Chapter 40: Gradually Taking Shape
At this moment, this empty area was completely darkened, and only Song Rao, who was on the periphery of the candle circle, could be illuminated so that they could see each other's faces clearly. In this way, the accuracy of the soul attraction is ensured, and there is only such a little light in the villa, and the ghost baby will not go anywhere else.
In the center of the circle circled by white wax, the incense burner from the temple was upside down on the ground, supported by a bracket, and a rope was tied to the bracket, and one end of the rope was held in my hand, as long as I pulled the rope in my hand, the incense burner would be upside down and the ghost baby would be buckled in it. Although it seems to be a simple and somewhat quaint way to catch sparrows in the countryside, it is enough for the resentful spirits formed by babies who have no intelligence at all.
After I finished preparing, I checked that there were no omissions, then I opened the bag Bai Yiyi gave me, took out a small piece of baby clothes from it, cut out a small piece, and asked Song Rao for a drop of blood. She pulled out the sterilized fruit knife and seemed to want to cut her fingers. I shook my head, took the fruit knife, and slid it three inches into her jaw as fast as I could, catching the blood with the cut fabric. The blood of the three inches of the jaw is the closest place to the essence of the human heart, and the blood taken from here is of course the best effect.
Song Rao inhaled in pain in a low voice, and hurriedly went to get a tissue to stop the bleeding, I took the piece of fabric into the center of the candle ring, put it in the ding, and then withdrew from the circle, sitting on the sofa and waiting. The hands of the clock went round and round, and soon it approached twelve o'clock in the morning. In the blink of an eye, I saw a blue-black cloud appear outside the candle circle, and Song Rao couldn't help but exclaim 'ah'. The thing immediately turned its head and swept it with a murderous look, Song Rao immediately covered her mouth, but it was too late, the thing used both hands and feet, and crawled over to this side in a twisted and fast posture, I also tensed up all over, and even stood up and stepped forward to block in front of Song Rao.
Ma Wen hates Song Rao, and even if she sees her in distress, she will not come to her rescue. In other words, the task of being responsible for Song Rao's safety tonight fell on me, and if Song Rao was killed by this ghost baby, it would be all my fault!
At this moment, the window that was not closed suddenly blew in a breeze that was about to come in the storm, and the breeze blew through the incense burner, and the smell of blood on the cloth placed inside also wafted out, which instantly attracted the attention of the ghost baby. Its movements suddenly stopped, its eyes rolled up and down, left and right, and suddenly turned around, looking greedily at the incense burner in the center of the candle ring.
Song Rao escaped and slipped off the sofa with her legs limp. And I didn't have time to put my mind on her, but stared at the ghost baby intently, and said in my heart: Go in! Get on board!
The ghost baby circled around the circle of the candle, and I thought it was deeply jealous of the danger inside, but it soon became clear that it was not, and it seemed to be afraid of the candle's fire. This is a ghost baby who is not smart, but very cautious, and there is no doubt that the latter is not much more difficult to catch than the former.
After about ten minutes, after many tests, I finally determined that the candle flame was probably harmless, so I walked directly through the middle of the candle. The bloodstained cloth was to it like opium, and it had an irresistible magic for addicts. After all, it was the essence of its obsession and grudge, and no ghost could resist this temptation.
It has been absorbing yang energy and nutrients from Song Rao for the past two months, and to be honest, the volume is no longer as thin as before. Although it had become a child of three or four years old, it had not learned how to walk, but it still crawled on all fours, and when it was halfway through the climb, it suddenly stopped alarmingly when it was still half a distance from the incense burner. The holy thing of the incense burner has always been disliked by ghosts, not to mention the incense burner that burns incense and recites scriptures in the temple, and it is even more powerful.
Its eyes honestly reflected its struggle, spinning frantically in its sockets, almost trying to get out of the frame. It was another difficult half hour, and the ghost baby just stopped there motionless, I almost thought it was watching a movie and pressed the pause button, its right arm was raised, and one finger was still in the posture of exploring forward, just frozen, not moving.
After a long time, even Song Rao relaxed, no longer had the initial fear of extinction, and was even able to control her breathing and panting. Just when I thought it wouldn't move anymore, I was secretly anxious, and I even wanted to step forward and push it. Suddenly, the ghost baby moved, but it did not go directly into the incense burner, but lay on the edge of the incense burner and sniffed, and I don't know what kind of smell it has as a ghost. It reached for the fabric, but I had expected it, and in order to avoid making it easy to get my hands on, I placed the fabric in a very deep place where it could not reach it with the length of its hand.
