I waved to Ma Qiang, signaling him to step back, and then I raised my hand and slowly opened the coffin in the west room.
As soon as the coffin lid was opened, cold air overflowed from the coffin, so cold that I got goose bumps all over my body.
I stepped back subconsciously.
At this time, the crying sound became more obvious. I could now confirm that it was the cry of a child.
But unexpectedly, the ghost in the coffin did not jump out to hurt anyone.
This made me frown.
Ma Qiang, who was hiding by the door of the west room, looked at the coffin and then at me, and asked in a low voice: "Brother Yang, what's going on? Isn't there a ghost in the coffin? Why hasn't it come out yet?!"
I was also very confused and shook my head at Ma Qiang.
"Stay there first, don't move, I'll go over and take a look!"
After giving Ma Qiang some instructions, I walked towards the black coffin.
I estimate the temperature in the west room is about minus 20 to 30 degrees Celsius now, so cold that my feet are cold.
A layer of white mist soon formed on the window glass, making it look blurry.
Although I was prepared, I was still shocked when I focused my eyes on the coffin. In the coffin, there was not only a wronged soul, but also a corpse wrapped in white cloth.
The body looked like a "mummy". But I knew it was not a mummy.
I am now very sure that the person who wanted to harm the Chen family used the "ghost bone sacrifice method".
I saw a black steel needle stuck in the body of the "mummy" and the wronged soul.
The steel needle was about seven or eight centimeters long and completely black.
There was a red string between the two steel needles. The red string gave off a faint stench of corpse. Needless to say, the red string must have been soaked in corpse oil.
The reason why the wronged soul and the "mummy" are connected with a red rope is to transfer the resentment in the soul's body to the "mummy".
If I am not mistaken, the body should be that of Chen Biao's mother.
I also noticed that the white cloth on the corpse was covered with red runes. The runes were small, but they were filled with curse power. I was so close to the corpse that I felt like I was about to die.
This is the manifestation of the power of the curse.
Ma Qiang, who was standing at the door, saw my solemn expression and asked worriedly, "Brother Yang, what's wrong? Nothing will happen, right?"
I didn't look back, and said in a deep voice: "It's okay. Now I have found the source of the curse. As long as I break the curse power inside, everything will be fine!"
When Ma Qiang heard me say that everything was fine for the time being, he became curious.
He took a step forward and was about to walk towards the coffin.
I heard footsteps, turned around quickly, and yelled at him, "What are you doing?"
Ma Qiang scratched his head and said with a smile: "Brother Yang, I want to learn skills from you, so I naturally want to see how you break the curse. Don't worry, I will just stand by and watch, and I won't disturb you!"
I glared at Ma Qiang and said in a deep voice, "You'd better stay away and don't come over. I'm a Taoist priest and I have the energy of good deeds protecting me, so the curse can't affect me. But if you get too close to the coffin, the curse might fall on you."
"Do you want to be hit by a car when you go out and have bad luck every day?"
After hearing what I said, Ma Qiang was stunned.
Not daring to move, he obediently retreated a long way away.
Pursing my lips, I turned my gaze to the wronged ghost in the coffin.
The ghost looked like a child, about ten years old. He was not wearing any clothes, and his skin was wrinkled and a little swollen. There was a little blood between his nostrils, and his hair was a little wet.
Of course, these are all manifestations of the soul and cannot be regarded as a living person.
The ghost's soul was already very weak, and even the sound it made was very faint.
Seeing me staring at it, the ghost revealed a pleading look in its eyes.
It seems that it has been trapped here for a long time, and it must be suffering. For ghosts, the soul is equivalent to their flesh and blood. If the soul is hurt, they will also feel pain. What's more, the wronged ghost has already absorbed a lot of resentment and soul from the steel needle.
"Do you want me to save you?"
I asked the ghost in a deep voice.
The ghost understood what I meant and nodded with a dull look in his eyes.
After grunting for a long time, it finally uttered a word clearly, "Think!"
I nodded and said to the ghost, "I am a Taoist priest. I can save you from suffering. But I hope that after I rescue you from the coffin, you will not hurt me... Otherwise, I will turn you into ashes!"
The wronged ghost nodded obediently.
Later, I took out a pair of scissors from my cloth bag.
But this pair of scissors is very special, it is made of jade. I bought it from a shop when I went to the ghost market two days ago. It is not very useful in itself, it can't drive away ghosts or evil spirits, but it can break some Taoist methods.
For example, I can use this pair of scissors to break the "ghost bone sacrifice method".
