When we first saw this girl, Chen Xuanyi and I were both confused. We stopped involuntarily and stared at the girl blankly.
This girl is petite and has a delicate appearance. She wears a colorful dress, has a slim waist, and has delicate facial features. She has a pointed chin and an oval face. She is quite playful and looks like the girl next door.
But the expression she looked at me and Chen Xuanyi was not so friendly, and even a little cautious.
I was completely confused.
The Xiongren Ridge is a barren place, full of wolves and ferocious beasts. Not to mention a decent road, there are few places to stay. What’s more, it is still late at night, there is no light above the head, and only some starlight is falling from the forest.
, how could there be a delicate little girl standing here in such a dangerous place?
Seeing my confused face, the girl spoke up, "Hey, are you deaf? My aunt is asking you something!"
This little girl has a clear tone and a voice like an oriole, which is quite touching. She is also as charming as she is beautiful. She is charming and charming. However, she has a hot temper and is quite like a girl from Sichuan and Shaanxi. She glares and crosses her waist.
, a fierce look.
I was a little angry. I didn't think much about it at the time, so I just said you are unreasonable. We met by chance and I don't owe you anything. Why did you speak to me in such a questioning tone?
The girl smiled, eyes wide open, and pointed to the body of the wild boar spirit at her feet, asking me if I was here for it?
Before I spoke this time, Chen Xuanyi had already gently tugged on my arm, then carefully stepped forward with seven-star steps, bowed his hand to the girl, and said, "What this female layman said is not true."
Damn, we are indeed here for this evil beast."
The little girl rolled her eyes, rubbed her chin and said, "Then you go back, my aunt wants this big wild boar."
I couldn't bear my bad temper. I told her with a sullen face, "We spent a lot of effort to kill this wild boar spirit. You want it? You are unreasonable. Besides, it is such a big wild boar."
, can you pull it off on your own? You may not be big, but you have a big heart!
After hearing my words, she immediately raised her eyebrows, but Chen Xuanyi stepped forward and stood in front of me and spoke first, "Female lay practitioner, what you want is nothing more than its demon elixir. We can give it to you."
, but this evil beast killed two people in a row. We went into the mountain to recover the remains of those two people, and we also asked the female lay practitioner to give us a clear explanation."
When I heard this, the boss was immediately puzzled. What could this girl with a fierce personality know? Chen Xuanyi seemed to understand what I was thinking. He kept giving me looks and shook his head secretly.
After hearing Chen Xuanyi's words, the girl opposite thought for a moment, then nodded and said, you are a little Taoist priest, you are quite polite, okay, my aunt will show you a clear path. After leaving this creek, walk two hundred meters to the left.
There is a small forest about 100 meters away. You can try it there.
"Thank you!" Chen Xuan bowed to the girl without saying a word, turned around, took my arm and left.
I observed the words and expressions, and noticed that Chen Xuanyi seemed a little nervous, and his steps were inexplicably a lot happier. Although I was puzzled, I still resisted my doubts and followed Chen Xuanyi out of the creek. When I reached a quiet place, I lightly
He gently broke away from Chen Xuanyi's hand and whispered, "Where did that girl come from just now? Why do I feel that you are afraid of her?"
"I have to be afraid."
Chen Xuanyi showed a wry smile, shook his head and said to me, "I just opened my eyes and saw three tails behind the girl. One tail means one hundred years of life. Three-tailed foxes are difficult to deal with."
I said? Where is the tail? Why can’t I see it?
Chen Xuan shook his head and said, "It's not a good thing if you see him. When you encounter such a person, it's best to stay away and don't provoke him easily."
Seeing the serious look on his face, I realized that Chen Xuanyi was not joking with me. Thinking back to the fact that the other person was an aunt, I felt dissatisfied, but then I thought, if what Chen Xuanyi said was true, then wouldn't this girl have three things?
A hundred years of longevity? Call her aunt, as if I took advantage.
I said, "So this girl is also a transformer?"
"I'm afraid not……"
Chen Xuan glanced at me, then touched his nose and smiled bitterly, "The essence of the transformer is still human, but because he awakened the demon vein by chance, there will be some changes in his body, but the girl's demon aura is absolutely...
If it’s not acquired, I’m afraid she must first be a fox. After three hundred years of practice, she can take on a human form..."
I clicked my tongue and exclaimed, "Big demon?"
Yes, yes... In this deep mountain and old forest, a girl appears alone, which is incredible to begin with. Moreover, she is calm and unafraid when facing two big men who don't know the details at all. It shows that she is not worried about her situation at all.
This girl looks harmless to humans and animals, but she is actually very powerful and doesn't take us seriously at all.
When I thought of this, my forehead was covered with sweat. I lowered my voice and asked, how powerful is the three-hundred-year-old demon?
Chen Xuan shook his head and said that this is not easy to explain. Generally speaking, the wisdom of demons is different from that of humans. It takes at least a hundred years of practice for this thing to fully understand the spiritual aperture and practice like a human being. It is even more difficult to transform into a human form.
It can take anywhere from three hundred years to five hundred years, and you have to go through a catastrophe. If you are not careful, your body and soul will be destroyed. Moreover, different animals have different difficulties in training. In short, it is not that who is older is more powerful.
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I said, "Then why are you so afraid of him?"
Chen Xuanyi smiled bitterly and said, "Who can guarantee that she is the only monster in this mountain?"
These words sent chills down my spine, and I broke out in bursts of sweat. I quickly asked Chen Xuan, "Then what should I do next?"
"It doesn't matter, I don't think the little goblin has any intention of harming anyone. We have given her the wild boar spirit's demon elixir, so she has no reason to trick us anymore. The next step is to summon the souls and collect the lost souls of the two victims.
Gather them together."
As he spoke, Chen Xuanyi untied the cloth bag he carried with him and took out two soul-calling flags from inside. He handed one to me and the other to my hand. Then he bit his finger and wrote two people's names on each of the soul-calling flags.
After marking the birth date, I took out a piece of red cloth and covered it on the ground, set up an incense burner, cleaned my hands and burned incense, and then asked me to hold the soul-calling flag with the birth date written on it and go to the woods to call the names of the two destitute people.
Soul-calling has been around since ancient times, and can even be traced back to the Shang and Zhou dynasties. In ancient China, ancient people did not have the concept of past lives, nor did they pay attention to reincarnation (the theory of reincarnation originated in the Western Han Dynasty, when Buddhism from the Western Regions was spread to the East).
It gradually took shape after the soil was laid).
The ancestors at that time did not have the concept of heaven or hell, but they firmly believed that the human soul is immortal and the physical body can perish, but the human spiritual power will last forever, so many soul-calling rituals were developed, which were later adopted.
Taoism flourished.
However, there are similar spiritual summoning rituals among the people, such as Shenmen, Mipo and the like. They were once popular in the countryside and were professional spiritualists, but they are now rare to see.
The first time I came into contact with soul-calling, I felt quite uneasy. I carried the soul-drawing flag and walked around in the woods for a few times, softly shouting the names of the two lost souls. After a while, I noticed the wind behind my head.
The leaves rustled softly, and there seemed to be an invisible energy floating quietly around me.