"Lord Lu..."
I couldn't help but think of that rosy-cheeked little baby I saw in the underworld. I couldn't help but sigh in my heart that the world was really small. I could even run into an "acquaintance" like this!
Of course, I couldn't say that I also knew Lord Lu. That was Si Jiangchen's connection, and Lord Lu obviously didn't like me. If I said it out and things went wrong, it would be bad!
Immediately, I quickly opened the soul bottle that had already been placed on the altar. Wang Yingxiu and the three little ghosts gradually appeared in the flickering candlelight.
Seeing the yin messenger shrouded in black mist, the three little ghosts trembled with fear and hid behind Wang Yingxiu.
That faceless yin messenger must have seen many little ghosts that were extremely afraid of him. The black mist suddenly formed a pitch - black and dull chain, which locked towards Wang Yingxiu and the others.
Wang Yingxiu knew that this was the yin messenger I had invited to take them back to the underworld. Although she was still a bit unwilling, she didn't struggle. She just waited for this soul - catching chain to be put around her neck so that she could forget the memories of this life!
Unexpectedly, before the yin messenger's chain could entangle the four ghosts, the glass door of my shop was knocked loudly, "Bang! Bang! Bang!"
The blank face of that yin messenger instantly looked like a crumpled piece of toilet paper. It was extremely ugly. He suddenly retracted his form and turned back into a pile of ashes splashed from the fire, disappearing in the dim candlelight.
When performing a ritual and setting up an altar, it was most taboo to be interrupted by outsiders. That's why I chose to set up the altar in the dead of night when everyone was asleep. Who could have thought that there would still be someone knocking on my shop door during this time of the underworld.
Could it be Si Jiangchen?!
My first thought was that he had come back. The international meetings he held had to accommodate the time zones of the other parties, so they were often scheduled in the middle of the night. Fortunately, he didn't need to sleep, so there was no need to worry about all the discomforts caused by lack of sleep...
But he had just asked Aunt Xu for the key to the courtyard gate. He couldn't be so stupid as to knock on the shop door.
The noise outside had scared away the yin messenger from the underworld. I'm afraid it would take another batch of incense, candles, paper horses to invite him out again.
I was furious. I walked to the door and asked, "Who is it?!"
"Takeout."
It was a young man's voice from outside.
...
I was speechless!!
Wasn't Du Wenzhong already full? Why was he ordering takeout in the middle of the night?
Nowadays, the nightlife in China was extremely rich. Takeout deliverymen took orders 24 hours a day. As long as you wanted to eat, there was nothing you couldn't get!
I subconsciously wanted to unlock the door.
Suddenly, a red figure flashed in front of my eyes. Wang Yingxiu had stuck half of her body out before I could open the door.
"Axiu!!"
I wanted to stop her. It was almost midnight, the time when yin energy was at its strongest. A red - clothed fierce ghost like her might appear in front of most people. If the takeout deliveryman outside saw her, he might be scared to death!
But Wang Yingxiu stuck her body out through the glass door, and the people outside didn't let out the expected scream. Instead, Axiu's soul trembled and took on a distorted form.
My heart tightened suddenly. A long - time instinct for danger developed from being chased made me react quickly. I quickly made a soul - calming spell with my hands and slapped it on Wang Yingxiu, then pulled her soul back from outside the glass door.
"Hiss!"
I pulled Wang Yingxiu into the shop, but I was startled by her appearance.
Half of her head had disappeared, and wisps of dark red blood mist were constantly seeping out from the torn part of her soul. Although I had cast the soul - calming spell, her spiritual consciousness was still slowly dissipating.
Her only remaining eye stared at me desperately. There was no tongue or teeth in her half - mouth, only the red mist that seemed to be melting her away.
"Run quickly!!"
Ghosts didn't need to speak. Axiu's voice directly crashed into my mind. Without waiting for me to cast another spell on her, she broke away from my hand and threw her whole body into the Thangka hanging as a curtain. Her fiery red soul soaked the whole painting like blood.
At the same time, a strong light suddenly shone outside as if it was dawn. The light made the Thangka covering the door almost transparent. A huge single eye was reflected on the Thangka! The black pupil of that single eye was facing the blood - red mass of Wang Yingxiu. The sound of "hissing" kept coming. Wang Yingxiu's spiritual consciousness was evaporating rapidly like water droplets splashed on a hot iron plate!
"Aunt XiuXiu?!!!"
"Aunt XiuXiu!"
The three little ghosts that had been hiding behind Wang Yingxiu because they were afraid of the yin messenger didn't run away when they heard Wang Yingxiu's warning like a scream. Instead, they shouted and rushed towards the Thangka together. They originally wanted to reach out and pull Wang Yingxiu off it, but the single eye behind the Thangka was like a black hole with infinite suction. It forcefully sucked up the three little souls and instantly passed through the silk Thangka!
"All the souls in the world, listen carefully. Above are the Six Jia, below are the Six Ding. Suppress your spirits and souls, and be fixed by thunder. The Supreme One has given an order, and I am ordered to execute it!"
Everything happened in an instant. From the moment Wang Yingxiu melted into the Thangka to the three little ghosts being sucked out of the shop one by one like a bunch of candied haws, the soul - suppressing spell I had been whispering under my breath had already taken shape. At this time, I didn't care about my injured right arm anymore. With a "snap", I broke the protective gear. I made hand seals with both hands and slapped one palm on Wang Yingxiu and the other on the little ghost who was about to be sucked out of the door.
"Save Aunt XiuXiu!"
The little ghost grabbed the ankle of his companion and used all his strength. His face had already become hideous, but he turned around and shouted at me, "Don't worry about us!"
Saying that, his skinny feet kicked hard and broke free from my hand. "Aunt XiuXiu is the best!"
The pupil of the huge eye blocked outside by the Thangka suddenly shrank. It seemed that its power had become even greater. The three little ghosts broke free from my hands. Without the blessing of the soul - suppressing spell, they couldn't resist it at all. They let out a shrill scream, turned into a few wisps of gray smoke, and instantly passed through the Thangka and melted into the single eye...
"Aaaaah!!!"
Wang Yingxiu, who had merged her soul into the Thangka to barely stabilize her spiritual consciousness, watched helplessly as the three thin little ghosts were swallowed and attracted by the single eye outside. She let out a furious scream!
This silk Thangka was probably the only genuine item received by the previous shop owner.
The Goddess Palden Lhamo on it was the most sacred goddess on the snowy plateau. It was said that she was the god who controlled the past, present, and future lives. Before the successive Tibetan high - ranking monks passed away, they would meditate by the sacred lake she controlled to find out the location of their next birth...
Although this Thangka had been used as a curtain and had never received any incense offerings, this goddess was a natural nemesis of the evil god, the One - Eyed Buddha Mother. Even though the One - Eyed Buddha Mother had already taken shape with the help of the power of faith, she still couldn't pull out Wang Yingxiu who had seeped into it.
"I'll fight you!!"
Wang Yingxiu didn't know that the reason she wasn't eaten like the three little ghosts was because of the Thangka she was attached to. She watched the three little ghosts disappear into the single eye. The hostility in her heart soared and she couldn't suppress it anymore!