When the sun was about to set, Lao Wen took out an oil lamp from his backpack and put it on the head of the bed to light it.

As soon as the flame on the lamp head was raised, the room darkened, and only a small area near the head of the bed was illuminated by the firelight, and the shadows around him flickered with the firelight, and the shadows behind everyone became shaky.

At this time, Lao Wen took out a small box from the side pocket of his backpack, and scraped a handful of grease out of it with a scraper made of peach wood.

I was close to him at the time, and I could smell a greasy smell wafting from the grease, which was rather rushing, mixed with a little sweetness, and I suspected that the oil must have been mixed with corpse fat and lard.

Lao Wen threw the grease into the lamp pot, and saw that the lamp first beat violently a few times, and then slowly stabilized.

"The knot can be removed." The lights were completely stable and motionless, and Lao Wen turned around and said this to me.

I was a little worried that if I dismantled the yang knot like this, the soul on the child's body might be shaken, but seeing Lao Wen's confident look, I didn't say anything, and immediately untied the four yang knots.

Unexpectedly, the child's soul was very stable, and there was no sign of shock.

After that, everyone gathered around the bed and waited silently, and as soon as the time came, Lao Wen took out the talisman paper and cinnabar from his backpack, leaned against the oil lamp and quickly drew a talisman.

The rune paper he took out was still the Shantang paper that Lao Chen gave me the last time I went to Xihaigu.

After the talisman was formed, Lao Wen first recited an incomprehensible mantra, and then shook his wrist and put the talisman on the child's forehead.

As soon as this talisman was pasted, the vitality on the child's body suddenly weakened, and the three souls and seven spirits also floated out of the chest in wisps, slowly gathering on the surface of the talisman.

Lao Wen's expression was extremely solemn, he didn't dare to blink his eyelids, staring at the talisman deadly, and his breathing gradually became heavy.

Until all the souls on the child's body were pulled out, Lao Wen tore off the talisman as quickly as possible, and took out a peach wood box from his pocket, folded the talisman in half seven times, and put it in.

This seemingly simple set of actions seemed to consume Lao Wen's huge physical strength, and when he took the box back into his pocket, his knees were weak, and he almost fell, but fortunately, Qing Yazi's eyes were quick and he immediately stepped forward to help him steady.

Lao Wen waved his hand at Qingyazi, signaling that he was fine, and then turned his head and said to me with a prostrated face: "When the yin wind is together, light the lantern." ”

I nodded at him.

It didn't take long for a cold wind to blow outside the window.

At first, it was just the sound of the wind, blowing the window panel hula and making a straight sound, and then the wind became more and more urgent, the sound was whining, like a ghost crying, the window latch was well inserted in the lock nose, and now it was like being smeared with oil, and it fell off by itself, and the two window panels opened with a "whoosh" sound, and the yin wind whistled into the room, and the bedding on the bed was lifted by the wind, but the lamp on the head of the bed was still burning steadily, completely unaffected by the yin wind.

I immediately took out the fire fold and lit three lanterns as fast as I could.

Lao Wen also hurriedly came over and sprinkled three handfuls of cinnabar into the lantern.

Lao Jiang and Lin'er came over to get the lantern, and Lao Wen said, "Be sure to bring back that child's soul before the time of the child." The lanterns in your hands can cover the eyes of the ghosts and show the way for them. ”

Time was pressing, and Lao Wen spoke quickly, and the words he said were very concise.

But I can probably understand what he meant, the so-called ghost eye covering, it should mean that when the three of us go out with the lantern, except for the child's soul, no other ghost can see us. The so-called illumination of the way for the ghost is to illuminate the way back for the soul of the child.

Without further ado, I immediately set off with Lao Jiang and Lin'er.

When he came out of the guest room, there were a lot of wandering spirits gathered outside the door, and Lao Wen made arrangements in the room early in the morning, and these ghosts didn't dare to go in, so they leaned their heads together and looked into the house along the door.

I glanced at it and saw that all the ghosts had no specific facial features, and there was only a floating white phantom on their faces, so I was slightly relieved and walked away quickly.

Ordinary ghosts have no specific form, they are just a fluttering phantom, but all the ghosts that seem to have complete limbs and are still wrapped in clothes are all resentful ghosts that have been washed by the yin wind all year round and have a certain degree of cultivation.

If a ghost has specific facial features, then it can no longer be classified as a ghost, that kind of ghost has become a demon, and people in the industry also call them "fierce gods".

Fortunately, there are no fierce gods in this place, otherwise, with the cultivation of our people, we would not be able to suppress it at all.

When I got out of the inn, I left Lao Jiang and Lin'er, and walked due west along the road, and the two of them formed a team and walked in the direction of due south.

The west and those two directions of the cottage are backed by the mountains and dense forests, and all the ghosts come from these two directions.

