Chapter 024
But ever since my grandfather's family fell into decline, my mother and uncle have stopped doing related work and just pretend not to hear any comments from the outside world.
I don't know the reason why my grandfather's family fell into decline. Every time my uncle mentioned it, he was vague about it. But since he said it was because of ghosts and gods, then I guess it might be similar to the situation where Mrs. Jiu was involved in the death of her husband.
Anyway, from then on, until his death, my grandfather told the two not to do this business anymore, and to treat everything they learned before as a means to save their lives. He hoped that they could live like ordinary people and not cross the line between humans and ghosts.
In the first few years, everything was peaceful, until my mother got this pair of blood amber pendants.
As for how it fell into my mother's hands, my uncle said he didn't know, but this blood amber was really evil. It looked ordinary, but it was invisible and could hurt people and kill people.
My mother used almost every possible means to seal the pendant, temporarily removing its terrifying power. Unfortunately, my father discovered it.
According to my uncle, my father is a very old-fashioned person. He is stubborn and sticks to his own opinions. He finds it hard to accept my mother's identity and the fact that ghosts exist in this world. In other words, he thinks my mother cheated him and left us alone. There has been no news for more than ten years.
My mother was deeply traumatized by this incident, and it further confirmed what my grandfather said before his death. He believed that people who get involved in ghost affairs always have to pay a price. From then on, she really seemed to have changed her ways, never saying a word about these mysterious things, and never getting involved in them. She became the person I remember.
My uncle's story was very disorganized, and he just talked about whatever came to his mind. He just gave me a general idea of what happened, but he didn't mention the details.
I don't know how much of this is true or false, but it at least solved some of my childhood doubts.
After finishing his speech, my uncle was already thirsty. He poured a glass of water from the table, drank it, wiped the water stains from the corners of his mouth, and said, "Xiaoxi... Look, I have told you everything you want to know. Can you give me the blood amber?"
I touched the pendant on my neck again. Even though it was a relic, it seemed like holding on to it wasn't worth it.
If what my uncle said is true, then my childhood misfortune was also caused by this pendant.
Since my mother has lived a normal life, she has never mentioned anything about the blood amber to me over the years. Perhaps this also means that she no longer cares about the gain or loss of the pendant.
But I felt somewhat reluctant to hand it over like this. After all, I still had doubts about what my uncle said. I wondered how many sweet words he would say to get this pendant.
Seeing my hesitation, my uncle walked closer to me, put his hand on my shoulder and said, Xiaoxi, don't hesitate. This thing will only bring you disaster. If you are not careful, you will lose your life.
As he spoke, his eyes kept looking at me fiercely, as if he had seen the pendant that I had hidden behind my clothes.
I hesitated for a moment, then slowly reached out and pulled the pendant's chain, slowly pulling it out.
As soon as a corner of it was revealed, my uncle's eyes lit up and his hands shook uncontrollably.
I held the pendant in my hand, and it still felt so cold. Under the dim light, the dark red color looked black.
My uncle looked at it for a while, as if waiting for something, but when he saw that I didn't continue, he hesitated and asked cautiously, "There's another one, Xiaoxi, take it out quickly."
I held the pendant in my hand and said that I only found one when I was cleaning the house, and I didn't know where the other one went.
My uncle's face suddenly changed, and turned pale at a speed visible to the naked eye. He said anxiously, "You...you are kidding me! Okay, quickly...quickly take out the other one!"
My face tightened and I said there was no need for me to lie to you. Since I promised to give it to you, what's the point of keeping one? I really only have this half of the pendant!
He looked anxiously at the amber in my hand, and suddenly his feet went weak, and he fell to the ground, knocking down all the tables and chairs behind him. I didn't know why he reacted like this, so I stood up and tried to help him. But as soon as I reached out my hand, he suddenly pushed me away, yelling, "Don't come over here! Don't come over here! I don't want the amber anymore, leave now, leave now!"
I stood there in a daze. I had never expected his attitude to change so quickly. I hurriedly asked him what happened.
But he hurriedly got up and stood in the corner, looking as if he wanted to stick to the wall!
I just took a step forward when he suddenly said, "Don't come over here, just stand there!"
I was so confused that I could only stand there and look at him. I thought that he was a man who even dared to raise a ghost, but now he was so scared.
He said, "Xiaoxi, this time it's not that I, as your uncle, won't help you. During the day, I thought you were dead, but later I realized that you were just possessed. Now I know why you can see ghosts!"
His words hit the nail on the head, and I quickly asked, "You mean, I encountered a ghost because of this thing?"
His fat face trembled, and he said with some fear, "This blood amber was originally a pair. You know the Eight Trigrams, right? It's just like the Eight Trigrams are divided into Yin and Yang. Two by two, suppressing each other, can be considered harmonious. If one piece is missing, Yin and Yang are no longer Yin and Yang. A single existence is extremely vicious!"
