Chapter 2: The Soul Bell
"Let me die? What do you mean?" Fan Wu couldn't react at all for a while.
"It's just to let you die Luo, what else can you mean, it is said that your Yangshou is 73 years old, if it wasn't for me to have a car accident, how could you die so early." ”
Zhong Kui told Fan Wu that she had killed him as if he were saying something inconsequential.
"You did it? You're going to kill me? Why?"
It's very strange that Fan Wu didn't get very angry when he heard it, but he felt that there were too many questions to ask clearly.
"I don't want to either, my grandfather asked me to come, this Coke is so delicious!"
Zhong Kui didn't have the consciousness of killing someone and facing the victim, and he was still in the mood to drink Coke, and it was the victim's Coke.
"Zhong Tianshi asked you to kill me? Why do I have a grudge against his old man?"
Fan Wu really couldn't figure out what the reason was when he thought of the explosion in his head, why the legendary Ghost Hunter Heavenly Master would send his granddaughter to kill him.
"The specific reason Grandpa didn't say, he just said that he was entrusted by someone to kill you once and help you once. ”
Zhong Kui took a sip of Coke, and without waiting for Fan Wu's reaction, he continued: "Help you commit suicide again." ”
"Let's not say that I don't want to commit suicide at all, I'm all dead, how can I commit suicide, are you here to be funny?"
Fan Wu was speechless to the extreme for Zhong Kui's crazy words.
"Who said ghosts can't commit suicide, it's just that it's difficult, that's why grandpa sent me to help you, no thanks. ”
Seeing Fan Wu's helpless and speechless expression, Zhong Kui said jokingly.
This time it was Fan Wu's turn to roll his eyes wildly, thinking that he wanted to thank you for being a big-headed ghost who killed me, and fooling me one by one, whether you are really the granddaughter of Zhong Kui Tianshi, I don't bother to bird you, find a way to send you away first.
"Well, I believe in you. You just said that people die as ghosts, and ghosts die as ghosts, so you want to help me become a ghost?"
"Yes, why did you suddenly accept it so quickly, it's boring!"
Zhong Kui continued with a disappointed face: "But don't worry, you can't implement it until your gods and ghosts are fused, otherwise even if you become a ghost, you won't be you anymore." ”
"Oh, you go on. Fan Wu just wanted to send her away as soon as possible.
"After death, the seven spirits dissipate, the soul of life dissipates, the ghost remains in the underworld, the soul goes to hell to be tortured or reincarnated, only the spirit that commits suicide after the fusion of the two souls of the god and the ghost can retain consciousness, otherwise it will become an unconscious killing monster, like you..."
After saying this, Zhong Kui continued to drink the little remaining Coke, until he finished the last sip and went to the refrigerator to get another can before continuing in Fan Wu's murderous eyes:
“... It's more special, generally speaking, ghosts can stay in the yang world for seven days, and only return to the underworld after the first seven days, and the gods must report to the underworld on the same day to wait for the judge's trial, but you are Yang Shou died unexpectedly, and today is July 14, the ghosts will be very busy, and there is no time to pay attention to you, after today, you will have enough time to fuse the two souls of the gods and ghosts, as long as you don't take the initiative to provoke the ghosts of the underworld, and you can die if you successfully fuse the two souls within a year. ”
"What's so good about being a, isn't it good to be reincarnated?"
Although I wanted to get rid of this weird girl as soon as possible, I still couldn't help but ask a question.
"Reincarnation is just the reincarnation of your divine soul, your ghost is still in the underworld, if you become a ghost, you can jump out of the Three Realms and not in the Five Elements, free and unrestrained like me, isn't it exciting to think about it?"
Seeing Fan Wu's reaction, Zhong Kui couldn't help but tease.
"Then how do you fuse the two souls? You have followed me all year long?" Fan Wu continued to ask.
"As long as you don't detain the soul by the ghosts of the underworld, the two souls will naturally merge slowly, you just need to stabilize them, and I won't follow you this year, what do you like, the ghost world is also very fun, enjoy it! I'll leave now, and I'll kill you in a year, bye!"
