Forbidden to Enter by Living Beings Chapter One: Ghost Talisman Classic <<<
I'm an orphan. I was picked up from the street as a child by a blind fortune teller.
。This fortune teller, Tan Ximing, made a living by divining and predicting the future in our area. People called him "Blind Tan". 。He said that one snowy night in the depths of winter, on his way home from selling things in town, he heard a baby crying by the roadside. So he took me home. 。It sounds unbelievable, but a blind man can raise a child. He isn't completely blind, his left eye is truly blind, but his right eye squints and he can see things, though no one knows this. 。He's very accurate at fortune-telling and his business is doing well. He used to set up a stall outdoors, but even after moving back home, he still has customers coming in every day. 。Although he has plenty of money, he is very stingy. 。And he deliberately lived on the hillside outside the village. First, it was far from human habitation and gave him an air of mystery. Second, pretending to be blind and avoiding electricity wires would save him money on electricity bills. 。From the time I was four years old, he was very strict with me, either hitting or scolding me, not giving me a good face for a single day. 。He was also cold and rude to the male customer who came for divination, but he was different towards others. 。Every time he sees a beautiful customer, he gives a silly smile, and his right eye seems to twitch like a greasy hand reaching out, wanting to touch her all over. 。He named me Ding Yu, which made me incredibly depressed when I grew up. Why didn't he name me after his surname and why did it have to be "Yu" instead of "Yu"? Is this even a human name? If I add the character for fragrance, I become "Ding Xiangyu"!
。Even if it's just off the cuff, at least it sounds like something, even if it's a bit commonplace, I don't mind. Besides, this is his profession, naming people is his specialty. 。He also doesn't allow me to call him "father," saying that I have a bad fate and will bring death to my parents and relatives. Therefore, he refuses to be my father and only allows me to call him "grandfather." 。So whenever those kids my age in the village called me "Your grandpa!", I would chuckle and add, "My grandpa's blind as a bat!"More than ten years passed in the blink of an eye. I got to middle school, did well academically, even getting into the best high school in town. But Old Blind Man wouldn't let me go. 。He kept lecturing me, saying that compulsory nine-year education doesn't cost any tuition fees, but high school is expensive! Our family is poor. A junior high school diploma is enough. I can learn fortune telling from you later, earn some money, marry a wife, and live a good life. 。I know for a fact that our family isn't broke. With people lining up every day to consult with him, how could he possibly be poor? He's just a miser who would rather die than spend money. 。However, I wasn't particularly fond of studying to begin with, so skipping it wasn't a big deal. 。From then on, I stayed home and learned fortune-telling from him. One day at noon while cooking, I accidentally knocked over the rice jar and saw a rat underneath it. In a rural area, almost every household has a few rats, right? What was unusual was that there seemed to be something inside the rat... 。I suspected the old blind man had hidden the money here, so I took a poker and pried open the mouse hole. Inside, I found a black cloth bag, which had been gnawed on several times by mice. 。Upon opening it, I found a single line of antique books. The pages were yellowed and the corners were damaged and incomplete, giving it a distinct sense of age. 。The cover has no writing, I flipped through it randomly. It's all about how to draw talismans. 。I don't really believe in fortune telling or anything like that. I think drawing talismans is even more ridiculous. 。Speaking of books like these nowadays, you can find them everywhere, both online and in bookstores. It's unbelievable that the old blind man would treasure it so much as to hide it at the bottom of his rice bucket. 。... suddenly, a corner of my eye caught sight of three words on the envelope, blurry and ... 。I find it strange, I just looked and there weren't any words. Now when I squint, there are words?
Looking straight at the book cover again, there are no words.
。Then, with a sideways glance, the writing appeared again, this time clearly revealing the three characters "Ghostly Rune Classic". 。I scratched my head, thinking to myself that the Ghost Talisman Sutra was a strange thing, why was it so mysterious? Could there be something hidden in the book? As if thinking this, I subconsciously flipped over the cover and made a peculiar discovery: between every line of text, there was an extra line of small characters. 。These words are a bit convoluted, but I can make out the general meaning. It seems to be saying that the hidden characters are for those destined to see them, and this is the true Ghost Scripture, focusing on "using talismans to refine Qi, and using Qi to cultivate." It's a very profound practice.
