Chapter 33: Lighting the Lamp and Drawing the Soul Back
Jilin Outer Gate Fu Shi stronghold.
Yuan Zhi looked at Xiuyuan with a solemn expression, the Fu Master's stronghold was destroyed overnight, and the strength of the person who came was definitely not weak. Although most of the talisman cultivators are in the realm of Daoists, there are ten talisman masters stationed in the stronghold on weekdays, and if it is not an overwhelming force, it is impossible to destroy them all.
"Hall Master! This matter is strange, there is no trace of a fight in the inner hall, if you seek revenge, you will not be killed, and now there are no corpses left. Moreover, the outer gate talisman masters had more contact with the world, and did not have a bad relationship with the Taoist forces. Yuan Zhi said.
"Have you received any assignments here?" asked Xiuyuan.
"I don't know, I came out of Qingcheng and passed by here, just to find out about the situation in Changbai Mountain. Linzi, do you know?" asked the green-haired boy.
As soon as the second uncle said this, I remembered that the night before yesterday, a woman did not know how to ask for the door, saying that his man had been hooked, and asked the husband to save his life, and then the two gentlemen were kind, so they followed the woman, and the matter was delayed all night. On the second day, the two gentlemen returned with injuries, and I was a miscellaneous worker in the outer hall, and I didn't know the inside story. That night, a wicked man broke in, covered his head and hid his face, and could not see the truth. Lin Zi said.
The outer gate talisman is not a warlock who roams the streets, and will only act unless someone recommends him, or encounters a ghostly ghost. Handling these cases requires high returns, but if the other party is really a poor family, it depends on the person, or a porridge or a meal, or a personal belonging, and will never do things for free and break the rules.
"Do you know where the woman lives?" asked Yuan Zhi.
"Of course, I don't know. Lin Zi replied.
"Although there are no traces of fighting in the inner hall, there is yin qi that has not dispersed, it should be someone who released a powerful ghost last night, otherwise the yin qi will not be so strong, and it has not dispersed overnight. Xiuyuan said.
"Release the ghosts, raise the ghosts, cover the head and hide the face, is it?" Yuan Zhi was startled, thinking of the man in black he met on Changbai Mountain.
"These should be the people. It's just that why would you attack the Fu Master's stronghold?" Xiu Yuan affirmed.
"Didn't you go out the night before, and the talisman who helped the woman exorcise the ghost accidentally broke into something?" Yuan Zhi wondered.
"No matter what the reason, if you find the soul of the talisman, you will know that there is no other way to summon the soul for today. Xiuyuan said.
"If the talisman soul is detained, can it be recruited?" Yuan Zhi worried.
"I can only try! Go and get a piece of the clothes of the talisman here, and then prepare the offering table, I will open the altar to attract souls. Xiuyuan commanded.
Lin Xiaolou and Xiong Da sat on the side and couldn't talk at all, and both of them fell asleep crooked in their chairs. Xiuyuan smiled and shook his head, these two people are really big-hearted.
Midnight.
In the courtyard of the inner hall, an offering table is located in the center, and an incense burner is placed on the table, which is lit with three pillars of incense. There is a candlestick on the left and right, and there is a ruler and a brush in front of the desk, and a yellow charm is pressed. There is a large bowl on the left and right of Huang Fu, containing rooster blood and glutinous rice respectively, and a lantern is placed under the table.
Xiuyuan stood in front of the offering table with his hands in his hands, and when the hour came, he began to practice. Xiuyuan took out the lantern, asked Yuan Zhi to carry it, and then dipped the brush in the blood of the rooster to draw a spiritualist talisman, silently recited the spell in his mouth, took a talisman clothes and lit it under the lamp, and then threw the talisman paper and pasted it on the lantern.
"The light shines on the road ahead, the dead soul listens to the guidance, the nine secluded open the gate, the wandering soul avoids its trace, accumulates the essence of the wish, and the famous comes to find it. "Xiu Yuan pinched the candle flame on the candlestick with two fingers and threw it towards the lantern, and the candle flame lit in the lantern as if teleporting. The orange flame flickered, and when it was about to be extinguished, it turned into a dark green, and the ghostly light was flourishing, like a ghost fire.
