Why are we able to make all Yin people accept us?
Apart from the glory of our ancestors and our true ability to communicate with ghosts and spirits, our profound knowledge in Yin-related matters is also very significant.
In the process of helping our employers expel evil, we are the brains, and Yin people are the hands and feet.
The brains control the hands and feet to make the right decisions for the whole thing.
Although Da Jinya is a descendant of the Shaman witch clan, he can only drive away Yin by his means when the ghosts come out, and I have to plan everything else.
Strictly speaking, our control over Yin people's overall situation is naturally first-rate.
Da Jinya asked me, "How do we handle the unjust death of the old lady?"
I thought for a moment and said that since the old lady had suffered an unjust death, her spirit should not be dealt with harshly. There was no need to cause her spirit to be forever wandering and unable to reincarnate.
I even considered helping the old lady resolve her grievance.
"Okay, let's first summon her spirit, then, when her spirit comes, let it merge with her avatar and guide her on the road to reincarnation."
That was my plan, and Da Jinya nodded in agreement.
"Okay, first let's summon the ghost."
Big Gold Tooth pulled out a telescopic metal rod from his backpack.
After extending the metal rod, it was about two meters long.
You may have seen summoning scenes on TV, it's a long stick with two lines tied to the top of the stick, and two long pieces of cloth hanging on the lines.
This thing is called a ghost-summoning flag!
The ghost-summoning flag is used to summon ghosts.
Ordinary "yin" people can't see ghosts, so the two long pieces of cloth are to test whether "yin" spirits have come down to the ghost-summoning flag.
If the "yin" spirit comes to the ghost-summoning flag, it will create "yin" wind, which will move the long cloth strips. Based on the degree of movement of the long cloth strips, the "yin" person can determine whether the "yin" spirit has been summoned.
When the "yin" spirit is already under the ghost-summoning flag, the "yin" wind will take the shape of a whirlwind.
The two long cloth strips will also form a vortex.
It will spin back and forth a dozen times, summoning successful, and the "yin" person can call it a day!
Big Gold Tooth tied two long pieces of cloth to the top of the stick, and walked through the neighborhood holding the stick.
In the neighborhood at four or five in the morning, there were hardly any pedestrians. Those who were out were mostly older people who came out early to exercise. Most of them had seen summoning before, so they didn't pay us much attention, sparing us some embarrassment!
"Martin Xiang, Martin Xiang."
Big Gold Tooth started to call out the old lady's name, calling the "yin" spirit's name to summon the rightful master to the flag!
We walked along the edge of the neighborhood, holding the ghost-summoning flag.
"Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, 'yin' spirit return to rightful place! Don't forget the path of your former life, seek to break the 'haze' at this moment."
"Calling you, you mustn't leave, you must come back."
Big Gold Tooth chanted the "summoning verse" over and over, trying to summon the old lady's "yin" spirit.
We walked around the neighborhood twice and still didn't see the long cloth strips on the ghost-summoning flag fly up.
In my spiritual state, I didn’t see any trace of the movement of any "yin" spirits.
Big Gold Tooth asked me if the "yin" spirit had been swallowed?
In the world of "yin" and "yang," it's survival of the fittest; some fierce and malicious ghosts will swallow some honest spirits to enhance their own power.
Maybe the old lady's "yin" spirit was swallowed by some fierce ghosts.
I sighed and said, "Do your best, and leave the rest to fate". Let’s try again with the "ghost-summoning bell", if we still can't summon Martin Xiang's "yin" spirit, then so be it.
"Alright, listen to Little Li."
I heard that we would stop if we still couldn't summon it, and Big Gold Tooth's mood immediately improved.
He took out a cowbell, held it in his hand, and started shaking the bell.
This "ghost-summoning bell" is actually operated using a cowbell.
But shaking the "ghost-summoning bell" has its own rules.
Every time you shake the bell, there will be a buzzing tremor at the end.
After the buzzing tremor rang seven times, you chant the "summoning verse" before shaking the bell again.
In the buzzing tremor, "yin" people can hear the directional information in the "tremor".
For example, if the tremor carries a "buzz", it means go east.
When it includes a "hum" sound, it means go north.
Let the ghost-summoning bell decide which direction to go, after all, the "ghost-summoning bell" shaken from the cowbell has its own spiritual nature!
I followed behind Big Gold Tooth, carefully listening to the guidance given by the "ghost-summoning bell" as we walked calmly.
"Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, 'yin' spirit return to rightful place! Don't forget the path of your former life, seek to break the 'haze' at this moment."
"Calling you, you mustn't leave, you must come back."
With the chanting of the summoning verse and the ringing of the "ghost-summoning bell," we unconsciously walked to the far south of the neighborhood.
When we were about to reach the southern wall.
Suddenly, a strong "yin" wind arose.
The two long cloth strips of the ghost-summoning flag quickly began to spin.
A vortex of "yin" wind arose.
The ghost has been summoned.
"We've succeeded," Big Gold Tooth shouted excitedly.
