Chapter 24: The Soul Lamp
Zhang Yi let go of his hand, and the little bird immediately flew out and landed on the edge of the window as if fleeing for his life, looking at Zhang Yi with an angry gaze.
"I don't embarrass you, but since you know that he has lost his soul, you must have a way to get it back." The corners of Zhang Yi's mouth rose slightly, revealing a chilling smile.
"I know the general direction, in the Gudu District of Yangzhou, but in the end, if you want to find it back, you can only use the soul light" At this moment, the little bird is no different from a person, but his voice is slightly sharp and hoarse.
Zhang Yi's eyes lit up, "What is the soul-attracting lamp and how is it operated?"
"I don't know this as a bird, but that bull nose definitely knows, this is also one of the Taoist demon subjugation techniques"
It seems that he is indeed going to find Lao Dao, Zhang Yi is not an onmyoji, he neither knows what a soul-attracting lamp is, nor does he know how to operate it, this is undoubtedly a dead end, and the only hope to break this situation falls on Lao Dao, I hope he will not be at a loss!
"Quick, go to the hotel and find Lao Dao." Zhang Yi commanded to the wicker. "Take a taxi, the sooner the better."
Wicker answered and ran the door, and in less than ten minutes, a green taxi stopped the car with a scream in front of the house, and bursts of black smoke randomly came out of the rear of the car.
Stepping out of the car, he dragged the old man with the bandage on his head to the house.
"Young man, you have to respect the old man, I have a handful of old bones, and I still have injuries on my body, you are so violent to me, if I lie down, you will not have enough money to compensate in this life!"
Lao Dao is in his seventies, which is an ancient age, and he knows very well what it means for young people to lie down in today's society.
"Oh! Lie down, okay, then you give me back the three hundred yuan you saw before you lie down, by the way, there are people who live in hotels, I will serve you" Wicker approached Lao Dao, stretched out his hand and shook in front of Lao Dao's eyes.
Lao Dao touched his shriveled pocket pitifully, straightened his body that was about to lie down, and stood silently behind Zhang Yi.
"Don't make a fuss, come, Lao Dao, look at it, this kid seems to have lost his soul."
Lao Dao was taken aback, and immediately bent over Fang Yi to go up and down a lot, and then stroked his beard and looked at the sky, "The eyes are empty and there are foreign objects, there is a hidden blue color in the eyebrows, the whole person is like a corpse without consciousness, a typical loss of soul, and the soul has been lost for more than a month, and the wandering soul is about to become a living soul, I am afraid that death is not far away." ”
Hearing this, the middle-aged couple fell to their knees with a thud, and kept kowtowing and begging for help.
Zhang Yi immediately helped the couple up, "Don't worry, we will definitely find a way." ”
"I didn't call you to be scary, I asked you to help us use the method of the Soul Attraction Lamp to find the lost geist" Wicker took a step closer to the old way, and spread his hand and shook it in front of his eyes.
"Yes, you should know about the soul light," Zhang Yi asked.
Lao Dao immediately stood up straight again, raised his head, and his face was filled with a look of great pride, "That's nature, like when I used this peachwood sword in Jiangsu, I ...... it horizontally." ”
"Don't talk about these, skip it directly, and you can talk about how to use the soul attraction lamp to retrieve the spirit and save this child."
Lao Dao was about to brag about his previous great achievements, but he was suddenly stopped by Zhang Yi, this feeling was like choking on a meal in a hurry, and he couldn't help but feel heartbroken.
"I'm afraid it's a little difficult, the soul attraction lamp can only be searched for two kilometers, and this child seems to have gone far away before the accident, and I don't know where I lost it." Lao Dao spread his hands to express helplessness.
"You don't have to worry about this, our little bird has already set the general direction, and there will be no problem within three kilometers." Zhang Yi pointed to the white-headed starling bird on the window edge.
"It? This starling bird" Lao Dao glanced at the little bird with a suspicious face, with a kind of disdain in his eyes.
"What's the matter, the old immortal, look down on Lao Tzu, you old thing who can't catch up with the hot" The little bird kept hovering over the old road, and then flew and scolded.
