A few weeks later, the news of the ghost king Lim fell into the sea spread like wildfire in the area and old Mr. Ho heard the news. He contacted my Mao Shan master, Lee and both of them went to ghost king Lim’s shop but found the shop was closed. A neighbour told Mr. Ho that the ghost king was in hospital recuperating. So he visited the ghost king in the hospital.
The neighbour was kind enough to bring both of the gentlemen
to visit the ghost king in the general hospital.
In the sickbay, they found the ghost king laid in his
sickbed. Since my old master Lee was an acquaintance of this ghost king; they
started to chat. The ghost king begun his story on how he ended up in the sea
almost drowned:
“It was my usual night that after my business hours, I would
walk to a coffee shop near the seaside to drink a cup of coffee and to chat
with my pals…
On that particular night, it was my pal’s birthday. So he
brought some bottle of beers and we celebrated until way past midnight.
I was quite drunk then before we all dispersed. As usual, I
walk on a path near the Tanjung Bungah beach…. A very pretty young lady came
from the opposite direction. As both of us approached each other and suddenly,
the lady suddenly stopped and asked a question:
“Are you the famous Penang ghost king?”
“Yes…” Before I could say anything, suddenly the young lady
grabbed me by my arms and then jumped into the sea. It was a full moon night
and the sea level was pretty high.
At this point, I knew that the lady wasn’t anything humane
but I was too drunk to perform any protective ritual or was I sober enough to
recite any mantra…
As I was half floating and half sinking in the water, I
shouted for help and luckily… there were a fishing boat nearby. People on the
boat heard my yelling and they immediately came to my rescue.
I told them about the lady who were also in the water, but
after searching for a while; they could not find anyone in the sea together
with me…
And this is my story…”
After hearing the ghost king’s ordeal, old Mr. Ho apologized
to him and said:
“I am awfully sorry for not keeping the 3 year’s promise and
this lady ghost has sought revenge on you. I will pay you a sum of money so
that you do not need to deal with ghosts again.”
Strangely speaking, after the ghost king returned from the
hospital; his business was not as good as before and finally he was found dead
in his house perhaps due to alcohol intoxication a few years later.
My Master Lee told me this story and he said that the lady
ghost was seeking revenge at that late ghost king because his client has broken
the 3 year’s vow. So this vengeful ghost not only attempted to kill the ghost
king; she also chased away all of the ghost king’s personal spirits. With any
spirits to serve the ghost king, whatever ritual and predictions he did became
ineffective. So, gradually the old ghost king lost his reputation though he has
kept his life.
Hence, Master Lee’s advice is not to help people especially
those involving vengeful ghosts. It would only cause more unnecessary karma
links than doing good to the master himself. For whatever decision the master
makes would not be in a win-win situation.
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