But he hadn't finished shouting, and before his joy faded, he suddenly became very grim.
"Something's wrong!"
The two of us felt a sudden chill in our hearts.
Because after the long cloth strips of the ghost-summoning flag spun a few times, they were blown high and upright, the two long cloth strips overlapped, forming a "┊" shape!
This indicates... we have summoned extremely wicked spirits.
"How did this happen?" Da Jinya felt a bit panicked, now that we have summoned wicked spirits, we can't just leave, or else they will definitely haunt us.
"I'll take a closer look."
I rubbed my eyes. I was in a state of spiritual connection now. Although the connection was weak, there was no reason why I couldn't see this wicked spirit, right?
After rubbing my eyes hard, I opened them again.
This time, I saw--I saw a woman carrying a black lantern walking about forty to fifty meters away from me.
The woman was very provocatively dressed, with only a few transparent veils covering the important parts of her body, showing off her attractive figure. She exuded a strong seductive charm in her every move and gesture.
The woman carried the lantern, singing a song as she walked: "Fading red and green apricots, when the swallows fly, green waters surround the people's homes, the willow branches blow gently, where in the world isn't there fragrant grass..."
She was singing Su Shi's "Butterfly Love" in a strange tone and voice, giving people a goosebumps-inducing feeling.
"What should we do? Xiao Liye, should we retreat now, or continue to confront her?" Da Jin'ya still focused on the scene at the top of the soul-calling flag, it seemed that he couldn't see the woman carrying the lantern.
I asked Da Jinya to be patient and told him that the wicked spirit came to find me, it's a woman, and she's singing.
Curious, Da Jinya asked, "Isn't your current state only able to see images? How can you even hear the woman's voice? Oh, I remember, is she deliberately letting you see her?"
"Stop talking, I'll communicate with her." I asked Da Jinya to guard the soul-calling flag, and I walked towards the woman carrying the lantern.
To be honest, my legs were trembling as I walked over.
How wicked must the spirit be to make the soul-calling flag turn into a "丨" character? Both Da Jin'ya and I might not be able to deal with it.
The distance between me and the woman with the lantern was getting closer and closer.
It wasn't until I was seven or eight meters away that I saw it clearly, and a weight lifted off my heart.
It turned out that this woman was not someone else, but the fox spirit Xiao Cui in Cheng Yan's body.
Xiao Cui carried the lantern, followed by many spirits, forming a line, with her hands on the shoulders of the spirits in front of her.
And the spirits behind Xiao Cui put their hands on Xiao Cui's shoulders.
In this way, Xiao Cui was followed by a string of spirits.
"It's you? Didn't you swear in front of me and Linghu that you wouldn't cause trouble within forty-eight days?"
"Have I caused trouble? I came out to play with the spirits, it's none of your business." Xiao Cui glared at me and then glanced at Da Jin'ya behind me, "And you two, what are you singing soul-calling chants for in the middle of the night, disturbing my peace?"
I felt helpless. No wonder we didn't summon any spirits along the way. The spirits in this neighborhood had all been lured away by Xiao Cui?
"Alright, since you're so willing to help, why don't you find whose spirits you need? Tell me!" Xiao Cui beckoned to me with her finger.
I said I wanted to find the spirit of "Martinique".
Xiao Cui blinked and shouted, "Martinique, come out!"
A gust of yin wind blew past, and a wisp of spirit walked out from the team, and it was indeed Martinique.
She walked slowly towards the soul-calling flag of Da Jin'ya.
Xiao Cui pointed at me and warned me, saying that three days had already passed since the forty-eight days, and time waits for no one. If they couldn't uncover the truth of the death of our fox family within the time limit, I should get ready for a coffin early!
I nodded, indicating that I understood.
Xiao Cui raised her head, shook her tail-like big tail, and led a troop of spirits, gracefully walking away.
Oh! I didn't expect to encounter Xiao Cui while finding a spirit.
I shook my head and walked towards Da Jin'ya.
Da Jin'ya asked me what happened.
I said nothing, told him to put away the flag, and that we had already summoned the spirit of Martinique.
Da Jin'ya took the flag, then carefully stored the two long cloth strips on the soul-calling flag in a small bamboo tube and closed the lid.
This small bamboo tube was called the "Yin soul tube", specifically used to store Yin spirits.
I calculated the time, and it had already been delayed for several days. If I didn't find a way to investigate the death of the fox spirit, I might end up dead!
"Tomorrow, let's forcefully resolve these grievances and deal with other matters." I told Da Jin'ya.
The next morning, I called Huang Xin early.
She lazily asked me what's up.
I told her that today we couldn't take Zhu Ying to the film set. I asked Huang Xin to take good care of Zhu Ying.
Huang Xin said it was a given. She would definitely take good care of Zhu Ying.
I asked how they had become so close to Zhu Ying.
Huang Xin told me about the interesting things that happened among the three girls yesterday, which made me laugh.
It turns out that there are still such interesting things going on between those girls?