Knife splashing

Chapter 249 Rooster Leads the Soul
"Master, do you want to make a spirit-calling flag?"

Li Yan asked.

When he was in Gushui Village, he had seen Wang Daoxuan summon souls. He would set up an altar while having people wave the soul-summoning flags.

"This time is different."

Wang Daoxuan shook his head and said, "That time it was an ordinary person, and the thing that caused the trouble was also ordinary. This fellow Taoist is a member of the Xuanmen sect. Even if his soul leaves his body, he knows how to return."

"Look at her clenched fists and clenched teeth. She used the fist-grip method to stabilize her body. It is obvious that she sensed danger and used this method to prevent her body from being taken over by ghosts."

"What we have to do is to help her build a path!"

Then he turned his head and looked at Guan Peide, "Mr. Guan, please help me find a big rooster, preferably five years old."

"it is good!"

Guan Peide didn't waste any words and just turned and left.

Every household in their village raises chickens, and a five-year-old rooster is not a rare sight.

Afterwards, Wang Daoxuan led everyone to start making arrangements.

He first took out a few coins to ward off evil and bring good fortune and placed them on the old woman's forehead, chest, lower abdomen, hands and feet.

Then they tied a red rope around his head and pulled it backwards into the yard.

They are much wealthier now and are naturally generous when spending money.

These red ropes were all purchased from the City God Temple.

Yulingzi gave a discount, so naturally he prepared a lot.

Afterwards, Wang Daoxuan took out the compass, walked around the yard, found an open space, and ordered the maid to find a ceramic basin for burning paper and put it on the ground.

Around the pottery basin, there are twenty or thirty red chopsticks densely inserted, and red ropes are wrapped around them, vaguely forming a Bagua, with a one-foot passage left between the hexagrams.

While he was doing it, he explained it to everyone.

"What ghosts see is completely different from what we living people see..."

"The night was pitch black and the fog was thick, like an icy hell. It was extremely painful, so ghosts often stayed where they were, and only those with great skills dared to run around."

"In their eyes, Yang people are like a warm stove, like a boat on a cold night, and they go through a lot of trouble to get in."

"During the day, when the sun is blazing, it is like a fiery hell for them. If they stay there for one more second, they will be reduced to ashes. They can only find a dark and evil place to hide."

"So lonely ghosts are not scary. They were human beings in their previous lives, but they were unlucky enough to stay in the world of the living. They are full of resentment and are very pitiful. Therefore, temples and Taoist temples will regularly hold Yimakou rituals to help them transcend."

"But if they lose their souls, we have to find them back in time. What we need to do is not to catch them, but to "lure" and "recruit" them. After all, ghosts see things differently from us. Once they make a big noise, they will be scared and run around..."

Among them, Li Yan is good at fighting, Lu San is proficient in taming beasts, and Shalifi is an amateur. Once it involves rituals and folk customs, Wang Daoxuan has to take action.

Of course, Wang Daoxuan was not a person who kept secrets. He would teach everyone everything he knew, even if they couldn't learn it. He wanted everyone to understand it.

After setting up the Bagua formation, Wang Daoxuan turned his head and looked inside the house. "I'm afraid that the lost soul of this Taoist friend has been taken away by something and is not in the village."

"Putting down this Bagua formation is like a bridge of guidance."

"The chicken represents Xun, and its direction is southeast, where the gate of ghosts is. The chicken belongs to the wood element, and the liver stores the soul. He is the messenger who brought her back."

"Brother Yan, give me one of your Chu Ling."

Without saying a word, Li Yan took out a paper figurine of Chu Ling.

Coincidentally, Guan Peide also brought a big rooster with red and green feathers, a huge comb, and pale gold feet, looking very majestic.

Wang Daoxuan nodded with satisfaction when he saw this, took the rooster, and after carefully examining it, he said, "When our son arrives, we will summon his spirit."

"Brother Yan, your Chu Ling paper figurine is where the soul of that Taoist friend hides. When the time comes, as long as the rooster goes around the Bagua circle, the Chu Ling paper figurine will follow the red rope and fall onto the Taoist friend's body, and the matter will be done!"

After saying this, his face became solemn, "By then, I'm afraid something will get in the way. I have to perform a ritual and have no time to spare. Brother Yan, protect me. No matter what it is, just disperse it!"

"it is good!"

Li Yan nodded seriously.

Sharifei on the side asked in confusion: "Didn't we spread wood ash outside the village? How could something come in?"

Wang Daoxuan sighed, "It's not the same thing. The wood ash is not a hindrance, it's a confusion."

"I also saw the 'Blood Grave Beam' in the 'Mysterious Talks' we found. It is a vicious secret method left by Fang Xiandao."

"To make it, you need to kill 49 people to create a blood pool, soak the wooden beams, and then use evil methods to refine them. The souls of these people will attach themselves to the blood beams and transform into 49 blood ghosts."

