Gu Wang had previously discovered that Pei Zirui was missing a soul, but he was not sure whether the child was born with an incomplete soul or was harmed by someone later.
But this time, Gu Wang clearly sensed the traces of the sorcerer.
He asked the dean, "When did you become unconscious?"
The dean replied, "It was the night of five days ago."
The dean remembered it very clearly. For some reason, there was a power outage that day. The teachers were afraid that something might happen to the children, so they gathered all the children in the school and told stories around candles.
As he was speaking, Pei Zirui suddenly fell down and never woke up again.
The child fell into a coma, and the director's first reaction was of course to go to the hospital. However, after visiting several hospitals, no cause of illness could be found. Only then did she think of Gu Wanglai.
Gu Wangxian drew a soul-chasing talisman, held it between his fingers, and waved it above Pei Zirui's head. The talisman paper ignited without fire, and the dark blue flame became smaller and smaller, and finally went out halfway through.
This was the first time that the talisman paper was only half burned.
"Trapped." Gu Wang frowned.
Because the first time he saw Pei Zirui, the child was missing a soul. He could not see the child's past or future, and he didn't know why these sorcerers were targeting the child.
Should we praise these sorcerers for picking on the weak?
The dean saw the talisman paper go out. Although he didn't understand why, he had a bad feeling. "Master Gu, what happened? Is Zirui in trouble?"
Gu Wang looked at her and said, "You said there was a power outage in the yard before, and the children were telling stories by candlelight. Did anything strange happen during the process?"
The director smiled wryly. "With dozens of children in this orphanage, something unexpected would happen every day." She pondered for a moment. "If I had to say something strange, there was one. I wonder if it's related to this. That day, while the children were telling stories, the candlelight briefly turned green."
Gu Wang: "It turned green? Was it before or after Pei Zirui fell into a coma?"
The dean confirmed: "Before Pei Zirui fell into a coma, and it only turned green for a moment, the teacher thought he was seeing things, but when he heard the children shouting, he realized it was not an illusion."
Gu Wang nodded thoughtfully, "Could you please bring me the remaining candles?"
The director agreed, went out for a while, and quickly returned with a remaining candle end. This was the case in the welfare home, but in any decent family, the remaining small pieces of candles would have been thrown away.
Gu Wang took the candle and looked at it, then laughed in anger. Seeing that the dean still didn't understand, he tapped the candle lightly, and the ordinary white candle instantly turned blood red. It was a dark red with a hint of black, emitting a deep and ominous smell.
Gu Wang: "This candle contains sand from the underworld and toad blood, specifically to capture human souls. There is a traitor in the hospital. I suggest that the dean investigate the power outage, it was probably man-made."
The director's face was unhappy. Although their welfare home was poor, she had always thought that the teachers who stayed there were all genuinely caring for the children. Unexpectedly...
She sighed and asked, "What about Zirui? Is there any hope?"
Gu Wang: "This child's soul has been captured and trapped. It must be caused by a sorcerer."
The dean was shocked. "What should I do?"
Gu Wang smiled, his eyes extremely cold. "No problem. It just so happens that I have a lot of experience dealing with sorcerers."
For the first time in his life, he activated the contract outside the amusement park.
About ten minutes later, the Candle Girl and the Ghost Goddess arrived as promised.
The Ghost Goddess yawned, looking somewhat impatient, while the Candle Girl bowed and said, "Director."
After the two appeared, a red figure slowly condensed like mist, and it turned out to be Lu Wu.
Gu Wang was a little surprised, "Why are you here?"
Lu Wu was silent for a moment. Gu Wang could almost see all kinds of greetings circulating in his mind... Finally, this socially anxious master said, "Let me take a look."
Gu Wang: “…”Okay.
He sat cross-legged, chanting, "The Supreme Star, responding to every situation without ceasing. Exorcising evil spirits and binding demons, protecting life and body... The three souls are eternal, and the spirit is unbroken. Hurry and obey the command!"
As the spell fell, he cast another soul-chasing talisman. This time the talisman paper did not go out, and green smoke rose up and floated in a certain direction.
Gu Wang gestured to Zhu Nu, and she nodded and floated away in the direction of the soul-chasing talisman.
The ghost lady grinned, "Interesting, has this kid's soul been taken away by someone to prolong his life?"
Gu Wang slowly stuffed the burnt talisman ashes into the cup, added water, and then used the talisman ashes to draw a formation on the ground.
