this day.
From that day on, my great-great-grandfather officially started learning from Wang Shoudao. Let's use the word "learning skills". I really don't know what word to use to learn these things.
In the beginning, Wang Shoudao didn't teach my great-great-grandfather anything. He just let him watch the incense used to time every night and go out with him to do the night watch when the time came.
There were five chapters to be played in a night. The first chapter was called the late chapter, and the time was around seven o'clock in the evening. The second update was called the second update, and it was around nine o'clock in the evening. The third chapter was called Fighting Ghosts. It was around 11 pm. It was said that at this time, the little ghosts in the underworld would come to the world of the living to play. Living people would usually encounter ghosts after the third watch, which was now after 11 pm. The fourth update was called the morning update, which was around one in the morning. The fifth chapter was called the last chapter, also known as the chicken chapter. At around three o'clock, the last chapter was finished. Not long after, the chicken should be crowing. The little ghosts of the underworld returned to the netherworld, and the people of the world of the living should basically get up.
During night watch, Wang Shoudao and my great-great-grandfather walked one after the other. Wang Shoudao walked in front while shouting, and my great-great-grandfather walked behind while striking the wooden clapper. It was the same every day.
Although my great-great-grandfather was young at that time, he didn't have the impetuous mentality of young people. He was very calm. Even if Master didn't teach him any skills, he wasn't in a hurry. He did whatever he was called to do every day.
One day, three months later, when he was about to knock off the last chapter, Wang Shoudao said to my great-great-grandfather," Xuanyi, you've been with Master for ninety-nine days. As the saying goes, when you judge a person by ninety-nine, you're born clean and ugly. You've been with Master for ninety-nine days, and Master has also looked at you for ninety-nine days. You're a good child. You're an honest person and a good material to be passed down in the family. From today onwards, Master will teach you some simple chants. After you memorize the chants, Master will teach you again.”
"Xuanyi" was the name Wang Shoudao gave my great-great-grandfather. Our ancestors weren't from a scholarly family, so it was already very good that our family could give him a decent name. There weren't so many literary and elegant ways, but Wang Shoudao couldn't just call his disciple by his full name, so he gave him this name.
Ever since Wang Shoudao said that to my great-great-grandfather, my great-great-grandfather was the only one left to keep watch at night. In Wang Shoudao's words, this was to train his courage. If a ghost hunter didn't train his courage, no matter how great his ability was, it would be useless.
From that day on, my great-great-grandfather recited the incantations to exorcise ghosts, catch ghosts, summon souls, and so on as he played the night watch. To be honest, other than being honest, my great-great-grandfather didn't have any outstanding qualities. He couldn't read a single word, and his aptitude for learning these things was a little poor. It took him a full half a year to memorize all these chants. Back then, my grandmother only used half a month to memorize the incantation. I'm a little stupid, so I only used two months. Of course, this has a lot to do with age. My great-great-grandfather learned it relatively late, unlike us. Since primary school, our ability to accept new things is relatively strong.
Half a year later, Wang Shoudao began to teach my great-great-grandfather about the items he actually used. In modern terms, they were spiritual artifacts. We called them " spiritual artifacts."
The most common tools were the red rope, peach wood wedge, grave willow, ink thread, and so on. These were the most common and also the most common. There were also some unusual and uncommon ones that would be mentioned in the future.
As mentioned earlier, my great-great-grandfather's aptitude was average. It took him a total of two and a half years to completely master the incantation and these spiritual artifacts.
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