I rode in Brother Liu's car, and we headed to Seventh Master's house together.
The front door of Seventh Master's house was open, so we walked straight in.
The sound of Taoist scriptures being recited came from a room on the first floor. Seventh Master had the radio on.
Actually, most people felt peaceful and calm inside when they heard Taoist scriptures, even if they did not believe in Taoism.
But some people were different, such as those who were extremely afraid of ghosts. Once their fear reached a certain point, it would spread until they became wary of anything related to metaphysics.
Brother Liu, for example.
He had been afraid of these things when I first met him.
The moment Brother Liu came inside, he hugged his arms around himself. He instinctively felt that Seventh Master's house was rather cold and eerie, though it actually was not.
There was a Three Pure Ones Statue here and a statue of the Thunder Ancestor upstairs. Unless a ghost had a death wish, it generally would not come inside.
I led him to the room the sound was coming from.
As soon as I pushed open the door, I saw Seventh Master sitting inside, having just finished offering incense to the Three Pure Ones Patriarch.
The furnishings in this room were perfectly normal to us, though it was a little dim. But Brother Liu grew even more timid after coming in, looking around constantly, afraid that a ghost might be hiding in some corner.
"Seventh Master." He greeted Seventh Master.
Seventh Master invited him to sit down and poured him some tea, asking casually, "Liu, it's been a while. How's work been lately?"
Brother Liu quickly nodded. "All right. Just a little tiring."
Seventh Master finished pouring the tea, picked up the