The car drove back into town, then returned about an hour later.
Grandmaster Weng brought all his equipment. It filled up an entire crate.
The car parked near the uninhabited mountain. Grandmaster Weng got out of the car, opened the crate, and retrieved a lantern made out of paper. It looked like a sky lantern, but there were talismanic runes written on the paper.
Geomancers were not cultivators and therefore could not interact with ghosts. However, they could influence their movements. The lantern was known as the spirit seeking lantern, and it would attract nearby ghosts once it was lit.
He retrieved a special candle from his crate and placed it in the lantern, then lit it up with a match.
He carried the lantern some distance forward and placed it down again.
The light flickered in the darkness, like a firefly.
Standing next to the car, Xue Cheng and his son shuddered when they saw the scene. Xue Kai's face turned ghastly pale.