I took a look at Xuebo and found it ordinary, not as scary as he said. But seeing how scared he looked now, it didn't seem like he was lying.
I asked him, now that there is a piece missing, what will happen?
He narrowed his eyes, looked at the blood amber in my hand cautiously, swallowed his saliva, and then said, "These two pieces of blood amber, one is for attracting ghosts, and the other is for driving away souls! The one in your hand is the one that controls the Yin. Anyone who touches it will die, and all the ghosts will come to pay homage!"
I thought to myself, what nonsense is this? Ding Ding and I have had this happen before, but nothing happened to us.
I wondered what this fat guy was up to, he was just pretending like this, wanting me to help him find the other half of the amber.
I took a step towards him and he screamed and told me to stay where I was!
I say, little uncle, you should tell me the truth. If you touch this kind of words, you will die. You can deceive anyone. I have it in my hand. Do you think I am dead?
As I said this, I took another step closer to him. He started to scream hysterically, wanting to just break through the wall and run away. I saw that he was really scared, and I had a bad feeling in my heart, thinking, could it be that what the fat man said was true?
If one of the two pieces of blood amber is missing, they lose the ability to restrain each other, and even the people who touch them will die. If there is such a thing in the world, wouldn't it become a weapon of mass murder?
My uncle was so anxious that he was sweating all over his forehead. He said, Tan Xi, I didn't lie to you. I don't want this thing anymore. Although I don't know the reason, you are fine with it in your hand, which means that this blood amber that attracts ghosts recognizes you as the master. You and this blood amber are one! As long as the other half of the blood amber doesn't appear, sooner or later, all the ghosts will surrender to you.
I was completely confused, thinking that the fat man had suddenly lost his mind, and his words became more and more mysterious. If that was what he said, then I thought it was not bad, at least it was better for the ghosts to surrender to me than to want to kill me!
The fat man hurriedly said, Xiaoxi, "Go quickly. I just want to advise you not to think this is a good thing. Humans and ghosts are on different paths. The longer you come into contact with ghosts and gods, the shorter your life will be. If you can't find the other half of the blood amber, you will die at the hands of this thing sooner or later."
I sneered, thinking that after all, what you meant was that you wanted me to find the other half of this blood amber.
He sighed and said that even if you find it, you won't live long. Just think about your mother, she was the master of the blood amber, but she is gone at such a young age.
My heart sank. Could it be that my mother's death was also caused by this thing? I looked down blankly, and felt that the blood amber in my hand seemed to be a little colder. I couldn't accept so many things in my mind at the moment. The only thought was that it was too mysterious and exaggerated. I was somewhat repulsive to this kind of information.
I pondered for a while and thought that since I already knew what I wanted to know, and my problem with Lin Tian was not caused by my uncle and his men, there was no point in me staying any longer.
I turned around and was about to leave, then looked back at the fat man. He had just breathed a sigh of relief, but when he saw me turning around, the fat on his face trembled again, and he asked in surprise, "What else do you want?"
I shook my head, said nothing, pushed the door and walked out.
It was already late at night, there were not even any stray cats on the streets, and I couldn't find a car.
As a result, I regretted not asking my uncle to come and look for me before. Now I have to walk back.
I sorted out what I heard from my uncle. What he said was too confusing at the time, so I had to clear my thoughts.
First of all, my grandpa's family made a living by catching ghosts, and my mother was also a very good exorcist. But when she married my father, she accidentally got the blood amber. Although she didn't know how to temporarily seal the power of the blood amber, and even the blood amber recognized her as her master, she still died because of the blood amber in the end.
According to my uncle, the suppressive power of the blood amber disappeared after my mother died. And the most strange thing is that for some unknown reason, a piece of the blood amber disappeared, and the remaining part is still the most evil part that attracts ghosts.
So it seems that it is not me who attracts the ghosts, but this piece of blood amber, so I am not the Yin Banner mentioned by Ding Ding. But this blood amber recognizes me as its master, and I have become one with this ghost thing, so in other words, these ghosts are also coming towards me.
This is probably what my uncle meant, but there are still some things I can't figure out, such as the sentence "whoever touches it will die". He looked scared, and even hurriedly chased me away as soon as he knew that the blood amber was missing half. It doesn't seem like a lie. Will Ding Ding die because of this thing?
I dare not think further, I just hope this is just a rumor. If Ding Ding really has an accident, then if I don't commit suicide, Madam Jiu will probably rush over to kill me.
But just in case, I have to tell Ding Ding about this when I get home. It's always good to be prepared. If it's really a death sentence, then I have time to think of a solution. I can only comfort myself by saying that they are both capable people and they won't die so easily!