At this time, there are still wandering spirits gathering along the main road towards the inn, after all, it is close to the mountains and forests, and the number of wandering spirits is too large, if you want to find the child's soul in this situation, even if it is not a needle in a haystack, it is not much worse.

"Big Black, Little Black."

I stopped and tried to call.

In the past few days, the big and small black have not appeared, and I don't know if I will call out of thin air, whether the two little things will appear.

As soon as the words fell, I saw two black shadows drilled out of the alley on the left, who else could it be if it wasn't big black and little black?

When the two of them stopped by me, I asked them, "Do you know what I'm looking for?" ”

The two little guys nodded their heads as if they were pecking rice.

I smiled and waved at the two of them, "Go, find it." ”

Xiao Hei said "oh", Da Hei didn't say a word, turned his head and rushed into the alley.

After all, these two little things are ghosts, and when it comes to finding ghosts, the two of them must be better than me.

The geistes on the road became more and more crowded, and they seemed to sense the cinnabar in the lantern, and they would actively avoid me whenever they were about to come into contact with me.

But the number of geists is too much, and at a glance, almost every road and alley is crowded, which is absolutely abnormal.

There are many wandering spirits in barren mountains and old forests, this is indeed common sense, but most of these wandering spirits come from those walkers who have strayed into the mountains, or they are hunters who have died in the mountains, unless this place was once a battlefield, otherwise where would so many people be trapped in it?

Moreover, the ancient battlefield usually squeezes a lot of anger, but after nightfall, this forest is only slightly resentful, and there is almost no anger.

"If not!"

As I was walking along the road, I heard a big black voice coming from an alley on my right, and when I turned my head, I saw that it poked its head out and kept waving at me.

It seems that the big black should have found the child's soul.

It was already half past eleven in the middle of the night, and seeing that it was almost time, I did not dare to delay, so I immediately walked over.

Da Hei led me through the dark alley to the open space in the center of the stockade, where there were not many wandering spirits, and Xiao Hei was standing under a bamboo building, beside him, there was still a half-broken soul.

I asked Hei, "Is that the child's soul?" ”

Xiao Hei nodded at me very firmly: "Of course. ”

I still trust the big and small black's business ability, so I picked up the lantern and shook it in front of that soul.

Lao Wen is right, this lantern can indeed help the ghost light the way, I said that when the lantern was taken away from the half of the remnant soul, it actually moved with the trajectory of the lantern.

I carried the lantern and walked briskly towards the inn, and the big and small black followed closely behind me.

On the way, I asked Dahei, "Why are there so many geists in this place?" ”

Da Hei nodded sullenly: "It's really quite a lot." ”

Xiao Hei spoke: "Most of the spirits seem to come down from the ground, and the resentment in the underground is particularly heavy. ”

At this time, we happened to walk to the door of the inn, and we heard a series of strong beeps coming from an alley in the distance, it should be that Lao Jiang summoned a large number of Gu things, and the buzzing sound was actually the sound of Gu flapping its wings.

I immediately handed the lantern to Daikoku: "Take the soul back to the room." ”

After saying that, I spread my steps and ran in the direction of the sound source, Xiao Hei also jumped up and down, and I didn't worry about Da Hei's own lamp, so I asked Xiao Hei to go back and look at him.

Xiao Hei was a little reluctant, but she couldn't resist me, so she went back.

I followed the source of the sound and rushed into a deep alley, and sure enough, I saw Lao Jiang and Lin'er, the two of them were back to back, staring at both ends of the alley with full vigilance.

Seeing that the situation was not right, I also scanned the surroundings with the vision of the quicksand of the Qi Sea, and for a moment, I vaguely saw a shadow flash in the shadow in the middle of the alley.

It looked like a huge spider, but I didn't see it real, it was running so fast that it disappeared in the blink of an eye.

As soon as it left, the flying Gu hovering above Lao Jiang and Lin'er gradually settled down, and the buzzing sound was much weaker.

I walked quickly to Lao Jiang's side and asked her what was going on, Lao Jiang said that not long after she and Lin'er entered the alley, the flying Gu on their bodies became restless, and just before I came, they vaguely saw a big spider crawling in the alley.

"Well, I saw that thing too," I frowned, glanced at the other side of the alley, and said to Lao Jiang and Lin'er, "Dahei has found that child's soul, let's hurry up and go back." ”

Lao Jiang pursed his lips: "That spider...... It may be a very powerful Gu thing, if left unchecked, there may be chaos in the village. ”

What she meant by this was that she wanted me to chase the spider back.

I could only shake my head helplessly: "Its speed is too fast, and it has already run far, even if I spread the clouds, I may not be able to catch up." Let's go back to the inn. ”

Lao Jiang turned around and looked at the other end of the alley, but finally nodded and followed my footsteps.

On the way back to the guest room, the spirits gathered in the village had already begun to disperse, and as soon as I saw this situation, I knew that Lao Wen must have succeeded.

(End of chapter)