polar demon

Chapter 199 Haunted (Part [-])

Strong light suddenly appeared, making the whole living room look like daytime in an instant.

The guests who were caught off guard couldn't see for a while, and they couldn't help raising their hands one after another, trying to block the dazzling light.

However, the light came and went quickly, and the dazzling light disappeared before the guests had time to put their hands in front of their eyes.

The living room dimmed again, and the faint light of the oil lamp was finally released weakly.

Everyone looked at Jiang Yuan worriedly and curiously at the first moment, wondering if Jiang Yuan would really "appear" under the sunlight radiated by the Xihe fruit.

I saw Jiang Yuan still sitting calmly behind the table, took a sip of wine from his glass, as if he didn't even blink his eyes just now.

Only then did people breathe a sigh of relief, it seemed that there were no ghosts in the living room.

"How could it be?" Geng Jia stared dumbfounded at Jiang Yuan, who hadn't changed at all. In her white and tender hands, there were still shimmering fragments of Xihe fruit juice, "What method did you use, why are you not afraid of the sun at all? ?”

Jiang Yuan looked worried, and said:
"As I said, your compass is broken."

"Impossible!" Geng Jia was very confident about the cathode compass, she immediately reached out to grab it from the bag again, "Ghost! Don't think I can't do anything!"

However, the old cloth bag has been taken back by an old hand, and it is Du Yuan.

Geng Jia looked at Du Yuan in disbelief:

"Master?"

Du Yuan was blind but seemed to be looking at Jiang Yuan, he said with a smile:

"This young master is right. The cathode compass is indeed broken. Disciple, I just discovered it as a teacher. Hurry up and put away the cathode compass, and don't bump into the guests again."

When Geng Jia heard that even his master said that, he couldn't help being shaken and confused:

"Really broken?"

Geng Mingchuan also stood up:

"Xiao Jia, don't be rude again! Quickly apologize to this young master!"

Geng Jia snorted, and casually cupped his fists at Jiang Yuan, which could be regarded as a reluctant apology.

Jiang Yuan waved to Han Chao and Yuan He, signaling them to sit down.

Soon everyone was seated again, and the banquet continued.

After such a commotion just now, the rest of the people are fine, only Geng Jia's face is full of resignation.

She originally planned to show her hand in front of everyone, but she didn't expect that it would be self-defeating, which would make her lose all face.

This made her resentful, and she wanted to take a chance to show off the skills she had learned over the years, so that the Gengjiabao's prestige could be displayed, so that others would not dare to underestimate it.

But now, in order to achieve this goal, it seems that the only thing left is to find it from the ghosts invited from the Gengjiabao.

Immediately Geng Jia blinked, and suddenly said to Geng Mingchuan:
"Father! Where is the ghost altar where our family invites ghosts? Quickly send someone to bring the altar to the ghost. My daughter will make it impossible for the ghosts to threaten my Gengjiabao today!"

Geng Mingchuan became nervous when he heard this:
"Xiao Jia! Are you absolutely sure that you don't want to talk nonsense?"

Geng Jia nodded:

"Father, don't worry, my daughter has eliminated many ghosts over the years. Even if my daughter can't do it, the master is still there!"

Geng Mingchuan looked at the blind old man Du Yuan, hoping to get a positive answer from this mysterious alien.

Inviting ghosts is a helpless move, and can only be invited when the family is alive or dead.Gengjiabao faced such a crisis many years ago, so he had no choice but to invite ghosts.

But after inviting the ghost, he also has to bear the endless greedy demands of the ghost.If the ghosts cannot be satisfied, then the family will be harmed by the ghosts.

Over the years, Gengjiabao's worship of ghosts has become more and more incapable and miserable.

Geng Mingchuan would be delighted if he could really get rid of the invited ghosts.The only worry is that if the ghosts are not eliminated, it will inevitably anger the ghosts and bring disaster to the Gengjiabao.

Geng Jia was a little edgy, Geng Mingchuan already knew this, since she mistook the guest for a ghost and behaved rudely just now.

Regarding Geng Jia's words, Geng Mingchuan couldn't believe it, so he tried to get an affirmative answer from Du Yuan.

The old Du Yuan did not immediately answer Geng Mingchuan's words, but looked at Jiang Yuan with a pair of blind eyes, and asked:
"I do have the idea of ​​subjugating demons and eliminating ghosts, what does this young master think?"

Geng Mingchuan could understand Du Yuan's question, and lamented in his heart that a master is a master. This son is most likely a child of an aristocratic family, and Du Yuan seems to have already known it.

But Geng Jia looked puzzled, and couldn't help asking:
"Master, why are you asking him? It's none of his business."

Du Yuan didn't pay attention to his apprentice, but looked at Jiang Yuan expectantly.

Jiang Yuan smiled and said:

"I also really want to see Mr. Du's ability to subdue demons and ghosts. Apart from that, I have no other ideas."

Du Yuan seemed to be relieved after hearing this.He turned to face Geng Mingchuan:
"Lord Gengbao, please order someone to bring the ghost alcove."

Hearing what Du Yuan said, Geng Mingchuan hesitated for a moment, and then told his servants:
"Hurry up and bring the ghost niche! Put it in the courtyard outside the living room!"

