Chapter 8 Choice

With a faint sigh, the purple mist gradually condensed into a human figure, and a beautiful woman appeared in front of him.

The woman was dressed in purple, with long hair casually draped over her shoulders, her skin was as white as cream, and her almond eyes on her small face were full of stars, which was very moving. Her curved eyebrows were like a crescent moon hanging on her forehead, and her two cherry lips seemed to be painted with red sand, which was delicate and tempting.

The only flaw was that there were two purple bruises across the woman's slender neck, which seemed to be pinched by someone's hands. It was estimated that this beautiful woman was strangled to death before she died.

"What a beautiful female ghost!" The Taoist's eyes were a little straight. "Is this your true face, or is it a fantasy?"

Li Chuyi looked at the Taoist with contempt.

This gangster and pervert.

"Alas..." The female ghost sighed again. "Since you have accepted my life gift, you can kill me or chop me up as you please. Why do you need to call me out and humiliate me? You are also a monk. Do you like to humiliate others?"

"Three points." The Taoist held out three fingers.

"First, although I practice Taoism, I practice what I want, and my heart is natural. Although I have practiced for many years, I have never given up the worldly pleasures of wine, meat, money, sex, and fireworks, so don't think of me as a false and self-righteous monk."

"Second, I love all the beautiful things in the world, especially beautiful women, regardless of life and death, ghosts, demons, and monsters. Many people used to say that I couldn't see through appearances, and it was difficult for me to achieve great things, and I would die in the flesh sooner or later. But now they are all dead, and I am still alive, so when I say you are beautiful, you are beautiful, and it is a sincere compliment. You should know that my taste has always been very high."

Seeing that the Taoist priest said that he was lustful so openly, Li Chuyi secretly spat, and the purple-clothed female ghost opposite also stiffened her face slightly, as if she had never seen such a shameless monk.

"Third, I called you out because I have something to ask you. As for whether I will save you or let you go, it depends on your performance. You don't have to think about running away. Your life object has been sealed by me, so you can't run away even if you want to. So, you answer whatever I ask. If you are honest, there will still be a glimmer of hope. Do you understand?" The Taoist threatened with a serious face.

The purple-clothed female ghost looked at him for a long time, then looked at the fat man next to her who winked at her to show affirmation, sighed faintly, and nodded slightly.

Seeing the ghost agreed, the Taoist asked, "Tell me first, what's your name?"

"Zi Yuan."

"What was your name before you died?"

Zi Yuan frowned slightly, her eyes showing a blank look. After thinking for a while, she shook her head gently: "I don't remember."

The Taoist saw that she didn't seem to be lying, so he asked again: "Then do you remember how you died?"

Hearing the Taoist's question, Zi Yuan's face suddenly changed, her hair behind her head fluttered, and the coldness on her face turned into a shrillness, and two bloodstains faintly seeped from the corners of her eyes.

"Ah! I hate it, I hate it! ! Ah ah ah ah!!!"

Li Chuyi was startled, but the Taoist was prepared. He waved his hand and cast a calming spell into Zi Yuan's body. The crazy ghost gradually calmed down, but she was still angry.

The Taoist priest seemed to be oblivious and asked calmly, "Tell me, how did you die?"

Zi Yuan was silent for a while, then said, "I don't remember what my name was before. I only remember that on the eve of my wedding, I was strangled to death by my personal maid. Ah!! The evil maid deserves death! The evil maid deserves death! Ahhhhhhh!" As she spoke, her expression became miserable again.

Seeing this, the Taoist priest cast another calming spell. Seeing that Zi Yuan was still very excited, he frowned slightly, changed his spell, and muttered something. A golden light shot out and shone on her body, which gradually calmed her down.

"It seems that you have been wronged a lot, and your hatred is so heavy, no wonder you can't enter the reincarnation." The Taoist priest collected the spell and said softly, "During the daytime, you possessed the body of that lady and almost strangled the maid beside her. This explains it."

The quiet Zi Yuan returned to his cold look, but there was still a look of confusion in his starry eyes from time to time.

After a while of silence, the Taoist priest asked, "Do you remember how you attached yourself to this mirror?"

Zi Yuan looked at the mirror in the Taoist priest's hand, frowned slightly, thought for a long time, and said, "I don't remember. I was in a daze before, and when I woke up, I was already in this mirror. I felt that this thing was very beneficial to my ghost body, so I didn't leave, but stayed quietly in this thing to practice."

"Then do you remember what happened before? That is, you possessed someone and wanted to kill someone?" The Taoist priest frowned and asked.

Zi Yuan looked confused and murmured, "I don't remember. I only remember being knocked out of the house by your roar, and then you cast a spell to take me back into the mirror. I don't remember anything else, I don't remember."

