So, I'm just here as a filler again? This won't do.
Seeing my expression, Gu Yuan curled the corner of his mouth, seemingly quite happy.
"Madam, it's true that I'm a celestial being, but I also follow orders. Only she can command me. So if you have any issues, talk to her. Understand?"
Gu Yuan was obviously giving me a compliment and an easy way out.
Only then did Granny Chu stand up, grab my hand, and say, "Please save my little grandson. I'm begging you, Immortal Lady."
"Don't worry. I'll do my best."
"Two celestial beings, please follow me. My little grandson is in another room. Please take a look."
Granny Chu pulled my hand and walked towards the east room.
It was almost midnight. The door of the east room was locked with several locks.
Granny Chu took out the keys and unlocked them one by one. When the door was pushed open, a foul smell wafted out, the unique stench of decaying animals. It made me cough several times.
"I'm really sorry. Before, the villagers wanted to take Gou Dan away by force. To stop them, I put a lot of dead animals in there. Only this smell could prevent them from taking my little grandson away."
After saying that, she walked into the room first and opened the front and back doors and windows. When the smell had dissipated a bit, Gu Yuan and I walked in.
On the north kang in the room lay a child. He was covered with a quilt, and his little head was exposed.
His eyes were tightly closed. He looked like he was just sleeping, not at all like a cold corpse.
"Look, this is my poor little grandson. The seventh day after his death has passed, but his body hasn't stiffened at all. How could he be dead? He must still be saved."
I took a step forward, wanting to hold the child's wrist to check if he still had a pulse.
But Gu Yuan stepped forward ahead of me to check on the child.
"Don't touch. I'll do it."
I quickly withdrew my hand. After Gu Yuan finished the examination, I hurriedly asked,
"How is he?"
"He's really out of breath," Gu Yuan replied.
Hearing this, Granny Chu immediately sat on the ground and started crying.
"My poor grandson. Why can't anyone save you... Wuwuwu..."
The midnight crying was creepy.
Gu Yuan couldn't stand it and immediately said, "If you don't want your grandson to really die, stop crying randomly. If you keep crying and blow out the last bit of yang fire left in your little grandson, even the gods won't be able to save him."
Hearing this, Granny Chu sniffed and immediately stopped crying.
"Great Immortal, do you mean my little grandson can still be saved?"
"Yes, there's a chance. A normal person has three fires on their body, one on the top of the head and one on each of the left and right shoulders. For a child like him, these three fires should be burning brightly. But someone deliberately extinguished the fires on his left and right shoulders. Now, the fire on his head is just a tiny spark. If we don't deal with it soon, it will also go out."
As he said that, Gu Yuan raised his hand and gently waved it in front of Gou Dan. Sure enough, except for a little spark on the top of his head, the fires on his left and right shoulders had already gone out.
I had heard from the older generation about these so - called three fires.
The first fire is on the head. As the old saying goes, there are gods three feet above your head. This fire is protected by the gods, and evil spirits dare not invade. So, people generally don't wear hats when going out at night, as it will suppress the fire.
The second and third fires are on a person's left and right shoulders. These two fires are called nameless fires, which illuminate a person's left and right sides.
The old people often say that when walking at night, one shouldn't turn their head. If they do, they shouldn't turn it too suddenly, or it will blow out the nameless fires on the shoulders.
These three fires converge to form a person's yang energy. When a person is frightened, their yang energy fluctuates, and they are more likely to attract evil spirits. Generally, people who have hysteria have weak yang energy.
"Do you mean that Gou Dan was frightened in the mountains, so his yang energy became unstable and he lost his soul?"
Gu Yuan nodded at me and continued, "He's just a child. If his soul is lost, as long as the two fires on his shoulders are burning brightly, his soul will naturally find its way back. But now that the fires on his shoulders are out, his soul wants to come back but can't find the guiding path. The soul is lost and can't return to the body. In less than ten days, when the spark on his head also goes out, we'll have to look for him on the Yellow Spring Road."
"Our Gou Dan has always been in good health. He doesn't seem like a child with weak yang energy, and his fate is very strong."
Gu Yuan pinched his fingers and calculated, then continued to say to Granny Chu, "It's precisely because the two of you have very strong fates that this disaster has befallen you."
Gu Yuan told us everything he had discovered.
This old house had somehow been cursed. A house is a place for people to live. With a roof over their heads, the lamp in the house is the gathering place of yang energy. The more vigorous the yang energy, the brighter the lamp, and naturally, the surroundings are bright.
But someone had tampered with the house, and the lamp became dimmer and dimmer. Especially at night, the yin energy became stronger, and many dirty things that liked the yin would gather here.
The more dirty things gathered, the dimmer the lamp in the house would be. And the dimmer the lamp, the more dirty things would gather.
Grandma Chu and Gou Dan had been living in such an environment for a long time. Even if their yang energy was strong, it would become unstable. Over time, they would attract unexpected disasters.
Just like when Granny Chu broke her leg before, and this time when Gou Dan was in danger, they were all related to the evil energy in the house.
After hearing Gu Yuan's analysis, Granny Chu quickly asked, "You just drove away the evil energy. Does that mean it's okay now? The fires on my little grandson's shoulders will slowly light up again?"
"His fires weren't extinguished in the room. So we have to go to the mountain he went to before. Later, I'll go to the mountain to take a look. Lan Lan, you stay here and guard the two of them. No matter who comes, don't let them touch Gou Dan's body."
I nodded at Gu Yuan. He turned around and disappeared, leaving me and Granny Chu to guard Gou Dan.
The room immediately became quiet. Granny Chu sat at the head of the bed, sighing continuously. She wanted to touch her little grandson's face but retracted her hand, probably remembering what Gu Yuan had said.
"Grandma, don't be too sad. I've seen Gou Dan's fate. He's definitely not a short - lived person. I believe Third Master can help him retrieve his soul."
"I can tell that both of you are capable. I'm not worried about that. Now, the only thing I'm worried about is who on earth has cursed our house and wants to kill our grandparents."
She didn't know the answer to this question, and I knew even less. After all, this was only my second time seeing her.
I sat on the small stool, thinking that if someone wanted to kill someone, it was nothing more than for power and profit. Granny Chu definitely didn't have any power to fight for, so there was only one thing left - seeking profit.
Just as I was thinking about these things, a person staggered into the room from outside.