"Once a tomb robber breaks in, he will be bewitched by the blood ghost and hang himself. His blood will be drained by the 'grave blood beam'. This is a way to prevent tomb robbers."

When everyone heard this, they were not surprised.

Fang Xiandao not only served the nobles of the Qin and Han dynasties, but also had his own needs. The anti-theft methods he came up with back then were extremely bizarre.

The "red-haired and bloody-faced man" in Guanzhong even became a folk legend.

Wang Daoxuan continued, "Those blood ghosts will be attracted by the 'Blood Grave Beam'. Even if only ashes are left, they will stay there and circle around. When the sun rises, they will all turn into flying ashes."

"I have a feeling that the creature we are dealing with is probably not in the same group as the tomb owner, so the wood ash cannot stop it."

Li Yan and others were accustomed to his words, but Guan Peide and his son, as well as the maids and servants, and the Guan family members who were there to join in the fun, all felt their hair stand on end and a chill surge in their hearts when they heard them.

Guan Peide said in a deep voice: "Master, then we..."

"rest assured."

Wang Daoxuan smiled and comforted them: "This matter has nothing to do with you. Just stay in the house and sleep. No matter what noise you hear, don't run out."

"well."

Guan Peide nodded quickly and instructed his son, "Go tell everyone to close all doors and windows tonight. No one is allowed to go out for any reason. Even if you go to the toilet, hold it in!"

"Yes, father."

The Guan family was busy for a while, then they all went back to their rooms and locked the doors.

Having said that, who could sleep? Everyone was still fully clothed, huddled in bed, staring at the window, not daring to make a sound.

Li Yan and others were naturally fearless. They prepared their weapons and stood guard in the yard.

Before I knew it, it was finally midnight.

Wang Daoxuan opened his eyes and began to perform rituals in front of the altar. He stepped on the Gang Step, spit out water from his mouth, and waved the Money Sword, chanting: "Wandering souls, where can you go? The three souls have already descended, and the seven spirits are coming..."

"Open the gates of heaven and earth, the thousand-mile boy is sending souls here. I am commanded by the mysterious and powerful Chen Tianjun, and I will hurry up and obey your orders!"

After finishing the incantation, he swung the Money Sword and slammed it directly on the altar. He tied up a yellow talisman and, while making hand gestures, folded the fortune-teller's hair into it.

Sharifei followed the instructions and quickly picked up the big rooster.

On the chicken's back, a paper figurine of a straw spirit was tied with a red rope.

Wang Daoxuan stuffed the yellow talisman into the rooster's mouth.

Oddly enough, after the rooster swallowed the yellow talisman, its expression immediately became unusual, becoming more handsome, and it did not struggle or move at all.

Li Yan could smell that there was an extra divine aura on the rooster, and the aroma of incense was lingering around. Although it was not strong, it gave a sense of clarity and uprightness.

He knew that this was the divine power that Wang Daoxuan had borrowed from his ancestor, which was attached to the yellow talisman by binding it with a taboo.

Combining what he had seen and heard during this period, he already understood.

Wang Daoxuan, the ancestor of the Xixuan lineage, is also a deity, and has already succeeded in ascending to deity, so even if the ancestral altar is not popular, he can still borrow the divine power.

Sharifei held the big rooster and quickly placed it on the one-foot path where the red rope was wrapped. He immediately stepped back and helped Wang Daoxuan protect the law together with Lu San.

The big rooster stood in the middle of the road, but did not take a step. Instead, he looked left and right, as if he did not know the road around him.

Wang Daoxuan was not in a hurry. He picked up the soul-calming bell in his hand, shook it gently, and silently chanted the soul-calling spell. Li Yan picked up the yellow paper and lit it in the brazier.

Call ~
Before I knew it, a cold wind started to blow in the yard.

The flames in the brazier flickered and the paper ashes swirled in the air, but they were always stuck to the Bagua Formation.

And this fire was also a beacon tower. The big rooster immediately had a target. He shook his head and stepped into the Bagua formation.

The big rooster looked around as it walked, as if it was looking for something, but the Chu Ling paper figurine on its back did not move.

Li Yan and others were not in a hurry and waited quietly.

They knew that the big rooster seemed to be just circling around in the Bagua formation, but in fact it was communicating yin and yang and looking for the soul of the old woman.

The sound of wind and bells was extremely obvious in the silent night.

Everyone in the Guan family stayed in their rooms and didn't dare to go out.

But the old man Guan was a bit temperamental. He held a big knife and sat alone on a chair in the main room, quietly waiting...

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According to Wang Daoxuan's instructions, the people of Guanjia Village had already hung peach charms in every household, closed their doors and windows, and stayed at home.

What reassures them is that it is already midnight and nothing has happened. Some people can no longer bear it and have fallen into a sound sleep.

In Wu Laosi's house, the candlelight was still dim.

The man was rummaging through boxes and cabinets, then he moved open the wardrobe, pried open the cracks between the bricks on the ground, and dug out a bag of silver from the soil.

His wife and children sat on the bed, at a loss.

