In ancient times, there was a squire named Xue Gui. Xue Gui's father used to be an official in the dynasty and was quite powerful. He relied on his father's protection. Xue Gui also served as an official for a few years, but the good times did not last long. After a few years, his father died of illness. Without his father's protection, Xue Gui could not move an inch in the eunuch sea, so he had to resign and go home to do business. Although Xue Gui was not an official, he was like a duck to water after doing business, and he became a rich gentleman in a few years.

After Xue Gui had money, he wanted to build a mansion in the village. Before choosing the location, he invited a Mr. Yin and Yang to find a feng shui treasure. After running around the village for three days, Mr. Yin and Yang finally found a blessed land.

Xue Gui wanted to cut down trees to build a house, but somehow the villagers knew about it. How could they agree? They said that the tree had lived for a thousand years and was a sacred tree that would not die for a thousand years.

Although Xue Gui was not afraid of the villagers, he did not want to make enmity with so many villagers. He was reviled, so he said, "Whoever does not stop the tree cutting will be given five taels of silver each."

The villagers suddenly fell silent, five taels of silver, enough for a family to use for more than a year! In an instant, the villagers scattered like birds and beasts, and happily went to get silver.

Xue Gui brought a few domestic servants to the tree and wanted to cut it. At this time, a gust of yin wind suddenly blew under the tree for no reason, and the yin energy hit his face, causing everyone to be cold.

When the domestic servants saw this vision, they were terrified and did not dare to cut down the tree. They were kicked down by Xue Gui and scolded, "Those who are useless are scared by the shadow of the tree. What's the use of raising you?"

Xue Gui grabbed an axe and chopped it at the ancient tree. He chopped down a few axes in a row. The servants saw that nothing had happened, so they went forward and chopped down the tree one after another.

That night, he felt a little thirsty and wanted to pour a bowl of water. In the darkness of the room, he lit a candle, and the candle in the room flickered. Xue Gui inadvertently saw the shadow on the ground swaying with the candlelight, swaying and swaying, the shadow slowly lengthened, and actually climbed up from the ground. Seeing this, Xue Gui was terrified, and was scared to retreat again and again, but the shadow was pressing step by step, forcing Xue Gui to the corner of the wall and pinching Xue Gui's neck with his hands. Xue Gui struggled desperately, but he couldn't get rid of it. Seeing that he was about to die, Xue Menggui woke up, sat up, and sweated coldly on his face.

He stood up and lit a candle. Remembering the dream just now, he was a little afraid. He couldn't help but look at the ground.

Xue Gui was so scared that he trembled, he didn't dare to bow his head, and glanced sideways at the ground. There was indeed nothing on the ground.

Xue Gui was stunned and his heart was pounding. What was going on? Xue Gui was about to collapse. Just then, he accidentally glanced at the wall, and there was a person's shadow on the wall.

Xue Gui stayed up all night and told his family about it the next day. His family didn't believe him at all, thinking that Xue Gui was too tired and had hallucinations. At first, Xue Gui also thought that he was probably blinded that day. Then Xue Gui always had nightmares at night, dreaming that his shadow wanted to kill him, and saw his shadow move around many times.

Xue Gui also found some Yin and Yang Warlocks, but they were all divine sticks. He spent a lot of money, but it was useless. Xue Gui was scared every day, couldn't sleep at night, and became thinner and thinner.

One day, Xue Gui was bored at home. Due to his health, he had not left his house for many days. It happened that there was a temple fair outside, and Xue Gui came to the temple fair alone. The temple fair was crowded with people, and vendors were selling all kinds of rare items. However, Xue Gui strolled around for a while, but lost interest. Just as he was about to leave, he saw many people gathered together in front of him.

Xue Gui no longer believed in this kind of warlock, but seeing that there was an endless stream of fortune-tellers who seemed to be quite effective, he wanted to try again. He walked in front of the Taoist and told the Taoist about the strange things he encountered about the shadow.

When the Taoist heard this, he frowned and asked after a moment of thought, "Did you cut down ancient trees before this happened?"

When Xue Gui saw that Daoist was right, he hurriedly nodded and admitted, and Daoist said, "That's it, there must be a shadow charm hidden in your shadow."

After hearing this, Xue Gui asked people what shadow charm was. The Taoist replied, "Shadow charm is the shadow of the branches on the ground." After a long time, it absorbs the essence of heaven and earth and becomes a charm.

Because it is transformed by the projection of the branches and leaves of ancient trees, it usually does not leave the ancient tree, and under normal circumstances, it will not harm people. Only when the ancient tree is cut down and the shadow charm has nowhere to live will it resent the person who cut the tree. Hidden in its shadow, it will retaliate and intimidate, but generally it will not harm its life. "

After hearing this, Xue Gui felt a little relieved and said, "Since Daoist Priest is so familiar with Shadow Charm, there must be a way to subdue it. I also hope that Daoist Priest will help me remove this Shadow Charm. How much silver is needed, Daoist Priest, just ask."

The Taoist sighed and said, "Although this shadow charm is low-level and not very harmful to people, it is extremely difficult to hide in the shadow.

After hearing this, Xue Gui's heart turned cold and said, "If this Shadow Charm insists on not leaving, then I will be entangled for the rest of my life!"

The Taoist pinched his fingers, lowered his head and pondered, as if he was thinking about something, and said after a while: "Three years from now, it will be the Gengshen Year, and on the fifteenth day of July, the moonlight will contain the Emperor's Stream Pulp, demons and ghosts. After the demons and ghosts suck it, you can increase your cultivation for many years. At that time, you can stand in the house and open the door, and the shadow charm will definitely go outside to suck the Emperor's Stream Pulp. The shadow charm's anger is not heavy, it has already come out and has a cultivation base, and it will not trouble you again."

Xue Gui listened. Although he didn't want to be entangled in Shadow Charm for three years, he had no other way. He had to follow what the Taoist said.

During the three years Xue Gui was miserable, but he finally survived. Geng Shennian, on the night of July 15th, Xue Gui stood at the door and opened the door. The moonlight outside was bright, and there seemed to be thousands of golden threads in the moonlight.

Xue Gui was lost in thought when he suddenly noticed something moving under his feet. He looked down and saw a dark shadow creeping out of his shadow and slowly creeping out of the room until it disappeared. After that, Xue Gui's shadow finally returned to normal.