"Then you don't remember when you came out?" the Taoist asked.

"I don't remember," Zi Yuan looked dazed, "I don't remember anything, when did I come out? Have I come out? I, I..."

As she spoke, she was in a trance, as if she was about to dissipate into purple mist again.

The Taoist knew that he could not get any information out of her. Seeing that the ghost girl was in an unstable state, he sighed secretly, took out a porcelain bottle from his arms, poured some black powder on her, made a Taoist spell with his hand, and shouted softly: "Congeal!" Then he saw that the swaying figure slowly settled down and solidified again.

Looking at Zi Yuan who was still bewildered, the Taoist said: "Okay, don't think about it. If you can't figure it out, don't think about it. If you can't remember it, just skip it. Stick to your heart and don't be obsessed."

Seeing Zi Yuan come back to his senses and look at him, the Taoist continued: "Now, you have two paths. First, I will save you, but seeing that you are full of resentment, I will also force you into reincarnation, which may affect your next life, but at least you don't have to suffer in this life. Second, you follow me, the master and the disciple, and we will slowly resolve your resentment until your resentment is gone and you can naturally enter reincarnation. If the resentment is not gone, then at most we will just go back to the first step and save you."

Zi Yuan looked at the Taoist in silence, thought for a while and asked: "Is there a third way?"

The Taoist frowned and said: "There is a third way, but it is very difficult. It can be said that it is a life-or-death struggle. I don't want you to choose it."

"What is it?"

"Practice the ghost way, overcome the heavenly tribulation, and become a ghost fairy." The Taoist said solemnly.

Li Chuyi was stunned when he heard it.

Ghost fairy? I have never heard Taoist priests talk about it.

Zi Yuan was also stunned, with a look of disbelief on his face.

"Ghost immortal? Can ghosts become immortals?"

The Taoist laughed: "Who says not? All things in the world that have wisdom are spirits. Spiritual things can all become immortals. Even the rocks and plants can cultivate immortality and become a Taoist when the opportunity comes and the wisdom is awakened. Why can't ghosts? Ghosts lack only a shell."

Seeing that Li Chuyi and Zi Yuan were listening carefully, the Taoist said: "Ghosts are spirits that exist directly in the world, so they need to find a hiding place, such as this mirror of yours," the Taoist pointed to the double phoenix blood mirror on the table, "This is your hiding place. Even if there is no mirror, and your wisdom is not awakened, you will find another hiding place according to your instinct, which may be another mirror, or a piece of clothing, or even a stone, anything is possible. When you find a hiding place to accommodate your soul and spirit, think about it, are you different from ordinary people?"

Li Chuyi thought for a long time and felt that what the Taoist said was right. Theoretically, ghosts that have found their hiding places are no different from humans, as they are all souls wrapped in a shell.

The Taoist paused, then continued: "Since you are no different from ordinary people, why can't you do what ordinary people can do? For example, practice cultivation."

Zi Yuan's face showed a look of sudden realization, and then he heard Li Chuyi frowning and asked: "Then Master, since ghosts with shells are no different from ordinary people, why have you never heard of examples of ghosts becoming immortals through cultivation?"

The Taoist sighed: "This is why I don't recommend Miss Zi Yuan to choose this path."

After drinking a sip of the cold tea, the Taoist said: "Wandering ghosts are unable to enter the reincarnation due to various reasons Poor people. They cannot enter the cycle of reincarnation and drift in the world. Even if they do not harm the human world, they are not tolerated by the way of heaven, that is, they should not exist. As a ghost, they want to cultivate immortals and become a Taoist. It can be said that they are going against the will of heaven. Not to mention that the three disasters, nine calamities and eighteen difficulties are a hundred times more severe than those of ordinary cultivators. Just the last step of cultivation, the step of yin generating yang and igniting the fire of their own life, I don’t know how many ghost cultivators can’t stand the extremely strong and yang energy entering their bodies, and they are buried at this step. "

"If you succeed, you will become an immortal, if you fail, your soul will be scattered." The Taoist said faintly.

For a moment, the three of them were silent.

After a long while, the Taoist looked up at the ghost girl and said, "Miss Zi, you can choose. As far as I'm concerned, I hope you choose the second path. The first path is too fierce, and I don't want to end other people's grievances in this way. As for the third path of cultivating into a ghost fairy, it is a dead end at present, and it can almost be said that there is no chance of survival."

Zi Yuan thought for a while, looked up and asked, "As a ghost cultivator, can you remember the past?"

The Taoist sighed, knowing the ghost girl's choice, and replied, "Yes. As long as the skills are deep enough, you may even remember your past life."

Zi Yuan nodded and said calmly, "That's fine, I want to cultivate into a ghost fairy."