Chapter 55: spiritualism

There is no need for me to pray again, the old man has taken my business as a top priority. Even his favorite square dance, he stopped dancing.
"Practice it yourself. Something happened to me. You have to go back. You all work hard, don't be lazy. I will check again tomorrow, how are you doing with the new moves!"
The old man did not forget to urge those old men and old ladies to practice hard and not to be lazy.
The old man took us back to his home. This guy cleaned up a quiet room, let me sit in the middle of the quiet room, and then took out cinnabar by himself, and started writing and painting on the wall, floor or even the ceiling.
The old man's expression was very focused. Looking at his appearance, it seemed like he was doing an amazing artistic creation. Using red cinnabar to paint dragons and snakes on the white walls, I didn't dare to interrupt him easily.
After the old man drew spells on all the walls, he said to me: "This is the soul-suppressing circle. One is to stabilize one soul and one soul in your body, and the other is to be covered by your other souls. After you get it back, you can enter your body obediently. Tonight, I will let Xiaoyu go to the Huangquan River to find all your remaining soul."
As soon as the old man's voice fell, Liangzi said timidly from the side: "Xiaoyu has something to do in the past few days, I am afraid I can't come."
Hearing this, the old man was taken aback: "I can't come...Do I have to go there myself?"
Liu Ruyan on the side received: "Isn't it Huangquanhe? I can also go. If you have anything, just tell me directly."
The old man thought and thought, and handed me a lampshade: "This thing is a soul-attracting lamp. You light it next to the Huangquan River, and then call Li You's name to call back all his scattered souls. But you must be careful. As long as the souls in Huangquan River are owned by the ghosts. In the eyes of the ghosts, you are robbing them of their souls. Those guys' ecstasy locks are not easy to deal with."
Liu Ruyan smiled, took the soul-attracting lamp in his hand, and did not take the reminder of the old man seriously: "It's not that I haven't dealt with those ghosts, I know their methods."
After the grandfather finished the order, he ordered Liangzi to find some straw, and he began to tie up the straw man. When the old man stalks the grass, he concentrates on it, just as if we guys don't exist.
Seeing the old man's devotion, I dare not ask more, why is this thing used?
I was busy until the sun was about to set, and the old man's grass talent was finally tied. He put the paper man next to me, but he said: "This is your stand-in. Let's make more preparations. If the ghost guy comes to the door, how can we use this stand-in and let them go back for business."
The old man thought for a while, and felt that he was not perfect, so he straightened a thick pile of paper money and placed it in front of the Cao Ren.
This time, without him explaining, I understood that this is bribing the bad money.
Everything was ready. At twelve o'clock in the night, the old man lit a small oil lamp in the quiet room, and under the dim light, he gave the final instructions to Liu Ruyan and me: "I will start to call upon my souls soon. At five o'clock tomorrow morning, no matter what happens here, I won’t be able to get in. Everything depends on you.

If the one holding the soul-inducing lamp in his hand is Ryoko, I'm probably dead-hearted by now. But since it was Liu Ruyan who came out, my heart was relatively stable. Although this lady has a bit of temper, she is still very reliable.
After the old man gave such an order, he closed the door of the quiet room, leaving only me and Liu Ruyan in the room.
I don't know if it was my illusion. After the father left, I felt that the atmosphere in the room had completely changed.
Under the dim light before, the spells on the wall seemed to be alive. When I was not paying attention, they jumped. But when I focused my gaze on the wall, they immediately followed the rules and stopped moving.
Liu Ruyan lit the soul-attracting lamp, and the whole person gradually became transparent, and soon even the person with the lamp disappeared.
I was the only one left in the house, and when I was bored, a faint image began to appear in the dim light.
Liu Ruyan held the soul-attracting lantern, standing on the edge of a big river, and was calling my name.
After she yelled, she saw a few waves rising in the river.
Obviously, the river in front of Liu Ruyan is the legendary Huangquan River.
In my opinion, this is just a big river with relatively turbulent water, and other than that, it seems nothing special.
Just as this thought came up, I saw a few imaginary figures rising in the waves of the big river.
What surprised me more was that all these figures were me! These figures look exactly the same as me, they should be the souls I lost. Some of these figures were yellowish, some were blue, and some were green. After hearing Liu Ruyan's call, they all entered the soul-attracting lantern held by Liu Ruyan in turn.
The situation is much smoother than we previously expected. As long as Liu Ruyan returns with the soul-attracting lamp, the soul-suppression magic circle in the quiet room will be effective for the first time, so that all the souls will return to my body. At that time, I will be no different from normal people . After I recover, the old man will teach me how to stop the exorcism, so as to avoid the continued consumption of my Yang Qi. When that time comes, the catastrophe is completely over.
Seeing that Liu Ruyan had already put all his soul into the lamp, and turned around to leave, the river suddenly seemed to be boiling, and bubbles burst out.
When it was too late, it was fast, and a chain suddenly flew out of the river and went straight to the soul-attracting lamp in Liu Ruyan's hand. This was too fast, and there was water and spray as a cover. From the perspective of a bystander, I can't see clearly, let alone Liu Ruyan.
Although the spirit of twelve points was already up, Liu Ruyan was still a little bit rushed at the moment the chain hit her.
Fortunately, the soul-catching lamp is really a rare treasure. When Liu Ruyan was unavoidable, the soul-attracting lamp suddenly shone brightly, and the lasing light seemed to be a protective cover. Blocked the iron chain.
At the same time, I finally saw the person who attacked Liu Ruyan clearly. This is a tall and thin guy in white clothes. This guy is all white, only the scarlet tongue on his chest is making a weird laugh.
It turned out to be white impermanence!