After Wu Laosi took out the silver, he turned around and saw that his wife hadn't moved. He was immediately annoyed, "You woman, why haven't you cleaned up yet?"

"The boss."

His wife's face turned pale. "If we leave, we will be wanted by the government, and Qing'er won't be able to enter the ancestral hall."

"Also, didn't that Taoist priest say that there are evil things outside? Don't dare go out."

"Woman, you know nothing!"

Wu Laosi cursed, "More than five hundred taels of silver. I have worked so hard my whole life to earn this amount, but Guan Peide wants to take it away to build a land temple."

"I risked my life to pick it up, why should I hand it over?"

"We are from other families. Anyone who wants to enter the Guan Family Ancestral Hall can enter. With money, delicious food and spicy drinks, why would we care about him?"

"I've made up my mind. After we leave, we will go into the mountains and blend in with the Jingchu mountain people. Once they are defeated, the imperial court will definitely distribute the land to us, even in the wealthy Yunyang Prefecture."

"When the time comes, our family will change their names and take out the money. Will we still have to worry about a good life in the second half of our lives?"

"No, I'm not leaving!"

The woman quickly shook her head, hugged the child tightly, and said in a trembling voice: "There are evil spirits outside. There is nothing left when people die. I can't let Qing'er take risks with you."

"You are even more rebellious!"

Wu Laosi glared and picked up a stick to hit someone.

Unexpectedly, this woman was also very stubborn. She pulled out a pair of scissors that she had hidden away, put them against her neck, and cried, "Mr. Wu, don't force me. I will never go with you even if I die!"

"Mother! Mother!"

The child was not big and he was frightened and burst into tears.

Wu Laosi looked outside, afraid of alarming others, and gritted his teeth and said, "You ungrateful thing, I have money, and I still need a son?!"

After cursing, he picked up the hatchet, carried the silver on his back, left the yard in a panic, and ran out of the village.

The houses in Guanjia Village are not far from each other, so the neighbors must have heard the loud noise a long time ago.

But they were afraid and didn't want to go out at this time.

Wu Laosi ran wildly in the darkness and soon ran out of the village. Although he was afraid, he quickened his pace and cursed in a low voice: "They are all a bunch of bastards."

"Guan Peide, just wait! I'm following the mountain tribe army and will bring people to destroy your Guanjia Village!"

Liu Quezi is not a good person. He can be on friendly terms with him and dares to make money from the dead. How can he be a good person?

Now that he had the money and left his wife and children behind, he felt that the world was vast and the sky was high. Thinking about the good life in the future, he was no longer afraid.

But at this moment, his whole body suddenly stiffened.

There seemed to be a cold hand on my shoulder, and at the same time, the pungent smell of blood kept drilling into my nostrils. I wanted to move, but my whole body was shaking and my crotch quickly became wet.

Soon, cold and bloody hands seemed to appear on his right shoulder, head, and eyes, and Wu Laosi's eyes gradually became dull.

Wow!
The silver on his back fell to the ground.

His whole body was stiff, and he tiptoed into the depths of the forest...

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Li Yan and others naturally had no idea what was happening outside the village.

They all looked at the big rooster, with some anxiety in their eyes.

Midnight is about to pass, and if we can’t find the soul, then there will be no chance at all.

Call ~
Before I knew it, the wind around me was getting stronger and stronger.

Li Yan sniffed and frowned slightly. He seemed to smell a fishy odor from an animal.

At the same time, Lu San's little white fox suddenly raised its head, lay on the ground, and bared its teeth threateningly at the Bagua Formation.

Then, it swung its big tail and jumped into Lu San's arms, trembling.

Lu San frowned slightly and said in a deep voice: "It's the mountain king!"

Li Yan understood immediately after hearing this.

Tiger is a tiger.

The one causing trouble is a tiger spirit!
At the same time, the big rooster seemed to have discovered something, and kept taking steps and turning around in the same place.

Wang Daoxuan saw this and shouted, "Daoyou, the guide has arrived, why don't you flee quickly!"

As he said this, he shook the Soul-Calming Spirit in his hand vigorously.

Jingle Bell!
The clear ringing sound was particularly clear in the cold wind.

On the rooster's back, the Chu Ling paper figure suddenly moved.

The big rooster seemed to be frightened. It kicked its feet, flapped its wings, and ran quickly around the Bagua formation.

At the same time, the cold fishy smell became stronger and stronger.

Finally, the rooster ran out of the Bagua formation, ran quickly along the red rope road, and came to the steps.

Swish!
The Chu Ling paper figure also rose into the air, hung on the red rope, and slowly moved towards the old woman's body on the bed.

At this moment, Li Yan's eyes widened, and with a clang, he drew out the Dust-Breaking Sword and pointed it at a dark corner in the yard.

"Roar!"

A low roar rang in everyone's ears.

In the corner, there seemed to be a dark shadow staring at them...

　The third update is not finished yet, I will post it later
　　
　
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