Chapter 41

     “I originally wanted to ask Taoist Master Mingde from Qingcheng Temple to solve this matter, but unfortunately he was injured while going out for ‘business’ some time ago, and his vitality has not recovered yet, so it is inconvenient for him to come.”

     On the way, Director Weng put his hands behind his back and slowly talked about the process of asking people: “Taoist Master Mingde is very responsible. Although he can’t come, he introduced a young and promising Taoist master to me.”

     Shi Xi nodded in understanding: “It turns out that someone was replaced temporarily, no wonder he came now.”

     “There are many scammers in the metaphysics circle, and it is difficult to find a master,” Director Weng sighed: “But the person recommended by Taoist Master Mingde is trustworthy. Even if this Taoist master is too young, I am willing to trust him.”

     “What is the name of this Taoist master who came to save the situation?” Shi Xi asked casually.

     Director Weng touched the back of his head: “I was so busy looking at the Taoist priest’s eyes that I didn’t remember his name. I only remember that the Taoist temple he was in was called Wuwei Temple, and he seemed to be the heir. The Taoist priest also brought a little apprentice with him. Both of them were very young and handsome. I didn’t expect that the appearance of people in the metaphysics circle was so high.”

     As they were talking, they had already arrived at the reception room. Director Weng smiled and greeted: “Taoist priest, I’ve been waiting for a long time.”

     “Director Weng is polite.” Standing next to the tea table, Zhang Qingxuan, who was wearing a loose white shirt, glanced sideways and laughed when he saw Shi Xi. His eyes curved like a pair of meticulously drawn eyes: “Xiao Shi, why are you here?”

     Standing beside Zhang Qingxuan, Jia Ming, who had just gotten a buzz cut, blinked and said, “Shi Xi, what a coincidence!”

     “…” Shi Xi politely greeted him, “Senior brother Qing Xuan, I’ve been a guest actor in Director Weng’s crew for the past couple of days.”

     Zhang Qingxuan and Jiaming knew that Shi Xi was filming outside recently, but they didn’t know the specific location. They didn’t expect to meet in this way.

     “Do you know each other?” Director Weng was also stunned and guessed: “Xiao Shi calls the Taoist master “senior brother”, is she also a disciple of Wuwei Temple?”

     Shi Xi corrected Director Weng: “It is Wuyou Temple.”

     “…Are you a disciple of Wuyou Temple?” Director Weng blushed and threw the question to Shi Xi again.

     Zhang Qingxuan and Jiaming tacitly did not answer, letting Shi Xi respond. “No, I just have some connection with Wuyou Temple. I met Taoist Qingxuan a long time ago, so I call him Senior Brother.” Shi Xi pointed at Jiaming and explained to Director Weng half-truthfully: “Jiaming is my partner in ghost-hunting live broadcasts. In order to improve the quality of live broadcasts, he is learning from his master in Wuyou Temple.”

     “I see, it’s really a coincidence that we meet here,” Director Weng looked at Shi Xi and said meaningfully: “Xiao Shi has also practiced in Wuyou Temple before, right? “”

     Director Weng has long suspected that Shi Xi is not an ordinary person. Maybe she is really a big shot who does ghost-hunting live broadcasts without a script, so she can suppress evil spirits without showing off.

     “No,” Shi Xi “clarified” innocently: “I just learned a little bit from what I saw and heard, but I survived by being brave.”! 

     Jia Ming nodded and agreed: “Yes, she only knows a little bit.”

     Director Weng was skeptical, but when he saw Duan Jingyi and Xiao Li coming over, he stopped asking.

     After introducing everyone, Director Weng went straight to the point: “Xiao Duan and Xiao Li, tell the Taoist priests about your experiences. Xiao Shi, you also tell us the information you have.”

     Xiao Li was hooked by a wisp of soul, and his memory of that period was very vague. He thought for a long time but couldn’t remember any clear information.

     Duan Jingyi was very sober from beginning to end last night, and now he has a very positive attitude. He recounted what happened last night in full: “Then Teacher Shi appeared and rescued me. The whole crew saw what happened afterwards. I woke everyone up and get down safely with everyone’s help.”