。As for me, who didn't believe in this stuff at all, I got so caught up that I even forgot to cook. 。The old blind man's booming voice from the main room startled me awake. I scrambled to hide the book and rushed off to cook. 。After that, I would cook while he gave fortunes to customers in the living room. I would read the book while I cooked. 。The old blind man isn't that easy to fool though. Several times when I was practicing in the middle of the night, he snuck into my room to check on me, but I cleverly dodged his questions each time. 。But he still had his suspicions. He often mumbled to himself while eating, wondering how someone could have dug a hole under the rice jar. 。I thought to myself, "Oh no, I forgot he's not actually blind. It seems like he already knows I've read the Ghostly Scripture." 。But I still pretended to be clueless, acting like I didn't understand what he was saying. 。
Once upon a time, the old blind man further tested me
。That day after dinner, he suddenly jumped up, covering his neck with both hands and shouting loudly, "There's a ghost, there's a ghost on me..." He gasped for breath and then couldn't speak anymore. 。I thought he was faking it, but upon closer inspection, I immediately broke out in a cold sweat. 。His left, blind eye, which had always been milky white, now emanated a sickly green. His usually half-closed right eye was wide open, the iris bloodshot. Yet, an eerie smile played across his face, making him look especially sinister. 。The Classic of Ghost Talismans clearly lists various symptoms of a ghost possession, and he is indeed possessed by a ghost. 。Never having encountered a ghost before, this was my first time facing such a thing. My heart wasn't just a little flustered, it was also filled with fear. I was about to follow the instructions in the Ghost Talisman Scripture and use the sword technique to point at "the gate." The gate is located on the wrist, and pointing at it can drive the dead ghost off a person. 。"I immediately reacted, Old Blind Man was testing me again. He probably wasn't just a fortune teller, he must have hidden ghost talismans at home. How could he not know how to play with ghosts?""I stood up and helplessly asked, "Grandfather, what should we do?""Draw...draw talismans..." Old Blind Man squeezed out those three words from his teeth. 。As expected, he was indeed testing me. If I had fainted right now and drawn a talisman to ward off evil spirits, he would have immediately discovered the truth from me. 。I shook my head and said, "What's a fu? You never taught me that." 。The blind old man's performance was so convincing. He had one green eye and one red eye staring out, his forehead bulging with veins, gasping for air but unable to utter a word. It seemed like he was about to die. 。My eyes rolled and I got an idea. I ran to the corner by the door and grabbed a broom, then ran back and started whacking him on the head: "Boss, I heard Old Mrs. Chen from the village say that ghosts are afraid of bad people. If you encounter a ghost, don't be afraid. Just beat it hard, and it will run away!" 。Then, he didn't care about anything else. He swung his broom wildly at him, hitting him again and again. He even kicked him a couple of times every now and then. 。Now I've had my fill, I feel particularly refreshed. 。You miser, you wouldn't spend money to let me go to school, ruining my future. 。Every day, he acts like a grumpy bear and treats me like I'm an orphan. Even when I just eat a meal, he scolds me for being a pig who only knows how to eat and not work. 。I'm all grown up, and you don't even give me any pocket money. This outfit I'm wearing is from three years ago, and it's ripped in several places. Do you think I can find a wife looking like this?
I kick you because you, old scoundrel, have corrupted innocent women. Let alone the distant ones, just look at the village, several aunties have been seduced by him.
。And over the years, there was always this fashionable middle-aged man who came to find him. He'd leave for a night and come back at dawn, then swagger up to me and say he'd spent the night getting someone's fortune told. 。You punk, you think I'm some kind of fortune teller? What does that even have to do with anything?He ran away after just a little while. It wasn't because I scared him off, he just couldn't take it anymore. If I kept fighting, I would've beat him to death. 。After that, he didn't try to probe me again. He lived peacefully for two months, who knew he was still unrepentant and played another trick on me. This time, you guys won't be able to guess what means he used. 。Let me know if you have any other text you'd like me to translate! ?
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