Soul-guiding lamp?
My whole body was shaking violently, and I could even feel my upper and lower teeth knocking against each other. My breathing was very heavy, because I knew what the ghost lady was talking about, but I didn't expect to see it in this situation.
I didn't see this kind of thing in "The Secret Art of Fa Qiu", but in a book called "Folk Strange Stories" in my collection at home.
"The soul-guiding lamp is a thing from the underworld. It is made of human skin as paper, human hair as the wick, and human oil as the candle. It lights up in the middle of the night and goes out at dawn!"
This is the introduction of the soul-guiding lamp in the book, which means that this thing is actually a thing from the underworld. The lantern is made of human skin, and the wick is made of human hair, and then soaked in human oil. The human oil is taken from a very particular place. It is the thin layer of fat under the scalp at the top of the human head. Because the top of the human head is the place where the wisdom light of the human body is located, the fat layer in that place is the most spiritual after being burned into human oil. The fire that is lit is the fire of wisdom, which can make people realize the truth.
The soul-guiding lamp is made of these things combined with some secret methods. The book does not explain what the secret methods are. It is only said that it is a secret technique of the underworld that ordinary people cannot touch. This kind of lamp will light up by itself at night and go out by itself during the day. It is very magical.
So, what is the soul-guiding lamp used for?
As the name suggests, it is used to guide souls!
There are too many grievances in a person's life. Who can close their eyes peacefully when they die? But what can you do if you are not happy? The King of Hell wants you to die at three o'clock in the morning. Can you live until five o'clock? So when the life span is over, most people still have to follow the underworld!
But the problem is that it is only the majority. There are always some people who are unwilling to leave after their life span is over!
Most of these people have great hatred or deep attachment in their lives. After death, they still shrink in the corpse and refuse to go out. Even if the underworld comes, they can't get away.
So, the more domineering thing like the soul-guiding lamp appeared.
To put it bluntly, the soul-guiding lamp is used to deal with those ghosts who refuse to leave the corpse. After the ghost fails to capture them, the ghost will light the soul-guiding lamp in the underworld, guiding it to float across the yin and yang world to the world of the living, hanging over the head of the ghost who refuses to leave. Once the fire of wisdom is lit, the ghost will immediately realize the truth, and then the ghost will enter the soul-guiding lamp and be taken to the underworld!
Now the real owner has lit the soul-guiding lamp, which is clearly to take away the souls of Wang Xiaoxiao and the other three!
The three red lights are erratic, and they are particularly conspicuous in the evil mist.
"Have you started to harm people?"
There is a trace of horror in the ghost woman's voice: "You should know that it's not the time yet!"
"Hahahaha..."
The real owner outside suddenly laughed: "Do I still need to do it? Those beasts have started to do their own beastly things. The materials for making this lantern are just picked up by me!"
The ghost woman sighed and said nothing more.
But after hearing what the real owner said, I was also confused.
To make this soul-guiding lamp, human skin, fat and hair are needed. Can this thing be picked up?
To be honest, after getting to this point, even I have become very curious about Baiyangyu. What happened in this small village?
At this time, the soul-guiding lamp had floated to the blood mist formed by Zhang Zhenlin, and then... it floated at the door. The red halo penetrated the blood mist and shone into the temple. For a while, the temperature in the temple began to drop sharply. Even though I put on down cotton pants before entering the mountain, I couldn't help shivering.
A cold and faint singing voice suddenly came out from the mist. It was the real owner singing, and the singing voice was sad.
"The heavens are jealous of my youth, and I died before the sweet dew.
The night road is vast and bumpy, and it is difficult to find light on the road ahead.
The red light leads me home, and the past is like smoke and dreams.
Falling into the reincarnation and being liberated, I will be reborn from the beginning."
As the song ended, the voice of the main character suddenly rose: "Soul, go back!"
In an instant, the three soul-guiding lamps suspended at the entrance of the temple shone red, and all of them shone on the unconscious Wang Xiaoxiao and the other three. Then, it was visible to the naked eye that wisps of black mist slowly emerged from the mouths and noses of Wang Xiaoxiao and the other three. When the black mist was completely out, they landed and turned into three transparent people. Looking at their appearance, they were Wang Xiaoxiao and the other three!
