The Ninth Lady is a rebellious person.

Chapter 377 Soul Incense Searches for People
Long before the curse was lifted for the Bai family, when Lang Jiuchuan was planning to buy on credit at Tongtian Pavilion, the ghost asked her to help him cast a divination to find someone. The person they were looking for was Qiao Shuyao, the daughter of Miaoliu Residence opposite Tongtian Pavilion. She was twelve years old this year, and including today, she had been missing for five days.

Lang Jiuchuan consulted a divination based on the birth date and time, which indicated to search in the south near water. Ah Piao had personally gone to look for the person, but to no avail. So he came to ask her again, and also to see if the matter she handled for the Bai family had suffered any backlash.

Upon closer inspection, her breathing seemed fine.

As long as a person doesn't die, it's not a big deal. Ah Piao quickly put his worries about Lang Jiuchuan to the back of his mind and started talking about Qiao Shuyao.

The little girl and he got along very well. Now that she has been missing for several days, not only is the Qiao family extremely anxious, but even he, her uncle, has a bad feeling that things are likely to turn out badly.

"Based on the divination you gave me, the Qiao family, needless to say, has increased their manpower in searching for the person, and they no longer care about their reputation. I not only asked some little ghosts for help, but I also went to look for the person myself, but I still couldn't find the person in the direction you mentioned."

Lang Jiuchuan frowned. How could this be?

Are you sure the birth chart is real?

"It's come to this point, the Qiao family has no reason to lie about this."

Upon hearing this, Lang Jiuchuan took out a copper coin and cast the divination again. The ghost looked at the divination result and his face turned ugly.

The exact same hexagram.

"How did she disappear?" Lang Jiuchuan was preoccupied with other matters and was only looking for someone. The divination indicated that he could find her, so he didn't ask any further questions.

The ghost said, "On the fourth day of the month, she and her family went to Huguo Temple to offer incense and worship Buddha. Wasn't there a grand Dharma assembly that day? Right after the assembly ended, she and her mother were making offerings at the foot of the mountain when they got separated by the crowd and disappeared in the blink of an eye."

Fu Qi, standing to the side, was quite puzzled and said, "Miaoliuju is not exactly a den of extravagance, but because its ancestors were imperial chefs, the food is of good quality, and the prices are naturally beyond the reach of ordinary people. In other words, the Qiao family must be either rich or noble. Such a family should have many servants accompanying them when they travel, especially for such a grand and lively event. They would be keeping a close watch on their young daughters. How could such a thing happen?"

"The grand Dharma assembly at Huguo Temple was a day when almost all the people of Wujing would flock there. Firstly, they could listen to highly respected monks preach, witness their debates, and receive blessings from the monks. After the assembly, noble families and nobles would perform good deeds and make donations, making it a lively event." Apiao pursed her lips and said, "On such days, it was common for children to go missing. But Yaoyao disappeared in the blink of an eye, so she must have been targeted long ago."

Everyone was silent.

Lang Jiuchuan didn't dwell on the past. The person had been missing for several days. Whether it was an accident or a deliberate act, the person was already gone, so there was no point in talking about it. The key was to find the person. So he said to A Piao, "Go and get some of the child's hair. If you don't have any, get some blood from his parents' fingertips. I'll make a soul-guiding incense and look for him again."

The ghost froze: "He's gone?"

"Not really, it's just that the Soul Incense uses blood ties and karma. If it were her own, it would be even easier; the Soul Incense would lead us to find the person." She paused, then cruelly added, "Or, find the body."

Everyone was startled.

"You wait for me." The ghost vanished in a flash.

Jiang Che asked, "Is this child going to die?"

Lang Jiuchuan shook his head: "Her birth chart shows that she is still alive, but she will face a fatal calamity at the age of twelve."

Jiang Che gasped. Wasn't this child twelve this year?

If they can't find him, is that all there is to it? Lang Jiuchuan stared at the divination results in deep thought. She knew there were always people more capable than herself, and there were always higher mountains to climb. She was quite confident in her divination skills; this divination was unlikely to be wrong. But the person was nowhere to be found.

The birth chart is correct, which means it hasn't been found, or rather, someone has completely isolated her aura, making it impossible for either humans or ghosts to detect her. The only thing that can do this is an array!
Lang Jiuchuan stared at the four pillars of destiny. If the formation was indeed used to imprison the person to this extent, then this seemingly ordinary disappearance was probably not so simple.

Let's deal with whatever comes our way, let's find the person first!
Lang Jiuchuan stopped thinking about it and got up to go to the specially reserved room to make incense.

A water sprite, who watched the whole thing from the rooftop but was then completely forgotten: "?"

Who was it that just said they were practicing with her? How could you forget about that? Shouldn't you have talked more about the benefits?

The water crystal kept deforming.

Unable to resist, Jiang Che pounced over, grabbed it, and rolled it into a ball, then flattened it!
Water Sprite: "Ugly thing, stop!"

Lang Jiuchuan arrived at the incense room. The room had been renovated to prevent moisture and insects, making it very dry and well-ventilated. Incense and other items placed here would not get damp at all. Not only that, she had also set up a small array to ensure that these materials would not lose their original spiritual energy.

Inside the incense room, two paper figures were methodically preparing incense. Upon seeing Lang Jiuchuan, they quickly put down what they were doing and awkwardly greeted her.

The process of making incense is complicated, especially since Tongtian Pavilion often needs Lang Jiuchuan to help make soul incense. The process alone is time-consuming and exhausting. Therefore, Fuqi specially went to search for and invited two ghosts back to manage the incense, candles, food offerings, and help with these trivial matters. However, the main task of kneading incense and performing incense incantations still had to be done by Lang Jiuchuan himself.

Lang Jiuchuan dispensed with the formalities and let them select the materials for the soul-guiding incense. She drew incantations and mixed them into the materials before grinding, kneading, and shaping the incense, and finally inscribing the soul-guiding incantation on it.

The two incense ghosts beside her looked at her with awe and shrank to the side.

When the incense was ready, Lang Jiuchuan also made some other incense as a backup. When A Piao arrived, she took the soul-guiding incense out and saw a plump middle-aged man standing next to him. That was Qiao Yang, the owner of Miaoliuju. He had a round face and figure like Amitabha Buddha, but his expression was not as kind and evil as that of Buddha. Instead, he was full of sorrow, with bloodshot eyes and dark circles under his eyes. There were also blisters around his lips.

The moment he saw Lang Jiuchuan, his eyes widened in anticipation: "Master, can you really help me find my daughter?"

Lang Jiuchuan pursed his lips: "Give it a try. Have you retrieved everything?"

Qiao Yang took out a clean white handkerchief, opened it, and saw a few strands of hair on it. He said, "These are the strands of hair that my daughter left on the comb."

Lang Jiuchuan took it, wrote down Qiao Shuyao's name and birth date, rolled it up along with her hair, made hand seals, and murmured incantations, casting the incantation on the birth date.

puff.

Once the name and eight characters were announced to Heaven, they spontaneously combusted without fire, and the soul-guiding incense emitted a soft popping sound, lighting up a small scarlet spark. The wisps of green smoke flickered slightly and began to extend in a certain direction.

"Take this, follow the soul smoke, and silently recite your daughter's name in your heart." Lang Jiuchuan handed the soul-guiding incense to Qiao Yang.

Qiao Yang accepted it solemnly.

(End of this chapter)