     “By the way,” Duan Jingyi rolled up his sleeves, revealing his purple wrists: “These are the scars that appeared this morning. There are also scars on my ankles. I think they are the marks left by the puppets wrapping ropes around my limbs last night.”

    “I also have such scars.” Xiao Li stretched out his wrist, which also had two faint purple marks on it.

     “These are the marks of the remaining Yin Qi.” Jiaming was too familiar with these marks. He took out a piece of talisman paper from his pocket and wiped it over the wrists of the two actors one by one, easily taking away the Yin Qi on their hands like an eraser.

     Director Weng saw this magical scene and slightly widened his eyes. His trust in them instantly rose to a higher level.

     Shi Xi exclaimed beside him, looking like he had never seen the world before: “Wow, Jiaming, you have even learned this, it’s really amazing.”

     Jiaming: “…” Uncle, the play is too much.

      Jiaming gave each of the two actors a talisman. They felt much more at ease holding the talisman paper.

     Shi Xi reviewed their experiences and found a problem: “Why did the puppet control them to climb onto the same roof? Did it have a special liking for that location, or did it have other purposes?”

     Zhang Qingxuan said: “Go up to the roof and take a look.”

     The ladder that Duan Jingyi used last night was still by the wall. Duan Jingyi and Xiao Li were both afraid of the roof and dared not climb up again.

     This job fell to Jiaming very reasonably. Shi Xi helped hold the ladder, raised her chin to Jiaming, and said in a voice that Director Weng could not hear: “Nephew, go up.”

     “Okay, uncle.”

     After this period of training, Jiaming’s skills have improved a lot. He climbed onto the roof nimbly and came to the place where Duan Jingyi lay last night according to Shi Xi’s instructions.

     At this moment, the sunset glow had faded away, and Xiaosu’s street lights had not yet been lit. With limited daylight, Jiaming could only move cautiously. He didn’t know whether it was because of the evil spirits or the material, but he felt that the tiles below were unusually cold. The cold air penetrated his skin, freezing his hair on end in the summer evening.

     After Jiaming stabilized his body, he rubbed his palms to warm them up, then carefully checked the roof and said to the people below: “No suspicious things were found!”

     Shi Xi thought for a while: “The view from above should be very wide, look far away.”

     Jiaming looked up and looked into the distance: “There is still nothing…”

     Not knowing what he saw, Jiaming stopped talking.

     Shi Xi asked: “What did you find?”

     Jiaming looked at Shi Xi, his voice a little hoarse: “Xiao Shi, come up and take a look.”

     Shi Xi climbed onto the roof and came to Jiaming very neatly.

     “Look there.” Jiaming pointed in a direction.

     “It’s a temple.” Shi Xi’s eyes darkened.

     From their location, they could actually see the ruined temple where “Sword Shining in the Frost” was filmed. Through the shabby roof of the temple, Shi Xi saw the giant Buddha with cracks all over its body.

     Shi Xi looked closely and suddenly saw a flash of bright red across the giant Buddha’s shoulder! She immediately remembered the creepy blood-red eyes of the puppet last night!

     At this distance, if it was really an eye, it would be an eye of astonishing size!

     She wanted to find the trace of the scarlet, but she couldn’t find it.

     Jia Ming didn’t see the suspicious red, but still felt that the Buddha statue was very ominous. He felt that the surroundings were even colder, and whispered: “The broken Buddha statue has a sinister feeling no matter how you look at it. It’s uncomfortable to look at it for a long time.”

     “The ruined temple is the filming location of the crew. I didn’t have this feeling when I was filming in it, but looking at it from this place, I feel that the ruined temple is spooky, as if something sinister is hidden.” Shi Xi deeply agrees.

     Then, Shi Xi moved to other positions on the roof, and found that, as expected, only the position where Duan Jingyi had been could see the complete giant Buddha head, while other positions were either blocked by other roofs or dense tree canopies.

