chsdbacks Chapter 211 Opening the Altar and Digging Up Bones
Chapter 211 Opening the Altar and Digging Up Bones
Fatty Lin said "still dare," and as soon as I saw that word, I knew he was up to no good.
"What, you want to send that ancestor of the Yu family to the afterlife?" I asked.
"Let's see if he's sensible or not. If he's sensible and doesn't cause trouble, I'll bury him back so his soul can rest in peace. If he's not sensible, I'll just send him to the afterlife so he won't come out and harm people!" Fatty Lin said, shaking his head.
"You're awesome!" I gave him a thumbs up.
"You lunatic, believe it or not, I directly performed the ritual to help Yu Mingyi pass on to the afterlife. Not only was Yu Mingyi not angry, he even had to thank me!" Fatty Lin boasted.
"Wow, you're so awesome!" I said, scoffing. "Alright, I'm going downstairs to see if Xiao Ba has calmed down!"
After saying that, I ignored him and slowly went downstairs.
At 10 p.m., our group of two cars set off for Dapuyu Garden.
On the way there, Yu Mingyi reported the situation to us. The property management had already been notified, and everything that Fatty Lin had asked us to prepare had been prepared.
Upon arrival, Fatty Lin began setting up the altar.
At 11:00 AM, the midnight hour, the altar was set up.
Unlike before, this time, Fatty Lin took the opening ceremony very seriously in order to swindle more money and to ensure that everything went smoothly.
The altar is set up with three tiers (symbolizing the three realms), four pillars (symbolizing heaven, earth, sun, and moon), and eight gates (to welcome the gods of the ten directions). The statues of the Three Pure Ones are placed in the altar.
Sprinkle clean water and recite the "Purification Mantra of Heaven and Earth" while holding clean water.
Afterwards, a protective barrier was erected, and talismans were drawn and incantations chanted around the altar with a magic sword to isolate external influences: "Open the heavenly gate, close the earthly gate, leave the human gate open, block the ghost path, lay down golden beams, erect jade pillars..."
After seeing Lin Pangzi's performance, I was completely convinced. When it comes to making money and swindling, he's the boss.
I haven't seen such a solemn opening ceremony in many years.
In the previous few times he held rituals in the capital, Fatty Lin always set up a simple altar.
Now that this has happened, the atmosphere has instantly become heavy, and Yu Mingyi and his family members look at Fatty Lin with a newfound sense of awe.
But that wasn't all. After the barrier was erected, Fatty Lin offered incense three more times, reciting a prayer with each stick, inviting the deities to descend: "This disciple humbly invites the Holy Mother of the Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden, the ancestral masters of all generations, and the guardian deities to descend upon the altar and witness our cultivation!"
Amazingly, with each incense stick lit, the incense stick would shoot straight into the sky without any sign of dissipating.
The more this happened, the more nervous the Yu family became, and the more awe they looked at Fatty Lin.
Not only the Yu family, but Xiao Ba also started to feel nervous.
The little thing initially perched on Long Nier's shoulder watching the commotion, but by the time the incense was offered, she had already shrunk into Long Nier's arms, not daring to peek out, only daring to peek through the gaps in her clothes.
I didn't care, but as Fatty Lin's ceremony progressed, I kept silently chanting in my mind, "One hundred thousand, another one hundred thousand, and yet another one hundred thousand!"
Putting everything else aside, just for this opening ceremony alone, it wouldn't be unreasonable for the Yu family to ask for five million.
When the skull of the Yu family's ancestor is unearthed later, it will cost ten million, and the Yu family will have to bear it.
Actually, we don't even need to ask for it. Given the situation, if we give too little, the Yu family won't feel at ease.
As I was thinking, Fatty Lin's ceremony was still in progress. The "Opening Ceremony Mandate" had been read out, and he had begun to command all the gods to protect the altar.
After the imperial edict was issued, Fatty Lin performed the ritual steps, read the inscription aloud, and burned it.