After saying that, Zhong Kui really opened the door directly and left, leaving Fan Wu with a stunned face.
"This neurosis!, though, is finally gone. Damn, I'm going to take a good look at what happened today. ”
Zhong Kui left, and Fan Wu breathed a sigh of relief and just closed the door.
"Wait, I guess I forgot to give you a skill. Zhong Kui flew in from outside the balcony and spoke before he could stand still.
"Passing on skills, passing on what skills?" Fan Wu, who was powerless to complain about Zhong Kui's strange words and deeds, answered very cooperatively.
"You can protect your skills this year. ”
After speaking, Zhong Kui stretched out his finger and wrote a nihilistic word "you" in the air, and with a push of his palm, he printed it on Fan Wu's eyebrows.
"Okay, I'm really going this time, see you in a year, remember to miss me! And remember not to leave this room until the hour, and don't open the door. ”
Before the words fell, he opened the door and left.
Fan Wu closed the door again, sat back on the sofa and looked at the balcony and window door, and waited for 10 minutes to make sure that Zhong Kui did not come back again before he breathed a sigh of relief.
Think about what happened today, and believe what this unknown Zhong Kui's granddaughter said.
Zhong Kui was entrusted by others to send his granddaughter to kill him, and now he is dead, but the two souls of gods and ghosts are still there, as long as they are after today, they can reintegrate the two souls.
A year later, she will kill herself again or help herself commit suicide again, and then she will become a ghost that she has never heard of, and she will be free and unfettered after she becomes a ghost.
It's a simple process, but why does it seem so fucking bizarre and unacceptable?
It seems that no one has asked for their opinion during the whole process! And everything is just Zhong Kui's words, but I don't know if it's credible yet. The only thing that is certain now is that he is really dead and a ghost.
"I don't want to die, I don't want to die, I don't want to die!!"
Fan Wu has not been able to accept the reality that he has died.
But it's useless not to accept it, now I can only see one step at a time, believe Zhong Kui's statement for the time being, then you can't run around today, first pass today, and after the ghost door is closed, I'll find a way to figure out the ins and outs of the matter tomorrow.
Look at the time, it is already half past ten in the evening, according to the lunar hour, there is still half an hour before the 14th of July will pass, and the ghost gate will be closed.
Fan Wu calmed down for the first time after becoming a ghost, and began to feel that the world didn't seem to be much different from what he saw when he was a human being.
It's just that the tone is a little colder, and everything looks old, but the house is still the same house, the refrigerator is still the same refrigerator, and it hasn't changed into anything else, but it seems that the eyesight has improved?
Seeing everything is much clearer than when you are a human being, as if there is no light that does not affect what you can see?
In order to verify, when Fan Wu wanted to turn off the lights and look again, he found that he had never turned on the lights at all, and he and Zhong Kui were active in the dark room all night, but it had no effect at all as if it were daytime.
Is this an advantage of being a ghost? No wonder the ghosts I saw in film and television dramas before all haunted at night and came and went freely, which turned out to be a bit of a basis. I don't know what will happen during the day? Will it be like the movie says that you can't go out during the day?
"Lingling, Lingling, Lingling......" Fan Wu, who was thinking wildly, suddenly heard a crisp sound of bells.
The bell came from nowhere, the sound was not loud, but it went straight to the depths of the soul, Fan Wu heard the first bell and began to float out of the house uncontrollably, as if he was being dragged by a thread to go somewhere.
Fan Wu couldn't even stop if he wanted to, and when he was about to cross the balcony guardrail, he suddenly fell down, as if someone had cut the line.
Fan Wu, who was at a loss, didn't notice that the word "you" given by Zhong Kui on his forehead seemed to flicker.
Fan Wu, who was confused, stood on the balcony and looked out in shock, what should have been night, but now his eyes were like a city by day.
Everywhere as far as the eye can see, especially where there are buildings, thousands of ghosts of all shapes* float out at the sound of the bell, and then float high into the air and disappear in the distance in the same direction.
