Chapter 93: Trap
"Master, the Hunters Guild sent back news that they are planning to set a trap for Night Ghost and capture him."
Trap? Most traps have baits, and these baits are naturally what the other party wants at the moment. What Night Ghost wants most at the moment should be ghosts and human souls, absorbing them to heal his wounds.
"Are they trying to use living people as bait to set a trap for the Night Ghost?"
I asked.
Lu Xiaofeng seemed a little surprised and said, "Uncle Junior Master, have you noticed that you seem to have become smarter?"
Damn, what kind of words are these? I am not stupid. But what she said was equivalent to my guess being correct.
Oh my god, using living people as bait , isn't that sending those people to their deaths? Isn't this a bit inhumane?
"Sometimes, sacrifice is inevitable. If sacrificing some people can save more people, then the sacrifice is worthwhile."
Shangguan Xian seemed to see what I was thinking and suddenly said something.
This does make sense, but if you use innocent people as bait, once an accident happens, they may not even know why or how they died.
"Even though we use people as bait, it doesn't mean they will be killed. As long as we catch the night ghosts in the first place, those people will be fine."
Lu Xiaofeng said.
"I don't care about bait or anything like that. What I care about is my soul. Those guys from the Hunter's Guild are there to catch night ghosts, not to help me find my soul."
"Didn't Senior Zhao set up a protection for your human soul? It can protect your human soul for a month, and only a few days have passed now."
I hope so. At present, the best case scenario is of course that I can find my soul, catch the night ghost, and the baits will be fine. The worst case scenario, I am too lazy to think about it.
We arrived at the station at noon the next day. We had a simple lunch but did not rush to the destination immediately. Lu Xiaofeng said that the Hunter Guild was setting up traps. Night ghosts are old and cunning people, so we must be careful.
Shangguan Xian discovered the exact location of Night Ghost at this time. After he told the Hunter Guild, the people there arrived first. However, Shangguan Xian said that this was just right. Let Night Ghost and the Hunter Guild deal with each other first, and we can take the opportunity to get in and retrieve my human soul.
This is a good idea, but I don't know if it will be that easy. Lu Xiaofeng has been in contact with the people from the Hunter Guild. We have been waiting in the city for several days, and we are getting impatient. They are finally ready and ready to take action.
Counting the time, one third of the month has passed. If this operation fails, I guess there won't be many chances left. Then I'll be in real danger.
We set out in the afternoon and arrived at our destination just as it was getting dark. We did not join up with the people from the Hunters Guild.
"I investigated the situation here. This place is relatively remote, and it's a mountain village. Normally, no one comes here, and no one pays attention to it. But there are more than a dozen small villages in this mountain, with at least hundreds of households."
"I also found out another thing. During the Anti-Japanese War decades ago, the Japanese army invaded here and drove the local people into the mountains and massacred them all. It is said that the Japanese army also suddenly disappeared and did not leave this forest."
We stopped in a small county town some distance away from the mountain village. It was still two hours' walk from the nearest mountain village. According to Shangguan Xian's plan, we had to wait until midnight to reach the mountain village.
Lu Xiaofeng was fiddling with her tablet computer, talking about the information she had found.
"The Japanese slaughtered our common people. They became evil spirits and came to seek revenge on them. Of course, they died in the mountains."
"That's unknown. But people who died in wars usually become wronged souls and evil ghosts. If they are not saved, those ghosts will be trapped in the battlefield and unable to be reborn. The Night Ghost chose this place, probably for those ghosts."
Lu Xiaofeng's analysis made sense. But if the old eunuch was after the ghosts, there would be no need to use living people as bait.
"Then why do we need bait?"
Lu Xiaofeng put down the computer and said, "In fact, it is not that we deliberately use those people as bait. But if we want to withdraw those people or protect them, it will definitely attract the attention of the night ghost."
Well, that makes sense. Never mind, I'll just worry about myself. I hope I can get my soul back tonight, and then let the Hunter Guild capture that dead eunuch.
We booked a hotel in the county town, and at about nine o'clock in the evening, we set out from the county town and walked towards the mountain village. At eleven o'clock, we saw lights in the distance.
The presence of light means that the people in this village do not have the soul-binding magic of the night ghost.
The village was quiet. We walked to the entrance and saw the source of the light, which was a lamp hanging above the door of a house at the entrance. This was the only place in the village with light at this time.
It was normal for everyone to go to bed at this time, but the silence of the whole village made me feel a little uneasy. It also made me feel uneasy.
Shangguan Xian suddenly stopped and looked around, with a gleam of light in her eyes. After looking around, she looked away.
"No one here has any soul fluctuations. It seems that they have been hit by the ghost tribe's soul-binding technique."
My heart couldn't help but tighten. It seemed that the night ghost was not only planning to devour the ghosts in the mountains.
"This place should be not far from where the night ghosts are . If I use your soul to cast a spell, he will probably notice it. Use your moon wheel to find out the specific direction and location of those ghosts."
I said helplessly, "Sister, normally the Moon Wheel will react when you get close to a ghost. This is not something I can control. It hasn't reacted yet."
"Hasn't your moon wheel mutated? Last time I saw you actively controlling it."
Lu Xiaofeng also came over and said.
"Okay , I'll try."
I raised my hand and spread it out. The moon disc was like a crescent-shaped black scar, pressing against the palm of my hand. There was no reaction, no pain, no numbness or itchiness.
I recalled in my mind the feeling of actively controlling the moon wheel, as well as the seal and the mantra. Then I calmed down, pressed the seal with both hands, and chanted the mantra.
As the spell sounded, the moon wheel in my palm finally responded, and the tingling sensation gradually intensified. When the spell was finished, an invisible array surrounded my body, but the spiritual power in my body was not consumed at all.
"call out!"
A black shadow flashed out of my hand and turned into a black crescent moon that was suspended in front of me, humming softly.
“Swish!”
The moon suddenly flashed, swirled around me, then flashed to the front left, hanging in the air and trembling slightly.
"It looks like it's there."
