Chapter 015
I looked at Ding Ding and Lin Tian and asked in confusion if I had had a nightmare while sleeping.
Lin Tian's face was still pale and he didn't say anything.
But Ding Ding slapped me on the face and said, "Why are you playing dumb? We are the ones having nightmares, okay?" I was just about to continue eating. How could I continue eating when you were so disgusting?
I said no way, then I am really dead? Am I a ghost now?
I quickly reached out and touched my body. Although I didn't have much muscle, I was still quite strong. I still had body temperature, a heartbeat and breathing. I didn't look like I was dead.
Tintin said, you are not dead yet, but you are very close to death.
Only then did I breathe a sigh of relief. I felt that Ding Ding had said many times that I was not far from death, so I was more or less immune to it. After all, I was still alive and well.
But I can’t understand, if I wasn’t dreaming, then how come my head fell off?
Ding Ding sat on the table in front of me and said, "Don't you even know that you are possessed? Tell me, what ghost did you encounter when you went out today?"
My hair stood on end when I heard this. I started to touch my body again, but I didn't feel anything wrong.
Ding Ding couldn't stand my action and cursed, "Stop masturbating in front of me all the time. Tell me what the hell you bumped into today, sure!"
I recalled that I didn't encounter any special ghosts today. Apart from the ghosts I saw before, I only saw Brother Wang in the company and the old smoker in the toilet.
When Ding Ding heard the name, he became excited and asked me if I was a ghost with a twisted body who could borrow light from a pipe.
I nodded quickly and said yes. Seeing that Ding Ding described it in such detail, Lin Tian also interrupted and asked, "Could it be your relative?"
Ding Ding didn't react for a moment, and said "No", then he was stunned for a moment, and suddenly got angry and said, "How do I look like that kind of ghost thing!"
Lin Tian quickly said no, he just felt that you knew too much.
After hearing this, Tintin didn't get angry but laughed and said, "That's right, after all, I am a professional ghost exorcist."
My heart was still hanging in my throat. I couldn't stand their nonsense, so I asked Ding Ding, "Am I possessed by that old man?"
Ding Ding shook his head and said, "It would be easy if that were the case, but the thing attached to you is a broken soul, and it only has a head. If the soul is not complete, it will not be as easy to show up as ordinary ghosts when attached to a person, and it will easily become a fierce ghost in the end."
Lin Tian was confused and asked, what does that have to do with the smoking old man?
Ding Ding glared at him and said, "Don't interrupt. Just listen carefully to what I am saying."
I saw Lin Tian's face darken, and I thought he was going to get angry and have a fight with Ding Ding again, so I quickly said, "Hurry up and tell me, I'm in a hurry!"
Tintin said that when smokers are alive, they actually have some similarities with those who exorcise ghosts. But their purpose is completely opposite. They usually make a living by raising ghosts. In order to make the ghosts they raise obedient and not kill themselves, they need to have the closest contact with ghosts.
Of course, the best way is to be possessed by a ghost, but once the ghost takes over the body, even consciousness may be lost, and you may not be able to control anything, and you may even die, so it is also the most dangerous way.
Then, these people came up with a solution, which was to use smoke to raise ghosts.
Smoke is a tangible but intangible thing, just like the incense in the temple, and has many similarities with the nature of ghosts. These people locked themselves and the ghosts in a room, lit a lot of smoke, inhaled it and exhaled it, and the ghosts were constantly exposed to this repeated cycle of breath in the smoke.
It feels like you are in a room and everyone around you is smoking, but you don’t smoke. Yet, without realizing it, you will be covered in smoke like them.
You may be disgusted at first, but gradually you will get used to it, and finally you can no longer smell it. It's as if you and everyone in the room are one.
However, some people come into contact with ghosts through the smoke, and the breath of the ghosts will be transmitted to them. Over time, their bodies will become horribly deformed, and their lifespan will be shortened.
When such a person dies, he will still be addicted to searching for souls everywhere, wanting to keep them captive as when they were alive. But since they are both ghosts, it is not so easy to fight. So they will settle for the next best thing and find souls with incomplete souls as substitutes. Because the incomplete souls that have just died are easier to control.
So when you see a smoker, you need to be extremely careful, because there may be other ghosts hidden in the smoke surrounding him.
Of course, according to legend, they usually ask you for a light to light their cigarettes. If you give them a light, the smoker will be satisfied and won't harm you. But if you don't give them a light, you have to pay attention to the smoke drifting towards you.
After Ding Ding finished speaking, he and Lin Tian looked at me and asked, "You are a smoker, and when other smokers ask for light , you haven't lent it to them, right?"
I don't know how they could so calmly call this guy a smoker, but I should be braver. When I saw him like that, I would have been able to burn myself, let alone borrow a light.
I said, I lent him my cell phone ...
Ding Ding said righteously, people like you just don’t know how to unite, love and help each other. Look, you’ve brought trouble to yourself.
When I saw Ding Ding's look, I really wanted to slap him.
But I still held back and asked, what should I do now, will my head fall off again?
Ding Ding said with certainty, "Definitely." So you'd better not go out. If you scare people, you might get caught and put on display.