Originally, this formation would be more effective with the blood of the person whose soul had been taken away, but this child had been in a coma for many days and had lost a lot of weight, so Gu Wang really couldn't bear to take his blood again.
The formation slowly took shape, and the Ghost Lady's expression slowly changed. "Yin Yang Backlash Formation! Are you trying to kill yourself? How dare you draw this formation? No, why should I care about you... Um, how could you draw this formation?"
After he finished speaking, he saw Lu Wu next to him seemed to curl the corners of his lips, revealing a faint and imperceptible smile.
Ghost God:? What does this mean?
Gu Wang carefully drew the formation, "Is this difficult to draw? I learned it when I was ten years old." It's just that his spiritual power was used to suppress the Yin energy before, which was not enough to support him to finish the drawing.
The Ghost God rubbed his bald head in confusion. Is this formation easy to draw? He clearly remembered that before he entered the Three Unreturning Realms, the only people in the world who could draw this formation were those Taoist Heavenly Masters.
The reason why this formation is difficult to draw is not because it is too complicated, but because it is too powerful.
Simply put, the Yin-Yang Backlash Formation returns your actions to you. If you do good things, you will be rewarded, and if you do bad things, you will be punished.
In other words, this formation directly connects Heaven and Earth! Precisely because of this, Heaven's Dao holds those who draw this formation to extremely high standards. If one fails to meet Heaven's Dao's requirements, even if one knows how to draw the formation, one will still feel restricted when picking up the brush. This is Heaven's rejection of your communication.
Tiandao Dad: Thanks for the invitation, but I won’t make an appointment!
Even if this formation can be drawn, there is still a hidden crisis, that is, not only will the people who enter or are pulled into the formation be attacked by the yin and yang, but the people who set up the formation will also be attacked.
Who can guarantee that all they do is good? Even if there's no subjective malice, that doesn't mean they haven't been deceived objectively, right? If the host hides something, the blame will be placed entirely on the person who set up the formation.
Because of this, even though many celestial masters have this ability, they rarely use this formation.
But in this situation, the Ghost Goddess watched helplessly as Gu Wang drew a Yin-Yang backlash formation in front of him without hesitation.
A feeling of admiration welled up in his heart. Actually, he had been forced to sign the contract with Gu Wang, and staying in the amusement park wasn't his original intention. But this time, he suddenly felt less aggrieved. Such a ruthless person who dared to casually draw the Yin-Yang Backlash Formation was truly untouchable.
Gu Wang finished the last stroke and said to the Ghost Goddess, "Come here, three little ghosts."
The Yin-Yang Backlash Formation has six formation eyes, three Yin and three Yang. The three Yin eyes need to be replaced by three little ghosts.
Without saying a word, the Ghost Lady God opened her belly button and pulled out three little ghosts.
This made Gu Wang look at him several times, and he actually felt a little uncomfortable because he didn't curse at him.
Lu Wuyi waved his hand and helped him fix the three little ghosts at the center of the formation.
Gu Wang fixed three more spiritual talismans on the three yang eyes.
The formation was ready. He walked to the center of the formation, raised his foot and tapped it lightly. A buzzing sound was heard and the formation lit up.
The Yin-Yang backlash formation was completed.
On the other side, Zhu Nu followed the green smoke of the soul-chasing talisman all the way to the west of Yaoguang City.
There's an urban village here, bustling with people and a few old houses for rent. If you want to stay inconspicuous, living here is a good option.
Two sanitation workers were passing by the door of a house when they suddenly felt a gust of cold wind, which made them shiver.
An aunt looked at the door and said: "Has this shabby house been converted into a cold storage? Why is it so cold?"
Another aunt said, "That can't be right. There's someone living there. Old Li told me the other day that there's a strange man living there."
The aunt in front gossiped, "How strange is it?"
The second aunt said mysteriously, "Old Li said that this man often brings home live chickens and ducks. Every few days, the bodies of chickens and ducks are found in the trash cans nearby, and the blood is gone! You say, he brings these good chickens home but doesn't eat them. Isn't that a waste..."
The aunt from before shuddered and said, "Hurry up and leave. Who knows what bad things he did at home?"
"that is!"
The two of them left together. The Candle Girl appeared in front of the door in a hidden form, smiled slightly, and walked through the wall.
The room was filled with a strong smell of blood, the only bed was overturned, and a large formation was drawn on the ground with some kind of blood.