     Jia Ming frowned: “Xiao Shi, if this position was designed by the puppet, what is its purpose?”

     “Probably…” Shi Xi said slowly: “Performing a puppet show for the ‘Buddha’.”

     A gust of cold wind swept by, sending a shiver down Jia Ming’s spine. “And now… could it be watching us?”

     “Who knows.”

     After getting off the roof, Shi Xi asked Duan Jingyi and Xiao Li: “Did you encounter any strange things when you were filming in the ruined temple?”

     Shi Xi needed to find the real reason why the evil spirits targeted them.

     “Yes!” Duan Jingyi answered subconsciously.

     “Tell me about it.”

     “When I was filming in the ruined temple last night…” Duan Jingyi instinctively started to talk, but he couldn’t make sense of it. He felt his head was suddenly empty, and he had forgotten something that was very impressive!

     Director Weng urged him anxiously: “Go on.”

     “I can’t remember it,” Duan Jingyi’s eyes were red with anxiety, and his eyes were a little scared: “I seem to have something happened in the ruined temple, but I can’t remember it.”

     Xiao Li also shook his head blankly: “I have no impression at all.”

     “They did film in the ruined temple,” Director Weng frowned and looked at Jiaming Shixi: “Do you suspect that the problem came from that ruined temple?”

     “After we went up to the roof, we found that the position just happened to be able to see the Buddha statue in the ruined temple,” Jiaming said: “Although Teacher Duan can’t remember the details, there is a vague impression, These two things combined are very telling.

     “A ruined temple?” Zhang Qingxuan thought for a moment and asked Director Weng, “Director, did you hold a worship ceremony before shooting in the ruined temple?”

     Director Weng’s heart sank and he shook his head, “The new temple in Xiaosu Ancient Village has been moved to another place. I thought there were no gods in the ruined temple, so I didn’t hold any ceremony. We are not the first crew to shoot in a ruined temple. Other crews have filmed there before, but they have never had any problems. “

     “The original gods moved away, and other things may have moved in for the sake of the temple’s stability.”

     Zhang Qingxuan said: “I heard that Xiaosu is famous for its puppet shows. This kind of old object that carries people’s emotions can easily give birth to spirits, even evil spirits.”

     “If there are evil spirits residing in the ruined temple, you might have unintentionally bumped into them while filming, or…” Zhang Qingxuan paused, “…they, in turn, have sought revenge.”

     Director Weng’s face suddenly changed: “I didn’t think it through before, so how should we deal with this matter? What if those evil spirits are targeting the entire crew, and they come to make trouble tonight…”

     A sudden cell phone ring interrupted Director Weng’s words, and he was startled: “Whose cell phone rang?”

     Shi Xi said: “Director Weng, it seems to be Yours.”

     “Oh,” Director Weng took out his cell phone, saw the caller ID, and gestured to others apologetically: “I’ll take a call first.”

     Director Weng did not avoid it, and answered the call on the spot: “Brother, what do you want to talk to me about? I’m dealing with important things now…”

     “Xinxin’s live broadcast room is weird? What kind of weirdness?” Director Weng’s face was solemn: “She was doing a live broadcast here, but it was fine just now… The phone can’t be dialed, and the positioning is also out of work? ! Okay, I’ll take a look first, don’t worry, I will find her.”

     When Director Weng hung up the phone, Shi Xi and Jia Ming had already found Xinxin’s live broadcast room skillfully.

     Shi Xi glanced at Director Weng calmly: “Director Weng, don’t worry, Senior Brother Qingxuan is here. Director Weng, please contact the assistant to ask Xinxin where she is, and we will confirm the situation of Xinxin’s live broadcast room.”

     Director Weng shook his cold palms: “Okay, please!”

     Shi Xi and Jiaming opened Xinxin’s live broadcast room almost at the same time. A sharp noise suddenly appeared. Shi Xi felt that her eardrum was scratched by a steel wool for hundreds of times, which was very uncomfortable.

     Xinxin’s live broadcast room was dark, without a single figure, only the barrage was rolling rapidly.