Thinking of my situation just now, could it be the ringing of a ghost summoning a ghost? Combined with today's special day and the current hour, this possibility is very high, but why can I be spared?
Could it be a special body of two souls? or a word given by Zhong Kui?
At first, he was controlled by the ringtone, but he stopped before crossing the guardrail, and it stands to reason that the word "you" given by Zhong Kui saved him.
This Zhong Kui has such a background, can the skill she gave only protect herself from the influence of the conjuring ringtone? Or does it have other functions? This will be studied carefully in the future.
Just as Fan Wu was fantasizing about the various magical functions of the "you" word technique, the conjuring bell stopped, and the spectacular scene outside slowly disappeared.
"Brother Wu, is that you?"
Fan Wu, who was about to turn around and enter the house, heard a somewhat familiar voice coming from the right, turned his head to see that there was an acquaintance standing on the balcony next door to the right, it should be said that it was an acquaintance from the past.
Professor Liu's daughter Liu Xing next door, the two were not only neighbors but also coincidentally colleagues of the company.
Fan Wu liked this beautiful and cute little star sister very much at that time, and it could be seen that Liu Xing also liked Fan Wu a little bit at that time, and the two of them might really have a good result if they developed normally.
It's a pity that Liu Xing passed away last year because of a car accident, and Fan Wu was also sad for a long time at that time, but because the two did not have any substantive relationship, it was a pity that it slowly passed.
Suddenly seeing Liu Xing tonight, Fan Wu almost rushed out of his mouth with a sentence of "Ghost!" Fortunately, Liu Xing's second sentence came quickly: "Why are you dead!"
Fan Wu almost choked himself before he remembered that he was also dead.
"Yes, why did I die?" Fan Wu suddenly felt so sad! He was obviously 73 years old, but he was killed for some rotten reason, and he had to die again a year later.
"Brother Wu, are you okay?" Liu Xing saw that Fan Wu didn't react, and asked.
"It's okay, it's okay, just thinking about something. Xiaoxing, why are you here, weren't you already a year ago?" Fan Wu, who reacted, stood on the balcony and chatted with Liu Xing.
"Brother Wu, do you have a ghost weapon, can you help me stay?" Liu Xing asked a little embarrassed.
It turned out that after Liu Xing died in a car accident a year ago, the spirit had already been reincarnated, and the ghost had been living peacefully in the underworld for a year.
When I came back, I learned that although a year has passed, my parents have not yet been able to get out of the pain of losing their daughter, the two elders are still immersed in boundless pain, my mother is too sad and has been lying in bed, looking at the situation of my parents, Liu Xing really can't bear to leave.
Just now, I was consuming the soul power accumulated this year to resist the traction of the soul bell, and I wanted to stay at home and continue to accompany my parents, although I knew that it was useless, I guess I would definitely not be able to avoid the next soul bell, but how long can I stay with it.
Although a year in the underworld is very dull, but it is not in vain, I have made a lot of ghost friends, I have heard some things from friends, and I know that some ghosts can hide the ghosts of the underworld through some ghost weapons, and stay in the world for a long time.
But ghost weapons are rare, and many hundred-year-old ghosts have never had a chance to see one, let alone have one, and as for a little ghost like her, don't even think about it.
It wasn't until I saw on the balcony that Fan Wu had become a ghost, and the key was to see that he was not affected by the Soul Bell, which ignited a glimmer of hope.
"You think I have a ghost weapon, and I don't know what a ghost weapon is, but I can tell you unambiguously that I don't, and that is not the reason why I can be unaffected. Fan Wu said.
"I also know that it is a luxury, how can a ghost weapon be so easy to encounter, especially if you said that you just made a ghost tonight, it is even more impossible, but it doesn't matter, I am already very surprised to be able to talk to you before I go back, and remember to come to me when I go to the underworld in the future." ”
Liu Xing said that it didn't matter, but there was disappointment on his face that could not be concealed.
"I don't have a ghost weapon, but I think I can help you stay. Fan Wu suddenly thought of a possibility, so he said to Liu Xing.