"Motochi, let go of the lantern!" said Xiuyuan.
"A lantern can find their souls?" Lin Xiaolou watched with relish and curiosity on the sidelines.
"It's hard to say, the yang man has lost his soul, the lantern is orange candlelight, and now he is looking for the soul of the dead, and the lantern is a blue-green ghost fire. After a person dies, the soul will wander in or around the corpse within seven days, and the outer gate talismans are all slaughtered, I don't know if the soul is still there, I can only try, if the distance is too far, or if someone is detained, this soul-attracting lamp will not be found. Xiuyuan said.
At this time, the lantern had already flown into the night sky, stopping at a place twenty meters above the courtyard, the night was cold and windy, but the soul-attracting lamp did not move at all, only the faint green light flickered.
Seeing that the soul-attracting lamp had reached the gate of heaven, Xiu Yuan grabbed a handful of glutinous rice on the desk and sprinkled it on the candlestick.
"Wandering souls, where to stay, the three souls descend early, the seven spirits are coming, the gate of heaven is open, the door of the earth is open, I summon the soul of the dead to come quickly!"
At this moment, the wind suddenly rose, blowing the leaves and flowers in the yard, and the dust on the ground lingered in the yard. Xiu Yuan stared ahead, unmoved. Suddenly, the wind and waves were calm, everything was quiet in an instant, and the soul-attracting lamp on the gate of heaven burst on, and the light went out!
"Dare to rob the soul?" Xiuyuan's expression was grim, and he burst into tears.
"Eight Dragons, Eight Tigers, Eight King Kongs, with a fire dragon on the head, according to the sky and the earth, kill the demons and eliminate the demons, the six stars of the Southern Dipper, the seven stars of the Big Dipper, urgent!" Xiuyuan pinched the spell in his hand, a burst of golden light to protect the body, in the dark, a ghost qi went straight to the door of Xiuyuan, but was blocked by the golden light. Xiu Yuan removed the seal, reached out and took out a yellow talisman, and threw it in the direction where the ghost qi was attacking.
"The ancestral token, King Kong is lined up on both sides, thousands of miles of soul, and quickly return to nature. The soul is coming!" Xiu Yuan shouted, hunting in clothes, with him as the center, the wind was howling all around, and Lin Xiaolou and the others couldn't open their eyes. Then a whirlpool-like black hole appeared in front of Xiuyuan, and it rotated faster and faster, and a huge gravitational force came from the whirlpool, and the whirlpool continued to expand, as if it had opened the door of the Nine Shadows.
Suddenly, a soul was pulled out of the whirlpool, stopping at the entrance of the cave, Xiuyuan tried his best to support and maintain the whirlpool, but the suction power in the whirlpool suddenly skyrocketed, and half of the soul was swallowed back as soon as it came out. Unstoppable, Xiuyuan's eyes flashed.
"Wake up!" two fingers of a little rooster blood, flicked to the center of the soul's eyebrows, the soul opened its eyes, and a trace of clarity appeared in the eyes.
"I'm Qingcheng Mountain Dharma Hall Heavenly Master Xiuyuan, where are you waiting for your soul to be detained?"
"Changbai Mountain, under the Tianchi, there is a ...... there" The awakened soul only said a few words, and was swallowed by the whirlpool and disappeared.
Xiu Yuan took a few steps back, almost didn't stand firm, and there was sweat on his forehead, obviously he was very struggling just now, and he couldn't detain the soul of the talisman master. Yuan Zhi was frightened watching from the sidelines, even the Xiuyuan of the Heavenly Master Realm couldn't detain the souls of these people, and the strength of the other party must be strong. Just now, the soul-attracting lamp suddenly went out, and Xiuyuan noticed that someone was using the soul-attracting lamp to sneak attack, Xiuyuan reacted very quickly, and after a move, he forcibly detained the soul and fought with others, but he failed to rob the other party after all.
"Hall Master, are you alright?" asked Yuan Zhi.
"Little monk!" Lin Xiaolou also looked nervous.
"It's okay! I'm a little tired, just take a break. Xiuyuan said.
"The soul who spoke just now is one of the Jilin Outer Gate Talisman Masters, and I have seen this person. Yuan Zhi said.
