Holy Bone

Chapter 2011 Finding the three spirit mediums Zhang Weishan
"It must have been tough on this little guy."

Zhang Weishan said as he watched the little girl go to the front door to open it.

“Senior brother, this is the underworld. There’s no need to pity these people. This little girl might be a vengeful ghost who kills and drinks blood. We shouldn’t be deceived by her childlike appearance,” Jiao Liang said in a deep voice.

Zhang Weishan wasn't annoyed at all; instead, he smiled and said, "Don't worry, I know what I'm doing."

Then he said, "Junior brothers, let's start making plans. I didn't expect that there would actually be people in this town who would accept us. Let's make our plans in advance. After the little girl rests, we will try to break the deadlock and find a way out of the underworld."

"it is good."

"Yes, senior brother."

Jiao Liang and Jiang Jun responded and began taking out various items from their bags to prepare.

Those items included a soul-summoning bell, a peach wood sword, a command flag to summon all gods, a magic ruler, and an exorcising bell...

He took out more than a dozen exorcism tools and began setting up the altar, intending to perform a ritual here and try to find a way out of the underworld.

They pretended to be lost travelers and asked to stay here for the night in order to facilitate the setup of the altar.

Because this is the underworld.

Setting up an altar in the wilderness is risky; no one knows what accidents might happen or what ghosts or demons might interfere. So, now that they've found a small town, Zhang Weishan and his companions decided to find a place to stay temporarily. They could use this location as a base to explore the surrounding area and find a way out of the underworld.

By this time, the little girl's footsteps had faded into the distance, and the three of them could no longer hear her footsteps in the room.

The little girl went straight to the front door and asked, "Who is it? What do you need?"

The knocking stopped, and then a gentle voice said, "Hello, I'm a tourist here. I accidentally got separated from my family and am now lost and can't find my way out. I'd like to find a family in town to stay the night. Is that alright?"

"I will pay."

After she finished speaking, a money bag was thrown in from outside the door. Inside the money bag were three pieces of silver. The little girl opened it and couldn't help but cover her mouth and exclaim in surprise.

Because these three pieces of silver were very large, definitely worth more than one tael of silver.

The little girl, who had been hesitant about opening the door, suddenly became very enthusiastic. One or two taels of silver would be enough to replenish the family's living supplies for a long time, and could also buy a lot of rice and grain.

After a brief exchange, and after learning that there was only one person outside the door and that they were only staying for one night, the little girl gritted her teeth, climbed onto the small stool, and opened the door.

As the little girl opened the door, she finally saw the person outside.

This person was dressed in a five-colored Taoist robe. His body was flesh and blood, but his head was particularly strange and eerie. It was actually a paper effigy head, a human head drawn on white paper.

However, his craftsmanship was quite exquisite. Although the difference between the paper effigy's head and a normal human brain was immediately apparent, it was not particularly ugly or conspicuous. Therefore, the little girl did not notice his eerie and sinister paper effigy's head at first glance.

And this person.

It's none other than someone else.

It was Jin'an.

At this point, Jin'an was no longer the headless Jin'an. He used the paper effigy technique from the "Record of Corpse Collection" to create a temporary paper effigy head for himself, passing it off as a real person and going out to swindle and deceive.

He knew perfectly well that this was the underworld, and especially since the little girl wasn't a normal person but a vengeful ghost with a bit of trouble, he understood that his paper effigy's head would definitely not be exposed here.

And indeed, as he had predicted, the little girl treated his paper effigy head as a normal person's head, showing no fear or apprehension. The reason Jin An used the paper effigy head this time was because it was related to Zhang Weishan, Jiao Liang, and Jiang Jun.

If he suddenly appeared in front of the three of them, many things would be difficult to explain. It would be better to approach him slowly and explain things gradually.

After all, my identity as the abbot of the Five Organs Taoist Temple is no secret; Zhang Weishan, Jiao Liang, and Jiang Jun already knew about it.

The paper effigy of Jin'an followed the little girl toward the guest room. The guest room arrangements went smoothly, and then the little girl went to boil water, telling Jin'an to wait for her for a while.

"Okay, thank you for your hard work," the paper effigy Jin An said with a smile.

As soon as the little girl left, the paper effigy Jin An immediately began searching for Zhang Weishan, Jiao Liang, and Jiang Jun in the surrounding guest rooms. However, before he could find them, the three of them quietly opened their doors and peered out, seemingly looking for something.

The next moment, their eyes met, and they saw each other.

"Five, a five-colored Taoist robe!"

"Commander, it really is you!"

"We vaguely heard your voice in the room just now, and we weren't sure, so we came out to see if it was really you. We didn't expect it to be you!"

Zhang Weishan, Jiao Liang, and Jiang Jun were overjoyed and quickly opened the door to greet the paper effigy of Jin An. As they spoke, their eyes reddened, and they almost shed tears.

Because they have been trapped in the underworld for too long.

The mental and emotional exhaustion, coupled with constant worry and fear, is a journey that most people find difficult to comprehend.

The paper effigy of Jin'an laughed and said, "Let's go inside first and talk."

"Right, right, let's go into the room first, this place is not peaceful!" Zhang Weishan, Jiao Liang, and Jiang Jun realized what was happening and quickly made way for the paper effigy Jin An to enter the room first.

After entering the room and closing the door, the three of them couldn't wait to ask the paper effigy Jin An why he was here and whether he had come to see them.

The paper effigy of Jin'an nodded in agreement, and then recounted the events of the mortal world and the underworld.

Upon hearing that they had been trapped in the underworld for three days, the three could no longer hold back their tears. They wiped away their tears, for they all had families and had caused their families to worry for three days. They were truly depressed and distressed.

"Commander, please lead us out!"

"We're trapped here, and we really don't know how to get out!"

"Yes, it's strange, but we keep appearing in this small town every day. We can't go anywhere else!"

Zhang Weishan, Jiao Liang, and Jiang Jun knelt on one knee, their voices choked with emotion as they pleaded.

The paper effigy of Jin An quickly raised his hand to help them up, but the three of them couldn't kneel down on one knee. At this moment, the paper effigy of Jin An said solemnly, "Don't worry, I came to the underworld this time to save you and Chen Zhiyun and the other four."

"You all saw Chen Zhiyun and the other four on Linya Street, right?"

Zhang Weishan nodded and said, "We saw them, but unfortunately our skills are not good enough. We knew that the five of them were trapped by their spirits, but we couldn't save them."

"That's why we later went down the wooden walkway to look for clues to rescue the five of them."

"The five of them kept looking down at the bottom of the cliff. There must be something at the bottom of the cliff that is bewitching them and bewitching their minds."