The soul-catching method is not complicated. The key is to determine the approximate location of the soul. If she ran in front and we chased her from behind like before, this method would not work. We can only call her soul. At this point, someone must have raised a question. It was said before that if the soul does not have a place to live for a long time, it will become a lonely ghost. Why is Shen Bing's soul still alive
Because strictly speaking, the life soul cannot be completely called a living soul. It is one of the souls and has a flesh-and-blood relationship with the other two souls and seven spirits. In fact, to put it bluntly, it is both the center of human wisdom and the brain among the three souls and seven spirits. If a person loses it, he will only become a vegetable, but if the other two souls and seven spirits are still intact, the person will not die, and his life soul will be concerned about them and will not lose vitality. Only when the three souls and seven spirits are complete together can it be called a living soul. If it leaves the body, it may become a ghost.
Capturing a living soul is much easier than capturing a life soul. It sounds simple, but it is not easy to do. This method requires two lamps, a sky soul lamp and an earth soul lamp. If you can use the soul-guiding lamp that Zhang Yunfeng had at the time, it would be the best.
There is no need to think about the soul-guiding lamp. It is not very difficult to make two simple heaven and earth soul lamps. Zhen Yuchun had oil lamps at home, so he found two for us. There was also kerosene at home, which was prepared for lighting during power outages. The two oil lamps were placed in front of the altar, and two talismans were drawn to consecrate them, one is called the Heaven Eye Talisman, and the other is called the Spiritual Consciousness Talisman. The Heaven Eye refers to the Heavenly Soul, and the Spiritual Consciousness refers to the Earthly Soul. The Earthly Soul also has another name, called the Consciousness Soul, also known as the Spiritual Consciousness.
This kind of ritual is quite simple for me, but Lu Fei has studied with Lao Qian for so many years and still doesn't know how to use this thing. To be honest, the ancient books of Maoshan are all-encompassing, and drawing talismans and consecrating them is a piece of cake!
The authentic Taoist consecration is very troublesome, and there are many procedures to do it. It is not like the ordinary small temple where you can just find a Yin-Yang master to consecrate it. Fortunately, the consecration with two soul lamps is the simplest consecration spell, and even bathing and cleaning are omitted. But burning incense, burning talismans, chanting mantras, stepping on the magic circle, and these cannot be omitted.
After offering sacrifices to the oil lamps in front of the altar, I laid Shen Bing flat on the ground and placed two oil lamps on her left and right. I danced like a shaman, waving a peach wood sword, chanting spells and burning talismans, stepping on the Gangbu Dou in the room, and finally lighting the oil lamps with the two burning talismans. That's it!
When chanting the spell, Shen Bing's life and birth date were reported. The two soul lamps were equivalent to her heavenly and earthly souls. If they encountered the life soul, they would definitely lure it back.
Zhen Yuchun and his daughter-in-law were amazed by my performance. The most admired person in the folk is the Yin-Yang Master. What's more, I can burn talismans with my bare hands, which is a real skill. Coupled with the magic of tying ghosts with red ropes last night, they both regarded me as a god.
I wiped the beads of sweat from my forehead and said to them, "Once the oil lamp is lit, it cannot be extinguished, otherwise we will have to perform the ritual again. After three o'clock in the evening, we will split into two groups, each holding a lamp. There is no need to call the soul back. As long as the oil lamp is not extinguished, the soul will see it within ten feet and will follow you back obediently."
Ma Yunxi asked with a puzzled look on his face: "Then how can we know that the oil lamp has encountered a soul?"
I smiled and said, "It's very simple. If the flame of the oil lamp splits, it means you have encountered the soul of life. Remember, you must not let the oil lamp go out at this time, otherwise the soul of life will find the souls of heaven and earth with great difficulty, and suddenly lose their traces again, and will be frightened."
Lu Fei scratched his head and said, "Brother Xi, when can you lend me your ancient books from Maoshan to read for a few days and see if there is any method to obtain the soul of the living."
"You're out of your mind, aren't you?" I said angrily, "How could there be such a sorcery in the ancient books of Maoshan? And why do you want to learn this?"
Qu Mo, Ma Yunxi and Wang Zijun were all curious about this question and stared at Lu Fei.
"I'm trying to see if I can take the monkey's soul out and stuff it into a dog..."
Before he could finish his words, Wang Zijun slapped him on the forehead.
We stayed at Zhen Yuchun's house and waited until midnight. During this period, we searched the soul every hour. Shen Bing's soul was sometimes there and sometimes not, but it was still in the village. The most common places were near the Yangxian Temple and the woods behind the village. So I arranged for Lu Fei and Wang Zijun to take the earth soul lamp to go around the Yangxian Temple, and I took the sky soul lamp to the back of the village. Qu Mo and Ma Yunxi stayed at home to guard Shen Bing.
We must be cautious now. I'm afraid something might happen if I rely on Ma Yunxi alone. With Qu Mo joining forces with her, the combined strength of these two people is stronger than Lu Fei and I put together.
When Lu Fei and Wang Zijun are together, it's really lively, just like a dog and a cat, they don't like each other. After I went out, I could still hear them bickering from a distance.
There is another straight street leading to the back of the village. At this time, all the lights in the house have been turned off. It is pitch dark. I walk with an oil lamp lit. It really feels like something out of Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio. The more I walk, the more my scalp starts to tingle.
I tried to shield the oil lamp with my hands to prevent it from being blown out. Fortunately, there was no wind tonight, and the lamp did not go out when I walked all the way to the back of the village. But standing at the edge of the village, looking at the dark forest in front of me, I felt a chill in my heart.
Although there was just a dead woman hanged in the woods, sometimes it is not the ghosts that are scary, but the weird rumors. Especially the hanged ghosts, they always make people feel particularly creepy!
When I came out, I searched the soul, but Shen Bing's soul didn't appear. I could only walk slowly eastward along the edge of the forest. As I walked, I suddenly saw the lamp seedlings strangely split to both sides. My heart immediately jumped, my eyes widened with excitement, my palms were full of sweat, and I held the lamp holder tightly, as if I was afraid that the oil lamp would slip out of my hand!
Shen Bing's soul was nearby, so I suppressed my ecstasy and turned back. I stared at the lamp, and as long as it split, it meant that the soul was following. My heart became very nervous for a moment, and I kept trying to calm myself down. I must not walk too fast, otherwise the oil lamp would be extinguished, which would be a tragedy.
Fortunately, I could walk back a few steps and turn into a small street, and it would take me ten minutes to walk back to Zhen Yuchun's home. I was so excited, and my eyes became wet when I thought about the moment when Shen Bing woke up and opened her eyes. Although I was with everyone during this period, and we were still talking and laughing as usual, I was actually miserable inside.
Without Shen Bing's idiotic laughter, I can't be truly happy. But soon this suffering will come to an end, buddy finally got his reward!
One minute, two minutes, three minutes, every minute that passes feels like one step closer to the happy moment.
I had already seen Zhen Yuchun's house, but the lanterns were still splitting apart, and I breathed a sigh of relief.
At this moment, a cold wind suddenly blew and the oil lamp went out!