The Three Pure Ones' Secret: Expressing Spirit

I was very confused. Why did I have to finish everything clearly during the day and wait until the evening? But I'm just a complete novice, like a headless fly. Since Master Fan Biao said that, there must be a reason. Whatever, my boss pays me anyway, so I'm just playing around.

Feeling bored during my free time, Lao Fan told me about some taboos in the funeral industry, as well as some gimmicky or pretentious procedures. Actually, there weren't many taboos, except that you can't disturb the dead, and there were some Taoist knowledge and basic procedures related to lighting candles and burning incense.

I only half understood what he was saying, but he didn't seem to care much. He said it was enough that I understood some of it. Then he told me that this visit might not be an ordinary funeral. He said that after he burned the covenant that night, he would take me to do some fun things to broaden my horizons.

I saw that the scoundrel was grinning particularly sinisterly, and I figured he was up to no good. But when I pressed him for details, he kept being mysterious and wouldn't tell me.

As the sun slowly set, the bamboo forest echoed with the low chirping of birds before they returned to their nests. The cicadas' chirping turned into the squeaking of crickets hiding in the corners of the walls and the croaking of frogs in the fields.

There were a lot of mosquitoes in the bamboo forest. Every now and then, one would fly onto me and launch a sneak attack. They were really uncivilized. I was so bitten that I couldn't speak. I found an electric fan in the house and blew it on myself.

I saw Fan Biao stretch lazily beside me and asked listlessly, "Are you done with work, brother?"

Fan Biao looked at me and smiled: "That's it, I'll get the divination done, then we'll burn this Yin Pact and go to sleep!"

I was speechless for a moment: "Uh, didn't you say you'd broaden my horizons?"

Fan Biao glanced at the courtyard, brightly lit by the moonlight, then whispered to me, "Don't rush, brother. Sleeping is just for show. Whether we catch a big fish tonight depends on our luck!"