Lao Dao was depressed in his heart, he felt that he had recently fallen into blood mold, not only was he bullied by sneak, but now he was also bullied by a bird, if he wasn't afraid of his master Zhang Yi, he would now like to catch this bird, strip off his hair, roast it on the fire, and then enjoy a delicious meal.
"What's the matter, you seem to want to eat Lao Tzu," the little bird spoke again.
Lao Dao was shocked, what he thought in his heart was known by this bird before he could say it, it seems that this bird is not simple, it is better to think of something else quickly.
"Okay, let's start tomorrow."
"No, we only have one day left, it will take more than six hours to go back and forth to Yangzhou Gudu, not including the time to find it, and after tomorrow night, this child's soul will never be able to return to its place, and it will completely become a lonely ghost." Zhang Yi's words were very harsh, and there was no room for negotiation.
"Well, the soul-attracting lamp is actually a Kong Ming lantern, after it is tied, write the child's birthday on it, and then drop a drop of the child's eyebrows and blood to complete it."
Although Lao Dao looks very old, his hands and feet are not clumsy, and a Kong Ming lantern was made in less than half an hour.
Zhang Yi and Wicker couldn't help but admire the craftsmanship of Lao Dao after seeing Lao Dao's masterpiece, it seems that he still has some ability, at least at present, the handiwork is good.
When everything was ready, the three of them got into the wicker van together, with the little bird leading the way above the roof.
Three hours later, the car got off the highway and arrived at the boundary of Yangzhou, where a van shuttled along the river in the dark night.
It was twelve o'clock in the evening, and there was a hazy cloud in the sky wrapped in a crescent moon. Above the roof of the car, the little bird still didn't stop, still flying.
Zhang Yi looked at the shadows of the trees that kept retreating backwards by the river outside, and felt a little anxious, so he stuck his head out of the window and shouted, "Little bird, haven't you arrived yet?" ”
The little bird flew into the car when it heard the sound of falling from the sky.
"It's here, it's here, it's within these three kilometers, I just want to see if I can fly three hundred kilometers in one go, it's still sixty left"
"Nonsense" Zhang Yi patted Wicker's shoulder and motioned for him to stop at this place.
When the three of them got out of the car, a stream of moist air with a fishy smell greeted them. The place is somewhat remote, so there are no street lights, but there are dense rows of willow trees.
Zhang Yi turned on the flashlight prepared in advance, and a beam of light fell on the surface of a lake through patches of weeds and trees, and mottled shadows immediately appeared on the lake, the lake surface was very calm, and occasionally small fish jumping from the lake could be seen stirring up a circle of ripples.
"Old man, are you ready, put on the lights"
"Okay!"
In the dark night sky, as soon as Lao Dao let go, a dim soul-attracting lamp slowly stretched into the sky. The lights are not too bright, and when they fly high in the sky, they look like a dusky moon.
But the humble moonlight showed them the way. In the dark night, everyone is blind, but this soul-attracting lamp lingers in the night with the obsession of a wandering spirit.
The speed at which the soul-attracting lamp flew was not fast, but because Zhang Yi was not familiar with this unfamiliar environment, it was very difficult to walk, and he was out of breath in less than a few minutes.
As they ran, they watched the lantern and noticed that the lantern in the sky had not changed direction due to the wind, but had been drifting downstream along the river.
"It's stopped," Lao Dao shouted excitedly, in fact, everyone found out with Lao Dao at this moment.
Above a lake overgrown with reeds, the soul-attracting lamp kept spinning and drawing circles about ten meters above.
The soul-attracting lamp was reflected on the surface of the lake with a faint light, constantly shaking and twisting under the undulations of the ripples, and it made people feel a kind of eerie and terrifying, as if a hideous ghost was about to emerge in this lake at the next moment.
"Absolutely, the soul lamp he felt the breath of the spirit nearby." Lao Dao took out his peachwood sword and took out a yellow talisman to make a vigilant gesture.
As soon as Lao Dao's words fell, suddenly there was a crying voice on the lake with a mournful, terrifying, and long-tailed heartbroken voice
"Uh......h Woo...... Woo......