Chapter 40: Corpse
It seemed even darker outside the door than in the studio. I didn't know if it was an illusion, but it felt like a heavy stone was pressing down on my heart, making it hard for me to breathe. I took out a talisman and pinched it on my fingertips, crouching and moving closer to the door opposite. The corridor was only two meters wide, but it felt so long to me despite being so close.
The finger gestures on my left hand touched the door panel, and it was freezing cold. My heart skipped a beat. The house was filled with ghosts, which meant that the infant spirit had not been dealt with yet. But why couldn't I hear any sound outside the door? Suddenly, I had a bad feeling in my heart. The old man might be dead, and Xiao Jing was afraid that he had been killed.
Thinking of this, I no longer had the patience to listen to the noise. I reached out and pushed open the door. Suddenly, I saw a half-burned red candle on the floor of the room. The flame was swaying and about to go out with the wind that rushed in through the door. Although there was candlelight, the room was filled with dark air and the light seemed very dim, giving the impression of a haunted house in a deserted mountain. Except for the sofa and the coffee table, it was quiet and there was no one in sight.
I know the function of this candle. It must have been used to offer sacrifices to the "Yin Yang lamp". When the light is on, it will separate Yin and Yang. This means that ghosts can only see the road to the underworld, but cannot see anything in the world of the living. And this road to the underworld is a trap. There are no roads leading to it. Only the light will attract the little ghosts. Then, we can use a magical instrument like the ghost-sealing altar to collect them. But the candle is there but no one is there, so this ritual seems to have failed.
This room format has a foyer at the entrance, a bathroom on the right side of the foyer, and a living room inside. This layout is compact. Outside the door, most of the living room is still invisible. Yu Zhengyao and Xiao Jing are likely to be blocked by the corner of the wall. So I took a deep breath, held Lin Yuxi's hand tightly with my right hand, slowly walked in, and then poked my head out from the corner of the foyer.
Suddenly, I saw a bloody face, with eyes wide open and mouth opened to an incredible degree. In the dim candlelight, it looked extremely gloomy and terrifying. My heart trembled violently, and I almost peed myself. Lin Yuxi screamed immediately. This girl has a problem. When she is scared, she will hug people. And just like before, she jumped up and hugged my neck from behind, with her legs wrapped around my waist.
My heart was beating fast, and I could see clearly that the man was dead! Although I didn't know him, judging from his age of over 60 and the fact that he was holding a talisman with his left hand and a talisman with his right hand, I knew that he was Yu Zhengyao who came to exorcise ghosts. My heart was pounding, and it seemed that I was right. What about Xiaojing? I hurriedly walked around the dead body, and the whole living room was in sight, but there was no one else except the dead body. I turned around and looked at the two bedrooms on the right, wondering if Xiaojing was still alive hiding in them.
But the baby spirit has not appeared yet, maybe it is in the bedroom with Xiao Jing. After quickly observing the situation, he turned around and saw that the talisman in the dead body's hand was the "Yin Yang Initial Separation Talisman", so he completely understood that the Yin Yang Lamp did not work at all. Because to do this kind of ritual, two talismans are needed to cast the spell. The initial separation talisman must be used at the beginning to separate the Yin and Yang at the scene in order to achieve the Yin and Yang Different Paths. Then use the middle separation talisman to transform the separated Yin Qi into the underworld, completely covering the eyes of the little ghost.
So he reached out and snatched the Yin-Yang Separation Talisman from the dead body, and put the exorcism talisman in his left hand on Lin Yuxi's forehead. Then he used the "Liang Yi Seal" with both hands to pull the talisman between the left and right talismans, and quickly recited the Yin-Yang Separation Mantra.
"The constellations of Jiao and Zhen divide the palaces into Yin and Yang. Come quickly upon summoning, with divine power and divine light. Hurry as ordered!"
This kind of talisman did not ignite spontaneously with the spell. It burned when thrown on the candle flame. Suddenly, the negative energy in the room surged and slowly moved to the right. Then, a bright space appeared from the left wall of the living room. Just now, the whole room seemed to be covered by a layer of black gauze. At this moment, the black gauze was rolled up and gradually moved to the right, showing a strange scene with two distinct colors.
The initial division talisman takes effect. When the negative energy retreats to the center of the living room, you can use the middle division talisman. I have never drawn this kind of talisman before, so I reached into the bag of the dead body. I touched a stack of talismans and a wooden barrel. After taking them out, I was shocked. The wooden barrel had been split in the middle, and a layer of blood was faintly visible.
I was a little dumbfounded. This wooden barrel was obviously brought by Yu Zhengyao to deal with the little ghosts. However, there was also a baby spirit inside it. Whether it was a fierce ghost or not was not discussed for the moment. Now it had broken out of the barrel. Without the control of the wooden barrel, my previous worry was confirmed. There was another little devil!
Lin Yuxi closed her eyes and didn't dare to open them. She lay on my back and refused to get down. After I chanted two spells and then fell silent, she asked hurriedly, "What's going on now?"
"No matter what happens, hold me tight and don't open your eyes." I said as I placed the cracked wooden bottle in front of the candle, hoping that after successfully opening the Yin-Yang Lamp, I could attract both little ghosts over.
I picked out the middle talisman from the stack of talismans and found that the painting was quite orthodox. The old man was indeed an authentic Yin-Yang master. I looked up and saw that the black energy was about to retreat to the center of the living room, so I pulled up the middle talisman with the Liangyi seal, waited for the opportunity, and immediately chanted the spell.
But at this time, there was a movement. The door of the left bedroom creaked open without wind, which made it look even more eerie in the quiet and strange atmosphere. I was startled and thought that the baby spirit might have come out. This is not the only one. Before the Yin-Yang lamp is made, the talisman alone cannot resist it. I took out my mobile phone and quickly dialed Xiaopang's number, wanting him to hurry up and bring those things over.
Who would have thought that the phone would break down and there was no signal! I had no choice but to back away with Lin Yuxi on my back, and I wanted to shout at the door. But just as I took a step back, the door slammed shut with a bang. Lin Yuxi didn't know what was going on, and asked in a trembling voice in my ear, "Why are you closing the door?" It's not easy to run away when something happens.
I smiled bitterly in my heart. Was it me who closed the door? The little brat clearly wanted to trap us inside and then cut us up for a delicious meal. There was no need to think about the door, it would definitely not open, so I shouted at the top of my lungs: "Little Fatty, bring the things here quickly." Whether he heard it or not, I couldn't just sit there and wait for death.
"Why are you shouting with the door closed? Xiaopang can't hear you. You almost deafened me..." Lin Yuxi reached out and patted me on the back of my head in annoyance.
She opened her eyes in anger. As we retreated to the entrance, the corner of the wall covered Yu Zhengyao's body, so she couldn't see it and was not afraid. But she stared at the bedroom door and said, "Xiao Jing seems to be inside. Do you think she is lying on the ground?" As she spoke, she found that she was still lying on me. She felt that this was not appropriate and struggled to get down.
But just as she finished her words, a black shadow suddenly stood up at the bedroom door, with disheveled hair and blood on his face. In the dim candlelight, he was particularly eye-catching and terrifying!
Lin Yuxi screamed, and just as her feet landed on the ground, she rushed up again, holding my neck tightly with both hands, and her legs wrapped around my waist. I was also shocked, because in a situation like this, it is absolutely impossible for a person to suddenly stand up, unless he is a corpse!
