In this magnificent hotel, it was bustling with people. Normally, ghosts would instinctively avoid such places to prevent their souls from being scattered by the strong human aura.
But how could there be a ghost baby here?
Zhang Yuanyuan quickened her pace with her little feet pattering. Suddenly, the crying in her ears stopped, and darkness completely engulfed the entire corridor, leaving not a single ray of light!
Suddenly, a gust of cold wind blew in her ear, as if someone had exhaled behind her!
"Giggle... Wah..."
Zhang Yuanyuan frowned and quickly took out a talisman from her bosom, slapping it into the dark air in front of her.
"The star above the Grand High God changes ceaselessly; it drives away evil and binds demons, protecting life and the soul; it bestows wisdom and clarity, and calms the mind and spirit; may the three souls last forever, and the seven souls never be lost! In haste, as the law commands!"
The talisman paper in Zhang Yuanyuan's hand suddenly burst into flames, emitting a bright light in the darkness.
A strange scream rang out, and then, the cold wind around grew stronger!
Gusts of wind rushed towards her, completely surrounding Zhang Yuanyuan. The crying of the baby in her ears grew louder again, intermingled with bursts of giggles.
There was a sticky feeling under her feet, and the stench filled her nostrils. Another cold wind blew behind her ear.
When she moved her feet slightly, she could even feel the touch of bones in the darkness!
"Woo woo woo..."
The crying suddenly grew louder, but at this moment, the little girl calmly put away the talisman paper, patted her cloth bag, and put all her things back!
Seeing this, the commotion in the air paused for a moment, as if it didn't understand this behavior, but soon it howled again.
"Okay, okay, stop making noise." Yuanyuan's milky voice instantly filled the dark space. As she raised her hand, a flame ignited in her palm. With two fingers of her other hand together, she quickly dipped them in the fire, and the words "Nine - Phoenix Exorcising Filth Talisman" suddenly appeared in mid - air.
Yuanyuan then flicked the five characters out, and the oppressive atmosphere in the air quickly receded!
"Screech—"
An inexplicable burning sound rang out. In the darkness, it seemed to touch something terrifying and quickly dodged her figure!
The noisy sounds returned again, and the stench disappeared. The light from where Zhang Yuanyuan's palm touched gradually spread into the dark.
The previous crying grew weaker and weaker until Zhang Yuanyuan's little leather shoes stopped at the darkest corner!
And the five characters also vanished into thin air at this moment...
She touched the wall in front of her one by one with her palm and suddenly felt a locked storage room.
The lock was already covered in rust. Yuanyuan gently pushed the door with her little hand, and it "clicked" open.
A foul smell assailed her nostrils. The little girl wrinkled her nose, pinched her nose, and walked in.
Soon, her gaze was fixed on a pool of dried blood in the corner...
Looking up along the bloodstain, there was a shriveled baby corpse... The child didn't even have a piece of clothing to cover his body. His eyes were wide open, but there were no eyeballs, only deep and empty eye sockets!
It seemed as if one could see into the depths of another person through those eyes!
The baby had a smile on his lips, but there was still a faint crying sound in the air.
Zhang Yuanyuan felt heart - ache and ran over with her leather shoes pattering. She squatted directly beside the baby's corpse.
"Woo..."
This time, the crying was clearly heard.
Zhang Yuanyuan's nose twitched, and her features scrunched up in distress. The little ghost in front of her was not intimidating at all and had no intention of harming anyone. All his actions were just instinctive.
"Baby, be good. Don't cry. Sister is here to save you." Yuanyuan gently patted the baby with her little hand. While quickly calculating the child's birth and life events, she coaxed him softly.
It would have been better if she hadn't calculated. After doing so, she felt even more heart - ache.
This ghost baby was the child aborted by the banquet hall staff. He had been wandering here for many years but had always been afraid of the human aura in the hall and dared not go out. He could only hide in this dark corner.
The forty - nine days after a person's death is the best time for reincarnation. But this little ghost had been hiding here, buried by the human aura, and the underworld officials couldn't find his trace at all. As a result, the little ghost baby was about to have his soul completely scattered!
Zhang Yuanyuan angrily tore off her pink princess coat and quickly wrapped the little ghost baby in it, muttering to herself: "It's so unfair... so unfair..."
"Baby, don't be afraid. Sister can perform a requiem for you and send you back to the cycle of reincarnation!"
In this eerie and dark room, the little girl was not afraid of anything and made quite a commotion. She didn't even notice that she had attracted another person.
At this moment, a charming figure in red was slowly approaching.
Those eyes peeked through the crack in the door and saw Zhang Yuanyuan gently pressing one hand on the baby spirit's chest and holding the other hand in front of her, chanting scriptures.
The scriptures came out of the child's mouth, and in the air, it seemed as if countless golden lights were scattered...
"May this merit be dedicated to you. It can relieve the sins of your parents and rescue the suffering souls in the underworld. With a devout heart, constantly chant. May you soon ascend to the Eastern Pole Mansion. With a sincere heart, chant the merits of the Greatly Merciful and Greatly Compassionate Heavenly Worthy of Universal Salvation, the Heavenly Worthy of Rescuing the Guilty from the Nine Netherworlds, and the Heavenly Worthy of Bestowing Life in the Crimson Mausoleum..."
In just a few minutes, the baby spirit that had been crying before gradually dissipated into nothingness in her hands and floated into the air, finally gaining freedom through the narrow gap.
When Zhang Yuanyuan opened her eyes again, a tear rolled down from her eyes.
Yuanyuan pouted, wiped her face with her dirty sleeve, making herself look like a dirty little cat.
She patted her buttocks, sniffled, and originally wanted to hold back her tears.
But the joy of the baby spirit when it was still in the womb and the despair after being abandoned kept swirling in the child's heart.
Her master said that she was born different from others. Other Taoist brothers only needed to follow the procedures when handling matters, but she could always communicate directly with the souls and even see every torture they endured before death.
Therefore, every time Yuanyuan handled a matter, her heart would ache a little more.
It was as if she had personally experienced the suffering of the souls before death, especially the baby spirit just now...
The little cry - baby held back her sobs, muttering to herself.
"The little friend is so pitiful. He has no mom and dad and has been here alone for so long! He must be so afraid of the dark... Woo..."
"Bang—"
"Ouch."
Just as Yuanyuan was wiping her tears, something crashed in from outside the door.
A sister in a red evening dress was holding her high - heels in one hand and a phone in the other. The camera had completely captured her pitiful look just now...
There was a fleeting darkness in the sister's eyes, and then she gently reached out her hand towards her: "Baby, do you want to cry? You can come into sister's arms."
"Sniff..."
Yuanyuan tried hard to hold back her tears and tightly bit her cherry - like lips.
But the next moment, the great grief before the baby spirit disappeared suddenly hit her and completely enveloped her.
It was okay when no one comforted her. But when someone did, she just couldn't hold it back!
"Wow wuwuwu!"
Zhang Yuanyuan opened her mouth and cried out of breath. She buried her head in the sister's arms, with her tears and snot all mixed together!
They were all children without mom and dad. Of course, Yuanyuan felt even more sad. Wuwuwu...