Chapter 12: Growing Souls

"Don't be upset, maybe I can help."

The male ghost nodded and slowly explained what had happened.

"Our family was poor when we were born, and when we were dying in a car accident, we didn't leave any money for the funeral, and because we were poor, no relatives and friends were willing to associate with us, so after we died, there was no one to burn paper for us."

Hearing this, I couldn't stop sighing, the poor are in the city and no one asks, and the rich are looking for them in the mountains, this sentence is so realistic and skinny, even after death, except for the difference between the rich and the poor, that is, someone like my grandfather who has great ability will do everything possible to find him, so you have to take the same as the ability and money.

Looking at the male ghost who was dressed incompatible with the Yin soldiers, I was silent for a while, and decided to intervene in the cause and effect of this trip and continue to listen to his story.

"After our family died, we were about to pass through the ghost gate and enter the underworld, when we were stopped by a gatekeeper who asked us for a sum of money to open the door of the ghost gate, but how could we have the underworld coin for him at that time, so we were stopped alive."

Living?

"Ahem, that's why you're following the Yin soldiers?"

"Well, since then, we have been wandering around, saving up paper money burned by passers-by to go to the underworld for a year, but just when we were about to save enough money, we discovered a strange thing."

What is it that makes a ghost strange? I looked at the male ghost curiously, and things didn't seem so simple.

"My son was three years old when he died, and he could barely say a few simple words, but in the course of this year, we found that he had grown to seven or eight years old."

"When I knew that my son was slowly growing up, I was shocked, and it was the first time I knew that being a ghost can grow old slowly."

When the male ghost told about his son's growth, his face was full of horror, and I couldn't help but be shocked, who can grow up?

Normally, when a person dies and the soul is separated from the human body, the form and spirit of the soul will always be fixed at the age at that time, and the age, appearance, and voice will not change with time at all.

Of course, there will be exceptions, that is, vegetative people, although the soul has been separated from the human body, but the body is not dead, there is still a trace of connection, so the soul form god will change with the change of the vegetative person, this kind of soul form god is usually extremely thin, because the vegetative person lives on the nutrient solution, and the muscles are atrophied all year round.

Could it be...

"Is your child still alive?"

I tried to find out the truth, only to see the male ghost shake his head firmly, his voice a little choked, "It is impossible to live, at that time... At that time, the doctor who got out of the ambulance checked that there were no vital signs, and he had already covered us with a white cloth. ”

"Oh."

But if his child died physically, I wouldn't be able to continue to ask in-depth, but in less than a year, so much growth, I can't help but think of a terrible reason.

The kid... Somehow is absorbing the yang energy of a living child!

However, I don't plan to tell the male ghost my speculation, after all, if the male ghost knows that his child is doing such a rebellious and harmful thing, it is estimated that the soul will be very painful.

At this, the man suddenly paused, and there was an indescribable sadness in his eyes.

"But in the past few days, we have all been ready to go back to the underworld, but he is missing."

If my guess is correct, then the child should be nostalgic for the living popularity of the yang world, and does not want to leave, and after returning to the underworld, there will be no living yang energy for him to grow.

After thinking about it, I decided to help him find his child.

It's not that I'm nosy, because if this kind of ghost grows, it will erode a lot of people's yang energy, so not necessarily how many people will lose their lives because of him.

"Where did your child end up? I might be able to help. ”

As soon as I heard that I was going to help, the ghost was very excited and said that he would make cattle and horses for me, and I smiled and did not speak.

Soon, he led me to a poor area.

As the name suggests, the poor area is where the poorest people in the city live, and when I first arrived here, I felt a yin smell, and along with it, there was a strong rancid smell.

The rancid smell was not like bad food, but corpse, and the smell was pungent and choking.

There are very few houses to live in, and more of them are the floors of people who wander the streets, and since it is night, the people here are already asleep.

"Don't be afraid, the environment here is a little worse, and the people are very good."

The male ghost may be a little uncomfortable and embarrassed to see such a glamorous person as me come here.

I laughed and shook my head, "It's okay, it's okay, I understand." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw two people in front of him fighting over food.

"How dare you rob me of food!"

"You're talking nonsense, it's clear that I saw it first!"

I saw that they were scuffled together in rags, and within two or three blows, the winner was quickly divided, and the winner directly punched the loser to death.

Seeing this scene, I couldn't help but feel a little surprised.

"Isn't there a PR person to govern this area?"

The male ghost shook his head.

"People here can't even afford to pay taxes, the economic conditions are extremely poor, and they have been in this environment for a long time, and they can't adapt to life outside, they can't manage."

After listening to this, I sighed regretfully, and I really had a new understanding of the poor area that was regarded as a cancer by the city, the environment affects people, and people also affect the environment, which will only be a vicious circle, but how can the rich care about such a thing?

"What are you doing?"

I was sighing, and suddenly a person walked towards me, a big stout man, looking at me fiercely.

"It's nothing, I'm just here to find a relative."

To be precise, I was looking for ghosts, but they wouldn't believe it, and the man listened to me, and it was obvious that he didn't believe it, but he still let me in.

"Do you know the rules here?"

I shook my head, I don't live here, of course I don't know the rules here.

"If you want to find someone, you have to give me food first!" The man said with greed in his smile.

I lost a smile, I really never expected that he would not rob the money but come to grab the food.

I know it's useless to spend time with them now, so it's better to just give him something and send him away.

"Brother, I don't have anything to eat in my hand, but I still have a hundred yuan in my hand, you see..."

"Go and go, what's the use of asking for money, if you don't have anything to eat, get out of here." As soon as the man heard that I had nothing to eat, he immediately ordered the eviction.

It just so happens that I want to leave too.

Although the poor area is very yin, it does not feel the existence of any ghosts and gods.

The main reason for the heavy yin qi is that there is no living breath all year round, don't look at the life of so many people here, but life is full of grievances and hatred, so the yang qi is weak, and the yin qi is much stronger.

"I'm so sorry to have you here."

The male ghost said with some embarrassment.

I waved my hand and signaled that he had nothing to apologize for.

Although there are no ghosts and gods in this place for a while, after a long time, the resentment increases, and it will definitely gather into a resentment body.

So I'll have to come here in a few days to reduce the resentment here.

I smiled and left, and based on the information the ghost gave me, I couldn't be sure where the kid had gone, but I was sure that he must have gone to a living person to absorb yang energy.

After analyzing it repeatedly, I decided to tell the male ghost about it.

"Brother, do you know why your child grows up so fast?"

When the male ghost heard me ask this question, he was stunned for a moment and shook his head.

"You also know that when a person becomes a ghost, the soul body does not grow, have you ever wondered why your child will grow up?"

The man gritted his teeth.

"I suspect he goes..."

Before he could finish, I interrupted him.

"That's right, your suspicion is right, your child is absorbing people's yang energy."

The ghost didn't show surprise when he heard this, but a worried look on his face.

"Master, I want to know, if this is the case, will he still be able to enter the underworld?"

I shook my head.

"I'm not familiar with the underworld, but I know that this will definitely have a bad effect, so you better go and persuade him."

Speaking of which, it suddenly occurred to me that his child has not been found yet, how can he persuade him?

"How many days has your child been missing?"