I tried it once, but it didn't work. I tried twice, but it still didn't work. After a third attempt, I thought to myself, this time you'll have to get into it yourself. Unexpectedly, when I tried the third time, the ghost baby's attention shifted, and it seemed to have a curiosity about the wooden stick I used to support the incense burner, and it flicked it, but it couldn't move, and then began to pluck the rope tied to the stick, and the other end of the rope was held in my hand, and every time it flicked, the rope in my palm also flicked, which made me tremble.
As if having had enough of playing with the rope, the ghost baby made a move that shocked me to the point of taking my breath away - it suddenly reached out and ripped off the small wooden stick that supported the incense burner!
'Bang', the incense burner was directly upside down! Because the ghost baby didn't go inside, the incense burner completely lost the role I originally wanted it to play, and missed the opportunity to restrain the ghost baby!
I still underestimate it! This kind of thing can't be measured by ordinary people's standards! Was the ghost baby intentional or unintentional? I can't say for sure, but I know that I was a complete failure!
However, a fact that is enough to comfort me is that although the incense burner Ding did not completely buckle the ghost baby upside down, the moment it fell, it just pressed half of the ghost baby's body badly. Maybe it thought it was still as petite as before, so it was defenseless, but thanks to its cognitive error, the incense burner Ding successfully suppressed half of its body!
The ghost baby was caught by the incense burner, and then realized that this was a trap, and the whole ghost was like a trapped beast trapped in a trap, making a terrible roar, constantly struggling desperately, trying to break free from the incense burner on his body, but to no avail. The weight of that incense burner is light for us, but once it is suppressed on the ghost baby, it is like a heavy Mount Tai pressing on the top, no matter how the ghost baby struggles, he can't break free at all.
I walked over a few steps quickly, wanting to increase my strength and completely detain the ghost baby into the incense burner, but Ma Wen stopped in front of me, blocked me and said, "Young master, it's dangerous, let's go." ”
I nodded and said, "Then I'll trouble you." ”
"The young master is polite, doing these things for the young master is what I should do." Ma Wen's face showed a touch of shame, at this moment, there was a sudden rumbling outside the house, it was a thunder that rose from the ground, and the dazzling lightning also pierced out, the thunder was loud, the lightning danced like a snake, and the downpour suddenly poured down, accompanied by this shower, it was a whistling wind.
I was shocked and said, "Not good! ”
The next moment, the rain curtain brought a cold howling wind, and in the blink of an eye, it swept into the room through the half-open window. With a hula, the candles that lit up the room were neatly blown out. My heart was beating violently in my chest, and I hurried to turn on the light, but before I could touch the light switch, Song Rao's screams had already sounded first.
"Shen Yi save me!!"
I was so anxious to die, as soon as the candle went out, the room was completely dark, I couldn't see what Song Rao was calling for help, probably the ghost baby, did it break free? Don't be so unlucky! The line of sight in the house was too dark, and it was not convenient to walk in the dark, so I thought about it and decided to turn on the lights first.
"What is this? It hurts! It's biting me!! Shen Yi, where are you!? ”
I said, "Hold on!" I'll be right away!! ”
Because I was in too much of a hurry, my calf hit the chair and fell again, so I couldn't get up for a long time, and when I got up, the original direction was lost again, and at this time, Song Rao's original piercing scream was already dying.
I was about to ask Ma Wen for help, but at this moment, a huge and dazzling lightning suddenly tore down from the sky outside the house, illuminating the entire villa as bright as day. The sight in front of me was completely beyond my expectations, I thought it was the ghost baby who had broken free from the suppression of the incense burner, but in fact it did not break free at all, but the half of its body left outside was like an elongated plasticine, extending infinitely, from the narrow area of the candle circle to the side of the sofa.
Song Rao was lying on the sofa dying, with a big blood hole in her stomach, and her intestines were faintly flowing out, and the ghost baby was gnawing on the blood hole in her stomach with a mouth full of fangs, it seemed to understand that it had been deceived, and it was furious, and its face was full of fierceness. A seeping chill quickly crawled all over my body, I didn't expect Song Rao's condition to be so serious, if she wasn't treated in time, she would definitely not be able to hold on for too long.
"Ma Wen!!" I shouted. Ma Wen emerged from mid-air, she was wearing a red dress, and a pair of pale feet with blackened toes stepped on the half of the ghost baby's body that was pulled out, and at that moment, the ghost baby stiffened and didn't move. I took the opportunity to find the switch and turn it on, and then quickly kicked the white candle away, ran to the center of the circle surrounded by the candle, and picked up the incense burner. It wasn't reckless, but an idea was taking shape in my mind.