Chapter 184 Transcendence
Heavy rain hit the ground, splashing up countless mud flowers.

All I could hear was bursts of thunder, like soldiers marching forward in formation.

Thunder flashes and thunder strikes with fright.

Under this heavy rain, the sound of shouting echoed in the misty smoke.

Li Daoxuan held up an oil-paper umbrella and pointed his finger at the old man.

The old man was startled by the rain all around him, which scattered into huge lotus flowers, and the gushing white mist broke in an instant, and the ice crystals on the ground that was originally frozen into ice shattered.

Seeing this, the old man retreated into the white fog. In the blink of an eye, he disappeared into the fog, leaving no trace.

Seeing this, Li Daoxuan snorted coldly: "I told you to escape last time, how dare you show up in front of me now?"

"You are so bold, why don't you surrender?"

"Just wait and see how my Taoism works!"

Throwing out the oil-paper umbrella in his hand, Li Daoxuan pinched the eight trigrams first, stepped on the magic circle, and chanted: "The Yuanshi is here to protect the people. The true officials of the mountains and rivers are the gods of the land. The left is the altar and the right is the millet. Do not panic. Return to the right path, and clarify the inside and outside. Each of you is in your position and guards the altar. The Supreme One has ordered to hunt down the evil spirits. The guardian gods will protect the chanting. Convert to the Great Dao! Yuan! Heng! Li! Zhen!"

After he finished reciting the spell, he stomped his right foot on the ground. The originally calm land in all directions began to shake, and the thick fog slowly receded.

This mantra is a mantra for the gods of the land, and is a method of exorcising ghosts and warding off evil spirits. It can calm the unrest in the land and calm the bad luck of the ghosts around.

This old ghost relied on the ghost fog to come and go freely, but he forgot that this place was not Jinling.

Li Daoxuan had previously invited local soldiers and paid homage to the five land gods of Lijia Village. Now that heaven, earth and people are in harmony, how could he be allowed to escape again?

Then the fog quickly receded, and the old ghost appeared.

A look of astonishment appeared on his old face. Without waiting for the old ghost to make any further moves, Li Daoxuan used rainwater instead of ink to write a thunder symbol on his palm: "Jade Purity begins to turn green, the true symbol announces the alliance. Push the two Qi and mix them into one to become true. Five thunders and five thunders, quickly meet Huang Ning, and change in the mist. Roaring like lightning, it will come as soon as you hear the call. Quickly make a yang sound, wolf, Luo Ju, Bin Du, and meow, Lu Chun, suppress the evil spirit! Hurry up and obey the order!"

He chanted the spell at a very fast speed and fell from mid-air.

He slapped the old man with his palm and shouted loudly: "Zha!"

Then, a flash of lightning appeared in his palm and struck the old man.

The old man staggered after being struck by the Five Thunder Technique. His movements slowed down and he almost fell down.

Seeing this situation, Li Daoxuan naturally would not give this old ghost a chance to escape.

His eyes were like swords, his eyebrows were like knives, he bit his finger, used the blood as ink, and drew a blood symbol on the palm of his hand: "The sky is boundless, the wind and thunder are under command! Dragons fight in the wild, all the ten directions are destroyed! Taiyi Tianzun, hurry up and obey the command!"

The curse sounded like a sharp blade, breaking through the heavy rain.

Li Daoxuan then chopped down at the old man again with his palm. The moment the palm wind just touched the old man, a red light burst out and hit the old man, making him freeze in place. Then his body broke into pieces and fell off his body like broken glass.

When everything settled down, only a vague ghost like smoke remained in the place.

He walked up to the ghost and watched the smoky figure's movements quietly.

The ghost seemed to have suddenly woken up from a dream, with a somewhat bewildered expression.

After waiting for a moment, the ghost bent his knees towards Li Daoxuan, then knelt straight down and bowed three times.

"Thank you, Master, for setting me free!"

The ghost spoke sincerely, and his voice came into Li Daoxuan's ears.

The ghost was in a much better state now than before, and looked much younger in both appearance and clothing. "No problem, you still need to answer a few questions for me."

"Please ask your questions, sir." The ghost replied in a cheerful tone.

"Who are you?" Li Daoxuan asked the ghost.

