I asked with a touch of luck: "Since only two ways are needed to seal the ghost king, maybe the ghosts inside won't be able to escape."
Daoist An Tuo shook his head: "The iron chain of suppressing the soul has been broken, and the sarcophagus is floating in the water. There must be a catastrophe, and it can't be stopped."
I nodded heavily, speechless for a while.
At this time, the person in charge had already arranged the work and came over and asked in a low voice.
"Two, this sarcophagus?"
Daoist An Tuo and I looked at each other, both a bit undecided.
After a while, Daoist An Tuo said, is it a blessing or a disaster, or a disaster that can't be avoided, let's carry out the sarcophagus first, but I need to arrange it. "
The person in charge nodded, and then Daoist An Tuo started his own arrangement, as if he understood that I didn't know much about these things, Daoist An Tuo explained while arranging.
On the ground beside the lotus pond, a huge gossip pattern is drawn, and the center is where the sarcophagus is placed.
This is called the eight formations of sealing souls. Although it is not as good as the Yungang sarcophagus, the effect is not worse than the formation of soul patterns. The key is that it can also dissipate resentment.
After the sarcophagus comes out of the water, it will be placed in the middle of the eight formations of sealing the soul.
In addition, Daoist An Tuo also prepared a red rope soaked in the blood of a black dog to enhance the effect of the soul-suppressing pattern.
After the sarcophagus comes out of the water, it must not touch the ground, and it must be carried by eighteen people born during the sun, moon, sun, and sun.
There are many policemen here. Although it took a long time to find them, they finally found them all.
Between the lotus pond and the eight formations of sealing souls, the sky was covered with a thick cloth. The ghosts have their own consciousness. If they shine in the sunlight, they will inevitably generate resentment. If they shine in the moonlight, the resentment will condense and linger.
After everything was ready, Taoist An Tuo ordered someone to knock down the guardrail of the lotus pond, and urgently fired a few steps to make it easier for the eighteen people who carried the coffin to walk.
The eighteenth brother, the coffin bearer, started to act after being repeatedly told by Taoist An Tuo not to let the sarcophagus fall to the ground.
The water in the lotus pond was affected by Yin Qi, and became abnormally cold. When the eighteen people stepped into the water, they all shuddered and their movements became stiff.
Fortunately, they all received professional training, and their endurance and physical strength were very good. Although they were shivering from the cold, they still tied the thick ropes to the sarcophagus.
The sarcophagus floating on the water didn't seem to weigh much, but at the moment when it came out of the water, I could clearly see that the legs of the leaders were bent and trembling.
The emergency fired stairs also creaked, as if overwhelmed.
It was heart-wrenching to watch, and Daoist An Tuo on the side clenched his fists even more.
Fortunately, although they stopped for a while, everyone's face was flushed from holding back, and they finally lifted the sarcophagus out of the lotus pond, and walked towards the eight soul-sealing formations step by step with difficulty.
Looking at the trembling feet, my heart was raised, and I saw that I was getting closer and closer to the eight formations of sealing the soul.
The thick rope on the sarcophagus made a sound of cracking. I hurriedly looked, and saw that several strands of the rope had burrs, which were still expanding.
"The rope is about to snap."
In order to avoid disturbing the coffin bearer, I whispered to Taoist An Tuo.
Daoist An Tuo also noticed this scene. He looked at the Eight Forms of Sealing Soul with an ugly expression, and then at the sarcophagus that was struggling to move, and gritted his teeth.
"It's too late. While they were carrying the coffin, I was sealing it."
The sealing of the coffin mentioned by Daoist An Tuo did not mean sealing the coffin in the traditional sense, but tied the sarcophagus again with a red rope soaked in the blood of a black dog according to the soul-suppressing pattern on the sarcophagus.
Taoist An Tuo has already started to move, and the old figure is swaying around the sarcophagus, but there are still ropes on the sarcophagus after all, and the eighteen coffin bearers also occupied a large area, which greatly affected the actions of Taoist An Tuo.
Time passed by little by little, and the sarcophagus was getting closer to the Eight Formation of Soul Sealing, and two-thirds of the rope on the sarcophagus had been broken.
Although Daoist An Tuo was drenched in sweat, the place where the red rope was tied was less than one-third of the sarcophagus.
I have asked the person in charge to evacuate the surrounding people. Once the sarcophagus changes, this place will become a ghost.
Just when the sarcophagus was three steps away from the eight soul-sealing formations, the rope finally snapped with a "pop".
The sarcophagus sank suddenly, although there were a few more "pops" and then a loud "boom", the sarcophagus still fell to the ground.
Daoist An Tuo, who was almost hit, stood up from the other side with a pale face.
Eighteen coffin bearers fell to the ground panting continuously, but luckily no one was injured.
A thick blanket was spread on the ground. I don't know if this counted as touching the ground, but judging from the expression on Taoist An Tuo's face, the thick blanket probably didn't have any effect.
Daoist An Tuo wiped his sweat and walked to my side, shaking his head constantly.
The person in charge who hadn't left asked softly, "What should we do next?"
Daoist An Tuo shook his head: "I just hope that the ghost in the coffin is not an overly cruel ghost."
I looked at the unmoving sarcophagus for a while, and asked, "Master An Tuo, this sarcophagus doesn't seem to be moving."
Priest An Tuo nodded: "It is estimated that at 11 o'clock in the evening, when the yin and yang alternate in the child time, the ghost in the coffin will appear."
The person in charge said anxiously: "Then, do we have a way to eliminate it now?"
Taoist An Tuo shook his head slowly, thinking hard.
But I walked slowly around the sarcophagus. To be honest, I haven't felt the existence of Yin Qi in the sarcophagus until now. It is probably because Yungang Stone blocked my induction.
Looking at the time, there are still 3 or 4 hours before 11 o'clock, I suggested: "Why don't you evacuate the surrounding students first?"
Daoist An Tuo sighed, "This is the only way to go now."
The person in charge left in a hurry. As for what method he used, it has nothing to do with us. Now all we think about is how to solve the sarcophagus.
If there is only a ghost king in the sarcophagus, it's not a big deal, but I'm afraid of encountering an existence more terrifying than the ghost king.
At that time, I am afraid that it will be better only if all the people in the whole city are evacuated.
I was thinking wildly, when suddenly an idea popped up in my mind, and I couldn't help asking: "Master An Tuo, if you know the origin of the ghost inside, it should be helpful."
Daoist An Tuo's eyes lit up, and he patted his forehead: "Yes, yes, why didn't I think of it."
The person in charge who had just returned was sent out again.
Daoist An Tuo and I didn't dare to leave, so we could only wait anxiously.
It wasn't until 10 o'clock in the evening that the person in charge came over with thick materials.
After sorting out, the origin of the sarcophagus was presented in front of us.
Nearly 200 years ago, Mr. Chen, the landlord of this place, was clean and bad, and his heirs were cut off. In order to inherit the incense, he kidnapped a young woman from other places and became his 21st concubine.
Not long after, the concubine became pregnant, and a warlock claimed that Mr. Chen was destined to have no children, and that this woman was not pregnant with Mr. Chen's son.