The moment the scroll ascended to heaven, it seemed as if a divine light enveloped Lin Pangzi's chubby face, giving it an indescribable charm.
His demeanor here is completely different from when he's embracing female celebrities and telling their fortunes by feeling their bones.
"Brother, look how handsome Fatty looks now!"
Long Nier whispered in my ear at that moment.
"Uh-huh!"
I nodded perfunctorily, but cursed inwardly, "Damn it, this fatso got away with it."
Having just finished cursing in his heart, Fatty Lin, with a compass in his left hand and a magic sword in his right, stepped forward in a series of powerful movements and arrived in front of Yu Mingyi, saying in a deep voice, "Give me your hand!"
Yu Mingyi subconsciously reached out, and the not-so-sharp magic sword slashed across his middle finger, leaving a bloody gash from which a few drops of bright red blood dripped.
Fatty Lin pushed the compass forward, and the few drops of blood landed right in the center of the compass's celestial pool.
"Bloodline as the guide, remains as the vessel! Qi resonates, the soul returns to its ancestral grave! Now, with its blood, the ancestral form is revealed!"
Fatty Lin turned the compass and returned to the altar with a series of steps, chanting incantations in an unusual tone.
As the incantation was recited, the pointer began to vibrate.
Following the pointer, Fatty Lin strode forward in front of the residential area, searching intently.
About five minutes later, Fatty Lin stomped his foot and said to Yu Mingyi, "Mr. Yu, you dig here yourself!"
The spot where Fatty Lin was standing was a grassy area in front of the residential complex.
After being called out by Fatty Lin, Yu Mingyi nodded, picked up the shovel he had prepared beforehand, and brought his son over to dig.
Before they started digging, Fatty Lin gave each of them a talisman.
"There's something there!"
After digging for about half a meter, a 20-centimeter-long wooden pillar was unearthed.
"It's an upside-down peach wood stake, keep digging!"
Fatty Lin glanced at it and said.
Yu Mingyi and his son nodded and continued digging. After about ten minutes, the peach wood stake was unearthed, revealing a rusty iron box.
"There's white smoke?"
The moment the metal box was revealed, a chill ran up, and Yu Mingyi and his son were so frightened that they stumbled backward and almost fell.
Lin the Fat ignored the two of them, took out the rebirth talismans he had prepared beforehand, sprinkled them down, and chanted the Hell-Breaking Mantra to deliver them to the afterlife: "In the vast Fengdu, amidst the towering Vajra Mountains...may you be reborn in the Pure Land and enjoy eternal peace!"
As the word "peace" fell, the chill emanating from the iron box gradually dissipated.
Fatty Lin stared at the iron box for a long time, then squatted down, took it out, and opened it, revealing a blackened skull.
Just as we speculated yesterday, the Yu family used the second method: grinding the powder by cutting off the ends.
After wrapping the skull in red cloth, Fatty Lin pointed his sword at the skull and chanted the Heavenly Canopy Mantra to suppress the evil energy on it.
"Tianpeng, Tianpeng, Nine-Yuan Demon Child... With a single strike of the divine blade, ten thousand ghosts crumble!"
As the incantation was recited, wisps of faint black energy seeped through the red cloth and dissipated outwards.
Upon seeing this, Yu Mingyi and his son instinctively took two steps back.
Lin Pangzi recited the Tianpeng Mantra three times in a row until no more black energy dissipated. He then took the skull wrapped in red cloth and returned to the altar, where he soaked it in the prepared sacred water.
The sacred water is made by mixing rootless water, mugwort, and salt in a certain proportion.
After carefully placing the skull down, Fatty Lin slowly exhaled and looked at Yu Mingyi, saying, "Mr. Yu, in three days, once the skull has been purified, we will go to Shabei together to rebury it in your Yu family's ancestral graveyard!"
"Will everything be alright after the burial?" Yu Mingyi asked.
"no!"
Fatty Lin shook his head and said, "After that, you must worship your ancestors during Qingming Festival for three consecutive years and recite the 'Supreme Mysterious Treasure Salvation Sutra'."