The ghost was silent for a moment, with a look of pain on his face, and then he said in distress: "I am from the Cheng family of Jinling, you can call me Cheng Jiao."

"Why do you want to turn into this evil ghost and become an accomplice of the tiger?" Li Daoxuan asked again.

"You are wrongly accusing me, Master." The ghost said hastily. "I am not willing to be this ghost, I am forced to do it."

"I have always loved wine, and I cannot be happy without it every day. My family is well-off and I have quite a bit of assets, so I don't have to worry about drinking. But one day I drank too much and when I was drunk, I told people that I had gold and silver hidden at home. Then I was killed by a villain, and the gold and silver in my house were looted. And I was pushed into the water and drowned. I couldn't get rid of the resentment in my heart. I could only wander in the river every day, and I couldn't get out."

"Later, a monk came and saw me smiling and said, 'You are a born good ghost.' He wanted to capture me and make me into an evil ghost. I was controlled by the monk and could only wander around the world as a ghost. I was in great pain every day and always felt that it would be difficult for me to escape and ascend to heaven." The ghost said this with a look of joy and relief on his face.

"If you hadn't saved me, I would still be driven by that evil monk and harm innocent people." He raised his eyes to look at Li Daoxuan, bowed to him again, "I have no hope of receiving such kindness in this life, but I will repay you in the next life by working like a cow or a horse."

Li Daoxuan listened to the ghost telling his story and felt quite sympathetic towards him.

However, he leaked his wealth in his words, which allowed outsiders to spy on him and lead to his loss of life. He was also held hostage by an evil monk using evil magic and was never able to be freed.

It seems that being rampant and doing evil is not what he wants.

"I already know about your affairs, but your sins are so serious that I'm afraid you won't get a good retribution even in your reincarnation." Li Daoxuan sighed deeply.

Since I started practicing Taoism, I realized how small the universe is.

Heaven and earth cannot tolerate such evil ghosts. Even if they go down, they will suffer disaster. After all, they have killed countless people. Even if they have no choice, they will be affected by the cause and effect.

Upon hearing this, the ghost bowed to Li Daoxuan again and said, "I already know what you said, Immortal. This time I was driven by an evil person and killed someone. I have accepted all the karma, but I still have some unresolved thoughts in my heart. I hope Immortal can help me a little."

"Whatever regrets you have, you can tell me. If I can help, I will. If I can't, don't force it." Li Daoxuan agreed to take care of the ghost's regrets for the rest of his life, but he also had a bottom line. He couldn't agree to everything, and some things still needed to be considered.

If he had no principles, he wouldn't do it.

"Don't worry, Master. This is not against the moral principles of the world. It's just a little worry of mine." The ghost sighed, "When I was young, my family was rich, and I was romantic and sentimental, and I loved women. Later, I married and had children, but I betrayed my true love. Now, after 20 years of separation, I miss you every day. There is an item hidden behind the old ancestor's painting in front of the hall of my house. It is a treasure I left behind. Master, please give this item to a woman from the Zheng family in Yangzhou. The woman's name should be Zheng Xumei."

"Is that just this matter?" Li Daoxuan asked again.

"That's all." The ghost nodded and said no more. He stood in front of Li Daoxuan and bowed again.

The ghost bows three times to express gratitude.

Li Daoxuan only felt a hint of clarity between his eyebrows, and a ray of golden light merged into the bridal chamber.

He was a little surprised, but then he was relieved. He made Taoist gestures with his hands and chanted scriptures for the afterlife to the ghost.

"One thought of the Three Jewels is always compassionate, wishing to be rescued from the fire pit. All sins and calamities will be eliminated, and the lame and sick can walk. The evil spirits are imprisoned, and the common people, both men and women, have a righteous heart. The five heinous enemies are happy together, and the cauldron of soup turns into a lotus pond. All sentient beings in the Dharma Realm recite good words, and the dead will be reborn with them. The second thought sees the people in front of you, and strives to fast for a long time to build a bridge"

As the sound of chanting was heard, the ghost was seen glowing brightly at first, and then turned into a wisp of white smoke and slowly dissipated in the world.

"Thank you, Master."

The lingering sound of ghosts lingers in our ears.

(End of this chapter)