The Legend of Situ Shankong.

Summary

The story describes a supernatural encounter where a Dao Shi helps the narrator and his uncle deal with a ghost haunting their home. Using intricate spiritual techniques, the Dao Shi sets up a complex trap involving talismans, a wooden figure, water, rice, and bells to capture the wandering spirit of a soldier who died suddenly. The spirit is trapped in a wooden figure and imprisoned in water, with the process involving precise ritualistic methods. The Dao Shi explains that such spirits become "rogue soldiers" in his spiritual practice, and the entire process is a carefully orchestrated method of spirit possession and containment.

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