In fact, it is very simple. If I want to break the connection between the wronged ghost and the "mummy", I just need to use scissors to cut the red line connecting them immediately.
Some people may ask, can't we use the iron scissors we usually see
I tell you, it's absolutely impossible! It's impossible to break the transmission of this resentment with iron scissors, and it may also instantly draw the power of the curse to you by destroying the red rope.
So if you don't understand something, don't try to figure it out on your own. That won't do you any good. This is a warning!
Then, under the gaze of the wronged ghost, I gently extended the scissors over, and with a "click", I cut the red thread.
As I cut the red rope, the soul of the wronged ghost slowly flew out of the coffin.
Its soul recovered a little, but it was still weak.
The wronged ghost faced me and whispered his thanks, "Thank you, Master!" He looked like a child and a little timid.
"Um!"
I nodded and said nothing.
At this time, when Ma Qiang saw the wronged ghost, he was so scared that he hid behind the door. His face turned red with nervousness, and he called me, "Brother Yang, the ghost is coming out, you have to kill it quickly, otherwise it will attack us!"
Damn it, this guy Ma Qiang, he just talks nonsense when he doesn't understand anything.
When the wronged ghost heard what Ma Qiang said, the evil spirit immediately rose.
The ghost stared at me and said coldly, "Master, please don't hurt me, okay? I don't want to hurt anyone, and I'm innocent!"
I glared at Ma Qiang, smiled and said to the wronged ghost: "Don't worry, we won't hurt you. I am a Taoist priest.
If you don't attack us and harm others, I will not only not hurt you, but I will also help you and send you to the underworld to be reincarnated!"
After hearing what I said, the wronged ghost nodded repeatedly, floated there obediently, and said nothing more.
Breaking the connection between the wronged ghost and the corpse is only half the task.
The next thing I have to do is to break the runes on the white cloth wrapped around the "mummy". Only when the runes are broken, the curse on the Chen family will disappear.
Soon I took out another small bottle from the cloth bag.
The small bottle is filled with sand, but I would not carry ordinary sand with me.
This kind of sand is called "True Yang Sand" and can only be found in places with scorching sun and nowhere else.
Where is the Land of the Blazing Sun? Simply put, it is a place that is exposed to sunlight all year round. At the same time, the sand found in the Land of the Blazing Sun cannot be exposed to even a little rain. This kind of sand is called "True Sun Sand".
I poured a handful of True Yang Sand from the bottle and slowly scattered it on the "mummy". As the True Yang Sand fell on the strips of cloth, the small runes on the white cloth strips slowly began to emit a dark red light.
But soon the light was absorbed by the Zhenyang Sand.
However, in a short period of time, the runes above the white cloth disappeared completely.
In fact, whether it was using the jade scissors to cut the red string or using the True Yang Sand to remove the runes, it was my first time to use them. After all, these knowledge were taught to me by the Yin Yang Soul Crossing Notes. Now that I use them, I feel very new.
After the runes on the white cloth disappeared, the curse power on the corpse also disappeared at once.
As the power of the curse and the rune disappeared, a strong stench of corpse began to emanate from the coffin in an instant.
The smell is even worse than the dead chickens and ducks outside!
I also noticed that the corpse in the coffin was shrinking at a very fast speed.
The white cloth strips wrapped around the corpse were also stained and damp by the thick body fluids flowing out of the corpse.
Soon, only loose strips of cloth were left on the corpse.
I could vaguely see that only a skeleton was left inside the strips of cloth. It seemed that the runes not only activated the curse but also preserved the body of Chen Biao's mother.
But now that the curse has been broken and without the runes, the corpse has become rotten.
Then I took out a fire talisman from my cloth bag.
The fire talisman burned rapidly under the urging of the talisman, and I threw it towards the coffin.
"Sizzle! Sizzle!..."
With each crackling sound, the strips of cloth wrapped around the corpse instantly caught fire, and the corpse fluids that flowed out of the corpse also made the flames burn more violently.
In about ten minutes, all the strips of cloth inside the coffin were burned!
But at this moment, Ma Qiang, who was standing behind me, suddenly shouted.
"Brother Yang, be careful around here!"
I subconsciously turned around and saw that the wronged ghost that was just floating beside me was actually pouncing directly towards me.
The wronged ghost's eyes were bloodshot, the evil spirit in his body was surging, and his sharp claws grabbed towards me.
Its neck was tilted, and the face on its soul was distorted, hideous and extremely terrifying.
(to be continued)
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