 

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   【Didn’t Xinxin say that she would show us Xiaosu’s check-in point? Why did the live broadcast room suddenly go black? 】

   【This sound is so harsh. I have been waiting for a long time. I can’t stand it. I will quit first.】 

   【Why is this live broadcast room failure so familiar…】

   【More than familiar, it can be said to be familiar. Isn’t the live broadcast room failure the live broadcast style of Xiaoshi and Jiaming? By the way, Xinxin just met Xiaoshi not long ago. Is this something they planned? It’s quite novel. 】

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     Everyone was staring at the live broadcast room barrage intently, trying to find useful clues from it. The surroundings were so quiet that only the noise of the live broadcast room remained. Suddenly, the noise changed, and a sharp laugh jumped out, scaring everyone!

     Then, Shi Xi found that the title of the live broadcast room had changed!

     “The daily life of the actors” became-“Want to watch puppet show?”.

 

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   【Did you hear that strange laugh? I almost jumped out of my skin!】 

   【The livestream title changed!, I can’t believe it!】 

   【How can a live broadcast room that shoots the life of actors suddenly change its style? But it’s quite exciting.】 

   【I guess this anchor and Shi Xi have known each other for a long time. Next is the time for the ghost-hunting live broadcast, and the theme is the weird puppets in the ancient village. 】

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     What’s weird is that after Shi Xi noticed the barrage about the weird puppet, the title of the live broadcast changed again, becoming “Live broadcast of the weird puppet show in the ancient village”!

     Another evil spirit is here to make a scene. Does it like the feeling of attracting attention so much? It is still staring at the barrage in the live broadcast room.

     Director Weng just got the news from his assistant and said in a very urgent tone: “Xinxin left the crew dormitory not long ago. She didn’t say where she was going, but someone saw her walking north.”

     Shi Xi said: “North, the direction of the ruined temple. Combined with the barrage of Xiao Su’s ‘check-in point’, it can be confirmed that Xinxin is in the ruined temple.”

     Director Weng’s eyes were red: “She won’t be injured, right?”

     “Director Weng, tell me Xinxin’s birth date and name, I can confirm her condition.” Zhang Qingyu took out a pen and paper.

     Director Weng was influenced by Shi Xi and Zhang Qingxuan, and slowly calmed down, and told him the information he needed clearly.

     After Zhang Qingxuan finished writing, the ordinary talisman paper seemed to flash a faint golden light, and then the ink that had not yet dried smudged downwards, and actually re-formed a symbol similar to “An”.

     There was no wind around, but the talisman paper fluttered in Zhang Qingxuan’s hand, as if it was going to fly to the north.

     Zhang Qingxuan said: “Director Weng, don’t worry, I judge that Xinxin is not injured, and the direction is also correct.”

     “Okay,” Director Weng felt relieved, and said impatiently: “Since the location has been confirmed, I will go to find Xinxin now!”

     “Director Weng, this evil spirit is not simple, you will definitely not find Xinxin.” Shi Xi stopped him: “Try to stabilize it first.”

     Director Weng: “How to stabilize it?”

     Shi Xi typed quickly and sent a barrage: 【Newcomer live broadcast? The noise of this malfunction is too loud. Not only did it not have the effect of setting off the atmosphere, but it also drove away many viewers. Can’t the noise be controlled? 】

     Jia Ming followed suit and sent several barrages complaining about the noise.

     After a while, the noise in the live broadcast room actually became smaller.

     Director Weng: “!” 

     Shi Xi raised her eyebrows: “This ghost can communicate. Since it didn’t hurt Xin Xin, it’s not a big problem.”

     Director Weng felt that it was powerful, and he didn’t act impulsively: “What are you going to do next?”

     Shi Xi smiled and sent a new bullet screen again: 【I think the anchor has great potential. Do you want to attract more viewers? I am a senior anchor. I can help you and guarantee that your live broadcast room will be a hit! 】

     Shi Xi patted Director Weng on the shoulder: “Director Weng, stay calm. We will go to this live broadcast room for a ‘friendly guest appearance’ and bring Xin Xin back soon.”