The next person walked away.

Everyone was in no mood to chat and laugh, and all waited for the next thing.

Soon, the six servants seemed to be carrying something on their shoulders from a distance, and they came outside the living room, and then put down the heavy square thing on their shoulders.

Geng Mingchuan led all the guests out of the living room and headed towards the courtyard outside the hall.

After leaving the living room and coming to the courtyard, the cold air froze the heart.

Breathing white air from their mouths, the people moved towards the things in the middle of the yard, but their expressions were nervous and they didn't dare to get too close.

Jiang Yuan stepped forward and saw a square stone altar on the stone slab in the middle of the yard. There was a base on the stone altar, and on top of it was a small pocket house carved out of gray-black unknown stone.

The length, width and height of this house do not exceed one foot, but it is carved vividly, or the rows of tiles on the roof, or the pillars and stone piers under the eaves, are very clear.The door of the hut was open, and it was dark inside, and it was impossible to see what was in the house for a while.

The whole body of the hut is a depressing gray-black color. Although the shape looks gorgeous, people can feel the cold and evil spirit revealed from its whole body.

"Is this the ghost niche?" Jiang Yuan was very curious about this pocket stone carving.

He came to the ghost niche, bent down and looked into the dark niche, but the inside was empty, not even a statue.

Moreover, there is no ghostly aura above this ghost niche, so I don't know what it is used for.

At this time, only Du Yuan said loudly:

"No one else! Please stay away! Of course, this young master is not among them."

Geng Mingchuan immediately led a group of guests back to the living room under the eaves, only looking at Jiang Yuan, Du Yuan and Geng Jia in the courtyard from a distance, as well as the gloomy ghost niche.

Then, Du Yuan said to Geng Jia:

"Teacher, take the cathode compass!"

"Okay, master!" Geng Jia quickly took out the cathode compass from the bag, "By the way, master, isn't the cathode compass broken?"

Du Yuan smiled and said:

"It can still be used as a reference."

Geng Jia nodded suspiciously, and then began to tell the compass to be flat in the palm of his hand, and began to stare at the pointer on it.

After watching for a while, Geng Jia shook his head and said:
"Master, the cathode compass still points to that guy, there is no sign of shifting at all."

The "that guy" in Geng Jia's mouth refers to Jiang Yuan.

Jiang Yuan, however, lost interest after looking around the ghost niche for a while without noticing the ghost aura.He returned to the living room and looked at Du Yuan and Geng Jia with other guests.

Just listen to Du Yuan continue to tell Geng Jia:
"The pointer of the cathode compass remains unchanged, which means that the ghost has not returned yet. Take human blood!"

Geng Jia nodded, and then took out a porcelain bottle from the cloth bag.

She came to the ghost altar and poured all the liquid in the porcelain bottle on the ghost altar.The liquid in the porcelain bottle was scarlet and viscous, which seemed to be the human blood that Du Yuan said.

I saw the blood slowly flowing along the eaves of the ghost niche to the four corners, and then drained down by the four pillars from the corners, and when it reached the stone pier at the bottom of the pillars, all of it flowed into the ghost niche.

It was only then that everyone realized that the bottom of the ghost niche seemed to have an inclined angle, which allowed the blood to flow into the ghost niche without leaking.

Seeing this scene, Jiang Yuan asked Geng Mingchuan beside him:

"Master Geng, is this ghost altar used for offering blood to demons and ghosts?"

Geng Mingchuan replied:

"Ashamed to say, this is really a last resort."

Jiang Yuan asked again:
"May I ask what is the point of inviting ghosts? Why did the Pangjiabao die, and the whole castle couldn't be spared?"

Geng Mingchuan said:
"I don't know what happened to the Pangjiabao. I can only come to a conclusion after careful investigation. The most important thing is to pay attention to communication and worship. Only special people can meet ghosts in the wild. After that, communicate smoothly with the ghost, so that you can invite the ghost back to enshrine. If you make an offering, that's what it means."

"Special person?" Jiang Yuan wondered, "What kind of person can be regarded as a special person who can communicate with ghosts?"

Geng Mingchuan hesitated for a moment, then replied:
"A dying person."

At this time, in the courtyard, Du Yuan and Geng Jia both stopped all movements, staring at all movements around them attentively and vigilantly.

Geng Jia held a Xihe fruit in one hand, and a bronze mirror in the other.

But Du Yuan held the bamboo pole motionless, like a sculpture.His blind eyes have also been closed at this time, and he seems to be feeling everything around him with his heart.

Everyone under the eaves of the living room was also affected by the atmosphere of the two, waiting nervously for everything.

After a while, nothing seemed to happen.

Du Yuan asked:
"Teacher, have you found any traces of ghosts?"

Geng Jia looked at the cathode compass in his hand, then patted it again, and finally said helplessly:
"Master, there is no sign of ghosts, even this cathode compass is still broken."

Du Yuan nodded and was about to speak when the situation suddenly changed.

"Woo-!"

In the night sky, above the sentry tower and arrow tower, a short horn sounded suddenly.

(End of this chapter)