The man in the center of the formation had bloodshot eyes, sickly thin cheeks, and an ominous black aura on his forehead.
If Gu Wang were there, he would probably be able to tell at a glance from this man's face: a dying person.
He sat cross-legged in the center of the formation, with a red porcelain doll in front of him. The doll's eyes were empty, like two black holes, and it shook from time to time, as if struggling.
The thin-faced man said excitedly, "Don't struggle! I spent years researching this life-extending array to finally succeed. You can't escape! Come on, just stay alive and I'll leave you with an intact body!"
At this moment, a gentle voice rang out in the room: "I am here by the order of my master to bring back the soul that was taken away. Please come with me."
The thin-faced man was startled, "Who is it?"
He stood up hastily and looked around.
Outside the magic circle, a gentle figure appeared. The Candle Girl smiled and asked, "Are you willing to come with me, or will I take you away?"
The thin-faced man broke out in a cold sweat. He couldn't even see through the female ghost's cultivation level!
He quietly reached into his arms with a smile on his face, "I wonder who this master you're talking about is? I've never seen such a master before... So, let him die!"
He took out something and threw it forward, his expression becoming extremely fierce.
What he threw out was a golden spike, the tip of which was stained with blood from a pool of blood. He got it from an ancient tomb. It has unparalleled lethality to any evil objects and is one of his trump cards.
This time, at the crucial moment of his survival, he would not allow anyone or anything to disrupt it! Absolutely not!
He looked at the golden cone with a ferocious expression, and it flew straight towards the female ghost in the air.
Just when he thought he had succeeded, he saw the female ghost's delicate jade palms move up and down in a circle in front of her, and a burning red candle appeared between her palms.
The moment the red candle appeared, the golden cone suddenly stopped and just floated in the air.
The Candle Girl smiled and said, "This is good. The headmaster will probably like it."
As she spoke, she raised her hand, and the golden cone fell into her white palm with incredible gentleness.
"No... Impossible!" The thin-faced man spat out a mouthful of blood. He was suddenly cut off from the golden cone!
Suddenly, he realized something and looked at the red candle. "You, you are... you are Zhu..."
Before he could finish his words, the red candle flickered again. The Candle Girl stretched out her hand and pulled his soul out, saying softly, "It seems you don't intend to leave with me on your own initiative. No problem, I'll take you back."
The magic circle on the ground sensed that its master was hurt, and it lit up with blood light, then slowly dimmed under the illumination of the red candle.
The Candle Girl waved her hand and threw away all the messy things in the room, then picked up the porcelain doll and left.
At the welfare home, Gu Wang closed his eyes and waited for a moment, then tilted his ear slightly and said, "Throw it in."
The soul of the thin-faced man was thrown into the Yin-Yang backlash formation.
The candle girl gently placed the porcelain doll on the bed and said with a smile, "The director's cultivation has improved again. He knew I was back from such a distance."
Gu Wang nodded, opened his eyes, and looked at the soul of the sorcerer.
The thin-faced man only then realized what had happened. He didn't recognize the formation beneath him, but he had a bad feeling... His gaze swept around the room, finally settling on the man who seemed to be in charge. "Fellow Daoist, how have I offended you? I am willing to offer my entire fortune to make amends! I beg you to spare my life!"
Gu Wang picked up the porcelain doll and looked at him. "To prolong your life, you didn't hesitate to absorb a child's soul. When you were caught red-handed, your first reaction was to beg for mercy. What's wrong? Is your life so important? More important than anyone else's life?"
The thin-faced man's expression twisted, and he felt a kind of hatred towards the arrogant Gu Wang. Is his life important? Of course not!
He was smart since childhood, but his health was poor. His parents even sold their house to pay for his medical treatment. He took more medicine than food in his life.
At that time, when he was lying on the hospital bed, groaning in pain, he made up his mind that he would live at any cost in this life!
So when he accidentally came into contact with magic, the door to a new world opened up instantly. He even stole the money left by his parents for his medical treatment and left home to learn magic.
Ten years had passed, and his parents were long gone. He hadn't even seen them one last time, but so what? He'd survived! The hospital had said he wouldn't live past 18, but he was already nearly 30! He could live even longer!
What's wrong with using someone else's life in exchange? Everyone is afraid of death. There are so many people in the world. If you can use someone else's life to prolong your life, how many people would refuse? It's just human nature!
He looked at Gu Wang with hatred and said in a hoarse voice, "How can someone like you who has had a smooth life since childhood and has never been chased by death understand the thoughts of someone like me who is trying so hard to survive!"
