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Chapter 10 - Chapter 10: Black Cats

So leader Wang wants to ask Wenbin to do dharma. Wenbin shook his head and said that he had thought about all these methods, but none of them worked. Let's wait until the coffin is opened. I cannot believe any effective way now. There was nothing Wenbin could do at the moment, so leader Wang had no choice but leave. Several people were left to protect the scene the next day, and all the others went back to the provincial research institute. People with strange diseases stayed in the county hospital, waiting for further news.

A week later, leader Wang hurried to my house. He took my father's hand and ran to Wenbin Zha's house. The leader Wang rushed to pass a letter to Wenbin, which was written by Mr He, a Chinese writing expert at the provincial museum.

In the letter, Mr He said: This is a rare kind of ancient writing, more like from ancient Sichuan. He can only deduce little part of meanings. He said the contents of the wall might be about where an odd book was located. However, he needs more time to study in details.

The leader Wang asked Wenbin about what the letter said, and Wenbin passed the message to Wang. After reading the letter, Wang said: "The expert Mr He will continue to study the ancient writing, although at present there were not many clues. But at the moment the condition of the group of archaeologists was gradually worsened, we must find a way to deal with it." In that particular period of China, the precise nature of the archaeological team if there is a matter of feudal superstition, even leader Wang will be dismissed. So What Wenbin meant was went to the Temple of Generals again late at night. Some people still got a strange illness after the coffin had been carried away, which suggests there may be other problems with this temple apart from the coffin.

They had to try as hard as they could. Wenbin prepared a list for the leader Wang to go shopping: glutinous rice, soybeans, roosters, and some scented paper. And asked my father to find some village hunters with hoes and sticks.

When they're ready,with the archaeology team, there are a total of 11 people, they gathered together at my house. During this period, Wenbin once again locked me in the room alone, after checking my illness, he left helplessly. In that particular era, the archaeology team represented the government. Suppose the archaeological team take the lead in superstition, the leader Wang will also be criticized. But they can't just watch those people in the hospital to die. So Wenbin decided to give it a try. Although there was no certainty, it was the only way to solve the problem.

That night, there were 12 people and a big black dog, including three members of the archaeological team, hunters and pig killers from the village and my father. Wenbin got everyone ready to check the temple out at midnight.

Because there are still people who got a strange illness after the coffin was carried away, so Wenbin cannot wait for the coffin to be opened, and decided to try first by themselves.

After arriving at the Temple of Generals, Wenbin followed the shape of Big Dipper and chose seven people to sit down in the temple, two hunters stood guard at the door, and then two pig killers stood beside him.

Wenbin also gave each person a piece of the "Tianshi Operator" and asked them do not hesitate to light it if they felt danger. This piece of paper is for saving their life; ordinary people can only use once in their lifetime, which is to summon heavenly soldiers to defend you against an evil invasion.

After arranging everyone's position, Wenbin asked the pig killer to fill an empty bowl in front of each of the seven seated men with rooster's blood, and he offered each of them a stick of incense.

What does this formation mean? Wenbin analyzed that there were some Taoist forces which suppressed the evil force. When these two forces balance out, there is nothing odd about them. But at some point, one effect is more durable than the other. Hence he chose to go at midnight, which the evil force will be most influential. In this temple, Wenbin prepared to use the Evocation method first, to bring out the evil spirit here, and then trap it with the Big Dipper formation.

Even if you are an old monster of the spirit, in such a large formation, there will be some result tonight. Wenbin thought.

After the formation was set up, candles were lit in the four corners of the Temple of Generals, a bowl of upside-down rice was placed in the middle, and then three pillars of incense were lit.

Wenbin then held a bell to ward off evil spirits, shook it while reciting the Vajrayana spell. He began to circle around the small temple, and every three circles, Wenbin threw a piece of yellow paper, while kept repeating the spell over and over again.

In the beginning, people were a little nervous as this strange atmosphere was more or less frightening in this place. Then half an hour passed, there was not much noise, and everyone started to get relaxed.

On the forty-ninth lap, Wenbin suddenly opened his eyes. A rune in his hand was suddenly thrown to the southeast corner. Then the candle in that corner went out. Wenbin shouted: "Tai". Then he immediately drew his sword and chased towards that corner. Before everyone regained consciousness, a black cat whizzed out of that corner, rushed directly to the gate and wanted to run out, and the black dog beside him ran after it immediately.

Two hunters standing at the door was also quick to react. Before Wenbin says anything, two people raised their guns to shoot. These two men used to be bird hunters, after two shots, the black cat dodged the bullets and did not get hurt at all. Then it jumped to the northwest corner and climbed up the roof along the beam. The cat went up on the roof and gave a terrible meow, and men on the ground gave a shudder. The black dog barked and bared his teeth in that direction. 'If I don't take you today, I'm afraid more innocent people will be killed in the future,' Wenbin says, squinting at the top. After the command, two mining lamps pointed directly at the roof and lit up the whole hall. The two hunters tried to shoot again, but Wenbin stopped them, he shook his head, meaning guns will not hurt the cat.

Since the main body has come out today, it means that nothing can make it go back. Wenbin told the seven people sitting on the ground to scatter chicken blood around themselves to form a circle, to stabilize and reinforce the formation, and then set out the big seal, quickly draw a rune spell on the ground, with a pick of the seven-star sword, the rune spell lit, pointing to the centre of the formation.

It was said that this thrust towards the air would have no effect, but just after the push, the cat uttered a terrible cry only as it got wounded, and fled to the northwest corner. Then two miner's lamps shone the northwest corner, but nothing can be seen.

Just then, a chill came down, and everyone shivered without control. Then, as if they had taken sleeping pills, they all felt sleepy. Hunters and pig killers were all right, but leader Wang was about to fall in two minutes.

Wenbin gave a murmur: "no", and shouted: "Light your rune spell !" This sentence was so loud that it aroused all the people present at once. Then twelve rune spells were lit together, and at the moment of lighting, suddenly there was a rumble of thunder. Then came the lightning, as if it was going to split the Temple of Generals.

Wenbin Zha was suddenly about to fall and resist the urge to spit out blood from his mouth. As the twelve rune spells were lit together, the power they brought to him had made him unbearable. He closed his mouth tightly and spilt beans and pulled out a handful of flags, placed in the direction of the Eight Trigrams, then the candle in the northwest corner went out at that moment.

It was called 'The spilt beans turned into soldiers', and it was also a kind of magic commonly used in the "Maoshan sect". At the moment, the rest of the people seemed to be in a solid-state. According to their recollection afterwards, after lighting the "Tianshi Operator", they felt that their bodies were out of control, the consciousness gradually faded away until the next morning.

After Wenbin arranged the formation, he spat out a mouthful of blood, wiped a corner of his mouth, and then lit a rune spell with the sword to stab to the northwest corner again. It was also a cat's meow coming out. Then a huge black cat came out from the northwest corner, glaring at Wenbin. The black dog next to him is ready to attack and is waiting for a chance, which if not has been held by Wenbin, it would have rushed up at the moment.

"Monster, do you know this big seal?" with that, Wenbin held up the big seal.

The cat did not step back when it saw the seal. Instead, it took a step forward, opened its teeth even more extensive, as if it had enmity against the seal. As soon as it bowed, it jumped up directly at Wenbin. The black dog could not bear it any longer——It shot out like an arrow with a kick on its hind legs. A cat and dog immediately hit into a ball. The cat saw that it was surrounded and gave full play to its flexible characteristics, whizzing up the post and disappearing in the dark, leaving only the black dog circling the post helplessly.