Seeing that I was anxious, Lin Tian yelled at Ding Ding, "You deserve to be punished, don't you? Why don't you find a solution quickly and keep talking nonsense to me?"
Tintin didn't dare to joke with him, and hurriedly said , "There is a way, but it is not easy. We have to find the incomplete ghost. Now he only has a body, and I don't know where he is wandering."
I asked, do we still need to ask that smoker for help?
I really feel that this is not a good idea. I have already smashed his phone. If I meet him again, he might have another soul on him.
Ding Ding also said that it was useless to look for him, because he only had the remnant soul of this head, so I said it was not easy. The best thing is to hope that your Yin Banner's physique can attract the remnant soul of the remaining body, otherwise it would be like looking for a needle in a haystack. The more people there are in this city, the more ghosts there are. You said we have no clue at all, where can we find it?
What Ding Ding said was true. This was probably as difficult as finding someone in this city whose name and appearance we didn't know. I knew I must look bad, and in my current state, I probably couldn't even leave the house, let alone go to work and find someone.
Lin Tian was much more confident than I was. He encouraged me and said, don't worry, no matter how big this place is, you will meet him one day.
Just as I felt warm in my heart and a little confident, Ding Ding, who speaks without thinking, immediately poured cold water on me.
He said, you need that much time. Given the current situation, if you can’t find it within a week, you’ll be dead!
I was shocked to find out that there was only one week left!
Tintin said, yes, you thought being possessed was a joke, luckily it’s just a remnant soul, if it was a complete ghost, you wouldn’t survive for three days!
My mood immediately dropped to the bottom. I felt like my life was over and I no longer saw a glimmer of hope. I remembered that I had just been enlightened by Brother Wang in the morning, but now I was back to my previous state.
If I can’t find that remnant soul in a week, I can really go and hold hands with Brother Wang and talk to him about my heart.
I was feeling sad when Lin Tian's phone rang. When he picked up the phone, I realized it was his sister Lin Jing calling.
The little girl is still in high school and I haven’t seen her for a while.
Lin Tian picked up the phone and suddenly asked, "What? You are downstairs at Tan Xi's house?"
Then Lin Tian and I stood up and walked to the window. As expected, we saw the little girl standing downstairs. She looked up and saw us, and quickly smiled and waved. Then she ran into the corridor.
I said to Lin Tian, this place is not auspicious either. Do you know what Lin Jing wants to talk to you about? Take her somewhere else and don’t let her into the house.
Lin Tian thought about it for a while. He didn't care about his sister as much as he cared about himself, and he didn't want her to be involved in these things, so he nodded and agreed.
As soon as we finished talking, there was a knock on the door.
I thought to myself that this girl must be a flyer, she managed to get up here so quickly!
Lin Tian also became anxious, so he stood up and walked towards the door. Sure enough, he saw Lin Jing already at the door. She saw that the door lock was broken, and was fiddling with it with her hands in surprise.
Lin Tian hurried over, pulled her and said, "Let's go."
Lin Jing broke free from his hand and said, "Brother, what are you doing ? I haven't said hello to Brother Tan yet. I haven't seen him for a long time."
After saying that, Lin Jing ran in. Seeing Ding Ding in the room, she was stunned for a moment, then immediately put away her crazy girl look, pretended to be dignified and gentle, and said, Brother Tan, you have guests.
I looked at Ding Ding and saw that he was holding the bowl and stuffing food into it one bite at a time. He didn't seem to want to introduce himself, so I said, "Oh, a friend, his name is Ding Ding."
Ding Ding then said "Hi", but as soon as he finished speaking, he started eating in big mouthfuls.
I saw that Lin Jing was a little restrained because of Ding Ding, so I hurriedly said, "Girl, you are not in class, why are you here?"
Lin Jing pouted and said, "Brother Tan, I'm already this old, and you're still calling me a girl? Besides, there are others here..."
As she spoke, her voice became softer. When I saw her shy look, I felt a rare sense of happiness in my heart.
At this time Lin Tian walked in and said, "Aren't you here to take me back? Let's go."
Then I understood that Lin Tian's mother was probably worried that he would come looking for me again, so she sent Lin Jing out to ask him to bring Lin Tian back.
Lin Jing didn't buy Lin Tian's account, saying, "Brother, why are you like this? I haven't seen him since you and Brother Tan got into trouble. At least let me have a chat with Brother Tan. If you listen to mom so much, why did you come out?"
The brother and sister are both stubborn. I'm afraid they will quarrel. It's useless to persuade or help anyone. I can only say, "Girl, look at me now. What's wrong with me? Lin Tian was about to leave, and you happened to come again. Now you are with him, so I feel more at ease. Come over to play another day."
Lin Jing immediately pouted and stopped talking. I had no idea what to do with this little girl acting coquettishly and pitifully, so I could only look at Lin Tian for help.
Before Lin Tian could say anything, Ding Ding suddenly interrupted and said, he was right, you'd better not stay in this place, he is not clean now, and he is encountering ghosts everywhere.
When he said this, the three of us were stunned. We never expected that Ding Ding would say this in front of Lin Jing.
Lin Jing didn't react at once and asked Ding Ding in confusion, "What did you just say?"