To be precise, their three souls and seven spirits were taken out alive by the soul-guiding lamps!
Once the three souls and seven spirits are gone, if they don't go back in time, this person will be finished!
After Wang Xiaoxiao and the others came out, their souls and spirits were restless. They walked towards the temple gate step by step, just like puppets being held by something. They were clearly controlled by the soul-guiding lamp!
"Damn it!"
Zhang Zhenlin's face changed, and he took out a yellow paper talisman from his arms. I recognized this yellow paper talisman, it was a soul-fixing talisman.
Zhang Zhenlin slapped the paper talisman in the air, and the soft sword stabbed out, directly picking the paper talisman on the tip of the sword, and shouted: "Fix!"
Boom!
The paper talisman burned at that time.
Unfortunately, after such a heavenly master talisman, Wang Xiaoxiao and the others' souls and spirits only paused, and then continued to walk towards the temple gate!
Zhang Zhenlin's forehead was sweating, and he took out another soul-fixing talisman from his arms and prepared to use it, but was stopped by the ghost woman.
"Give up, it's useless! The soul-guiding lamp is something from the underworld. Once the soul is taken out by this thing, it is equivalent to having your name crossed out in the Book of Life and Death by the King of Hell. You can't save them even if you have all kinds of means! If you want to blame someone, blame them for being too weak. If they were like you guys, the soul-guiding lamp wouldn't be able to hold them!"
The ghost granny sighed softly: "I have to be a little bit afraid of a Taoist granny like you, but it's a pity that she is unlucky. She is restrained by that girl's thing. She can't see, can't use the talisman, and has no place to use her strength. She can only damage her own blood and protect herself. What a pity!"
While talking, Wang Xiaoxiao and their souls have already reached the temple gate!
"Not good!"
Zhang Zhenlin's face changed. He was probably afraid that Wang Xiaoxiao and their souls would be directly shattered after being touched by the blood mist. He shouted "Disperse" and directly dispersed the blood mist at the door.
In this way, we almost watched Wang Xiaoxiao and their three souls and seven spirits get into the soul-guiding lamp with our own eyes.
"Roar!"
Zhang Zhenlin roared angrily, staring at the evil mist with red eyes. He might be so angry that he spit out blood and sat down on the ground.
After the soul-guiding lamp collected the souls of Wang Xiaoxiao and the other three, it floated away directly, entered the evil mist and floated to the side of the real owner.
"I said, they must die. Take three away tonight. If the rest don't get out tomorrow, none of them will survive!"
The real owner said coldly, then waved his hand and flew away like a god...
A round of confrontation ended with a tragic defeat on our side. The result of Zhou Jingyi's divination finally came true.
I can't change the fate of these four people. They finally didn't survive tonight!
Sad?
No, they didn't know me for long, and we weren't even ordinary friends. I wasn't sad, and my tears weren't cheap. After going through so much, I've seen so many life and death, and I've become numb to it.
The only thing that made me feel disappointed was that I tried to go against the tide of fate, but failed. When people fight against nature, people are always one step behind.
Just as I was thinking about it, the ghost lady suddenly said, "Okay, once the three souls and seven spirits are gone, the person is dead. You guys should throw these three out!"
Throw them out?
I glanced at Wang Xiaoxiao and the others, and I felt a little embarrassed. Although I didn't have any feelings for them, it was always a bit unkind for me to throw them out as soon as they closed their eyes.
After hesitating for a while, I stood up and bowed to the totem, and said in a deep voice: "Grandma, the heat on their bodies has not yet passed. I am afraid it is not good to throw them away now. Don't worry, I will not let them rot in your Taoist temple. Please be accommodating for one night. I will take them out to bury them tomorrow morning. What do you think? The incense and offerings will not burn you!"
"Childish! Grandma dares to take you guys in. Do you think Grandma is a petty person?"
The ghost grandma's voice suddenly rose, and she seemed a little angry: "It's for your own good that I asked you to throw these three away? Now they are still warm and not dead, but if they are cold, they will be corpses. If they are corpses, you have to listen to that girl. If you don't believe it, don't throw them away. You will see what will happen when they rise from the dead body!"