Gu Wang laughed, "Never been chased by death?"
The thin-faced man: "Isn't it? How do you know this feeling of walking on a tightrope, ready to fall at any moment? It's simply, simply..."
The fear of death, like a maggot in his bones, was constantly gnawing at his mind. As long as he could survive, what did killing a child matter?
Gu Wang lost the will to communicate with him and shook his head, saying, "You don't want to die, and this child doesn't want to die either. Let's see, under the will of heaven, who of you can survive."
The Yin-Yang backlash formation is activated.
Gu Wang placed the porcelain doll in the center of the formation. He said to the thin-faced man, "If you win, we'll trade one for the other. If you lose, consider it an apology to this child."
The faint light of the formation reflected on the thin-faced man's soul. His pupils shrank, "No! What kind of formation is this? Wait... No, please spare me, please..."
He tried to crawl through the formation partition to Gu Wang's side, "You just want to save this child, right? I can let him go as long as you let me go. Please, I can't die, I really can't die..."
The light of the formation grew brighter and brighter, and he could feel that something in his soul was slipping away... that was his lifespan and fortune.
Gu Wang looked at him expressionlessly. The porcelain doll in his hand became heavier and heavier, making a creaking sound.
Seeing that begging for mercy was useless, the thin-faced man began to curse, "If I die, this child will not survive! His soul will be shattered with me! I want you to die together! Die together!"
"No." Gu Wang said softly, "You are the only one who will die."
With a crisp sound, the porcelain doll cracked, and the soul inside flew out, circling around Gu Wang, and then flew onto the bed.
"No—" The thin-faced man stared at all this in shock. His life-extending magic circle! His hope of living... was gone!
The Yin-Yang Backlash Formation successfully completed its mission and scattered into stardust.
Gu Wang smiled and said, "It seems you lost."
The thin-faced man was stunned for a moment, then suddenly his soul twisted and pounced on Gu Wang, "I'll kill you! I'll send you to hell! I...Ah!!"
A red lotus fire silently ignited under his feet, and he screamed and disappeared.
Lu Wujian saw Gu Wang looking over and explained, "The Yin-Yang Backlash Formation will counterattack all his sins, and the karmic fire will be able to devour them."
Although he is the Lord of the Underworld, it does not mean that he can kill people at will. The fire of karma carries the power of cause and effect and can only devour sinners.
It’s not that Gu Wang doesn’t understand this, he just thinks Lu Wu is a little strange. This person seems to always be helping him.
On the bed, Pei Zirui slowly opened his eyes, as if realizing that it was Gu Wang who saved him. He looked over and whispered, "Brother."
Gu Wang smiled and said, "You're awake, you..."
His voice paused.
In his eyes, he saw that as the child's soul returned, a wisp of purple air appeared on his body, and then the purple air gathered more and more, and finally his whole body seemed to be wrapped in purple air!
Gu Wang blinked his eyes. This child actually has the destiny to be an emperor!
No wonder he couldn't see the child's past and future, no wonder the thin-faced man wanted to use the child's soul to extend his life! If he could really extend his life successfully, the thin-faced man's future fortune would be better!
Pei Zirui didn't understand what he was thinking. After his soul came back, his eyes became much brighter. He looked at Gu Wang and said, "Thank you, brother."
Just as he was expressing his gratitude, Gu Wang clearly saw a large ball of purple air flying out from his body and sinking into Gu Wang's chest.
Gu Wang smiled. This child was too honest. "It's okay. Take good care of yourself. Don't worry. You'll be able to go home in a few days."
When Pei Zirui's family couldn't be found before, Gu Wang suspected that a sorcerer was interfering. But now, Pei Zirui's purple energy has returned. Not to mention the sorcerer, even if the evil god himself is interfering, there is no way to stop this child from returning home.
Pei Zirui nodded, slowly closed his eyes, and fell asleep again.
The Candle Girl said, "This child's fate was sealed before? I'm afraid this sorcerer can't do that."
Gu Wang: "This thin-faced man just happened to be lucky. Pei Zirui's end up in the orphanage was definitely not his doing. However, this time it can be considered a blessing in disguise, as he happened to have his fate unlocked. With these purple auras, his family will probably be able to find him soon. As for the rest, it's up to his family to decide how to handle it."
A family that can raise a child with purple energy is definitely not an ordinary family.