"The soul-attracting lamp is extinguished, which proves that their souls are not nearby, if they destroy the corpse and destroy the soul, the soul-attracting lamp is not lit, it seems that they were detained by this person, but fortunately, there are clues. Xiuyuan sighed.
"Changbai Mountain Tianchi? Why is it Changbai Mountain? Could it be that their souls have been brought to Changbai Mountain? If they are raising powerful ghosts, they only need to devour their souls, but why are their souls still there? Could it be that there is something else?" Yuan Zhi was also puzzled.
"It seems that we have to enter Changbai Mountain again. Xiuyuan said solemnly.
"Hall Master! this matter is not trivial, my outer gate talisman stronghold was destroyed, if someone intentionally did it, he would have already laid a dead end waiting for the hall master to go, and he must not rush in. Yuan Zhi said.
"The outer gate talisman master is a disciple of my Qingcheng Mountain, I am in charge of the Dharma Palace, the disciple is in trouble, it is my responsibility, whether it is Longtan or Tiger's Den, I will definitely go to this Changbai Mountain. You quickly return to the Qingcheng Sect, and the clues obtained by the real person in charge of this trip are clear, the sect has its own scheduling, and I will go into Changbai Mountain to explore the truth first. Xiuyuan said.
"The hall master can't, I'm afraid this trip is full of dangers, it's better to wait for the sect to come to help, and then go up the mountain after the convergence. Yuan Zhi was not at ease and persuaded him.
"It's okay! If the enemy can't be defeated, I can still protect myself, but if I wait for help, I'm afraid something will happen. You go quickly!" Xiuyuan said undoubtedly.
"Obey the law!" Yuan Zhi didn't say much, and turned away.
"Little monk, do we still want to go back to the mountain?" Lin Xiaolou asked crisply.
"I want to go back! It's so stuffy here. Xiong said in a big voice. It seems that he is extremely unaccustomed to the worldly environment.
"Yes, it's just me, you all stay here, and the forest will take care of your daily life. Xiuyuan smiled.
"Why should I stay? I said, I'm going to follow you, and Xiong Da is going to follow me. I don't trust people. Lin Xiaolou looked at Xiuyuan seriously.
"This trip is unpredictable and foggy, and if I take care of myself, it will hurt you. It is much safer for you to keep this place than it is for you to follow me up the mountain. Xiuyuan said.
"I'm not afraid, I'll follow you, your life is saved by you, then my life is also yours, no one can hurt Xiaolou and you!" Xiong Da patted his chest and stood beside Xiuyuan.
"I'm not afraid, if you get hurt, I can cure you, have you forgotten?" Lin Xiaolou was anxious.
"Sir, if another thief comes, the second uncle is not here, and you go up the mountain again, I can't do spells, and I can't protect this sister and eldest brother." Lin Zi didn't know when he was standing in the courtyard, it should have been Yuan Zhi who told him to take care of Xiuyuan and the others.
"Okay! You follow me into the mountain! But after entering the mountain, everything is at my command, do you know?" Xiuyuan is also helpless, what Lin Zi said is not unreasonable, Xiaolou and Xiong Da have been in the mountains since childhood, although their cultivation is acceptable, but their minds are pure, if they are allowed to stay here, Lin Zi will not be able to see it, if they are easily deceived and recognize their identity, the ending is undoubtedly miserable. If only the big dog hadn't rushed back to Qingcheng Mountain, Xiuyuan sighed secretly.
"Don't worry, I won't leave you for a single step. Lin Xiaolou looked at Xiuyuan with big beautiful eyes, making Xiuyuan helpless.
"Let's rest, and we'll leave tomorrow. Xiuyuan said.
"By the way, in addition to your own mountain spirit qi, you also have a pure Buddhist breath, why is this? Is it the old monk you said left on you?" Xiuyuan suddenly asked Lin Xiaolou.
"I won't tell you!" Lin Xiaolou playfully stuck out his tongue, turned around and left with his hands behind his back.
"Xiong Da?" Xiuyuan asked Xiong Da again.
"I can't say, get beaten!" Xiong Da followed the proud Lin Xiaolou step by step.