Gu Wang opened the door and let the dean, who had been waiting outside, in, and was undoubtedly solemnly thanked.
After the group of people - apparently only Gu Wang, but actually four of them - left together, the dean looked at the sleeping Pei Zirui, and his smile of relief faded slightly.
This young man had done great things for their hospital several times, but she had nothing to repay him, which made the dean, who had spent her whole life giving, feel a little guilty.
After a long while, she picked up her phone and contacted a friend who worked at the provincial capital's evening newspaper. She heard that Master Gu had opened an amusement park, and it would always be helpful to get more exposure.
Gu Wang returned to the amusement park.
The Candle Girl and the Ghost Goddess went about their business, but Lu Wu followed him for a while, looking as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.
Gu Wang said with a smile: "Is there something wrong?"
Lu Wu remained silent for a moment, then said, "I've checked your Book of Life and Death."
Gu Wang:?
He was confused. "And then?"
Lu Wu: "Your fate has changed a lot. You can live for at least another 60 years now."
He lowered his head slightly, pursed his lips somewhat helplessly, and added, "Don't take the sorcerer's words to heart."
Gu Wang reacted and realized that the thin-faced man said that he had never experienced the feeling of being chased by death. Even he himself didn't care about this sentence, but this man remembered it.
However, checking the Book of Life and Death for such a trivial matter...
For some reason, Gu Wang remembered the emoticon package he had seen on the Internet before: He took me to Metersbonwe!
It changed to: He checked the Book of Life and Death for me!
Gu Wang quickly shook his head, what a ridiculous thing.
He smiled, his eyes curved, "Thank you, I feel much more relieved."
Lu Wu's eyes lit up slightly, "You're welcome, I'll help you later."
Gu Wang laughed dryly, "That's not necessary."
After returning to the house, he changed his clothes and saw fine golden lines on his right arm, and excitedly drew eight bows.
I couldn't help laughing. Is it so fun to read the Book of Life and Death?
A few days later, Gu Wang received an interview call from a well-established provincial evening newspaper.
This evening paper is the redesigned version of the famous Fuyu Evening News, the Minsheng Evening News. Twenty years ago, eight out of ten households in Fuyu Province subscribed to this newspaper.
Now that print media is declining, fewer and fewer people read newspapers, but there are still many companies and public figures who would love to be featured in this traditional media, no matter how hard they try.
The reason is simple, because traditional media represents the aesthetic tastes of those who have the most say.
Just like no matter how popular an online drama is, it still wants to be broadcast on TV. No matter how high its popularity is online, it is all empty. If you want to gain public recognition, you need some authoritative endorsement.
The interview was done over the phone, and combined with the few photos Gu Wang sent, I thought it was just a small piece of tofu.
However, after the newspaper was published, Gu Wang himself was shocked. It turned out to be a special report that took up half a page, and the main writer was their editor-in-chief. The weight of the report increased suddenly.
Fengdu Amusement Park has also attracted the attention of some people who do not use the Internet.
This kind of serious report naturally did not cause any big waves on the Internet, but in the Yaoguang University forum, Fengdu's online hometown, the newspaper screenshot was also posted to the "Fengdu Chronicle". That's right, this group of bored college students also created a major event for Fengdu.
Since then, whenever someone says that Fengdu is a small, second-rate amusement park that relies solely on marketing to make money, students from Yao University will post screenshots of the newspaper, and the other party will usually be speechless.
It can be said that such a report has greatly enhanced the amusement park's reputation.
Time passed slowly in early May, and by mid-month, the amusement park was quiet for several days.
That afternoon, Sun Fei was joking in the group, saying that our amusement park hasn’t been on the hot search for a long time!
That evening, Gu Wang received a call from Director Yu. "Do you remember that female lead? She developed a rash after returning from the set and was hospitalized for a long time, but it never healed and is practically disfigured. So, can I have her come to your place for a checkup?"
What's wrong with that? Gu Wang said, "Let her come, but this is an amusement park, she knows that, right?"
Director Yu: "She will keep it a secret. Now, let alone an amusement park, even if it's Mount Everest, as long as it can cure the disease, she has to go!"
Gu Wang agreed.
It just so happens that Pox Monster hasn’t opened yet!
The author has something to say: "The Taishang Star is always responding to changes. It drives away evil spirits and binds demons, protecting lives and bodies... The three souls are eternal, and the spirit will never be lost. Hurry up and obey the command!" This quote is adapted from Taoist scriptures.
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